I haven't written because there hasn't been a ton to write about. I'm just churning along. I did have 1 day where I only lost .1 lbs but for the most part, I'm losing about .7 lbs on average per day.
Still having temptations but I'm guessing that will never really go away. Generally feeling full, some hunger but nothing that I can't live through. The only negative is that I have been getting spacey when I get hungry in the evening and I don't concentrate well then.
Really nothing else to say but that it's WORKING!
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Thursday, March 26, 2009
10 pounds down in a week!
Unbelievable! I have lost 10 lbs of weight since last Thursday!
Ironically, I feel virtually no hunger at all and have even eliminated some food from the diet because I've been getting so full when I eat. On Wednesday night I literally was gagging down part of my dinner on Wednesday because I was so full (Dr Simeons insists that you at least finish all of your protein).
I did make a minor error in judgement. I was missing the feel of my muscles a bit and did some squats and lunges 2 days ago. Ohhhh, the pain is overwhelming, I have never had muscle pain like this and can promise that I will not attempt that again. My body is not capable of building muscle on such a low amount of calories...I may try walking a bit, I am used to exercising now and I miss it.
One more interesting twist, I took some allergy medicine yesterday (my allergies are off the chart right now). They worked tooo well, they dried my skin, my nose, my mouth, my eyeballs.....ugh! I will suffer through my symptoms before I even consider taking any more medicines. Tylenol seems to be the only thing that I can take, even it works better than normal.
Another tidbit. I loooove cake, love it, love it.....today a co-worker brought a cake into work and it smelled delicious, but I wasn't even remotely tempted to eat it. I couldn't even fathom putting a tiny bit in my mouth. I can't explain why but the desire just didn't exist. It's so amazing.
Sooo, there's my first real week on the diet in the last few posts. 10 lbs down and truly feeling great!
Ironically, I feel virtually no hunger at all and have even eliminated some food from the diet because I've been getting so full when I eat. On Wednesday night I literally was gagging down part of my dinner on Wednesday because I was so full (Dr Simeons insists that you at least finish all of your protein).
I did make a minor error in judgement. I was missing the feel of my muscles a bit and did some squats and lunges 2 days ago. Ohhhh, the pain is overwhelming, I have never had muscle pain like this and can promise that I will not attempt that again. My body is not capable of building muscle on such a low amount of calories...I may try walking a bit, I am used to exercising now and I miss it.
One more interesting twist, I took some allergy medicine yesterday (my allergies are off the chart right now). They worked tooo well, they dried my skin, my nose, my mouth, my eyeballs.....ugh! I will suffer through my symptoms before I even consider taking any more medicines. Tylenol seems to be the only thing that I can take, even it works better than normal.
Another tidbit. I loooove cake, love it, love it.....today a co-worker brought a cake into work and it smelled delicious, but I wasn't even remotely tempted to eat it. I couldn't even fathom putting a tiny bit in my mouth. I can't explain why but the desire just didn't exist. It's so amazing.
Sooo, there's my first real week on the diet in the last few posts. 10 lbs down and truly feeling great!
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
And so it gets easier...
Sooo, I had a long weekend with family and great temptation. I have lost most of my hunger as well as 8 lbs! I'm starting to feel a bit better - it's easier to deal with temptation and tonite was the first time that I couldn't finish a meal, it just seemed like too much to consume. So I reserved my dessert (an apple) for later in the evening.
Another interesting twist - I've always been allergic to citrus. I was wary of eating oranges and all the lemon juice in the diet, but I haven't had a single reaction to any food! I have no idea why that would be but I find it amazing and sort of fun. I even ate a bunch of radishes for one of my veggies and didn't get heartburn like I used to. It's unbelievable!
So I'm clicking along and things seem to be going well. I'm starting to talk to my friends about it a bit, with hesitation, it isn't your average diet.
So far, so good - I'm feeling great!
Another interesting twist - I've always been allergic to citrus. I was wary of eating oranges and all the lemon juice in the diet, but I haven't had a single reaction to any food! I have no idea why that would be but I find it amazing and sort of fun. I even ate a bunch of radishes for one of my veggies and didn't get heartburn like I used to. It's unbelievable!
So I'm clicking along and things seem to be going well. I'm starting to talk to my friends about it a bit, with hesitation, it isn't your average diet.
So far, so good - I'm feeling great!
Sunday, March 22, 2009
It's always harder than it looks.
Sooo, I'm officially just 4 days into the diet and here's what I've learned briefly:
Temptation is tough even when you're not hungry.
Man, oh, man was I hungry on Thurs and Fri of last week.
Saturday was better - almost no appetite at all.
Today was good too.
Steak is the key to feeling not too hungry.
