Reaching my goal, 1 pound at a time.

It's been 13 days on Phase II of this protocol and I am down 11 pounds. Not a small feat, especially for me. I usually loss about 3-4 pounds less than the total inches I lose when on a "diet". I have not measured myself yet, but I have checked my waist a time or two and I have already lost about 4 inches from my stomach/waist alone.  When I first started 13 days ago, I did not take any photos of myself. I really wish I had, so that I could see the difference from day 1 until now. I will ask someone here to take a few pictures to photo journal the rest of my journey.

Doing the HCG protocol has been one of the easiest and most rewarding things I could ever have done for myself. I do not feel hungry, in fact I sometimes feel full half way through a meal. Maybe you, dear reader, would be curious about what my "diet" looks like.

Well today, Sunday, my family went to Applebee's for lunch. Our waitress was wonderful and so accommodating. I ordered tilapia to which she suggested I get it blackened and a "salad" (just the lettuce). I drank water with lemon in it. The food was wonderful and really filled me up.  For dinner I will grill some chicken breasts and have ripe tomato slices with it. I will have an apple when I get off this computer and 1/2 a grapefruit for my snack tonight. Add in a Melba toast or two and I am done for the day.

Not so bad. Great food, clean and healthy. No fast food, which I doubt I will be able to eat again after eating so much fresh good stuff.  Part of this journey for me is to learn to eat the foods that fuel my body while tasting good. I don't need food to comfort me. I can and will learn to self comfort in a good, healthy way. Portion control and good choices is what it is all about. For the first summer in a long time, I should be able to wear shorts. Today,  I wore a sleeveless top. Now that is something I have not done since last summer on a 90 degree day. And I didn't wear a sweater with it! It is nice to feel "normal" and not like a blob. All this with only the first 11 pound gone. I can hardly wait to see how I will feel when I finally get to my weight loss goal of 50 pounds. Life will be so much better. Well, got a run. Check back in a few days. Until then....Happy journey!J

Books, etc. to make your journey easier.

My daily journey

Day 3 - Monday (aka R1P2D3)
Started my morning weigh-in at +1 lb. That's ok, today is my first VLCD day (Very Low Calorie Day)

Day 4 - Tuesday (R1P2D4)
Morning weigh-in:  -3 lbs!!!  Go me. Had a great day. Ate a little too much, but will be more careful.

Day 5- Wednesday  (R1P2D5)
Morning weigh-in: -1 lb!1 (-4 lbs total so far)

Day 6- Thursday (R1P2D6)
Morning weigh-in: -1 lb! (-5 lbs total so far)

Day 7- Friday  (R1P2D7)
Morning weigh-in: the same weight as yesterday!! Oh no, I feel like panicing. I must have done something wrong. I didn't write in my journel today, so I forget what if anything was different today. I hope to be on track tomorrow.

Day 8 - Saturday (R1P2D8)
Morning weigh-in: -1 lb!!!!!  (-6 lbs total so far) Back on track? I drank an iced mocha, not allowed, but made up for it with the lowest cal. choices for the day.

Day 9 - Sunday (R1P2D9)
Morning weigh-in:  No loss again!!  I think the problem could be not enough water and too large of food portions. I have always had a portion control problem when it comes to eating. I will be on track today!  I KNOW I can do this. It is NEVER too late to get healthy. I see it, I am it!!

Starting over

Well, it's been awhile since I even remembered that I have a blog. The "diet" I started last January went nowhere...... fast. Lost 12 pounds, stopped the diet and gained back 7 pounds. Learned nothing that would help me. 

I was in Facebook one day when I saw an ad that looked interesting. It was for a weight loss protocol using HCG. I had read about HCG in Kevin Trudeau's book, but thought it would be too hard to do. I clicked the link and read more. It always takes me a long time to decide to do almost anything, so I kept checking out the website and "thinking" about it.  A month later I decided to order the HCG drops. I also went to Amazon and ordered a couple of books to help me along my journey.

Now, with drops and books in hand......I still did not start the protocol!!  I did however pick a date that I thought would be the date I woould start.  A funny thing happened with that date...it is in the near future and by then I will be fonished with round 1 of the protocol!!

One day, actually the day before Mother's Day, I decided it was time. The first phase of the "diet" is to take your drops and eat like crazy. Took the drops Saturday, ate ok, DID NOT TAKE THE DROPS ON SUNDAY!!  Mother's day and did not stop to think about the drops. I was not sure if I needed to stop and start again, but I went on.