Day 15: 141.8
Total Lost: 9.2
So I'm going to be more strict on this diet. No Melba toast still though. I am not satisfied with my weight loss. Yesterday I cheated too much, but that was the last of it! Except when Christmas comes. I'll decide then if I want to cheat. I haven't noticed much weight loss. All I see are the numbers. I just really want to notice my pants go on easier! Although, I have been told my face isn't as round.
I'm having trouble going to sleep. Once I'm asleep, I can sleep all night, unless the baby wakes me up. I think it's because of the B12. If it continues, maybe I'll cut back on it a little. I guess I'll see what the nurse says. For lunch I had chicken, tomatoes, and an orange. Bad combo. It does not go well together AT ALL!!!
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Day 14
Day 14: 141.6
Total Lost: 9.6 lbs
I'm pretty pleased that I didn't gain anything this weekend! Now, according to the scale at work and our charts, I've only lost 4ish pounds. So I don't know what's really right. The work scale also seems to change depending upon where your on your foot you're putting the most weight, heel versus toes, so I bet that has some effect. They're getting a new scale though.
I've also gotten past craving so many foods. Sure, I still want stuff here and there, but it is not overwhelming me. Once I got past those first 2 weeks, I'm accepting this diet more.
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So I cheated. I wanted a warm lunch, I wanted to get out of here. So I went to Panera. I got a cup of chicken noodle soup, 80 calories, and a small turkey sandwich with no cheese and no dressing, 200 calories. It was SOOOOOO good! And I was so full!! But I know I will pay for it by not losing :(
For dinner I had chicken and 1/2 a grapefruit. And 2 Melba toast. That is why I stay away from the toast. Once I eat one piece, I have to eat more. Thank goodness only 2 were left in the whole package! Oh, and 4 chocolate chips. The craving was too overwhelming. Ugh, watch me gain :(
Total Lost: 9.6 lbs
I'm pretty pleased that I didn't gain anything this weekend! Now, according to the scale at work and our charts, I've only lost 4ish pounds. So I don't know what's really right. The work scale also seems to change depending upon where your on your foot you're putting the most weight, heel versus toes, so I bet that has some effect. They're getting a new scale though.
I've also gotten past craving so many foods. Sure, I still want stuff here and there, but it is not overwhelming me. Once I got past those first 2 weeks, I'm accepting this diet more.
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So I cheated. I wanted a warm lunch, I wanted to get out of here. So I went to Panera. I got a cup of chicken noodle soup, 80 calories, and a small turkey sandwich with no cheese and no dressing, 200 calories. It was SOOOOOO good! And I was so full!! But I know I will pay for it by not losing :(
For dinner I had chicken and 1/2 a grapefruit. And 2 Melba toast. That is why I stay away from the toast. Once I eat one piece, I have to eat more. Thank goodness only 2 were left in the whole package! Oh, and 4 chocolate chips. The craving was too overwhelming. Ugh, watch me gain :(
Day 13
Still in KC so don't know my change in weight!
For lunch I had shrimp and cucumber, no fruit.
For dinner I had a grilled chicken snack wrap from McDonald's, no sauce, but with extra lettuce. I left the cheese on. Then I had an orange, and right before bed I ate 0.5 oz of chicken, just for a little snack.
For lunch I had shrimp and cucumber, no fruit.
For dinner I had a grilled chicken snack wrap from McDonald's, no sauce, but with extra lettuce. I left the cheese on. Then I had an orange, and right before bed I ate 0.5 oz of chicken, just for a little snack.
Day 12
I was in KC on Day 12 so I don't know how much I've lost. Here is the breakdown of what I ate/drank:
Lunch was Lobster and Shrimp chowder that was cream based and had corn and potatoes in it at Longhorns Steakhouse. I only ate half of it, so about 150 calories worth (the whole thing would've been 250 calories). I also ate Jeff's steamed broccoli, which I'm sure had butter on it. And I had one small sip of soda, which honestly didn't taste all that great. Too sweet for me!
For dinner I had chicken, an orange, and asparagus. Also I had maybe a 1/4 cup of Starbucks coffee, not the normal kind, but the super sweet delicious high in calories kind.
Lunch was Lobster and Shrimp chowder that was cream based and had corn and potatoes in it at Longhorns Steakhouse. I only ate half of it, so about 150 calories worth (the whole thing would've been 250 calories). I also ate Jeff's steamed broccoli, which I'm sure had butter on it. And I had one small sip of soda, which honestly didn't taste all that great. Too sweet for me!
For dinner I had chicken, an orange, and asparagus. Also I had maybe a 1/4 cup of Starbucks coffee, not the normal kind, but the super sweet delicious high in calories kind.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Day 11
Day 11: Unknown
Total Lost: Unknown
So, I'm unable to weigh myself. The scale available here is WAAAAAAY off. Weighed me in at 139, and said my husband lost 10 lbs overnight! So I will have to wait to weigh myself until we're home. Which stinks, because I can't see if my cheating is really hurting me.
I'm having a real hard time today. It's cold, and I want hot chocolate and soup. And not Stevia hot chocolate, but nice creamy hot chocolate. And a cream based soup, like Jason's Deli broccoli and cheese. This diet is so hard during the cold months. I highly recommend to do this during the summer!!!!!
