Phase 2 Day#9

Weight: 392.6

... 9 Days in

This brings the approximate total loss of: 14lbs

I say approximate because I don't know my actual starting weight. My digital scale only goes up to 400. I'm estimating a start weight of 406lbs.

Eating a 500 calorie diet has been close to effortless. I don't get hungry, I do however still crave certain foods. I crave them because I do miss them. Pizza is my current craving I've been thinking about. Of course I smell all sorts of food during lunch time or dinner time if I drive by restaurants or am at work.

I got my first comments yesterday & today about people noticing I'm losing weight. Two different people both commented that I look Thinner in the face.

Frooties - Miracle Fruit (tablets)
Let me tell you about this little known secret fruit. This fruit, native to West Africa, when consumed, somehow its molecules bind to your tongue to change the taste of the next sour, bitter, or tangy foods (like fruits) that you eat for about 30 minutes to an hour. These fruits are freeze dried and made into tablets that you let disolve on your tongue to get the same effect as if eating the fruit.

Here are the things i've tried with it:

Lemon - Makes it taste like lemonade. It doesn't lock your jaw from being so bitter, it tastes sweet. You can still 'feel' the acidic nature of it but it tates sweet

Grapefruit - Note that I dont like grapefruit by itself.. but it makes it taste so good. I can't explain it. You can tell its grapefruit, but it tastes like 'Heaven fruit'. Its like the best i've tried so far.

Strawberries - This is tied up there with grapefruit on the tastiness scale. It is so delicious, i can't quite put it into words. You would have to try it yourself.

Apple - I love Fuji Apples, they are my favorite. I like them because they are the best tasting in my opinion. I tried this apple with the frooties tablets today for the first time and wow.. it tastes even better. Not sure how thats possible as I already thought it tasted good.

Cucumber - Didn't work.. still tasted like a cucumber lmao..

I was just reading the cnn article here: http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/25/miracle.berries.weightloss/index.html

It says that it makes hot sauce taste like honey bbq but it still burns like hell
I'll have to try that at some point (not while on this diet though)

I might have to try growing one of these bushes :)