I stumbled out of bed this morning, I’m sure due to the extra weight I put on during the last three days of gorging in Phase I of the HCG Diet. My joints ache due to the dropping temperatures in the Bay Area. The weatherman is promising snow at sea level. This is not normal for the San Francisco Bay Area.
I stepped on the bathroom scale: 164 pounds! “Wow! That must be wrong!” I exclaimed to no one there. But, of course, as we all know: The Scale Doesn’t Lie. So, I immediately reminded myself that I needed to trust the HCG process before I launched myself into a state of depression.
Okay, so I have effortlessly managed to gain seven pounds in a tad over three days. In my previous blog entry entitled Truly… A Shot A Day Melts the Fat Away, I wonder if I planted a seed when I wrote, “If I reach 164 lbs. by the end of Phase I, Day 3, my goal will be to lose 20 pounds, which will put me in the 144 lb. range.” Nevertheless, I am sticking to my HCG strategy – if I eat everything I think I might be craving later on, while I am on the 500 calorie a day portion of the diet, then it should be easier.
One of the first things that was on my “must eat when I’m gorging” list was a donut …. or maybe you spell it “doughnut.” I have learned that anyway you spell it, a donut is a doughnut, and has the power to transport me back in time to when I was a little girl eating a scrumptious chocolate raised doughnut. Definitely comfort food!
Next, I thought pizza was going to be high on the list, but I realized I only loved the pizzas I ate in Italy and my own homemade pizza. Everything else is less than amazing. [Key to continued weight loss: if it’s not spectacular, don’t eat it!]
What was high on my list was barbequed oysters from Tomales Bay with French bread to soak up the garlic/butter/barbeque sauce. This, again, is another comfort food and launches strong memories from my past when my Longshoreman father used to drive the family two hours up the coast to the very same restaurant. That was over 50 years ago, and the restaurant is still there. If you are ever in the San Francisco Bay Area, and you love fresh oysters, Tony’s in Tomales Bay is a must!
Unfortunately, there aren’t many people that love oysters as much as I do …. except for my dear friend and “talking blog” buddy, Suzanna Stinnett. I was thrilled when she said, “Yes! I’ll go with you — I love oysters.” Suzanna was in the gorging stage of her own successful weight loss program [which I will share with you in future blogs], and the only one I would trust watching me gobble up those little babies.
Well, I give myself an A+ for Phase I of the diet — this is a very good start in the HCG Weight Loss Program. I have read that if you do not load up on fats and calories on these three days, the diet is not as successful. In fact, when I was on the diet in the winter and the holidays were approaching, I might not have eaten as many calories as I should have, because I was not trusting the system and afraid to add on weight. Even then, I still dropped seven pounds throughout the holidays, which is no easy task.
Today I am starting Day 1 in Phase II of the HCG Diet and looking forward to the Organic strawberries and Americano. Bon Appetite!
Barbara Bonardi
Barbara Bonardi with her “talking blog” buddy, Suzanna Stinnett @ Tony’s in Tomales Bay
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