Day 4

Starting Weight 233.4
Yesterdays Weight 225.8
Todays Weight 223.4
Amount Lost 2.4 lbs
Total lost 10 lbs

Well today was my first real challenge...dining out! I met a friend for lunch today and we went to Champps..I had scheduled this lunch date with her about 2 weeks ago..before I knew I would be going on the hcg protocol. I think that if I had known, I would have scheduled to meet for coffee or tee haha. But I made it through with flying colors...luckily my sister works at this restaurant and was able to guide me through the ordering so that I could get something that was actually 'healthy'. I ended up with a plain chicken breast with cajun seasoning and plain steamed broccoli. I'm not a fan of broccoli at all..so this was the most difficult part because there was absolutely no taste to the broccoli at all..I think I realized that the broccoli that I could stand to choke down was obviously loaded with butter and oil and 'stuff' lol.
I knew that I was eating out today and was kind of worried about not being able to control how the food was prepared (sometimes when you tell them no oil or butter they still put it on!) so this morning I got up and went to the gym and rode the stationary bike for 70 minutes. I'm a big Michael Jackson fan so this morning the Today show was live from Neverland Ranch..so i got to watch that which really passed the time. Although, when Matt Lauer did the interview with Jermaine Jackson..I really had to hold back tears..it was soo sad, but I thought I would look pretty silly crying while riding the bike haha.
So...after I told someone that I had lost 10lbs since Monday morning..which is only in 4 days! They asked me, " ya..well...how do you feel?" so, I thought I would put together a little list of things that I realized today that I know longer have an issue with...
sleeping - much better rested during the day
water retention - totally gone! I can even get my wedding rings on and off..before I had to just leave them on or risking breaking a finger trying to get them off!
heartburn - had this really bad on the loading days...2 days of pizza, chicken wings and burgers will do that to you! It is totally gone, don't even have a slight hint of any heartburn or indigestion
Energy - I don't find myself crashing in the afternoon at all anymore..I'm pretty much ready for bed at 10:30 and ready to get up at 7

So I would say that overall, I'm VERY pleased with this program..I mean, 10lbs lost in 4 days..I can't wait for happens in 2 weeks!