27 days

Okay....back in the 150's so I am happy today....I was getting worried...I just want to get to 30 before the 43 days is up and I just don't see that happening... We will see.

Still haven't lost anything..26th day

Still up a few ounces and crabby doesn't begin to explain what I am feeling right now....I can't be any more strict on this diet....what the hell?

Really Crappy Mood 25th day

Okay, I am up a few ounces so...so much for making it out of the 160's....I'm back and I am really not happy....I really better be down tomorrow because I am losing patience and not a happy girl.

24th Day

Down a total of 18.6 pounds...yay....barely made it to the 150's today...but so glad I did. I haven't been this low in quite a while....can't wait to make it to the 140's....

23rd day

Again, up some ounces...not stressing out though because tomorrow I am expecting good things. Had Mahi Mahi for dinner with some mushrooms sauteed in some spices and lemon juice. And for lunch I had baby cucumbers and curry chicken. The baby cucumbers are from Costco and they are so good. I need to go back and get some more.

Then of course. For breakfast I had my 1/2 grapefruit and some green tea from Starbucks.

Cross your fingers for tomorrow...scale time!

22nd day

Down a total of 17.4 pounds in 22 days. Not bad, of course its not as good as any man...I swear I hate hearing about their weight loss it gets frustrating. Although I just think that they have to be fatter than me if they have that much to lose that quickly haha....I am still hoping to reach my 30 pound goal in the 43 day maximum. Although my ultimate goal is still a total of 40 to lose but I know I can't do that in one round so I'll have to do this again which is absolutely no problem because I see results. And if I get to my 30 pounds then I only have ten nore to go and I'm sure that will happen quicker than the 43 days so I'm happy.

I cant wait to buy new clothes. I've still been wearing the same old ones that I have in my closet with the addition of two pairs of pants and two shirts to kind of change it up a little bit, but I am not investing in a lot of clothes because I have my goal weight to look forward to.

I do have to say that I feel much beeter since I have been losing weight. I guess a few extra pounds can really weigh you down especially in the heat.. It was 111 degrees yesterday and I wasn't dying lol...ok it was hot but I wasn't nearly as miseable as usual.

21st day

Nope...didn't lose anything in fact gained a few ounces..not going to worry about it though..I have learned it just doesn't stay forever..

20 days woo hoo

Yay....I wasn't going to weigh myself because I was sure I would have gained weight from standing up for 6 hours and working into the wee hours of the morning....I was up for twenty five hours so I thought for sure the lack of sleep would affect me too...however, I couldn't keep myself away from the acale. I was scared to step on it because I didn't want to be depressed but I did it and I was happy...down 2 pounds and I had to eat 2 bags of sports beans with caffeine in them to keep me awake last night. (I know not on the protocol) but I didn't know what to do and I had no other access to food...they fit nicely in my pocket! Wi the Melba toast that kind of broke in my pocket too lol....

19th day up some ounces

Okay, again I'm depressed....I gained some ounces. Not sure why. Well, come to think about it I was out in the sun again for about a half hour....maybe its just water...but I still want to cry. And, tonight will not be any easier...here is my dilemma I got up this morning at 0400 and worked until 3:00.....now I am working overtime tonight at 10:30 until 4:30 in the morning so I am not going to get any sleep which I am dreading because I know it will make me retain water and I am afraid I will be hungry. Should I eat some extra protein before I go....I can't be starving and work...it just wouldn't be good...help...!

18th day.....

On the 18th day.....da da da da.......15.1 pounds.... Yippee....over half way there..! Im hoping that his other half doesn't take longer than the first. I want to be able to go out of town in 16 days...and I wanted to be much closer to my goal. I guess if I don't get there before we leave there will be no drinking for me...

17th day....

Drum roll please........not....I am a total loss of 14.4 pounds in 17 days...wish it was more but someone actually told me I looked skinny yesterday so I'll take it.

