April 5, 2010 Day 14 Round 3

I'm having a hard time sticking to this diet this time around. I'm down to about 4.5 lbs. lost which I'm still glad about. I kind of blew it again this weekend, so I've decided to call Saturday and Sunday loading days (I really didn't load - I just went off the diet). Today I'm trying hard to stick to the protocol and try to make it a good final week. I find if I cheat just a little bit, I continue to cheat until it's a whole lot. What does that say about me? Oh well, I'm not gonna analyze myself- it's just hard to eat such a little bit!!! I still love HCG and what it's done for me so far and I'm still trying for 10 lbs. by next Sunday. Total weight loss 4.5 lbs.
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April 2, 2010 Day 12 Round 3

Nothing again! We're going to be out all day raking and mowing! Hopefully the extra exercise will create a nice little loss in the morning! Lovin this Spring weather at 80 degrees. Total weight loss 5.6 lbs.

April 1, 2010 Day 11 Round 3

Wow, 20 lbs. gone this morning......April Fools!!!!! Actually "nuttin"!!!

March 31, 2010

I'm surprised to see 1.2 pounds gone this morning. I'm so used to seeing under 1 pound that this is great to see this morning. On Lindsay's scale I'm in a new decade- on my scale I have .8 lbs. to go. Total weight loss 5.6 pounds in 10 days. Yeah!!!!

March 30, 2010

No loss today. I'm just gonna be happy to be in a new decade when this round is over and it should happen within the next couple of days!!! Total loss 4.4 pounds.

March 29, 2010 Day 8 round 3

It was encouraging to see a 1.4 loss this morning. It made it easier to stick to the diet yesterday since it was fast Sunday. It gave the encouragement to really try to have a good week. Total weight loss so far 4.4 pounds.

March 28, 2010 Day 7 round 3

Only .4 loss today. I ate pretty well today, but at the family birthday party they had petros. I only had lettuce and chili and tried not to get too many beans. Later I had a stomach ache and had a small bowl of chicken soup from the night before. So I did eat too many meals. Hopefully next week will be better losses when all the family stuff is over. Also, every other round I have counted my loading weight loss, so I guess I will now too. So total weight loss is 3 pounds.

March 27,2010 /day 6 Round 3

No loss today. I guess I ate one too many chips at the mexican restaurant last night. I hadn't eaten the melba toast yesterday so I thought it would be OK. NOT!!! Oh well. Better luck today and tomorrow- which will be hard with family birthday parties. Total loss 2.6 or .2

March 26, 2010 Day 5 round 3

Only .2 today, but I looked back and that was what happened the past two rounds on the 4th or 5th day. I did really good on the food yesterday so I thought I would have a better loss, but oh well. It is amazing how good food looks to you when you are deprived. It is so like humans to want what we can't have!! We need to overcome the "natural man."

March 25, 2010 Day 4

OK- this is good. 2.4 lbs are gone this morning. I don't think I'm going to really count it yet though since it's from the loading days and the extra pound I gained since the last round. So I will start from tomorrow keeping track of the weight lost. Disclaimer: This is subject to change if weight loss doesn't go as planned and the 2.4 pounds are needed to make total weight loss seem like more!!!!

March 24, 2010 Round 3 Day 3

Hello out there !!!!! Today is day 3 of round 3. I'm excited to be back on the HCG protocol I think! I am happy that I've been able to stay within 2 pounds of my ending weight back in January. And this morning after 2 days of loading I was up another 2 pounds. So I am not going to start counting any weight loss until those two pounds are gone. Hopefully, that will be tomorrow morning. I am going to try and be stricter this time around and my goal is 10 pounds. The first round I lost 15 and the second round I lost 8 lbs. so I think 10 lbs. is a good number to shoot for. I'm looking forward to getting on the scale tomorrow morning!!!

