A Daily Quest to Achieve a Goal

medically supervised as part of the HCG diet.

Today, I found myself confronting myself,

wanting more than what I was allowed to

on my diet.

I remind myself that this is a temporary way

of eating to get and stay on the fast lane of weight

loss.

Dr. Robertson suggested I follow the Mediterranean

diet once I reached my goal weight loss to sustain the

improvement in weight, I looked it up today and it seems

be a bit heavy on the carb side (whole grain rather than

white). Shaun from Underground Wellness would shake

his head in disapproval because he believes folks should

follow the paleo diet (which is free of carbs).

My mother is not on the diet.

She's a traditionalist when it comes to food.

She's at least being a bit thoughtful, not deliberately

provoking me to jump off the bandwagon. Yet today

she made biscuits, the aroma was thick of freshly baked

buttery bread. The picture does not do justice to this

temptation sitting on the kitchen counter.

I reminded myself, that I am on a 0 carb diet;

there's no room for even 1 of these.

I also thought to myself how carbs make me feel...

They usually make me feel sleepy, sabbotaging my

energy and productivity plans. So I sigh, it seems

like a catch 20: carbs can cause weight gain and

carbs can hinder energy levels.

Tonight for dinner I had 4oz piece of snapper with

1 onion (cut in slices, sprinkled with salt, and mixed

with pureed garlic). It was filling, yet 10 minutes later

I have this nawing sensation in my stomach as if my stomach

is saying do you really think that was enough?

I made strawberry green tea today; it's staring at me from

a 28oz blue water bottle, free of BPA. Each sip is better, despite

that I put 8-10 envelopes of stevia per cup of tea. I have had other

green teas before, and I have not found them to be as bitter as this

one. I know that I should go a tea tasting sometime in the future,

to integrate rooibos, white, green, and black teas into my drink collection.

I like water. I have been doing really well in the last 2 days to be sure

I drink all of it, all 145 oz a day.