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4 weeks down and 10 lbs. to go!

2011-02-10T22:17:00.000-08:00

HE'S HERE!!!!

It was a great day!

It "started" at 3:00 a.m. with a puddle on the floor next to my bed.

It "ended" with a beautiful well nourished baby boy at 7:55 a.m. that morning when I received him into my arms.

All 9 lbs and 4 wonderful ounces of him!

I couldn't have asked for a more perfect birth....

{Well, except for the 2 stitches.}

His name is Devon.

He's 4 weeks old today. 

I'm absolutely in love with him!

And just in case you were wondering, weight wise, I'm pretty pleased! 

I got all the way up to 261 the day before I had Devon. 

Three weeks later I was already back down to 234.

I'm pretty sure that's because following the protocol actually re-set my body! 

Only 10 lbs. until I'm back at 224 where I was when I got pregnant!!!!  

My only efforts: I stay away from lactose, eat plenty of butter and TRY to lay off of the sugar./ gluten ;)

This is the first time out of 4 kids where I've lost that much so quickly after the baby comes. It's usually a measly 10 lbs. then the weight starts going up!

30 WEEKS Pregnant....an update!

2010-10-28T09:58:00.000-07:00

I copied this correspondence from the hCG yahoo group http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/hcghomeopathicweightlossmethod/ that I love and still read. My posts share how things are going for me if you are interested. ;) 

I posted the following on a thread about Nutrasweet VS Stevia which was very informative!

I Shared:

I have long since stopped following the protocol since I am 7 months pregnant but I am really glad that I still read these digests. I still have much to learn! HCG did wonders for my body and I look forward to the day after nursing that I can do it again! ;)

I really enjoyed the dialogue about about Splenda and Nutrasweet. It was very informative and I loved learning more about the harmful nature of Nutrasweet from Dr. Shannon, even if I long ago decided not to ingest chemicals. ;) It's great to have the opinion of Medical Professionals who are knowledgeable about nutrition...not just pharmaceuticals.

THANKS!

Also, I just wanted to share that over the past year I have really grown to enjoy stevia in liquids where I don't notice the bitterness at all. (I use it in baked goods in only as a small percentage .)

Best wishes to all!

Julie

Christine's reply:

Wow Julie, has it been seven months already, you are almost done with this pregnancy. Can I ask you how you have done with weight gain after using hhCG I am just curious, and is this your first baby?

My update of how things are going:

Hi Christine! It's always nice to read your posts. I love the real life experience you share. ;) My pregnancy HAS gone fast! This is my fourth child and I have wonderful pregnancies. My only complaint in feeling exhausted during the 1st and 3rd trimesters. :)

As far as my weight goes, I'm up 20 lbs and am 30 weeks along (April 1st. start date). On hCG I went from 274 to 222 then stabilized at 224 in the very beginning of my pregancy. Now I am 244. It's a little bit more than I'd like to have gained but I'm very happy where I am at. (The funny thing is that I have not gained any weight since Sept 1st which is when I was diagnosed with a milk allergy and have been mostly good at avoiding dairy...which is HARD because I love cheese!) I did gain a bit less then my pregnancies where I started at 265, but considering I had just come off of 2 rounds of hCG I am pleased!!! What a wonderful thing it is to have the confidence that I can loose another 50lbs when it's time for this baby to be done nursing! :) Following the hCG protocol is so worth it.

Julie

This me on September 4th at 244 and 22 weeks pregnant.

Still here...still happy!

2010-06-09T08:15:00.000-07:00

I am no longer following the hhCG protocol whatsoever but I am still oh so happy with my weight. I am amazed that it is so stable.

For some reason I didn't weigh for almost a week then got on the scale today and am STABLE! I stepped on hopping for the worst but was pleasantly surprised. I am so happy that the weight I lost is staying off, especially that women at this stage of pregnancy aren't expected to gain much. I'm up to 224, but that is perfect for me. :)

I didn't have a "perfect" week at ALL. I need to keep reminding myself what is or isn't healthy, but when I do eat things I try to avoid, I don't go crazy style on them! At a party I have a teensy scoop of ice cream instead of full servings. I'm just so tickled to have changed so much...for the better. :) I am still constantly getting compliments and feel wonderful.

I tell anyone that wants to listen how wonderful hCG is!

hCG is officially running through my veins.....

2010-05-15T16:48:00.000-07:00

BUT IT'S NOT THE KIND OF hCG YOU WERE THINKING OF!

I'm pregnant!

(took two tests AND missed my period. it's for sure!)

And I'm excited because I was GOING to have #4, but AFTER I lost 50 more lbs!

I'm bummed and excited all at the same time.

I'm on the hCG weight ~~loss~~ GAIN plan....and the loss will have to wait 2.5 years until I am done nursing.

Darnit.

At least 223 is a way healthier state to have a baby in than 274.

I'm tot real excited about the thought of gaining, but at least I have some knew tools in my belt to help me have a healthy pregnancy.

Just THINKING about the gain makes the scale go up and down!

I just need to determine what healthy pregnancy gain is and be reasonable.

Wish me luck!!!

Come the beginning of Jan. you'll get to see the results!!!

I wrote this on a message board to a woman w/ concerns about homeopathic hcg.

2010-05-11T18:06:00.000-07:00

Dear Skeptical about hCG,

This is just a little testimonial for you.

I researched RXhCG VS. hhCG a lot an chose homeopathic. It has worked wonderfully for me. I tell everyone I can about it and have let many to follow this protocol. Injecting was never attractive to me. Plus, I learned that there are less side effects of homeopathic.

I finished 2 complete rounds and have lost and kept off 52 pounds. I am now 222
and have kept it off very well.

As far as my hhCG experience and maintaining, I am very careful about starch. I only eat a serving or 2 a day and am fine with weight. I have not eaten gluten at all this time on phase three. If I eat too much of the other starchs I gain, so I just keep starch in check. I eat little to no sugar since when I do I FEEL LIKE JUNK. Other than very little starch and sugar, I eat lots of vegis, healthy butter/oils a little fruit and some meat and dairy. I'm eating a BUNCH of calories and have no problems maintaining, except when I eat sugar or too much starch. I always ate whole foods before, but have really, really cut down and made a lifestyle change and feel sooo much better. It feels sooo good not to have the crazy cravings I had before hhCG. I've really changed my life style a lot. I was a MAJOR carb addict before but have since learned that THAT what why
I was so fat.

In a nut shell, I have followed the protocol, stopped gluten, eaten less starch and sugar and have kept the weight off for 8 weeks. So far so good. :)

Good luck w/ your concerns. I felt similarly at first, but have since proved myself wrong. :)

Julie Morris.

Round 2 Phase 4 Day 5 (random thoughts)

2010-04-13T12:39:00.000-07:00

I officially ended Phase 3 on Friday and started adding starches and sugar and I am still maintaining!
Yesterday when walking I was so happy to feel so much more energy from a tiny bit of added starch. After about 45 minutes walking I had a sudden urge to sprint. And I did! It felt wonderful! I kind of shocked myself.

I have only 5 more weeks till I can start hCG again!
May 14th I'll begin round 3!

Hooray!

Last round, I was more reckless and went a bit hog wildon the starches and sugars when I was let out of the comforts of the hcg "pin."

This time I am being way more careful!!!

Because I have been suspecting that GLUTEN causes me to gain weight, I'm not eating ANY gluten for 2 weeks to see how I do.
Do you know how much junk you can not eat if you are not eating gluten???

At a party last night that was pot luck, there was not a single dessert I could enjoy.

And I was glad.
It's sort of masequistic, but I have wished before that I had a real gluten allergy.
But for now, I'm just going to see how my body does with out it!

I wanted to cry when I woke up to fresh baked coconut almond muffins on Sunday that I had pledged not to eat.
Luckily I was strong and withstood.

After that morning, my husband even promised me he wouldn't grind any more flour for baked goods for that time period for which I am thankful!

On Friday, Saturday and Sunday I only added ONE serving of starch at lunch time.

Then yesterday (Monday) I added another serving of starch

AND

One serving of organic dark chocolate.

WOW!

It was delicious, but to my dismay, within 30 minutes I developed a headache and pain right behind my eyes!

How's that for cause and effect!?!?!?

Chocolate and I have a love hate relationship!

I don't think that chocolate will effect the scale, but i MUST remember what it does to my poor little brain!

I felt yuck for several hours, which I DID NOT LIKE....despite the yumminess off that chocolate (and I usually don't even like dark chocolate!)

So today, I'm going to avoid sugar because I don't want another headache....but I can't tell you what I'll do tomorrow!

I suppose I should just stick w/ the chocolate bark made with stevia.

2010-04-08T23:52:00.000-07:00

still here

still happy

still maintaining

still loving p3 food.

still 222. (actually 221.6 today but i love that 222 number. :)

still waiting with anticipation for the time when I can start another round of hCG!

STILL delighted when i see a picture of myself and i'm a bit taken aback that it's actually me looking so good!

Round 2 Phase 3 Day 15

2010-04-02T12:24:00.000-07:00

15 days into phase 3 and i've only had to do one steak day!

That's impressive!
Last round my weight was all over the place!
I've been eating only 2 or 3 ounces of dairy. 

222

must be my golden weight or something!!
(and it's a cool number) 

I'm still a sugar addict, but happy to report that I only messed up that ONE time. 

I still need to take care of the candida so it doesn't affect me when I start on phase 4, but for now, I'm doing great. I'm just not allowing for any licks so everything is a-o.k.! Since I do long for something sweet, I've started making coconut bark. YUM! It takes less than 10 minutes start to finish. 

don't they look delicious!?!?!?

Coconut Chocolate Bark: (my tweaked recipe) 

3 tablespoons coconut oil

1 tablespoon salted butter

1 tablespoon cocoa

10 to 20 drops stevia (start small and add to taste.)

1/4 tsp. almond extract (or vanilla or mint or....)

1/4 c. unsweetened shredded coconut

1/4 c. chopped pecans

melt oils, stir in cocoa, stevia and extract.

pour into baking cups

sprinkle nuts and coconut into each cup.

place in freezer until hardened 

ENJOY!!!

note: these are made w/ PURE stevia, not sugar so don't expect a miracle, 

but boy do they satisfy me when i want a treat....

and what a treat they are!!!!!!

(for those of you on phase 3 not eating starch or sugar.)

Sinking....

2010-03-27T08:20:00.000-07:00

Are you an addict??? 

Well I am. 

And you know what they say: once an addict.... 

Even after going without sugar for 47 days I went crazy style on some cupcakes.

 I'm pretty sure I've got candida! I did this simple candida yeast test I copied from a great resource,the hcg homeopathic weight loss method yahoo group in the files section.:

Here is a home Candida yeast test, one you can do in the morning. We do not know the source of this home Candida test but it's been around a long time and is thought to be quite reliable in the evaluation of Candida symptoms:
Up to 85% of Americans May Have Candida - DO YOU?
Try this Fast and FREE Candida Saliva Test!
When you awake in the morning, before you put anything into your mouth, work up some saliva and spit it into a clear glass of water. Within 1-30 minutes, look in the glass.

If there are strings coming down from your saliva, or if the water turned cloudy, or if your saliva sank to the bottom, YOU MAY HAVE A CANDIDA CONCERN!

Healthy saliva will simply float on the top!
(You may want to put out a glass of water in the bathroom or on the nightstand the night before you wish to do the home Candida Saliva test, just to remind yourself not to brush your teeth prior to spitting into the glass.)
Why does this work?
Candida overgrowth begins in the intestines. Over time, as the fungal yeast multiplies it begins to travel, moving up the digestive tract into the stomach (bloating, indigestion), up the esophagus and into the mouth. If it becomes strongly entrenched there you can see a white film on your tongue and inside your cheeks. Once it has moved up to the mouth and you spit into a glass of water the yeast will sink because it is heavier than water. If there is no yeast it will float on top.

I took this same candida yeast test last November before beginnng hCG and my spit was crazy sinking. This time it is way better, but clearly clouding the water and making it's swirly action down through the cup.

O.k. so now i've got to figure out: now what???

now, if you'll excuse me while i remove that cup from the counter before my children get thirsty!!! :)

when you play with fire:

2010-03-26T22:49:00.000-07:00

this is my hcg journey.

here i sit and write another entry that i wish i didn't need to be writing.

i don't like to publicly admit that i'm human,

but i share this dreadful tale because then it becomes a learning experience.

also, someone, somewhere can learn from my mistakes.

and it's for me.

now don't think i've gone off the deep end or something like that.

i just made a SLIGHT (term used loosely) dietary error.

when i'm on hcg i'm strong. (except when i think i'm pregnant)

without the hCG love running through my veins i've proved to be downright naughty!

on tuesday i realized again, that i need to be a little more cautious.

let me explain.

it sounds harmless, really. 

i was baking a cake.

my firstborn was turning 6 and i took it upon myself to make cupcakes for his little party.

i didn't think second thoughts about making the cake. 

i just got out the ingredients and began adding them to the kitchen aid.

as i added butter, fresh ground flour, cocoa, sugar, eggs, vanilla, the batter began to take beautiful form.

and it smelled good too.

then, the thought went through my head,

"oh, one lick won't hurt"

i was my own peer pressure.

in no time, i had convinced myself that one lick wouldn't make any difference.

from that one tiny decision....

i ate a LARGE hand full of batter

i was so irrational that i didn't even use a spoon, i just scooped it right up with the cup of my hand.

after that, the battle in my brain continued.