February 20, 2010

Well today is my last day of phase 3 for round 2. I have stayed within the 2 lb. range of my last weight so I am happy about that. I haven't stuck to the no sugar no starch religiously, but enough to make it work I guess. We are going to Florida for the first week in March so I think when we get back I may go ahead and start Round 3 for 23 more days. I would love to lose at least 10 more pounds. It's funny- the more you lose the more you want to lose. I never thought I'd be where I am now, but I guess it's just human nature to want to be skinnier, richer, prettier, etc. You get where I'm coming from. I just want to say this to myself- be happy where you are and enjoy life and don't stress so much about weight. It's not worth it. Be thankful for a healthy body and for all the blessings in life. Life is good!!!

January 27, 2010 Day 24 phase 2

Today I did my last injection. In spite of doing an apple day yesterday, I only dropped .4. So I guess my final weight loss from this protocol phase is 8.4 pounds. Again, it's not great. Not even 1/2 pound average a day, but at least it's something. I think being sick early on didn't get me off to a very good start. I am still excited to be where I am and although I never thought I'd be doing a 3rd phase, I'm thinking I will in a month or so. I'm looking forward to phase 3 which will start on Sunday after 3 more days of the VLCD. Total weight loss 8.4.

January 26, 2010 Day 23 phase 2

I did OK yesterday until Todd made crepes again for his brother-in-law that was in town for a job interview. Lesson learned....even the thinnest crepe filled with 0 calorie chocolate and strawberries can be the death of you. No loss...same as yesterday...total loss, 8lbs.

January 25, 2010 Day 22 phase 2

Yesterday I forgot to inject. It was a weird day. We had a french meal and had Grandpa, Grandma and Great- grandma over for dinner. We didn't eat until 5:00 and although I had salad and meat, the salad had oil dressing, avacodos, madarin oranges, and nuts in it. I also had a french crepe. Who could resist! They were fabulous, made by Todd. I just wasn't into dieting yesterday. So I had .4 gain this morning. I'm OK with it though. I have 2 more injection days and then 3 days to stay on the VLCD. I'm still hoping to drop at least 2 more lbs. I will then be ready for a break for a while. It's kind of strange- I bought another size down pair of jeans a few days ago and I remember thinking that if I could only get into that size I would be fine. Well, now that I am I am happy, but I'm still thinking I will do another round in a month or two and try to drop 10 more pounds. That would be beyond my wildest dreams actually. So total loss is 8 lbs.

January 24,2010 Day 21 phase 2

This morning showed .4 loss which brings me really close to a new decade. Within .8 ounces!! So I'm excited for the next few days. Today should be my last injection, but I think I have enough HCG for a few more days. Total weight loss 8.4 lbs.

January 23, 2010 Day 20 phase 2

I only got on the scale one time this morning......1 lb!!!! That's suppose to happen most of the time on the HCG diet. So I am so excited it finally happened!!! Tomorrow I may not show any loss, but that's OK. Total weight loss so far from HCG (2 rounds - 23 pounds. Total weight loss since August 15, 2009 - 29 pounds. Total weight loss this round 8 lbs.

January 22, 2010 Day 19 phase 2

Hurray.... I finally hit 7 pounds. Somehow I don't think I'm going to hit 15 pounds this round but that's OK. I am 7 pounds lighter than if I hadn't done the HCG diet!!! I am still hoping that by next Wednesday I am down 2.4 pounds so that I can be in a new decade. Total loss as of this morning....7 lbs.

January 21, Day 18 phase 2

Slow and steady.....down .4. Total weight loss 6.6

January 20, 2010 Day 17 phase 2

I'm up .2 today, but on Lindsay's scale I'm down another 1.8. I know it doesn't really matter as far as determining how much you are losing, but I like the final outcome on her scale, and I always weigh less on Grandma's old-fashioned non-digital scale, too. Dang, I wish I knew what scale was right. Total weight loss 6.2

January 19, 2010 Day 16 phase 2

Apple day helped me drop 1.8 lbs. Hurray!!! Total weight loss 6.4 lbs.

