Day 1 (actually Day 1, week 2):
I got my shakes at last night's group meeting. I chose half vanilla and half chocolate. It is kind of funny that we don't get to taste them first. I asked a couple of people in my group and it was 50/50. Some liked only the chocolate, while others only the vanilla.
I got up this morning, completely forgot that I was starting today, and thought about breakfast. My stomach rumbled and then I remembered...right, I get to drink shakes for the next five months. Not to sound totally cliche but I immediately changed my way of thinking and told myself that this is the first day of the rest of my life. I have already come this far so now it is time to embrace this and make the best of it. I will soon start to see the results so it can only get better.
When I finished getting ready for work, I grabbed my new shaker and filled it up with water to the eight ounce mark. I dumped the chocolate packet into the shaker and shook it until it was foamy and delicious. The first mistake I made was to smell it. It smelled awful and it was a little chunky so my stomach turned a little. Second mistake, it was not cold enough so when I started to drink it, the taste was a little like warm chocolate milk. Once I took a few more drinks it was not that bad. Oddly, I felt full on only eight ounces of liquid.
I continued to drink my shakes throughout the day every three hours. At 1:30 my stomach actually growled and I still had an hour left before I was supposed to have another shake. Thankfully, I purchased the chicken soup (two boxes) just in case - I am allowed two servings of the chicken soup per day in addition to my shakes. I savored every last drop of the soup and it held me over until I drank my next shake. I decided to try the vanilla shake, which I mixed with black coffee. It wasn't bad but I know that I will not be able to drink the vanilla by itself. All I can say is, ewwww, so gross.
So at the end of the day, with one more shake and 30 ounces of water left to drink I can officially say one day down, 134 days left.
I got my shakes at last night's group meeting. I chose half vanilla and half chocolate. It is kind of funny that we don't get to taste them first. I asked a couple of people in my group and it was 50/50. Some liked only the chocolate, while others only the vanilla.
I got up this morning, completely forgot that I was starting today, and thought about breakfast. My stomach rumbled and then I remembered...right, I get to drink shakes for the next five months. Not to sound totally cliche but I immediately changed my way of thinking and told myself that this is the first day of the rest of my life. I have already come this far so now it is time to embrace this and make the best of it. I will soon start to see the results so it can only get better.
When I finished getting ready for work, I grabbed my new shaker and filled it up with water to the eight ounce mark. I dumped the chocolate packet into the shaker and shook it until it was foamy and delicious. The first mistake I made was to smell it. It smelled awful and it was a little chunky so my stomach turned a little. Second mistake, it was not cold enough so when I started to drink it, the taste was a little like warm chocolate milk. Once I took a few more drinks it was not that bad. Oddly, I felt full on only eight ounces of liquid.
I continued to drink my shakes throughout the day every three hours. At 1:30 my stomach actually growled and I still had an hour left before I was supposed to have another shake. Thankfully, I purchased the chicken soup (two boxes) just in case - I am allowed two servings of the chicken soup per day in addition to my shakes. I savored every last drop of the soup and it held me over until I drank my next shake. I decided to try the vanilla shake, which I mixed with black coffee. It wasn't bad but I know that I will not be able to drink the vanilla by itself. All I can say is, ewwww, so gross.
So at the end of the day, with one more shake and 30 ounces of water left to drink I can officially say one day down, 134 days left.
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