Saturday, February 5, 2011
Monday, January 31, 2011
Day 4 and 5...
So days 4 and 5 ended up going much, much better than day 3. I am still definitely battling cravings, though.
Day 4:
Breakfast: 2 cups of green tea, and a handful of strawberries.
Lunch: 4 oz of mini shrimp wrapped in lettuce with tomato, cilantro and lime.
Dinner: 4 oz steak with steamed broccoli.
I weighed in at 236.4 this morning, so I did lose another lb. Thank goodness. I'm hoping for some more loss tomorrow morning.
Today was just a regular old day. I worked so I wasn't as tempted to cheat!
Day 5:
Breakfast: 42 oz of lemon tea and an apple.
Lunch: 3 oz steak with a cup of cucumbers.
Dinner: 3 oz chicken breast with a cup full of steamed broccoli.
I am craving chocolate so bad! Last night, Nick's parents brought some cinnamon "pizza" from Papa Murphy's and it had this delicious smelling icing on it, I wanted some sooo bad! Nick kept yelling at me every time I'd complain that I wanted a piece. This diet is so restrictive and definitely not for the faint of heart! I have to remind myself that it's only about a month of this and then I can have SOME variety in my diet.
I will say though, that these drops do work. Although I am eating very small portions, I am really not that hungry which I believe is due to the drops. I feel, for the most part, "satisfied" after every meal (except for breakfast, obviously.)
Day 4:
Breakfast: 2 cups of green tea, and a handful of strawberries.
Lunch: 4 oz of mini shrimp wrapped in lettuce with tomato, cilantro and lime.
Dinner: 4 oz steak with steamed broccoli.
I weighed in at 236.4 this morning, so I did lose another lb. Thank goodness. I'm hoping for some more loss tomorrow morning.
Today was just a regular old day. I worked so I wasn't as tempted to cheat!
Day 5:
Breakfast: 42 oz of lemon tea and an apple.
Lunch: 3 oz steak with a cup of cucumbers.
Dinner: 3 oz chicken breast with a cup full of steamed broccoli.
I am craving chocolate so bad! Last night, Nick's parents brought some cinnamon "pizza" from Papa Murphy's and it had this delicious smelling icing on it, I wanted some sooo bad! Nick kept yelling at me every time I'd complain that I wanted a piece. This diet is so restrictive and definitely not for the faint of heart! I have to remind myself that it's only about a month of this and then I can have SOME variety in my diet.
I will say though, that these drops do work. Although I am eating very small portions, I am really not that hungry which I believe is due to the drops. I feel, for the most part, "satisfied" after every meal (except for breakfast, obviously.)
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Days 1, 2 and 3...
So, on my first day of the HCG diet before I began the 48 hours of gorging, I weighed 235.2 lbs. The first day of gorging, I ate pretty bad but according to my boss who did the diet and lost 40 lbs, I wasn't gorging enough. So on my second day, I really went at it. Yesterday, the day I was to begin the actual 500 calorie diet, I weighed 239! I cannot explain how angry I was. A month of lowcarb dieting to lose <10 lbs, just to gain most of it back in two days! Not to mention, I was so depressed from eating all that crap that I literally spent the night in my room crying... It was so weird. Anyways!
Yesterday I began the 500 calorie diet and it really is not easy at all. Here's how my day went, food wise.
Breakfast: 4 16oz cups of tea. That's it. You are only allowed tea, water or coffee with no added anything.
Lunch: 3 oz of ground beef, half a cup of lettuce, half a cup of "salsa" (aka tomatoes and cilantro) all mixed together to make a make shift taco salad.
Dinner: 3 oz steak and a cup of cucumbers and an apple.
Yeah, not a lot of food. So, Nick and I were getting ready for a night on the town. We come into the kitchen and his dad had made fresh brownies. I totally took a bite. Then, we went to the bar. I was planning on drinking vodka and soda water (no cals) but instead I drank BEER. What the hell is wrong with me?! I spent all this crazy money on these freaking HCG drops and all this money on food I can eat just to piss it all away with brownies and beer... It WAS light beer but still!
That's not even the worst part. Are you ready? I got so intoxicated that on the way home, I ate freaking Taco Bell. Yeah. I don't even want to get into it. I feel so shitty about it. I wanted to cry after I was done. Not worth it at all.
So today, on my 4th day, I weigh 238.8, so I did lose 1 lb.
I am so disappointed in myself but I am going to do right from now on. No more of this half assed crap. I don't want to be overweight for the rest of my life. I need to get over these cravings.
Yesterday I began the 500 calorie diet and it really is not easy at all. Here's how my day went, food wise.
Breakfast: 4 16oz cups of tea. That's it. You are only allowed tea, water or coffee with no added anything.
Lunch: 3 oz of ground beef, half a cup of lettuce, half a cup of "salsa" (aka tomatoes and cilantro) all mixed together to make a make shift taco salad.
Dinner: 3 oz steak and a cup of cucumbers and an apple.
