No HCG TOM
Day 26 VLCD
189.6 lbs
-19.4 lbs
Well, I gained .4 lbs. I totally deserved it. But hopefully I've got that out of my system and I can move on. One thing about this diet is that it can drive you nuts if you let it. It just finally got to me yesterday. If you are going to do this diet and have to continue to cook for others, just realize it's going to be a huge challenge. Doable, but a challenge. Next time I do this, Jon is doing it with me so I won't be cooking "good food" as much. But this time I still have a family to care for and I still want them having wholesome meals instead of eating out. All the pent up food frustration just finally exploded in me yesterday with such awesomeness surrounding me like baked potato soup, homemade spaghetti, and cheddar cheese. I think I'm better now though. I've got about 15 days to loose the last 10 lbs I'd like to loose and I’m going to do it. Starting now.
I had chicken and broccoli stir fry for lunch while everyone else had Ted's fajitas for carry out. I even did fine having my OJ and melba toast while everyone had leftover Ted's, potato soup, and spaghetti. I wanted to cry though. I'm seriously ready for this to be over. I'm pretty sure I will be able to keep things in moderation though. I just need more variety. It's worth it if I loose 30 lbs!
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Day 27 - I'm a wiener...I mean WINNER!
No HCG TOM
Day 25 VLCD
189.2 lbs
-19.8 lbs
I lost another .4 lbs. That makes me a winner. I just want to see -20 lbs and I'm short .2 lbs. That's a wiener. I won first place in the soup cook off! I'm a winner. I probably ate a half cup of the stuff tasting it. I'm a wiener. Which kept me from loosing all the way to 20. I'm a wiener. But I’m not taking the HCG right now. I'm a winner. I had an egg for lunch which is allowed on occasion. I'm a winner. It was cooked in bacon grease. I'm a wiener. When I realized this I didn't eat a veggie. I’m a winner. But I couldn't resist a couple of spoonfuls of potato soup the kids were having for lunch. I'm a wiener. I regrouped and had two melba toast for a snack in afternoon. I'm a winner. But the cheddar cheese in the fridge was irresistible too, so I just took a honkin bite out of the pound of cheese like an animal. I'm a wiener. But it was just one bite and then I had my oj and melba toasts determined to move on. I'm a winner. Charis left her spaghetti sitting on the table and since I'd already screwed up so much today I figured why not and finished it off. I'm definitely a wiener......but it was soooooo goooood!
Day 25 VLCD
189.2 lbs
-19.8 lbs
I lost another .4 lbs. That makes me a winner. I just want to see -20 lbs and I'm short .2 lbs. That's a wiener. I won first place in the soup cook off! I'm a winner. I probably ate a half cup of the stuff tasting it. I'm a wiener. Which kept me from loosing all the way to 20. I'm a wiener. But I’m not taking the HCG right now. I'm a winner. I had an egg for lunch which is allowed on occasion. I'm a winner. It was cooked in bacon grease. I'm a wiener. When I realized this I didn't eat a veggie. I’m a winner. But I couldn't resist a couple of spoonfuls of potato soup the kids were having for lunch. I'm a wiener. I regrouped and had two melba toast for a snack in afternoon. I'm a winner. But the cheddar cheese in the fridge was irresistible too, so I just took a honkin bite out of the pound of cheese like an animal. I'm a wiener. But it was just one bite and then I had my oj and melba toasts determined to move on. I'm a winner. Charis left her spaghetti sitting on the table and since I'd already screwed up so much today I figured why not and finished it off. I'm definitely a wiener......but it was soooooo goooood!
Friday, March 5, 2010
Day 26 - A contest and a load of......
No HCG TOM
Day 24 VLCD
189.6 lbs
-19.4 lbs
I'm down .4 lbs today. I really thought I would gain because I just didn't pee like I normally do. I drank the same amount of water and ate the same foods. I wonder if it’s my period or not having HCG? I woke up this morning to a rumbly in my tumbly and I got kind of nervous. By the time I cooked bacon and some rice cereal for the family, I wasn't hungry anymore and relieved!
I had a major obstacle this morning though. Jon's work was having a soup cook off this morning. Can you guess what I did? Yes, made soup. Can you guess what kind? Anyone? Can you guess? YES! Baked Potato soup!!! I'm totally going to win. But at what cost? We know how I can't handle this stuff. It's worse than girl scout cookies. One hundred bazillion times worse! Jon wanted me to stay for the tasting and the judging. I respectfully declined. If I win though, Jon gets a half day off. That's pretty nice! Maybe he can take it when I can start adding carbs to my diet and we can get a baby sitter and stay home all day and......eat baked potato soup!!!!
