Sadkhin Diet: Day 16

Another milk day. Nothing much happened today (that had anything to do with the diet). I ate a bit of celery and the tiniest bit of chicken. Oops I jumped ahead (and uh, yeah that counts as something happening doesn't it? LOL).

Some of my coworkers wanted to go out for drinks last night. It was planned like literally a month in advance. I was going to bail mostly because I was kinda tired and I knew the place we were going has bomb food. I still showed up. I had those said drinks, in fact way too many, and I munched on a celery stick (baited by my coworkers as "Celery is fine! it takes more energy to chew it than it gives you! It'll be like you're not eating at all").

Honestly, I'm ready to go back to being able to work out hard. I really miss that and I was making so much progress moving up the treadmill ladder.

Can't do that unless I can get a lil more protein in me. Everything is fitting me nicely though. I've moved down from pants I stole from y sister's closet because I had gotten too fat for my own, to pants I've had and worn two years ago... This is going to sound bonkers, but I have a couple of pants that I've NEVER been able to fit but I was on such a roll losing weight... I bought them anyway lol. They were on sale, and I knew in 15 lbs I'd fit them. Never got to that said 15 lbs though. Sooooo yeah. Just taking up space. But I refuse to give them away! I'm going to wear them pants dang it, if it's the last thing I do!!

Sadkhin Diet: Day 14 and 15

So I did fine on Tuesday. Just regular ole veggies and what not. It was Wednesday that had me crazy.

I feel like this cycle I am a little more hungry. Dr. Gene did say if I feel a bit hungry I can eat maybe a half a pound more of vegetables. I ate mostly apples and pineapples. I went to a bar I used to work at because I hadn't seen my peeps in so long... The food there is really good. I didn't order any. I was a good girl.

Until I got drunk during glass number two (I was told, if the glass is never empty that still counts as one glass of wine! HA!). After that I left and was so torn between going home and scavenging for food. I live between a Dunkin' Donuts and a Subways for crying out loud. Lucky for me both restaurants are absolutely disgusting. I don't even look at those establishments as food options. The taco cart on the other hand....

I bought myself a taco. A bean taco. with cilantro and onions and guac and hot sauce and deliciousness.  It was the best taco of my life. I felt a bit sick after it though. Definitely like I ate too much.

Other than that I'm rotating. If knowing I spent money can't even keep me from cheating, that means I should definitely go into maintenance. The other thing is, I lost nearly the 20 lbs I was going for. I'm not interested in losing 60 lbs on this. I just needed a booster. I do want to continue working on myself, toning up, and losing a bit more weight, but I want to go about it slower. I'm leaning more and more towards maintenance. Don't judge me with your judging eyes!!

Sadkhin Diet: Day 13

Captains log:

It just hit me that if I was a captain of some sort of ship keeping a log, I'd probably forget to write in it lol. The reader can't tell... but I don't always do it on the night that it says I post it. Sometimes I do two back to back, I just change the time stamp (naughty technically advance Bree).

Today I woke up and said, f*ck milk! I'ma fast! And so I did. I felt kind of bad about NOT drinking milk... so I added a bit to my tea, just a top off. Not enough to even call drinking milk really. I managed to drink that said tea all day. I've been going through a bout of not drinking as much liquid as I did before starting. especially on milk days it seem; which is weird, because I usually mix the milk and tea together.

Anyways, I did well. I wasn't really hungry. I did however, get that throat closing sensation again. I think it's because I think about terrible things in my head over and over again. And then because I can't eat crap, I just have to deal with the anxiety of all the terrible things I've thought about.  

I came home and had myself a bowl of veggie broth after 6pm. I added onions and cilantro, just like they said I could. That was the first time the entire day I kinda was hungry. It satisfied for the time being and I officially fasted mostly for the day. I'm proud of myself. There are these freakin' corn chips on the counter in my apartment, and they are just begging to be scarfed. No scarfing did I though!

