Well, I think I’ve done gone and proved it.
Once a cheater…always a cheater.
Yup. I couldn’t resist. It is 4th of July weekend and, sure enough, with everyone coming over for lots of fanfare and feasting, I could not control myself and only eat the 800 calories I’m supposed to eat per day while on this HCG Diet.
I pride myself on having fairly good self-control. Still, I must, with equal force, also admit my limitations.
I suck in a social situation when it comes to dieting.
Lesson learned in order for me to succeed – don’t be in an environment where I’m subject to lots of eating celebrations with others.
In other words, I need to be on a diet that allows me some flexibility for “cheat days” (or even “cheat weekends”).
Still, I’m not overly concerned. I have 2 weeks left and am still confident that I can come close to hitting my goal of 135 pounds and 5% – 7% body fat range (I give a range because of the variation I have from measuring on my Garmin Connect Scale (which I can use every day) vs on the “gold standard” GE Lunar iDXA scanner for body composition wh/ I’ll use at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee after I’m done with this diet)).