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Tuesday, April 20, 2010

The Harcombe Diet - Day 2 of Phase I: Detoxing

Day one weigh in: 138.9
Day two weigh in: 133.8
What I feel is my healthy weight: 110 - 115

Day two! Wow...all I can say is I must have been retaining a ton of water--a 5.1 pound weight loss in 24 hours!!. While that's extremely encouraging, I don't expect to see results like all five days.

Day two went much better than day one. I didn't even bother with the decaf coffee. Instead I took advantage of the extra time and slept in 20 extra minutes! I felt pretty alert all day. I made sure I brought more food to work so I wouldn't get hungry. I had a luncheon to attend today, so that was a challenge. I had to surpass a lot of cheese and brownies--and settle for just a simple salad with a tiny spoon of dressing (I know it had sugar in it, and I didn't want to ruin my whole detox).

I did start to get a mild headache around 3pm--which is typically the time of day I go in search of chocolate or an afternoon cup of coffee. I'm drinking a lot of herbal tea. I just like having warm liquid to carry around in my mug!

I did manage a workout this evening (unlike last night when I vegged on the couch all evening with a headache). Mark and I did the fitness trail at a local park. It's a mile trail with about 12 strength training stations. I got through it but felt tired without any caffeine in my system. I'm certainly hoping that improves as I get use to being free of caffeine. I'm running a 5k on Saturday, so maybe that will go a little better. At least I got out there and burned some calories--worked some muscles.

I'm still looking forward to adding dairy back in on Saturday. A decaf latte (sugarless, of course) sure sounds good.

2 comments:

  1. Thanks for the updates on this! Very interesting. I actually saw in facebook that you were a fan of this program, so I checked it out too. I started on Monday and it's gone very well so far. The foods are easy to prepare (although I've had to run to the store to buy more veggies) and I haven't felt hungry at all.

    I did have a minor transgression yesterday. I donated blood, so I couldn't really refuse the sugary juice and cookies afterwards. It was my first time donating, so I didn't want to take any chances of getting woozy.

    Coffee is sounding very good, but I'm sticking to the herbal teas and water too.

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  2. Cool. We'll have to keep each other updated! Coffee has definitely been my toughest...with my 3pm sugar fix being a close second!

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