Day Two - Constant Headache

Today I started off my morning routine a little different (including a headache). I had half of a protein whey shake with crystal light cran-pomegrante. I also had 1/2 cup of cottage cheese and a glass of water. I looked over my med list to make sure I was taking everything on schedule and realized I hadn't taken my Calcium last night. Oh well...moving on. Headache persisted throughout the morning and i gradually ate my lunch throughout the course of the morning. I slowly snacked on my turkey burger and cottage cheese. I decided to go to the Medi Clinic before they closed at 1pm to to get a MIC to get me through the weekend.

Upon my return, I got called out by my co-workers -"Are you dieting or something?" I started out by not saying a whole lot. My intial response was " I am a little bit." My only apprension in telling them the details was the shock and disbelief of the specifics of the diet plan. So they probbed more and I gave more details. One of which being, "That cannot be healthy to only eat 500 calories." In hindsight, I definitely do think that is better they know --no I only dread telling the others again (who weren't working today) and the constant questions and concern. Throughout the remainder of the afternoon they did prove to be supportive though. As I opened a Diet Coke, one of them inquired, "Are you supposed to have that?" in a very funny, but caring way. Yes, it is ok in moderation if anyone is curious.

My next hurdle of the afternoon was a meeting that I had after work with some Sales Representatives from Arbonne (I am now a consultant..one more thing to add to my list). It was at Chez Lulu at 5:45. What I would've wanted on any other normal day would be a pizza and a glass of wine. Today it was quite the opposite. I pushed for the others to order the cheese platter in hopes of one of the cheeses being something I might be able to rectify consuming. And for my beverage - a tonic and lime. However after I recieved it drank a few sips, I had a panic attack and realized it wasn't diet tonic. I didn't want to cause a scence with these people I hardly knew, so after those first few unknowing sips I drank no more. The cheese platter arrived and they had ordered a pizza too. I passed on the pizza and luckily wasn't very hungry as my appetite surpressant had kicked in. The cheeses were all soft cheeses..so I knew not to go crazy. I wanted to seem polite so I had 2 very small slices - calories incalculable.

When I arrived home, I tallied my calories and saw that I didn't have much more to eat - so I called it quits after consuming the other half of my shake from this morning (seeing as I didn't really know what the cheese counted as). I then took my dog out for a half hour and got some fresh air. I took a bath when I got home and now I'm feeling like I'm going to shake this headache. I can't wait for another day...but more importantly to see the results on Monday when I check in the clinic for the start of week 2!