weight: 264
Down: 1
total lost this round: 9
total lost over all: 9
Sorry kind of took the weekend off. I know I know usually I do that when I have had a few bad days but no, not this time. Just too busy to really take the time. I am actually doing pretty well. As you can see I am down 9 pounds in 5 days (cause today is actually the 6th day) Best part is the ravenous hunger is GONE. I am actually having trouble eating the amount of food I was supposed to eat for lunch today so I think that is awesome.
Not too much else to add right now. OH I will say my heart grew a few sizes this weekend when my 11 year old daughter told me 'mommy I can tell already' and she pointed right to the area I am noticing change in. I usually have crazy stomach bloat but that is the first place I seem to be seeing change. I really need to do measurements, I will try my best to get that done in the morning and add it to tomorrow's post. Now where is that measuring tape?
weight: 268.8Down: .8total lost this round: 4.8total lost over all: 4.8
I am totally not surprised with today's results. Not that .8 is anything to be upset about but several factors come into play on why I think it wasn't more. First of all, there is no way I can expect to lose close to 4 pounds every day. As long as I am losing, I am happy. Not to mention I am still at better than 2lbs a day so far. If this was to keep up that would mean I could lose 60lbs by the time I finish this one 30 day round. I really don't expect that to be happy. Would I LIKE it too? SURE of course I would but I will be happy if I can finish this first round down 30. Another factor is that yesterday was HARD, I was really hungry from the time I woke up until the time I went to sleep. I didn't have any terrible cravings or anything but I was just HUNGRY. I had 'miracle' noodles with chicken and a little tomato sauce for lunch, an apple for a snack and then some lean beef with onions for dinner. I was still hungry so I ended up having a little of the roast chicken I had made for the family for dinner.
The final factor would probably be the miracle noodles themselves. I mean like HCG Chica says they are basically the nutritional equivalent of cardboard. It is all fiber and sometimes takes a minute to leave the body.
I woke up feeling a little less hungry this morning. The head ache is still there so I have had another cup of black coffee. I am hoping the headache leaves soon.
The last thing I wanted to talk about today is Dietbet. I have finally broken down and signed up for one with the some other members of my travel agency. I have 4 weeks to lose 4% of my weight, according to my weigh in this morning that means 10.8lbs. I actually hope they don't red flag me or something if they think I am losing too much for it to be legit! The pot last I looked was up to $140 and if I understand it correctly, everyone who loses at least 4% will divided that up at the end.
So that is it for my ramblings for today. Two days of VLCD's down 28 to go......I can do this, right?
weight: 269.6
Down: 3.6
total lost this round: 4
total lost over all: 4
Day one was actually not so bad. I had a nice lean steak salad for lunch with and orange and then for dinner I sautéed some chicken and put it with some cabbage.
I am very proud of myself, I didn't cheat at all and well I guess it shows with that nice almost 4 pound loss. I even got in all the water I am supposed to get.
Today however is already starting as a struggle. I know day two can be more difficult. Last night I started getting a REALLY bad headache. I think it has to be from going cold turkey from sugar and caffeine. I woke up today with HORRIBLE headache pain and also really hungry! I decided to try to ease both issues with a cup of coffee BUT yes I am drinking it black.
I WILL look good in a bathing suit for my cruise! I will NOT fail this time!!!!
That said I will be very happy to grocery shop tomorrow, cause man we are low on EVERYTHING!
So I have been here before but I REFUSE to find myself here again. My mind is in a better place than I have ever been before. I have to do this for ME this time and I will do it.
If you read my past blog posts you will see a few years ago I lost around 60 lbs on HCG. I went from a 18/20 to size 14 jeans. Reading that now makes me want to pure cry but I wont. Life got in the way and I just have to accept I let myself get off track. I am now the biggest I have ever been. (even bigger than when I was 9 months pregnant with my 9.4 pound baby!) I refuse to spend anymore of my life being exhausted and embarrassed to leave the house. It is time to get hold of my life!