After "tasting" so much soup, I didn't think I would eat lunch. I got a little hungry when I started the kids lunch though so I had steak and onions. I was a little hungry by the time Jon got home, which was late so it was actually when I normally had my melba toast and oj. We had to run out, so I grabbed one to give me a little energy for our chore. We had to use the shovel we bought. You ready to find out the mystery shovel event? Horse poop. No really. We shoveled a van load of horse poop for my new garden! It was free too. You can't beat that. Jon took the kids out to eat after that and sat at home and ate melba toast and oj in complete solitude......complete bliss.
Day 24 VLCD
189.6 lbs
-19.4 lbs
I'm down .4 lbs today. I really thought I would gain because I just didn't pee like I normally do. I drank the same amount of water and ate the same foods. I wonder if it’s my period or not having HCG? I woke up this morning to a rumbly in my tumbly and I got kind of nervous. By the time I cooked bacon and some rice cereal for the family, I wasn't hungry anymore and relieved!
I had a major obstacle this morning though. Jon's work was having a soup cook off this morning. Can you guess what I did? Yes, made soup. Can you guess what kind? Anyone? Can you guess? YES! Baked Potato soup!!! I'm totally going to win. But at what cost? We know how I can't handle this stuff. It's worse than girl scout cookies. One hundred bazillion times worse! Jon wanted me to stay for the tasting and the judging. I respectfully declined. If I win though, Jon gets a half day off. That's pretty nice! Maybe he can take it when I can start adding carbs to my diet and we can get a baby sitter and stay home all day and......eat baked potato soup!!!!
After "tasting" so much soup, I didn't think I would eat lunch. I got a little hungry when I started the kids lunch though so I had steak and onions. I was a little hungry by the time Jon got home, which was late so it was actually when I normally had my melba toast and oj. We had to run out, so I grabbed one to give me a little energy for our chore. We had to use the shovel we bought. You ready to find out the mystery shovel event? Horse poop. No really. We shoveled a van load of horse poop for my new garden! It was free too. You can't beat that. Jon took the kids out to eat after that and sat at home and ate melba toast and oj in complete solitude......complete bliss.
Day 25 - And then there were 10....
No HCG, TOM (Time of Month...sorry to any Toms out there!)
Day 23 VLCD
190.0 lbs
-19 lbs
At first I was disappointed when I weighed. I lost .6lbs which is cool, but only .1 lbs more and I would have been in the 80's!!! I haven't been there for three years and I wasn't there long. But then I realized that I was only 10 lbs away from by goal and I like even numbers! My goal was to loose 30 lbs this session and only having 10 lbs to go makes me realized just how far I've come. I also realized today that since I can't take my shots for a couple of days, which gives me a couple of days more on the diet! I'm sure I'll reach my goal of 180lbs now!
My day went great, although I did have to make spaghetti for our guests coming over. I made the sauce and noodles from scratch so I HAD to taste it to make sure it was ok. For lunch I had chicken with Italian herbs covered by the last of the marinara sauce I made. I need to make more. I need to make more crab bisque and tomato basil soup too! I had my oj and melba toasts with our guests for dinner. I "exercised" by pulling vines out of my fence row and some sticker bushes. I got covered in stickers. I need to find my clippers though to get some really tough ones. I also wrote another song. So pretty productive day. So far I can't tell the difference having not had my shot today. I did get a little nauseated in the afternoon though.
Day 23 VLCD
190.0 lbs
-19 lbs
At first I was disappointed when I weighed. I lost .6lbs which is cool, but only .1 lbs more and I would have been in the 80's!!! I haven't been there for three years and I wasn't there long. But then I realized that I was only 10 lbs away from by goal and I like even numbers! My goal was to loose 30 lbs this session and only having 10 lbs to go makes me realized just how far I've come. I also realized today that since I can't take my shots for a couple of days, which gives me a couple of days more on the diet! I'm sure I'll reach my goal of 180lbs now!
My day went great, although I did have to make spaghetti for our guests coming over. I made the sauce and noodles from scratch so I HAD to taste it to make sure it was ok. For lunch I had chicken with Italian herbs covered by the last of the marinara sauce I made. I need to make more. I need to make more crab bisque and tomato basil soup too! I had my oj and melba toasts with our guests for dinner. I "exercised" by pulling vines out of my fence row and some sticker bushes. I got covered in stickers. I need to find my clippers though to get some really tough ones. I also wrote another song. So pretty productive day. So far I can't tell the difference having not had my shot today. I did get a little nauseated in the afternoon though.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Day 24 - Not what I expected
Day 24 HCG
Day 22 VLCD
190.6 lbs
-18.4 lbs
I only lost .8 lbs. ONLY .8lbs. All I ate was a feakin' apple yesterday! Karen would tell me that it worked. I wanted to see something dramatic. On this diet .8lbs is not dramatic. I've lost more sneaking potato soup. I'll be ok though. There's no way I'm quitting this far into the game! 16 days too......cheese. How I dream of cheese, and milk, and refried beans and cheese, sour cream, salsa, spaghetti sauce and cheese, eggs and cheese.........