"no more! " i'd demand.

"oh why not, you've already messed up this much, why not enjoy yourself" i'd retort.

unfortunately the bad guys won the battle and i ended up eating 3.5 additional baked cupcakes topped with the most delectable butter-cream frosting i've ever laid my lips on. oh. my.

they tasted amazing, but.................................

after i snapped out of my sugar induced coma, all i could think about was what the scale would say the next morning.

then, to my surprise,i was the exact same weight i was the day before. 

i was relieved, but as my day progressed, 

i physically began to pay the consequence for my choice.

i turned into the same sugar monster i remembered from days gone by. 

believe me, she's not pretty.

by golly, she is down right witchy! 

the children cowered.

my body started aching.

i felt depressed.

i laid on the couch and wallowed and napped.

my brain turned to mush and i couldn't even think straight.

i haven't been so exhausted in longer than i care to remember.

and then as i thought, i did remember. 

i remembered that oh so familiar feeling. 

lethargy,

mood swings,

aches,

stiff joints.

that's the way i felt quite often when i was the mammoth 274 lbs that i was.

it sucks to feel like junk.

the next day, improved a  bit, but still suffered from some of the same symptoms. 

yuck.

not only that, but the scale finally accounted for my error.

i went from 222.6 to 223.9.

and i was glad. 

it was just the right jab in my side to remind me of what junk food does to my body.

i'm all about creating/hoping for natural consequences for my children....and for me too when i behave poorly. 

so, i did what any regretting phase 3er would do, i did a steak day.

all day, i drank and drank and drank and drank (water of course)

then, for dinner i ate those juicy ribeyes followed by an apple like have several times before. 

and then, i hoped for the best.

this morning when i woke and weighed, LUCKILY, i was back down to 221. 

not only that, 

 my energetic, mentally stable, mostly patient and sweet self had returned.

all i have left is the memory of how downright awful i felt.

thank goodness.

my goal:

to remember. 

my plan:

be smart: don't start.......

because one lick CAN hurt!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and in honor of my hatred towards sugar and it's unappreciated influence on my psyche.... i'm throwing the frozen cupcakes OUT!!! 

sugar is not my friend.

it is my healhy, happy bodies' enemy! 

thankfully,my body had been without any type of refined sugar or wheat for over 47 days and i wasn't so numb that i could see the harmful effects of those glistening white granules. 

  

p.s. while we're on a sugar note here, i just wanted to share this: i received an e-mail from mercola.com for this article while writing this post: 

Agave Nectar Health Food Hype

i found it very enlightening!

enjoying:

2010-03-24T22:44:00.000-07:00

stuff like this:

immensly!

i absolutlely adore phase 3 food!!!
now, if only i could convince myself to stay on phase 3 indefinately, i'd be set!
it's no surprise to me that sugar and starch are my nemesis!

since steak days were my best friend during the 1st round, i've decided to do things a bit differently so i could actually be STABLE! and so far, it's working.
after an arm wrestle with myself i decided to not eat dairy this phase.
no homemade buttermilk ranch,
no cheesy broccoli,
no mozzerella cauliflower pizza.
no.......
(and this list goes on and on)

i'm not going to lie, i miss it, a lot!

i've had only very small nibbles of it and...

so far, so good!
today's weight: 222.6.
yesterday's: 222.8
the day before's 222.8

repeat.

my body must be agreeing with my decision.
(unfortunately for my taste buds whom happen to LOVE cheese)

note to blog:

2010-03-21T23:27:00.000-07:00

My Dear hhCG blog, 

It's been a long time, I know. Sorry I've been so distant, but once again the time has come to focus more time on other things. Like my 3 children and husband for example. :)  I love you and hCG, but man it's nice to be on an 8 week break from the intense part of the protocol. I will miss phase 2's simplicity, but am happy to have so many choices on my plate once again!  You've been wonderful for me, so don't think this is a goodbye. It's just a see you soon, but not too often. I'm sure I'll be back soon enough when those pesky little pounds come knocking on my door asking for a steak day. I'm sort of a fair weather blogger, but so be it. 

So far, phase 3 has been absolutely delightful. Words cannot describe how enjoyable my luscious salad was tonight. This picture isn't even all that attractive, but boy, was it delicious! All of the many, many vegetables, bits of bacon and avocado dressing had a party on my tongue. It was wonderful! I can't wait to see what fun I'll find on my tongue tomorrow! I think some cauliflower is calling my name. 

Sincerely, 

Julie (the 222 lb. skinni(er) girl.)

p.s. I just had to share what lovely stuff I found in the Trader Joe's Treasure Chest (a.k.a. dumpster.) Their organic heirloom tomatoes were delightful, even if i had to pick out a few yucky ones. :)

Round 2 Phase 2 Day 40 {bags are packed...almost done w/ this leg of the journey}

2010-03-16T15:42:00.000-07:00

Starting weight Nov. 6, 2009:

274.6

Starting Weight this round:

(after loading)

251.4

Today's weight

221.8

Total Loss: 52.8 lbs.

Today's Loss: .2 lbs.

Loss this round: 29.6 lbs. 

A piddly minus -.2????

I'll take it!!!! 

Any loss is better than the NOTHING that happened 5 days in a row after the charts said 224 Last Tuesday! 

Finally, On Sunday the scale said 223 then yesterday 222. 

Thank goodness! 

I'm definitely feeling trunky here. 

Losses have been wonderful, but lately it's slow. 

Maybe it is the 100g. ground beef I ate 3x since Saturday!  

Otherwise I've been very good. 

Well, except for the poor sleep habits which I've yet to conquer! 

Oh yeah. Then there was that tiny sample of corned beef I sampled at Trader Joe's. 

Beef is allowed, right?

Wrong! (When sugar is one of the ingredients!) 

Luckily, as I dream about cheese and homemade ranch dressing and avocados, 

I'm not hungry AT ALL!!!!
No real cravings even.  

I have to remind myself to eat. 

That's weird to me. 

It's 3:30 and all I've had is tomatoes and water. 

And I'm full! 

At this point I feel like I could stay on this for many weeks to come. 

Too bad!

Da rules is da rules. 

Some things I am looking forward to on p3: 
Butter, oil, butter, luscious salad, cauliflower, broccoli, watermelon, pears, nuts, and a nice rib eye once in a while! ;)

Feeling happy about: The fact that my regular size bath towel GOES ALL THE WAY AROUND MY REAR!  Been a long time since it could do that!!! Hooray!

Round 2 Phase 2 Day 35 {lady in waiting}

2010-03-11T11:23:00.000-08:00

Starting weight Nov. 6, 2009:

274.6

Starting Weight this round:

(after loading)

251.4

Today's weight

224

Total Loss: 50.6 lbs.

Today's Loss: 0 lbs.

Loss this round: 26.8 lbs. 

NOTHING happening around here since the big 5-0. 

Starting to get a bit impatient.

Thought the scale would move for me today.

My time is ticking away here.

ONLY 9 DAYS OF LOOSING LEFT!!!

Oh well. There's always tomorrow. 

Hopefully! 

my un-edited swimsuit edition...

2010-03-09T16:03:00.000-08:00

This is me with a bit more skin showing. I didn't have the gall to post these earlier because I've still got a ways to go before I feel confident about the way my legs look, but I still need to remember to be happy about how the REST of my body is looking. I resisted the urge to use the smudge tool to smooth out my dimply legs. Even without that I look and feel sooo much better.

I was looking in the mirror and notice my back in a side mirror.I lost my hump back. My double chin is only a 1 1/4 chin instead. Since I'm standing in the same spot, I like how I can see how much LESS of the door my bottom is covering up....even if it's still rather large. So today, I'm going to {try hard to} celebrate what I have accomplished, not what still needs to be improved!

It is a good day.

Minus 50 lbs!

2010-03-09T10:42:00.000-08:00

Starting weight Nov. 6, 2009:

274.6

Starting Weight this round:

(after loading)

251.4

Today's weight

224.4

Total Loss: 50.2 lbs.

Today's Loss: 2 lbs.

Loss this round: 26.4 lbs. 

Hooray! I'm part of the 50lbs lost club! And I don't think one even exists! 

No matter, I'm still so happy. I love to look in the mirror and see such a drastic change! 

Reactions: TOM is hardly here at all. Going back on drops.  I've also swithed to PHP brand hcg sold by Homeopathic Weightloss Meathod. From what I hear they work the same. They also only cost $27/ 20oz. bottle.

Looking forward to: more of this loosing stuff!  

Out of bed: 7:40

Exercise: none 

HCG: 8:00 15 drops 
Breakfast: MY STORED FAT... 

Snack:1:35  orange yumminess- {i shared it with my mom not on hCG and she even LOVED it.}

Lunch:  3:30 around 80g. cooked shrimp and 4 romas with the usual seasoning

HCG: 2:00 hCG 25 drops

Dinner:6:45 1 organic cucumber to to while driving. 

HCG: 8:40  20 drops

Snack:9:30 small organic fuji and 150g. chicken.

Bedtime:12:30

Water: didn't measure today...less than a gallon:not good! 

Cheating: extra chicken that i was cooking up way tooo late at night. i ran out of my pre cooked frozen pacs. and had to be gone till late tonight so i was overly hungry.

2010-03-08T12:10:00.000-08:00

Starting weight Nov. 6, 2009:

274.6

Starting Weight this round:

(after loading)

251.4

Today's weight

226.4

Total Loss: 47.2 lbs.

Today's gain: .4 lbs.

Loss this round: 24 lbs. 

Reations: UGG! NEED TO IMPROVE MY SLEEP HABITS!

Looking forward to: eating butter once again. i miss my good friend FAT. :)

Out of bed: 6:20 

Exercise:40 min. slow walk 

HCG: 8:00 15 drops
Breakfast: MY STORED FAT... 

Lunch: 12:00 cucumber/fish/grapefruit

 HCG: 2:0030 drops 

HCG:5:00 15 drops

Dinner:6:45 

100g. organic chicken and 1 large tomato , chopped, pan cooked 

Snack:10 p.m. small organic pink lady apple

Bedtime:11:15 

Water:Gallon

Other: chocolate smooth move....I'm REALLY starting to enjoy the stuff! didn't think i'd ever say that.  

Cheating:none. 

Round 2 phase 2 Day 31 {fast sunday}

2010-03-07T14:01:00.000-08:00

Starting weight Nov. 6, 2009:

274.6

Starting Weight this round:

(after loading)

251.4

Today's weight

226

Today was Fast Sunday.  I didn't follow the protocol very well. I was part of a fast from food and drink for 24 hours.During that time I was fasting with many of my faith like we do the 1st Sunday of of each month I didn't eat or drink anything until 5:00. I chose not to fast last month because of hCG but convinced myself that making the sacrifice of unlost pounds would be of greater benefit. It was easy to not partake of food, thanks to hCG, but I was so thirsty! I ended up eating all 500 calories and only 1/2 gals of water. Last round I had a gain the next day, but for some reason, I still didn't get the whole gallon in. I knew fasting would mess me up, but decided it was worth the cost.  I crammed all the food in and boy was I full!

Out of bed:9:30

Exercise:none  

HCG: 8:00 15 drops
Breakfast: MY STORED FAT... 

 
HCG: 11:00 15 drops

Snack:1:35  

 HCG: 2:00 15 drops 

Lunch:  

HCG:5:00

Dinner:6:00 100g. buffalo and 1 1 onion cooked in the same pan. salt/cajun season 6:30  grapefruit

Snack:8:00 100 g. of Perch w/ skin on {that was WAY too good for my good.}I think the skin was too fatty and therefore was scrumptious. I saved the extra grams for my husband to eat but I ended up scarfing it down before he had a chance.... oh, and tomatoes.

9:30 small pink lady organic apple. 

Bedtime:10:30

Water:Gallon

Other: chocolate Smooth moove. 

Cheating:the extra fish. but NOT the cream cheese spice cake we made for my mum's birthday party at my house....OR the delicious chili and potatoes OR the homemade ranch and chef salad. I just smelled those things a bit too long. :) 

Round 2 Phase 2 Day 30 {still loosing}

2010-03-06T09:34:00.000-08:00

Starting weight Nov. 6, 2009:

274.6

Starting Weight this round:

(after loading)

251.4

Today's weight

226.4

Total Loss: 48.2 lbs.

Today's Loss: 1 lbs.

