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Ahhh the scale...my friend one day, my nemesis the next. I'm reading a book, Weight-Loss Apocalypse, to help me with my hcg protocol (funny, autocorrect wants to change hcg to hog). Anyway, what this book proposes is that we only eat when hungry. The author is not the only one to ever say this of course, but look at the implications if all Americans did this...it would entirely change our food industry, diet and weight loss industry would go away, health care costs would go down or even be eliminated in many cases. Since hcg done correctly eliminates hunger except for when I need food, I can really use this time to evaluate my emotional eating and recognize it easily when it hits. I rarely feel real hunger, even on so few calories.
I've discovered that food is not much of an issue anymore. I ordered a beautiful sea scallop dinner last night, only ate 2/3 of a pretty small portion, skipped the bacon, savored the cauliflower, and was extremely happy and satisfied. The area where I have to take a good look is alcohol. I haven't changed my thinking about it very much at all. Even though it is strictly forbidden on the hCG protocol, I still continue to indulge in it. It is the only thing that makes my calorie intake exceed what it should be, and it slows my weight loss. Yet, I continue to drink.
Does that mean I have a drinking problem, possible alcoholism? Maybe, but I don't think so. I think it is a hurdle in my mind that I haven't gotten over yet. I used to be able to eat perfectly at home, but when I went out or went on vacation, I would over eat. I don't do that anymore. It was like I felt that I deserved it or something. Everyone else is enjoying the bread or chips on the table, the mashed potatoes that are the most flavorful and creamy they've ever had, why shouldn't I get to do it? After all, I'm so good at home! How can a few bites of a shared dessert hurt? Well, I'm over that, never think that way anymore, but somehow alcohol has escaped that scrutiny. I guess I feel like I deserve it, it is something I do with my friends, blah blah blah. It is time for me to make a decision about giving it up.
I'll work on that after my vacation this week!
Planked 1 minute yesterday, it's kind of hurting my back. I need to check with my chiropractor/sister-in-law to see what I'm doing wrong.
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196.5 lb
Lost so far: 51.1 lb.
Still to go: 32.5 lb.
Diet followed reasonably well.
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Diet Calendar Entry for 16 September 2012:
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763 kcal
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Fat: 33.34g | Prot: 73.24g | Carb: 46.21g.
Breakfast: French Vanilla Protein Powder, Almond Breeze Unsweetened Vanilla Milk, Original Powder Creamer, Unsweetened Frozen Strawberries. Lunch: cucumbers, Lettuce, champagne pear vinegrette trader joes, chicken tenders kirkland. Dinner: tahini trader joe's, onion, Cauliflower, pork chop. more...
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gaining 7.0 lb a week
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