Oh! Sorry. You’re still here.
OK, pay attention ladies...men, shield your ears if you don't want to know about womanly things.
I started today. That means that I can't take shots until I'm done. Dr. Simmons says that we have to do this and that it should cause no ill effect. Hump! He's a man...how does he know?! Anyway, I'm pretty skeptical that I'm not going to get hungry all the sudden. We’ll just have to wait and see.
I did good today, I had citrus fish with broccoli and then OJ and melba toast for dinner. I did eat a half a thin mint. I’m telling you. They have mental powers of seduction!! It begged me to eat it. It had these excuses like "OH, I'm a poor crumbled cookie, inadequate to feed to your 3 year old. But OH! What a shame to waste me when people are starving all over the world. Eat me and honor your child and humanity!" Horrible, evil cookies!!!
I stepped up my exercise today too. It was warm enough to go outside today and I build my compost pile out of pallets I got out of the dumpster at the EXERCISE EQUIPMENT STORE. LOL! I wonder what they said when I left. "That fat chick needs the equipment, not the pallets they came in on."
Another exciting event today. My pants won't stay on, so got my MOST uncomfortable pair that I really haven't worn in two years because they were so tight. They fit!! By the end of the day I even had to pull them up. I also noticed when I was out today that I wasn't as self conscious as I normally am. I met an old friend and I wasn't ashamed for them to see me. I felt cute and NORMAL. It's amazing how 20lbs changes you.
Day 22 VLCD
190.6 lbs
-18.4 lbs
I only lost .8 lbs. ONLY .8lbs. All I ate was a feakin' apple yesterday! Karen would tell me that it worked. I wanted to see something dramatic. On this diet .8lbs is not dramatic. I've lost more sneaking potato soup. I'll be ok though. There's no way I'm quitting this far into the game! 16 days too......cheese. How I dream of cheese, and milk, and refried beans and cheese, sour cream, salsa, spaghetti sauce and cheese, eggs and cheese.........
Oh! Sorry. You’re still here.
OK, pay attention ladies...men, shield your ears if you don't want to know about womanly things.
I started today. That means that I can't take shots until I'm done. Dr. Simmons says that we have to do this and that it should cause no ill effect. Hump! He's a man...how does he know?! Anyway, I'm pretty skeptical that I'm not going to get hungry all the sudden. We’ll just have to wait and see.
I did good today, I had citrus fish with broccoli and then OJ and melba toast for dinner. I did eat a half a thin mint. I’m telling you. They have mental powers of seduction!! It begged me to eat it. It had these excuses like "OH, I'm a poor crumbled cookie, inadequate to feed to your 3 year old. But OH! What a shame to waste me when people are starving all over the world. Eat me and honor your child and humanity!" Horrible, evil cookies!!!
I stepped up my exercise today too. It was warm enough to go outside today and I build my compost pile out of pallets I got out of the dumpster at the EXERCISE EQUIPMENT STORE. LOL! I wonder what they said when I left. "That fat chick needs the equipment, not the pallets they came in on."
Another exciting event today. My pants won't stay on, so got my MOST uncomfortable pair that I really haven't worn in two years because they were so tight. They fit!! By the end of the day I even had to pull them up. I also noticed when I was out today that I wasn't as self conscious as I normally am. I met an old friend and I wasn't ashamed for them to see me. I felt cute and NORMAL. It's amazing how 20lbs changes you.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Day 23 - Apple Day 2
Day 23 HCG
Day 21 VLCD
191.4 lbs
-17.6 lbs
Girl Scout Cookies are d' DEBLE! I gained .2lbs. In the big picture not a huge deal, but I've obviously hit a plateau. I did the same thing about 10 lbs ago if you remember. I didn’t do apple day right last time and it only resulted in a .6lb loss, so I’m going to do it right today and see if we can break this little pound party up. I can have a total of 6 apples, a minimum 3 hours apart. I can only sip on water to quench thirst. If I’m holding water (which is a possibly due to the time of month) then this should solve the problem. I’m also going to eat fresh apples instead of apple chips.
I really wasn't hungry at all. I sipped on water and finally about 3, I got hungry and ate an apple. That's it. That's my day. Water and one apple. Of course other things happened in my day besides not eating. I got up early and went dumpster diving to find enough newspaper to start my garden beds. I also found some lumber. I cleaned house and waited in anticipation for the Milk man to come. He brings me raw milk and pastured chicken eggs. Then I helped the kids with their school work, changed many pee pee pants, and in the afternoon I worked on our taxes. After dinner we went to the library and to Lowe’s. I'll tell you what I'm going to do with the shovel I bought tomorrow!