Tomorrow I think I will be eating apples, the last plum I have, and if it's any good, an avocado. I bought it because they were on sale, but you can only have one a day so... buying the two for 1 on the last veggie day is probably not the greatest idea.

If no, I think I will just eat pineapple or a banana! We will see. 

I'm so over this. Yep, I've been complaining from the beginning, tis my way. I'm also bad at these type of things. I have no will power (though, honestly, I've been sitting around chocolate cake and all types of things and not eating them so... maybe I have more than I think).

Onward I go... I will see how this week finishes out. Then make a decision after that.

Sadkhin Diet: Day 12

Alright... so day of the big dinner.

Yeah... I cheated big time lol. Not like full out rice beans, pasta oil mushrooms type, but there was lobster. LOBSTER! How do I not eat that? Some cold shrimp, lobster, veggies and fruit. It was a milk day mind you. It was also super good lol. I regret nothing! (which is a lie, I totally regret everything I ate). Including that cookie at the end.

I thought it was suppose to be a regular dinner. Come to find out it was buffet style, aka, the ultimate evil on this diet. And I didn't have to pay for it... so I'd be an ass not to eat free lobster!!

I drank some milk during the day in an attempt to make myself so full I wouldn't eat much at dinner. Sorta worked? I dunno. but I do have to say, I know this is gonna come back and bite me in the booty later I'm sure.

Later I had a glass of wine and moped about my lobster feast (not really, but you know) with my friend. He told me not to worry about it. Tomorrow's a new day.

It is. A new day I've decided to fast on! lol. (He said oh yea, slow down you metabolism, that will help). But what else is a cheater like me suppose to do?  Alas, we will see how tomorrow goes. No more cheating for me!

Sadkhin Diet: Day 11

I woke up and found my friend had left ALL of his freakin' food in my living room. He bought so much food he couldn't even finish it. That means there was garlic chicken, chicken and string beans, rice, the rest of my soup, a whole quart of mai fun noodle soup... sigh.

I looked at it. I touched it. I brought it to my lips. I threw all of that shit in the trash. All except the soup. He never touched it and I put it in the freezer. I hate throwing away food; wasting. I ate my plums which were not as ripe as I like them, but tart so acceptable. I drank a lot of tea today. Late I don't think I've been drinking enough liquid, and because of all of my little cheats I thought maybe that's why I haven't had to go potty.

In the middle of trying to eat a plum, I got really really sleepy. I did hang out late last night, so I guess it made since. I fell asleep for a few hours, and when I woke up it was around 5pm. I didn't eat again. I just wasn't hungry, and I didn't want to force myself to eat just because 6pm was creeping up.

I had a glass of wine and hung out with my roommate in the living room talking about how stupid it is for girls to wear heels because guys mostly don't care.


I didn't cheat again. Says the girl who is going to order fish tomorrow when she goes to dinner. Man do I love sabotaging myself. But I just don't want to have to explain anything. I'll have my glass of red wine. I'll eat my veggies and take a little bite of fish. Controlled cheating at it's finest. Thought according to Cathy's blog this is probably the worst time in the cycle to do this.

Sadkhin Diet: Day 10

Oh boy...


So Yeah, you know the saying, you do it once, you're gonna do it again.... Is that a saying? Well if not, it's the truth. I cheated today. I was off of work, and it was the first of two veggie days ( when you get the balls changed, you start over again with veggie days, so technically I'm about to have three veggie days in a row).

So I decided I wanted to buy some shoes today. But I didn't go out until later in the after noon, I spent the day cleaning up my room, rolling around my bed, and then taking a shower and finally going to Union Square to by some shoes from Nordstrom of the Rack. I found some really cute tall tall wedges. Not usually my style, but I saw them months ago and no one bought them and they were on sale so, mine!

But first I went to Whole Foods to try and find plums. Dr. Gene said my second day was going to be me eating plums all day. I bought a few apples, some asparagus and a gaggle of plums. I ate an apple and then went shopping. At the end of my shoe find, was the clock pointing to almost 6pm so I tried to eat another apple, but I could only get through half. I was too full.

