7/31/10--Day 1

Woke up at 7 a.m. (no gym today; I rarely go on Saturdays.  Okay, change "rarely" to "never" and that's more of the truth.) My stomach was growling a little, but I ignored it.  Instructions say to take 1-2 pills first thing in the morning with 2-3 glasses of water.  I figured I'll start with one and work my way up.  But I assumed this was like a substitute for breakfast, so I got ready for work and took it on the way to work around 8:30 a.m.  My poor, empty stomach was unhappy as its demands for food went ignored.  Until 10:30 a.m.  I couldn't handle being hungry any more.  So I opened my desk drawer and pulled out my battered, in-case-of-emergency, slightly squished South Beach meal replacement bar and wolfed that down.  (As a side note, I have had South Beach bars that taste pretty decent, but the caramel peanut is not one of them.  It tastes gross, and there is some kind of cloying, sticky sweetness that rests in my throat after eating one.  That's why it was relegated to my in-case-of-emergency bar.)

At this point, I noticed I was a little shaky.  I don't know if it was from the Healthé Trim or from going 12 hours without eating.  I wouldn't exactly call it jittery, but I know I didn't feel normal.  Eventually lunch happened, and after running a few errands, I ended up in the Wendy's drive through.  I ordered chicken nuggets and a side caesar salad and took them back to work to eat, around 1:30, and that filled me up.  Around 2:30 I notice that my tummy was unusually gurgly.  I don't know if it was from my lunch or the Healthé Trim.  At around 4:30 I felt what I think were faint hunger pangs.  I ate a small apple with peanut butter.  At 6 p.m., when I should have left work (I had to stay til 6:20) I grabbed my baby carrots out of the fridge and started snacking out of boredom.  I ate a few more baby carrots on the way home, bringing my total up to an even dozen.  At home, I ate a little leftover rice and one piece of adobo, and about an hour and a half later I ate a piece of toast with cream cheese and I also took a Healthé Shield (a "multi-mineral berry complex"; you're supposed to take two with your evening meal).  I couldn't tell any difference in my appetite with the Healthé Trim, but I figured that's because I didn't take it first thing when I woke up.  Tomorrow I will take it properly and see what happens.