For breakfast I had an orange, and because we were out and about at lunch (we're visiting family), we went to Quiznos where I ordered a large roast beef sandwich, with only lettuce on it and Au Jus to dip it in. I ate only half with bread, and the other half I just ate the roast beef and lettuce. I was SOOOO full! And it was delicious! I just ate dinner and had shrimp. I am skipping my vegetable because I'm just not hungry, but am still going to eat a 1/2 grapefruit or orange. I also haven't drunk much water today. So I better get 2 bottles down before bed!!
Total Lost: Unknown
So, I'm unable to weigh myself. The scale available here is WAAAAAAY off. Weighed me in at 139, and said my husband lost 10 lbs overnight! So I will have to wait to weigh myself until we're home. Which stinks, because I can't see if my cheating is really hurting me.
I'm having a real hard time today. It's cold, and I want hot chocolate and soup. And not Stevia hot chocolate, but nice creamy hot chocolate. And a cream based soup, like Jason's Deli broccoli and cheese. This diet is so hard during the cold months. I highly recommend to do this during the summer!!!!!
For breakfast I had an orange, and because we were out and about at lunch (we're visiting family), we went to Quiznos where I ordered a large roast beef sandwich, with only lettuce on it and Au Jus to dip it in. I ate only half with bread, and the other half I just ate the roast beef and lettuce. I was SOOOO full! And it was delicious! I just ate dinner and had shrimp. I am skipping my vegetable because I'm just not hungry, but am still going to eat a 1/2 grapefruit or orange. I also haven't drunk much water today. So I better get 2 bottles down before bed!!
Day 10
Day 10: 143.8 lbs
Total Lost: 7.2 lbs
I didn't get a chance to write yesterday, so here is what went on yesterday. Breakfast I had 1/2 grapefruit. Lunch was a hamburger patty and grape tomatoes. I skipped my Melba toast. I went to Jose Peppers with co-workers and was good and only had a water and some apple slices. Because I was headed out of town, I didn't get the chance to eat before I left except for an orange, so on the way to Kansas City for the weekend, I stopped at McDonalds. I got a grilled chicken snack wrap, with no sauce and no cheese. So lettuce, chicken, and wrap only. I figured it was the healthiest I could eat on the road. That was all I had the rest of the evening.
Total Lost: 7.2 lbs
I didn't get a chance to write yesterday, so here is what went on yesterday. Breakfast I had 1/2 grapefruit. Lunch was a hamburger patty and grape tomatoes. I skipped my Melba toast. I went to Jose Peppers with co-workers and was good and only had a water and some apple slices. Because I was headed out of town, I didn't get the chance to eat before I left except for an orange, so on the way to Kansas City for the weekend, I stopped at McDonalds. I got a grilled chicken snack wrap, with no sauce and no cheese. So lettuce, chicken, and wrap only. I figured it was the healthiest I could eat on the road. That was all I had the rest of the evening.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Day 9
Day 9: 144.2 lbs
Total Lost: 6.8 lbs
I'm feeling really down about the diet today. All I want is something tasty. And this isn't dreamy me, this is serious me. I'm hungry, I want comfort food. I don't want all this food that is healthy and makes me feel physically good. I want food that will emotionally make me feel all warm and gooey inside. Food that makes me happy. Food I enjoy eating, and not being scared of when it's the last bite because I know I don't get anymore after that. I want to eat to my hearts content. I want to be able to go to the kitchen when I feel that pang of hunger in my belly and get something tasty to snack on.
This halfway stems from me not finding vegetables that I like. True, I do like cucumber, but cucumber every day, when I'm already cold and want something warm is just not my cup of tea. And on the topic of something warm, yes, I can make soup which is so tasty in the winter! But what kind of soups does this girl like? Cream based soup. Potato soup and bean with bacon soup are the 2 I eat. I'm not into chicken noodle and other brothy soups. And tomato soup I only like with grilled cheese. That is one of my favorite winter meals. Ugh, just frustrated. And hungry. Blah.
Total Lost: 6.8 lbs
I'm feeling really down about the diet today. All I want is something tasty. And this isn't dreamy me, this is serious me. I'm hungry, I want comfort food. I don't want all this food that is healthy and makes me feel physically good. I want food that will emotionally make me feel all warm and gooey inside. Food that makes me happy. Food I enjoy eating, and not being scared of when it's the last bite because I know I don't get anymore after that. I want to eat to my hearts content. I want to be able to go to the kitchen when I feel that pang of hunger in my belly and get something tasty to snack on.
This halfway stems from me not finding vegetables that I like. True, I do like cucumber, but cucumber every day, when I'm already cold and want something warm is just not my cup of tea. And on the topic of something warm, yes, I can make soup which is so tasty in the winter! But what kind of soups does this girl like? Cream based soup. Potato soup and bean with bacon soup are the 2 I eat. I'm not into chicken noodle and other brothy soups. And tomato soup I only like with grilled cheese. That is one of my favorite winter meals. Ugh, just frustrated. And hungry. Blah.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Day 8
Day 8: 144.4 lbs
Total Lost: 6.6 lbs
As you can see, I lost quite a bit from yesterday! Even with cheating! Maybe it was all the water I drank, trying to make up for the fact that I cheated. Either way, I'm pretty excited about that! It was interesting, when I weighed myself at 4:00 am I was 145.2, then 3 hours later it was down even more! I hadn't changed anything, hadn't used the bathroom or changed clothes or anything. So that was fun! Or it's just my scale being inaccurate!
When I'm off this diet I'm totally going to have a warm, gooey brownie. I didn't appreciate them when I actually got to eat them, but totally do now. There are brownies over in the clinic to celebrate a birthday, and all I want to do is cheat! I mean, I cheated yesterday and still lost weight! But no, I can't think like that. Eventually all my cheating will probably cause the diet to stop working. At least I have steak with au jus to look forward to at lunch!