Almost made it without cheating. A friend of mine came over and we went to a bar. I had one glass of wine-- which is allowed, but that wasn't the issue. The issue was he wanted to eat so we went back to my apartment with what... 20 dollars worth of chinese food. I had wonton soup broth.... at first. I ate two wontons. He ordered mad food, and I did eat another piece of chicken. All and all, I think I did pretty good, but I still cheated. Can't keep doing that.

I drank a lot of water before going to sleep; I haven't really had to poop in a while lol.

Sadkhin Diet: Day 9

So today is the day for the big weight in eh?

My day started with me realizing I had some left over broccoli from two days ago. I went out with my friend the night before and she gave me some advice: Just eat fruit. Truth is, I've been trying to have these salads and veggie dishes, but everything I make taste like crap, which is strange because I love to cook and like veggies. I guess things change when you can't use extra virgin olive oil--and when you are craving fatty food but munching on watery spinach.

So yeah, I ate the broccoli, which actually tasted better the second time around more so than the first. Probably because I didn't try and top it with parsley and cilantro. I also had a mango and and an apple. I really enjoyed today's foods. Everything tasted great and even though I ate it all before 3, I wasn't hungry later so I just drank tea up until I headed out for my weigh in. But first, I stopped at my Allergist. After that I ran on over to the Queens office and...


1st weight in: 203 lbs

*confetti* 12 lbs not bad. Technically that falls into the 5 to 10 percent of my body weight sooooo, yeah, that little speel is real. Of course they could have just calculated it very well. I don't know why I keep coming up with crazy answers for why this is working. I just need to come to terms that it's legit lol.

So something else my friend said about when she was on the diet: she cheated on the nights after the weigh in. So guess what I went and did-- YUUUUP!!

It was suppose to be one chicken wing, but it became two. That's it though. I was so full from them, thank goodness. I didn't feel sick like my friend said she felt, but overly full and a bit gas-y. I can't make a habit of it... that's why I was suppose to just have one. Now I'm unsure what I'm going to do Sunday night.

Oh I didn't tell you? I am going to a dinner for a child, well teenager now, I used to nanny for. If I show any strange eating habits they will be sure to ask about it and I don't want to have this conversation with them. So I had decided-- after consulting my friend AND her mother (man, I think she's my official Sadkhin coach!)-- I decided I could order grilled fish and steamed veggies. I have a suspicion I won't finish the fish. in fact I'll pick over it the best I can, and then take it home and freeze it. save it for maintenance. Bad Bree, very bad bad Bree. No more cheating. The funny thing is, I'm not cheating with sweets even though I'm on my period. No, what I want is savory fatty foods. Intriguing.

One last thing, the balls are now detoxing my small and large intestines. Supposedly that's what causes the inches to "melt away around the mid section." We will see... I suck my tummy in unconsciously... whenever I try and let it go it feel very strange to me. That can't be healthy. any ways, Dr. Gene believes I can lose 1 to 3 inches... I'd like the latter more than the former but I guess beggars can't be choosers.

Sadkhin Diet: Day 8

I don't feel so anxious anymore. That would make me feel better if not for the fact that tomorrow my balls get removed and new ones added at different pressure points. 10 more days it is. Today was a milk day and I cheated. I feel like when I cheat it's not really that bad. I ate a banana instead drinking 12 more ounces of milk. I was so full from that one freakin' banana that that was all I had for the day: 12 ounces of milk (mixed with tea) and a banana. Hell I didn't even drink all of the milk... But that's good.

I was going to end it, just go ahead and go into maintenance. But cycle two you start to lose inches, not just weight so... one more 'gain?

