I'm really excited right now. (-: Mom and I went shopping today, for my favorite kind of merchandise.... feel-good healthy stuff! Okay, so I got some cute shirts too, but that wasn't the main focus. We got an amino acid that will give me energy, help me focus/think clearly, and let me feel emotions more clearly instead of "flat lining". I'll start it tomorrow. I was completely drained at work today! I've always struggled with fatigue, but it's been worse on the diet a little bit, and definitely worse today after being worked over by the chiropractor. My body needed rest to heal, I think. I actually took a two hour nap, and I'm still getting sleepy now around my normal bedtime. We also got a multivitamin that looks perfect for me. Lots of B12 which is good because the kind we got before bothered my stomach. It also has enzymes though which has been suggested by a couple different medical professionals as a possible solution to my joint pain. It should be good!
Finally, we got the stuff that's supposed to really help with cravings. Mom can post the name of it here if she gets a chance because I can't remember so many technical names at once (-: Many people on hCG have found just a bit of this stuff under the tongue stops cravings in their tracks. "The Mood Cure" also suggests it for emotional eating. So yay for that!
Tomorrow I work a longer shift, and I anticipate it being more labor-intensive for a couple different reasons, so I'm really helping the L-Tsomething helps with my energy level. (-:
Oh, also, Mom is going to be able to come to the doctor with me on Monday after all, so I'm pretty excited about that.
All in all, things are going pretty well. I only lost a little this morning, but I still lost. I wouldn't be surprised if the smaller loss has to do with my body recovering from the appointment. I drank a ton of water today and visualized my body releasing extra water and fat ;-) I'm hoping for at least.... 0.5-1.0 tomorrow! Goals are good, right?
I hope all is well for everyone. Hang in there!!
Wednesday, June 24
Monday, June 22
Mmmm oranges
I like oranges (-: Yum.
Today was pretty good. It was my day off, so I was able to get a bit of stuff done. I also decided I really can see a little bit of a change in how I look, which is exciting of course since I've looked mostly the same for a few years. (-: I decided that yesterday's gain was probably due mostly to inconsistant sleep habits (which is to say that although I get enough sleep it's at odd times, due to both work schedule and night-owl tendencies). I don't know if that's accurate or not, but I lost today as normal so hopefully from here on out I'll continue losing. I still have a couple weeks to go, depending on how long Mom and I decide to go. We've lost roughly the same amount so far (-:
I bought some new fish today for my aquarium! Two dwarf gouramis (a powder blue and a red), and a clown loach. I'm excited about them. Maybe I'll post pictures some day?
I hope life is going well for everyone!
Day ?:
Weight: 134.4
%Body Mass: 31.2 (my first dip below 32%!)
Today was pretty good. It was my day off, so I was able to get a bit of stuff done. I also decided I really can see a little bit of a change in how I look, which is exciting of course since I've looked mostly the same for a few years. (-: I decided that yesterday's gain was probably due mostly to inconsistant sleep habits (which is to say that although I get enough sleep it's at odd times, due to both work schedule and night-owl tendencies). I don't know if that's accurate or not, but I lost today as normal so hopefully from here on out I'll continue losing. I still have a couple weeks to go, depending on how long Mom and I decide to go. We've lost roughly the same amount so far (-:
I bought some new fish today for my aquarium! Two dwarf gouramis (a powder blue and a red), and a clown loach. I'm excited about them. Maybe I'll post pictures some day?
I hope life is going well for everyone!
Day ?:
Weight: 134.4
%Body Mass: 31.2 (my first dip below 32%!)
Hmm, unexplained gain..
Well, I gained 1.6 lbs overnight. I don't understand why. Yesterday was a rough day for me, but I didn't give into my cravings at all. I did have a bad dream that I visited some friends, forgot myself, and ate a huge breakfast full of forbidden food, but of course when I woke up I was relieved to find I was safely in bed with an empty tummy! I wasn't quite so excited to find a higher weight, of course. I still don't know what caused it. My best guess is inflammation, since I do have an inflammatory joint disease/disorder, but since I was in little pain (my normal symptom of a flare) it's still a bit of a mystery. We thought it could be starches since I did have two melba toasts, but I looked back at the days I've had melba on my journey so far, and there was no correlation to weight loss. I lost just as much if not on the high end, the morning after eating toast. So... who knows. I'm a complex person with a complex body and systems therein!