I'm pretty hungry today! I've already eaten my fruit. I had a grapefruit, never had one before, and it was so juicy and delicious! I hope that doesn't mean I have to suffer with hunger through the afternoon. Usually I like to wait as long as possible before eating, but just couldn't today. My skin is so dry! But I'm trying to stay away from lotions, except for my hands, because of the oils in it. I know there are HCG approved lotions, but I don't want to take any chances.
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And now what I really want is a Lofthouse cookie. I had steak for lunch, and a few bites of celery, and 2 Melba toast instead of one. I'm just not feeling the vegetables. I like cucumber, but since it's cold out, I want something warm. But cabbage hasn't gone over too well, not into onions much, not a fan of hot tomatoes (unless completely runny like in Campbells tomato soup), so that leaves asparagus. What I'd really like is potatoes. Nice warm mashed potatoes. Comfort food. With a side of corn, a roll, gravy, and breaded pan-fried chicken. Strouds would be great right about now!
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Tonight I made French onion soup. My husband loved it, and I didn't care for it at all. I guess I'm truly not into onions. I'm feeling really down about the vegetable thing. We have celery, cabbage, and asparagus here and I'm just not feeling any of it. So I had a can of green beans because I was so hungry! I guess I'll be eating cucumbers over and over. I know we aren't supposed to duplicate veggies, but I don't know what else I'll do. If I could have a salad dressing other than vinaigrette, which I do not care for, then I could have salad. And I would have tomato every night, but I am sensitive towards them. Eh, I'll keep looking at recipes and find something I like!
Total Lost: 6.6 lbs
As you can see, I lost quite a bit from yesterday! Even with cheating! Maybe it was all the water I drank, trying to make up for the fact that I cheated. Either way, I'm pretty excited about that! It was interesting, when I weighed myself at 4:00 am I was 145.2, then 3 hours later it was down even more! I hadn't changed anything, hadn't used the bathroom or changed clothes or anything. So that was fun! Or it's just my scale being inaccurate!
When I'm off this diet I'm totally going to have a warm, gooey brownie. I didn't appreciate them when I actually got to eat them, but totally do now. There are brownies over in the clinic to celebrate a birthday, and all I want to do is cheat! I mean, I cheated yesterday and still lost weight! But no, I can't think like that. Eventually all my cheating will probably cause the diet to stop working. At least I have steak with au jus to look forward to at lunch!
I'm pretty hungry today! I've already eaten my fruit. I had a grapefruit, never had one before, and it was so juicy and delicious! I hope that doesn't mean I have to suffer with hunger through the afternoon. Usually I like to wait as long as possible before eating, but just couldn't today. My skin is so dry! But I'm trying to stay away from lotions, except for my hands, because of the oils in it. I know there are HCG approved lotions, but I don't want to take any chances.
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And now what I really want is a Lofthouse cookie. I had steak for lunch, and a few bites of celery, and 2 Melba toast instead of one. I'm just not feeling the vegetables. I like cucumber, but since it's cold out, I want something warm. But cabbage hasn't gone over too well, not into onions much, not a fan of hot tomatoes (unless completely runny like in Campbells tomato soup), so that leaves asparagus. What I'd really like is potatoes. Nice warm mashed potatoes. Comfort food. With a side of corn, a roll, gravy, and breaded pan-fried chicken. Strouds would be great right about now!
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Tonight I made French onion soup. My husband loved it, and I didn't care for it at all. I guess I'm truly not into onions. I'm feeling really down about the vegetable thing. We have celery, cabbage, and asparagus here and I'm just not feeling any of it. So I had a can of green beans because I was so hungry! I guess I'll be eating cucumbers over and over. I know we aren't supposed to duplicate veggies, but I don't know what else I'll do. If I could have a salad dressing other than vinaigrette, which I do not care for, then I could have salad. And I would have tomato every night, but I am sensitive towards them. Eh, I'll keep looking at recipes and find something I like!
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Day 7
Day 7: 146.0 lbs
Total Lost: 5 lbs
So I am a loser and TOTALLY forgot to take my HCG before work this morning! Thankfully, my hubby is on his way here with the HCG, B12, my vitamins, and my tracking book. I have my appointment with the HCG nurse today and need that book for it! I was just so forgetful because I'm focused on chocolate chip cookies so much! Warm, gooey, soft, chocolately chocolate chip cookies. Nom nom nom!
As you can see, I've lost 5 lbs! I haven't seen that 146 lb weight since right after I had Cameron! I've been fluctuating between 148-151 lbs for months now! I was totally excited to see that! And my hubby is also at a 5 lb weight loss with the homeopathic version of HCG and he's been cheating almost every night! He is so used to snacking at his computer, so he snacks on pumpkin seeds. Which aren't horrible for you, but still, it's over the 500 calorie limit.
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So I'm going to be completely honest: I cheated. I had a bite of a candy bar. I felt guilty for every moment while chewing it, but just couldn't stop. It was so delicious! But I was mad at myself for eating it! I want to make the most out of the days I'm on the diet and was scared that it set me back. I'll never know if it really did.
For dinner I made hamburgers! I used extra lean ground beef on the George Foreman grill, put seasonings like dill weed, garlic, mustard powder, sea salt, and sprayed amino acids on it. Then cooked it and left a tiny bit of pink in it because that's how I like it! Then I put some mustard on it and slapped it between 2 slices of tomato for my bun.