My reward????? (well besides a happier life) My first Disney Cruise in the fall! I REFUSE to be embarrassed to leave my cabin!
Once again I am going to give HCG a shot. Only this time I am going pure with the original protocol which helped me lose 60 pounds the first time I did it. No cheating!
I actually started yesterday with my two loading days. I am going to do 3 rounds to start. My plan is to do 30 day rounds of very low calorie days with 21 days between each one where I will add in more calories to lock in the weight loss. That will take me through September. I am going to take a break from the HCG for my vacation and the holidays. Depending on where I find myself at the end of my first three rounds will decide if I need to do anymore at that point.
So stay tuned and cheer my on along this journey. I would really love the support.
Well I am having serious 'technical difficulties'. I have two means of weighing in my house and neither of them seems to be accurate. They both agree I am losing so I am going to go with that but I just have now clue what I actually weigh and therefore not sure how much I am actually losing.
I have a doctor's appointment today so I can kind of compare their scale to mine and figure which one is closer to right and I am also going to pick up a 9volt battery for the one I want to be right (because it is much more convenient to use)
So all that to say I am down anywhere from 6-16 pounds since yesterday, depending on which scale you look at, and neither of those totals seem within the realm of possibility!
HOPEFULLY, tomorrow I will have a better idea of an actual weight.
In the mean time, I ate a little more yesterday. Around 5pm I wasn't really so much 'starving' or anything but I had the WORST headache. It is trying to start up again. I think it is related to the 100% reduction in carbs and caffeine.
I made some really good shrimp for dinner. I ground up the little cracker/toast that is allowed, dipped the shrimp in one egg lightly scrambled and then sprinkled the crumbs over as a coating. It gave the shrimp just a little crunch and was perfect. I also put cauliflower in the food processor and steamed in the microwave for 'rice'. It was not only a tasty meal but also very filling.
starting weight:272
todays weight: 267.0
Down:-3.6
total lost this round: 5
total lost over all: 5
I have to say that weight for today is really kind of an estimate. I can't get my scale to give me the same weight twice. It is now trying to say I am like 254 which would mean like 16 pounds since yesterday which is totally impossible so I am going with the first weight I saw which turns out is the most realistic of all the numbers I got. It really sucks because this is a brand new scale and I put new batteries in it this morning when it started acting up! I have an actual doctor's appointment tomorrow so I am going to see what their scale says and us it to figure mine out.
Anyway, yesterday was kind of tough. I am not sure if I was really hungry or just mentally hungry but there were times I would totally eat your arm had someone come close enough. I am giving it a few days to really get working but if this hunger doesn't go away I am going to have to adjust my dose a little.
I had a protein shake for breakfast, an apple for a snack. Lunch was 3oz of shrimp stir fried with bokchoy and a zero everything salad dressing. I did have a square of melba toast with it just for some 'crunch' in my day. Then dinner was 3oz of chicken with miracle noodles in tomato sauce.
I did go to be pretty hungry and I am now that I am waking up I am getting pretty hungry so I might have some eggs this morning and save the shake for a little later. I know I missed one of my fruits yesterday but I was figuring the shake took the place of the second fruit.
Ok off to face day 2.....wish me luck (of for the record, the little touch of hunger-TOTALLY worth it to see those pounds come off!!)
starting weight:272
todays weight: 270.6
Down: +1.4
total lost this round: 1.4
total lost over all: 1.4
Not a bad loading phase, I am ready to go. I woke up and not hungry at all this morning so I should be good to go for several hours. I need to check that there are still apples for a snack later. I think I am going to have shrimp and miracle noodles for lunch. I saw an amazing recipe for asparagus shrimp soup that I want to try later. I need to look at the list of recipes I found again to plan out the rest of my meals. Ok, off to do today's shot and drink some water. I am very parched.