Yeah, I guess I have no choice but to stick this out the whole 44 days. I hope I can. Also, I went and had a drink of wine with my friend tonight and Brother Jimmy's, a BBQ spot. This is the friend who told me about the diet and turned me on to it. She did ask if it was going to be a temptation and I didn't think so-- until she ordered hush puppies... The looked and smelled so good... -_-'

So I asked for one. She said "No." :-/ well that was that... one basket came with like eight fucking puppies and she ate two and gave the rest away. It was a sad night for me. I actually havent had a hush puppy in years, but remember them fondly from my childhood. I think I want to have a "yay I made full time" party at Brother Jimmys once I get the hell off this diet. This is my second or third time coming here and I've yet to eat food, I always just have drinks. The food looks kind of legit.

I'm glad I didn't eat any, I prob would have felt sick afterwards.

Sadkhin Diet: Day 7

So I've made it a full week now *confetti*. Every little triumph is one to celebrate. Currently sipping on some pretty good red wine from France. Truth is, even a low priced bottle of wine from France is  usually good. This one is a beautiful mixture of heavy tannin filled bliss. But that's not what this post is about.

This post is about... well, the Sadkhin Complex diet lol. So Monday I didn't go see a doctor because my fulltime benefits are technically "available" but at the same time not, ie: I can go to a doctor but I'll have to pay out of pocket and then send them the bill AFTER I receive my card. I'm really bad at that...  Anyways all of those strange symptoms have since gone away. All but the weird chocking sensation. So I called again about it. Dr. Gene told me to come into the office today. I said, "Well I'm not dead yet so I can wait till Thursday when I'm scheduled," but he insisted. So I went. There were a lot of people at the office today. I sat and waited and then he saw me. I told him my concerns and he kind of laughed and told me it's "emotions." I did not like how he scoffed at my anxiety.

I was turned off by Dr. Genes lack of empathy for how I was feeling. He had no explanation for it other than it was my "emotions" and how it had pretty much nothing to do with the detox. I feel that if I am concerned you can at least explain to me a few things and how they are--supposedly-- not connected. He then proceeded to berate me a bit and take me out of the office to "ask other clients about my 'negative' side effects." I told him it wasn't necessary, but he continued on with it until I was in the lobby with all those clients I spoke of before. I don't see that as super professional... I know I can be very anxious, I know I am sensitive to that sort of stuff, but again, if I'm worried about something going, "You're fine." laughing, and then pushing me out the door saying, "Yeah yeah yeah." isn't going to change the situation.

It was embarrassing to say the least. I did talk to a few clients. One woman told me she lost 47 lbs. She looked great. I told her my fears and how I was feeling and about the anxiety attack and she said she gets a strange feeling as well after rotating the spheres. Though it is not as intense as mine she said she has come to the conclusion that it is from the body detoxing and is just a part of the cleanse. Another girl said she also felt a slight pressure in the throat. I talked some more to other people there about the triumphs (and fails, some had lost weight years ago but gained it back) and left not feeling so... how should I put it, on the brink of death.

Maybe it is just a part of the detox. I know I looked up the whole leg cramps thing and saw other people also had it. I told the other clients about the numbness and they nodded. Was I the only one who thought these things were I don't know, strange?

I'm still not hungry. I do find myself downing milk towards 6pm because I forgot to drink it during the day. The client who lost 47 lbs told me that that could be also causing issues. She said to try and drink a little bit through out the day instead, and not so much before rotating.

I really didn't want to quit after just one cycle; cycle two is when you start to lose inches. I at least want to partake in that one. If everything goes as I'd like, I should be about 10 to 15 lbs away from how much I weighed around June of 2011. That would be great. I don't know if I'll ever do this detox again-- thought a client said you have to come back at least once a year. Yeah right! If I manage to lose this weight, I'm gonna work like hell to keep it off. I mean the second I see a 5 lbs gain I'm gonna be on the treadmill even more than I'm hoping I'll be on already. Like I always say: I think once I get the weight down, I can keep it off by continuing to eat healthy, and staying active! A steak here and there and lots of activity. That's my plan, and I'm sticking to it!

