Just Watching Out for UPS

By Amelia Handley

This is Article 8. If you've missed the first seven articles...go backwards and catch up because it's a series that will take you right through my process as I do the HCG diet. My friend, Lisa, is doing it with me. It should be great. (Well...it will be tough, but the results should be great!) At the moment I'm just waiting for my package from UPS! I ordered it the day before yesterday so I keep trying to tell myself that it's too soon to expect a package that I didn't expedite in the first place, but I can't quite stop glancing out the window when a vehicle goes by.

I called Lisa to make sure she hadn't received her's before me and she hasn't seen hide nor hair of the delivery man either; so at least that's good news. Online shopping has made a spoiled brat of me; not only do I expect to be able to buy HCG with a Mastercard, Visa or Discover card, but I expect to be able to buy it online and to see it delivered to my door within the week. I've got high expectations, I know. But that's what happens when you're dealing with a savvy, online shopper.

So far my high expectations have been met. I did buy HCG with a Mastercard, Visa or Discover card (I chose Visa this time around...I try to take turns so no one card feels more loved than the others). And I did purchase the product online which is another aspect of my high retail expectations. And I have no reason to believe that my high expectations for speedy delivery will not be met. I did already receive a status update that changed it from ordered to "shipped." And that was within 4 hours of my initial order (I checked).

So far I guess I'm really happy with the way HCG Diet Direct conducts their online sales. I guess next day delivery is a bit too much to ask unless you actually designate the order as an overnight shipment. So I'll back off for now and take a couple deep breaths. In the mean time I've been researching a bit while I had free time between work projects. My obsession has been HCG recipes. They're all over the place. But some of them don't seem very strict.

So I decided before I try any or even print any off I need to get my official instructions and guidelines from HCG Diet Direct (not to mention their cookbook that will be included in my order). That way I won't be disappointed if any of the supposedly HCG approved recipes I'm finding online actually aren't what HCG Diet Direct would label "approved."

Are you so proud of me? So far I'm totally following the rules of this very strict diet. Well...I'm totally still planning on following the rules of this very strict diet. Even I have to admit that so far it's been pretty easy; just research and preparation. But the determination is there and I'm ready to see my will power tested! Maybe my HCG products will arrive tomorrow morning. I'll keep you posted! - 17268

About the Author:

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.