Loss this round: 25 lbs. 

Reactions: TOM is hardly here at all. Going back on drops. i am being dang strong. i haven't been craving anything lately and hardly even think about food as of late. hence the not eating till way late in the day. i remember having this same problem at the end of last phase 2.  
Looking forward to: new clothes. mine are getting too big...but i don't want to buy much till i'm done!  
Out of bed: 7:40
Exercise: shopping for several hrs.  
HCG: 8:00 15 drops 
Breakfast: MY STORED FAT... 
 
Snack:1:35  grapefruit
 HCG: 2:00 30 drops  
Lunch:  4:30 100g. cajun sole.
HCG:5:00 15
Dinner:5:45 100g.chicken and 4 roma tomatos
Snack:7:30 1 organic cucumber sliced thin-yum!
Bedtime:10:30
Water:Gallon
For the forgetful:  
This IS THE ONLY WAY to remember to get all my water in. To measure it all out ahead of time so don't have to keep track. 
Other: chocolate smooth move. 
Cheating:none.even at a bridal shower. 

trying to correct misinformation. ;)

2010-03-06T00:29:00.000-08:00

I watched this:  

HCG: Weight Loss miracle or recipe for disaster? [On local news]

and then the follow up article.
State medical exmainers lift ban on HCG for weight loss!

Then wrote this comment:
March 6, 2010 12:23am PST

I'm a huge advocate of hCG .I'm on homeopathic hCG right now. It WORKS! I have hope to loose weight for the first time. Already down 50 lbs and can't wait for 50 more! "Pounds and Inches" by Dr Simmeons and hCG have been an absolute miracle. If you research, you'll learn that it is amazing + you feel great. Whatever you do, don't take a news reporters word for it. The diet was NOT explained properly here, especially from a Weight Watchers lady. THAT program is a starvation diet. Of course she is against it. It is putting her company out of business! I did Weight Watchers and lost 6 pounds in 5 weeks. On my first round of hCG... 30 lbs in 6 weeks. You do the math! When on hCG you only consume 500 calories, but are actually using the stored calories from your body to THRIVE since hCG sends a constant supply of stored fat into your blood. If you want me to share more, e-mail me morjulie at gmail dot com. I don't sell the stuff, just want to share w/ anyone who needs it. Cheers. Julie

p.s. Oh, and to all of you anti's who are putting it down, do some research before you act like you know what's going on. Read "Pounds and Inches." Great place to start if you are mislead.

And therefore got to bed WAY TOO LATE!!!  ugg. 

I think I am becoming very passionate about this stuff.

Can you tell?

I would just LOVE to see a study comparing and contrasting weight lost and loss maintained between hCG and Weight Watchers...even though I already KNOW what the results would say. 

I would LOVE to hear your opinion on this article.

POST ADDITION.

I was reading comments over at the artcicle and saw this guy, Bradley's comment:

BRADLEY L.

March 6, 2010 6:28am PST

I am currently injecting the HCG that is in question. my doctor explained the effects and symptoms of this weight loss medicine. the first week was rough but my body has adjusted to it well. i am losing weight about a pound a day with only a 500 calorie a day diet. that is the hard part, not eating. i was never told this HCG was banned, if i had been better advised i may not have done it.

then wrote a response:
JULIE

March 8, 2010 8:06am PST

Mark as Offensive

Bradley, I heard that the State of Nevada wasn't "approving" RX hCG when I started last November so I felt very secure in using the homeopathic hCG. Plus on homeopathic hCG, you don't have to inject. Now that I've learned, I would do the RX, even if it was "banned."

Have you read Pounds and Inches by Dr. Simeons?
It explains this all very well.

HCG is so effective it will put the whole diet industry in shambles. In my opinion, that is why the FDA will not approve it. There is WAY too much money involved in the diet industry, which can't be made w/ hCG because it is a hormone and can not be patented. I would not stop this just because the Government is not for it. Research it. HCG is a good thing. I always remind myself to think critically when the news tries to scare us into thinking a certain way.... Good luck on your journey.

Julie

Round 2 Phase 2 Day 29 {lost boy}

2010-03-05T12:31:00.000-08:00

Starting weight Nov. 6, 2009:

274.6

Starting Weight this round:

(after loading)

251.4

Today's weight

227.4

Total Loss: 47.2 lbs.

Today's Loss: 1.6 lbs.

Loss this round: 24 lbs. 

Reactions:
I forgot to not use hCG on my tom heavy day. Oops.

I lost a boy! That's right. Today is the day that marks the loss of as much weight as my 47 pound 6 year old boy. I lifted him today. He's heavy! I'm just so glad that I don't have to carry that much more around any longer!!! Did I ever mention that I love hCG???

Looking forward to: Buying new clothes. Almost all of my pants are falling off. Even the ones in my skinny pile fit too baggy to look good. Just wish I could get some "loaner" clothes in this size, cause I sure won't be using them for long!!!! Was a 24 now I can fit into a snug 20. :) 
Out of bed: 7:40
Exercise:just turning many of the pages of a great book: "The Help." :) 
HCG: 8:00 none-tom
Breakfast: MY STORED FAT... 
 
HCG: 11:00 none-tom
 
Snack:1:35  orange yumminess
 HCG: 2:00 none-tom 
Lunch:  3:30 110g. Perch {which was a nice change} and 2c. cooked spinach. w/ Aminos and cajun seasoning
HCG:5:00 none-tom
Dinner:6:45 100g. organic chicken and 1 large tomato , chopped, pan cooked with Cumin, Tumeric, TJ's everyday seasoning and Chili powder.
Snack:7:30 organic fuji
Bedtime:1 a.m. 
Water:Gallon
Other: no smooth move - need to buy more. 
Cheating:none. even though i as at a party i was a perfect good girl. that's quite a feat for me since get togethers are my weakness! If ONLY I could convince myself to do than when I'm not on hCG I'd be WAY better off. At home I'm very health conscious and eat only whole, real food, but out and about I usually have no clue what is in their food. Well, sometimes I do know, but choose to ignore it. I need to change my old {bogus} philosophy that I can eat whatever I want when eating out or at a party before I get to phase 4 so I don't repeat what I did last time!!!

Round 2 Phase 2 Day 28 {welcome, tom}

2010-03-04T16:26:00.000-08:00

Starting weight Nov. 6, 2009:

274.6

Starting Weight this round:

(after loading)

251.4

Today's weight

229

Total Loss: 45.6 lbs.

Today's Gain: 1 lbs.

{TOM did it, cause i was being very good..}

Loss this round: 22.4 lbs. 

Dear T.O.M.,

I'm pleased that you have arrived last night even earlier than I expected!. Never thought I'd say that cause I usually don't feel happy to have you come around, but today, I'm glad. You have put all of my wondering to an end. And because of that, I'll even forgive you that Pound you brought with you. Just this once though.

               
Sincerely,        Julie                                               

In other news:

I was thinking about how things were going on 60 drops a day. I've come to the conclusion that..... 

I HAVE NO CLUE! 

I do know one thing though. It's not  hurting me. ;) 

Looking forward to: 50lbs lost. Hopefully w/ in a week.

Out of bed: 7:40

Exercise:just turning many of the pages of a great book: "The Help." :) 

HCG: 8:00 15 drops
Breakfast: MY STORED FAT... 

 
HCG: 11:00 15 drops

Snack:1:35  grapefruit 

 HCG: 2:00 15 drops 

Lunch:  3:30 100g. Sole and 4 small Roma Tomatos. 

HCG:5:00

Dinner:6:45 100g. organic chicken and 1 organic cucumber. salt/cajun season  

Snack:1 organic fuji

Bedtime:10:30

Water:Gallon

Other: Smooth moove. 

Cheating:zippo, zero, zilcho, nada, none, n/a 

Round 2 Phase 2 Day 11 {a complicated equation}

2010-03-03T15:35:00.000-08:00

Starting weight Nov. 6, 2009:

274.6

Starting Weight this round:

(after loading)

251.4

Today's weight

228

Total Loss: 46.6 lbs.

Today's Loss: 2.6 lbs.

Loss this round: 23.4 lbs. 

I'm back. 

But I wish I could erase some of my actions.

Frankly, I don't even want to write about the past couple of days at all, but that would kind of defeat the purpose of this journal to begin with. Wouldn't it. 

It all started over 2 weeks ago.

Here is the equation: 

Ovulation

+

A broken contraceptive

+

Leakage from a place that only leaks when I am lactating .

+

Unusual Hunger 

=

Convincing my self that I probably was.

BUT.... 

Thankfully, for the sake of weightloss, I am not.

And I am relived. 

We have more kids in the plan, but not yet. 

I have NOT enjoyed the wondering game that made my commitment to this hCG thing wishy washy. 

And I didn't even want to write until I knew what was going on...or in this case, what wasn't going on in my body. 

I thought I'd need to go off of the homeopathic hCG I use to take the test, but learned from my hCG buddy, Michelle, that the drops won't indicate you are with child on a test. It was also nice to have  her remind me that the baby would in no way would be harmed while I was on hCG or VLCD. 

Since I found out I'm good to go, I've been a good little girl once again...which is WAY more effective when it comes to this protocol! 

I'm hoping to go back and write the days I missed, but don't hold your breath. 

I'll just say one thing. 

I've been reminded that following this thing to the letter is SO much more effective than what I was doing. 

Phew.

I'm so happy that can tune back in to the previously scheduled program! 
  
Only loosing 2.6 since Friday wasn't good, but hey, it could have been way worse!  

Looking forward to: 
Only 3.4 lbs and I hit the 50 lbs. lost mark!!!! 
Out of bed: 7:40
Exercise: 1 hour early morn walk and some nice conversation 
HCG: 8:00 15 drops
Breakfast: MY STORED FAT... 1 lemon in warm water.
 
HCG: 11:00 15 drops
 
Snack:1:35  1 orange, 1c. ice, 1/2 c. water, a few drops of vanilla. The vanilla makes it extra yummy.
 HCG: 2:00 15 drops 
Lunch:  1:30 100g. buffalo, a bed of beautiful lettuce from my little garden and acv garlic dressing. it looked beautiful on the platter i got for only a buck at a garage sale last week...and it was yummy too.  

HCG:5:00
Dinner:6:45 100g. Sole seasoned w/ creole and Franks cayenne hot sauce and a bunch of Asparagus.
Snack: 8:00 grapefruit
Bedtime:11:00
Water:Gallon! 
Other: Smooth Move. 
Cheating: NONE! Glad to be on the right track once again.

Round 2 Phase 2 Day 22 {the excitment continutes! }

2010-02-26T08:33:00.000-08:00

Starting weight Nov. 6, 2009:

274.6

Starting Weight this round:

(after loading)

251.4

Today's weight

230.6 

Total Loss: 44 lbs.

Today's Loss: 1.2 lbs.

Loss this round: 20.8 lbs. 

Reactions: Woohoo!!!! Down 1.2 again!

Round 2 Phase 2 Day 21 {Half way through phase 2}

2010-02-25T11:02:00.000-08:00

Starting weight Nov. 6, 2009:

274.6

Starting Weight this round:

(after loading)

251.4

Today's weight

231.8 

Total Loss: 42.8 lbs.

Today's Loss: 1.2 lbs.

Loss this round: 19.6 lbs. 

Reactions: F9:00 a.m. feeling great!

I think that today I am going to start taking 60 drops instead of 45. I read about an increased dosage on the My HCG Plus site and have decided that it's worth a try. :) 

I'm going to start today. I've never had problems w/ hunger, but If it makes me loose more, I'm all for it!!! I am already taking 45 drops/ day (i'm not even sure why i'm taking so many already) 15 more won't hurt. 

{This is my post on their facebook page:}

                  Julie:I bought my hCG from another place and just realized that you guys recommend a double dose. I'm on day 14 of 42 and was wondering if I could start that right now or have to wait until my next round. Is there anyone out there who did 10 drops 3x per day then switched to 10 drops 6x per day wit a greater result??? I woul...d love a testimonial before spending 2x the cash. Thanks a bunch. ;) Veronica: yes! I started low then upped my doseage and as soon as I did- I felt NO hunger anymore and my numbers on the scale were much better too! I say up it!
Amy:
you can always try it for a few days or a week and see how it goes!
Michelle: 
Julie, many people see better results not only in reducing hunger but in weight loss, with higher doses. 
Another thing, you don't necessarily have to pay twice as much. I don't know where you are purchasing now but, MyHCGPlus sells 4 ounces of drops for approx the price that many companies sell 2 ounces for (!49).

Julie (me) 
I guess it doesn't hurt to try for a few days. I already don't have problems at all with hunger but sure wouldn't mind loosing more. 


