Day 4: It's Working!

Despite worrying all day yesterday that I was going to do something wrong, it seems I did everything right because I lost 5.4 pounds overnight!  That was HUGE validation for me that I'm doing everything OK.  And not to gloat or anything, but I lost more than HeSchrader, which made me really happy.  


I encountered my first critic today, but I think I held my own pretty well.  I intentionally only told people I thought would be supportive before I started taking the HCG, and waited until today to tell somebody who I knew would think it was a bad idea so I was prepared.  


"It's not healthy," she said.
  
"Being overweight isn't healthy.  I want to be able to stop taking blood pressure medication and resolve my back pain," I replied.


"It's all in your head.  Of course you're going to lose weight if you only consume 500 calories," she countered.
   
"I realize that, but the HCG makes the very low calorie intake bearable and burns the body's extra fat instead of the important fat that protects the body's organs."


"You know, I lost 90 pounds by doing Weight Watchers.  What you're doing isn't addressing your relationship with food," she continued.


"I feel great about this decision.  I am, in fact, addressing my relationship with food as I'm recognizing my bad habits and resolving to change them.  I'm paying attention to what, where, and why I eat.  I'm disgusted by the garbage that I was eating a couple weeks ago, and I don't ever want to eat like that again. This diet is making me see all of that like no diet has before."


"I'm just worried about your health," she said.


"I'll keep you posted," I told her.  "You'll see...it's going to be great."  I'm really looking forward to showing her that I made the right choice here.


I felt great yesterday until about 3pm, when I got a headache and felt pretty tired, but a couple Tylenol and a glass of iced tea helped me through those troubles.  I've had the same problem today, and I'm still trying to figure out if it's diet-related or just coincidental.  I caught myself almost grabbing one of LittleBoy's all-natural Cheddar Bunnies, but that was out of habit rather than hunger.  I wish he'd quit leaving his snacks all over the place!


I let HeSchrader cook for us today, and he got creative with some chicken--Lemon Chicken and Spinach for lunch and Ginger-Chili-Garlic Chicken Lettuce Wraps for dinner--and both meals were pretty good.  LittleGirl was critical of the family having separate dinners tonight, but seemed to take pleasure in tempting HeSchrader with her BLT.