Sadkhin Diet: Day 6

Can I eat fatty food yet? Ugh, I literally miss the action of eating. I love to eat. I love food (sounds like we've been down this road before). I like eating.... *pouts*  Yes, I wasn't very healthy when I gained all this weight, but believe you me, I'm pretty darn healthy now. I eat a lot of veggies and little bread or meat and I just want some olive oil gawd damn it!!

(smooths out hair) Sorry. I seemed to have lost my cool. Today I did have period cramps that were annoying enough I took an Advil. But seriously, can I cheat yet? lol. Surprisingly I didn't realized that I made it to the 6th day of the program. Yay me, I'm almost a week into it. Today was much better than the rest, no leg cramps or much numbness just good old fashion closing throat sensation. But I had a secret weapon. Remember how the Doc told me to take Valerian Root? No? maybe I forgot to mention it, but I took some and the feeling went away. It lasted about 4 or 5 hours. There has to be something at my place of work causing this because once I leave I'm fine. When I'm at home I'm super fine.

I swear, only because I'm doing this are the days moving so slow... that window to eat seems so small to me. Mostly because once I have a little something in the noon time, I often forget to eat again and then I'm like, "OH Crap, I should definitely eat something else before 6pm!" I must say hunger wise I'm pretty okay. It's just I miss food.

My coworker says I have an oral fixation. I'm sure I do. I really really REALLY reeeaaallllyyy like food. I like to bake pies and cookies and banana bread. I like the smell and sight of roast and grilled meats. I like the many different colors of berries and fruits. I like how different salad can be depending on what you add to it. I like wine and beer and how it adds that little touch of... I don't know-- flow to the meal. I enjoy the social aspect of it. I enjoy the comfort in it. I just plain enjoy it.

My friend said, "It's only six weeks of your life." But let me tell you, it's going to be a long six weeks!


On a very sad side note...

The whole explosion during the Boston Marathon thing is really tearing me up inside...I'm so... angry. Why? What's the point? I hate to sound like some kum ba yah, tree hugging hippie but... we really need to learn to love each other better....

Sadkhin Diet: Day 5

I felt only slightly weird. I only had a 1 day off this week at work (because of my placement in the schedule) so I headed in. Working Sundays is actually not all that bad. I'm alone and I can have the tv off the entire time! It gives me a much need break from the constant television sounds of terrible talk and court shows that we seem to watch endlessly. I worked on my 401(k), logged some tapes, and ate a banana and broccoli. I think for the first time ever I used parsley. I don't really love it... I know it works in soups, but just thrown on top, not so much... though I was eating steamed broccoli with lemon juice. I really need to spice up my meals, they all seem so... bland.

I'm going to make tomorrow's lunch tonight. "Sautéed" spinach and guacamole and carrot sticks. I decided to throw some tomatoes in the guac. I know I know, "Whaaah!! Four items!" Whatever... as long as I don't go overboard I think sometimes it'll be fine. Today my throat started feeling strange again and I said fudge it and ate an apple. I felt a little better afterwards.

We'll see what tomorrow will bring.


P.S. to all my ladies folks out there. Last night I was completely blindsided and got my "You know what." I'm lucky I forgot to wash my face and got up because only after using the bathroom did I notice. Truth is, I can usually tell when it's on it's way; I don't even have to write it in my calendar. No Pms, no nothing. a little pain, but it was so mild I didn't associate it. I'm unsure if maybe it came early because as I said, I don't write it down. But man did it come silent. I'm okay with that. Who needs a big production of it lol.

Sadkhin Diet: Day 4

My second milk day and I feel a lot better than  I felt all week. Because of how weird I was feeling, I DID finish all of the allotted milk instead of just to the point of full.I just wanted to make sure I gave myself enough nutrients. I've also decided to eat the heavier of the veggies allowed so I don't feel any hunger pains. Today I pretty much just made hot milk drinks. I made a kinda strange pine needle milk mix (It's some sort of black tea that is dried on top of pine bark...It has the strangest taste) followed by a banging chai milk. I'm a big fan of chai tea so I decided to stock up on that tea.