Yeah, not a lot of food. So, Nick and I were getting ready for a night on the town. We come into the kitchen and his dad had made fresh brownies. I totally took a bite. Then, we went to the bar. I was planning on drinking vodka and soda water (no cals) but instead I drank BEER. What the hell is wrong with me?! I spent all this crazy money on these freaking HCG drops and all this money on food I can eat just to piss it all away with brownies and beer... It WAS light beer but still!
That's not even the worst part. Are you ready? I got so intoxicated that on the way home, I ate freaking Taco Bell. Yeah. I don't even want to get into it. I feel so shitty about it. I wanted to cry after I was done. Not worth it at all.
So today, on my 4th day, I weigh 238.8, so I did lose 1 lb.
I am so disappointed in myself but I am going to do right from now on. No more of this half assed crap. I don't want to be overweight for the rest of my life. I need to get over these cravings.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
And So It Begins...
In 15 minutes I will take my first 10 drops of HCG and begin my HCG diet!
For the first 48 hours in the first phase, you are told to binge to build up your energy. I know this sounds ridiculous but for 30 days, you are expected to eat a very strict 500 calorie diet, so the binging builds up your energy.
I just weighed in at 235.2 on my first day.
My goal is to lose 30 lbs this month then I will do the diet again in late March and hope to lose another 30 lbs then. This diet is highly controversial so I'm trying not to get my hopes up but it's hard seeing all the good results people I know have gotten! I will document every step of the way.
Oh, and I'll try to get a "BEFORE" picture in a few hours. I look a mess right now.
Here's a before of just my face. I just woke up.
ETA: New picture. What a difference make up makes!
For the first 48 hours in the first phase, you are told to binge to build up your energy. I know this sounds ridiculous but for 30 days, you are expected to eat a very strict 500 calorie diet, so the binging builds up your energy.
I just weighed in at 235.2 on my first day.
My goal is to lose 30 lbs this month then I will do the diet again in late March and hope to lose another 30 lbs then. This diet is highly controversial so I'm trying not to get my hopes up but it's hard seeing all the good results people I know have gotten! I will document every step of the way.
Oh, and I'll try to get a "BEFORE" picture in a few hours. I look a mess right now.
Here's a before of just my face. I just woke up.
ETA: New picture. What a difference make up makes!
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Why put off until tomorrow, what can be done today?
So, I have come to the conclusion that I can't lose all this weight on my own. I need some help. My boss did the HCG diet and she lost 40 lbs in 2 months. I think I'm going to try the 30 day plan to kick start my weight loss. If I can lose 30 lbs in one month, I will be so happy and well on my way to losing the 85. I am actually a huge skeptic when it comes to diet fads but I am not relying SOLELY on HCG to lose weight. I want to use it to jump start my weight loss and then I will continue with my low carb/calorie diet from there.
I also cheated yesterday. Nick and I went to a movie and I totally ate popcorn and CHOCOLATE. Whyyyyy? Oh I forgot to mention the lasagna I had for breakfast... Yesterday was a bad day, diet wise. Why do I do this to myself?!
Well I'm off to make a delicious breakfast of strip steak and eggs.
I also cheated yesterday. Nick and I went to a movie and I totally ate popcorn and CHOCOLATE. Whyyyyy? Oh I forgot to mention the lasagna I had for breakfast... Yesterday was a bad day, diet wise. Why do I do this to myself?!
Well I'm off to make a delicious breakfast of strip steak and eggs.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
A moment on the lips...
I mentioned in my last post that I am at a weight loss plateau. This really sucks. You keep dieting and exercising and the scale does not budge. After some research, several articles mentioned "zig zag dieting" or, not following your diet for a couple of days and eating what you want and then going right back into your diet. I was really apprehensive about this because not only am I trying to lose weight, but I need to overcome my starch and carbohydrate addiction. I also have a tendency to binge eat and low carb has really helped me get past that. All doubts aside, I did eat a few extra carbs yesterday and today. Yesterday, Nick and I made some really yummy low carb chicken parm for dinner. I got the recipe here (http://www.genaw.com/lowcarb/chicken_parmesan2.html) but we did add a little bit of bread crumbs and instead of dipping the chicken in butter, we chose to go the regular route and just use eggs. It was sooo good. Today, I did eat some turkey and cheese on ONE slice of whole wheat bread. It was actually really hard to eat bread seeing as how that's one of the main things I am trying to teach my body NOT to want. The half sandwich wasn't that good though, so it didn't leave me wanting more.
That's all for today. I'm going to go look at all inclusive vacation packages because I'm pretty sure Nick and I are taking a vacation in July.
That's all for today. I'm going to go look at all inclusive vacation packages because I'm pretty sure Nick and I are taking a vacation in July.
Jello, is this pudding?
I've tried to blog before but I usually get too wrapped up in my stupid little life to remember to blog my daily activities for no one to read. I am definitely going to try and keep up with this one, though. I need to remember my goals daily so that I don't stray from my diet or new plan.
