Saturday, December 18, 2010
Starting HCG Diet again in January!!! Round 2! Ready or Not!
Here's a posting from YourHCG about the Loading Days.. this is the starting.. it sounds weird but you've gotta do it.. i made the mistake not to follow it the first round and I totally regret not doing it.. I really felt the difference!
Friday, December 10, 2010
oops!! didn't finish my blog!! NEWS UPDATE!!
It's been a while since I've been on the HCG diet and apparently, I didn't finnish it.. oops! Ok, so my total weight loss that ended on the 1st of Sept. was 17lbs! I was 3 lbs short of my goal of 20lbs but I think that it's not that big of a deal. I'm also starting round 2 January 1st with my 2 load days on Dec. 30 and 31st!
My goal for this round is 20-25lbs and hopefully get down to my 120lbs.
Since Sept.1st, I did have a gain of 3lbs and that's mainly because I didn't do the maintenance part correctly. I added sugars and starches when I wasn't supposed to. Also, in Oct through now I've been on a prescription called: CANDY.. I know.. not good.. but 3lbs hasn't killed me.. so I'll just roll it into my next goal weight and hopefully this round I won't have to be going on a million vacations where it'll be too hard for me! I figure.. January is after the holidays and the first of the year so it'll be a little easier!
Ok.. so this round my sister, Crina said she'll join me.. so this should be fun...and interesting!
She has also challenged me to a Half Marathon in May.. so I just might have to take her up on that.. we'll see!
SO.. I'm still not 30 yet but I will be in March.. so if I could get down to my goal weight of 120 by the time I turn 30.. I'll just be the most happiest person in the world! Oh.. and maybe I will be getting that "present" as well!! lol
OK.. so here's to Round 2!!
-Eli
Friday, August 27, 2010
What a Week!! Day 27 HCG Diet/Weigh In
OK, today's my 27th day on the diet, or 25th day on the very low calorie diet. Man, what a month to be on a diet.. not too good.. I had like a million vacations happening and of course my TOM! Of course for all of those I stalled like nothing else... so I'm pretty bummed about that.. I think my next round will be .. oh I dunno.. January?? Where there isn't anything going on! Sheesh.. so I went to a wedding last weekend and the food issue came up again.. I resulted in eating the meal at the wedding which included a delish concoction of chicken, mashers, and veggies. Of course I ate little but I couldn't drink my regular gallon of water because the bathroom wasn't too close. Anyway, so from then I actually gained! I went from 149 to 152! Yikes.. that was so heartbreaking!! I also stalled for 3 days but from yest. to today I lost 3lbs so I'm stoked that happened and I'm back on track! If I could lose like a total of 15 to 20 lbs, I'd be thrilled!! I think I'm gonna extend this diet 15 more days and see what more I can lose!
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Day 19th HCG Diet / Weigh In
Today, I lost 1 lb again. totalling up to a 11.4 lbs weight loss! Wish I would've lost more than that but hey, I'll take what I can get! Last night I was looking for a dress to wear for a wedding I'll be going to and normally I don't look in my closet because I typically have to buy a new one to actually fit my weight gain.. but I decided to give it a go. I found this beautiful black spaghetti string dress w/an empire waist and fyi, I haven't worn that in like 5 years before my first child was born! It fit like a glove! I showed my husband and wowie, his eyes popped! He was raving how slim and beautiful I looked! Boy, that sure felt good.. It's amazing how different you look when you lose even 10lbs! I don't know how many inches I lost though, I wish I would've kept track but I kept forgetting to get a tape measure.. oh well.. But I know that I was in a pant size 14 and now I'm comfortably fitting in a 10/11!! So that's def. a few pant sizes less! Ahh, it's a good feeling.. I haven't ever lost more than 5 lbs at a time and that even was by carefully calculating all my food calories and using points on Weight Watchers.. uhgg. too much work! This diet I'm on is really a no brainer.. simple rules, fast results! I just have to really be disciplined and follow the rules TO THE T! Really, or else it won't work and you can actually gain weight if u cheat badly.. Alright, my rambling's done! I'll fill you in tomorrow on the new number!!
Day 18 HGC Diet / Weigh In
For day 18, I weighed in at 151.6! That's another lb lost!! That's a 10.4 lb loss! Yayy, I'm over the 10lb mark! I'll post my dinner pic soon.. lunch, I was at a friends house but ate my sea bass and tomato.. quite yummy! For dinner I ate buffalo chicken nuggets w/celery.. quite tasty!!
