Day 3 - I'm hungry. Big surprise.

Starting weight: 231.2 lbs

Breakfast - Fuji Apple
Lunch - 4 oz. lean steak, 2 cups cucumbers, 1 piece Melba toast
Dinner - 4 oz lean ground beef, 1 cup lettuce and 1 cup cucumbers, 1 piece Melba toast
Dessert - 6 strawberries

I've been hungry all day.  I mean, it's a diet, so I knew I'd be feeling a few hunger pangs since I'm only eating 500 calories a day, but I was expecting them to be dulled by the X-30.  Apparently it's still going to take some getting used to.

On this diet, the Very Low Calorie Diet, I can drink as much coffee and tea and water as I want, as long as I don't add sugar (other than Stevia) or flavoring.  In fact, I have to drink 32 oz of water before lunch.  I bought a big ol' water bottle and it's been glued to my hand. It also means I've had to get up and go to the bathroom every 10 minutes.  As someone who doesn't particularly like drinking "just water", I expected this to be more of a challenge.  And in the morning it was kind of rough - I felt like I was having to force myself to drink in the morning, but as the day wore on I found that I had picked up the habit, and what's more - I was getting thirsty!  I'm not sure if it's because of the X-30 or just because it's so dang hot, but by the end of the day I was really thirsty.  As a matter of fact, I'm about halfway through my 4th full bottle of water.

For a girl who loves carbs and cheese and all that good stuff, this is going to be rough.  Here's a list of all the stuff I can't have:

• Oil
• Butter
• Sugar
• Milk (I'm allowed 1 Tablespoon a day)

You'd be surprised how much else I can't have - carrots, for instance (too much sugar, I think).  Bread, pasta, rice, pretty much any type of carb.  No dairy.  The only fruit I can have is apples, grapefruit, and strawberries.    I went grocery shopping so that's really all I have in the house, but it's still hard to see other people at work eating wonderful carby things.  I have a nasty feeling that part of things is only going to get more difficult.  I also have to try and find an oil-free moisturizer, which is harder than you'd think.

Aside from being slightly hungry and still pretty thirsty, I feel pretty good today.  I just took my starting measurements and I'm about to go take my "before" picture in my bra and underwear, something I'm not particularly looking forward to.  I'm not going to post it until I have an "after" shot to put it next to (and make me feel a little bit better)!  We'll see how tomorrow goes!