Michelle, the hCG I get is very close to that price so it's mainly still paying 2x as much. :)


I will give it a try after I'm done with my ovulation stall going on so I can test properly. Thanks for your thoughts. :)
MyHCGPlus
Hi Julie, just throwing in my two cents here...when I learned that the correct dose was 60 drops per day, I increased that very day and lost a pound a day for almost a week AND I was on TOM at the time. That convinced me beyond anything! I'm not saying this will happen for everyone who switches to the correct dosage, but those who don't increase to 60/day will never know how much more weight they could have lost. Please do keep us posted! :) ~Janet
 

Just out of curiosity, do any of you that use drops use 60 drops as your daily dose?????   

9: 30 p.m.  I remember saying I wasn't going to cheat. I THINK I was talking about not cheating by eating non-protocol foods. I am full of justifications. If you ever want to convince yourself to do something and feel good about it at the time, I'm your girl. Take tonight for example. Tonight I had a spread of yummy food sitting in front of me at book club: lemon cookies, bread and spinach dip, mini pigs in a blanket, stuffed mushrooms, etc...AND there were strawberries. Not harmless little strawberries, they were coated with chocolate and drizzled with white chocolate. Yum. It all smelled great, looked great, but I was being good. Remember. I was being good until the very end of the evening, I caved. No, I didn't grab a plate full of goods, I grabbed a very large strawberry, cracked the chocolate shell, threw it away inconspicuously and proceeded to really enjoy that strawberry. Strawberries are on the protocol, right??? WRONG. The protocol allows 2 fruits a day. My apple, my grapefruit and those 3 yummy chololate kissed strawberries means I ate 3 fruit servings [and a nominal amount of chocolate that I tasted hints of as It clung to it's mother.} What am I to do with myself? Must I spell every rule out E X P L I C I T L Y on my hand when ever I am in front of food so I don't cave??? Maybe a t-shirt would be helpful that reads: My 500 calorie limit has been reached. I am not eating anything else tonight. 
 
Boy, those strawberries were delish.  

Looking forward to: loading next time i begin hCG. that would be really nice to be doing right now.

Out of bed: 7:30

Exercise:none 

HCG: 8:30 15 drops
Breakfast: MY STORED FAT... warm lemon water.

 
HCG: 12:40 15 drops

Lunch:1:45  100g. chicken, 250g. tomato, cajun seasoning, salt. 

 Snack: 1:13  grapefruit. which tasted AMAZING. and i didn't use to be a grapfruit girl. i am now!!!!

HCG:7:30

Dinner:6:45 100g. buffalo, 1 small onion. yummy. my new favorite!!! 

Snack:8:45 3 rogue strawberries tainted w/ teensy morsels of chocolate!

Bedtime:10:30 11:00 got sucked into facebook...again. nighty night!

Water:Gallon! 

Other: Smooth moove. 

Cheating: see above "snack"

Round 2 Phase 2 Day 20 {is that really me!?}

2010-02-25T10:06:00.000-08:00

Starting weight Nov. 6, 2009:

274.6

Starting Weight this round:

(after loading)

251.4

Today's weight

233

Total Loss: 41.8 lbs.

Today's Loss: .8 lbs.

Loss this round: 18.4 lbs. 

Reactions: No problems at all. It feels good when I am resolute and strong!!! I was especially pleased when I saw the random picture that my husband took. No make up or anything, but wow, my face looks a lot thinner! When I look in the mirror, I am even caught off guard a bit because my body is looking a lot better....it's a wonderful thing!!! ;)

 

Looking forward to: Lentils. I made black lentils for my family tonight. I just love their peppery smell!!!
Out of bed: 9:20 (got 8 hours of sleep still! It was worth it to get enough sleep, even If I had to wake up to the messy house. (my husband was awake, but only half watching the kids since on the computer. :)

Exercise:none 

HCG: 9:00 15 drops
Breakfast: MY STORED FAT... 

 
HCG: 12:30 15 drops

Snacks:12:45 grapefruit that was amazingly delicious. 

Lunch:3:15 100 g. sole w. paprika fish season/salt 200g. YUMMY organic cucumber w/ salt. 

HCG:5:00 15 drops
Dinner:7:10 
100g. organic chicken 300g. tomatoes, cajun seaoning, 2oz. salty salsa 

Snack:7:45 Orange Yumminess. Oh my. What a treat these are. It's amazing considering it's so simple. All it takes to make my tummy VERY happy: a fast blender, an orange w/ the white flesh left on, 1c. ice, 1/2 c. water and 20 drops of stevia. I intentionally leave that white outer flesh on because I noticed that it makes the drink nice and frothy, which I love. So filling. I just need to remember to make guilt free treats like this when I'm not taking hCG. It's that yummy! 

Bedtime:10:00 p.m. 

Water:Gallon! 

Other: 9:00 smooth move. 

Cheating: 1/2 grapefruit....but still w/in 500 cal.

Round 2 Phase 2 Day 19 {plugging along}

2010-02-23T14:41:00.000-08:00

Starting weight Nov. 6, 2009:

274.6

Starting Weight this round:

(after loading)

251.4

Today's weight

233.8

Total Loss: 41 lbs.

Today's Loss: 0lbs.

Loss this round: 15.2 lbs. 

Reactions: I am actually glad I didn't loose ANY today. Serves me right for all of the small mishaps I had from yesterday. Even little cheats are not good on this diet! It's a harsh reality, but a reality that helps me stay on the straight and narrow {mostly.} For some reason I didn't even have a bowel movement today (which is VERY unusual when I am using Smooth Move tea at night.) No poo usually means no loss for me. Darn it. 

I don't like it when I'm not being a good girl, but at least I know that one iffy day isn't the end of loosing as I have known it. Now that I think of it, I am reminded of how much I love the confinement of the hCG Protocol. I feel safe and know that if I follow it, I will loose weight. I never felt that following other strict diets. So today and from no on...I'm going to stop nibbling! And if i mess up again, lets hope I get a negative result. Thank goodness for cause and effect when learning the lessons of life. 

Looking forward to:
Out of bed: 8:20

Exercise: 1 hr. brisk walk bright and early 

HCG: 9:00 15 drops
Breakfast: MY STORED FAT... 

 
HCG: 12:30 15 drops

Lunch:1:15 100g. shrimp 300g. roma tomatos, cajun seasoning 1.5 oz salty salsa and TJ's everyday seasoning.YUM!  

Snacks: 2:45 1/2 grapefruit

HCG:5:00 14 drops
Dinner:6:30 100 g. ground buffalo w/ cajun seasoning.
1 cucumber, sliced w/ salt. 

Bedtime:1 a.m. I know, what was I thinking!?!?

Water: 3/4 Gallon

Other: smooth move. 

Cheating:  

Round 2 Phase 2 Day 18 {hcg weakling}

2010-02-23T14:21:00.000-08:00

Starting weight Nov. 6, 2009:

274.6

Starting Weight this round:

(after loading)

251.4

Today's weight

233.8

Total Loss: 41 lbs.

Today's Loss: 1 lbs.

Loss this round: 15.2 lbs. 

Reactions: 1 more down! yeah! 

Looking back at today, I can't help but shake my head. I was mindlessly putting thinga into my mouth that didn't belong there all day long. First it was a nibble of a cucumber Wonton sample from Trader Joe's {which I spit out}. Then it was a crumb of my kid's sweet potato {which I spit out.} Next it was a lick of chocolate frosting {which I spit out, but am sure a smidgen of sugar went straight to my blood.}  To top it all off, I found 5 blackberries the kids left in the car then completley gobbled them up {so nothing was left to spit out.}I'm sure those are NOT on the protocol, especially at 9 at night. 

 I am not a complete failure, because if I was not using hCG and didn't have a strict protocol laid out before me, I would be cheating little bits here and there all of the time. This instance of compulsive tensy bites is going to stop today!

Being a weakling for 1 day is ENOUGH!!!!!! 

...and I'm still shaking my head at myself. 

No more nibbling allowed! 

On the bright side, I did NOT pull into In N Out Burger like I wanted to last night. I luckily had more self control than that at least. I can't say that if one was sitting in front of me, that I wouldn't have licked the cheese though! Oh boy. 

Here's what I ate that was allowed:

Looking forward to:
Out of bed: 6:20

Exercise: 1 hr. brisk walk bright and early 

HCG: 8:00 14 drops
Breakfast: MY STORED FAT... and the juice of most of a lemon in warm water. 

 
HCG: 11:40 14 drops

Lunch:12:15 100g. organic chicken 200g. raw cabbage. Orange citrus dressing. 

Snacks: 12:45 most of an orange.

HCG:5:00 14 drops
Dinner:6:30 100g. wild dover sole, asparagus. w/ fish seasoning/ salt/ braggs.

Bedtime:10:45. better. 

Water: Gallon

Other:smooth move  

Cheating: see confession above! 

Round 2 Phase 2 Day 17 {Hallelujah}

2010-02-21T11:10:00.000-08:00

Starting weight Nov. 6, 2009:
274.6
Starting Weight this round:
(after loading)
251.4
Today's weight
234.8
Total Loss:40.2 lbs.
Today's Loss: 2.2 lbs.
Loss this round: 16.6 lbs. 
 
Reactions:  Pay off time!!! 2.2 lb loss after what seemed like an eternity! Hallelujah!! 

That made it easier to resist the fresh baked bread I woke up to, homemade ranch and homemade spice cake my husband made. It's cruel, isn't it. He did the 1st round w/ me so I give him a little credit, but c'mon. Give me a break here buddy!!! 

Looking forward to: Being able to eat some of the food my husband bakes. 
Out of bed: 9:00

Exercise: none 

HCG: 10:30 15 drops
Breakfast: MY STORED FAT...
Snacks: 2:00 orange
HCG:4:30 15 drops
Lunch:12:45 100g. Chicken, 200g. asparagus
 
 
HCG:5:40 15 drops
Dinner:6:00 100g. ground buffalo, 1 small onion. bit of salt, braggs, WOW. I grilled the onion in the same pan as the buffalo and it was a huge treat. I probably should drain off the fat, but gave myself a treat considering having to put up with so much today! :) 
Snacks: 5:00 1 Organic Apple     
Bedtime:11:00.  
Water: Gallon
Other:smooth move  
Cheating: i stuck a teensy nibble of the cake in the trap...and then spit it out when i came to my senses. oh my. 

Round 2 Phase 2 Day 16 {hanging in there}

2010-02-20T22:24:00.000-08:00

Starting weight Nov. 6, 2009:

274.6

Starting Weight this round:

(after loading)

251.4

Today's weight

237

Total Loss:37.6 lbs.

Today's Loss: .4 lbs.

Loss this round: 14.4 lbs. 

 
Reactions:Still not below 237. At least that's only about 17 Stones. 17 sounds nicer than 237. Getting tired of this. Hoping this stall will be OVER soon. Ready to loose again. Being a good girl, but it's hard when not much is happening. This is where I was this past Wed. I'm hoping tomorrow to get out of this stall. 
I did a little "retail therapy" with my daughter Anna, when I wished I could be doing restaurant therapy and eating out. Retail therapy is spending $10 bucks at garage sales and $20 at Ross, so not much harm was done, but it kept me distracted.Anna is only 3, but it is nice to have her along instead of all 3 of my little ones at once. She's mostly a doll and is completely adorable. ;)
 I also spent time in our little garden. I put some seeds into the ground with hopes that some will grow. It's only my second year gardening in the desert and I already am feeling more confident. It is nice that the garden area is already in place and that all I need to do is amend the soil a bit and throw some seeds down. ;) 

Looking forward to: lotion. my skin is feeling dry from the gardening. 
Out of bed: 8:20

Exercise: walking around shopping for 2 hours if that counts. :) 

HCG: 10:30 14 drops
Breakfast: MY STORED FAT...

Snacks: 1:00 1/2 grapefruit.

HCG:4:30 14 drops

Lunch:4:30 100g. sole, 200g. tomato, hot sauce and 1oz El Sole Salsa. ( i let myself have it whenever I'm eating tomatoes for my meal already. the only off protocol ingredient is a weensy bit of jalapeno which is probably just fine. 

HCG:7:00 14 drops
Dinner:8:00 100g. chicken 200g. asparagus. bit of salt, and Trader Joe's  Everyday Seasoning (which i love) 

Snacks: 7:30 1 Organic Apple     

Bedtime:10:30. better. 

Water: Gallon

Other:smooth move  

Cheating: none. no licks at all, but i took a really, really long sniff of Anna's burrito. ;)

Round 2 Phase 2 Day 15 {too busy to care}

2010-02-19T21:42:00.000-08:00

Starting weight Nov. 6, 2009:

274.6

Starting Weight this round:

(after loading)

251.4

Today's weight

237.2

Today's loss: .6 lbs.

Reactions: Back down .6 which is better then up .6!~Busy day. Not to much emotional attention given to food today. That's good because when I stall, is when I pay more attention to all the food I'm missing. Loosing weight is such a motivator.  

Looking forward to: weighing below 237!!!!!!
Out of bed: 8:20

Exercise: 1 hr brisk walk 

HCG: 8:30 14 drops
Breakfast: MY STORED FAT... 11:00 1 lemon in 4 c. warm water w/ stevia. 