Yummy lunch and dinner

Okay I did a no no...hopefully I don't have to pay for it tomorrow on the scale. Lol, I had cabbage twice today, oh well...it was good. I stunk up our office reheating my scallops in the microwave. Someone said it smelled like bad fish. All I can say is it was awesome. Scallops are just awesome. I wish I could just skip the chicken and fish and stick with scallops everyday. Tonight I made chicken with curried cabbage and it was really good and I had the best strawberries I have had in a long time. I'm not a huge strawberry fan but these ones were just perfect.

Just wanted to share my day with you....see you at scale time tomorrow!

16th day

Last night we went out to eat with some friends....I had my mahi mahi at home before we left and ......drum roll......a plain old salad sprinkled with a few tomatoes and some vinegar....ooh yay! I also added 3 hard boiled egg whites yesterday and skipped my apple because we got home too late. I don't care I still lost a half a pound.This weight watchers scale makes a difference. The small weight loss might not have registered on the old scale so I'm happy to see the scale go down even if it is just a little bit. I skipped swimming yesterday because I didn't want to have to do my hair again before we went out....
Did I mention that everyone else was ordering the same things that I gorged myself on a little over two weeks ago....believe it or not it wasn't really that appealing.

I don't know why I was hungry yesterday that's why I added the eggs.....

Oh happy day ! I'm on my way to being skinny.......just over 16 pounds to go....!

15th day finally

Down 2.8 pounds which I am very happy with....much closer to my goal. I was beginning to get worried. I was feeling like it would never happen again. I am still not feeling like I have lost a ton of weight. I am hoping that I can get to my 30 pound goal because then I might feel a little different about things. Today I am going to be very strict on the veggies. Sticking to the weight and not the calories. I feel like that might be the problem. I started out doing the 3.5 ounce of veggies and then kind of added more veggies along the way. I am wondering maybe if that adds some water weight. I can't see that it would be an thing but since there is not a lot of calories in cabbage or cucumbers and that it what I have been sticking with for most of the diet.

Depressing 14th day up 1/2 pound

Okay I am officially depressed. I somehow, even though I follow the protocol to a T managed to gain a half a pound. Not sure why this is happening. The only thing that I can think of is that I was outside in the sun a lot yesterday and got a very slight sunburn which I know can make you retain water, but seriously what the hell?

I know that this was previously one of my weights that I was set at for quite a while but come on....give me a break....I can't be the only one that this is happening to right ? I am getting frustrated and feel like giving up but of course I wont because I paid for these drops and I don't want to waste the money.....I'll reevaluate in another 9 days. Grrrrrrrrr, not so happy right now.

So today I went to Costco and bought some Mahi Mahi and some Scallops....yum....something new and yummy. I am so tired of chicken and that awful Tilapia which is still hanging out in my freezer... I still have some shrimp in there too which would be really good with a little sugar free ketchup and horseradish...my hcg version of a shrimp cocktail...

I had some Scallops for lunch with some spicy cabbage and then for dinner I had Mahi Mahi and Some mexican cucumbers....(Cucumbers with some cumin, cilantro and red chilis and a couple drops of hot sauce)I'm just mixing things up so I don't lose my mind on this diet...Also trying to cut back on the salt which I have been using probably a little too much of.

13th day

I am down one pound this morning so officially I have lost 12 pounds on day 13. I guess that's not bad considering there is no other diet that I could have done better or even come close for that matter. I liked the fact that I was even with pounds and days but now I am behind...18 pounds to go.

I am hoping i can get to this goal before day 40 but if I don't I would settle for 25 total..then I just want to take a break ! From everything I have read this should be possible to do 25 pounds in 40 days. It just doesn't seem that I am the norm...especially talking to other people on this diet. I guess I shouldn't compare myself to anyone else because it makes it harder.

I am enjoying a cup of Darjeeling tea and just finished my grapefruit. I am becoming addicted to this Darjeeling tea..it's no wonder why this is considered the tea of all teas....it's really good.

