R2P3 - Day 53

Yeah!  So it's been quite some time since my last post.  I am doing "ok" on this stage but I have gone over and stayed at 4 pounds over my LIW.  That's not too bad but I REALLY need to get back to eating "clean".  My psoriasis stays away that way and, of course my weight is more stabilized that way.  I haven't thought too much about when I'm going to start my next round but I really need to do it soon so I can be done with it by the holidays and then hopefully I won't gain too much back during the holidays.  The bottom line with this phase this time is that I have not been following much of healthy diet at all and I HAVE to find a way to get back to it!

R2P3 - Day 39

Wow!  It has been 10 days since my last check in.  Well, I have been off of my injections, on phase 3 for 10 days now.  Suppose to be able to eat anything EXCEPT sugars and starches.  I haven't stayed away from the sugars so much but I am staying within my 2 pound leeway.  It's just so hard to decide what I want to eat.  I need to get to the store tomorrow and get more veggies.  This weekend I will officially start adding sugars and starches.  So things are going really well.  In my "day29" post I noted that I had lost only 7 inches but I refigured and dated it back to the beginning in May and I have actually lost more than 13" all over.  That's about all.  Gonna try to get back on here and keep updated.  My Pampered Chef stuff has been keeping me so busy.  If u like Pampered Chef, get in touch with me. I got your hook up!

Need to get ya caught up.

I will catch up soon.  Been busy with my Pampered Chef business and I'm too tired right now but I haven't given up on blog or diet.  Talk soon!  G'nite!

R2P2 - Day 29

Alright!  Today is measurement day again.  7" down altogether. Can't remember exactly how much off of where but there has been significant loss everywhere.  I'm down to 191.5 lb's.  Once I start adding more calories to my diet, I MUST start exercising!  If I did it now, I am sure to pass out.  But I am needing to build some muscle mass.  

Today is going to be my last injection.  I know it's only 29 days but my body is telling me its time.  I am having more and more of a difficult time sticking to the diet.  So I think that means its time before I totally screw it up completely.  This way I don't go totally off the grid with the diet but I know and can see an end in sight.  This gives me more incentive to stick with it because I know in another day I can start eating more food and start adding some other foods little by little.  This is a better technique than trying to hold out for 40 days and then blowing it completely which the road that I was heading down.  I am hoping this round 3 goes easier than the last one.

R2P2 - Day 26

Today - 194 pounds.  I held steady at 196 lb's from Thursday and Friday days 20 and 21 and on Saturday, day 22, I dropped a 1/2 pound.  I don't think I ate much on Friday, day 23 but I don't remember for sure, though on Saturday, I just decided to let loose a little and had about 10 oz of lean beef in the form of filet mignon but it was, of course wrapped in bacon and I had steamed broccoli with minimal butter on it, and an apple or 2 earlier in the day plus 1 oreo cookie for dessert that night.  But I woke up on Sunday weighing in at 196.5 and immediately took a 45 minute detox bath and did an apple day.  Bringing me to today's weight of 194 which was also was yesterday's weight.  I think I have been stressing quite a bit lately and may contribute to a lack of weight loss, yet sometimes can contribute to MORE weight loss.  I haven't really been eating the full 500 calories required every day but, from what I understand, as long as you aren't hungry, that should not have an effect on weight loss/gain.  One thing that I have been doing every day this round that I should not be doing is I eat almonds.  I need that crunch and something to get rid of the "stale" flavor in my mouth.  Maybe without the almonds I would be losing more but I am happy that I am losing the weight.  I have lost 40 pounds altogether now.  In the beginning, I lost 12 pounds on my own but gained back 4 and then I lost some on the homeopathic drops version for a couple of weeks and now on this version, the real hcg injections I have lost like 23-24 pounds, something like that.  I did gain back 2 or 3 pounds in between the first round and this round.    Hopefully the stress in my life doesn't affect my weight loss negatively.  But even with the ups and downs, I am quite satisfied.  :)

R2P2 - Day 22

Today was measurement day.  I must say that I am pleased with the results.  I finally lost in my waists and in all areas except I gained a half inch in bicep.  Don't know what that's about.  I weighed in at 195.5 this morning.  11 pounds down.

It could have been more like 12 had it not been for my party on Thursday night.  But I'll tell ya what!  I can't believe that it wasn't any worse than that!  I had problems with the cookies that I was making for the party and had to keep tweeking and tasting and tweeking and tasting.  So my diet through the day consisted of cookies and nothing else.  Then at the party, I had 1 of the sammies, tasted BBQ sauce, and tried the potatoes.  I might have gone home and eaten something also, I just don't remember.  But with all of those cookies, I should have probably gained weight but actually held steady for a day.  So, if nothing else, I should at least been down to 195 today if not for those cookies but I'm not beating myself up over it.  It's not bad at all.  I have also been in ketosis consistently.  Yesterday I lowered my HCG dosage slightly because I'm sick of feeling like I'm starving and I was already at 180 (I do this instead of 175 because of the needles they send me only go in increments of 20) so I didn't want to go all the way up to 200 so I dropped to 160.  That is what they say to do.  Sometimes, if you're still hungry, you may need to raise the dose BUT you may need to lower.  So I lowered since I was already on the high end.

So, that's goin on with my HCG weight loss journey, so far.

