Really?!?!

Hubby started his drops January 19th. I started on the 20th. The first two days of the diet, you are supposed to gorge yourself on all of those things that diets tell you not to eat so that you feel full all day long... Fried foods, ice cream, cakes, cookies, greasy, heavy, yummy foods. I know the science says that this is the trigger for the HCG to start working, but I think it's because they want you to be so SICK of food that you don't want to eat on days 3 and 4 that are harder.

Hubby struggled with his first day on the Extremely Low Calorie Diet (ELCD). He took his drops three times a day and ate his food spread out rather than primarily in the afternoon and evening as suggested by the directions. After watching him, I decided to take a half dose 6 times a day and made sure to eat as little of my food as possible in the morning. There was only one time that my hunger pain felt intense, but my dinner was two hours late that night because we were doing other things. We were both grumpy on our Day 4s which is part of the reason we staggered our start dates.

After 2 days of eating salads twice a day, we knew we couldn't continue to eat this way for 6 weeks. I've put several hours of research into finding recipes for herb rubs and prepared meals that fit into the diet guidelines. I think I may post them all once we get thorough our first round.

So, on his Day 6 and my Day 5, he was down over 11 pounds and I was down over 7 pounds. I'm not at home this morning but according to the scale here, I'm down about another 2 pounds. I'm very excited. I'm already feeling a change in my body and the way my clothes are fitting. Hubby is super excited. He's already having to tighten his belt and his shirts are getting too big.

We have a LONG ways to go. I still have 85 to go and he has about 75, but this is awesome so far.