HCG:12:30 14 drops

Snacks: Organic Apple

Lunch:2:30 100g. organic chicken and 250g. fresh tomato 1oz salty el sol salsa. quick meal.

Snacks:5:00 Grapefruit

HCG:5:15 14 drops
Dinner: 7:00 Buffalo Kale Soup 

100g. buffalo, 100g. organic kale, braggs, 1/2 tbs dry onion, 21 and cajun seasoning, water. YUMMMMMY!!  

Bedtime:10:30

Water: 3 quarts. 

Other:smooth move  

Cheating: NONE!!!! 

Round 2 Phase 2 Day 14 {puffy cheaks}

2010-02-18T21:37:00.000-08:00

Starting weight Nov. 6, 2009:

274.6

Starting Weight this round:

(after loading)

251.4

Today's weight

237.8

Today's gain: .8 lbs.

Reactions: I was wondering when I would gain since I am ovulating...today was the day. I woke up very stiff and felt puffy. 

Tonight as I made pancakes and a spinach/cheese omelet for my family I was definitely longing for that food. If I didn't have to smell it for almost an hour while cooking it, I wouldn't feel like I'm missing out like I am. I still cook yummy food for them, while I just do what is right, even if sometimes it is NO fun! I could have totally eaten that omelet on p3...which is only 4 weeks away. ;)

Looking forward to: a spinach cheese omelet in 4 weeks. 
Out of bed: 8:20

Exercise: none. i should have gotten out today. the weather was beautiful...but i didn't. tomorrow.    

HCG: 8:30 14 drops
Breakfast: MY STORED FAT... 11:00 1 lemon in 4 c. warm water w/ stevia. 

HCG:12:30 14 drops

Lunch:1:30 100g. sole and 250g. fresh tomato, 1 clove garlic, cilantro, 1oz salty el sol salsa.

Snacks:  4:00 Orange Heaven!

HCG:5:15 14 drops
Dinner: 7:00 Chicken and Pink Mashed hcg Radishes!

100g. organic chicken seasoned w/ Cajun seasoning and 400g.radishes, salt and 21 Seasoning Salute. I got the suggestion from someone on facebook to make mashed radishes. Not quite like mashed potatoes, but still tasty...and different from the usual. I will definitely be making it again. 

Snacks: 9:20 I just realized when typing this up that I forgot to eat my apple...again. So now at 9p.m. away I chomp, wondering if late is better than never or never is better than late????     

Bedtime:10:

Water: 3 quarts. 

Other:smooth move  

Cheating: NONE!!!! 

Round 2 Phase 2 Day 13 {a loss}

2010-02-17T15:53:00.000-08:00

 Starting weight Nov. 6, 2009:

274.6

Starting Weight this round:

(after loading)

251.4

Today's weight

237

Total Loss:37.6 lbs.

Today's Loss: .6 lbs.

Loss this round: 14.4 lbs. 

 
Reactions: I was pleasantly surprised to see the scale go down today since I'm ovulating AND this time last round I gained 2 lbs! Hooray! 

Looking forward to: shopping in the regular sized clothing stores. my friend was talking about a store she liked. i'd love to shop there. as a big girl, i can't wear their clothing....but that won't be the case much longer!  
Out of bed: 6:20

Exercise: 45 min slow paced walk   

HCG: 8:30 14 drops
Breakfast: MY STORED FAT...

HCG:12:30 14 drops

Lunch:1:30 

100g.buffalo and a BUNCH of asparagus, bragg's, 1tbs dry onions, dry garlic, cajun seasoning. yummy and filling!!!

Snacks:  3:00 1/2 grapefruit.

HCG:5:15 14 drops
Dinner:6:30 Chicken Chili

 100g. Organic Chicken, 250g. roma tomatoes, chili powder, braggs, cumin, cajun seasoning, salt and fresh parsley.  

Snacks: 7:30 1 Organic Apple     

Bedtime:10:30. better. 

Water: Gallon

Other:smooth move  

Cheating: NONE!!!!

Round 2 Phase 2 Day 12 {no loss}

2010-02-16T16:30:00.000-08:00

Starting weight Nov. 6, 2009:

274.6

Starting Weight this round:

(after loading)

251.4

Today's weight

237.6

Total Loss:37 lbs.

Today's Numbers: 0 lbs.

Loss this round: 13.8 lbs. 

 
Reactions:  No loss???
Maybe it's because I'm ovulating. 
Maybe it was the pizza grease on my hands. 
Maybe It was going to bed too late. 
Maybe it was eating to late. 
Maybe I exerted myself too much during my walking. 
Maybe it's the moon!!
Maybe....it's all of the above!  
Either that, or it's just what happens around the 12/13 day mark on hCG like last time!!
{At least it's not a gain like I had this same time last round!} 
Wait, maybe the gain will happen tomorrow! ;)
Whatever!  
No loss: No biggie.

(10:00) I ate out for the first time while on hCG. My friends were going out and I didn't want to miss out, even while on hCG. I'm so glad I went, even though I stuck out. I was running late so I didn't have time to cook my buffalo and asparagus I planned to bring. Instead, I grabbed a bag of already cooked, frozen chicken, an apple and stuck the raw asparagus in a bag as I walked out the door in a rush.  Luckily, an hour went by until time to eat which was just enough time for the chicken to defrost in my pocket. To eat, I ordered an onion sauteed only in water and they were happy to oblige! I added my then defrosted chicken to the onions and had a lovely dinner while sipping on my water w/ a bunch o lemon slices. I enjoyed my food and was glad to go, even while on hCG. What a great thing it is to be satisfied when eating so little...and I wasn't even longing for that other stuff today! 
Looking forward to: more loosing, hopefully sooner than later! ;)
Out of bed: 9:00
Exercise: none. my body needed sleep far more!   
HCG: 9:30 14 drops
Breakfast: MY STORED FAT...
Snacks:  11:30 Orange Heaven!
HCG:12:30 14 drops
Lunch:1:30 Blackened Chicken and Tomatoes. 
100g. chicken and 1 large tomato. bragg's, cumin, 1tbs dry onions, 1oz salsa, {Cooked in a pan too much by accident...but it tasted WONDERFUL,} and topped w/ fresh cilantro. DELISH!!!

 
HCG:5:15 14 drops
Dinner: 7:30 100g. Chicken (for the 2nd time that day) and 150g. onions, sauteed in h20 at the Cheesecake Factory and 1 lemon in h20.
Snacks: 8:00 1 organic gala apple     
Bedtime:10:15...way better 
Water: 3/4 Gallon
Other:smooth move @ bedtime, 
Cheating: NONE!!!! 
 

Good hCG Explaination Doc!

2010-02-16T12:32:00.000-08:00

I just came across this explanation that Skinny Mini shared and wanted to post it here! From Trielle Hormone Balance Centers, some basic info about HCG:

Round 2 Phase 2 Day 11 {lost almost 2 lbs!}

2010-02-15T11:07:00.000-08:00

Starting weight Nov. 6, 2009:

274.6

Starting Weight this round:

(after loading)

251.4

Today's weight

237.6

Total Loss:37 lbs.

Today's Loss: 1.8 lbs.

Loss this round: 13.8 lbs. 

Reactions: (11 a.m.)Hooray! Payoff time! 1.8 down! Also, I was happy to have a decent amount of energy during my walk this morning. (10p.m.)Good hCG day. So good that I was hardly hungry and had to make a huge effort getting around to eating! As a result,I ate too late too. AND went to bed past my self imposed curfew. I've been slipping on the bedtime! I guess it doesn't help that I didn't get home from grocery shopping until 9 p.m. and still had to do F.H.E. It's pr Maybe you guys have tips for getting to bed earlier???

Looking forward to: watching the scale go down more and more! 
Out of bed: 6:15 

Exercise: 1 hr brisk walking 

HCG: 8:00 14 drops
Breakfast: MY STORED FAT...
HCG:3:30 14 drops

Lunch:3:30  100g. dover sole w/ hot sauce, 200g. cherry tomatoes, 1 oz fresh El Sol Salsa.  
 

Dinner: FAST FOOD FOR DINNER!!!!

6:30 100g. Plain Grilled Chicken in a bag grabbed from my freezer eaten in the car.

7:30 200g. Organic baby lettuce head crunchy dirt and all. 

PLAIN. 

There wasn't even salt available at the "Costo Cafe"! 

(chomped down atwhile my 3 yr old was eating pizza, w/ everything on it.) I might have gotten oil on my hands a bit tearing her pizza. I was envious and wanted to eat it but, I didn't. 

Snacks: 7:00 Pink Lady Apple       

Snacks: 8:45 Orange 

HCG:10:30 14 drops

Bedtime:11:00 oh my. I have issues with this!  

Water: Almost a Gallon, I think. My 18 mo. old, Dallin, dumped out the gallon I was measuring ALL over the kitchen floor and messed up my measurements....and gave me a reason to have to mop the kitchen floor!  

Other:smooth move @ bedtime 

Cheating: NONE!!!!

Round 2 Phase 2 Day 10

2010-02-14T21:02:00.000-08:00

Starting weight Nov. 6, 2009:

274.6

Starting Weight this round:

(after loading)

251.4

Today's weight

239.4

Total Loss:33.8 lbs.

Today's Loss: 1.2 lbs.

Loss this round: 11.8 lbs.

 The first Valentine's Day in my life where 
I ate NO sugar!  

Reactions: There were dozens and dozens of beautiful cupcakes glaring at me during the after church gathering, and I just stared back. 

It was very, very hard for me, but I felt good for not giving in to my cravings. The old adage came to mind, "nothing tastes as good as thin feels." This time, when that went through my head, instead of thinking, "well, right now, this will taste good so I will eat it anyway," I agreed. Thin DOES feel better than that cupcake would have tasted and I actually have the willpower not to give in thanks to this amazing protocol. I feel both physical and mental empowerment when I am on this plan. I don't even want to know what kind of downward spiral 1 dumb cupcake could put me into. 
I even saved a couple in my freezer for 8 weeks from now when I'm not on this super strict diet and my body could handle a small treat. Maybe I won't even feel like eating it by then, but probably not. Right now, I feel empowered....I just hope the scale rewards me tomorrow!  

Looking forward to: The soon to be freezer burned little cupcakes. :) 
Out of bed: 7:30
Exercise: It was the perfect Valentine's Day!  
HCG: 8:30 14 drops
Breakfast: MY STORED FAT...and  a lemon in water w/ stevia. YUMMY!  
HCG:3:30 14 drops
Lunch:3:30 Buffalo cabbage saute': 100g. buffalo steak, 400g. cabbage, bragg's. My favorite!

 
Snacks: 3:30 Orange Heaven!
HCG:5:15 14 drops
Dinner: 6:30 100g. Chicken and 300g. organic lettuce. w/ mustard/acv/water/braggs/garlic dressing. Still tweeking the dressing. 
Snacks: 7:00 1/2 grapefruit      
Bedtime:11:15, but it was worth it.
Water: 1 Gallon
Other:smooth move @ bedtime, Stash acai herbal tea 
Cheating: NONE!!!! 

Round 2 Phase 2 Day 9 {????}

2010-02-13T21:20:00.000-08:00

Starting weight Nov. 6, 2009:

274.6

Starting Weight this round:

(after loading)

251.4

Today's weight

240.8

Total Loss:33.8 lbs.

Today's Loss: 0.2 lbs.

Loss this round: 10.6 lbs. 

Reactions: I have no idea what to make of what the scale told me today! When I woke up at 7:15 I peed then weight and I was delighted to see 238.4. I even double checked to see if it was an error. Then, I went on a 45 minute walk, came back, pooed then weighed again. The scale told me 240.4 so I checked again and the same thing! !  I didn't drink or eat anything during the two hours between weighing. WEIRD! I don't know which to believe but I know which one I liked better. Hmmm!? I guess I'll see what happens tomorrow. 

Today I was busy and didn't get around to eating most of my food till after 7:00 p.m.! I may regret that tomorrow. 

Totally unrelated to my negligent eating habits today, I was thinking about what foods I buy organic and which I don't. I've been slowly, very slowly converting to eating organically over the past couple of years. I just wanted to share the guide I use to help me decide. I'm naturally a bit overly thrifty, so I mainly buy the clean 15 conventionally. Click here for the full list.
Another thing I have really try to buy that Organically is meat/chicken if not, I at least buy it from Trader Joes, whom I trust a bit more than Wal-Mart (for purely psychological reasons I'm sure.) For fish, I just make sure to get Wild Caught. My eggs on the other hand have not gone organic...just yet at least. 

Looking forward to:Eating the same food as my family. Those tacos looked so yummy. 
Out of bed: 7:00 

Exercise: 45 min. walking(slowly. my arches were sore this morning.)