I'm tired and hope my energy picks up soon.
40 days is a lot longer than I thought.
It's working though and keeping me going!
I'm waiting for a sense of euphoria to kick in and more energy. (This is something that most users have felt).
I am amazed how adaptable I am food wise. The food choices have worked out just fine for me!
The weighing is not as bad as I thought either.
That's all my quick thoughts so far.
Temptation is tough even when you're not hungry.
Man, oh, man was I hungry on Thurs and Fri of last week.
Saturday was better - almost no appetite at all.
Today was good too.
Steak is the key to feeling not too hungry.
I'm tired and hope my energy picks up soon.
40 days is a lot longer than I thought.
It's working though and keeping me going!
I'm waiting for a sense of euphoria to kick in and more energy. (This is something that most users have felt).
I am amazed how adaptable I am food wise. The food choices have worked out just fine for me!
The weighing is not as bad as I thought either.
That's all my quick thoughts so far.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Day 1
Sooo, today I begin. I weighed myself this morning at an even 194.0 lbs (less than I expected). I started the HCG this morning. Today and tomorrow I have to eat to capacity.
It seems like it would be easy but the HCG makes it so you don't feel very hungry. It's like forcing food down. Not much fun but in a sort of strange way. Here's my food today so far:
2 waffles, yogurt, banana, 4 sausage links for breakfast
2 cups coffee with halfnhalf
1/2 poptart
1/4 lber with cheese and fries and soda from McDonalds
1/2 concrete from Culvers
and I still have dinner!!
I've only told 4 people so far, I'm not ready to try to explain it to the world. The responses from my loved ones has been thoroughly negative and skeptical. I completely understand this because I would respond similarly. Will keep posting as I go!
It seems like it would be easy but the HCG makes it so you don't feel very hungry. It's like forcing food down. Not much fun but in a sort of strange way. Here's my food today so far:
2 waffles, yogurt, banana, 4 sausage links for breakfast
2 cups coffee with halfnhalf
1/2 poptart
1/4 lber with cheese and fries and soda from McDonalds
1/2 concrete from Culvers
and I still have dinner!!
I've only told 4 people so far, I'm not ready to try to explain it to the world. The responses from my loved ones has been thoroughly negative and skeptical. I completely understand this because I would respond similarly. Will keep posting as I go!
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Why HCG?
So, I'm still not sure who is going to see this but on I go. (Clue me in if you find this and figure out what's going on).
So, what does HCG do exactly? I don't feel much like going into all the details but essentially, it helps your hypothalamus properly regulate your fat storage in your body. HCG will help me to burn the deeply stored fat inside my body. My measly 500 calories of intake a day will just kickstart my metabolism every day while my hypothalamus will tell my body to burn my stored fat. It does this in such a fashion as to not burn muscle and other needed parts of the body. This seems completely outlandish but I've done enough research to believe that this is possible.
This means that I could possibly lose as much as 1 lb of fat per day (not likely every day). My first few days on the diet though I have to raise up my healthy fat stores while using the HCG....I will have to gain and eat as much as I can stand to eat for 2 days. What foods would you gorge on for your last free meals for 40 days? Mine will be breads, fats, fried foods....a virtual free for all. Then the hard work begins.
Supposedly the HCG will keep me from feeling hungry during the 40 days. I read many accounts of folks saying that felt so full that they could barely eat 500 calories on some days without feeling stuffed. I believe that when I see it.
Also, there are many difficult parts of this diet to me:
So, what does HCG do exactly? I don't feel much like going into all the details but essentially, it helps your hypothalamus properly regulate your fat storage in your body. HCG will help me to burn the deeply stored fat inside my body. My measly 500 calories of intake a day will just kickstart my metabolism every day while my hypothalamus will tell my body to burn my stored fat. It does this in such a fashion as to not burn muscle and other needed parts of the body. This seems completely outlandish but I've done enough research to believe that this is possible.
This means that I could possibly lose as much as 1 lb of fat per day (not likely every day). My first few days on the diet though I have to raise up my healthy fat stores while using the HCG....I will have to gain and eat as much as I can stand to eat for 2 days. What foods would you gorge on for your last free meals for 40 days? Mine will be breads, fats, fried foods....a virtual free for all. Then the hard work begins.
Supposedly the HCG will keep me from feeling hungry during the 40 days. I read many accounts of folks saying that felt so full that they could barely eat 500 calories on some days without feeling stuffed. I believe that when I see it.
Also, there are many difficult parts of this diet to me:
- I have to weigh myself daily. I hate the scale! It stresses me out!
- I cannot use too many lotions and potions on my skin and face - I'm addicted to these things.