I drank a lot of water today (probably about four full water bottles, more if you count the 'soda' and iced tea), so maybe that'll help (-: We'll see what happens in the morning.
Even with this crazy gain, though, I'm averaging out at 1.1 lb a day, which is of course still great progress. As long as I start dropping again soon I'll be okay.
Oh, and good news! Mom let me have a pair of her capris that she... out-shrunk?, and they are a full size smaller than the bermuda shorts I bought before starting the diet. They fit perfectly! That's exciting for me (-:
I hope things are going well for all of you. Have a good day!
I drank a lot of water today (probably about four full water bottles, more if you count the 'soda' and iced tea), so maybe that'll help (-: We'll see what happens in the morning.
Even with this crazy gain, though, I'm averaging out at 1.1 lb a day, which is of course still great progress. As long as I start dropping again soon I'll be okay.
Oh, and good news! Mom let me have a pair of her capris that she... out-shrunk?, and they are a full size smaller than the bermuda shorts I bought before starting the diet. They fit perfectly! That's exciting for me (-:
I hope things are going well for all of you. Have a good day!
Saturday, June 20
Days Nine and Ten
Well, the past couple days were good and bad. Good for weight loss: I'm down 10.something lbs so far, and I started the VLCD a week ago from today. I finally measured myself, and lose everywhere except in the bust (no complaints here!). Between my upper arm, bust, waist, hip, butt, and upper thight, I've lost a total of 7-some inches so far. I can't see the difference but apparently it's there. I was excited about that.
The hard part started with such a long shift nannying. I took my hCG at about 10:00 am, but since I was out until 4:00am on the job I couldn't take my hCG until I got back, which means about 18 hours of mostly awake time. Sublingual treatments are supposed to be about every 12 hours. I didn't think it would be a big deal, but it defiinitely was sometimes! I had hunger pangs, which is the first time I've experienced that on this diet.
The lack of sleep has made this a long day for me overall, and we had two separate father's day celebrations to go to. By the time we got home, my mood and energy level had completely crashed! I started getting really strong cravings for foods I can't have, too. Nothing in particular, just anything besides an apple or celery! Something starchy and hot and yummy.
I'm going to go try to make a baked apple with Stevia and cinnamon instead. (-: As tempted as I am sometimes to cheat, when I'm getting incredible results like this there's no way I want to jeopardize it by caving in.
On a related note, everyone should read "The Mood Cure". It talks about how our mood problems are connected to ammino acids, and how all it takes is a few months taking the right supplement and it can really make an incredible difference in your depression, anxiety, over sensitivity, irritability, addictions even. Mom and I are both excited about trying it out. At first I was hesitant to try it and be on hCG at the same time, but there are others that have done it with no adverse reactions, and I'm so ready for my depression to be over with. It's so hard to do stuff when I have no energy, or feel irritable, or am just an emotional flatline. I'm really excited. (-: Have any of you tried it?
Best of luck to all of you. Have a healthy day!
Day Ten:
Weight: 134.2
%Body Fat: 32.0
The hard part started with such a long shift nannying. I took my hCG at about 10:00 am, but since I was out until 4:00am on the job I couldn't take my hCG until I got back, which means about 18 hours of mostly awake time. Sublingual treatments are supposed to be about every 12 hours. I didn't think it would be a big deal, but it defiinitely was sometimes! I had hunger pangs, which is the first time I've experienced that on this diet.
The lack of sleep has made this a long day for me overall, and we had two separate father's day celebrations to go to. By the time we got home, my mood and energy level had completely crashed! I started getting really strong cravings for foods I can't have, too. Nothing in particular, just anything besides an apple or celery! Something starchy and hot and yummy.
I'm going to go try to make a baked apple with Stevia and cinnamon instead. (-: As tempted as I am sometimes to cheat, when I'm getting incredible results like this there's no way I want to jeopardize it by caving in.