OH! I have also found FOUR pair of my old "skinny" jeans that I fit back into again!!!!   YAYEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!  :D

Y'all have a great Labor Day weekend!

R2P2 - Day 19

Weight loss is going well.  Down to 196.5 lb this am.  That makes a total of 10 pounds in 19 days.  Tomorrow's gonna be bad.  I'm doing my kick off hostess show for Pampered Chef and I'm baking cookies and making little baked gourmet ham sammies for the guests. Then the party, we will be making pork tenderloin, BBQ sauce and mashed tators.  Looks like I will be tasting all day and all evening.  Probably looking at another set back.  

R2P2 - Day 17

After my major (not really that major) screw up Saturday night, I came back like a champion!  I didn't have much of a set back at all!  So, without the cheat that night, I would have woken up Sunday morning at about 197.5 and this morning at 197 pounds.  Well, instead, after my hard work yesterday, I woke up this morning at 197.5 and expected I would only be at 198 so that is huge.  Usually after cheating like that, it can cause a 3 or 4 day set back and since I took a lot of action the very next day with the apple day and detox bath, I was only set back by 1 day.  That makes me very happy. 

I am only going to continue this round for the rest of this week to make it a 23 day round.  I am doing this because I am leaving to go out of town for my 83 year old grandma's aortic valve replacement/triple bypass surgery next Monday and it is way too much of a hassle to try to do the injections and the VLCD while out of town.  I did it when I started this round because she went into the hospital on my second loading day so I had to go down there on my 3 injection day/my first VLCD so I had no choice but to do it then but what a pain in the ass it was. 

Anyway, this round is going sooooo much better than round 1 went.  :)  So happy about that and hoping that round 3 goes just as well or better.  I am also hoping that ending this round early doesn't screw up my third round.

Good night, ya'll!

R2P2-Day16

OOPS!  201 pounds this morning!  Yesterday I had a strawberry cheesecake mousse for lunch.  It is 100 grams fat free cottage cheese, this is your protein, 1 tbs milk, I didn't use that much, several drops of cheesecake flavor drops, and stevia to taste, purée til smooth.  It's pretty good.  So, I went to my cousins 40 bday party and I had celery and broccoli with a very little dip, also a few deli spirals.  That was all I had at the party I thought I did really good considering all of the pIzzas they had and the other snacks and junk.  That was all I ate all day long.  It probably didn't total my 500 calories, though they were the wrong kind of calories in the deli rolls.  I didn't get Ll of my protein and veggies in and THEN!  After I got home, my house mate made a digiorno pizza and I caved :(  I had 2 pieces.  So when I saw the 3 pound weight gain this morning I opted for an apple day and a detox bath.  Before I came to bed I got on the scale, and instead of gaining weight through the day like your suppose to do, I lost 2 pounds.  Down to 199.  Mission accomplished!  Thank God!  So in the morning I should be back to 198 and last nights mistake only set me back 2 days.  It's not good but hindsight is 20/20 and must move forward.  I am just happy that I corrected my mistake as quickly as possible.

Peace out and good night!

R2P2-Day14

Well, this is day 14!  The end of week 2.  Measurement day!  Measurements aren't looking so good :( .  I have only lost 2-3/4".  None of which was from my waist, which is my "biggest" problem!  What up wit dat?!  I've lost 1 from my hips (that's cool!), 3/4" from my thigh (which is also great!), an inch from my bust!!!!!!  Why not from my waist and NOT my bust!!!!  That sucks!  I could stand to lose some from the bicep too.  Trust me, it isn't just turning into muscle!  It's just a bunch of flab.

On a positive note, I am down to 198 this morning bringing my 2 week total to a loss of 8.5 pounds.  This is better than the 5 pounds I lost R1P2-day14 I'm glad to say.  I don't think I'm doing anything different though.  Just getting better results for some reason!  Thank God!

Tonight is going to be a challenge!  It's my cousin's 40 bday party.  This is the type of thing that I usually like to drink at and they will be having all of that party food that is hard to resist.  I can't really get out of going because I need to be there to leave when my grandparents leave so I can make sure they don't get lost coming back over here to mom n dads ( who live down the street from me).  I think I will do just fine!  I have done very good in other settings like this so I am sure I can do just as well with this one.

Ya'll have a great weekend!

R2P2-Day11

On day 8, after my last post, I ended up pigging out.  I felt like... Screw it!  Why am I eating this rabbit food and starving myself to death when I am craving GOOD food and I'm not losing any weight for the last 3 days now ... So I just ... Well, I didn't really pig out. I had a few gluten free cookies and gluten free chips and a square or so of dark chocolate. I had also taken a detox bath earlier that day which got rid of the water weight that I had been retaining.  Anyway, I hit 203 lb's for a 4th day in a row, obviously!  I got back on track that next day, though.  Now, on day 11, I am down to 200 lb's.  I did good with my diet the last couple of days.  I could probably do better if I would stay off of the almonds.  I just need that something to crunch every once in a while and then I will only eat 1 or 2 except at bed time and then I tend to eat 1 or 2 hand fills.  

I also started up my own Pampered Chef business recently which involves cooking shows and cooking classes and meetings with food but I am proud to say that I am doing very good and only eating the VERY MINIMUM that I need to, to make sure that I got the flavor right ( I AM a chef by trade so I am trained to taste the food that I make). 

