today will be a very difficult day... program listed below.
day 4
eat bananas and drink nonfat milk, do not eat over 8 bananas a day. drink the soup and a lot of water.
bananas are good in calories and carbohydrates like milk, but on this day your body needs pottasium, carbohydrates, proteins and calcium to reduce the feeling to eat sweets. we recommend to make milk shakes with the bananas and milk and put an envelope of equal or sugar subsitute. tastes real good. *yea, we'll see about that...*
bananas and milk?! that's it? at least i have all the veggies in the soup... *damn* i forgot to bring some bananas! ohh, the hunger... hehee, kidding.
i decided to take a day off yesterday. the main reason was because i was afraid of crossing the bay bridge and another reason was that i wanted a loner day just to myself, to think about things. my original plan was to stay home and watch the news and broadcasts around the world surrounding september eleventh memories, but my mom decided to take the day off as well and we spent the day together. my loner day became a much needed family day.
ever since i have gotten engaged, my mom has expressed that she wants to go wedding dress shopping with me, so after running a few errands in the morning, we stopped off at a chinese gown/photography shop on el camino in san mateo that she found one day. i was able to try on 3 gowns and really liked one of them... my mom absolutely loved it and i think she was hoping that i would commit to that dress already. it was the first dress and the salesMAN thought it was really nice too, but of course he would, he chose it! since he's a hk man, and my mom is so loving it, he suggests that she try on a chinese dress that they have. they were just showering her with compliments and she was giggling with happiness. hella cute.
he then asks me about wedding photography and i say that parkin and i are planning to take engagement photos in hong kong or china when we go this year. he replies, in chinese of course, "hong kong pictures are good.... but you should take them here. we are from hong kong! we brought the business over here! you'll get the same quality here as you would there, and you won't have to carry the large photographs back onto the plane. ho mah fahn." my mom bought the whole thing. because this was my first place looking at dresses, and checking out the photography, i was very skeptical and just didn't want to rush into any decisions, especially engagement photos, without conferring with parkin. so when he sat with us to show us examples of wedding books and prices, he asked if he could set up an appointment. *yikes* i kindly said no thank you, told him that i want to talk to my fiance about things first and he started up with the "hong kong pictures are good..." speech again. haha
for dinner last night, i sauteed some zucchini with garlic, and spinach with garlic and lemon juice, and of course drank some soup. yummy. i also had about a gallon of watermelon juice. hehe. i was enjoying it because after last night, no more watermelon until the diet is over. :(
tonight for dinner... banana milk shake! mmmm..... (that was written sarcastically if you couldn't tell)
so far, not feeling weak or light headed. i've never really felt super hungry, but temptation is everywhere! parkin was munching on a stick of beef jerky last night and it smelled SO good. i wanted to kiss him just for some of that beef stick oil to touch my lips. :P then he had spam in his udon for dinner and was chopping it all up in front of me.... my tongue was reaching for it, but parkin kept saying 'no, don't do it.' shoo, he ain't helpin me with my little situation here.
but i think that i'm not feeling weak or light headed because i've been stuffing myself with veggies and fruit, and of course the soup. when my aunt did it a month or so ago, she said that she was very weak so that was what i was mostly afraid of, but she was eating bare minimum amounts of soup and whatever the program listed. i'm still eating like a pig, so i guess that helps. plus i've lost 4lbs, so i guess i'm not doing anything wrong.
can't wait for tomorrow's program. yummy!