I'm not going to lie, the first 2 days were really challenging for me. I know it will get easier as the cravings go away, but I really just wanted bread and oatmeal and potatoes...yes, I'm addicted to carbs. I was worried that I wouldn't like the lemon juice in hot water every morning, but was pleasantly surprised with that. It reminds me of a lemony herbal tea and is actually quite soothing on the throat in the morning. My biggest problem (and it always has been) is that I HATE water. It makes me gag. I don't care if it's room temp, ice cold, from faucet or the purest spring...I don't like it. I was able to gag down just two eight oz. glasses each of the first 2 days. I'm really going to have to try harder, with WW you could count green tea, or 0cal. drink mixes as water servings, so I was ok, but now...this is a problem.
I can forsee myself getting bored eating the same things everyday...there are only so many different ways to prep chicken/fish and veggies. But...I just have to keep telling myself it's only for 17 days...then I can add some of my favorites back in.
If anyone has any great recipes for the first 17 days, please share!
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