I was happy to lose another 0.8 lbs today. Turns out there's a lot of really yummy food on this diet. I actually plan on keeping several of the recipes I've tried so far, for when I don't even have to eat it just because I like it so much. Dinner was really great. I made asparagus, with lemon juice and salt and pepper. I also made shrimp scampi, which had garlic, a little chicken broth, lemon juice, and parsley. So yummy! Oh, and I made some cool coffee drinks too; crushed ice, coffee, dark chocolate stevia, vanilla creme stevia, and a tablespoon of milk. Yum. For lunch Mom made me chicken salad; chicken, celery, and apple. So simple but super good.
I had an interesting experience, though. I have ankylosing spondylitis, which is arthritis. The pain comes and goes and is very inconsistent. As long as I'm monitoring my diet, I'm trying to pay attention to whether particular foods influence my pain. Before I started hCG, I celebrated my 21st birthday with a glass of Sangria. The next morning, I had severe joint pain. The next evening I had another serving of wine, and before I even went to bed I started aching. Wondering if there was a corellation, I looked into it and found that some people are sensitive to sulfite, found in most wines. I didn't have any joint pain, essentially, for those five days between having the wine and tonight. However, right after dinner, I had a sudden flare up and my hips, knees, and lower back started aching (and still do! :( ). I looked into it, and turns out sometimes shrimp is preserved with sulfites. I actually e-mailed the company to ask if they use sulfite on their shrimp or not, because this could be an important clue into how to manage my arthritis. We'll see what happens!
Day five
Weight: 141.4
% Body Fat: 33.1
Monday, June 15
Sunday, June 14
Day Four
So, I woke up this morning, and I had lost 2.4 lbs! That was a great start to the VLCD. I feel encouraged that I really will lose a bit. Probably not two pounds a day, but one a day is fairly typical for people on this diet. After the 20-30 days are up, I will be able to eat as much as I want but just avoid sugars and starches. After that, I can eat anything I like. I will have a better idea of what my body responds to, and my body will naturally want to stay at my new weight so it will be easy to stick to healthy portions. A lot of people also report not having any cravings, but I've never really struggled with that anyway. (-:
We had a really yummy soup today. Ground beef and onions. It was filling and I liked it allot. (-: I also had some dark chocolate stevia in my coffee which was equally delicious. I like iced coffee, so I think I'll have that when I get a craving for sweets.
Wish me luck!
Day four
Weight: 142.2 lbs
%Body Fat: 33.7
{my %fat went up, probably because the first bit I lost was water weight. I didn't gain fat, there's just less water so that increases the percentace of fat. I'll be excited when my fat percentage goes down too!}
We had a really yummy soup today. Ground beef and onions. It was filling and I liked it allot. (-: I also had some dark chocolate stevia in my coffee which was equally delicious. I like iced coffee, so I think I'll have that when I get a craving for sweets.
Wish me luck!
Day four
Weight: 142.2 lbs
%Body Fat: 33.7
{my %fat went up, probably because the first bit I lost was water weight. I didn't gain fat, there's just less water so that increases the percentace of fat. I'll be excited when my fat percentage goes down too!}
Saturday, June 13
Day Three
First day of VLCD today (-: It went pretty well. We are allowed the following each day:
Breakfast - Water, tea, or coffee (all three are always unlimited)
Lunch - 100 grams of certain meats, a serving of certain veggies, an apple, orange, half grapefruit, or handful of strawberries, and a piece of malba (I think I might have gotten that name wrong) toast.
Dinner - Same as lunch.
You can move the foods around, but you can't trade less of one for more of another, i.e. you couldn't have two apples and skip the toast. I'm eating less for lunch and more for dinner/evening snacks, because that's how I typically eat anyway. I was a little bit hungry for some parts of the day, but really not too bad. Tomorrow we'll see if I lost anything already, or not (-: So far I gained a pound or two from the loading days.
I like adventures.
Oh, and I finally got around to measuring myself, so in about a week I'll see if I lost any inches or not. (-: I do hear that often the weight comes off first, and the reshaping happens after, even after you stop losing. Weird, right? But we'll see how it goes for me.
Day Three
Weight: 144.6 lb
%Body Mass: 32.6
Breakfast - Water, tea, or coffee (all three are always unlimited)
Lunch - 100 grams of certain meats, a serving of certain veggies, an apple, orange, half grapefruit, or handful of strawberries, and a piece of malba (I think I might have gotten that name wrong) toast.
Dinner - Same as lunch.
You can move the foods around, but you can't trade less of one for more of another, i.e. you couldn't have two apples and skip the toast. I'm eating less for lunch and more for dinner/evening snacks, because that's how I typically eat anyway. I was a little bit hungry for some parts of the day, but really not too bad. Tomorrow we'll see if I lost anything already, or not (-: So far I gained a pound or two from the loading days.
I like adventures.
Oh, and I finally got around to measuring myself, so in about a week I'll see if I lost any inches or not. (-: I do hear that often the weight comes off first, and the reshaping happens after, even after you stop losing. Weird, right? But we'll see how it goes for me.
Day Three
Weight: 144.6 lb
%Body Mass: 32.6
Friday, June 12
Day Two
Well, end of day two. (-: I tried realy hard to eat lots of fatty foods today to make sure I won't feel hungry starting out the VLCD tomorrow. I'm a little nervous but more curious and excited than anything else so it's all good. So far I didn't gain from the previous loading day, so tomorrow we'll see if the two days combined caused me to gain any. Most people gain a few pounds, but lose them pretty quickly. So far I feel fine (-:
I'm watching Twilight for the first time right now. So far I think... they really messed with the colors; everyone is pasty white with berry red lips, Edward's a major creep, and the best thing about the movie is the name "Bella". But hey, I have awhile to go still. anyone else have thoughts?