12th day

I woke up this morning fully expecting to lose something....and I didn't. I better lose at least something tomorrow or I'm going to lose my mind....I have not cheated at all so I don't know why this is happening. You would think that on 500 calories a day I would lose something, but noooooooo! It's so unfair.

Today was the 1st day of eating out for lunch. I had a salad with just vinegar, and lobster meat which was super yummy and a glass of sparkling water with lime. It's not as hard as you think to order at a restaurant on the hcg diet. The menu had the lobster listed as 4 ounces and I don't know how to tell .5 ounces so I ate all of it. (I'm not counting this as cheating) :)
For dinner I had shrimp and asparagus and then we went to the movies where I suffered and itched my kids eat buttery popcorn....yummy...I brought my apple and sparkling water with me.

1/2 pound 11th day

Just a half a pound...but better than nothing. I didn't get to eat my apple last night....I cut up an apple and it tasted awful...It was very bitter so I couldn't eat it. And, i was all out of apples...so no apple for me!
I had my grapefruit for breakfast,lunch was chicken and spinach and dinner was steak and spinach salad.

You would think on the 10th day

You would think that after eating just six apples yesterday that I would have some AMAZING weight loss but just a pound ....not what I was expecting. I am hoping that tomorrow the scale moves down again....Like Ariel says in the Little Mermaid.....I want more!



On the 10th day I have lost 10 1/2 pounds.....total

Not a single pound or ounce for that matter 9th day sucks

Not sure what the problem is but I didn't lose a single ounce. So needless to say I am frustrated and mad. I did an apple day today because I am depressed. I have heard that an apple day is purely psychological but I did it anyway. It's actually more difficult than it sounds to choke down six apples in a day...speaking of choking, I'm not kidding I almost choked on an apple...can you imagine, explain that one at my funeral....the girl wanted to lose 30 pounds...the diet didn't kill her an apple did.

I'm trying to stuff the last apple down right now. I don't even really like apples so I'm making a concession to lose a few more pounds. If nothing tomorrow, I'm chewing off my arm.

8th day Bummer...... Didn't lose anything again :(

Nothing.....nothing.....nothing.... Did I mention that I didn't lose anything this morning ? I am bummed. I want to lose something....

Started this morning out with my 1/2 grapefruit
Lunch was some shrimp and cucumbers
Dinner is going to be chicken and spinach
Snack apple

Hopefully tomorrow will be better. I am gathering apples just in case its not....!

7th day and 9 1/2 pounds total gone! Making up for yesterday...

Okay, I am officially out of the 170 range woo hoo....now I just have to work my way out of the 160's too...lol...and then the 150's....

Breakfast today is going to be tea and then my grapefruit
Lunch chicken and some spinach
Dinner tilapia and cucumbers...!
Then for dessert an apple...yum...not but it's working so I can't complain now can I?

Not worth Posting.....grrrrrrrrrrr nothing

Grrrrrrr.....didn't lose anything worth mentioning today....that's because tomorrow is going to be huge..LOL yeah right...Wishful thinking....good news is that I am not starving, I seem to be getting used to the whole 500 calorie thing which is just amazing if you ask me...but, you didn't ask did you?

HCG Drops
Grapefruit this morning for a late breakfast
Lunch was grilled shrimp and salad...which I had to pick the carrots and cabbage out of by hand each and every little tiny piece. I was afraid if I mixed a veggie or a carrot snuck in there I wouldn't lose anything and I would kick myself for eating something I wasn't supposed to.
Dinner grilled chicked and some cucumbers
and for snack, an apple that I cut up and stuck in the dehydrator...I am tired of just plain apples or apple with cinnamon...thought I would try something different....They better be good!

What happened to losing like 3 pounds a day...I really enjoyed that.

Another day....another pound

As much as I really liked the first few days of weight loss..I'm going to have to settle for one pound today. One pound is better than a half a pound so I'll take it. Still many more to go.