Total Lost: 5 lbs
So I am a loser and TOTALLY forgot to take my HCG before work this morning! Thankfully, my hubby is on his way here with the HCG, B12, my vitamins, and my tracking book. I have my appointment with the HCG nurse today and need that book for it! I was just so forgetful because I'm focused on chocolate chip cookies so much! Warm, gooey, soft, chocolately chocolate chip cookies. Nom nom nom!
As you can see, I've lost 5 lbs! I haven't seen that 146 lb weight since right after I had Cameron! I've been fluctuating between 148-151 lbs for months now! I was totally excited to see that! And my hubby is also at a 5 lb weight loss with the homeopathic version of HCG and he's been cheating almost every night! He is so used to snacking at his computer, so he snacks on pumpkin seeds. Which aren't horrible for you, but still, it's over the 500 calorie limit.
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So I'm going to be completely honest: I cheated. I had a bite of a candy bar. I felt guilty for every moment while chewing it, but just couldn't stop. It was so delicious! But I was mad at myself for eating it! I want to make the most out of the days I'm on the diet and was scared that it set me back. I'll never know if it really did.
For dinner I made hamburgers! I used extra lean ground beef on the George Foreman grill, put seasonings like dill weed, garlic, mustard powder, sea salt, and sprayed amino acids on it. Then cooked it and left a tiny bit of pink in it because that's how I like it! Then I put some mustard on it and slapped it between 2 slices of tomato for my bun.
I was so full of energy yet again last night! It's because of the B12. I think I'm going to try and continue with B12 after the diet! It's amazing!
Monday, December 6, 2010
Day 6
Day 6: 147.4 lbs
Total Lost: 3.6 lbs
I'm trying to not be discouraged. Everyone at work has lost more pounds than I have. I'm not sure if it's just the way my body is, or if it's because some people have more weight to lose than I do, or if I'm doing something wrong. I really am trying to follow all the rules. I'm hoping to be someone with a great HCG success story, not one with, eh I lost a couple of pounds. True, I did cheat, so that does have some factor in it. But still...
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Ok, so I just talked to another coworker who is petite like me and she only lost 3 lbs also. And she didn't cheat. So I'm doing pretty good! I've realized that this whole diet is totally about mindset. My body can deal with the hunger I feel. In fact, I have so much energy, more than I've ever had before! Maybe it's because I want to stay active because then I'm not thinking about food. But this mindset thing, it really feels like I'm detoxing from my see-food diet: I see food and I eat it. I mean, I really do! I give into every craving! I've also learned that eating healthy isn't as hard as I thought. In the past, I would make Hamburger Helper for dinner because it's easy. But really, throwing steak, seasonings, broth, and asparagus in a skillet and leaving it for 20 minutes to simmer, only flipping the steaks once is SOOOOO much easier! And tastes loads better! And this whole eating out thing. True, it is easy, but I really can make tastier foods at home. When I go to Cheddar's, which I love and have gone 30+ times, which is probably why this next statement is true, I can never find something on the menu that just jumps out to me. Everything is so-so. So with that being said, why do I even go there? When I can easily throw seasoned chicken breasts (the way I want it) on the George Foreman grill and have them ready in 5 minutes, and also save $20! I just hope this mindset carries on after this diet...
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Tonight I had another steak, an orange, and tried to eat my sauerkraut but just couldn't eat it. I wasn't all that hungry. And in order to get the taste out of my mouth, I had 2 Melba toast instead of my usual one. The sauerkraut was too sour without sugar like I usually add, but then when I added not even a pinch of Stevia, a tiny tiny amount, it was disgusting. I wonder if it's just because I'm one of those people that really hate Stevia. My husband likes it though!
Total Lost: 3.6 lbs
I'm trying to not be discouraged. Everyone at work has lost more pounds than I have. I'm not sure if it's just the way my body is, or if it's because some people have more weight to lose than I do, or if I'm doing something wrong. I really am trying to follow all the rules. I'm hoping to be someone with a great HCG success story, not one with, eh I lost a couple of pounds. True, I did cheat, so that does have some factor in it. But still...
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Ok, so I just talked to another coworker who is petite like me and she only lost 3 lbs also. And she didn't cheat. So I'm doing pretty good! I've realized that this whole diet is totally about mindset. My body can deal with the hunger I feel. In fact, I have so much energy, more than I've ever had before! Maybe it's because I want to stay active because then I'm not thinking about food. But this mindset thing, it really feels like I'm detoxing from my see-food diet: I see food and I eat it. I mean, I really do! I give into every craving! I've also learned that eating healthy isn't as hard as I thought. In the past, I would make Hamburger Helper for dinner because it's easy. But really, throwing steak, seasonings, broth, and asparagus in a skillet and leaving it for 20 minutes to simmer, only flipping the steaks once is SOOOOO much easier! And tastes loads better! And this whole eating out thing. True, it is easy, but I really can make tastier foods at home. When I go to Cheddar's, which I love and have gone 30+ times, which is probably why this next statement is true, I can never find something on the menu that just jumps out to me. Everything is so-so. So with that being said, why do I even go there? When I can easily throw seasoned chicken breasts (the way I want it) on the George Foreman grill and have them ready in 5 minutes, and also save $20! I just hope this mindset carries on after this diet...
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Tonight I had another steak, an orange, and tried to eat my sauerkraut but just couldn't eat it. I wasn't all that hungry. And in order to get the taste out of my mouth, I had 2 Melba toast instead of my usual one. The sauerkraut was too sour without sugar like I usually add, but then when I added not even a pinch of Stevia, a tiny tiny amount, it was disgusting. I wonder if it's just because I'm one of those people that really hate Stevia. My husband likes it though!