HCG: 8:15 14 drops
Breakfast: MY STORED FAT...
HCG:12:100 14 drops

Lunch: 2:00  : 100g. organic chicken, 200g. cherry tomatoes, 1oz simple salty salsa. YUMMY!

 

4:00 1 lemon in warm water w/ stevia. YUMMY!  
HCG: 5:15 14 drops
Snacks: 7:30 3/4 of a grapefruit. oh my. 
Dinner: 7:30 110g. sole, 300g. asparagus, 2tbs dry onions, braggs. Next time will cook the kale a bit longer. 

Snacks: 8:45 150g. organic apple     

Bedtime:10:15

Water: 1 Gallon

Other: b12, smooth move @ bedtime 

Cheating:1/4 grapefruit. Just had to cheat didn't I. Why? I'm sure it doesn't make much difference since I'm still under the 500 cal. limit, but still!!!

Round 2 Phase 2 Day 8 {no loss}

2010-02-12T22:03:00.000-08:00

Starting weight Nov. 6, 2009:

274.6

Starting Weight this round:

(after loading)

251.4

Today's weight

241

Total Loss:33.6 lbs.

Today's Loss: 0 lbs.

Loss this round: 10.4 lbs. 

Reactions:No loss....hmmm. I'm not sweating it. The 3 lbs. from yesterday made today's no loss NO BIGGIE. I think it's because it's been 1 week.  A lot of peeps stall after 1 week. 

Another possibility is that I was lax when preparing homemade ranch and got mayo on my hands a few times. I did wear gloves, just possibly not enough. Oh well. 

Another reason for stall: No B.M. today. I didn't take Smooth Move last night. It's VERY helpful when it comes to being regular since that is one of the main issues you have when on hCG. Tonight, I'm taking some!!! 

Looking forward to: loosing weight tomorrow morn. 
Out of bed: 6:15 

Exercise: 1hr walking 

HCG: 8:30 14 drops
Breakfast: MY STORED FAT...and a lemon in water w/ stevia. YUMMY!
HCG:12:00 13 drops

Snacks: 3:30 1 grapefruit. 

Lunch:3:00  Chicken Cabbage Salad: 100g. organic chicken, 3c. cabbage, acv, cumin, braggs. YUMMY and satisfying since it took so long to chew. My mouth was SORE after eating all that raw cabbage!

HCG:5:15 12 drops
Dinner: 6:30 100g. ground beef, 3 c.lightly cooked orgainc kale, 2tbs dry onions, braggs. Next time will cook the kale a bit longer. 

Snacks: 7:00 1/2 grapefruit      

Bedtime:10:15

Water: 1 Gallon

Other: b12, smooth move @ bedtime 

Cheating: 1/2 grapefruit...again. not tomorrow though!

problem solved

2010-02-11T14:37:00.000-08:00

because one thing hCG hasn't helped improve is my memory.

i take my drops 3 times a day...and that's way too many times for me to remember.

thanks to this 4 alarm pill timer, i don't have to.

Phase 2 Day 7 (3 lbs in one day!)

2010-02-11T08:54:00.000-08:00

Starting weight Nov. 6, 2009:

274.6

Starting Weight this round:

(after loading)

251.4

Today's weight

241

Total Loss:33.6 lbs.

Today's Loss: 3 lbs.

Loss this round: 10.4 lbs. 

Reactions: Maybe my body was so tired because it was working so hard to drop the pounds! 3 lbs lost since yesterday is awesome, even if I don't have enough energy to clean the house later. I'll deal with living in squalor to shed weight like that! ;) Wait, maybe I lost extra due to actually moving and cleaning so much. Never mind about not doing anything! Where's my mop!?!? 

Last night I dreamed that I was eating a huge rib eye. It is hilarious that I dream about cheating when on hCG! I think I felt bad about it in my dream, but ate it anyway! :) I would like one in real life....but that can wait! 

Looking forward to: fat. i miss it already! 
Out of bed:8:30 SLEPT LIKE A ROCK FOR 10 hrs!!! I needed that. 

Exercise:NADA

HCG: 9:00 12 drops

Breakfast: MY STORED FAT...and a 1/2 lemon in water w/ stevia. YUMMY! Passion and chamomile tea.
HCG:12:00 12 drops

Lunch:12:15  Chicken n tomatoes: 100g. organic chicken, 3 med. roma tomatoes, acv, cumin, braggs, cilantro, cayenne hot sauce. YUM! 
  

Snacks: 3:30 1 grapefruit. the whole thing. it was delicious too. 

HCG:5:00 12 drops  
Dinner: 100g. Sole, 5 oz delicious baby spinach, acv, cumin, cayenne hot sauce.

Snacks: 7:00 Orange heaven      

Bedtime:10:15 

Water: 1 gallon

Cheating:1/2 grapefruit, naughty girl! :)

Round 2 Phase 2 Day 6 ---Fatigue

2010-02-10T21:13:00.000-08:00

Starting weight Nov. 6, 2009:

274.6

Starting Weight this round:

(after loading)

251.4

Today's weight

244

Total Loss:30.6 lbs.

Today's Loss: 1.4 lbs.

Loss this round: 7.4 lbs. 

Reactions: (5:30) I am feeling very tired today. I wonder if it was due to the 1/2 hr. of lost sleep. At least I tried to get to bed on time. (8:45(- EXHAUSTED!!! achy, tired, all out of energy. I cleaned house all day today and I think my body is on strike. I have heard of people taking extra protein if they do strenuous things. I've been adding a bit extra, but am still unsure of what I should do... 

I know one thing. I am going to bed asap!

Looking forward to: Going to sleep early! 
Out of bed: 6:15 7.5 hrs of sleep. :(  

Exercise: 1hr walking 

HCG: 8:30 14 drops
Breakfast: MY STORED FAT...and a lemon in water w/ stevia. YUMMY! Passion and chamomile tea.
HCG:12:00 13 drops

Lunch:12:15  Chicken Chili: 100g. organic chicken, 4 small roma tomatoes, acv, cumin, braggs, 21 seasoning salute. YUM! 
 

Snacks: 3:30 1 organic apple 

HCG:5:15 12 drops

Dinner: 100g. Sole, 1 organic cucumber seasoned w/ fresh and easy fish seasoning and sea salt. simple and tasty.

Snacks: 9:00 1/2 grapefruit      

Bedtime:10:00(wishfully thinking)

Water: 3 liters

Other: b12, smooth move @ bedtime 

Cheating: none at all. i even spit out that crumb of buttered salmon i accidentally inserted into my mouth! :)

Phase 2 Day 5

2010-02-09T09:05:00.000-08:00

Starting weight Nov. 6, 2009:

274.6

Starting Weight this round:

(after loading)

251.4

Today's weight

245.2

Total Loss:29 lbs.

Today's Loss: 4.2 lbs.

Loss this round: 6.2 lbs. 

Reactions: Awesome! I'm back to my LDW (last drops weight!) .....which happens to be lower than the weight I stabilized at during Phase 3 and 4. Hooray! 

On another note: I'M NOT HUNGRY ANY MORE!!!! 

On hCG I wake up every morning and feel satisfied and full. It's as if I've eaten. Well, literally I have! Fat for breakfast anyone??? Actually my body feasts on my fat all night long. YUM! ;) 

Looking forward to:less of a butt to jiggle as i walk briskly. :)

Out of bed: 7:00 
Exercise: 1hr walking 
HCG: 8:30 14 drops
Breakfast: MY STORED FAT...and 1/2 a lemon in water w/ stevia. YUMMY! 
HCG:12:00 13 drops

Lunch:12:15  Buffalo salad: 100g. buffalo, 3c. organic spinach, acv, cumin, 21 seasoning salute. YUM!
 
HCG:5:15 12 drops
Snacks: 3:30 Orange Heaven!!! 1/2 way through I realized it wasn't very sweet. I realized that mistook hCG for stevia! ooops! It's WAY better w/ stevia in it.  
Dinner: 6:30 I ate: Chicken &; Cucumber - 100g. Organic Chicken and 1 organic cucumber, whole. just chomped it down while driving...(hcg fast food i guess!) 
Snacks: 9:00 organic fuji apple      
Bedtime:10:45 
Water: 1 Gallon
Other:  
Cheating: 1 hard boiled egg white right before bed. It wasn't a box of Twinkies or anything...but I probably shouldn't have done that! :) I just don't know if i should be eating extra protein since I'm walking an hour a day. Hmmm??? Any thoughts fellow hcgers???

Round 2 Phase 2 Day 4

2010-02-08T22:47:00.000-08:00

Starting weight:

274.6

Round 2 Starting Weight

(after loading)

251.4

Today's weight

249.4

Total Loss:

25 lbs.

Loss: 2lbs.

 Reactions: had a slight headache when i woke up and for much of the day...could i be having sugar withdraws even if i've only been on sugar the past 3 weeks?!?!? i'm taking a bath tomorrow to detox my system!  

for dinner i ate my fish and tomatoes while i watched my family eat a luscious salad w/homemade ranch. being the only one on hCG is harder than I thought! just reminding myself during this 1st hard week that IT WILL BE WORTH IT!!! last time it was WAY easier after the 1st week. i hope it is this time too!

something i'm longing for is that good ol' american beef. i'm not feeling too excited about the fish right now. tomorrow i'm going to have to make something fun to eat with the buffalo meat!

Looking forward to: getting rid of my double chin and enjoying salad w/ more than 2 ingredients.

Out of bed: 6:00 

Exercise: 1hr walking 

HCG: 8:00 14 drops

Breakfast: detox tea, 1/2 lemon in water,

HCG:12:00 13 drops

Lunch:12:15  A poor excuse for a chicken salad: 100g. organic chicken, 3c. organic lettuce, acv, cumin, 21 seasoning salute.
 

Snacks: 1:00 organic fuji apple 

HCG:4:30 12 drops

Snacks: 5:30 Orange Heaven!!!  What a lovely thing. 
All it is: 1 orange, stevia, ice and a bit of water. It is a wonderful treat though!!! YUM!

Dinner: I ate: Wild sole & cherry tomatoes - 115g. Sole and 200g. cherry tomatoes. 

Bedtime:10:45 

Water:1 Gallon

Other: b12- Smooth Move Tea right before bed.  

Cheating: Justified 15 extra g. fish since i walked for an hour this morning....

Round 2 Phase 2 Day3

2010-02-07T21:33:00.000-08:00

Starting weight:

274.6

Round 2 Starting Weight

(after loading)

251.4

Today's weight

251.4

Total Loss:

23lbs.

Gain: 5lbs during 2 load days.  

 Reactions: Loading was a fatty, fun time, but now it's over and it's time to get down to business! Many people say that it is very difficult to load and they feel horrible, but that doesn't happen to me. I enjoy it thoroughly. We went to Metro Pizza Friday night as planned and had a yummy dinner...and a little miracle happened. We got a FREE pizza because they messed up our order just a tad! We had that yummy pizza for dinner and breakfast! ;) I ordered a double double at In N Out for the 1st time...and enjoyed the other yummy foods.  At 8p.m last night I still didn't feel stuffed, so we piled into the car to find a chimichanga. Luckily the taco shop agreed to deep fry my burrito which did the trick! I topped it all off with a churro. 

Then, finally by the end of the night I felt stuffed and rolled into bed. 

Here's today's food list:

Pizza for breakfast w/ Yummy ranch.

Chocolate Brownie Ben and Jerry's

1/2 c. Peanut Butter

In N Out Double Double

French Fries

Fried Chicken Burrito

A taquito 

1 Churro

Rice & Bison Strogenhoff  w/ 1/2 c. Full Fat Sour Cream

3tbs butter on cinnamon raisin Ezekiel bread 

4:30-I think that I am so good at keeping up with this blog while on hCG is because whenever I need to escape from food or thinking about food, I come here instead. Right now I am VERY hungry and wanting to eat, but need to wait 20 minutes since I just took my drops. I'm feeling strong, but am not over the longing for the for the yummy foods I've enjoyed for the past 6 weeks! Today, on the first day of this VLCD (very low calorie diet) I awoke to the smell of fresh baked biscuits wafting through my house. No grace period here huh!?!? My husband is not on hCG this time since he doesn't have much left to loose. I guess there's no time like the present to be inducted into this restrictive diet. Right?

I learned that during my first round I felt better after sniffing foods that were on the black list. It's a weird concept, but it somehow satisfied me. It didn't work today though. I'm feeling hungry and sniffing the offending food just worsened that sensation. BUT......I am so not even tempted to cheat (saying that to reinforce that idea cause i do feel a little tempted.) Whatever I feel, It doesn't really matter. My desire to drop another 30 pounds is way stronger than that other urge. I'm just hoping the hCG kicks in SOON! 

9:00-Feeling WAY better. I think I hadn't consumed enought h20 or something. I'm sure the grapefruit, grilled chicken,  and asparagus helped too. ;)

When all is said and done, it has been a good day! Can't wait to see what the scale says tomorrow! 