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Day 17 HCG Diet / Weigh In & Pix
Ahhhh.. almost there! From yesterday to today, I've lost 2.2lbs!! I'm at 152.6 lbs!! Woo hoo! Man, almost at the 10lb mark! That's very motivating to say the least!!! Ok, here are the pix from yesterday's lunch and dinner. For lunch I had Mexican Fish Tacos wrapped in lettuce, I sauteed the fish with some salt, pepper and cumin and crumbled it. Oh, and I used Cod as the fish du jour. I also had half of a grapefruit for dessert w/some Stevia sprinkled on it. For dinner I had chicken and tomatoes. For the chicken I added my own blend of poultry seasoning and added some sea salt and pepper, which came out quite tasty! I skipped out on the fruit for dinner though. After work, which was around 8ish, I got a little hungry and ate 1 melba toast which was pretty satisfying, although I'm sure it would have been even better to add a slice of dill Havarti on it, lol! I can't wait till this Phase 2 of the diet is over and Phase 3 comes and I could eat oils, butter and dairy! I've gotta say that it's tough not to cheat, it seems so simple, so close to hand that if I did it, no one would know.. but I guess that's not the point, I'm doing this for myself and my scale would know! lol So, I resist the temptations and it definitely paid off w/a 2.2 lb loss! Oh, I think I also am losing better because I upped my water intake to 1 gallon + so glad about that! Ok, here are the pictures!
Monday, August 16, 2010
Day 16 HCG Diet/ Weigh In
Today's weigh in: (trumpets, it's ur cue).. 154.8!!!! Another lb lost in the name of weight loss! All, all the hardships are paying off! Oh, btw, yesterday I forgot to eat dinner .. if that's possible! I ate lunch at my inlaws around 1ish and then went on a date w/my husband to the movies and a coffee. FYI, best date in a while!! Anyway, we actually get back to pick up the kids around 8 and by the time we're home and the kids are in bed, I find that it's 10! So to compensate, I eat a bowl of chicken stock w/celery and called it a night! It's really surprising how "not hungry" you are when you take these HCG drops.. it's amazing! Now, I'm at a 7.2 weight loss and I can't wait to get to the 10 lb mark!! OK, well I'll try to post some pics of my food later!
Day 15 HCG Diet / Weigh In
So, I"m writing for yesterday's weigh in.. 155.8!! Yeah baby! I'm back on track again!! I was sooo relieved to see that new number on the scale!!! Oh, so for today, I was gone at my inlaw's house again for lunch so I wasn't able to take any pictures but for lunch I had "breaded" chicken that I sprinkled w/some salt, pepper and Italian seasoning (yum! why didn't i do that b4??) and with salt and peppered tomatoes and cinnamon and stevia apple bits. It was all quite delicious! ON THE OTHER HAND.. my awesomely wonderful cook and BAKER of a mother in law made this pot roast with mash potatoes and a mushroom gravy.. drool! (Although, my hubby said it wasn't that great.. but yeah, right!) For dessert she made not one, but two different desserts, and both my favorite.. lemon bars and this Romanian pastry that has a sugary-nut filling inside... now i was so tempted to get a taste of that.. but i did refuse the urge! And good thing too! It's really not WORTH IT.. "nothing tastes sweeter than skinny feels" And I'm stickin to it! Wow, i can't believe I'm half way through all this! Whatta crazy ride!
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Day 14 HCG Diet / Weigh In & Menu Pix
Today's my 12th day on the VLCD, and the 14 day all together. I've resumed back to normal w/my eating schedule, only protein and veggies/fruit 500 calories/day. Today, weighing in was still the disappointing stall of 156.8. When I get off this stall, I'm seriously gonna jump for joy.. but I guess I can't complain, since I had such a "vacation".. Anyway, for lunch today, I had cabbage veal rolls which were pretty tasty. I pretty much sauteed the ground veal w/some salt, pepper, onion powder and parsley. Meanwhile, I was steaming 3 leaves of cabbage and a few shredded ones, which I later added to the veal and sauteed all of it together. Then, when the leaves were limp, I added the meat and wrapped them up. I had Bragg's Amino as a dipping sauce. (it tastes just like soy sauce) For dinner, I made lemon pepper chicken and onion rings. For the chicken, I sprinkled salt, pepper and half a lemon and let marinade for 10 minutes. For the onions, I ground a melba toast, and mixed 1/4t of cayenne, 1/4t salt, 1/4t pepper and 1T of milk together. I tossed the onions in the wet mix and then added to the melba toast one by one. Then I put them all on a baking sheet with my chicken and baked at 350 for 12 minutes. I ate that with fresh small strawberries. It was pretty good, very filling! Here's are some pics of today's meals!
Friday, August 13, 2010
Day 11 - 13 HCG Diet NO WEIGH IN
Forgot my scale at home while I was on vacation.. couldn't weigh myself.. sux..
We'll see what the scale says tomorrow on the 14th!
We'll see what the scale says tomorrow on the 14th!
Honesty, once again!
