Yesterday was another good day on hCG. This morning, I weighed 158.0#, down 1.0# from yesterday. That was good for another paperclip on the chain.
Then I went back to bed for a bit. I had a dream that I had eaten some Cheerios without thinking. Then because I had already cheated, I had a couple cookies, too. I woke up and was so relieved! I then went downstairs and weighed again. This time, it was 157.4#, another 0.6# down; but I’m not recording that as the official weight since I had weighed already.
Yesterday’s lunch away from home went well. I put ice into a Ziploc and then into my cooler bag and loaded my lunch into it. Everything fit. Whew! I had made the Arugula Salad with Chicken and Orange from “THE HCG DIETERS GOURMET COOKBOOK” and topped it with the Citrus Ginger Dressing/Marinade. Yum! I packed the arugula in one container; the fruit, onion, and chicken in another, and the dressing in a third. I combined everything at the time I ate, so the arugula was very fresh. I had eaten arugula before and had not cared much for it, but this was delicious! The sweetness of the dressing set off the bitterness of the herbs perfectly. I bought the huge cup of iced tea at McDonalds for $1.00 to go with it. I was able to nurse that most of the afternoon while I did some of my other jobs. And, of course, I had my grissini.
As I went from place to place, I thought about where I would NOT be going. For instance, I would not be going to the See’s Candy store as I passed it or at the mall I went to for one of the jobs. I did not get a pretzel or a Cinnabon. I passed these things as I went about my day and told myself, “Not today!” I did get a cup of black coffee from Starbucks in the morning between shows while doing the trailer checking. I looked at the pastries in the case but passed those up, though. Same thing: “Not today!” (For those of you wondering what I was doing all day, I do mystery shopping for extra income. You can learn more about what I do at Mystery Shopping Information.)
In the evening, I stepped on the scale. I did a little math in my head: “I’m wearing clothes, and I just had some water, so that would bring the weight down to X. I’ll be showing a loss in the morning!” OK, that was a little obsessive of me, but it sure is fun to be losing so much weight every day.