Day 21 VLCD
191.4 lbs
-17.6 lbs
Girl Scout Cookies are d' DEBLE! I gained .2lbs. In the big picture not a huge deal, but I've obviously hit a plateau. I did the same thing about 10 lbs ago if you remember. I didn’t do apple day right last time and it only resulted in a .6lb loss, so I’m going to do it right today and see if we can break this little pound party up. I can have a total of 6 apples, a minimum 3 hours apart. I can only sip on water to quench thirst. If I’m holding water (which is a possibly due to the time of month) then this should solve the problem. I’m also going to eat fresh apples instead of apple chips.
I really wasn't hungry at all. I sipped on water and finally about 3, I got hungry and ate an apple. That's it. That's my day. Water and one apple. Of course other things happened in my day besides not eating. I got up early and went dumpster diving to find enough newspaper to start my garden beds. I also found some lumber. I cleaned house and waited in anticipation for the Milk man to come. He brings me raw milk and pastured chicken eggs. Then I helped the kids with their school work, changed many pee pee pants, and in the afternoon I worked on our taxes. After dinner we went to the library and to Lowe’s. I'll tell you what I'm going to do with the shovel I bought tomorrow!
Monday, March 1, 2010
Day 22 - Muscle Mysteries
Day 22 HCG
Day 20 VLCD
191.2 lbs
-17.8 lbs
Another .6 lbs gone! I think I'll call the trip overall successful. Now the next time I travel it's for a baby shower so we'll see how THAT goes!
Remember the other day when I was talking about my muscles being weak? I was chatting with some friends in my HCG yahoo Support group and they brought a passage, out of Dr. Simmons book, to my attention. I won't quote it...it's totally boring. But in essence what he was saying, was that because you are loosing fat so quickly, and because some of that fat had deposited itself in and around your muscles, that your muscles are now somewhat stretched. Now that a bulk of fat is gone around them, they have to contract "extra" to make up for their length. It's not that your weak, it's that your muscles have to do double time. It corrects itself very quickly though, as I can attest to. Within a couple days I wasn't noticing the "weakness" anymore. I probably should read that book again. It's been a while! If you want to read the book, there is a link to the left for a free download.
So today was pretty easy for dieting....potty training my 3 year old was not so easy. He made a full load of laundry all by himself. I got hungry around 10 so I had a melba toast. I made baked Italian chicken (that's just Italian herbs and garlic powder) with some marinara that I made the other day. Caedon made me cheat. I decided that I would give him half a cookie every time he went potty in the potty. He only got half a cookie today. He brought me one later and the rest of the piece I split for him. I took it away and popped the little piece in my mouth with out even thinking. AHHH! It was so good. I think I'll be dreaming of thin mints tonight! Dinner was fine. I sampled the stuffing and tiny piece of chicken, but stuck with my OJ and melba toast for dinner. That Girl Scout cookie was evil though. It got into my head.
Day 20 VLCD
191.2 lbs
-17.8 lbs
Another .6 lbs gone! I think I'll call the trip overall successful. Now the next time I travel it's for a baby shower so we'll see how THAT goes!
Remember the other day when I was talking about my muscles being weak? I was chatting with some friends in my HCG yahoo Support group and they brought a passage, out of Dr. Simmons book, to my attention. I won't quote it...it's totally boring. But in essence what he was saying, was that because you are loosing fat so quickly, and because some of that fat had deposited itself in and around your muscles, that your muscles are now somewhat stretched. Now that a bulk of fat is gone around them, they have to contract "extra" to make up for their length. It's not that your weak, it's that your muscles have to do double time. It corrects itself very quickly though, as I can attest to. Within a couple days I wasn't noticing the "weakness" anymore. I probably should read that book again. It's been a while! If you want to read the book, there is a link to the left for a free download.
So today was pretty easy for dieting....potty training my 3 year old was not so easy. He made a full load of laundry all by himself. I got hungry around 10 so I had a melba toast. I made baked Italian chicken (that's just Italian herbs and garlic powder) with some marinara that I made the other day. Caedon made me cheat. I decided that I would give him half a cookie every time he went potty in the potty. He only got half a cookie today. He brought me one later and the rest of the piece I split for him. I took it away and popped the little piece in my mouth with out even thinking. AHHH! It was so good. I think I'll be dreaming of thin mints tonight! Dinner was fine. I sampled the stuffing and tiny piece of chicken, but stuck with my OJ and melba toast for dinner. That Girl Scout cookie was evil though. It got into my head.
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