Thursday, March 31, 2011
Darn you apple juice!
Starvation plus 1 measly cup of apple juice = +2.2. I am hoping this will correct itself like the last time I had a gain but it is still really frustrating... oh well my procedure done that had been previously scheduled and I couldn't have skipped it. I said yesterday that I haven't had any real temptations to cheat however my subconscious apparently does! I totally had a dream about running around with friends on some type of mystery adventure and eat pizza-I even felt guilty in my dream! Off to finish my meatball soup before my staff meeting.. yay!
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Did I Cheat? Day 10
Woke up and jumped right on the scale.... -1! I don't understand how people can want to cheat while on this diet, yeah you don't get to eat cookie and pies but you are loosing at least a pound a day and the only work you have to do is cook! Now I have never cooked so much in my life so this is definitely a big change for me, but if I can make time to do it with my class schedule and my crazy switching of nights and days so can
anyone.
Now today was a little different because I had to have a scope of my upper stomach and esophagus preformed- This means no eating for 12 hours before the procedure and no liquids for 6. I ate a late dinner and had dessert around 9:30. My procedure was scheduled for 2:30pm, now I wasnt going to get up at 2:30am and eat and then go back to bed . I did however have a melba toast right before going to bed- it was an extra one I will admit it but it seemed better than going 17 hours without food. I continued the drops and did not feel hungry until 3:00pm rolled around and they had still not started the procedure yet. I was finally done and awake by 4.. starving and lightheaded. They offered me graham crackers and juice, I politely declined the graham crackers but had one cup of apple juice. It was so sweet I knew it was full of sugar and calories. Later I looked it up and one cup of apple juice is 117 calories. I cant really feel guilty about it because I had gone way to long without food. When I got home I had a bowl of chicken meatball soup that I had made before the procedure. I was starving so I also had a previously made cinnamon baked apple. For dinner I wasn't really hungry since I had just eaten a couple of hours ago but I felt like i needed the nutrients. I had a lightly grilled crab over spinach with some liquid aminos as dressing. I skipped my fruit in light of the apple juice.. we shall see what tomorrow holds!
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
day 9
Good morning! -1.2 This puts me down to 175! I got here by myself last year but failed to get any lower so I will be very excited when I can get into the 160's because I have seen that number in at least 3 years. I am seeing the numbers go down but am not noticing a change in my body and I think it would be hard to when you see yourself everyday. Perhaps I will take measurements...
I am a little concerned about today because I am gone from 9:00am to about 5:30pm. I normally just snack on breakfast bars or 100 calorie packs between classes, maybe I bring to my office. I work on campus but try not to make a habit of being their on my off hours.
Oh and I made Thai beef soup and it was good, at little spicy and the beef was a little tough but that was my fault.
I am a little concerned about today because I am gone from 9:00am to about 5:30pm. I normally just snack on breakfast bars or 100 calorie packs between classes, maybe I bring to my office. I work on campus but try not to make a habit of being their on my off hours.
Oh and I made Thai beef soup and it was good, at little spicy and the beef was a little tough but that was my fault.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Day 7 and 8
So I weighed myself late last night since that was the time I weighed myself Sat. and +0.2, now I know this not huge but still an aggravation. The second I see a gain I rack my brain for anything I could be doing wrong. I did realize that I accidentally bought red grapefruits instead of pink grapefruits. The red grapefruits are absolutely delish but I am sure have a higher sugar content then the pink.
I woke up this morning and weighed again, low and behold -3! I think I need to stop stressing it because the diet works. On my very first week of drops including my 2 loading days I have lost 5.2 pounds. I have been trying to diet on my own since January, since then I have lost 9.2 pounds total so you can see 3 months on my own got me -4 pounds one week on HCG got me 5!
The weight loss keeps me going with this but the fact that the food is pretty good really helps. I discovered how to make my favorite dessert ever- Strawberries with chocolate sauce! I just recently discovered Wondercocoa, it is a de-fatted cocoa powder. Mix 1tbs of that with 1tbs of milk and a squirt or two of vanilla Stevia, warm in microwave for about 15 seconds and instant yumminess! Now there is 20 calories in 1tbs of the cocoa so that is something to keep in mind. I hardly ever use my 1tbs of milk so this is a very good use for it. I like that through this diet I am finding great low calorie recipes and products that I can continue to use when I am finished with the HCG diet. I love Stevia and have been completely converted, I carry a couple of packages in my purse in case I find myself getting an unsweetened tea, I don't mind it but I am a sweet tea girl. The liquid flavored Stevia is really expensive- my local health food store had it for $15 a small bottle. The Wondercocoa was around $8, but it is a big jar and has a brownie recipe on the back so totally worth it!
