Day 5 of the HCG diet has come and gone. It was kind of a frustrating day, but that is too be expected for a diet of this nature. After losing a lot of weight fast, I actually gained a pound on Day 5. This has left me wondering where I messed up and what I need to do to not let that happen again. I understand things like this can happen, I was just hoping it wouldn’t happen to me.

I am going to run through what I ate and analyze what I think went wrong. Breakfast was not a problem, I had an orange and it was a great orange at that. Lunch consisted of a salad, not a very big salad either. It had tomatoes, peppers, chicken and spray-on italian dressing. I got a little crazy for dinner and this is where I went wrong. I had an idea that I could get an entree of Panda Express without the rice and that would count for my second portion of meat for the day. I also grabbed a Sobe Green Tea.

On this diet I am supposed to have a lot of Green Tea and Water, I haven’t found a Green Tea that I can stand, so I wanted to try the Sobe. It was great, it didn’t taste like the other stuff I had tried. However after I drank it I looked at the ingredients and noticed it had 100 calories and the other crap green tea didn’t have any. It looks like I will continue my quest to find a decent Green Tea, if anyone knows of a good one let me know. I prefer it to not look and taste like Vegetable Oil. So the Sobe was a bad choice, I need to train myself to look at the labels beforehad.

The Orange Chicken was a gamble and while it would have been a great meal when I want something spicy, I will not be doing it again. I am not very smart when it comes to how things are prepared and how it affect a diet. If I am told Chicken is good for a diet, than all chicken is good for a diet. I am learning that this is not the case at all. Apparently there is a huge difference in how you prepare chicken. I always knew fried chicken wasn’t the best due to the breading and grease, but I didn’t realize how bad it actually was. I think I can thank the fried chicken at Panda Express for making me gain an extra pound today. While I love Panda Express, it is going to have to wait until this diet is over and I can manage my weight.

While I am still down 5 pounds overall, I could be doing better. I am weighing in at 228 today and I am hoping tomorrow the scale drops to around 226-225.