At this point I am back on track and losing weight again and feeling good about things again. 

Keep your eyes out for links to my Pampered Chef blogs, website and Facebook page.

Good night!!!

R2P2-Day 8

3rd day in a row at 203 lb.  I did end up eating a bunch of almonds all night last night after my last post.  These particular almonds are salted too so that doesn't help none at all!  So far today,  I have done good again.  I have also started taking my topiramate (medicine to control my binge eating) so hopefully that will keep me off of the nuts tonight.  Fingers crossed.  I am having real issues today.  I am VERY hungry!  I am wanting to eat any and everything.  I am tired and week and even have an aggravating headache.  These symptoms are suppose to be during the first 2 or 3 days which I did not have then.  And now it's a week later and I am having them???? Confusion!!

R2 - The other half of day 7

I did really good today.  I followed protocol ALMOST to a "T".  I sprayed some Pam Olive Oil spray on my halibut before I baked it off but I am almost positive that there wasn't enough to make much of a difference.  I also tried ONE SMALL potato chip about the size of a half dollar coin just to try it because it is a new flavor, "Chicken and Waffles".  EEEWWWW!  It was NASTY! And last but not least, I just got done eating 2 squares of a dark chocolate w/ sea salt.  I guess I will find out in the morning how much damage it did.

I am thinking about doing a detox bath tomorrow.  It's a hot hot hot bath, as hot as you can stand it with 1 lb of baking soda and 1 lb of Epsom salt (there are other recipes for this but this is the one that works for me).  You soak for a minimum of 20 minutes, rinse and dry then watch a couple pounds magically drop off.  It is just water weight that you lose but I can tell that I am retaining a lot of water right now so I need to get rid of it.  There are many other recipes for this detox bath, ummmm, the one that I did a couple of years ago also included sea salt.  The amounts of salt and baking soda that you use differ from one recipe to another and some call for you to add orange or cucumber slices too.  But the one constant in all of the recipes is the hot hot hot water and soak for 20 minutes.  I always try to stick it out for at least 30 minutes.  Trust me!  This is not easy to do.  You do get extremely hot and start sweating like a pig.  You may also get light headed or sick to stomach.  If you do, I highly recommend getting out immediately but do so USING CAUTION as to not fall or pass out.

I forgot to post my pics at the beginning of this round.  I did take them on the first day, though.  So here they are.  I hate this part!!!!

There ya have it!  They don't look much different from my first round's pictures.  Hopefully, at the end of this round, there will be a bigger difference.  For comparison, here is one of my Round 1 pics:

Now, I wish I could figure out how to put them side by side.  It's easier to compare that way.  Oh well!  Maybe by the time this round is over I will have figured it out.

That's all for tonight!  Peace out!

R2P1, Days 5 and 6 (and half into day 7)

I am on day 7 now.  Day 5 I was at 205.5 lb which put me down below my starting weight (which was 206.5) before my loading days.  Then on Friday, day 6, 203 lb's making me below my last injection day in Round 1.  Today, no weight loss.  Still at 203 but I did not really stick to diet yesterday.  I had extra beef while making my cabbage and beef dish and then after I was done eating, I still had several more bites.  I also had a couple of bites of my P3 pudding/mouse stuff and ate way too many almonds and pistachios (not allowed at all on this phase).  I did start going into ketosis before that.  I hope, though, that this is not the beginning of little to no weight loss like what happened with Round 1.

Today was measuring day too.  I seemed to add a quarter to half inch here or there and lost a quarter to 1/2 inch here or there.  You never can really tell for sure with measuring until you lose more inches due to possible inaccurate measuring and water weight, etc.

Round 2/Phase 1, Days 1 &2 and Phase 2, Days 3 & 4

Ok.  Today is Wednesday, August 14.  I started my Round 2 on Saturday, August 10.  So, Saturday and Sunday were loading days.  I think I did really good on loading.  Next round, though, I think I am going to do "clean" loading days.  I have to do some research on what to have for to do this "clean" fat loading thing.  Anyway, I started with a weigh in at 206.5 lb's which is 2 lb's more than I weighed on my R1 LIW.  That's not too bad.  Then on my loading days I went up to 211 lb's.  After my 3rd day, which was my first day back on the VLCD, I dropped to 209 and the next day down by only another 1/2 pound to 208.5.  My first VLCD I went over my calorie limit by about 65 calories but yesterday and today I am having a difficult time getting more than 350 calories in.  I am eating all of my food that I am suppose to but the calories aren't adding up to enough.  I don't know what the hell to do in this case.  I mean I have eaten the servings and portioned sizes that I am suppose to eat but it still isn't adding up to the 500 calories that I am suppose to have.  I know that you aren't suppose to eat less than 500 calories.  I just don't know what to do about this.  Should I add more protein or add more veggie or add a little more of both or add an extra fruit?  I guess I will also have to do some research on that.  I hope it's not going to keep me from losing weight.  My last round I had problems where my calories kept going OVER the 500 calorie limit.

This week Grandma went into the hospital for her heart and I have been down here with her and the family since Monday, my first VLCD.  This could affect weight loss or gain.