On a related note, everyone should read "The Mood Cure". It talks about how our mood problems are connected to ammino acids, and how all it takes is a few months taking the right supplement and it can really make an incredible difference in your depression, anxiety, over sensitivity, irritability, addictions even. Mom and I are both excited about trying it out. At first I was hesitant to try it and be on hCG at the same time, but there are others that have done it with no adverse reactions, and I'm so ready for my depression to be over with. It's so hard to do stuff when I have no energy, or feel irritable, or am just an emotional flatline. I'm really excited. (-: Have any of you tried it?
Best of luck to all of you. Have a healthy day!
Day Ten:
Weight: 134.2
%Body Fat: 32.0
Thursday, June 18
Day Eight - Wow, only two-three weeks left!
I was excited to look at the calendar and see that my minimum course of 23 days will be over two weeks from today. July 3rd is the magic day! If I have not yet experienced the constant, ravenous hunger that indicates my abnormal fat stores are used up, I will continue for up to a week longer. Mom and I both want to be done by the first of August with p3.
I feel like my weight loss is bound to slow down dramatically any day now, and maybe even tomorrow I'll wake up to the same number as I did this morning. That's okay, though. (-: The diet would have been worth it even if I only lost seven pounds. Under the typical maximum of two pounds a week, that would take almost a month to achieve! I do hope I lose more though and get to my goal of 130. I'm really, really curious to see what I'll look like when my abnormal fat is gone! I look forward to further toning my body afterward. I'm excited (-: I'm such an impatient person sometime, it's hard to stick to something unless I see results. I think that the immediate gratification of this diet will help me see that my body doesn't necessarily always look exactly like it does right now, and I have the power to change it.
Today was a little crazy. I ate a strawberry chicken salad for lunch, and still felt really hungry soon after. Since lunch counted for my fruit, veggie, and meat all in one, I didn't want to eat anything else in fear that I'd be ravenous at work. Turns out, I should just eat when I need it: I was only able to eat half of my chicken and cabbage soup! I love the soup by the way; it makes a lot and is tasty, so it's very satisfying. It's just 100 g of chicken, cooked and chunked (except I shredded ours a bit so it "spread out" more), 2 c of chicken broth, 2 c of chopped cabbage, and a bit of salt (we added pepper, too). Boil until cabbage is tender!
Oops! I just gave my doggie a rude awakening... she was sleeping on the floor and I accidentally knocked off an empty bowl and plate, right next to her, with a loud CLANG! Good morning, Samantha... sorry....
I didn't get around to measurements today since I can't find my measuring tape :-P What kind of seamstress am I, with no tape? Ah well. Will find tomorrow...
Tip for snack attacks: I carry around a melba toast in a little sandwich baggie in my jacket pocket at all times. That way if I really get the munchies, I have something 'legal' with me that will satisfy the need to munch! So far I haven't needed it but I've been glad to know it's there. Other foods are less tempting if I know I have a better option.
Of to bed with me. Best wishes to all of you! I hope your weight losses and journey to health go really well today. God is near: turn to Him when you need more support (-:
Feel free to sparkmail me!
I feel like my weight loss is bound to slow down dramatically any day now, and maybe even tomorrow I'll wake up to the same number as I did this morning. That's okay, though. (-: The diet would have been worth it even if I only lost seven pounds. Under the typical maximum of two pounds a week, that would take almost a month to achieve! I do hope I lose more though and get to my goal of 130. I'm really, really curious to see what I'll look like when my abnormal fat is gone! I look forward to further toning my body afterward. I'm excited (-: I'm such an impatient person sometime, it's hard to stick to something unless I see results. I think that the immediate gratification of this diet will help me see that my body doesn't necessarily always look exactly like it does right now, and I have the power to change it.
Today was a little crazy. I ate a strawberry chicken salad for lunch, and still felt really hungry soon after. Since lunch counted for my fruit, veggie, and meat all in one, I didn't want to eat anything else in fear that I'd be ravenous at work. Turns out, I should just eat when I need it: I was only able to eat half of my chicken and cabbage soup! I love the soup by the way; it makes a lot and is tasty, so it's very satisfying. It's just 100 g of chicken, cooked and chunked (except I shredded ours a bit so it "spread out" more), 2 c of chicken broth, 2 c of chopped cabbage, and a bit of salt (we added pepper, too). Boil until cabbage is tender!