Looking forward to: Lots of loosing ahead!

Out of bed: 7:30! 

HCG: 8:00 14 drops

Breakfast: nada

HCG:12:00 12 drops

Lunch:11:30 Wild Sole and Organic Spinach.+ 1tbs dry onions.
 

Snacks: 1:00 organic fuji apple 

HCG:4:30 12 drops

Snacks: 5:00 1/2 grapefruit. 

Dinner: Chicken n asparagus - 100g. organic chicken, 150g. cooked asparagus,  seasoned w/ 21 and Creole seasoning.

Bedtime:9:45 Hooray for me!!!! 

Water:1,2,3,4

Other: b12 

Cheating: i must admit....i had probably an extra 10g. chicken since today is the day i grilled a ton of it! I won't have to worry about this for a while since i grilled up 30 servings tonight and stuck it in the freezer! :)

Round 2Phase 2 Day 1

2010-02-05T21:16:00.000-08:00

November 09' starting weight: 
274.6
Starting weight this round:
246.4
(Up 1.6 from LDW...not too bad!)
That's me at 246 a couple of weeks ago in a very baggy skirt that will be falling of in a couple of weeks. ;)
Today's weight
246.4
Total Loss This Round:
0
time to load!!!

Gain before Loss......CHECK!!!

I've learned that many do not eat enough on loading days and have problems with hunger during their first week....that's not going to happen here!

Once again, I begin this adventure.....and I'm excited!

Some things I enjoyed on load day 1:

Butter,

3 Eggs,

Butter,

Fresh Bacon,

Butter,

Orange Chicken,

Butter,

Stuffed Pizza,

Butter,

Yummy Ranch,

Butter,

Chicken Fingers,

Butter,

Peanut butter on Celery,

Butter....

oh, and some more butter.

Alright, so I may be exaggerating about the butter, but I think I did a good job following Dr. S's advice to: "eat to capacity of the most fattening food they can get down"

I'm amazing, I know.

Gain before Loss: (Pounds and Inches)

Patients whose general condition is low, owing to excessive previous dieting, must eat to capacity for about one week before starting treatment, regardless of how much weight they may gain in the process. One cannot keep a patient comfortably on 500 Calories unless his normal fat reserves are reasonably well stocked. It is for this reason also that every case, even those that are actually gaining must eat to capacity of the most fattening food they can get down until they have had the third injection. It is a fundamental mistake to put a patient on 500 Calories as soon as the injections are started, as it seems to take about three injections before abnormally deposited fat begins to circulate and thus become available.

We distinguish between the first three injections, which we call “non-effective” as far as the loss of weight is concerned, and the subsequent injections given while the patient is dieting, which we call “effective”. The average loss of weight is calculated on the number of effective injections and from the weight reached on the day of the third injection which may be well above what it was two days earlier when the first injection was given.

Most patients who have been struggling with diets for years and know how rapidly they gain if they let themselves go are very hard to convince of the absolute necessity of gorging for at least two days, and yet this must he insisted upon categorically if the further course of treatment is to run smoothly. Those patients who have to be put on forced feeding for a week before starting the injections usually gain weight rapidly - four to six pounds in 24 hours is not unusual - but after a day or two this rapid gain generally levels off. In any case, the whole gain is usually lost in the first 48 hours of dieting. It is necessary to proceed in this manner because the gain re-stocks the depleted normal reserves, whereas the subsequent loss is from the abnormal deposits only.

Patients in a satisfactory general condition and those who have not just previously restricted their diet start forced feeding on the day of the first injection. Some patents say that they can no longer overeat because their stomach has shrunk after years of restrictions. While we know that no stomach ever shrinks, we compromise by insisting that they eat frequently of highly concentrated foods such as milk chocolate, pastries with whipped cream sugar, fried meats (particularly pork), eggs and bacon, mayonnaise, bread with thick butter and jam, etc. The time and trouble spent on pressing this point upon incredulous or reluctant patients is always amply rewarded afterwards by the complete absence of those difficulties which patients who have disregarded these instructions are liable to experience.

During the two days of forced feeding from the first to the third injection - many patients are surprised that contrary to their previous experience they do not gain weight and some even lose. The explanation is that in these cases there is a compensatory flow of urine, which drains excessive water from the body. To some extent this seems to be a direct action of HCG, but it may also be due to a higher protein intake, as we know that a protein-deficient diet makes the body retain water.

Rearin to go!

2010-02-02T10:32:00.000-08:00

I've been thinking a lot about my strategy for this upcoming round and thought I would write it down so I don't forget.
TOM officially came to town on Sunday...so that means I get to start on hCG again at the end of the week! Hooray!This time around I am.....

Going to do a full 6 week round.

Not going to mix vegetables! Oh, it is so tempting, but I am going to refrain!

Not adding salsa to every meal I eat like I did last time.

NOT going to go to Costco during sample times! I'm just not in to self torture.

ONLY eating the vegetables listed in Dr. Simmeons original protocol.

NOT going to eat any American Beef (as recommended in the original protocol...even if I love it!)

Only eating buffalo every 3 days. It's the only exception / food addition I'm going to make to the original protocol. I'll see how it goes. Last round I ate American Beef a lot and I think this will be a much better choice. I always wonder if my results would have been better if I would have been more vigilant. We'll see.

Preparing all my meat in advance and have it frozen and ready to go.

           Chicken: weigh/grill/shred/package in snack baggies/freeze it.
           White Fish: Weigh/Season/package in foil/freeze it raw.
           Buffalo: Weigh/ Season/ Cook/ package in snack baggies/ freeze it.

Going Poo Free...I've always wanted to give it a try and this is a perfect time to do it since Shampoo and Conditioner are iffy since they have oils...and I'll be in the mojo of doing all the other unusual things that you do on hCG.

here's my supply.cute.
all it is: 1tbs cider vinegar or baking soda to 1 cup water

Going to buy AND wear food prep gloves when preparing my kids food.

Looking forward to eating at metro pizza on my 1st load day! They have the best homemade ranch...

Planning on going to bed at 10:00 EVERY NIGHT, even if it will be difficult. Maybe I could find a way to have the power cut off at 9:45 so I have no other choice but to go to bed! ;) I've got issues with this one, but I know that I fell like JUNK and GAIN/STALL when I don't get to bed!

Going toWALK 6 days a week! I've been walking most mornings and have felt FANTASTIC! I did no exercise during Round 1 phase 2 (cept walking around the grocery store looking at things I couldn't eat,) but this time, I'm just going to walk. A nice brisk, happy walk. I have LOVED feeling the cool moring air and being outside when the sun rises. It's a special treat every morning.

Not eating canned tomatoes....only fresh. Thanks for the tip Dr. Mercola!

Sticking to Apple Cider Vinegar for the vinegar of choice...not rice/white vinegar.

Going to find a dressing recipe I LOVE....SOON!!!!! Hopefully! Anyone have the perfect recipe they want to share???

NOT GOING TO FREAK OUT when I stall when TOM or OVU come around.

Going to put the Gallon of water I'm going to drink that day on my counter 1st thing in the morning!

Going to REMEMBER that this phase will be over in a blink of an eye...and that any struggles/hardships/cravings/desires for non-protocol foods I encounter will be for but a small moment!!!! (hey, i need to remember this about life in general too!:))

Excited not to be doing this phase over Thanksgiving/Christmas/New years!!!!

I think that about sums it up.
Basically, this round I'm going to STRICTLY follow the protocol and hope for the best.
I am not going to redesign the original architect's plans this time around. I only made a few adjustments last time, but I know I would have been just fine without that dab of salty salsa on everything or the ground beef every other day.

What about you???
If you've done the protocol already and need additional rounds, what are you going to differently then your other rounds when following the protocol, whether it is more or less like the original protocol? After all, we all have different bodies and results....even if doing the exact same things.

today:

2010-01-28T20:51:00.000-08:00

enjoying this stuff immensely....

.....and waiting for TOM to pay me a visit so I can start round 2.

My 6 weeks will be up on Sunday.
Hooray!
I'm so excited to keep on loosing.
Even more excited than I am now as I am eating yummy food....and a few luscious steaks here and there.

eureka!

2010-01-19T20:55:00.001-08:00

i was talking to my mom on the phone about the glories of hCG.

she's not ready to do the protocol, but that doesn't stop me from testifying of it's goodness...

....and wonderful side effects.

mom- now, how many pounds have you lost again?
me- thirty...i reminded
mom- that's great. i want to eventually loose 10 lbs.
me- yea, you seem to be at a comfortable weight. before i started, it wasn't so much my weight that bothered me....it was mostly that my body was feeling poorly. my heels were especially hurting and it was uncomfortable to exercise. now, i can't remember the last time they hurt!

fast forward 30 minutes to when i was skimming my hCG blogroll.

right there on the screen was less of me's title:

HEEL PAIN.

i followed the bait and it lead me to her post about heal pain and hCG

and i was astonished! 

when i read the passage about heal pain from pounds and inches it was as if i had struck gold!

for some reason i hadn't thought of the section on heal pain when i was excited about the pain in my heels being gone!

i had assumed it was because i had 30 less pounds to haul to and fro!

hCG has done wonderful things for my body!

what a joy it is to find ANOTHER REASON WHY I HAVE A TESTIMONY OF HCG!

what a rich woman i am! 

The Painful Heel- Dr. Simmeons

In obese patients who have been trying desperately to keep their weight down by severe dieting, a curious symptom sometimes occurs.They complain of an unbearable pain in their heels which they feel onlywhile standing or walking. As soon as they take the weight off theirheels the pain ceases. These cases are the bane of therheumatologists and orthopedic surgeons who have treated thembefore they come to us. All the usual investigations are entirelynegative, and there is not the slightest response to anti- rheumaticmedication or physiotherapy. The pain may be so severe that thepatients are obliged to give up their occupation, and they are notinfrequently labeled as a case ofhysteria. When their heels are carefully examined one finds that thesole is softer than normal and that the heel bone - the calcaneus - canbe distinctly felt, which is not the case in a normal foot.We interpret the condition as a lack of the hard fatty pad on which the calcaneus rests and which protects both the bone and the skin of the sole from pressure. This fat is like a springy cushion which carries the weight of the body. Standing on a heel in which this fat is missing or reduced must obviously be very painful. In their efforts to keep their weight down these patients have consumed this normal structural fat.Those patients who have a normal or subnormal weight while showingthe typically obese fat deposits are made to eat to capacity, often much against their will, for one week. They gain weight rapidly but there is no improvement in the painful heels. They are then started on the routine HCG treatment. Overweight patients are treated immediately. In both cases the pain completely disappears in 10-20 days of dieting, usually around the 15th day of treatment, and so far no case has had a relapse, though we have been able to follow up such patients for years. We are particularly interested in these cases, as they furnish further proof of the contention that HCG + 500 Calories not only removes abnormal fat but actually permits normal fat to be replaced, in spite of the deficient food intake. It is certainly not so that the mere loss of weight reduces the pain, because it frequently disappears before the weight the patient had prior to the period of forced feeding is reached.

Oopsie!!!

2010-01-17T09:25:00.001-08:00

I have a regret.

I REALLY regret not keeping a food journal during phase 3 and 4.
I think it would really be a huge help for me right about now!
But I didn't and don't know what in the world I should do.

Even without a food journal, I know 1 thing for sure. That is that the past week since I started adding starches and sugars has been a wild ride that has gone out of control. Today I weigh 250 lbs.That's 5 lbs. over my LDW (last drop weight) of 145. What a disappointment.

It all started Saturday Jan. 9th, the first day of p4 when I was allowed to eat starches and sugars. I did not go hog wild by all means, but I didn't exactly follow the whole introduce foods SLOWLY thing. Things that I probably should NOT have done:

Eating the whole fried taco shell from my "salad" from Baja fresh at lunch time.
Eating the two healthy banana carrot muffins my friend made.-yum.
Having 2 servings of Ruffles with several tbs. of ranch that included msg.
The 1/4 cup of Ben and Jerry's
Eating the last 3 things past 10 p.m. at night while playing a fun game with friends
Staying up past 1 a.m.

From that point, it's all gone down hill.

And I'm sure it's NO SURPRISE that the very next morning, the scale told me just what I thought it would tell me.

And as a result: Steak Day.(which turned out just fine.

But then.....

On Wednesday I went to a dinner that my brother's Japanese wife was preparing since they were in town.

Japanese food is healthy, right?!? I imagined I would eat the vegetables and meat and stay away from the starch...

WRONG!

EVERYTHING was fried!
Tempura took on a whole new meaning.

(And dinner wasn't ready until 10p.m....3 hrs. after the time we were supposed to eat.)

Bad Food + Late Night eating = Weight gain

Hmph. I think I remember the SAME scenario occurring only 3 days before.

Maybe I have short term memory loss or something.

What next???

You guessed it, STEAK DAY....AGAIN!

