November 20, Day 12 phase 3

This picture is my attempt to try and show Lindsay the new bang layers I had cut into my hair. It's hard to take a picture of yourself.

Everything is still going well on phase 3. They say you may lose inches and not weight. I may have done that some. I kept meticulous records on my weight through all this but not my measurements. I will definitely measure the next round of phase 1 & 2. I weighed on Grandma's scale today and it was 2 pounds lighter than mine. I would like to go with her scale but I better stick with the digital one. I am finding that I'm not really very hungry ever. So that's a good thing. I'm going to the movies tonight to see Twilight and I'm going to have some popcorn. Illegal I know, but I ate really light today. An apple for breakfast and a piece of roasted chicken for lunch. That's it. What I'm missing most is something to drink. It seems my only choice is diet soda and it has aspertame or water. I would like some milk too. But is has sugar. I wish someone would make a diet drink with Stevia at least. Oh well, off to the movies!!!!

November 18, 2009 Day 10 phase 3

This morning I showed a 1 pound loss making me lower than I've ever shown on the scale. This is very exciting. I'm hoping my body really is re-setting itself. I have been eating either eggs or cottage cheese for breakfast. Yesterday I got one grilled chicken breast from KFC for lunch and then had grilled hamburger patty and brocolli for dinner. I also made some cream cheese muffins that taste like little cheesecakes. They are made with cream cheese, stevia, & vanilla. Oh so good. It is nice to have a little treat that tastes good.

November 16, 2009 Day 8 phase 3

Well, I'm excited that I was able to go out of town and still stay within my weight limit. We spent the week-end in Nashville and went out to eat at O'Charley's. I ordered a salad, broccoli and small steak. The rolls were hard to stay away from and I had 1/2 of one. They are so good. On Sunday we had Petros, but took some chili out before the beans were added. That was really good with cheese and sour cream. I had also brought nuts and sugar free candy for the ride for snacks. So I guess what I'm saying is it is possible to get through a restricted regimin if you think ahead and make the right choices. I feel good about that.

November 13, 2009 Day 5 phase 3

So far this phase is really enjoyable. My weight this morning is as low as it's been. That is so cool especially when eating more food. Actually, I've noticed that I have not been very hungry this week and have just eaten to keep from getting too hungry. I've had a lot of protein and vegetables. I've had diet drinks several times. That is what a miss the most- something to drink besides water. I wish I could drink milk. I think I need to find out how many grams of sugar is in skim milk and maybe I could have some of that. Yesterday I made pumpkin cookies for Relief Society. I decided to make half the recipe sugar free. I used truvia for the sugar, coconut oil instead of vegetable oil, sugar-free chocolate chips and almond flour ( I don't think it's considered a starch). They were delicious and seemed like a real treat. The other thing I still miss is cereal (Todd could not do this diet!!)ha-ha. I'm having eggs or cottage cheese for breakfast. I could have bacon & sausage but that just doesn't sound good to me. So I am really feeling great and so excited that my weight has seemed to stabilize somewhat and even gone down a few ounces.

November 11, 2009 day 3 phase 3

So I miss not blogging my journey. So I thought I would write a few things if only for me to look back on. Yesterday I had some cottage cheese for breakfast and strawberries. For lunch I had a lean cuisine with beef and brocolli and last night we went to Ruby Tuesdays. We haven't been out hardly at all the past 4 weeks. The salad bar really tasted good. I brought my own dressing in my purse. The bleau cheese that I had said only 1 gram of sugar. I didn't use much and I'm not sure if that was OK or not. I also had some of Greg's steak. I'm still enjoying the fudge I made. I add some almonds to it for dessert. Now, tonight I made pizza with egg plant. I sliced the eggplant into 1/2 inch slices and laid them in a pan with a little olive oil. Then I put a little sauce, olives and cheese on top. I cooked it about 15 minutes in the oven at the same time Greg's pizza was cooking. It was really pretty good. You could barely taste the eggplant which really doesn't taste much anyway. So thats a pretty good way to enjoy mozarella and pizza sauce. I could have had all the pizza toppings if I had wanted them. For lunch I had some teriyaki chicken and chinese vegetables at the mall. That probably had sugar in the sauce, but I didn't get extra sauce and I didn't get the rice. So far this is a lot easier than I thought it would be. So far I'm the same weight too.