January 18, 2010 Day 15 phase 2

Yesterday I was up a bit on my weight by about .4 - .6 lbs. It was a weird day- we were invited to someones house after church to eat and I ate soup and salad, but it wasn't all on the diet. Anyway, I didn't really eat much else last night expect for a little chicken salad but it was just a messed up day. Then this morning I have had diarrhea all day (sorry) hate to be so blunt. I think I am still fighting that tummy bug that everyone in the family has had. I slept all afternoon which isn't like me. I am just eating apples today because I don't want anything else. Hopefully this is the end of the bug and tomorrow I can try and finish out this week with 4 or 5 more lbs. gone which would bring me into a new decade. And we all know how important those new decades are- right Brooke.

January 16, 2010 Day 13 phase 2

Down .8 this morning bringing me to 5 pounds in 13 days. Not near as good as last time but I'm trying to just be thankful for the 5 lb. loss. Without HCG I wouldn't be losing anything right now. I think I'm not being as strict as I was before with the lotion and hair products. It is so dry this time of year with all of the extremely cold weather we have had that it is hard to go without lotion. I have been using baby oil as much as possible. That's suppose to be OK. Supposedly any oils coming into the body are bad because the HCG will attack it instead of the belly fat and other areas of stubborn fat it is known for ridding the body of. I have also been eating too many apples and not changing by diet enough. I am going to the store to buy fish and some other different food for this last week.
I tried to find a shirt in my closet yesterday and everything seemed so big to me. I have a lot of L and XL in my closet. I went shopping with Lindsay today and bought a few "M"s. That felt good. Total weight loss as of today 5 lbs.

January 15, 2010 Day 12 phase 2

Up .4 today. Not sure why. This morning I still have a gurgling stomach. I'm hoping I'm just stopped up and sick a bit and that is why I'm having a weird day. Weight loss so far 4.2 lbs.

January 14, 2010 Day 11 phase 2

Only on the HCG diet are you disappointed when you only lose 1 lb. overnight after an apple day!! An apple day is weird- I've said it before- you arent' really that hungry on apple day. I ate 4 apples and baked one at night with stevia and cinnamon. You are just sick of apples by the end of the day. I just hope I can continue to have decent numbers so that in the end I've lost 15 lbs. Total weight loss since August 2009 is about 28 lbs. Total weight loss from the HCG diet so far is 19.6 lbs. Total weight loss as of today on this round 4.6 lbs.

January 13, Day 10 phase 2

Down .2 today so I'm doing an apple day. In reviewing all of the protocol information I find that I am doing many things wrong. Or should I say, there are some things to do differently if you are not losing properly. First of all the whole cheating thing has to stop. Especially with carbs. I am eating too many apples according to one forum. I might be eating too much beef. I am drinking a diet soda occasionally and Greg is giving me bites of his chocolate from his cherry garcia!!! So I can either be happy with small increments or get more serious about the diet. It's up to me!!! Total loss as of today 3.6 lbs.

January 12, 2010 Day 8 phase 2

Yesterday we went to Nashville. I did well with my eating- salad, roast chicken, apple, strawberries, more salad and shrimp. Christina was so nice to buy me the shrimp for dinner (they were eating lasagna) and she bought me some grapefruit! I did munch on a few extra crackers again and I was famished when we got home at 11:00 pm and had a bowl of Fiber One cereal. Still feel like I have a stomach issue. Anyway, this morning I was down .6. So total loss so far this round is 3.4 lbs.

January 11, 2010 Day 8 phase 2

Today I was back down the pound I was up yesterday. So hopefully I'm back on track. Total loss 2.8 pounds.

