Friday morning, my weight was 142.6#, up 1.2# from Thursday and up 0.2# from my lowest dose weight. This morning, my weight was 144.2#, up 1.6# from yesterday and up 1.8# from my lowest dose weight. I was a little too close for comfort to needing to do a steak day.
I’ve been snacking way too much, I think, and the foods I’ve been snacking on may be causing inflammation. I think my problem is that I’m no longer following any kind of plan. I’ve decided that I need to get back to planning. Part of planning will be a fall-back plan, a small set of planned meals for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks for when I haven’t put together anything in particular for the day.
I also need to take a look at what I’ve been eating yesterday to see what might be causing inflammation. It could be the nuts or the dairy, neither of which I was eating while on the 500 calorie a day phase of the HCG Diet. I think I need to back off on the higher fat things I have been eating anyway.
I found an old issue of First for Women from January 18,2010, on South Beach dieting that I had been saving. There is a centerfold of beautiful low-carbohydrate snacks that would be perfect for the stabilization phase and beyond. I plan to add those recipes to my recipe database. First for Women is a rather funny magazine in a way. The front cover always boldly features some diet plan, and there’s always a photo of a gorgeous dessert. The juxtaposition is almost ironic.
Yesterday, I went back into my menus page and added the loading days. I must say, any other time, it would be insane to eat that way. It seemed to work well with the HCG Diet, though, because it got me off to a good start with the diet. Those who don’t load well often experience a lot of hunger during the first few days or week. I did not have any hunger. The weight gained those days came off quickly enough anyway.