My chest didn't feel so heavy. In fact, I was doing pretty good throughout the day. Maybe work is what's making me so tense. I cleaned the entirety of the kitchen and felt fine. I'm talking about scrubbing cabinets and stove tops! The only time I felt weird was when I stood up too quickly after being crouched down, and that happened to me even when I wasn't on this diet.

I also took some Emergen - C for the leg cramps. It seemed to help a little, and I used a heating pad on my calf to calm it down.

I really really REALLY miss eating food. I don't think so much in a sustenance way, but in a passing time way. Walking down the street and even when I am in my office--there is this strange draft that runs right by my desk and I can smell EVERYTHING the graphics office is chowing on-- I'm constantly reminded of tasty little dishes I can't have right now. Honestly it wouldn't be so bad if I could at least use olive oil or have beans.

Ah well, at least I have something to look forward to when I move on past this. I have been looking up info about large amounts of weight loss in short periods of time and someone commented on the article saying, "You're just going to blow up like a balloon as soon as you come off of the yo-yo diet." I disagree mostly with that statement. If you do a crazy diet and drop massive weight followed by not changing your eating habits and not exercising of course you will gain it back! But if you do a drastic diet and follow it up with healthy choices and being active, I don't see how that would be possible.

I'm going to make an appointment Monday to see a regular doctor about this strange panicky feeling and closing sensation in my throat. I've gone off of sugar before, and never had such a feeling so I don't know about all that... but better safe than sorry.   

Sadkhin Diet: Day 3

On to day three and today is a milk day. I read that the milk days were easier. I have to say as far as fullness goes perhaps they are easier days. But NOT physically putting food into my mouth was kind of depressing. I honestly do like to eat. I could feel the difference between being hungry and eating just because it was time to eat.

I didn't drink all the milk. I just wasn't interested in it. I tried though. Maybe I shouldn't mix it with tea? Though I did about a cup of milk and half a cup of tea, I still only managed about 2.5 cups. That's not too bad, that's how much they usually tell you to drink.

I felt that weird tightening chest grip I felt yesterday before the panic attack. So I watched some Youtube videos of tranquil babbling brooks in Japan. Then it got busy at work. I was fine after that mostly. From time to time I get a strange feeling in my body. What if I really am Diabetic... :( I'd definitely have to stop. I called the office in Manhattan and the doctor there seems like the bees knees. He didn't have a thick crazy accent like the other doctor, and he assured me that, "...The only side effect of this diet is weight loss." Right. Well now it's time to put in a call to a doctor's office. Thank goodness  I now have insurance.

I also have weird numbness. I have bad circulation, so I always gett a little numbness when I sit weird. But this felt like it moved around. That can't be good...  Why am I having so many problems with this...? I have only heard positive things... 

Sadkhin Diet: Day 2

Again I woke up pretty okay. I drank green tea all morning again. I already drank a lot of green tea before so it's not really a big deal to me. I have a grumble here and there but nothing too serious. For me, usually after I rotate I feel a little rumble and then it goes away as if I shut something off.

When lunch time does come around I pull out the salad I made this morning: sliced apples to snack on, and a romaine lettuce salad with tomatoes and cilantro. I threw out my onion last night (like a smart person) mostly because it seemed to have been in the fridge for a while... as I was eating it with the lemon juice, it seemed so terrible, like it was missing something. I ran on downstairs from my building and went to a food cart to ask for a strange request: raw onions. I stood on line and asked. The man asked me if I wanted chicken with it. I wanted to say yes, my dear gracious man.

He gave me a bunch of chopped onions and I asked if I could pay him something for it. He said no and I ran off with my free onions. Awesome. Once I added the onions to the salad, the world came together and all was at peace. So I thought...

I've been stressing about so many things for so long recently. On top of that I made a poor decision to eat two pintes of ice cream in three says about oh three weeks ago. My body has felt weird ever since. I joked and said it was acute Diabetes...

