Amanda sent me a text and asked how the diet was going yesterday. I think my answer summed it up pretty well 'For the first 2 days I eat all the fattening foods I can so it's going great so far!' I guess the technical name for the 2 high fat days are called loading days. I was talking to my mom and started thinking, the last 2 days I really havent been eating anything different than I would on a normal day. Thats kind of a reality check.
Friday night we went to Interurban for dinner, I got the Ranch burger, fries and a coke. Service was terrible, we go there pretty often since the one on Memorial Road is just down the street from our house and we have never had a problem. We have had an awful week of service at restaurants! Whats the deal people? I'm not even picky, just bring me my food, refill my drink and get me out of there in a timely manner? We ended up with a $10 gift card so that was nice.
Saturday morning I woke up and made biscuits and sausage gravy mmmmmm. I only ate one, of course, I havent been that hungry the last 2 days. For lunch I begged Rich for Taco Bell, forgetting that we were having Mexican for dinner. I had volcano nachos and a bean and rice burrito. I got a chulupa as well but couldnt force myself to eat it. For dinner we went to a new 'southside like' mexican place on the northside for Richs Dads birthday. I had plenty of chips and neon orange 'jelly' cheese and a barbacoa torta. I of course was the only one at the table to request a sopapia, it was my last meal and I was going to enjoy it. By the time we got home I felt like I was going to pop but forced a glass of wine down before falling alseep in my chair as usual.
This morning I woke up wanting some starbucks, then I realized it was Sunday and my VLCD (technical term, dont let it confuse you....Very Low Calorie Diet) starts today. I had breakfast.....ya know my non caloric beverage that I'm allowed. Water. Mmm mmm good. Barf. I wont lie, I dont think I have taken a sip of water in months. I dont do water, I do diet coke but I guess I will learn. I am supposed to drink 2-3 liters of water a day which I think is why they gave me a potassium pill, so I dont get my electrolytes out of whack. Drinking all this water is going to be a grind, especially if the amount i have peed this morning is any indication as to what the norm is going to be.
I just had my lunch, it was OK I guess. Fish, tomato, my silver dollar sized melba toast ration and some strawberries. I was hungry so I shoved it in my mouth as fast as I could. Rich on the other hand had something with bacon, I can smell it. Grrrrrr. I like bacon.
We have a birthday party to go to at Chuck E Cheese this afternoon. I dont think that will be a problem for me because as Rich puts it "their pizza tastes like someone has dropped it on the floor" and I agree. Kids dont care though, thats what Peyton is eating. Plus last time we ate there I think we all had a bout of stomach yuck. I am a little worried about the cake temptation, I dont normally like sweets that much but I am already hungry and I ate like half an hour ago. I will remember to bring hand sanitizer with me this time, I was grossed out by all the germy little hands touching everything last time we went.
Tonight I am having a pork chop, I know, not technically allowed but I do have a freezer full of food and we need to eat it. I am just going to cut the fat off, grill it, rustle up a veggie and that will be that. I cant just let them spoil.
I am debating about weighing. We actually dont have a scale but i was going to buy one today then started thinking about how awesome it would be just to go into the Drs office next time and see a big number. What do you think?
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Friday, August 27, 2010
Day 1
So a week or so ago my Mom convinced me I needed to lose weight not only to look better and feel better but for my daughter as well. Now, I have always known that I needed to lose weight, it hasnt been a secret but i was sorta hoping I would just wake up skinny one day, you know, magically. I have tried diet and I have tried exercise but I have no will power to stick with either one. I had been hearing commercials on the radio about the various 'voodoo diet Drs' in the area and thought I would give it a try. I had also heard about a new drug that was supposed to work wonders sooo I went to my first appointment today.......
I google mapped this clinic before I left this morning, and of course, its in the middle of crackhead alley. Its a bit of a shady place, they do a little bit of this and a little bit of that but I had read some good reviews. I pull up and its nice enough on the outside but there are some seedy characters that have taken up residence on the sidewalk though. I go in and there are 2 windows-one says job related injury, rehabilitation, chiropractic, The other says bariatrics. Bariatrics, thats me, I knew right away where I needed to sign in! I go to the window fill out the normal paperwork and take a seat. I am there long enough to see 5 people go to the wrong window. Does it mean I am really smart or just really fat because I know what bariatric means? No one else seemed to know which window meant 'fat people sign in here' so at that point I felt pretty much superior and even a little skinnier than most in the waiting room. For about 10 minutes i was feeling PRET-TY awesome considering I was sitting in a weight loss clinic. I might be fat but I am smart.
My bubble was soon busted, they called me in and of course the first requirement is to get my 'start weight.' F! Thank God it was a digital scale because I hate having to stand there while they put the little sliddy thing on 150, slide slide slide then 200 slide slide slide and so on(yes, I weigh over 200 pounds but thats all I'm telling). So, I think their scale is broken because I am pretty sure I dont weigh as much as it said I did. I mean I know Im fat but I'm pretty sure I'm not THAT fat.....yet.
