Day One of the HCG Diet Drops

Well, Day One of the HCG diet drops finally arrived.

Santos, my husband, and I got up, weighed ourselves and then started taking measurements starting at the neck and working all the way down to our knees. Yes, knees, can you believe that? Me, not thinking, I probably would have stopped at the thigh and not thought about measuring the knees. Goes to show what I know! :)

Then we took a front and side view picture of each other for comparison at the two week and 30 day mark. Those pictures will be coming out at the 30 day finish so we can show the before and after shots. Those should be quite interesting.

Then we headed for the kitchen and took the HCG diet drops for the very first time. Not much as a taste, had a slight smell, underneath my tongue got very warm, but I had no problem keeping the .5cc of the HCG under my tongue for the 2 minutes recommended. We waited the 15 minutes and I cooked us a few eggs and toast. We drank some orange juice and we have started our journey on the HCG diet protocol plan.

Now, since part of the HCG diet protocol plan is to gorge for the first 2 days, we are thinking Pizza Hut for lunch (I'm so gonna miss their Meat Lovers Pan Pizza) and we'll probably go with pork chops with rice and beans for dinner. Santos, being of Latin descent, loves his rice and beans and that's going to be what he misses the most for the next month. Me, oh, it's definitely going to be the bread. I'm a baker and nothing smells up the house so fast and so good as a loaf of fresh bread coming out of the oven. Actually, that's on the list of must eat today, too! Along with some Angel Food Cake for dessert. I told you, I'm a baker, so I better get some of my favorites in today and tomorrow before they are shut off.

I did remind Santos this morning that he needs to tell me day to day if anything goes weird while we are taking the HCG diet drops; headaches, off kilter bowel movements, dizzy spells, crazy cravings, etc. This way, I'll make sure we document what happens with us from day to day, partly for us to remember what we went through and in part to share with anyone who may be either thinking of or already on this diet and wanting to compare notes.

Well, I think that's it for now. I'll be back tomorrow to share what's going on with us on this HCG for weight loss plan we are on.
Cheers,
Michelle & Santos