Day 1
The first day of my two week 800 calorie diet started today. It went well until about 4:00, and then my body said, "I'm HUNGRY!" Earlier I was on cloud 9 after I grocery shopped. My friend, Melissa, kept me company while I shopped for yummy fruits, vegetables, and shakes. I even made sure on my way home I started my delicious lunch of an Atkins shake before I got too hungry. I know what happens if I pass that hunger line. I want to eat whatever I can or jump down someone's throat! I was proud of the vegetables that filled my refrigerator! I still am happy about the food that fills my refrigerator!
I enjoyed My dinner of two cups of vegetables cooked in chicken broth with seasoned salt added. Aaron actually wanted to steal my broccoli and cauliflower! I told him I'd make some for him tomorrow! After I ate my dinner I felt satisfied.....for about thirty minutes! Ggrr! My plan was to have my piece of fruit and hot tea around 7:30. What on earth was I to do?! I drank my water and snapped at John a little. My poor family has a lot to deal with in the next two weeks. I kept telling myself that this will pass. The end game is so much more worth it than my raging hunger! I also kept thinking about a book I've had for at least five years called 'Life is Hard, Food Is Easy' that I need to read. The book is now sitting next to me, and I will be reading it!
I sit here in my bed with my hot tea, feeling like I made it through the first storm! I spent some time texting with my friend, Gabi. We gave each other support, and she helped me not run to the kitchen and drink the pasta sauce. Hehe I really can't mess up. They will cancel my surgery if I don't do this diet, and that can't happen.
I'm adding to my new life bucket list:
- I want to walk into a store that doesn't carry plus sized clothes, and feel like I belong there.
- Visit my Brazilian sister, Carol, and have her show me her "New Orleans"!
800 calories a day is rough. In April, I started a high protein diet that ended up working out to about 700 calories a day and the first week was UGLY! I went to bed crying almost every night because I felt awful. After that, I sort of got used to it and although there were days that were better than others, overall, I was eating less. And when I went back on real food (after basically nothing but protein shakes and vegetables for 2 months), I ate a LOT less. 1 slice of pizza was enough to fill me up, instead of 2 or 3 or more. I lost 40 pounds in 2 months and I'm down 50 overall.
ReplyDeleteGood luck, you can do this!
You can definitely do this! It's only two weeks. 800 calories is way below what your body considers acceptable, though, so remember it's not you being mentally weak when you have cravings. It's your body trying to get you to feed it in any way it can.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if you have instructions on times of day to eat, or if you wake up hungry, but for me it is fairly easy not to eat for quite a while after getting up in the morning, which if it worked for you would mean having more calories left for the later hours. But I think you'll just have to power through this, and that you'll find the post-surgery diet easy by comparison. Good luck! And happy belated birthday!
Thank you so much for your support!
ReplyDeleteFearless Freak, I'm so happy for you! :) I almost started crying last night.