Anywho they get my weight and measurements, draw my blood and do an EKG, which incidentally took 3 times as long to hook me up than to actually do. So it seems they have so many people coming through the clinic they have to educate them about their weightloss options in herds. So they take me into this room with a big screen TV and 10 other women, 3 which are fat and the rest that are not but obviously think they are. We watch almost a whole episode of Judge Judy before the nurse puts on a slide show about the programs they have to offer. On to the miracle drug I had heard about....HcG. From what I had been told you can eat what you want, sit on your ass, take this drug and weight would fall off. WRONG! I started thinking this was a pratical joke. They started talking about dieting, not just any diet but a 500 calorie a day diet! WTF had I gotten myself into. I started panicing, if I could stay on a 500 calorie a day diet why would I be here?!?!? I like food, I like food alot, I dream about food, I watch shows about food, I cook food, damn good food I might add every single day. How am I going to limit my food to 500 calories a day? I am going to try...I paid a large, I mean LARGE sum of money today for 'my miracle drug' and I will be diligent for as long as I can.
The Dr assured me that with the medications they would be giving me along with vitamin and mineral supllements this was totally safe and I would be successful if I follow Drs orders. I wont get into it right now but this drug is supposed to help burn fat instead of muscle and restart your hypothalamus yadda yadda. They also gave me a appetite suppressant which is one reason I wanted to start this blog. It will make me talk a mile a minute and if I dont have anyone anyone willing to listen to me ramble i will explode.
So I left with a bag full of meds, a long list of foods I cant have and a short list of foods I can and instructions to eat as much fat as I can the next 2 days. You read that right, I was INSTRUCTED to pig out for 2 days. I think they tell people that so they dont freak out over the fact they will be totally restricted for months. It sounds kind of crazy but they claim eating a high fat diet for 2 days before you start the 500 calories is and I quote "critical for success." So here I am, following Drs orders. I took my first dose of HcG a few hours ago then proceeded to eat a...... drum roll please.....supersonic jalapeno double bacon cheeseburger with extra mayo ( I'm outta breath just typing that), an order of chili cheese jalapeno tator tots and a route 44 strawberry Dr Pepper. Now, I feel like shit but I must push on. We have a gift card to Interurban so thats where we are eating tonight, I will be selling table side seats to see how much fatty food I can stuff into my body before tapping out. :D
Check back soon!
I google mapped this clinic before I left this morning, and of course, its in the middle of crackhead alley. Its a bit of a shady place, they do a little bit of this and a little bit of that but I had read some good reviews. I pull up and its nice enough on the outside but there are some seedy characters that have taken up residence on the sidewalk though. I go in and there are 2 windows-one says job related injury, rehabilitation, chiropractic, The other says bariatrics. Bariatrics, thats me, I knew right away where I needed to sign in! I go to the window fill out the normal paperwork and take a seat. I am there long enough to see 5 people go to the wrong window. Does it mean I am really smart or just really fat because I know what bariatric means? No one else seemed to know which window meant 'fat people sign in here' so at that point I felt pretty much superior and even a little skinnier than most in the waiting room. For about 10 minutes i was feeling PRET-TY awesome considering I was sitting in a weight loss clinic. I might be fat but I am smart.
My bubble was soon busted, they called me in and of course the first requirement is to get my 'start weight.' F! Thank God it was a digital scale because I hate having to stand there while they put the little sliddy thing on 150, slide slide slide then 200 slide slide slide and so on(yes, I weigh over 200 pounds but thats all I'm telling). So, I think their scale is broken because I am pretty sure I dont weigh as much as it said I did. I mean I know Im fat but I'm pretty sure I'm not THAT fat.....yet.
Anywho they get my weight and measurements, draw my blood and do an EKG, which incidentally took 3 times as long to hook me up than to actually do. So it seems they have so many people coming through the clinic they have to educate them about their weightloss options in herds. So they take me into this room with a big screen TV and 10 other women, 3 which are fat and the rest that are not but obviously think they are. We watch almost a whole episode of Judge Judy before the nurse puts on a slide show about the programs they have to offer. On to the miracle drug I had heard about....HcG. From what I had been told you can eat what you want, sit on your ass, take this drug and weight would fall off. WRONG! I started thinking this was a pratical joke. They started talking about dieting, not just any diet but a 500 calorie a day diet! WTF had I gotten myself into. I started panicing, if I could stay on a 500 calorie a day diet why would I be here?!?!? I like food, I like food alot, I dream about food, I watch shows about food, I cook food, damn good food I might add every single day. How am I going to limit my food to 500 calories a day? I am going to try...I paid a large, I mean LARGE sum of money today for 'my miracle drug' and I will be diligent for as long as I can.
The Dr assured me that with the medications they would be giving me along with vitamin and mineral supllements this was totally safe and I would be successful if I follow Drs orders. I wont get into it right now but this drug is supposed to help burn fat instead of muscle and restart your hypothalamus yadda yadda. They also gave me a appetite suppressant which is one reason I wanted to start this blog. It will make me talk a mile a minute and if I dont have anyone anyone willing to listen to me ramble i will explode.
So I left with a bag full of meds, a long list of foods I cant have and a short list of foods I can and instructions to eat as much fat as I can the next 2 days. You read that right, I was INSTRUCTED to pig out for 2 days. I think they tell people that so they dont freak out over the fact they will be totally restricted for months. It sounds kind of crazy but they claim eating a high fat diet for 2 days before you start the 500 calories is and I quote "critical for success." So here I am, following Drs orders. I took my first dose of HcG a few hours ago then proceeded to eat a...... drum roll please.....supersonic jalapeno double bacon cheeseburger with extra mayo ( I'm outta breath just typing that), an order of chili cheese jalapeno tator tots and a route 44 strawberry Dr Pepper. Now, I feel like shit but I must push on. We have a gift card to Interurban so thats where we are eating tonight, I will be selling table side seats to see how much fatty food I can stuff into my body before tapping out. :D
Check back soon!
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