Hi, my fellow Bloggers.. sorry about the few-day no show! I was on vacation with my family to Half Moon Bay. We had tons of fun, besides the fact that BOTH kids had colds even before we left, but had to go since I took off work and all. Anyway, so them being sick should have been a red flag.. but we kept going. Logan of course gets asthma when he's sick, so we had to bring his breathing nebulizer which we had to use quite often, poor guy! Evie, on the other hand, even with her cold, she's such a trooper!! I love that girl, she never seizes to amaze me how strong and positive she is through everything! God bless her little heart! Besides all the sickness, we all had fun, went to the beach, dug for sea shells, dug holes in the sand, found lots of crabs, went to a light house, walks, and ate some junk food.. yes, i said it.. junk food. So this is what happened. Before the trip, I pack all my stuff that I need to bring to keep on my HCG diet. The day we leave was a little chaotic so of course I forget one of my important bags.. yikes.. what was I gonna do w/no food or even a bathroom scale to say the least??!! So, ladies and gentlemen, I had to resort to some junk food like McDonald's, which was only once and I ate half a cheeseburger and a few fries. That was all I ate that day because I was scared I would gain too much w/these drops.. I heard this girl gained 20 lbs w/in 10 days! That sure scared the crap outta me so I was good to not indulge in junk food. The next day I ate almost 2 hard boil eggs and a mini cinnamon roll, and coffee w/no sugar but some cream. I skipped lunch and ate dinner, a piece of chicken tender, half a bowl of clam chowder and a few olives. Oh, earlier I ate a few bites of my son's snickerdoodle cookie and shared a mocha w/my husband, I would say I had about 1/3 of a cup or less. He was good about drinking it really fast, not to save me from my downward diet spiral as you might think.. Thanks Phil.. thanks... ANyway, the next morning, which was today, I had half a bagel w/cream cheese, coffee w/2% milk and no sugar and half of a mini cinnamon roll. Oh, did I mention it's my TOM? SO I'm feeling extra bad and having crazy sugar cravings? Ooooh bad combo.. especially when you're on vacation!! So as soon as I get home I go and weigh myself, even though I know I'm not supposed to unless it's right in the morning before eating but I had to just "check" and see the damage! OMG.. guys, I didn't gain a lb to the oz! it's weird!!! It actually said .8oz less! And that's in the afternoon when it usually registers a little higher! Just imagine if that's what it is then, what the possibilities are for tomorrow morning! I'm totally stoked about it.. I can't believe I could eat that and even lose weight! Although, I"m not 100% I did, I'll have to weigh in tomorrow morning and let you all know! Wish me luck!! Oh, and btw, today for dinner I had half a bowl of chicken soup which totally stuffed me so I'm gonna go eat the rest right now! Another thing, through out this whole mess-up on vacay, I diligently took my drops just because I was too scared not too! I also don't recommend that anyone on this diet cheats on purpose, it's really NOT worth it, and trust me, I won't put myself in this situation again, I will prepare myself a lot better next time! Oh, and in a week I'm leaving to Portland, yikes!!! My husband's cousin, who's a chef, darn it, is getting married! I'll call them ahead and tell them to get me the food I need so I don't mess up, I def. don't want to go through this again!
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Day 10 HCG Diet / Weigh In
Today finally saw the scale go down again.. I don't know what that stall was about, maybe I did something wrong, touched something, who knows... but today the scale read 155.6! Lookin' good! So for the next few days I'll be on vacation so that's gonna be a BIG test! I'm thinking it'll be ok though, just have to bring my kitchen and bathroom scales w/me.. not a biggie.. I hope!
Monday, August 9, 2010
Day 9 HCG Diet / Weigh In
To much of my surprise, as I stepped on the scale today, it showed the dreaded number of 156.8...STILL! AAAAHHHH.. I'm getting quite frustrated because I had to deal w/so much temptation yesterday. My inlaws invited us for a late lunch and of course, my mother in law, being the awesome cook that she is, made a fabulous fried chicken and mash potatoes with gravy and cucumber and garden tomato salad... drool as I"m typing right now.. BUT that's not it.. she made this double fudge, extra moist, chunky chocolate cake with chocolate frosting.. and while everyone was eating or more like pigging out in front of me, I was eating an orange, sliced. Yes, an orange. I even had to feed the cake to my 2 kids who were starting to make piggy noises as they were eating the cake.. uhggg! The torture! It kinda made me mad though that everyone was enjoying such a delicious lunch and I had only an orange because I had an early lunch like at around 12 and not their late lunch at almost 2! How annoying.. anyway, I was feeling pretty good though despite my annoyance that I was the only one that was significantly losing weight at that lunch table while everyone else was gonna gain like 2 lbs after all that heavy food. Dang it, I'm determined to win at this! I don't know why I'm stalling, except maybe for the fact that I'll have my TOM (time of month) soon and perhaps I'm just bloated and retaining water. I must be, there's no other answer to it.. I've been following the book to the T. Even drinking more than 10 cups of water, more like 11 or 12 yesterday and going out into the sun for a while so the Vit. D could absorb and help my metabolism. Anyway, after this retarded stall, I hope I loose like 5 lbs right away! ANYWAY, thanks for hearing me out. I hope this isn't discouraging for those that are on this diet as well, it's just a stall and it'll pick up again, I know it! I've heard from so many ppl that this happens so I'm not too discouraged! It just sux when ur in those shoes! OK, well I didn't take a pic of my dinner last night, I was in too much of a hurry to get my poor little kids to bed since they're both sick w/a cold. Oh, did I mention I'm going on vacation in a few days and they're both sick???!! LOL It seems like every time there's an event going on they're sick or I'm sick.. but we're STILL going! Ok, so here is the pic of my lunch yest. I had an extremely delicious steak that I sprinkled with McCormick's Steak Seasoning grinder and McCormick's Smokey Pepper and crushed garlic on all sides. Oh, I've started to use a meat mallet to tenderize all my meats and to make them appear bigger. THen I put them on the George Foreman grill and grilled until it was juicy and done. PERFECTION! This seasoning is awesome!! I totally love it, although be careful not to put too much or it can be over powering and too peppery! I over seasoned the chicken I had for dinner w/the same seasoning and wow, it was too peppery! I also had grilled asparagus w/my chicken for dinner as well. So after my steak lunch I go to my inlaw's and eat my orange, sliced w/stevia, it was pretty good! Oh and I also had 3 small strawberries after dinner too. OK, here is the pic of lunch.