Long story short I had a terrible panic attack towards the end of the day at work. It did not feel good at all. I believe I've had them before, but that was the first time it was so... so very intense.

Not sure if it had anything to do with the drastic change in diet or acupuncture points. Is it possible I am  pushing down too hard? Rotating too fast? Am I really Diabetic? This would be news to me....


I have to call them tomorrow and ask. Maybe this was a bad idea after all.

Sadkhin Diet: Day 1

That wasn't so bad. I seemed to wake up with no problem and drank green tea all morning. Thanks to Cathy and her very detailed blog about her experience, I knew that setting an alarm to go off on your phone every two hours seemed to be the best bet for me to remember to rotate the little spheres. I have to say, outside of a few times when I was busy at work, the alarms worked very well. From time to time I had to finish up something or was in transit so I would be 5 to 10 minutes late, but it was rare.

I was kind of ready for lunch. I made a spinach salad with avocado and good ole free toppings cilantro and onions. I also squeezed a wedge of lemon juice on top. For later I brought a whole mango, but one of the smaller ones that grow in Mexico.

Oops I made a mistake though...

First of all, according to the little instruction handout because of the properties that make up mango, bananas, and avocados, one on the diet is not suppose to have more than one of those items a day. I had both a mango and an avocado. Already out of the starting gate and my horse tripped over air.

Secondly, in my rush to make lunch I misread the booklet about another key factor: you can have 1. 5 lbs of veggies ie. 24 ounces. I read 1.5 cups... so I only brought about a cup of spinach to work. I definitely did not eat all that much. When I got home I ate the other half of the avocado I had and what was left of the spinach, which wasn't much. I decided to read the package and found, even if I ate the entirety of the bag, it would only be 9 ounces.... ouch.... I don't think I ate enough today...

I will do better. I will make lunch tonight for tomorrow, that way I won't mess up.


**Update**

So I forgot to mention that this diet uses accupressure to control your hunger, but also to 'detox' certain organs depending on where the balls are placed. This first cycle the balls are placed in a spot that "shrink your stomach" and detox your liver.

Sadkhin Diet: Day 0

The day before my Sadkhin diet-- or as my friend likes to call it the "Sad Kid Diet"-- I told a guy I'm dating I was going to be unable to partake of tasty, fattening, cakey, heavy, buttery, and sweet items for a while. Six weeks to be exact. I was going on a diet. He immediately answered back, "Then we must give you a last meal." That is certainly a good idea. Even though the phrasing is quite depressing, there's no reason not to. If this plan goes as it says it will, I'll be reaping the benefits before you even know the diet is over. At least that's what I tell myself.

I visited the Queens center and watched a short video about it. The "Certified Practitioner" seemed a bit more interested in trying to charm me up then anything else. He was nice, but the consultation / oh we're starting  didn't last long and I knew I would forget all the questions I wanted to ask. Because I am "a good girl"(his words not min) He's allowing me three whole glasses of milk. Wahoo. I was done before I knew it, and headed home to get ready for my last meal.

So my friend and I hit up a local Elmhurst delight: Spicy Shallot. I ordered a crispy duck pad thai (it was okay. A strange combination since pad thai was originally a seafood dish and I like my duck the handing in the window in chinatown sorta way). I think made sure that every bite I took would count. God forbid I forget what pasta oily goodness taste like.

I'm doing this because sometimes it's good to try new things. I've lost 15 or so pounds by myself very slowly over a few months. I feel like this is more than just the fad diet, but a cleanse almost. I am a little skeptical, but I've read other blogs and have had a friend and her family do it with good results so... I'll try and stay optimistic. Welp, here goes.

Starting Weight: 210**
Sadkhin Initial weight: 215


** Note: I often will weigh myself in the morning not after a day of eating, so I can feel good about how low the scale is lol. The official weigh in was at 7pm. For the purpose of these coming blog entries, I will only list the Sadkhin official weight from now on.