Oops! I just gave my doggie a rude awakening... she was sleeping on the floor and I accidentally knocked off an empty bowl and plate, right next to her, with a loud CLANG! Good morning, Samantha... sorry....
I didn't get around to measurements today since I can't find my measuring tape :-P What kind of seamstress am I, with no tape? Ah well. Will find tomorrow...
Tip for snack attacks: I carry around a melba toast in a little sandwich baggie in my jacket pocket at all times. That way if I really get the munchies, I have something 'legal' with me that will satisfy the need to munch! So far I haven't needed it but I've been glad to know it's there. Other foods are less tempting if I know I have a better option.
Of to bed with me. Best wishes to all of you! I hope your weight losses and journey to health go really well today. God is near: turn to Him when you need more support (-:
Feel free to sparkmail me!
Day seven and part of eight
Sorry I didn't update yesterday. I was kind of tired by the time the evening rolled around.
I've been having trouble with feeling wimpy in the mornings until I eat a full meal at lunchtime, so yesterday I had an orange first thing. Also, I've found that the B-vitamin supplement I have [it's a liquid form] makes my stomach really hurt unless I take it immediately after a meal. I figured that an orange and 22 oz waterbottle would be enough so I went ahead and took it. Well, I haven't had an orange on this diet yet so I don't know if it was that or the b-vitamins, but my tummy rejected whatever it didn't like. That didn't make me feel any more energized! Has anyone else had trouble with b-vitamins?
We had scallops yesterday. I decided that I adore scallops! Very delicious.
I'll tell you, I can't wait for p3. I decided to make myself an omelet the first morning if I can, with cheese and ham and black olives. Cheese is the thing I miss the most I think (-: It'll be weird though, paying attention to what I eat to keep my weight at a certain level. Right now what I eat is independant of my weight: I have a particular diet, but if my weight does or does not drop that doesn't change what I eat the next day, you know?
This morning I woke up to a 1.8 lbs loss. Whoa! It's almost a little scary how much I've lost so fast. In total, 7.4 lbs in 5 days of the VLCD. An average of 1.5 lbs a day! I'm almost halfway to my goal of 130, now. I believe I'm probably a medium frame, and the book shows that a healthy weight for medium frame stops at 133, so I may not get below that, we'll see. I'm not overly picky about the number, though. I just want to lose as much necessary fat as I can, so afterwards I can work on getting toned. Healthy is my goal, not a certain shape or thinness.
I work as a nanny. Today I work six hours, which is the longer of my two shifts, so I'm making a nice big bowl of soup for dinner so hopefully I won't get hungry. Tomorrow will be crazy because I'll be working roughly 12 hours! Part of that will be while the kids are asleep, though. I might sleep on the couch. (-:
Anyway, that's enough rambles for now. I hope everything is going well for the rest of the world out there!
Oh, and I'm going to take measurements again today, so we'll see if there's any change yet. I'm anticipating not.
Day Eight:
Weight: 137.2
% Body Fat: 32.2
I've been having trouble with feeling wimpy in the mornings until I eat a full meal at lunchtime, so yesterday I had an orange first thing. Also, I've found that the B-vitamin supplement I have [it's a liquid form] makes my stomach really hurt unless I take it immediately after a meal. I figured that an orange and 22 oz waterbottle would be enough so I went ahead and took it. Well, I haven't had an orange on this diet yet so I don't know if it was that or the b-vitamins, but my tummy rejected whatever it didn't like. That didn't make me feel any more energized! Has anyone else had trouble with b-vitamins?
We had scallops yesterday. I decided that I adore scallops! Very delicious.
I'll tell you, I can't wait for p3. I decided to make myself an omelet the first morning if I can, with cheese and ham and black olives. Cheese is the thing I miss the most I think (-: It'll be weird though, paying attention to what I eat to keep my weight at a certain level. Right now what I eat is independant of my weight: I have a particular diet, but if my weight does or does not drop that doesn't change what I eat the next day, you know?