Alright I have some time before class and I am getting down to only one serving of mexican soup and 1 serving of meatloaf left in my fridge so I guess it it time to cook again. Do I want to make chicken meatball soup or beef Thai soup?
I woke up this morning and weighed again, low and behold -3! I think I need to stop stressing it because the diet works. On my very first week of drops including my 2 loading days I have lost 5.2 pounds. I have been trying to diet on my own since January, since then I have lost 9.2 pounds total so you can see 3 months on my own got me -4 pounds one week on HCG got me 5!
The weight loss keeps me going with this but the fact that the food is pretty good really helps. I discovered how to make my favorite dessert ever- Strawberries with chocolate sauce! I just recently discovered Wondercocoa, it is a de-fatted cocoa powder. Mix 1tbs of that with 1tbs of milk and a squirt or two of vanilla Stevia, warm in microwave for about 15 seconds and instant yumminess! Now there is 20 calories in 1tbs of the cocoa so that is something to keep in mind. I hardly ever use my 1tbs of milk so this is a very good use for it. I like that through this diet I am finding great low calorie recipes and products that I can continue to use when I am finished with the HCG diet. I love Stevia and have been completely converted, I carry a couple of packages in my purse in case I find myself getting an unsweetened tea, I don't mind it but I am a sweet tea girl. The liquid flavored Stevia is really expensive- my local health food store had it for $15 a small bottle. The Wondercocoa was around $8, but it is a big jar and has a brownie recipe on the back so totally worth it!
Alright I have some time before class and I am getting down to only one serving of mexican soup and 1 serving of meatloaf left in my fridge so I guess it it time to cook again. Do I want to make chicken meatball soup or beef Thai soup?
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Redemption
I weighed myself again last night and I had lost -0.8 from Fridays weight! Yay much better! So -4.4 in 4 days.. not to shabby
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Disappointment and temptation Days 5 and 6
I was so excited that I lost -3 pounds! The next day I lost -0.6 I was thinking yay! everything they say about this diet is totally true! The first couple of days I struggled with some hunger and a lot of heartburn. I have a problem with acid reflux and distinguishing it from hunger, I am currently on Nexium and have added Famotidine since the acid was bugging me so much. The only thing that currently helps is the mineral water. Shock a diet that tells you to drink black coffee on an empty stomach and is full of tomatoes and onions may not be good for your acid reflux!
I had my first day of temptation on Thursday-I was out with a few girlfriends trying on bridesmaids dresses, we are all in different upcoming weddings, after trying on some borderline hideous dresses they friends said hey lets all go get dinner. Luckily another friend of mine had offered to fix my car that day so I had an easy out. Friday the temptation to cheat was even worse because I was surrounded by food and people who eat anything they want. I work overnights at a veterinary hospital so there is always someone ordering pizza or cookies in the wee hours of the night-only in a college town would you have a place that delivers cookies and milk until 4am! There is also all the left over food that has been collected throughout the day in the various different departments. My coworker likes to go pilfering throughout the night and bring back all the goodies. I politely declined the reduced fat wheat thins and prayed that she didn't pop the bag of popcorn she had found.
I was very worried about working the overnight and how it would effect my eating. During the week I am a student so I am a normal sleep at night schedule. Friday I wake up in the morning, go to classes all day, attempt to nap if time prevents-barely ever works, and then go to work from midnight to 10:30am. I was a little unsure about how to schedule my meals and if my energy would stay at the same level. I am typically up for 24 hours if not longer-which I realize is not healthy, and is probably part of my weight loss struggle. I decided to make the cut off between days at midnight.
What I ate: When I woke up I through 3 100 gram portions of chicken in the Crockpot along with seasoning and celery to make chicken broth-I find that it is needed in almost every recipe and its so nice to get home from class and have chicken already cooked that I can transform into different things. I had a Melba toast and apple as I was driving to class. Even though its not a granola bar not much has changed in the way of my bad eating and driving habits. When I got home I pulled a potion of chicken out of the crock pot and through it over fresh baby spinach with some Bragg's Amino acid as dressing. This is the second time I have had this, it is turning into my in a pinch go to. I took the other portions of chicken and turned it into two serving of mexican soup which is currently my favorite meal but the only soup I have tried so far. I put these in containers for later use. My goal has been if I have time to cook to cook multiple servings so I have something to eat and am not tempted to deviate in a pinch. Around 10pm for dinner I was supper excited to make the Krabby Pattie recipe I found online. I threw some cabbage in the veggie steamer and pulled the crab I had recently thawed from the fridge. I am in the Midwest so fresh seafood is not as easy to come by as I was used to growing up in Florida. I got a can of fresh crab from the local butcher it was pricey but when I opened it is smelled amazing. I love crab so I was very excited about this recipe! After making it I was left a little disappointed-obviously one crushed up Melba toast is not enough to hold 100grams of crab together, this was to be expected, however I think I over seasoned it because when I sat down to eat it I couldn't even taste the crab anymore. I bagged up some strawberries and took them to work with me, I ate them around 1am which I know was technically the next day but helped keep me going the whole night.