November 10, 2009 Day 2 phase 3

So yesterday was my first day of eating whatever I wanted minus starches and sugar. It was weird. I had two fried eggs in a little butter for breakfast and then went out to run several errands. In the grocery store I bought some chicken salad and ate that for lunch. That was really good. For dinner I had a grilled pork chop and some brocolli & cauliflower with a little cheese on it. I also made some HCG legal fudge with cream cheese, unsweetened chocolate, & stevia. It was a good treat with some almonds. So I think it was a good day. This morning I weighed a few ounces less than my final weight from phase 2. On this phase you are not suppose to lose more than 2 pounds. It is a time when you are resetting your metabolism. You are also not suppose to gain more than 2 pounds without doing a correction day which is eating nothing all day and then a steak and an apple for dinner. You can begin to exercise again. I'm hoping I will do well on this phase because it is as important as the other phases as far as stabilizing your weight goes. I will not post everyday from now on since there won't be much to report on. For now see ya!

November 8, 2009 Day 26 phase 2

I feel a little bummed today. I don't know if I'm still suppose to be losing or not on the 3 days without HCG yet still on the VLCD. I did eat a few things not on the plan during the football game, but was still hoping to lose a few ounces at least. So I stayed the same and if I don't have a loss tomorrow I won't have met my goal of 15 pounds. Tomorrow is the first day of phase 3 - 1500 calories, no starches or sugar. I feel kind of sad about it ending which is weird. It is an exciting diet because you see such drastic changes. I am really excited to do it again in January. I know it would be asking for trouble to try and stay on it during the holidays. You have to take a 6 week break anyway after phase 3 so that you don't become immune to the HCG. I just hope I can maintain. If I go 2 pounds over my last weight I am suppose to do a steak day to correct it which is not eating all day and then having a large steak and an apple for dinner. Don't ask me how, but that is suppose to make you lose the 2 pounds overnight. So I am really going to try and keep everything in check. I think another reason I feel kind of sad, is that the HCG suppossedly produces a feeling of well-being within a person. I think it might be true. I felt so great on the diet and I slept like a baby. I hope I continue to sleep good. Enough rambling for now. Still 14.6 loss.

November 7, 2009 Day 25 phase 2

I thought I would be down more this morning since I just had 2 1/2 apples yesterday. Actually, at the crop party I had a few chips and some popcorn, too. But on other apple days I have eaten 4 or 5 apples plus a little meat, or a little popcorn. Anyway the scale showed .4 loss this morning. Maybe the effects of apple day will show up more tomorrow. Or maybe I didn't eat enough yesterday and my body was in starvation mode. ??? Who knows. This was the second of three days without the HCG injection yet still on the VLCD. I think by tomorrow I will be feeling really hungry with the HCG almost gone from my system. On Monday I will start a no starch or sugar phase for 3 weeks where I need to stay around 1500 calories a day. I am planning to monitor the calories on sparkpeople.com and I will start to exercise again. My ending date will be Thanksgiving day which will be a few days sooner than it should be, so I will still need to be a little careful then. I'm so excited for the holidays, for the company, and for just feeling better with some of this weight off. I'm still pleased with total weight loss of 14.6 pounds.

November 6, 2009 Day 24 phase 2

Today showed a .4 loss. I like it when the small losses take you into a new number on the scale. Today is the first of 3 days without injections, yet still on the VLCD. I'm starting out the day determined to do the apple day. I may eat some chicken or steak later, but we'll see how hungry I get without the injection. The HCG is supposed to stay in your body for 3 days after the last injection, but I guess each day there will be less and less in your system and it will get harder and harder to stay on the VLCD. Last apple day I had a little meat at the end of the day and still lost over 1 lb. I'm slowly getting closer to my goal of 15 pounds and would love to exceed it. Total weight loss 14.2 pounds. Yahoo.......