2 Days Until Round 2

This has been a major roller coaster in this stage.  I am still staying right at 206.5 pounds and my LIW was 204.5.  I actually go back and forth between 205 and 206.  I am still finding it hard to eat "clean".  They say that after eating the VLCD during P2 that you will stop craving all of that bad stuff.  I did feel yucky when I first started eating the sugars and starches again but now am not having a problem with any food except for the weight gain.  I am really looking forward to this next round an losing some more weight.  Hopefully I will get it right this time.  I have made mistakes that I will hopefully not make this time.  So, Saturday I start loading again and I am not looking forward to those loading days!  I am looking forward to having SEVERAL cocktails with some old friends before I go back on my VLCD though.  I'll get a good drunk out of my system and hopefully I'll be good on that for the next 40 days.  I know! Alcohol doesn't have fat in it so it really doesn't qualify for the loading days but I am incorporating it anyway :)

Until next time, ya'll.  I will try to get back to my dailies starting Saturday, R2P1Day1.

Have lost track of days....

I know it has been a while since my last post, more than a week I think.  Everything has been pretty much the same except that I have now started incorporating starches and sugars.  It has been really hard sticking to a "clean" diet when allowed these foods but I am trying really hard.  The 2nd day on this part of P3 was my birthday and my husband was in the hospital so I found myself OVERindulging especially in the bottle.  The next day, though, when I was over that 2 pound range, there was no way to do a steak day.  I had a yard sale that day (and had gorgeous weather) and my cousins came over to put their stuff in too and we had already planned a BBQ after the sale.  Well, it would have been rude for me to eat a big ol' steak in front of them and I couldn't afford to buy steaks for all of them.  More alcohol involved that night.  Despite these mishaps I am keeping my weight within 2-3 pounds of my LIW.  So this is where I stand right now.  I have 10 days to go before I start my next round.

Have a great day!

Phase 3 - Days 10-12

Well, on day 10 I had to do another steak day.  I was up to 208 that morning.  Then on day 11 I was only down to 206.5.  I didn't do a second steak day in a row cuz I didn't know if I should or not so I just ate "clean" and stuck to salad, apples, and proteins.  Today, day 12, I was back down to 205.  Awesome!!!!!  This phase is such a major roller coaster.  In a couple of days I am suppose to start adding a little bit of starches and sugars.  OMG!!!!!!!!  I can only imagine how that is going to go.  I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO GET BACK ON THE INJECTIONS SO I CAN START LOSING AGAIN!!!!!!!

PHASE 3 - Days 8 and 9

I have made it through this first week.  It went by pretty quick.  I really do not like this phase AT ALL.  I am having a really difficult time keeping my weight down.  I am teetering on the limit at 206 but if I go over that then it's another steak day.  I haven't been able to get back down to my LWID at 204 but at least I am staying within the 2 pound limit other than the 1 day that I did go over.  But the biggest problem with this phase is, that I REALLY want to be LOSING weight!!!!  I can't start losing more weight for at least another 3 weeks.  Hopefully it goes by as fast as this first week has.  Then I can get back to losing weight. 

Peace out!



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PHASE 3 - Day 7 (or day 4 depending on which protocol you follow)

On my first 2 days off of the vlcd I gained 2 pounds each day.  I didn't do any carbs or sugars but I guess I just over indulged in foods that my body was sensitive to, like alcohol, LOL.  Anyway, it was already time for a steak day.  On that day I also did a detox bath and started drinking fat flush water.  I woke up to a 3 pound loss today.  Thank God! Now I am just going to be A LOT more careful!  I have worked entirely too hard to screw up now!

PHASE 2 - Days 31 and 32 through first 3 days of Phase 3

So I made the decision to stop the injections on Wednesday (today is Sunday).  I was at 204.5 pounds at that point.  On Saturday morning I dropped down to 203.5 but I need to stay within 2 pounds, either way, of my last injection weight (LIW) which was 204.5.  Last night I made a most delicious cauliflower and broccoli casserole along with a 12 oz strip steak.  God! was it soooooo good!  I also decided to have a glass of wine that turned into some shots and then another glass of wine and another.  Needless to say, I jumped up to 206.5 this morning.  I guess I better chill out on the alcohol.  I don't drink a lot hardly ever so it shouldn't be a problem in this phase. 

So, my plan is not to do the whole 6 weeks between rounds per "Pounds and Inches" protocol.  That calls for 3 weeks increasing calories without eating any starches or sugars and then another 3 weeks adding back healthy sugars and starches.  So I will just do 2 weeks each instead of 3 weeks each.  Then I am going to do 2 more loading days and then start P2 again.  Depending on how well my weight loss goes this time in R2P2, I will decide whether to do a 26 day round or try and make a full 43 day round.  I am optimistic that R2 is going to go waaaayyyy better than R1 went. 

Peace out!

