Getting ready! 9/15/09

Today's weight 193.1! I am now down 16.9!

I am really getting excited to see the doctor on Thursday for my consultation. In preparation for the hcg program, I have been taking a good look at some of my bad habits. One of the first things I need to change is my Diet Coke addiction. Some days I will drink more than 12 cans! So I decided that Monday was going to be the day of reckoning for that problem. My goal was to make it through the day on 6 Diet Cokes. It wasn't too hard I just drank water in place of pop. Today, I plan to drop to 4 diet cokes. I would like to be drinking 1 or 0 a day when I start the hcg program. My second addiction is sleeping pills. I have been taking sleeping pills for about 5 years. It was something that I started while I was going through my back surgeries and recovery. I have taken every prescription drug for sleep but finally settled on a drug named Trazadone. It has worked well for me unlike Lunesta and Ambien . Both caused me to have crazy dreams and feel more tired the next day. My Trazadone dosage has gradually crept up to 200mg at bedtime. On Sunday, I cut my dosage in half and have kept it there. Today, I have a headache. I am hoping some ibuprofen will clear it up.

I have trying to find out what types of items people are using to help them in their quest for the perfect weight. I ventured out to my local Target store to see what I could pick up. While at Target, I found a Weight Watchers scale for $40 that I had never seen before. It measured weight down to a 1/10th of a pound! I knew I had to have it. I also picked up a digital food scale because the one I have is a very, very old dial scale. I figure the scales is a good place to get started for the program. A lot of people have posted that they do a colon cleanse before they start the hcg protocol. I have been curious if this is necessary and have decided to do a bit more research on it.

One item that came up while talking to my husband, Mick, this morning was our trip we have planned to California in October. I am a bit worried that if I start the hcg weight loss program that I will completely cheat on our trip. I told Mick that maybe we should wait to start when we return from our trip. Mick was really against this. He told me "If you wait until after our trip then you will do the same thing with Thanksgiving and Christmas." He was right. If I was going to commit to a healthier lifestyle I was going to have to do this in the real world. I am sure with good planning I will be able to survive. The biggest issue is going to be resisting the temptations at Disneyland. Luckily, we will have a rental car which will let me get out to a grocery store. I am hoping to find a Whole Foods or similar store fairly close. One nice thing is that all the hotels we are staying in have fridges.