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Day 5
Day 5: 148.0
Total Lost: 3 lbs
Today was a lot easier than yesterday! I didn't cheat once! I had shrimp, cabbage, an orange and Melba toast for lunch. I went shopping all day so I didn't think much about food, except when we were at the grocery store. Mmmm all the cravings, but it was easier to resist since we had to buy the food in order to eat it. We bought some steaks and more fresh fruits and vegetables, and even one serving of flounder. I'm not into fish, so my husband will probably eat that. We also bought some amino acids to cook with and some liquid vanilla creme Stevia for our coffee.
I cooked steak for dinner tonight, and oh my word was it delicious! I used the amino acids which is like soy sauce, and also used beef broth and simmered it in a skillet with various seasonings. I cooked asparagus with the steaks for my husband's vegetable. I went simple and had cucumber. I have yet to eat my fruit for the night, and am surprisingly not all that hungry! While cooking the steak, I grilled 4 pieces of chicken on the George Foreman grill and made 3 extra steaks with our 2. So we almost have enough food for the rest of the week for lunch, if we don't eat any of that for dinner. I like grilling or sauteing shrimp for dinner. Well, I better go make my son's food. He just started solids, and I am making that fresh, not from jars. So yay, lots of extra work for me! But it's worth it. I'm just glad I still have the energy!
Total Lost: 3 lbs
Today was a lot easier than yesterday! I didn't cheat once! I had shrimp, cabbage, an orange and Melba toast for lunch. I went shopping all day so I didn't think much about food, except when we were at the grocery store. Mmmm all the cravings, but it was easier to resist since we had to buy the food in order to eat it. We bought some steaks and more fresh fruits and vegetables, and even one serving of flounder. I'm not into fish, so my husband will probably eat that. We also bought some amino acids to cook with and some liquid vanilla creme Stevia for our coffee.
I cooked steak for dinner tonight, and oh my word was it delicious! I used the amino acids which is like soy sauce, and also used beef broth and simmered it in a skillet with various seasonings. I cooked asparagus with the steaks for my husband's vegetable. I went simple and had cucumber. I have yet to eat my fruit for the night, and am surprisingly not all that hungry! While cooking the steak, I grilled 4 pieces of chicken on the George Foreman grill and made 3 extra steaks with our 2. So we almost have enough food for the rest of the week for lunch, if we don't eat any of that for dinner. I like grilling or sauteing shrimp for dinner. Well, I better go make my son's food. He just started solids, and I am making that fresh, not from jars. So yay, lots of extra work for me! But it's worth it. I'm just glad I still have the energy!
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Day 4
Day 4: 148.8
Total Lost: 2.2 lbs
So this morning, I took a shower and tried to follow HCG criteria. I used Nature's Gate Aloe Vera shampoo, no conditioner (although they do make it, just don't want to spend another $6 on it right now), no shaving gel when shaving (it doesn't bother my legs one bit to not use products while shaving, they just have to be wet), and instead of body wash, I used a bar of soap (Dove) that is HCG approved. I hate bar soap. So hard to lather! So I'm going to go to the store and purchase some HCG approved body wash.
My throat is really itchy and I can't take any cough drops because the ones I looked at had sugar in them. And all our tea has fruit in it, so I'm suffering. So tea is another thing I need to get at the store. I hate tea though. With every bone in my body. It makes me sick to my stomach, literally.
In case I haven't explained, and you haven't looked at the website in the first post, on this diet you can only eat 500 calories a day, and more specifically, only the items on a list of approved items. We get to eat 8 items a day: 2 fruits (Apple, orange, 1/2 grapefruit, or 6-10 med strawberries), 2 vegetables (Lettuce, spinach, asparagus, cabbage, tomato, cucumber, chard, onion, beets, radishes, celery, fennel, or chicory), 2 proteins (Beef, buffalo, veal, boneless chicken breast, sea bass, flounder, sole, halibut, lobster, crab, or shrimp), and 2 grissini breadsticks or Melba toast. You can not duplicate the same vegetable or protein twice in a day, and you can not mix vegetables at a meal. You can only drink tea, black coffee, and water. And you may have one tablespoonful of milk and the juice of one lemon per day. Seasonings are allowed, as long as they do not include sugar.
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Lunch today was 6 jumbo shrimp made in a skillet with chicken broth and seasonings, an apple, Melba toast, and celery. All spread out over a course of 4 hours. And I'm still hungry. And I have a headache. And a little bit cranky. But still energetic! Tonight we're going to a Christmas party, so there will be A LOT of temptation. Hopefully I'll stay strong and not cheat! We're bring our food with us, so we can still eat.
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So tonight was horrible. There was so many delicious foods, and my hunger and cravings got the best of me. I cheated, and had one meatball, one Deli Spiral, one tiny piece of yellow cheese, one bite of scalloped potatoes, and one roll. I was just so hungry! Even after eating my dinner, which was cucumber, orange, Melba toast, and chicken, my stomach was still rumbling. It was pure torture. And then a headache started. But it wasn't a bad one. I do notice a difference between being hungry on the HCG and when I was hungry before: Before, I would get hungry and after an hour of hunger I would start feeling sick and get a bad headache and just not be able to function. But with the HCG, I'm hungry, maybe get a slight headache, but that would be it. I'm still able to function and still have energy. I am slightly cranky though.