PHASE 2 - Days 25-30

Well, obviously I didn't learn my lesson that last Friday night when I cheated only a little.  Throughout the week I got down to 206.5 pounds.  But then, my son called and wanted me to make him liver and onions w/ spinach and hard boiled eggs for dinner Saturday night.  Well his girlfriend and my husband don't like that so they had New York Strips w/ broccoli casserole and scalloped potatoes and then I made a "No Bake Strawberry Ice Box Cake" for my son and his girlfriend for dessert.  I had an HCG recipe that I had found for liver and onions and I was just going to have salad with it so I was set to stick to my diet.  OH! and I planned on sending the rest of the cake home with the kids, too.  When the time came, my kitchen was so disasterized from my husband making broccoli casserole and he was in my way and it was just so much of a pain in the ass making 2 separate meals to begin with and then to make my meal, a third meal, well, I just said screw it!  I will eat regular liver and onions and I checked the nutrition facts and ingredients on the can of spinach, and that was really close to my diet protocol so I wasn't going too awfully astray from my diet.  But then!!!!!  I had to try the casserole and the potatoes and then I had to go back for a couple more bites.  Then there was dessert.  What the heck it won't hurt to try a bite, ok, I'll have just a small piece, and OMG!!!! that tastes so amazing! I MUST have another piece!  Needless to say, the next day there was a pound added to the scale.  Today, though, 3 days later, I am back down to 206.5 and looking forward to more LOSS tomorrow!  (fingers crossed)

I only have 10 days left to complete my 40 days of injections and then 3 more days on the vlcd before I can start eating anything I want except sugars and starches.  I am sooooooo looking forward to that.  I am going to do that for 2 weeks and then gradually and some sugars and starches for 2 weeks and then I'm gonna load for 2 days and start all over again.  I had planned on making today (Tuesday) my last injection day and start phase 3 on Friday but I am not so sure now.  I really want to see how much more I can lose in the next 10 days.  But then I am afraid that I am getting so antsy about having some regular food and all of the cravings that, if I don't stop today, then I may gorge again and that will not be good.  Maybe I just need to take a break now so that I am not setting myself up for failure.  By the way, after eating all of that food Saturday night, I was so sick all night and all day the next day.  It sucked!  But DAMN! did the food taste good!  I am gonna make my decision in the morning based on weight loss and ketosis and ph balance.  I have been in ketosis nonstop for 3 days now even despite my binge on Saturday night.

Peace out, folks!

PHASE 2 - Days 22-24

I really learned my lesson Friday night!  NO MORE CHEATING, no matter how little!!!!!  Most people, when they cheat, they REALLY cheat!  I just had ONE ounce of alcohol, 2 bites of pork, and 3 "good for you" cookies.  But it has really set me back.  For the last 4 days, I have followed my diet to a "T", yet I am only down to 208.5 pounds which is only .5 pounds down from where I was at on Friday morning (209 pounds) before my indiscretions Friday night.  So I am into this diet for 3-1/2 weeks now and have only lost 11 pounds.  That is at least TEN pounds less than I should have lost according to the promise by Dr. Simeons "Pounds and Inches".  Yes I have lost a couple inches altogether, the most of which is from the bust, of course.  But still, it is not the loss that I SHOULD have!  Especially when I know that when I did this 3 years ago, I lost 14 pounds in 14 days and I was tending bar at the time so I was even drinking alcohol on the diet and I didn't stick completely to the vlcd.  Imagine what I would have lost then if I would have stuck completely to the diet.

I have tried everything, at this point, to make this diet more successful and the only thing that I can think of that might be an issue (which they say shouldn't be an issue) is that I am almost completely sedentary.  I don't work so all I do is a little cleaning of the house and running an errand once in a while and grocery shopping..... oh!  and a bit of gardening and a little bit of yard work.  Hell!  Since this diet, I don't even do my cooking anymore, and I'm a chef by trade.  So maybe if I was more active I would have more loss????  IDK!!!!  The diet claims that you don't need to exercise, that it is not necessary with this diet but maybe this diet EXPECTS that you at least do some kind of regular activity daily??????  So, if that is the case, then maybe this .42 pounds a day is pretty good.  No matter what!  It IS better than what I was doing without the diet but I still feel like I am starving myself.  My mom is doing Weight Watchers and has lost 29 pounds in.... ohhhhh, probably about 4 or 5 months maybe longer and she is really happy with it especially since she gets to eat whatever she wants.  She just has to watch how much she eats and the points it totals up to.  I don't know if I could keep up with all of the calories, fat, carbs .... conversion - points thing.  Sounds like a pain in the butt.  But then the hcg diet is a pain in the butt in the fact that I am hungry all of the time and I soooo crave my REAL food.  I just did the math.  Comparing to Weight Watchers...  if 11 pounds would be all I lose for the rest of this month, my first month on the diet, and that is the average of weight that I would lose per month, then in 4 months I would have lost 44 pounds compared to my moms 29 pounds.  That makes me feel a lot better about having chosen hcg over W.W.'s. 

Well, that is all of my thoughts today.  Peace out and HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!!!!

PHASE 2 - Day 21

I guess Friday night's indiscretions caught up to me today.  A 1.5 pound gain :(  so the scale screamed 210.5 pounds at me this morning.  Today is my "skip" day meaning I didn't do my injection.  I haven't been in ketosis for 2 days now due to Friday night's indiscretions.  I guess you could say it is a lesson learned.  It still doesn't make me stop wanting all of my food back.  I just keep telling myself, "I am more than half way through this round now and then I can have a LITTLE more".  Now I am hoping that I will get to do 2 more loading days before my next round so I can have all of the stuff that I want before I do this all over again.

Over and out!

