First things first…have you ever heard of Ranking.com or TrustGauge.com? I have. And let me tell you…it’s kind of a big deal for a site to get noticed by them in a positive way. And I got a google alert letting me know that HCG Diet Direct not only got ranked #1 in the diet and weight loss category at Ranking.com, but they’re also awarded 10 out of 10 on the Trust Gauge scale. That’s impressive. So, of course, I forwarded the info to my diet buddy, Lisa’s, husband. He was a hater from the start and I think this will really bug him. I love being right.

But enough of that extra chatter. We’ll get right on to the basics of how I did on Day 4. And actually I feel I need to clarify that it’s actually Day 6 of the diet. The first two were loading days so I’ve been on the low calorie portion of the diet for 4 days. Loading was so different from the low calorie portion that I tend to blow it off as if it wasn’t part of the diet, but it’s apparently a very important part of the program.

Day 6 on the diet I got up and weight myself and I went up. Dang it! Now I’m at 164 pounds. I figure this is only just punishment for when I fell off the plan for about 5 minutes on Saturday. I’ve sworn not to step foot in another mall food court until the diet is completed; regardless of my intentions of not eating. The temptation is apparently just too great!

So I took my HCG and drank several glasses of water throughout the morning. Then I took my HCG again and started to think about making lunch. I had packaged up a bunch of individual serving sized packages of the chili I made so I decided to go with one of those. I warmed one up and whipped out the Spicy 3 Pepper crackers that are so amazing. I decided to cut up my apple and drip lemon on it. I heard this mentioned in some of the HCG diet reviews. It was really, really good.

I bought some huge (not very cute, but HUGE) plastic cups that I’ve been using to make sure I get enough water throughout the day. I fill one up and cart it around with me throughout the day so I always have a massive amount of easily accessible water on hand. I think it’s helping me get more water in. For dinner I attempted a new recipe: Rosemary and Chicken. And I totally messed it up. Apparently marinating is important (who knew, right?) I’ll have to try that one again later.

The other “new” thing I tried today was Red Zinger tea. I’m still struggling to find an herbal tea that I can get attached to; so far no dice. This one was better than Green Tea, but nothing I’d smile about. I’ll have to check out some more HCG diet reviews and see if there’s some type of herbal tea out there that everyone loves. Too bad I can’t just substitute hot chocolate, but that would be defeating the entire purpose.

Amelia Handley studied exercise science at university with a minor in Nutrition. Yet she still found herself veering from diet to diet in order to control her weight. With HCG Diet Direct she’s found a program that allows her to combine her desire to control her own body weight with her education and not feel off balance.