I hope this hunger ends....
Total Lost: 2.2 lbs
So this morning, I took a shower and tried to follow HCG criteria. I used Nature's Gate Aloe Vera shampoo, no conditioner (although they do make it, just don't want to spend another $6 on it right now), no shaving gel when shaving (it doesn't bother my legs one bit to not use products while shaving, they just have to be wet), and instead of body wash, I used a bar of soap (Dove) that is HCG approved. I hate bar soap. So hard to lather! So I'm going to go to the store and purchase some HCG approved body wash.
My throat is really itchy and I can't take any cough drops because the ones I looked at had sugar in them. And all our tea has fruit in it, so I'm suffering. So tea is another thing I need to get at the store. I hate tea though. With every bone in my body. It makes me sick to my stomach, literally.
In case I haven't explained, and you haven't looked at the website in the first post, on this diet you can only eat 500 calories a day, and more specifically, only the items on a list of approved items. We get to eat 8 items a day: 2 fruits (Apple, orange, 1/2 grapefruit, or 6-10 med strawberries), 2 vegetables (Lettuce, spinach, asparagus, cabbage, tomato, cucumber, chard, onion, beets, radishes, celery, fennel, or chicory), 2 proteins (Beef, buffalo, veal, boneless chicken breast, sea bass, flounder, sole, halibut, lobster, crab, or shrimp), and 2 grissini breadsticks or Melba toast. You can not duplicate the same vegetable or protein twice in a day, and you can not mix vegetables at a meal. You can only drink tea, black coffee, and water. And you may have one tablespoonful of milk and the juice of one lemon per day. Seasonings are allowed, as long as they do not include sugar.
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Lunch today was 6 jumbo shrimp made in a skillet with chicken broth and seasonings, an apple, Melba toast, and celery. All spread out over a course of 4 hours. And I'm still hungry. And I have a headache. And a little bit cranky. But still energetic! Tonight we're going to a Christmas party, so there will be A LOT of temptation. Hopefully I'll stay strong and not cheat! We're bring our food with us, so we can still eat.
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So tonight was horrible. There was so many delicious foods, and my hunger and cravings got the best of me. I cheated, and had one meatball, one Deli Spiral, one tiny piece of yellow cheese, one bite of scalloped potatoes, and one roll. I was just so hungry! Even after eating my dinner, which was cucumber, orange, Melba toast, and chicken, my stomach was still rumbling. It was pure torture. And then a headache started. But it wasn't a bad one. I do notice a difference between being hungry on the HCG and when I was hungry before: Before, I would get hungry and after an hour of hunger I would start feeling sick and get a bad headache and just not be able to function. But with the HCG, I'm hungry, maybe get a slight headache, but that would be it. I'm still able to function and still have energy. I am slightly cranky though.
I hope this hunger ends....
Friday, December 3, 2010
Day 3
Day 3: 149.6 lbs
Total Lost: 1.4 lbs
As you can see, I'm up almost a pound from yesterday. Which is okay because I was loading. But now we are down to 500 calorie diets a day! I woke up this morning feeling sick, but that was from the alcohol. Once I got to work, I felt fine. I'm currently snacking on an apple. On Friday mornings, we have a staff meeting and breakfast is provided. Oh boy, the aroma of the bacon made my mouth water so bad! I wish we could ban bacon until this diet is over. It's my number one temptation. They did provide apples and grapefruits for us HCGers, which I'm snacking on mine right now. I just do not feel hungry!! (Although if I could have bacon, my hunger would be back in full force!) Goodness, you can tell I'm a bacon freak, huh? My dome (which is where my desk is located) is home of the cafe also, so the aroma is still hitting me full force. Like I said, if I'm gonna have to deal with this every week, I'm bound to give in! Ooooo I just remembered I need to be drinking water! Better go get on that!
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For lunch today, I had grilled chicken which I seasoned in garlic, paprika, and rosemary. I also had my piece of Melba toast and half a cucumber. The book says you're allowed to eat 2 cups of cucumber which is hard to measure, so I guessed at it and just ate half. I have those really long cucumbers you buy at Sam's. They are so good! I then took my vitamins. I'm still pretty hungry, but I don't want to use up my items for dinner tonight. The hunger should go away though. I'm chugging down water so hopefully that'll help!
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Around 4:00 I got super hungry. All I could think about was food, like what I'd eat right then if I wasn't doing this diet. I've started questioning if I could really do this. It seems like such torture right now. We have so much junk food in the house right now, and it's all so tempting! It's amazing how after just one day of limiting your food intake you start to go crazy with all the cravings. Anything and everything sounds good right now!
For dinner, I made shrimp and asparagus with garlic, paprika, and salt on the George Foreman grill. I've never cared much for asparagus, and still feel the same way. I just ate it to eat it. No enjoyment in it whatsoever. The shrimp was good though. After weighing it out, it came out to 6 jumbo shrimp. I was so tempted to eat the tails!! I cheated and had 2 Melba toast instead of one. I know, wooooo one extra Melba toast, I'm so bad, but still, I'm really trying to stick to this diet strictly! I just ate an orange, and better hop in bed before the hunger starts. I hope tomorrow is better. I can't wait to eat the chicken. I wish I could just have chicken with every meal! It's definitely the easiest to make!
