Emily Brewer Central

Day 4

Like, seriously long! I have had 3 full days on the diet but yesterday I was STARVING! More than the other two days for sure. I think my stomach is starting to get pissed.  I can’t tell you the last time a hunger pain woke me up in the middle of the night and I dreamed about eating a whole pot of refried beans but yeah, that was last night. I also can’t help but wonder why everyone else I read about or talk to who have done this diet say things like “I wasn’t even hungry!” and other infuriating comments like that.  Maybe they forgot about week 1?  The week where it is so hard and you are so hungry that you are willing to say screw it and go buy a taco platter and weigh 300 pounds?

I am not going to do that though. I am going to stick with this thing.  I want to see if I can get through the first week and if the stomach and my body’s expectation of an abundance of calories can settle down.  I have lost 2.5 lbs total (6.5 lbs including the pre-diet pig out they make you do) so I am definitely seeing results. Which is good, because if I wasn’t I would be outta here!I think if this is still going on after 7 days we will investigate the issue but the body is probably just throwing a temper tantrum right now.

Major hurdles coming up this weekend: visit to friend’s house where I will have to bring a lunch box (like I am 7 years old) and 4th of July pancake breakfast and BBQ the following day. There is never a good time to start a diet and I made a conscious decision not to wait the extra week between my birthday and the 4th of July. I don’t want to become anti-social although I can totally see why people who are dieting do.  I did go see a friend perform at a bar last night and was able to resist all the sexy libations floating around me.  Held on to my bottled water and then high-tailed it out of there the second she finished. But hey, at least I showed!