This morning I woke up to a 1.8 lbs loss. Whoa! It's almost a little scary how much I've lost so fast. In total, 7.4 lbs in 5 days of the VLCD. An average of 1.5 lbs a day! I'm almost halfway to my goal of 130, now. I believe I'm probably a medium frame, and the book shows that a healthy weight for medium frame stops at 133, so I may not get below that, we'll see. I'm not overly picky about the number, though. I just want to lose as much necessary fat as I can, so afterwards I can work on getting toned. Healthy is my goal, not a certain shape or thinness.
I work as a nanny. Today I work six hours, which is the longer of my two shifts, so I'm making a nice big bowl of soup for dinner so hopefully I won't get hungry. Tomorrow will be crazy because I'll be working roughly 12 hours! Part of that will be while the kids are asleep, though. I might sleep on the couch. (-:
Anyway, that's enough rambles for now. I hope everything is going well for the rest of the world out there!
Oh, and I'm going to take measurements again today, so we'll see if there's any change yet. I'm anticipating not.
Day Eight:
Weight: 137.2
% Body Fat: 32.2
Tuesday, June 16
Day Six
Down another 1.2 lbs today. (-: We made italian sausage for dinner, or I think that's what it was called. Another good meal! Also, it made a large heap of food, for only one serving each of protein and veggie. All you do is saute garlic in the juice that's created when you chop the tomatoes. Brown the ground beef (100 g). Add a bit of garlic salt and italian seasoning and the ground beef to the sauteed garlic along with one packet of stevia (we used liquid because our stevia packets had something in there we couldn't have; glucose or something), mix it all up, and then throw in the tomatoes. Heat until it's warm, then serve! It's surprisingly yummy. Reminiscent of chili, actually.
I'm really excited about ways to use stevia. It comes in all flavors, which I didn't know. I think we have dark chocolate, chocolate raspberry, lemon, english toffee, orange zest, and just straight sweetness. I used to make coffee drinks with ice, coffee, and chocolate syrup, but now I found out I can make it with various flavors of stevia and it's pretty yummy (-: Next on my experiment list is to try the recipie for "Sprite", which involves carbonated water and orange stevia I think. It makesm e happy because if I find stuff I like with Stevia, I have a great alternative to sugary drinks when I get the urge to have one. Stevia is a sugar alternative, but unlike splenda or other things it's completely natural. I don't like artificial sweeteners! In my opinion, it tastes a lot better too.
I haven't experienced very much hunger, which is great. I did feel kind of weak and not too chipper this morning, but once I ate something I was fine. I just need to make sure I actually eat breakfast [I rarely do..] to keep my blood sugar up and I should be fine. It probably didn't help that I also forgot my hCG that morning :-P Oops. I'll learn.
I had a little joint pain today, which I assume was residual from whatever happened yesterday, but it was gone by the second half of the day. Hopefully it'll stay away (-:
Day Five
Weight: 140.2
% Body Fat: 33.2
I'm really excited about ways to use stevia. It comes in all flavors, which I didn't know. I think we have dark chocolate, chocolate raspberry, lemon, english toffee, orange zest, and just straight sweetness. I used to make coffee drinks with ice, coffee, and chocolate syrup, but now I found out I can make it with various flavors of stevia and it's pretty yummy (-: Next on my experiment list is to try the recipie for "Sprite", which involves carbonated water and orange stevia I think. It makesm e happy because if I find stuff I like with Stevia, I have a great alternative to sugary drinks when I get the urge to have one. Stevia is a sugar alternative, but unlike splenda or other things it's completely natural. I don't like artificial sweeteners! In my opinion, it tastes a lot better too.
I haven't experienced very much hunger, which is great. I did feel kind of weak and not too chipper this morning, but once I ate something I was fine. I just need to make sure I actually eat breakfast [I rarely do..] to keep my blood sugar up and I should be fine. It probably didn't help that I also forgot my hCG that morning :-P Oops. I'll learn.
I had a little joint pain today, which I assume was residual from whatever happened yesterday, but it was gone by the second half of the day. Hopefully it'll stay away (-:
Day Five
Weight: 140.2
% Body Fat: 33.2
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