PHASE 2 - Days 19 and 20

I woke up yesterday to another 1 pound loss bringing me down to 209 pounds.  But then, last night, I gave in to temptation.  I did a chocolate cake shot, ate 3 gluten free reduced fat cookies, 2 bites of pork steak and an ice cream sandwich.  The scale didn't show any gain this morning, thank God.  But no loss either.  I soooo want to just eat delicious food again.  Supposedly, I am suppose to stop feeling this way at some point in this diet, but when!?  I am more than 2 weeks in now.  God help me!

PHASE 2 - Days 17 and 18

Ok.  Since I raised my dose to 175 last Friday, day 12 I think it was, I am very pleased to say that I have lost 5.5 pounds.  2.5 pounds since my last blog.  I have still stuck to my vlcdiet with the exception of a bite here or there.  I haven't been hungry a whole lot but still hungry more than the diet claims that I should be.  I have also discontinued the prescription that I was on that had a side effect of weight gain (along with some other severe side effects).  I decided to stop the magnesium too. 

But!  I am COMPLETELY fatigued! My muscles burn like I have been working out constantly. When I walk up the 4 steps to my kitchen, I feel like I went up 100 steps. A 6-pack of beer felt like it weighed 50 pounds. Doesn't that sound like I'm not getting the nutrition that I need? The hcg is suppose to keep this from happening right?  Maybe raising my dose to 200 would be the answer?  I have also had nightmares, not just dreams but nightmares about eating greasy cheeseburgers and pizza and getting drunk. I also feel like I NEED to pig out since my body seems to be rebelling.  Of course, I did some research and this could be a potassium or sodium deficiency.  I am going to incorporate a potassium supplement and see if that helps.  I have been eating quite a bit of salt so the only way I could be low on sodium is from the fact that I have been going pee like every 15 minutes.  Oh!  I guess I am also going to raise my dose to 200 and see if that helps too.

Ok.  So!  We'll see how this goes!  Adios!



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Phase 2 - Days 14 - 16

I have only lost 1.3 pounds in the past 3 days but that is a far cry better than the 6 days that I either gained or had no loss when I had lowered my dose to 125 iu.  I have now been on ABOUT 175 ( my needles are marked to where it isn't really that easy to find the 175 mark) for 3 days and I haven't been completely perfect with the vlcd but I have not strayed too far.  I think that if I add some activity to my schedule then I would probably have a bigger loss.  You see, this is really sad to say but, I am so INactive that I am probably not burning up even the mere 500 calories that I am eating so, that makes it difficult for my body to use up those calories and then start utilizing my own fat. 

I have noticed that some pants that I had bought right before I started my diet are so big on me now that I can fit my fist in the waist.  I had lost 2 inches as of last Friday or Saturday (day 11 or 12) and I am guessing that there has been more inches lost since then. 

I also figured out that maybe some of my supplements may be hindering my loss.  My magnesium has 14 calories per serving and my cranberry supplement, well I don't remember the exact numbers but sugars and carbs and calories were really high.  I quit taking the cranberry but I am sticking with the magnesium as it helps my sleep, not to mention, it helps the colon.

All in all, it's not going bad.  It's not going as good as I expected at 1-2 pounds per day but I am losing way more than I was losing without the diet. 

Peace out!



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PHASE 2 - Days 12 and 13

2 weeks down!  Only 5.7 pounds lost.  I did finally lose another pound today.  Actually 1.2 pounds bringing me down to 213.8 pounds.  So I guess I must attribute my plateau to the lowering of my dosage to 125.  I was either gaining weight or maintaining weight for 5-6 days and that started when I lowered my dosage.  So, after 2 days at a dose of 175, I finally break the plateau.  I guess I will stay at this dosage. 
Now I'm toying with the idea of not doing 40 day cycles and do 23 day cycles.  Or at least for this round since I got off to such a slow start.  Then maybe on the next round I will do 40 day cycle now that I know my proper dosing.  I may even jump up to 200 IU.  I tried 200 before I went to 125 and during that time I lost 3 pounds overnight.  I am still hungry all of the time but I am dealing with it.  I am making it a challenge for myself.  I have not been cheating except 2 nights I ate a glucose free, low sugar, low fat cookie BUT! that cookie.... each of them.... for 1 cookie had 120 calories.  You see when your at a stand still, a long duration of no weight loss and even some gain, then it's hard to fight the disappointment telling you "well your not succeeding with this diet so just go ahead and eat something good".  I have been able to fight that voice for the most part.  Hopefully, rest is a downhill battle now that I upped my dose and I will start losing again.  Have a great weekend!



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PHASE 2 - Days 10 and 11

I have been quite disappointed lately.  I am back to 215.4 pounds today.  I have been following the diet pretty much to a "T" and I always drink lots of water.  Also, my ketostix have shown that I AM in ketosis for the last few days so since I am not eating any fat at all then it has to mean that I am using up my own fat from my own body which means that I should be losing weight or at least inches and I am not losing either.  I am still only on 125 iu of hcg and I think therein lies my problem.  So, I was being advised that if I am continually hungry then I should lower my dosage which I did 5 days ago and have either gained weight or NOT lost anything.  This could also be attributed to a medication that my doctor put me on last week.  It is a known drug to cause weight GAIN!  Or maybe a combination of both.  I started doing some research about dosaging and found that if your dosage is too low then you will not lose weight and if your dosage is too high, you will not lose weight either.  The dosage that people should be on, according to my research, is 175-200 IU's.  So once I read that I went back and injected another 25 IU's today to bring my dosage up for the day and I am going to continue on that for at least 3 days and see if it helps.  If does not help then I will up it to 200.  If that doesn't work then I will be forced to stop taking the medicine that my doctor prescribed. 