Total Lost: 1.4 lbs
As you can see, I'm up almost a pound from yesterday. Which is okay because I was loading. But now we are down to 500 calorie diets a day! I woke up this morning feeling sick, but that was from the alcohol. Once I got to work, I felt fine. I'm currently snacking on an apple. On Friday mornings, we have a staff meeting and breakfast is provided. Oh boy, the aroma of the bacon made my mouth water so bad! I wish we could ban bacon until this diet is over. It's my number one temptation. They did provide apples and grapefruits for us HCGers, which I'm snacking on mine right now. I just do not feel hungry!! (Although if I could have bacon, my hunger would be back in full force!) Goodness, you can tell I'm a bacon freak, huh? My dome (which is where my desk is located) is home of the cafe also, so the aroma is still hitting me full force. Like I said, if I'm gonna have to deal with this every week, I'm bound to give in! Ooooo I just remembered I need to be drinking water! Better go get on that!
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For lunch today, I had grilled chicken which I seasoned in garlic, paprika, and rosemary. I also had my piece of Melba toast and half a cucumber. The book says you're allowed to eat 2 cups of cucumber which is hard to measure, so I guessed at it and just ate half. I have those really long cucumbers you buy at Sam's. They are so good! I then took my vitamins. I'm still pretty hungry, but I don't want to use up my items for dinner tonight. The hunger should go away though. I'm chugging down water so hopefully that'll help!
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Around 4:00 I got super hungry. All I could think about was food, like what I'd eat right then if I wasn't doing this diet. I've started questioning if I could really do this. It seems like such torture right now. We have so much junk food in the house right now, and it's all so tempting! It's amazing how after just one day of limiting your food intake you start to go crazy with all the cravings. Anything and everything sounds good right now!
For dinner, I made shrimp and asparagus with garlic, paprika, and salt on the George Foreman grill. I've never cared much for asparagus, and still feel the same way. I just ate it to eat it. No enjoyment in it whatsoever. The shrimp was good though. After weighing it out, it came out to 6 jumbo shrimp. I was so tempted to eat the tails!! I cheated and had 2 Melba toast instead of one. I know, wooooo one extra Melba toast, I'm so bad, but still, I'm really trying to stick to this diet strictly! I just ate an orange, and better hop in bed before the hunger starts. I hope tomorrow is better. I can't wait to eat the chicken. I wish I could just have chicken with every meal! It's definitely the easiest to make!
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Day 2: Loading
Day 2: 148.8 lbs
Total Lost: 2.2 lbs
I woke up this morning feeling horrible. My stomach hurt, but yet I felt hungry at the same time. And my throat is sore. But after a nice shower, I felt better. This morning I took my B12 drops in 2 doses rather than doing the full 1 mL at once, and it was a lot better. Doing the full mL at once put too much liquid under my tongue. The HCG spray didn't do as well. About 30 seconds after I squirted it into my nose, it started running. I hope it wasn't the HCG coming out! Today I've eaten a Fiber One bar and drank a can of fruit punch and had an 1/8 of a box of Cheez-Its. I'm starting to feel better, so that's good. I need to finish out my day loading better!
I talked to a nurse that has done it before, and she told me she wasn't really hungry the loading days either. That seems to be the consensus between my coworkers and I. She did warn me I will have headaches on Day 3 and 4, so yay, I have that to look forward to! :\
Last night I worked on getting chicken ready for the diet. I took 2 frozen chicken breasts I bought in a bag at Sam's, defrosted them, then got out our food scale and cut them into 3 oz pieces. The pieces were pretty small. Then I took 2 pieces, pounded them out so they were flatter and easier to cook, put seasonings on them that are approved, and stuck them on my George Foreman grill for 5 minutes. It smelled so good! Now my hubby and I have our protein ready for lunch on Friday.
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Update: The rest of the day went better. I had Sonic for lunch. Fries with cheese, extra long chili cheese coney, and a cherry vanilla Coke. I finished all but 1/4 of the coney. At that point, I decided to stop stressing out about trying to load. I had a few bites of pumpkin cobbler in the afternoon, and was not hungry for dinner, but did have chips and cheese and two 32 oz alcoholic drinks. I know, that's a bit much, but since I can't drink for the holidays, figured I might as well enjoy it now!
Total Lost: 2.2 lbs
I woke up this morning feeling horrible. My stomach hurt, but yet I felt hungry at the same time. And my throat is sore. But after a nice shower, I felt better. This morning I took my B12 drops in 2 doses rather than doing the full 1 mL at once, and it was a lot better. Doing the full mL at once put too much liquid under my tongue. The HCG spray didn't do as well. About 30 seconds after I squirted it into my nose, it started running. I hope it wasn't the HCG coming out! Today I've eaten a Fiber One bar and drank a can of fruit punch and had an 1/8 of a box of Cheez-Its. I'm starting to feel better, so that's good. I need to finish out my day loading better!
I talked to a nurse that has done it before, and she told me she wasn't really hungry the loading days either. That seems to be the consensus between my coworkers and I. She did warn me I will have headaches on Day 3 and 4, so yay, I have that to look forward to! :\
Last night I worked on getting chicken ready for the diet. I took 2 frozen chicken breasts I bought in a bag at Sam's, defrosted them, then got out our food scale and cut them into 3 oz pieces. The pieces were pretty small. Then I took 2 pieces, pounded them out so they were flatter and easier to cook, put seasonings on them that are approved, and stuck them on my George Foreman grill for 5 minutes. It smelled so good! Now my hubby and I have our protein ready for lunch on Friday.