November 5, 2009 Day 23 phase 2

So today the scale was all over the place. It showed 1 lb. loss, .6 gain, and no loss or gain. I'm going with no loss. I waited a few hours after I got up to check it again before I ate or drank anything and it showed no loss, so that's what I'm going with. Hopefully my body is just catching up and will show a loss in the morning. Last night was the first time I've been out to eat in 3 weeks. I had hibachi, teriyaki chicken (without any sauce) and steamed brocolli. I may have eaten too much chicken- I don't know. Everything else was right on yesterday. So that's the news. Total loss still 13.8 pounds.

November 4, 2009 Day 22 phase 2

Well, I was excited about .6 loss today. I ate an extra fruit last night because I was hungry and I had a bite of chocolate cake before I threw it out!!! I will not buy Greg chocolate cake again because it tempts me too much, and he doesn't eat it fast enough. I try to have some dessert around for him and it's usually a fruit pie or cobbler which doesn't tempt me. But, I decided to buy him something different - hence the chocolate cake. But no more chocolate for him!!!! So anyway, I was worried I wouldn't have a loss so I was glad I did. I'm feeling like I will meet my goal or maybe exceed it by Sunday which will be the last day of the VLCD. I only have to lose 1.2 pounds by then and I might do apple day again on Friday to help it along. In a way I'm kinda sad it's ending, but on the other hand this food is getting kind of boring. I feel a bit scared too that I will put weight back on, but I am going to try and stay positive and try to make good decisions and just go back to the diet I was on before I started HCG. Actually, I'll have more choices on the HCG maintenance diet if I choose to follow it. I am also excited for January- for a lot of reasons!! Mainly because of Todd, Lindsay, & Josh being here (that will be so fun to have that to look forward to to get through the dreary months of winter), and I'm excited to do my 2nd round of HCG. I am going to buy some other products to give myself more choices like the miracle noodles (maybe) & flavored Stevia to give the water and hot drinks more variety. So that's all for now. Total weight loss: 13.8 pounds.

November 3, 2009 Day 21 phase 2

Yahoo........1.4 gone, gone, gone!!!!! I got off and on the scale about 5 times to make sure. I did an apple day yesterday along with a few pieces of roast beef last night. I ate 4 apples (allowed 6). Now I am so happy to be in a new decade. I didn't cry this morning- I had enough of that yesterday. I also forgot to do the injection yesterday, so I now have 2 more days of injections, then 3 days to stay on the VLCD (very low calorie diet) and then 3 weeks of maintenance with no starches or sugars. Total weight loss.. da, da, da, da, 13.2 lbs. lost.

November 2, 2009 Day 20 phase 2

So I started crying when I got on the scale this morning. It showed 1.4 lbs. loss and into a new decade. I freaked out. Then I got off and on again and it only showed .4 loss- so then I cried again. I just don't know about my scale. I've trusted it so far so I think I better go with .4 so I won't be disappointed in the morning if the 1.4 was wrong. So I guess we'll go with 11.8 lbs. lost.

Can anyone tell a difference yet????

June 2009

November 1, 2009

November 1, 2009 Day 19 phase 2

I didn't think I would have a loss today and I was right. I brought my food to the festival for lunch but not dinner. By the time we had worked straight from 6:00-10:00 we were starving and Moe's Mexican next to us gave us free chicken burritos. They were small, but I had one along with a very small piece of Pizza that Pizza Hut gave us. I know, I know, I know, I blew the protocol. I was just so tired and hungry at that point that I just had to eat something. I knew it wasn't good eating that late either. Truthfully, I was over full and felt gross on the way home. It was too much food even if I did have 250 calories left for the day. It made me not want to overeat after this protocol is over. I am still excited for this week. It is always easier making the food when you know you are going to be home. So still 11.4 pounds lost.

Oct. 31, 2009 Day 18, phase 2

Today was a "scary" .2 loss. I don't think I'm doing as well as a lot of people do. 1 pound a day is suppose to be normal, but I'm still not discouraged. I know I haven't stayed perfectly on the protocol but I am still losing anyway. This coming week which is the last week I am really going to be more disciplined and try to reach my 15 pound goal. Total weight loss in 17 days, 11.4 lbs.