Grilled Steak and Asparagus
Grilled Steak and Asparagus
Sunday, August 8, 2010
RECIPIES COMING SOON!!!
AFTER QUITE A FEW REQUESTS, I WILL BE POSTING THE RECIPES FROM MY PAST AND CURRENT MENUS SO EVERYONE CAN ENJOY THEM AS MUCH AS I DO!!!!
Day 8 HCG Diet / Weigh In
Today's a little frustrating.. I'm at 156.8.. nothing lost from yesterday.. don't know why, maybe I'm retaining some water because it's close to my TOM?? I hope tomorrow's weigh in is a good one, hopefully at least 1 1/2 lbs or 2.. Well, today was pretty good food wise, I had a delish steak lunch w/spinach salad and apple cider vinaigrette and a sliced orange. For Dinner, I think I'm gonna have some grilled smoked chicken and grilled asparagus and I might skip on the fruit, since I didn't lose any lbs today. We'll see how it goes tomorrow. Oh, btw, I got this new awesome steak seasoning.. i think by McCormick..sans sugar/starch.. and wow, it's really good! Very, very flavorful and I also got a smoked pepper spice jar and I've always loved it but it sure made my steak so yummy tasting.. if u like the smokey flavor! SO I'm gonna use it again on my chicken and see how that goes!
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Yesterday and Today's Lunch & Dinner Pix
Breakfast Vanilla Creme Cappuccino Aug 6th
Salad w/peppered apple cider vinegrette &
"baked" cinnamon & Stevia Apples
For Dinner on Aug. 6th, I didn't take a picture because I made the veal taco wraps again, check old pic.
Lunch Aug. 7th Lemon, Pepper & Rosmary Tilapia
with dill vinegrette cucumbers & strawberries w/stevia
Lemon, Spinach & Chicken Soup
with half a grapefruit for dessert (not pictured)
Day 7 HCG Diet / Weigh In
So, today would technically be my 5th day of the low cal diet (since the first two days were my load days). Today's weigh in is @ 156.8!!! WOOO HOOO!! I did it! I'm past the 5lb mark! In 5 days I've lost a total of 5.2 lbs!!! I'm sooo excited and this is really keeping me motivated and also keeping me from eating that coconut cake last night for Crina's little birthday dinner I hosted. Oh man, the food I made.. ahhh.. So, the menu was a Thanksgiving meal, literally! I made a delish roast braised in a Zinfandel wine sauce, green bean casserole, mash potatoes, sweet potatoes w/brown sugar walnut glaze, raspberry jello with cranberries, and for dessert we had a coconut sweet cake. So, yeah.. I was able to refrain from ALL of it.. and truthfully, it didn't bother me too much.. xcpt for the green bean casserole, I just wanted that so bad.. but didn't give in, thank you 1.2 lbs reward! You were sweetly deserved! Hehehe, so, for lunch yest. I had a so yummy meal I made from one of the recipes from the website. It was a breaded chicken w/greens. (greens being lettuce) and I also followed the vinaigrette on there which was so tasty! I totally should have made that vinaigrette last time I had salad instead of just plain apple cider vinegar which was too tart and unappealing. Oh, and the breaded part of my chicken, I put in 1 melba toast in the food processor and turned it into powder form and that's how i made the bread part. It wasn't too much but it got most of the chicken. I also put an assortment of poultry spices on it like, tyme, pepper, sage, onion salt, garlic powder and sea salt which made it yummy. I first blended the seasoning/herbs in a bowl and added like 2 T of water and microwaved it until it became thick like a rub. Then I soaked the chicken into the rub and put them in the melba toast powder until coated, but u have to do it one at a time, as there is very little powder, i dunno if u know how small 1 melba toast is, u can check my pic out its the one w/my morning coffee and the melba toast. Yeah, that's how small. That's the only form of starch we're allowed to eat, well u can have 2 per day but i choose only one because they say if u can skip it, do it. Anyway, about the chicken, now we're allowed only like 100g or in oz it's like 3oz, yeah, very tiny. But a secret I do is.. I pound my meats w/a meat tenderizer and it makes them look bigger, skinnier but bigger and looks like ur eating more, very affective I must say! Now, for dessert, I had a cinnamon and Stevia sugar baked apple. (or more like microwaved, not baked). SO SO SO good, especially for cinnamon addicts like me. I've always had this dessert, my mom first introduced me to it but put tons of regular white sugar on it.. that's the fattening part. With the stevia sugar, there's 0 of everything, no carbs, artificial sweeteners or fat! Zero, Zip! It even has a little fiber in it to help u w/u know what! hehe Which is good, because on this diet I've noticed that BMs don't come too often.. but that's a no-brainer because there's hardly any food being eaten! Oh, I totally forgot to mention how I made my coffee yest. morning! I had a cappuccino, a full on cappuccino! We're allowed 1T of milk per day (otherwise, no dairy) and I put it in my mug and then in the microwave for 25 seconds so it was hot. Then I used my little battery operated frother and frothed it until it was semi stiff. I then added 8 drops of my Stevia Vanilla Creme drops and 1 packet of Stevia powder and mixed, then added my coffee to it. OMG.. it was so good and it actually felt like I was eating sweet frosting! I almost felt guilty drinking! LOL Anyway, so for dinner, I had the veal taco roll ups w/1/2 sliced apples again, and i also used the vinaigrette i made earlier as a dipping sauce 4 the roll ups. Very tasty! OK, so that was my day! Thanks for reading! Oh, and I'll post pics up of my meals soon.
