Karen R.
This Is Hard
Apr 20, 2013
I'm placing this here rather than on the forum because others have made this same observation and I don't want to be redundant.
I spent my first five days on clear liquids, which means I was drinking lots of water, Crystal Light, diet Jello (which is apparently recognized as a liquid by the diet gods), broth, and herbal tea. This was a breeze. I'm a big fan of water and I'm not hungry, so I just walked around the house with my water bottle and sipped to my heart's content.
Today I started on full liquids. This means I'm supposed to "eat" skim milk, low-fat yogurt, juices, and custard (Made with skim milk and sweetener--no recipe, mind. I'm supposed to figure this out on my own.). I'm meant to have half of cup of this stuff six times a day.
I'm not hungry. So to eat that much and still get in my liquids (which continue!) is crazy. I had yogurt for breakfast, pineapple juice for lunch and V8 for dinner. But that was all (that and my 90 oz of water--plus some diet Jello!). How are you supposed to fit in six meals? I get up around 6:00am and have been going to bed by 10:30pm. That's 14-1/2 hours, which means I would need to eat right around every 2-1/2 hours. I just don't see that happening. Not with the way I feel.
How do people manage?
I'm on this phase of the diet for two weeks.