I am on day 11 and have only lost not even 4.5 pounds yet.  When I started on this hcg journey back in May with the homeopathic hcg, I was on phase 2 for 10 days and lost 7 pounds and it was also sublingual not injections.  When I did the diet a few years ago, I lost 14 pounds in 14 days.  The only thing is that with the homeopathic sublingual drops, I never got in ketosis, at least not according to my ketostix which tells me that, more than likely, I was losing muscle and not fat.  Anyway, let's just hope that I have figured this out and the new dosage works.  Take care and good night all!



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PHASE 2 - Days 8 and 9

Yesterday, day 8, I had loss 1 pound.  Today, no loss and still no loss in inches.  I'm at 214 pounds now.  I am starting to be less and less hungry each day and my tiny meals are filling me up to a point that I almost can't finish all of it.  I bought a new scale today so my weights might be different cause I think the scale that I have been using is messed up.  If I step on it 3 times, I get 3 different weights so hopefully a new scale will help keep better track of my weight.  I am getting pretty bored with my food so I guess it's time to start finding and using some recipes for hcg.  I have posted several hcg recipes on my pinterest but I know can find more.  That's all for today.  Have a great day!



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PHASE 2 - Day 7

I woke up to a .5 pound gain this morning.  I am wondering what it is that I am doing wrong.  Only 1 day of weight loss in my first week.  So, I decided to do an apple day today.  There's been a slight problem with constipation so maybe the apple day will help with water retention AND the constipation, thus, making weight loss happen more and easier.  This is also my second day of lowering my dosage to 125.  I haven't had a lot of hunger today, even though all that I have eaten today is 4 apples.  They say that you shouldn't worry about not losing pounds because you are probably losing inches instead but that's not the case for me because I did my measurements yesterday and there was no loss there either.  I really hope that tomorrow brings better news.  Good night ya'll!



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PHASE 2 - Day 6

Yayeeeeeee!!!!  3 pounds down today to 215 pounds.  It was also measurement day.  No inches lost.  Oh well! That will come, I'm sure!  My ketosis strips also showed that I am losing fat now!  Cool!  I stuck to my diet for the most part yesterday.  The only thing was that I ate pork loin cutlet.  Pork is not allowed but when I check out the calories and fat content on pork loin or pork tenderloin, it is not that much compared to chicken plus I only went 35 calories over my limit.  I also lowered my hcg dosage from 200 to 125.  I am not sure if I mentioned it before but I started dosing at 150 and since I was so hungry all of the time I upped it to 200.  That didn't work.  So it's suppose work if you lower your dosage.  We'll see.  I just got done eating lunch and felt full but less than an hour later, I feel hungry again.  I am wondering if maybe I am mistaking this feeling in my stomach for hunger pangs, when in reality it is something else.  I don't know what else it may be but I'll figure it out.



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PHASE 2 - Day 5

Quite disappointed today.  Even more so than yesterday.  I only lost .5 pounds yesterday bringing me down to 117.5 BUT today I gained it right back for a total of 218 again.  I COMPLETELY stuck to my diet yesterday and didn't do anything wrong.  WTF!!!  I have a theory, though.  From my past experience, 2 years ago when I did this, and 3 weeks ago with the homeopathic, it seems that on the day that I cheated and ate too much or the wrong things then the next morning I will still have had a good loss amount but then a day or 2 later, after no cheating at all there would be no loss and sometimes even a gain.  So, theory is, you don't see the weight gain from cheating for 2-3 days.  At least that what seems to happen with me.  Of course, I haven't measured myself again so I might have more inches lost, though it doesn't feel like it.  Anyway, that's a once a week thing so I weigh myself tomorrow, which will be 1 week on the diet and all I have lost overall in 1 week is 1.5 pounds.  When I did this 2 years ago I lost 10 pounds in the first week and 4 more pounds in the second week.  Sooooo..... yeah!  I am pretty disappointed :( 



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PHASE 2 - Day 4

Alas!  I finally got my computer fixed (or at least I think I fixed, we'll see).  I weighed in at 217.5 pounds this morning.  Not happy about that!  I stuck to my diet yesterday until last night when I ate 1 little square of dark chocolate and 1 fish stick.  I guess that kept my loss down to a minimum.  So, once again, here I am, stuck to my diet all day and hoping to keep it that way for the rest of the night.  I still get to eat my "chocolate covered" strawberries and I have a grissini stick left to eat so hopefully that will satisfy my cravings for the rest of the night.
On another note, I bought a pregnancy test today and guess what!?  My HCG tested positive!!!!  Yayeeeeee!  That means it is definitely REAL!  It is a great feeling to know that I got my money's worth!  I don't have a link off the top of my head but if you are wondering where to get it from, just google "hcgchica".  Her website will direct you to 2 different places that you can order from and they are much more affordable than anything else that I found anywhere, especially for the REAL stuff. 
Well, that is where I stand for my 4th day.  Hopefully I do better than just .5 pounds on the scale in the morning.  Have a great night!