Friday, August 6, 2010
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Day 5 HCD Diet / Weigh In & Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner Pix
I was sooo excited this morning!! I dropped over a lb and a half since yesterday. Today I'm at 159.4!!! Woo hoo!! Let's see, that's 1.6 lbs difference! Yaaayyy! I've lost over 2 1/2 lbs so far in the last 3 days! Awesome! I love love it! So today was a pretty good day, I've had no cravings, even though my hubby left a chocolate bar opened on the kitchen counter over night and it was just staring at me in the face this morning while I was fixing my 1 melba toast and black coffee for breakfast.. so I just threw a towel on it! LOL My meals today were pretty fantastic! For lunch, I had grilled steak and baked onion rings (not the kind you think) These are a very VERY basic type, but quite delicious because of all the spicy spices I put on them. For dessert, I had strawberries w/stevia sugar sprinkled all over them, yummm!! So, for dinner I had grilled garlic and herb chicken which was super tender and soo delicious! I followed the garlic chicken recipe on my hcg website's recipe list and it was great! Alongside, I had sliced tomatoes w/a sprinkle of salt and basil on top. For dessert, I had half or more like a quarter of, thanks to Evie's appetite, a grapefruit. And here are the pix to prove it!
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Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Day 4 of HCG / Weigh In and picture of lunch
This morning I weighed in at 161.0 lbs!!! Yaaay! Lost .8 lbs since yesterday!! I just hope I can lose more.. but hey.. I'll take it! So this morning I had black coffee w/a packet of stevia and a few drops of liquid vanilla cream flavored stevia. Then off I went to the kids' dentist appt.. yaayyy again.. Logan did great w/his check up! NO crying or whining or squirming.. actually got his x-rays done this time and got his teeth cleaned and polished! AND NO CAVITIES!!! He was soo happy he got some toys and goodies from the dentist! Evie on the other hand.. well, she was a fighter! No one's gonna look at MY teeth!! says Evie.. but no cavities either so I'm a happy camper! The we dropped Logan off at the Fountains w/his cousin and grandma and we went home and I fixed myself a really delish lunch. I had taco lettuce wraps and half an apple. I put extra cayenne pepper and cumin so it gave a really nice kick!! OOhhwee it was good.. I think I gobbled it down pretty quickly.. but I'm feelin' pretty full now which is good, but earlier my stomach was growling after going so many hrs w/out anything. Yesterday I ate dinner around 3:30 and when I came home from work I ate my other half of apple with one melba toast, which was around 8ish.. so I haven't had anything until like 12:45pm today so yeah.. was hungry! I think I gotta space my food out a little better.. it's just that it's hard because I'm at work from 4:30 to 8ish so there's dinner time.. and I'm trying not to eat a "meal" past 6pm.. so I guess I have no choice but to do what I'm doing?? I dunno.. guess we'll see. So for dinner, I'm gonna have a Pacific Red Snapper baked w/lemon, pepper, sea salt and maybe this organic mustard I have that doesn't have any sugars or starch in it or maybe I'll just sprinkle mustard powder and call it a day! So, for the side, I think I'll have a handful of celery and a handful of strawberries (maybe w/a sprinkle of stevia on them). OK, so here's the pic of my lunch today!
ps. this is actually a big plate and it's completely full of food!!
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Day 3 Done!
This has been a trying day, no doubt! I don't know why but all of a sudden I'm craving cookies, chocolate, popcorn.. maybe because I can't have it?? Well, I was able to down 10 cups of water today, or 80 oz. so I'm pretty happy about that.. although the peeing part.. sheesh.. I practically lived in the bathroom, especially at work! I can't wait till my body gets used to all this because it's definitely a big change! I think it'll get easier when all the lbs start dropping though.. I can't wait to weigh in tomorrow and see how much I've lost! I was very strict today on all I ate.. but man, the temptation's definitely there.. especially when you're doing this alone and your kids and husband are eating yummy stuff and it's hard to avoid seeing that. Oh well, this means much more to me than cheating.. and I know I'll totally feel guilty if I do, so I'll do my best not too! OK, so today for dinner, which was around 3:30, I sauteed organic chicken with celery salt, mustard powder and chopped it all up and put it on top of a bed of organic lettuce, which was about a handful size and drizzled that w/1 T of apple cider vinegar. THe chicken was great! I loved it! The lettuce w/apple cider vinegar was a little too tart.. I think I put too much but it was ok I guess, just because the chicken was so darn good! Oh, and I found 2 spices that I"ve never tried before, celery salt and mustard powder! Yummy! So with that I had a whole orange which totally stuffed me! I was actually gonna bring my other half of the apple I skipped out on at lunch to work but I forgot it at home, which turned out to be a good thing because by the time I got home I was hungry again and I ate that half an apple and 1 melba toast.. I don't exactly feel full right now but I don't feel hungry.. it's a weird feeling of .. I dunno.. kinda emptiness I guess u can say?? Oh well.. I'm gonna go to bed early so I stop thinking about cookies! I'll post my new weight tomorrow morning!
