I just got off the phone with Alyson, this is what good support is about and makes all the difference between success and failure. I have a headache, just found out that we can do black coffee and diet sodas (in moderation). I'm a caffeine addict so this is good news for me. I've been having a headache all day. However, we are going to limit it. No more then 2 diet sodas a day to start. When I get to Phase Two, I think I will go down to one a day. Carbonated drinks are bad for your bones, and I really need improvement in this area. It is now 6pm central time and I am sipping on a diet mountain dew and water. I still have a protein shake left which I will try to get in around 8pm central. This is probably too late, as your last meal of the day should probably be before 7pm and your snack should be around 8pm-ish. I'm not sure about this but I'm sure after some time doing this diet and learning more that this topic will come up. When I was in a diet program (that worked by the way but I was lazy), I realized that I was fat because I didn't eat enough. Sounds unlikely? Well, guess what...after talking to a doctor about it on several different occassions and after some reading, its definitely true. Food is your fuel, like gas is to a car. If you don't put fuel in your body then it won't run properly and your metabolism slows. Your body starts to think you are starving it and so it holds stuff instead of burning it off for your metabolism. Also, when you do this, your plateau increases every time. Say you started off with your plateau weight being 200 lbs. Next time you lose a bunch of weight improperly then gain it back, you are more then likely to have a new plateau of 210lbs. (This is just an example). The largest I ever got in high school was 198lbs, I could eat whatever I wanted and never got bigger then that. However, after bad dieting and not maintaining, the largest I have ever weighed is 250lbs. If I'm not mistaken your fat cells never go away, you just make more of them and then they shrink as you lose weight. Don't quote me on that. We will all learn together on this journey. The point of me doing this diet was to show that I could lose weight on it too without having the surgery. We will see. Once I have entered Phase 3 of the diet however, and my friend has had the surgery, I will start to exercise and continue to eat like I am in Phase 3 of the diet. Tonight I will weigh and measure myself. And yes, I will make this public. Some say, "I can't believe you will publish that!" My response is, "Seriously? Its me, there is nothing wrong with being me." I have always felt that way whether fat or skinny. I'm me and you will just have to take it either way or move over and let me pass!





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