- No sugar! I have to use Stevia in my coffee for 40 days - WOW!
Friday, March 13, 2009
How it all begins
Soooo, I'm not sure who's going to find this blog other than folks searching for more info on HCG. I'm deciding to do it for my own tracking.
Here's how it began. I've struggled with my weight for most of my life (the worst of it began after I used DepoProvera for birth control - I think it permanently messed up my body). I've been up and down and up and down in weight for as long as I can remember. I've peaked out at about 230 and the lowest I can think of being was about 12 years ago when I weighed about 160. For most of my life when I wanted to lose weight - I could - by altering my diet and increasing exercise. I once used weight watchers very successfully as well.
After having the kids, something has changed. I gained a virtual TON of weight during my pregnancies (definitely my own fault) and after my second was born, I did lose some of the weight but not as much as I would have liked. I did it the normal ways but this time it has been sooo much harder. I reached a point last summer/fall where I was exercising to pain 3-4 times per week and watching my food and I still only managed to drop down to about 185 lbs. I was literally killing myself with workouts and watching food intake and having very little success. The second I slowed things down, I rapidly jumped up 195 again and I now find myself closer to 200 lbs.
I AM SOOOO FRUSTRATED! So what do I do? I pray about it. Deep, whole-hearted prayers. "What am I supposed to do God? How do I fix this?" I get to the point when I feel excessive guilt about every piece of food going in my mouth. One night I pleaded out my heart in prayer....
The very next day a client ends up on my spa bed. We happen upon a conversation about weight loss (she tells me she has lost 30 lbs over the last year) and she tells me briefly about the Simeons/HCG diet plan. It sounds insane! 500 calories per day - that's crazy! But I literally feel like she was sent to me as an answer to my struggles. I download a copy of the Simeons protocol and read it cover to cover in 2 days. I CONSUME it mentally and to me - it makes a lot of sense. If you'd like to check it out - you can download it here (don't worry about giving out your info - they won't bother you):
Simeons Manuscript
Sooo, after 2 1/2 weeks of research, I've decided that I'm going to do it. I'll be signing up on Monday and probably beginning Tuesday. It was go as follows: 40 or fewer days on HCG and VLCD (very low calorie diet), 21 days of Atkins style diet followed by supposed normal eating. I am determined to execute this as perfectly as I can to achieve the greatest possible results. I will be blogging here every week about my progress. Wish me luck! This will be a very difficult process but I feel very determined. Feel free to post questions in the comment section.
Here's how it began. I've struggled with my weight for most of my life (the worst of it began after I used DepoProvera for birth control - I think it permanently messed up my body). I've been up and down and up and down in weight for as long as I can remember. I've peaked out at about 230 and the lowest I can think of being was about 12 years ago when I weighed about 160. For most of my life when I wanted to lose weight - I could - by altering my diet and increasing exercise. I once used weight watchers very successfully as well.
After having the kids, something has changed. I gained a virtual TON of weight during my pregnancies (definitely my own fault) and after my second was born, I did lose some of the weight but not as much as I would have liked. I did it the normal ways but this time it has been sooo much harder. I reached a point last summer/fall where I was exercising to pain 3-4 times per week and watching my food and I still only managed to drop down to about 185 lbs. I was literally killing myself with workouts and watching food intake and having very little success. The second I slowed things down, I rapidly jumped up 195 again and I now find myself closer to 200 lbs.
I AM SOOOO FRUSTRATED! So what do I do? I pray about it. Deep, whole-hearted prayers. "What am I supposed to do God? How do I fix this?" I get to the point when I feel excessive guilt about every piece of food going in my mouth. One night I pleaded out my heart in prayer....
The very next day a client ends up on my spa bed. We happen upon a conversation about weight loss (she tells me she has lost 30 lbs over the last year) and she tells me briefly about the Simeons/HCG diet plan. It sounds insane! 500 calories per day - that's crazy! But I literally feel like she was sent to me as an answer to my struggles. I download a copy of the Simeons protocol and read it cover to cover in 2 days. I CONSUME it mentally and to me - it makes a lot of sense. If you'd like to check it out - you can download it here (don't worry about giving out your info - they won't bother you):
Simeons Manuscript
Sooo, after 2 1/2 weeks of research, I've decided that I'm going to do it. I'll be signing up on Monday and probably beginning Tuesday. It was go as follows: 40 or fewer days on HCG and VLCD (very low calorie diet), 21 days of Atkins style diet followed by supposed normal eating. I am determined to execute this as perfectly as I can to achieve the greatest possible results. I will be blogging here every week about my progress. Wish me luck! This will be a very difficult process but I feel very determined. Feel free to post questions in the comment section.
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