A quick run down: I've been over-weight since I was 16. I have steadily gained about 20+ pounds each year since then and this year, it stops. Also, I just had a baby, so that didn't help my situation much. I didn't gain as much weight as I thought I would throughout my pregnancy. As a matter of fact, I am just a few pounds over my pre-pregnancy weight. Don't be fooled, though. Pregnancy completely ravaged my body with stretchmarks, loose skin and more cellulite than anyone cares to know about. My loose skin, huge abdominal scar and stretch marks are like battle wounds of this past year and my new life. While I do respect them, I no longer want them.
So what am I doing about it? Right now I am only eating low carb foods. Basically, I go to the store on Sunday and plan out what I will eat for breakfast, snack, lunch, snack and dinner every day, for the next 5 days. My staple foods have been cucumbers with cream cheese and salmon, pears and mozzarella, veggies with cheese for lunch, strips of steak with bell peppers, quiche, egg salad, chicken salad, jalapeno poppers and flour-less chocolate cake (mmmm...) Doesn't sound so bad, huh? It's really not hard.
What is a diet without some exercise? A waste of time. So, I have been exercising a decent amount. I work full time and am also a mom full time, so fitting working out into my schedule is kind of difficult, but I do it. Right now, I am sort of infatuated with Wii work out games. So far, I have Michael Jackson: The Experience (a dance game) and Gold's Gym Dance Workout (self explanatory.) I manage to fit one of those in for about 40 minutes a day along with some treadmill-ing. I am planning on purchasing the Zumba workout for Wii on Wednesday.
Finally, what are my goals? Basically, I just want to like myself. I mean, I like myself, but I want to like what I see in the mirror. If you want to get really technical, I want to weigh 160 by June. The date is January 23rd today, and I started this diet January 1st. I don't know if this will happen. When I started this diet, I weighed 242 pounds. Right now, 3 weeks in, I weigh 235 pounds. I did lose the 7 pounds pretty rapidly but I am at an absolute weight-loss plateau right now. I am hoping that I can get past this without becoming discouraged and reverting to my old eating habits.
I'm trying to break up my big goal into 5 mini goals...
Start: 242
(1) February 1 - 225.6 lbs
(2) March 1 - 209.2 lbs
(3) April 1 - 192.8 lbs
(4) May 1 - 176.4 lbs
(5) June 1 - 160 lbs
As of today, I am 9.4 pounds away from meeting my first goal, which needs to be met in 8 days.
A quick run down: I've been over-weight since I was 16. I have steadily gained about 20+ pounds each year since then and this year, it stops. Also, I just had a baby, so that didn't help my situation much. I didn't gain as much weight as I thought I would throughout my pregnancy. As a matter of fact, I am just a few pounds over my pre-pregnancy weight. Don't be fooled, though. Pregnancy completely ravaged my body with stretchmarks, loose skin and more cellulite than anyone cares to know about. My loose skin, huge abdominal scar and stretch marks are like battle wounds of this past year and my new life. While I do respect them, I no longer want them.
So what am I doing about it? Right now I am only eating low carb foods. Basically, I go to the store on Sunday and plan out what I will eat for breakfast, snack, lunch, snack and dinner every day, for the next 5 days. My staple foods have been cucumbers with cream cheese and salmon, pears and mozzarella, veggies with cheese for lunch, strips of steak with bell peppers, quiche, egg salad, chicken salad, jalapeno poppers and flour-less chocolate cake (mmmm...) Doesn't sound so bad, huh? It's really not hard.
What is a diet without some exercise? A waste of time. So, I have been exercising a decent amount. I work full time and am also a mom full time, so fitting working out into my schedule is kind of difficult, but I do it. Right now, I am sort of infatuated with Wii work out games. So far, I have Michael Jackson: The Experience (a dance game) and Gold's Gym Dance Workout (self explanatory.) I manage to fit one of those in for about 40 minutes a day along with some treadmill-ing. I am planning on purchasing the Zumba workout for Wii on Wednesday.
Finally, what are my goals? Basically, I just want to like myself. I mean, I like myself, but I want to like what I see in the mirror. If you want to get really technical, I want to weigh 160 by June. The date is January 23rd today, and I started this diet January 1st. I don't know if this will happen. When I started this diet, I weighed 242 pounds. Right now, 3 weeks in, I weigh 235 pounds. I did lose the 7 pounds pretty rapidly but I am at an absolute weight-loss plateau right now. I am hoping that I can get past this without becoming discouraged and reverting to my old eating habits.
I'm trying to break up my big goal into 5 mini goals...
Start: 242
(1) February 1 - 225.6 lbs
(2) March 1 - 209.2 lbs
(3) April 1 - 192.8 lbs
(4) May 1 - 176.4 lbs
(5) June 1 - 160 lbs
As of today, I am 9.4 pounds away from meeting my first goal, which needs to be met in 8 days.
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