Around 5am I heated up my Mexican soup and had my Melba toast. The soup was my vegetable and protein portion, I had brought baked apples but never got around to eating them. I considered eating them when i got home but decided to go to bed instead.
I weighed my self before going to bed and discovered that I had gained +1.2! How is this possible?! I have not cheated at all, I did not use any lotion even through my hands are red and raw from washing them constantly. I am left baffled and a little upset. My only thoughts are I am still wearing foundation-I have extremely sensitive skin and use an oil free foundation from Estee Lauder. I have used this the last two days and had weight loss so I am not convinced that the makeup is to blame. I know that bare minerals is an approved makeup but I have tried it in the past and gave me the worse cystic acne. My other thoughts maybe that I need to start calorie counting. I have been going by the protocol exactly but have not been adding up the calories and have maybe been a little lax on my servings of vegetables. Dr. Simeons protocol doesn't specify a amount of vegetables but I found a website that lists the calorie count for everything. http://hcgdietjourney.com/hcg-diet-blog/hcg-diet-food/ As I started to write this I felt a little light headed and realized it was because I hadn't eaten in 12 hours. I had a Melba toast and a grape fruit-the Melba toast will be subtracted from dinner and the grapefruit can count as the fruit I never had with my previous meal. This is all counting in the same day so that should be allowable. One thing I am a little confused about is onions... are they counted as a vegetable? They are listed in a lot of recipes but not frequently counted so is it ok to mix them with other veggies?
I had my first day of temptation on Thursday-I was out with a few girlfriends trying on bridesmaids dresses, we are all in different upcoming weddings, after trying on some borderline hideous dresses they friends said hey lets all go get dinner. Luckily another friend of mine had offered to fix my car that day so I had an easy out. Friday the temptation to cheat was even worse because I was surrounded by food and people who eat anything they want. I work overnights at a veterinary hospital so there is always someone ordering pizza or cookies in the wee hours of the night-only in a college town would you have a place that delivers cookies and milk until 4am! There is also all the left over food that has been collected throughout the day in the various different departments. My coworker likes to go pilfering throughout the night and bring back all the goodies. I politely declined the reduced fat wheat thins and prayed that she didn't pop the bag of popcorn she had found.
I was very worried about working the overnight and how it would effect my eating. During the week I am a student so I am a normal sleep at night schedule. Friday I wake up in the morning, go to classes all day, attempt to nap if time prevents-barely ever works, and then go to work from midnight to 10:30am. I was a little unsure about how to schedule my meals and if my energy would stay at the same level. I am typically up for 24 hours if not longer-which I realize is not healthy, and is probably part of my weight loss struggle. I decided to make the cut off between days at midnight.
What I ate: When I woke up I through 3 100 gram portions of chicken in the Crockpot along with seasoning and celery to make chicken broth-I find that it is needed in almost every recipe and its so nice to get home from class and have chicken already cooked that I can transform into different things. I had a Melba toast and apple as I was driving to class. Even though its not a granola bar not much has changed in the way of my bad eating and driving habits. When I got home I pulled a potion of chicken out of the crock pot and through it over fresh baby spinach with some Bragg's Amino acid as dressing. This is the second time I have had this, it is turning into my in a pinch go to. I took the other portions of chicken and turned it into two serving of mexican soup which is currently my favorite meal but the only soup I have tried so far. I put these in containers for later use. My goal has been if I have time to cook to cook multiple servings so I have something to eat and am not tempted to deviate in a pinch. Around 10pm for dinner I was supper excited to make the Krabby Pattie recipe I found online. I threw some cabbage in the veggie steamer and pulled the crab I had recently thawed from the fridge. I am in the Midwest so fresh seafood is not as easy to come by as I was used to growing up in Florida. I got a can of fresh crab from the local butcher it was pricey but when I opened it is smelled amazing. I love crab so I was very excited about this recipe! After making it I was left a little disappointed-obviously one crushed up Melba toast is not enough to hold 100grams of crab together, this was to be expected, however I think I over seasoned it because when I sat down to eat it I couldn't even taste the crab anymore. I bagged up some strawberries and took them to work with me, I ate them around 1am which I know was technically the next day but helped keep me going the whole night.
Around 5am I heated up my Mexican soup and had my Melba toast. The soup was my vegetable and protein portion, I had brought baked apples but never got around to eating them. I considered eating them when i got home but decided to go to bed instead.