Lunch: Chilean Sea Bass, Asparagus & half an apple
Here's the first low cal meal! It was actually sooooo soooo soooo delicious! I couldn't believe how delicious it was and how easy it was to prepare it! I think it took me like 5 minutes or less to prepare and another 5 minutes to cook it! SO, the sea bass (which was soo tender and juicy) had some seasonings like, sea salt, white and black pepper, onion powder and cayenne pepper on it. I also put the juice of 1/2 a lemon on it too and put it in a bowl with the asparagus, so that had the same seasonings too. Then I put it all in a pan and cooked it w/out any butter or oil and omg, it was more delicious than most of my fish meals that I've ever made!! THe lemon and cayenne totally gave it a delish kick! The asparagus was also very yummy, spicy and tangy which i love! So, all in all I loved my meal and am quite full.. I could barely eat the last apple piece. Oh, and I also had half an apple cut into slices. Ok, so here's the picture of my meal!
Day 3 of HCG Diet / Weigh In & Start of VLCD (very low calorie diet)
Today's my third day of Phase 2 of the HCG diet. I weigh 161.8, good thing I didn't gain from my last load day yesterday! Gosh, I ate so much it was hard to keep it down. Lets see, for breakfast I had plain black coffee w/1 packet of Stevia.. it was pretty good considering I kept hearing how Stevia has a bad after taste.. this brand was pretty good.. I got Green Leaf Stevia by recommendation from a very nice lady worker at Sunrise Natural Food Store, she reminded and looks like my friend, Lavi, but a little older.. so weird! Same expressions and all.. I kept wanting to call her Lavi.. hehehe Anyway, so that was breakfast and for lunch I went to Boudin's w/the kids and my sisters in law and their kids and my mother in law.. got the yummiest crab sandwich, which I ate the whole thing, and some mixed greens w/balsamic vinegar. OOOhh.. darn it.. speaking of vinegar, I was at Whole Foods yesterday and forgot to get apple cider vinegar.. darn it! I keep forgetting a few things I need and have traveled back and forth to health food stores all around town.. arggg.. Speaking of health food stores.. this diet is starting to get quite expensive.. I guess just by getting all organic and all the products like toothpaste, soap, deodorant, shampoo/cond., makeup.. everything that u use on a daily basis u have to change because it has to have the right ingredients and no oils/fat in them.. OK, so besides the vinegar, which I'll probably walk to SaveMart in a bit, I have. So anyway, dropped the kids off to grandma's house (because Phil wasn't home from his motorcycle escapade w/Roland) and then went to work. Gosh, it was quite difficult at work though. I had to wear gloves the whole time, since I do skin care and I use oils, creams, etc. I went through so many pairs of gloves yest! IT also is quite uncomfortable wearing them for hours upon hours. I hope my clients don't mind the glove-y feel! But, yeah, work will be tricky trying not to touch products! So I come home and pick up a last "hoorah" meal before my VLCD starts (today) and I got Panara for us and the kids. I had a Greek salad and french onion soup, in which I ate only half 'cause it filled me up really fast. But I truly thought I would gain all this weight from yesterday's meals.. yayyy I didn't! Not even an ounce! So today's the big DAY that I start my very low calorie diet of 500 calories per day, yes.. per day.. you didn't read that wrong! This morning I'm gonna have some black coffee for breakfast w/some vanilla cream Stevia drops in it.. mmm And if u wanna know what my menu is... check out yesterday's post and I have it all there. (omit the melba toast.. I didn't get it delivered yet) After breakfast, I'm gonna take Evie for an hour walk since Phil and Logan already left on their walk this morning! Well, I guess today will be the ultimate test to see if I can handle this VLCD.. I'm nervous and excited to try though!!