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Update: The rest of the day went better. I had Sonic for lunch. Fries with cheese, extra long chili cheese coney, and a cherry vanilla Coke. I finished all but 1/4 of the coney. At that point, I decided to stop stressing out about trying to load. I had a few bites of pumpkin cobbler in the afternoon, and was not hungry for dinner, but did have chips and cheese and two 32 oz alcoholic drinks. I know, that's a bit much, but since I can't drink for the holidays, figured I might as well enjoy it now!
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Day 1: Loading
Day 1: 151.0 lbs
On the first 2 days of the HCG diet, you are supposed to load. Eating as much oil, fats, and sugars as possible so you can jumpstart your metabolism. You also start taking your HCG. I'm using the nasal spray, which is by prescription only (other forms of HCG you do not have to have an Rx for), and took it in the morning. It was kind of fruity. I was worried it was going to burn, but it didn't. I'm also taking sublingual Vitamin B12, which had no flavor. Some B12 drops taste gross, so I was worried. You're supposed to leave the B12 liquid under your tongue and allow it to absorb, so I just waited til I couldn't taste it anymore, since saliva was pooling under it also. At lunch, I'm also taking a packet of vitamins.
For breakfast, all I had was a donut. I was going to have more, but got a stomach ache. I don't do well having sugary items for breakfast. For lunch, I had Chinese food. I didn't really load there either. Feeling like I wasn't loading enough, I then had a 32 oz cherry shake. That was tasty! But unfortunately, then I wasn't hungry for dinner. All I had were a few bits of a cheese quesadilla with sour cream and beans and a soda. I just don't feel well. Tomorrow I plan on doing better. Eating a bigger, non-sweet breakfast so I can have a good start to my day. I gotta do this right!!
It's nice doing this diet with a bunch of coworkers. In my general area at work, there are 3 of us. And my bestie is doing it also. And so is my hubby. So all around, I have support. It's nice to be able to compare how we thought the HCG felt the first time, how taking the pills were, and whatnot. I'm hoping tomorrow will be a better loading day!
On the first 2 days of the HCG diet, you are supposed to load. Eating as much oil, fats, and sugars as possible so you can jumpstart your metabolism. You also start taking your HCG. I'm using the nasal spray, which is by prescription only (other forms of HCG you do not have to have an Rx for), and took it in the morning. It was kind of fruity. I was worried it was going to burn, but it didn't. I'm also taking sublingual Vitamin B12, which had no flavor. Some B12 drops taste gross, so I was worried. You're supposed to leave the B12 liquid under your tongue and allow it to absorb, so I just waited til I couldn't taste it anymore, since saliva was pooling under it also. At lunch, I'm also taking a packet of vitamins.
For breakfast, all I had was a donut. I was going to have more, but got a stomach ache. I don't do well having sugary items for breakfast. For lunch, I had Chinese food. I didn't really load there either. Feeling like I wasn't loading enough, I then had a 32 oz cherry shake. That was tasty! But unfortunately, then I wasn't hungry for dinner. All I had were a few bits of a cheese quesadilla with sour cream and beans and a soda. I just don't feel well. Tomorrow I plan on doing better. Eating a bigger, non-sweet breakfast so I can have a good start to my day. I gotta do this right!!
It's nice doing this diet with a bunch of coworkers. In my general area at work, there are 3 of us. And my bestie is doing it also. And so is my hubby. So all around, I have support. It's nice to be able to compare how we thought the HCG felt the first time, how taking the pills were, and whatnot. I'm hoping tomorrow will be a better loading day!
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Why am I doing this?
Many have criticized the HCG diet, both out loud and to themselves. I know, eating 500 calories a day for 40 days does seem crazy, and like I'm starving myself, but indeed, I will not be starving. HCG is a natural hormone found in pregnant women. When a non-pregnant person takes the HCG and limits their diet to 500 calories a day, it uses your visceral fat (the fat you don't want) to make up for the other 1,500 + calories you are not getting with food intake. That is about as simple as I can explain it. If you want more in-depth explanation, visit http://www.pounds-and-inches.com/ and download the entire EBook for free. All you have to do is provide your email address, and you can download the book explaining everything and includes how you do the diet. I have read through it a couple of times.
When I first heard about the HCG diet, I was skeptical. Some nurses at the clinic I work at ( http://www.riordanclinic.org/ ) were doing it. I would talk with them frequently about it and started learning more about it, and then it didn't seem so crazy. And then I learned about the EBook, and once I read it, I wanted to try it too! The opportunity arose one morning during a staff meeting when our chief medical doctor here was explaining the diet and wanted volunteers to do another test run of the diet. Boy my hand went up fast! I've been eagerly awaiting the start of the diet and IT STARTS TOMORROW!!
I'm hoping to keep up with writing about how my diet is going day to day. As I go on with it, I will be posting pictures, how much weight I have lost, and any struggles with being tempted to eat outside of the diet. I will explain more details about this journey as it continues!
When I first heard about the HCG diet, I was skeptical. Some nurses at the clinic I work at ( http://www.riordanclinic.org/ ) were doing it. I would talk with them frequently about it and started learning more about it, and then it didn't seem so crazy. And then I learned about the EBook, and once I read it, I wanted to try it too! The opportunity arose one morning during a staff meeting when our chief medical doctor here was explaining the diet and wanted volunteers to do another test run of the diet. Boy my hand went up fast! I've been eagerly awaiting the start of the diet and IT STARTS TOMORROW!!
I'm hoping to keep up with writing about how my diet is going day to day. As I go on with it, I will be posting pictures, how much weight I have lost, and any struggles with being tempted to eat outside of the diet. I will explain more details about this journey as it continues!
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