1Body4Sixty – Day 4

Peggy - 213 (-3.0;  -6.0 Total)

Wow, I have never been a morning person, but today I jumped out of bed full of energy! I had not even had my morning cup of coffee sweetened with Stevia! Perhaps I have got pass the ‘carb bog’ I always experienced as a carb-aholic. My weight this morning was 213 lbs.

After my morning injection of HCG (which 1Body4Life Weight Loss Center has prepared at a compounding pharmacy and incorporates vitamin B-12), I had two cups of coffee which added to my energy!

I am struggling to drink the necessary water (1/2 to one gallon daily) to flush out the fat cells which HCG breaks down. (Did I mention that my urine is fluorescent yellow?) So taking a tip from the manual Dr. Footerman gave me at 1Body4Life Weight Loss Center, I started adding lemon juice (fresh squeezed) to my water. This has helped me immensely to consume quantities of water, which I was not accustomed to.

Lunch consisted of 4 oz. drained lean ground beef seasoned with garlic and spicy mustard and one cup of spinach seasoned with black pepper. AM snack was an apple.

Dinner consisted of 4 oz. drained lean ground beef seasoned with garlic and spicy mustard and salad greens (romaine & iceberg mixed) with tomatoes, two bread sticks with creamy bacon dressing. Yes, creamy bacon dressing, delicious! It tasted like a BLT!

Dr. Footerman’s nurse at 1Body4Life Weight Loss, told me about Walden Farms Dressing that has an extensive line of flavors which are: No Carbs, No Calories, No Fat, No Sugar, No Gluten. It is available in the refrigerated section at my local grocery. Always being partial to the creamy dressings, I am anxious to try some of the other flavors. This product will be my dressing of choice even after I achieve my goal weight.

My PM snack was another apple. I do have grapefruit, strawberries and oranges on hand. It has just been more convenient for me to have the apples when I am at work. The only glitch in my very productive day was that a friend invited me for dinner and I had to decline for fear of eating something not on the approved diet and affecting my weight loss.

1Body4Forty - Day 4

Amy - 171.0 (-4.1; 1.3 Total)

Down 4.3 lbs to 171.0, although because of the increase after binging the total is only 1.3 lbs.  So glad though that those extra pounds I gained after the 2 day binge (and the few days before starting the diet0 are gone!  i was really worried it would take me a whole week to lose hem, but that is luckily not the case.

I definitely did the binge days right this time because i am still not feeling any hunger pains, although this morning I did actually 'feel' hungry.  That was easily relieved with a late breakfast of a handful of strawberries with some stevia sprinkled on top.  For lunch I had 3.5 oz of chicken marinated in white wine vinegar and Chinese 5 spice mix, along with a chopped tomato with a tablespoon of balsamic vinegar and salt & pepper.  An apple around 4 pm kept away the hunger pains until dinner. Dinner was similar but the chicken was marinated in vinegar and Greek spice mix instead, along with a cup of broccoli steamed with Greek spice in a Ziploc steaming bag.

Luckily on this diet, strenuous exercise is not required, nor is it recommended.  We'll see if shoveling snow this winter helps take off a few more pounds...