Monday, August 2, 2010
Day 2 of HCG Diet / Weigh In
Today's my second day of loading.. aren't I supposed to be gaining weight from all the heavy food I'm eating? IT's weird because I've lost weight again. I'm down to 161.8 (Well, I"m not complaining!) So good so far, let's keep this up! I'm also thinking I might be loosing it because 2 days ago I was in Lake Tahoe and I was walking a lot.. so who knows! Tomorrow's the big day that I start the VLCD! I have to figure out what I'm gonna make ahead of time and space it out evenly. I think I'll get the sea bass out.. I've been thinking about it ever since I got it from the Nugget.. best piece of bass I've ever laid hands on.. but then again, I don't normally shop at the Nugget. Darn thing was 40 bucks a lb! Of course I only got like 9 bucks worth which was a single steak! Hmm.. I guess that'll have to be a "I did great today" kinda meal... Ok, so the sea bass and I'll probably marinate some asparagus in some salt, pepper, garlic and lemon juice and grill that too. For dessert, I'll probably have an apple. Oh.. about breakfast.. I'll have black coffee w/vanilla cream stevia drops in it. I still have a melba toast I can eat, so maybe I'll do that when I come home from work around 8. Oh..yeah, forgot dinner (sorry this is all spacey!) Uhm.. I'll have baked chicken marinated in garlic/salt water and chop it on top of a bed of lettuce w/apple cider vinegar as my dressing. I'll have a whole orange for dessert. Also, a half gallon to a gallon of water throughout the day too.. OK.. I think that sounds pretty good for the day! I gotta keep my meals planned ahead the day before.. that might just do the trick! Ok, I'll let u know how today goes later on!
Day 1: Done
Yaaaay! I finished my first day! IT was quite easy though because today and tomorrow are supposed to be my "load days" in which I'm supposed to eat a lot of heavy, greasy foods.. Very weird thing though, it was a challenge to get these things down since I hardly had an appetite all day! I'm thinking because of the hcg drops. I heard another person saying the same thing too.. So.. today I ate: Breakfast: 1 1/2 garlic & cheese chibatta rolls.. well a little less because I shared w/Logan. Lunch: mash potatoes, a stew w/beef and vegetables, tomato and cucumber salad, a pastry my mom in law made and coffee w/honey and cream. Dinner: chicken terriyaki burger from Carl's Jr. (which was most unappealing since I didn't feel like eating). Then I just had some water through out the night. I know I'm supposed to eat more.. but I can't seem to do it.. maybe I'll do better tomorrow.. gosh.. i just can't stop feeling that eating so much is defeating the purpose, but that's what THEY say.. so I"m gonna do it by the book! I can't wait to start the low calorie diet and start seeing the lbs melting right off! woo hoo!! I'll weigh in tomorrow morning and fill you in again.
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Day 1 of HCG Diet! & Weigh In
Just weighed in today at 162 lbs. I took my first drop this morning.. seemed ok, was worried it would taste gross but it's not bad.. at all! I probably won't start noticing a change until after day 3, I think, because right on day 3 I have to start my VLCD. (very low calorie diet)
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Tomorrow's the BIG DAY ONE!
yikes.. kinda nervous.. but excited to start at the same time! So, the protocol says the first 3 days I start my HCG drops, I have to eat basically junk food?!?! Yeah, I know.. it says so and I even called to verify... they told me it's true because it's supposed to give the drops a jump start.. I dunno.. it kinda seems like it's defeating the purpose.. but we'll see what happens. So tomorrow I'm gonna go to my inlaw's house, so I know there'll be rich, high calorie food there! Yummy though.. quite yummy!
Friday, July 30, 2010
Today's the big SHOPPING day!
Ok, today's the big shopping day, hence the tittle! I'm gonna take my son and do some shopping rounds.. gotta go to WHole Foods and get all my organic food, hair stuff, toothpaste, and deoderant..(i have to be on this salt stick deo and i've tried it in the past.. pretty cool once u get used to it.. or more like when it gets used to u! It takes like a few weeks or less, can't remember, to clear ur underarms of toxins, and of course that's where u get ur b.o from.. those toxins.. so once it's working you don't have to worry about b.o when u sweat! neat huh?) Let's see, oh yeah, and i gotta get some org. oil free creams.. ok, this is gonna be a tricky part of the diet.. so I'm not allowed to put any creams on me except these specific ones that are organic and oil and fat free.. even on my hands. Problem is that I"m an Esthetician and I work w/oils, creams and the works. So, as unfortunate as this may seem, I will have to wear plastic gloves when i give facials.. oooh sorry to all my clients in advance! But, I think most of them know that I"m doing this and will understand! Speaking of clients, I have the best-est clients EVER!! I love my job because of them! OK, side note over.. So, for makeup I"m only allowed to wear mineral face powder, eyebrow pencil and lipstick.. oh and blush! So.. not too bad.. although I will be a mess w/out my eyeliner, mascara and foundation.. but I'll survive! (Although I'm not making any exceptions, I have a wedding to go to and I WILL WEAR ALL MAKEUP.. AND LOTS OF IT!) hehe that'll probably be my only cheat day but i gotta look good right? So I think that's about it.. if I think of any more stuff, I'll blog tonight!
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
What is HCG and how can it help you?
http://www.yourhcg.com/about.php
This is the site that i order my drops from, although I paid 119 for a 30 day supply.
This is the site that i order my drops from, although I paid 119 for a 30 day supply.
What encouragement!!
Wow, I can't believe how much great feedback I got about this diet I'm going on from all of you on Facebook! IT's quite encouraging and very motivating!! I'm even more excited to start this!! So today, I got some recepies from the website, YourHCG.com and they don't look all that Yummy, like my own fattening recepies but they'll do.. I guess it's because you have to use so little ingredients and only one meat, one veggie at a time.. can't mix meat or veggies or whatever.. oh well.. BUT thanks again everyone!! Means a lot to me!!