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PHASE 2 - Day 3

218 pounds this morning.  Last night was no good!  I ended up eating way more than I was suppose to.  I have such a hard time with my cravings at night!  Today I have been hungry A LOT!  I did have more willpower tonight than I did the last 2 nights.  I stu k completely to my diet, only going over 500 calories by a bit but those were a couple extra calories from my diet food.  Sometimes it's hard to get the total right on.  Oh well!  It's. Los enough.

I increased my HCG dosage since I am so hungry.  I started at the lowest dosage of 150 and upped it to 200.  Maybe that will help the hunger go away.

So far I have had a pretty boring menu.  I have only been eating oranges, apples, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, shrimp and chicken.  I really need to hit the HCG recipes.  

I really wish I could figure out how to fix my computer so I didn't have to blog from my phone.  I have spent 3 days at about probably 40 hours working on it.  Please wish me luck that I get it fixed soon.  Thanks and good night!



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PHASE 2 - Day 2

Well, all of the weight that I gained during my 2 loading days came off  over night.  Down to 220.5 pounds this morning.  Today... well, actually, tonight has been really difficult. Last night I did not endulge in anymore calories than allowed (right around 500).  Tonight, on the other hand, I ended up with around 800 calories.  I didn't eat anything stupid.  I ate extra fruit and extra shrimp.  Hopefully this gets easier.  I'm not sure if I was eating cause I thought I was hungry or if I was just wanting/craving more food.

I have been testing my ketones and so far it is not showing fat loss.  I explain about this in my above referenced blog.  I have also been meaning to pick up a pregnancy test so that I can test my HCG medicine but I keep forgetting.  These are 2 methods that would help me confirm if I am using REAL HCG or not.  It would be nice to know.  Once I can confirm it is real then I will reference my contact and pharmacy here.  

That's all I got tonight.  Goodnight, ya'll!



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PHASE 2 - Day 1

 

Today's weight came in at 226.  I have fought some hunger but  it hasn't been too bad.  I haven't veered from my diet at all today but its now late evening when I start craving most of my cravings so hopefully I can stick to it until I go to sleep.  

I will start posting more when I get my computer fixed.  It's a pain trying to blog from my phone.  Have a great night, ya'll!!!



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Phase 1, days 1 AND 2

 

Started injections yesterday, 6/8/2013.  First weigh in was 219.5 pounds.  Second day (today) - 224.5 pounds. I guess with that 5 pound gain, means I was successful with loading day 1.  And today, day 2, I have no doubt, has been a success also.  I will be happy to get on the 500 calorie diet tomorrow.  I am sick of eating!  

Mixing the HCG was quite simple and the injections Re no problem either and the needle is so small that you don't even feel it go in.





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June 6 - the beginning

This is the second part of my HCG DIET. I started it a few weeks ago but I did not realize that the HCG product that I had gotten did not have any HCG in it at all.  It was homeopathic.  Here is a link michellehcg.blogspot.com to that blog in case you would like to read about how my first few weeks went with the "fake" HCG.  I will start blogging about this part of my journey in 2 days.  I just received my REAL HCG today so on Saturday I will start my injections and Phase 1, which is for 2 days and consists of loading up on as much fatty foods as possible.  So, see ya then!

 

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PHASE 2 - Day 3

218 pounds this morning.  Last night was no good!  I ended up way more than I was suppose to.  I have such a hard time with my cravings at night!  Today I have been hungry A LOT!  I did have more willpower tonight than I did the last 2 nights.  I stu k completely to my diet, only going over 500 calories by a bit but those were a couple extra calories from my diet food.  Sometimes it's hard to get the total right on.  Oh well!  It's. Los enough.

I increased my HCG dosage since I am so hungry.  I started at the lowest dosage of 150 and upped it to 200.  Maybe that will help the hunger go away.

So far I have had a pretty boring menu.  I have only been eating oranges, apples, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, shrimp and chicken.  I really need to hit the HCG recipes.  

I really wish I could figure out how to fix my computer so I didn't have to blog from my phone.  I have spent 3 days at about probably 40 hours working on it.  Please wish me luck that I get it fixed soon.  Thanks and good night!

PHASE 2 - Day 4
Alas!  I finally got my computer fixed (or at least I think I fixed, we'll see).  I weighed in at 217.5 pounds this morning.  Not happy about that!  I stuck to my diet yesterday until last night when I ate 1 little square of dark chocolate and 1 fish stick.  I guess that kept my loss down to a minimum.  So, once again, here I am, stuck to my diet all day and hoping to keep it that way for the rest of the night.  I still get to eat my "chocolate covered" strawberries and I have a grissini stick left to eat so hopefully that will satisfy my cravings for the rest of the night.
On another note, I bought a pregnancy test today and guess what!?  My HCG tested positive!!!!  Yayeeeeee!  That means it is definitely REAL!  It is a great feeling to know that I got my money's worth!  I don't have a link off the top of my head but if you are wondering where to get it from, just google "hcgchica".  Her website will direct you to 2 different places that you can order from and they are much more affordable than anything else that I found anywhere, especially for the REAL stuff. 
Well, that is where I stand for my 4th day.  Hopefully I do better than just .5 pounds on the scale in the morning.  Have a great night!



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