Only problem is that this time I was only down 1 lb. and still up 4 lbs. over my LDW!

I'm not sure what I should have done....well, I didn't do anything. I just drank lots and hoped for the best.

I don't want to type it cause I don't want it to be true....but I know I gain when I eat wheat. Hmph. :(

just some documentation to back up what i've thought for a while now.

2010-01-07T10:14:00.000-08:00

MY MICROWAVE.. re-purposed!

I've heard that using a microwave is bad for quite sometime.

I'm finally ready to follow the advice to stop using it to kill my food.

Instead... it is now a storage cabinet! ;)

Ten Reasons to Throw out your Microwave Oven
From the conclusions of the Swiss, Russian and German scientific clinical studies, we can no longer ignore the microwave oven sitting in our kitchens. Based on this research, we will conclude this article with the following:

1. Continually eating food processed from a microwave oven causes long term - permanent - brain damage by "shorting out" electrical impulses in the brain [de-polarizing or de-magnetizing the brain tissue].
2. The human body cannot metabolize [break down] the unknown by-products created in microwaved food.
3. Male and female hormone production is shut down and/or altered by continually eating microwaved foods.
4. The effects of microwaved food by-products are residual [long term, permanent] within the human body.
5. Minerals, vitamins, and nutrients of all microwaved food is reduced or altered so that the human body gets little or no benefit, or the human body absorbs altered compounds that cannot be broken down.
6. The minerals in vegetables are altered into cancerous free radicals when cooked in microwave ovens.
7. Microwaved foods cause stomach and intestinal cancerous growths [tumors]. This may explain the rapidly increased rate of colon cancer in America.
8. The prolonged eating of microwaved foods causes cancerous cells to increase in human blood.
9. Continual ingestion of microwaved food causes immune system deficiencies through lymph gland and blood serum alterations.
10. Eating microwaved food causes loss of memory, concentration, emotional instability, and a decrease of intelligence.
Have you tossed out your microwave oven yet?
The use of artificial microwave transmissions for subliminal psychological control, a.k.a. "brainwashing", has also been proven. We're attempting to obtain copies of the 1970's Russian research documents and results written by Drs. Luria and Perov specifying their clinical experiments in this area.
Written by Anthony Wayne and Lawrence Newell
International common Law Copyright 2000

2010-01-05T08:59:00.000-08:00

just logging my food intake....again. my weight is still fluctuating a lot, so i want to figure out why!
maybe it was the cheeseburger.
maybe it was the 4tbs. peanut butter.
maybe i still didn't drink enough water.
maybe it's the weather.
who knows.

Starting weight:

274.6

Today's weight

246

last drops weight
here goes:
breakfast
3 eggs
2 handfuls lettuce
fresh salsa
2tbs trader joes mayo.
1/4 of an onion
....delish!

1st workout in 8 weeks!

2010-01-05T08:17:00.000-08:00

1st time i woke up before 7:30 in 8 weeks!
and i was happy about it.
i sort of dreaded walking back into that street lamp lit lds church at 6:03 a.m.......
knowing that 12 pairs of wondering eyes would be glancing at me in an inconspicuous manner.
my eyes were staring at that pinewood derby track that was set up in the center of the gym. :)
my mind was wondering what they were thinking.
i had told some good friends about the program i was embarking on.
and the other ladies in the exercise group probably figured it out through the grapevine.
you look great! was being spewed from a mouth here and a mouth there.
it felt good, although my goal is not to be praised.
i'm sure they have mixed thoughts about my method of loss....
but i don't care about that.
the only thing i care about is the fact that my body works...
and when i got there....all was well.
i was curious how i would feel....and i've decided i felt great!
it's amazing what the body....my body....could do better at 30 lbs less!
it was a bit more challenging lift those 5lb. weights for the umpteenth time with my less frequently used muscles...
but actually squatting and jumping were refreshingly easier!
and less of my body went in all different directions when i ran.
and with less lbs. to carry around, it's able to do more of what i want it to do...
and that is to be amazing and wonderful and free and full of energy!
i've always felt like the "special" one in that group of fitness divas.
the fat girl who ALWAYS comes, even if she is always a step behind.
i always went, no matter what.
i would simply stick to my exercise routine because it was the right thing to do.
i love the way i would feel AFTER the workout.
and i love the way i feel with 30 lbs. less to move around that cheerio crumbed floor!
here's to 70 more!

My facebook question about erythritol.

2010-01-04T18:10:00.000-08:00

posted on facebook....copied to here so i can remember it.

Does anyone that agrees that saccharin/sucralose/aspertame are harmful for
you have an opinion about TRUVIA and Z Sweet??? I am very cautious
about what I put into my body! Should I be concerned??? I've researched but am inconclusive.
My husband is having a bake-fest now that we are on phase 3. I think it's
o.k. but am sti...ll leary. Any Ideas!?!?!? He's made: 2 pumpkin pies w/
nut crust, 2 batches of peanut butter no flour cookies, a cheesecake,
and now a no flour chocolate cake w/ cream cheese frosting.....At
$11.60/bag I think we'll go broke! ;) Thanks. p.s. i freaked about a gain on monday of 3 lbs...it was gone the next day thanks to the steak day! things are good! ;)

Sonja Liggitt

Man, that sounds like a lush bake fest at your house. Truvia is considered an acceptable heathy sweetener...I feel like if they sell it at Whole Foods it is pretty good. They won't sell just any sweeteners.

Julie Zohovetz Morris

that's a good thought....i don't always trust the cash hoarder WF but they don't carry some bad stuff so this may be true.. ;) my husband IS a baking fanatic! at least he's not making the usual sugar/flour sweets. :)

Melissa Wilson Nodzu

From what I understand Truvia comes from the Stevia plant. Obviously processed to Truvia like sugar gets refined from beets & canes but in a different way. It is a natural sweetner - not weird amino acids clashing and then stabilized somehow...

Daniel Wall TRUVIA has dextroseits sugar. fructose also is sugar.Pure stevia is very costly to make so truvia adds fillers like dextrose to bring down the cost and it tastes more like sugar too.( bc it has sugar... aka dextrose) when on the life phase when your all done, this would be a good choice... but not now!!!

Julie Zohovetz Morris

How do you know that Truvia has dextrose? It does contain erythritol which is not the same.

Daniel Wall

what tree or bush is this erythritol from?... erythritol is a synthetic that was developed in Japan based off of alcohol sugar. Just stick with pure stevia it’s the best way to go.

Michelle Bollaert Hess

Alcohol sugars are one of those... 'your mileage may vary' substances.
Some people do quite well with alcohol sugars on P3. Others do not.

Julie Zohovetz Morris

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/05/26/What-is-Erythritol-Doing-in-Vitamin-Water.aspx
after researching on mercola.com i realized that there are a lot of mixed opinions.
after researching on mercola.com....

i think that avoiding it on and after phase 3 will be better off in the long run. i felt weird after eating it. i like to stick to nature as much as possible. now....how to convince my husband. :)

in short....

2009-12-31T20:13:00.000-08:00

i did a whole lot of freaking out for no reason!

a few things i learned:
1- weight DOES fluctuate on phase 3!
2- a good rib eye steak is WONDERFUL!
3- TOM causes weight gain before and when he first comes.
4- the old adage is right! EASY COME-EASY GO! Thank goodness. ;)

the very next day I was down 3lbs. 12 oz!
here's what i had:
12 oz. rib eye steak
1 apple
1 grapefruit (only because i was up until 1a.m. traveling and felt light headed)
more than a gallon of water.....
and it worked!

and all was well again! ;0) phew!

Phase 3 Day 5 Steak Day AGAIN!?!?!?

2009-12-28T07:53:00.000-08:00

WHAT IN THE WORLD!??!

I thought I aw being a good girl.
Bedtime at 10:30!
More than a GALLON of water!

Following no starch/no sugar......
Under my allowed 2700 cal.

AND AM UP TO 248.4!!!!!!
That's up 2lbs 12 ounces in one day!

and I weighed myself 3 times to triple check!

Waaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!

Food log from yesterday:
Breakfast:
1oz raw cheddar,
2 Fried Eggs in olive oil.
1/2 an eggplant.

1/2 an organic apple.

Lunch:
Chicken Fajita Stuff::
100g. Chicken
1/2 bell pepper
1/2 onion
1tbs trader joes mayo
1tbs. sour cream
1/2 c. lettuce

1/3 c. Walnuts
3 peanut butter/ cocoa/ powdered milk stevia balls. (the size of a lg. marble.)

Dinner:
Bread Sticks:
1/2 c. broccoli and 1 oz. cheese
1/2 head Cauliflower/
1c. Mozzerella,
1 egg
1 oz Nitrate Free Salami

I'm sad. ;(
Michelle Bollaert Hess
Don't be sad, Julie! You are still in the "wild fluctuations" can happen phase! Yeah it sucks...but, it can happen!

Is TOM approaching or, are you ovulating?

Cauliflower, I know you ate it earlier in P3 but, it HAS been know to cause gains in some folks.... See More

Peanut butter... I know a LOT of people eat it during P3 but, peanuts have a LOT of starch.

I'm sure this might not be what you want to hear but... Relax. Do you steak day, lots of water and see what the scale says tomorrow.

P3 is just another part of the process... and something of a learning process as well.

irepeat w/ me. :) i'm not going to freak out...i'm not going to....
i just checked...

GREAT ADVICE MICHELLE
TOM will show up any minute! Thanks for reminding me about that. I've only had 1 period (which was last month) in the past 5 years cause I'm usually always pregnant or nursing. Didn't even think about that . Phew! Otherwise...I only had 1tbs. peanut butter and possibly too much salt. Should I still loose weight after a steak day even on TOM??

I'm feeling sooooo much better about this gain.!!!

I'm still going to do a steak day and cut out cheese once again.

Wish me luck!

Phase 3 Day 7 STABILITY.

2009-12-27T18:27:00.000-08:00

Starting weight:

274.6

Today's weight

245.8

Before I started phase 3 I remember hearing people mention that weight fluctuates before it becomes stable.

I've found that to be true!!!

And I've found where my body is stable at.

I never had an accurate L.D.W. (last drop day weight) but i was hovering around 245/246 the last day I took drops (which was Dec. 17th)

I've decided that If I ever go higher than 246 than I get to do a steak day.
I was 246.8 Christmas Eve Morning.
I ate a MASSIVE LOAD of steak on Christmas Eve.

It was a rib eye....
It was wonderful!
Oh...and I ate 3 deviled eggs my mom said had no sugar...until I got a chunk of sweet pickle relish.
OOPS....

Anyways, I was only down 1/2 a lb after the steak day which put me back at 246.
Phew! Safe!
Today I woke up at 245.6 and feel great! ;)

In other news.....I LOVE P3 foods. Glorious Salads, Cheese Oh la la, BLT's minus the bread, Cauliflower and Butter. Did I mention that I really enjoy butter?

Today I ate an eggplant oven roasted and brushed w/ butter, fresh garlic and onion powder. AMAZING!
And to make it even better, I topped it w/ marinara and Parmesan cheese. WoW!

Another wonderful p3. To eat...Chicken fajitas on lettuce leaves. YUM.
It went down into my happy tummy WAY to fast to even get a picture. :)

2009-12-25T22:02:00.000-08:00

Christmas breakfast BLT

patrick's phase 3 Christmas joy:

whole milk with stevia

Phase 3 Day 5 steak day

2009-12-23T21:37:00.000-08:00

HAPPY CHRISTMAS!!!!  

Starting weight:

274.6

Today's weight

246.8

+8oz over LDW

last drops weight

a steak day on christmas eve!?!?!?

i have been stricktly eating no starch, no sugar and am up quite a few lbs.

i feel a lot of phlem in the back of my throat and i feel swollen...my errors:

not drinking enough water (which is a bad one),

going to bed at 1 a.m.

i'm paying for it today!

no fancy chef salad for christmas dinner like i planned! steak day instead!!!

i read the protocol: Lots of water, a large steak, a tomato and an apple.

i hear a rib eye calling my name!!!

one hot lookin husband!

2009-12-21T13:19:00.000-08:00

i'm gonna get another one of him smiling. ;) he is looking amazing!!! ...and i liked him before!
\

The first full day on phase 3 (just no starch, no sugar) was awesome.
Felt great.
Ate and ate and ate....and still had leftover calories to eat to maintain this weight.

Breakfast:
100g. new york steak, havarti cheese, 1tbs sour cream, fresh salsa, 3 tomatoes, and a med. avocado. WOW!
Snack:
1/4 c. pecans
Organic Apple
Lunch:
Non-starch samples at costco.
Tomato
Dinner:
A luscious salad with all of the fixings.
Chicken, spinach, lettuce, sprouts, onions, tomatoes, 1/4 avacado, 1 oz cheese
LATE night snack:
(because I was feeling weak during my late night Wal-mart Christmas shopping venture.)
1oz. raw cheddar, tomato