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Excited and nevous to start the diet!! 120lbs here I come!!
Ok, I haven't started the diet yet, but I've finished all my research and book reading on this diet that it seems quite legit and safe. I know there are some Internet sites that say this won't work or is unsafe or unapproved by the FDA.. and yes, it isn't approved by the FDA.. but then again.. a lot of things approved by the FDA are unsafe and that just doesn't make sense! Anyway, this is totally safe and does work.. just check out the thousands of customers' before and after pic.. on FB too.. so we know it's legit. OK, I have about 4 days till August 1st to start the diet.. but I'm just so excited about it that I want to start a little earlier.. maybe in 2 days?? I've gotta get some stuff before I start though.. like all the organic food/and recommended natural products. I'm allowed to eat certain things only.. and only 500 calories per day. I know what you're thinking.. this is starvation, but no it's not. I'm also taking HCG drops that will supply 2000 calories of natural energy, and vit. B12. I'm so not gonna go into detail about how this works because it's a mouth full.. If you want any info on it.. read Dr. Simeons Protocol or Kevin Trudeau's book, The Weight Loss Cure "They" Don't Want You To Know About. The info in there makes perfect sense.. and I'm the skeptic! So, I've ordered the HCG drops from a trust-worthy online company called http://yourhcg.com and already got it in the mail. I've read everything on that website.. the do's and don'ts.. and they even have a facebook page that you can check out and see TONS of before and after pictures of ppl on this same weight loss diet that I'm about to embark.
I suppose my first blog should tell you a little about myself:
My name is Eloise, aka Eli, aka on here: EllieBellie and I'm a 29 year old woman from California. I have 2 sweet and adorable kids, Logan-3 and Genevieve-1. I'm married to my husband for 7 years this August 10th!! Our marriage has been so wonderful so far, been through a lot, and I mean A LOT, together and it's just strengthened our marriage and relationship with God! We also have a puppy, named Cortez, who's not the brightest but gotta give it to him, he's sweet and cute and smelly... So I guess you can say we're the "nuclear family" of today..
I've started this diet because I'm just sick and tired of how I look and feel.. I've put on lots of lbs within the past 7 years and it's really wearing me out physically and emotionally! I've tried quite a few different diets in the past but because of lack of will power and denial, I've stoped them as fast as I started them. I guess I'm at my.. oh my God, I'm gonna turn 30 and I still weight how much???!!! It's a pretty sobering thought and I really don't want to enter my 30's looking and feeling this way, so I guess this is my next attempt, hard as it may be! I have to say all this weight started after I got on birth control, used "the patch".. and that messed me up good.. gained 20lbs in just 6 months, became depressed- which I've never been in my life, got 2 lumps in my breast, one cystic that went away on it's own and the other a hard benign mass that I had to get surgically removed. So, after that it was down hill (of course I stoped the BC) and I got pregnant w/my son, gained a good 28 lbs. w/that pregnancy and lost a little after I had him but gained it all back because for some reason I felt so hungry then, so that lasted for a good 2 years until I had my daughter and gained 26 lbs. w/her. I really didn't lose any weight after her either, maybe a little but of course gained it all back, darn it, and so now I weight 165, yikes.. I said it! But yes, I do.. and it's most unflattering.. I feel like I still look prego and that's the worst feeling ever!! One time, a little boy asked me if I was having a baby at the dinner table, in front of everyone.. oh gosh.. I must have gotten so red! So of course after all that, I got mad at myself as I'm sure a lot of you do, and then get all fired up to go on some diet and when you go on.. it's all good for a month or less and then you quit as fast as you started. So after many mad sessions and diet-scapades.. I pure and simply.. quit. I was so frustrated and of course mad at myself for being so weak.. oh.. and word of advice for all the strong-willed, skinny, advice-giving ppl.. don't give advice to ppl like us if you've never been in our weak-willed, fat-self shoes. When I was at a skinny 110 lbs, pulling off a 4 pack abs and altogether, what's the work.. oh.. HOT.. I would give others advice about how to loose weight and think.. "well, if they'd just stop eating, they'd loose weight fast!" (said in a duuuuuuhhhhh kind of voice) How naive was I! It's totally not like that and I now realize it. I know many of you might be thinking.. ok.. being 165 lbs is not bad, I weight more.. well it is for me, being only 5'3.. and I'm a little bit shy of my body weight index being obese.. I think that was my breaking point right there. I'm scared into losing weight.. I don't want all that crazy stuff like high blood pressure, diabetes and whatever else.. it's scary and I don't want to go down that path for myself, my children or my husband. I saw a commercial about how diabetes affects your vision and it showed a picture of some kids outside and the lens is the diabetic eye looking through and it showed bits and pieces of the kids and the rest was blurry and missing, kinda like how paper looks when it's burning.. parts of it have holes in it.. Man, that was scary! Anyway, yeah, this first blog is quite long, but it is my first.. mind you.. Ok, so, I will be weighing in the day I start the diet, which is also called vlcd or very low calorie diet and I will post some pictures up then too.. scary.. I know.. but after having 2 kids.. I really don't care who sees my body! LOL
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