Having a cup of tea right now with Stevia and then off to work....yuck!
Chicken for lunch with some cucumbers
Shrimp for dinner with green salad....and ACV
Apple

Measly little weight loss....1/2 pound

So I have to say I was not as hungry today as I was yesterday which is a good thing because I was a hungry girl yesterday. My husband asked me today if I missed my coffee in e morning because I was a coffee drinker before this diet..of course with flavored cream in it and I can honestly say that I am not missing it, at least not yet. The thought of it kind of makes me sick now which is weird because I loved my coffee...I'm sticking with the tea at least until this diet is over because the thought of coffee with no cream just isn't appealing at all. I guess it's better than a weight gain....but I only lost 1/2 pound and I was depressed for a little while about it but I am over it now....again, I didn't gain anything....that would have sent me over the edge lol....

I'm looking forward to tomorrows weigh in...can't be any worse...or can it? That would be a bummer...but hey, I've got a ways to go so it can't come all at once as much as I would like it to.

I started off at Starbucks again for a green tea this morning and of course my hcg drops...then I had my half grapefruit for snack. I didn't use as much splenda today because i got nervous that maybe that was why I didn't lose as much. I saw that on possible weight stalls (can't remember what site I was on)
Lunch consisted of some grilled shrimp not the whole 3.5 ounces because I dropped one of them down the sink....and some radishes...thought in would change it up.
Dinner is fabulous cucumbers and grilled chicken. Tomorrow I think in will have some shredded lettuce instead, that just means I have to take another trip to the store and be surrounded by a lot of food....then later, a nice little apple with some cinnamon and stevia.

Day 3

Day 3 and I am a little hungry. Not overwhelming but my legs feel like jello. I've been told that this is normal due to a redistribution of fat.....I don't want to redistribute it...I want to banish it from my body forever.

Breakfast: tea splurged on Starbucks today...!
Snack: 1/2 grapefruit with splenda
Lunch: grilled chicken and cucumbers
Dinner: tilapia and cabbage with acv. I have determined that tilapia is not my favorite fish but when you are hungry and that's all you have...it will do. I think next week I'll get some halibut.

I am posting prior to dessert, I guess I eat dinner kind of early but since I am up at 4:00am it's about right.
Dessert: apple with cinnamon and stevia

Hoping that tomorrow yields another high weight loss but I am having my doubts. Maybe I'm just a little moody from the vlcd but I just can't see this working for me. I'm not going to stress about it though I will keep trudging on....at least the 23 days....and if I am still seeing progress then maybe the max 45 days....who knows if I get hungry enough I might chew off one of my own arms...that ought to be about 20 pounds right there...lol....make the hunger go away!!!


I'll have to go to bed even earlier than 8:00 if it doesn't go away....I can't be hungry if I am sleeping. Grrrrrrrrr!

Scale time

Yay....another 2 pounds gone...woo hoo.... Officially we are at 6 pounds....4 days of dieting...or 2 depending on how you look at it....because the first 2 days don't count as far as I'm concerned...

Lunch and dinner

Snack: grapefruit with splenda 52 calories
Lunch: grilled shrimp 90 calories and cucumbers 24 calories with apple cider vinegar and spices
And dinner.... grilled chicken 100 calories with cabbage 44 calories(splenda and acv make a great coleslaw style sauce)

Dessert: is going to be another half grapefruit 52 calories because I'm not feeling like having an apple tonight. Hope this is okay since I had grapefruit earlier...we shall see ! Makes me want to go to sleep earlier just so tomorrow comes faster.

Weight loss (after 1st day of VLCD)

Okay, stepped on the scale this morning and yay lost 3.5 pounds.....wish this would happen everyday!

Breakfast day 2:
Hcg drops
Tea with splenda

Dinner

3.5 ounces of tilapia with lime and dill 100 calories
3.5 ounces of cabbage with apple cider vinegar and spices Im guessing around 25 calories...

Then tonight I will be having an apple for snack .... Around 100 calories

Update: cored the apple and cut into slices, sprinkled with cinnamon and popped into the microwave for 1 minute....then sprinkled with 1 packet of splenda....it was super yummy.