January 10, 2010 Day 7 phase 2

Forget what I lost yesterday. It was back on today plus 2 ozs. I'm not sure what's up but I think my cheating with carbs(crackers and cereal) is getting the best of me. Or, I could just still be kind of sick and just need this stomach bug to run its course.
I read some information that said if you don't have the losses you want you need to eat grapefruit, cut back on the beef, eat one meal fat free (meaning fish or shrimp) limit diet sodas, and take potassium supplements, calcium, and a multi-vitamin. So that is my plan for Tuesday. Tomorrow I'm driving to Nashville with Todd and Lindsay and it will be a hard day to stay on the diet strict. So Tuesday I will try to be more diligent. Total loss only 2 lbs. Oh well.

January 9, 2010 Day 6 phase 2

Everyone but me has had a weird stomach thing for the past few days. Lindsay had it for about a week where she didn't want anything to eat and had a sick stomach. I teased them all that they were going to lose more weight than me 'cause they weren't even eating 500 calories!! Today I feel that way a bit. I have a gurgly stomach (is gurgly a word?). I ate all the regular stuff; chicken soup and steak and brocolli and then had some extra crackers to settle the stomach. Then late last night I just felt really hungry. I didn't know if my stomach was growling or gurgling. So I had a bowl of Life cereal. I didnt' expect a loss this morning but had .4 loss. So I'm glad about that because that brought me to a new number. Total loss so far 2.8 lbs.

January 8, 2010 Day 5 phase 2

No loss this morning. I looked back at my last round and the same thing happened around this same time. So just 2.4lbs. gone!

January 7, 2010 Day 4 phase 2

This morning I showed a .4 loss. Yesterday I had the chicken soup for lunch and steak and spinach for dinner. Apple and strawberries were my fruits. The chicken soup I am making is so incredibly good especially in this cold weather we are having. I put about a cup of chicken broth in a pan and cut up my 3.5 ozs. of chicken and about 3 stalks of celery cut up. I let it boil until the chicken is cooked and add pepper, salt, garlic salt, parsley flakes, and whatever else. I usually add a little water to it at the end to cool it off so I can eat it right away 'cause I'm so hungry for it!!! I can't believe how good it is without the noodles. Total weight loss as of this morning, 2.4 lbs.

January 6, 2010 Day 3 phase 2

Last night we went and saw Avatar. I cannot go to the movies without eating popcorn especially when watching a 2 hour and 40 minute show. So I did eat some popcorn and drank a diet Pepsi. But, despite that, I had a 1.2 lb. loss this morning! I ate the HCG chili and chicken soup yesterday. Sooooo goooood!!! I am convinced you have to do this diet during the winter when you can drink lots of tea and have lots of soups that are so filling and good and add more liquid to your diet. Today, more chicken soup and some lean beef and spinach. Yum....total loss for 2 days, 2 lbs.

January 5, 2010 Day 2 phase 3

Today I showed a .8 total loss. I'm OK with that since I didn't really have any loading day weight to lose. My goal for this 3 week phase is 15 pounds. I will be really happy with that. Total weight loss after 1 day, .8lbs.

January 4, 2010 Day 1 phase 2

Hey everybody! Somehow I survived the holidays and I'm excited to be back on the HCG protocol. I fluctuated between my ending weight and my lowest weight (which happened after phase 3) by 1 pound. I started the loading days 2 days ago, but didn't really eat much different from how I've been eating the past few weeks. We did however go to Olive Garden (thanks Mom for the gift cards- we all really enjoyed it). And I did get chicken fettuccine, but only ate half of it. So my starting weight was actually .4 ounces less than Day 1 of phase 1. I hope I don't find myself getting extra hungry this week because I didn't eat enough fat. After the holidays with all of the food around, etc. it's hard to want to over-indulge.
So today I had 4 large glasses of tea or sugar free hot chocolate and 2 bottles of water. More liquid than I have been drinking lately. I had some salad without dressing and some chicken lettuce wraps for lunch. For dinner I had 2 ounces of ham (not necessarily on the protocol) and some more salad. I had 2 apples for my fruits and a melba toast.
I hope the scale moves down tomorrow!!!