Day 1: Loading!

So HeSchrader throws down the gauntlet and posts his actual numbers...CRAP!  I'm absolutely mortified at the thought of putting my numbers out there, but it's for the greater good, right?  Um...maybe later.


When I was reading about the HCG Protocol (after I stopped making fun of all the stupid people injecting themselves with pregnant-chick hormones because I realized they were SKINNY stupid people), the Load Days sounded like a fat girl's dream come true!  Seriously?  I need to eat as much fatty food as I can for two days?  Um, OK...are you sure we can't make that four days?!?!  Should be simple, right?  I didn't get this way by eating rice cakes and celery!  


The reality of the situation, however, is that loading SUCKS!  The skeptics say there's no way a person can survive on 500 calories a day; the reality of HCG is that you don't even want 500 calories a day.  I have read about this stuff A LOT, and learned that not loading properly not only leaves you seriously hungry for the first week of the very low calorie diet, but also causes your body to burn the good fat rather than the bad fat that you're trying to eliminate.  So, despite the fact that I wasn't even hungry, LittleBoySchrader and I hit the drive-thru one last time for a Sausage McMuffin, Hash Browns, and a delicious shake for breakfast.  No, not Slim Fast....a great big giant chocolate shake that was embarrassing to even order!  That meal weighed in for 1680 calories and 58 grams of fat (1160 calories and 27 grams for that shake!), and made me feel absolutely disgusting.  I didn't even think about food again for hours, but around noon I realized I should be eating more, so I had a couple servings of cashews--one of my favorites that just doesn't taste good right now.  


HeSchrader and I were comparing notes this afternoon and realized that neither one of us had the stomach for the garbage we're supposed to be eating.  We reminded each other to eat more, so I choked down some salami and provolone (the fattiest food I could find in the house), and ordered a Meat Lovers' Pizza for dinner while HeSchrader picked up a cheesecake on the way home.  I feel so gross...I can't wait to not think about food anymore.