Day 4

Today I woke up feeling normal and not ridiculously hungry like yesterday. First thing I did upon arising is weigh myself. Please tell me yesterday was worth something! Sure enough, I had lost 4 lbs! woo hoo!

For breakfast, instead of coffee I opted for Dandy Blend which is a coffee substitute made from Dandelion. Sounds gross, I know but it will surprise you. I added 1 teaspoon of the Hazelnut So Delicious Coconut Creamer and 3 drops of Stevia . You are allowed 2 tablespoons of whole milk a day but I don't drink milk anymore and coconut milk is my replacement.

Apart from the Dandy Blend, I cut up a green apple and used the Walden Farms Apple Butter to dip my apple slices in. I was actually impressed with the taste considering I was so disappointed in their Ranch Dressing yesterday . The texture is kinda weird, it's like wanna be jelly but thicker in the sense that it's slippery and it doesn't spread very well. I bought this thinking it was like caramel for apples even though it clearly says apple butter. It made my apples taste a little like apple pie. So I was pleased. I wouldn't eat this product if it wasn't for this diet but I might use it to add some flare to a recipe.

Back to the breakfast, I was actually too full to finish my apples. I have just been munching on one here and there. I probably only ate about 1/4 on my apple. Now it's 1:30 in the afternoon and I feel a tad hungry but overall, not very hungry at all. Gonna try to graze through my apples before I consider making lunch.

Day 4

Weight Loss 4 lbs

Day 3

This has been a difficult day. Yikes. I woke up starving. I had a grapefruit and a cup of coffee. I think the coffee worked against me in that it seemed to speed up my metabolism or something. I was miserable. I drank plenty of water throughout the day (1/2 a gallon) and took all my vitamins:

Probiotic

Multi-Vitamin

Calcium

Potassium

Fiber

For lunch I had a salad. 3 oz of chicken with an entire romaine lettuce. I still felt starving. I think the reason for this is all the overeating the 2 days before had stretched my stomach and I just had this hallow feeling. For dinner I made a soup with lean beef and vegetable broth. It contained tomatoes and cilantro and lots of spices. I know you are not supposed to mix vegetables but I guess cilantro is a "spice".

After dinner I got the worst headache I have ever had in my life. It just hit me. I took 8 baby aspirin but it did nothing. Since I don't usually take pain relievers, 4 usually does the trick for me. So I decided to head straight to bed. I'll let you know how it goes tomorrow.

Day 3

Weight Lost - 0

Grocery Shopping

Today I went shopping for all my ingredients. I bought enough for basically one week of food. The most expensive part was the vitamins. I always buy non-synthetic (non man-made) vitamins so I spend a little more. When you start to learn that man-made calcium, for example, comes from limestone you worry a little less about cost and concern yourself a lot more with quality!

I purchased New Chapters Women's One a day as a multi vitamin is very important!

Day 2

Fat Loading Day 2

So after gaining no weight after all the eating I did yesterday, I decided to push the envelope and eat even more! I started the morning with eggs and Hebrew National Hot Dogs cut up inside. I've eaten these before, as a matter of fact these are the hot dogs I usually buy but I had NO idea they were sooo fattening!! 2 hot dogs is 300 calories and 28 grams of fat! wow! along with the eggs, sharp cheddar, Dr Pepper.. my breakfast in total was 720 Calories.

Mid-morning snack was dangerous! I had a large chocolate milkshake from Baskin Robbins. 900 calories!! I couldn't drink it all, I probably drank 1/3 of it before my stomach got just a little upset.

Lunch was simple I went to Panda Express and had the Orange Chicken Bowl with steamed rice. With the drink it came to 645 Calories.

For dinner I opted for Mc Donalds, I had a quarter pounder with cheese and yet again, another dr pepper. About this time, my kidney's are feeling a tad sore =/ My total dinner calories came to 1010. What!! I've eaten this many times before, and even though I usually don't finish my food I had no idea I was having that many calories.

For my evening snack, trying to shove in the last of the calories before the night ends, I have 7 Girl Scout Thin Mints. I sought these out to be able to eat tonight. 7 of these gave me an additional 266 calories and 26 grams of fat. wow. Finally I had 2 samoas adding another 150 calories.

Total Calories Today - 3781

Total Calories Yesterday - 3559

2 day total 7340

The sad part is, in the last 2 days I've technically only eaten enough to gain 2 lbs. you're supposed to gain 5. I already feel sick from all this abundance of yucky food which I usually love. The lady at the Sunflower Shoppe told us that if we only gain 2 lbs that we should add another fat day. I don't think I can do this another day =( I am ready to start eating better already.

Day 2

Weight Gained - 0

Day 1 Fat Loading Day

I thought it sounded crazy when I read about a "fat-loading day"! What? Gain weight on a diet.. well, I was thinking it was gonna be difficult knowing that 3000 calories equals one pound! So, if I must gain 5 pounds in 2 days I need to intake 15,000 calories in 2 days??? So far I've had 3624 calories with breakfast and lunch!! wow. I guess putting on the weight wasn't gonna be as hard as I thought. Here's what I ate:

Breakfast

1 Sausage Mc Muffin with egg and cheese 450 Calories

1 Hashbrown 150 Calories

1 Medium Dr Pepper 210

Snack

1 Caramel Apple w/Peanuts 95 Calories

Lunch

5 Hooters Wings 866 Calories (wow)

Curley Fries 473 Calories

Ranch Dressing 25 Calories

Dr Pepper 210

Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas 724

Dr Pepper 210

Total Calories 3559

Weight gained - ZERO. what!!!

The loading days tell your body that you have more than enough regular fat and it's ok to start attacking the stored fat while on the diet!