Day Two
Weight: 142.8 lbs
% Body Mass: 32.4
I'm watching Twilight for the first time right now. So far I think... they really messed with the colors; everyone is pasty white with berry red lips, Edward's a major creep, and the best thing about the movie is the name "Bella". But hey, I have awhile to go still. anyone else have thoughts?
Day Two
Weight: 142.8 lbs
% Body Mass: 32.4
Thursday, June 11
Day One!
Alrighty, here we go. I am a senior in college, about 15 lbs over my ideal weight (I think...?), have only ever dieted once before in my life, and am starting the hCG diet today. (-: For those of you who don't know what the hCG diet is, I'll provide a link in the near future. The basics you need to know, from my understanding, are as follows:
Everyone has three types of fat. One of those is called "abnormal fat storage" and this is what creates the lumps and bulges we as a country spend billions of dollars each year trying to get rid of. Problem is, the body doesn't naturally go for that abnormal fat when it needs extra nutrients. That's why if you starve yourself you don't get a sleek body, you look, well, starved. To loose weight in the places wehere it doesn't need to be, we need a way of telling the body "eat up the abnormal fat storages!" HCG, a hormone found most notably in pregnant women, does exactly that.
The Dr. that formed this diet researched everything for a long time and fuond that if you take daily doses of hCG for a period of 20-40 days, and consume a very low calorie diet, your body will use abnormal fat storages to get its nutrients. You don't feel hungry even though you're eating very little, and you are perfectly healthy because you get the nutrients you need, you're just getting them from deep storage instead of immediate supply like usual. After the 20 (in my case) days, you can eat as much as you want but just no sugars or starches. For the next three weeks you slowly introduce foods, and after that you are ready to eat normally again! Except thsi time, you have a new "normal". Your body has been reset so it wants to stay at its new lower weight, so you only feel hungry for smaller portions and whatnot. And you look different too because you released a lot of excess fat.
It's self-regulating because as soon as your abnormal fat supply disappears, you become RAVENOUSLY hungry. The hCG doesn't allow your body to use up the good fat (such as structural fat; the stuff you need to look and feel and function in a healthy way!), so once you run out of abnormal fat it has nothing else to eat and you can tell as soon as that happens.
That's a very brief and inadequate explanation, but I just wanted to give a basic idea to those who are brand new to the topic.
Today is my first day! That means I take some hCG but spend today and tomorrow "loading". Yup, just what it sounds like: I eat as much fat as I possibly can! This makes sure my structural fat is well supplied, and keeps me comfortable as I start the VLCD (very low calorie diet) in a couple of days. I odn't like a ton of junk food, so the hard part will be finding enough fatty foods to eat... but here goes! (-: I will update daily (hopefully) with how my weight and percentage body fat is coming along and how I feel. Maybe you will want to give it a try too if it works out for me. (-: Happy reading!
Day One
Weight: 143 lbs
%Body fat: 32.3
Everyone has three types of fat. One of those is called "abnormal fat storage" and this is what creates the lumps and bulges we as a country spend billions of dollars each year trying to get rid of. Problem is, the body doesn't naturally go for that abnormal fat when it needs extra nutrients. That's why if you starve yourself you don't get a sleek body, you look, well, starved. To loose weight in the places wehere it doesn't need to be, we need a way of telling the body "eat up the abnormal fat storages!" HCG, a hormone found most notably in pregnant women, does exactly that.
The Dr. that formed this diet researched everything for a long time and fuond that if you take daily doses of hCG for a period of 20-40 days, and consume a very low calorie diet, your body will use abnormal fat storages to get its nutrients. You don't feel hungry even though you're eating very little, and you are perfectly healthy because you get the nutrients you need, you're just getting them from deep storage instead of immediate supply like usual. After the 20 (in my case) days, you can eat as much as you want but just no sugars or starches. For the next three weeks you slowly introduce foods, and after that you are ready to eat normally again! Except thsi time, you have a new "normal". Your body has been reset so it wants to stay at its new lower weight, so you only feel hungry for smaller portions and whatnot. And you look different too because you released a lot of excess fat.
It's self-regulating because as soon as your abnormal fat supply disappears, you become RAVENOUSLY hungry. The hCG doesn't allow your body to use up the good fat (such as structural fat; the stuff you need to look and feel and function in a healthy way!), so once you run out of abnormal fat it has nothing else to eat and you can tell as soon as that happens.
That's a very brief and inadequate explanation, but I just wanted to give a basic idea to those who are brand new to the topic.
Today is my first day! That means I take some hCG but spend today and tomorrow "loading". Yup, just what it sounds like: I eat as much fat as I possibly can! This makes sure my structural fat is well supplied, and keeps me comfortable as I start the VLCD (very low calorie diet) in a couple of days. I odn't like a ton of junk food, so the hard part will be finding enough fatty foods to eat... but here goes! (-: I will update daily (hopefully) with how my weight and percentage body fat is coming along and how I feel. Maybe you will want to give it a try too if it works out for me. (-: Happy reading!
Day One
Weight: 143 lbs
%Body fat: 32.3
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