I weighed my self before going to bed and discovered that I had gained +1.2! How is this possible?! I have not cheated at all, I did not use any lotion even through my hands are red and raw from washing them constantly. I am left baffled and a little upset. My only thoughts are I am still wearing foundation-I have extremely sensitive skin and use an oil free foundation from Estee Lauder. I have used this the last two days and had weight loss so I am not convinced that the makeup is to blame. I know that bare minerals is an approved makeup but I have tried it in the past and gave me the worse cystic acne. My other thoughts maybe that I need to start calorie counting. I have been going by the protocol exactly but have not been adding up the calories and have maybe been a little lax on my servings of vegetables. Dr. Simeons protocol doesn't specify a amount of vegetables but I found a website that lists the calorie count for everything. http://hcgdietjourney.com/hcg-diet-blog/hcg-diet-food/ As I started to write this I felt a little light headed and realized it was because I hadn't eaten in 12 hours. I had a Melba toast and a grape fruit-the Melba toast will be subtracted from dinner and the grapefruit can count as the fruit I never had with my previous meal. This is all counting in the same day so that should be allowable. One thing I am a little confused about is onions... are they counted as a vegetable? They are listed in a lot of recipes but not frequently counted so is it ok to mix them with other veggies?
Friday, March 25, 2011
Day 4- 2nd day on the very low calorie diet
- 3 pounds, have a feeling it is mostly water weight because I have been peeing like crazy!
The beginning!
Welcome to my no holds bared journey on the HCG diet! A little background about myself- I am a 24 year old female that as recently gone back to college for a BSN in nursing. I am 5'7 and on my very first day of HCG (loading) I weighed 181.4. On top of college I also work overnights on the weekends as a vet tech in the ICU of a veterinary teaching hospital. I have a background in medicine and a very busy life. I decided to try the HCG diet after a recommendation from my mother who had several clients who had great results on the diet. I did lots of research before deciding whether this is something I could legitimately take on. The diet is strict and from reading others blogs it became clear that there is not much if any room for changes or cheats. Here is the diet and the site I have been using for my HCG and information: http://www.healthremedies.com/dr_simeons_hcg_diet.html
My biggest advice to anyone trying this diet would be to get a cookbook or find a web site that offers recipes! I am not a cook, I live off campus, and live off of 100 calorie packs and lean cuisines. I am one of those people that keeps granola bars in my car because I typically run out of the house without eating. That being said, it is near impossible to eat out or eat pre-packed food on this diet. So my biggest challenges so far are: making time to cook 2 meals a day, saying no to eating out with my friends without them thinking there is something wrong with me. I have decided not to tell all my friends that I am on this diet, just the rest of the world on the internet! lol. I have a large group of friends and me go out every Monday for Monday night dinner. I don't want to skip dinner for three weeks but I also don't want to sit and stare longingly at everyone else's food. Last Monday I used as my first loading day, which worked out perfectly since someone picked ice cream and pizza for the night! The first two days are of course pretty easy-eat whatever you want! For me this meant forcing myself to drink soda and go against all the healthy eating habits I normally live by. I am a pretty health conscience person- mostly vegetarian and sometimes vegan. Dont get me wrong, I splurge but in general I watch what I eat. This is another reason I wanted to take on the HCG diet- no matter how close I watched my calories and tried to get exercise in I could never get below the 175 mark. I ideally would like to get to around 150 I feel like this would be a healthy weight for my height and based on when I was younger I feel like this was the weight I looked my best at.
My biggest advice to anyone trying this diet would be to get a cookbook or find a web site that offers recipes! I am not a cook, I live off campus, and live off of 100 calorie packs and lean cuisines. I am one of those people that keeps granola bars in my car because I typically run out of the house without eating. That being said, it is near impossible to eat out or eat pre-packed food on this diet. So my biggest challenges so far are: making time to cook 2 meals a day, saying no to eating out with my friends without them thinking there is something wrong with me. I have decided not to tell all my friends that I am on this diet, just the rest of the world on the internet! lol. I have a large group of friends and me go out every Monday for Monday night dinner. I don't want to skip dinner for three weeks but I also don't want to sit and stare longingly at everyone else's food. Last Monday I used as my first loading day, which worked out perfectly since someone picked ice cream and pizza for the night! The first two days are of course pretty easy-eat whatever you want! For me this meant forcing myself to drink soda and go against all the healthy eating habits I normally live by. I am a pretty health conscience person- mostly vegetarian and sometimes vegan. Dont get me wrong, I splurge but in general I watch what I eat. This is another reason I wanted to take on the HCG diet- no matter how close I watched my calories and tried to get exercise in I could never get below the 175 mark. I ideally would like to get to around 150 I feel like this would be a healthy weight for my height and based on when I was younger I feel like this was the weight I looked my best at.
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