Lunch

I had cucumbers and shrimp for lunch. It tasted great, I seasoned the shrimp with some Cajun spices (no sugar)and grilled it on the George Foreman grill. Then I soaked the cucumbers in some apple cider vinegar with some spices. Yummy!

So about 100 calories for shrimp and 15 calories or cucumbers

1st day of low calorie...

Woke up this morning kind of hungry which is normal for me....so I took my drops and started with some tea for breakfast. So far I'm not starving maybe more bored that I am not eating...at least that's what I'm thinking.

Decided that I should get my food measured out and ready for the week so that's what I did. Measured out my chicken, shrimp and fish and then also my cucumbers and cabbage and put them in baggies to make it easier for me.I have radishes too just in case I decide on something else during the week but I haven't measured those out yet.

I am very excited to see the scale everyday and am hoping that it goes fast. So on to my second glass of tea. I'm dreaming of my grapefruit already....I'm not so sure when to eat it. I don't know if I should wait to eat it until closer to lunch time or if I should eat it earlier.....what to do what to do......I'm waiting until probably ten since my normal lunch time is 11:00. Believe it or not I'm nervous about being hungry... I don't want to be hungry.

1/2 grapefruit Approximately 40-50 calories

Second day binge

Breakfast was chips and guacamole again, and now I have by far consumed the most fat I have ever consumed in one day. I am officially sick I just want to throw up.... Kielbasa, peanut M&Ms, garlic noodles, bernaise sliders and coconut shrimp.....just thinking about it is making me really sick....

This had better work..... Day 3 tomorrow.....VLCD (very low calorie diet) yay! I don't even think I like food anymore.

Dinner last night

After the hamburger and baked beans I had at the party, I went out for a snack of mozzarella sticks, chicken wings and chicken fingers with ranch dip. And two drinks...let's not forget the drinks. Since I know I wont be drinking anytime soon.....but I'm going to be skinny...!

Thinking about getting a Frappuccino

Okay, for lunch I stuffed myself with more guacamole and chips until I didn't feel good....I'm thinking about getting a frappuccino from Starbucks right now and then off to a birthday party to stuff myself for dinner...

I know I shouldn't be complaining already

I know I shouldn't be complaining already but for my binge days I thought it would be awesome to have chips and guacamole for breakfast but here it is only 8:30 and I am already feeling icky...I'm not feeling very hungry now, just sick. Hopefully lunch will be a little better.

I need a miracle....do you?

I am the worlds biggest skeptic about fad dieting...I am because I have tried most of them. And if I haven't tried it, chances are I know someone who has... and failed miserably. My friend recently told me about a diet that she has been on the past 42 days and I can tell you I have seen the results, at least on her. She looks absolutely amazing. I'm trying to think of anyone else I know with a waist as small as hers....From what she is telling me she went from a size 10 to a size 2. Since I work with her I see her fairly often but she actually seemed to be disappearing before my eyes. I am still somewhat skeptical but, what have I got to lose...besides 40 pounds? I've seen it work for her but I have to do it myself to truly believe.

I had heard about the HCG diet before but never knew anyone who actually did it so I didn't have a clue if it would actually work. Who was I to say it didn't but it made no sense for me to believe it because if it did work, why are there still so many obese people in America? Why wouldn't everyone be doing it?

There are four phases to the program and can either be done by prescription through a doctor or you can choose homeopathic which requires no prescription. Of course, by doctor I can only imagine it being super expensive and who wants that? I don't. But then again, I really have no idea what that might cost so don't just take my word for it.

You can also do injections of HCG or Sublingual (under the tongue) drops. I am going to do the drops, sounds less painful doesn't it? Anyway, keep checking everyday to see my progress or share your own story, recipes or encouragement. I look forward to hearing from you and people seeing less of me (my attempt at diet humor)

And yes, I will probably be posting pictures along the way although I will surely not show my face for fear of total embarrassment. That is...until I lose the 40 pounds...then I just might. You guys are going to be jealous lol!

Got my supplies today...Starting on the binge tomorrow Yay!