Wow, has it really been a week? - 234.6 (+3)

Hi, y'all!

Sorry, I dropped off the grid for a few days.....last week was hectic! Every day after work, I was having to shop for the kids school uniforms and school supplies for the start of school this week....and oh yea.... I also bought a new truck! I love it! I got rid of my Ford Focus (that I hated!) for this baby. Although my insurance went up $100 a month and my gas milage went down by about 12 mpg, I'm still happy :)

So needless to say, I definitely haven't been dieting or anything since stopping the HCG....nor have I decided what I should do to drop some weight. I haven't been eating sugary stuff and I have been eating things that are better for me, but I still want to find something to help me drop the pounds.

Still thinking about it.....

But I start my fall college classes this Thursday, so I'll see how it affects my schedule...not getting home until 9:30pm once a week and taking a class on Saturday mornings sounds kinda scary when added to workign 8 hours and a 2 hour commute every day.

R1P2D9 - 231.6 (+.6)

Not a bad gain considering yesterday's indiscretions.

But after I took my HCG this morning, I just decided that I am not ready to do this right now. Not with the new job and me trying to maintain full time college student status. I'm going to definitely eat better, but just not stick to such a drastic diet, at least through this Fall semester.

I know, I look like a wuss, but really I just have so much on my plate right now and starting August 26th (when school starts), it's only going to get worse. Working, school and kids starting school is what I need to concentrate on. I'm sorry if you feel like you have wasted your advice on me, but really you haven't....I plan on doing this, just not right now.

I will still be posting and trying to figure out a good plan for doing something about my weight, but I will probably be changing the title of my blog to something less directed at HCG.

Thanks for your support!

R1P2D8 - 231 (-1.6)...Wow!

Wow, all that whining was for nothing! What a nice loss!!!

Just like me to have a great loss and then sabotage myself by eating off protocol.

I was out of town and didn't have my food. Well, 2pm hit and I was really feeling a little weak but not starving. We pulled into a little mexican restaurant. And yes, I ate. I didn't eat like I normally do, but I did eat off protocol. I ordered a chicken fajita taco salad but I ordered it with no beans, sour cream, cheese or guacamole. So what I essentially had was lettuce, tomato, jalapeño and chicken.... with salsa on top. I did eat a few chips with salsa and I think I had 3-4 chips dipped maybe 1/3 of the way in chili con queso. If only I wouldn't have eaten the chips or the queso, I think I would have been fine, but now I'm worried that I will see a gain tomorrow....but whatever. It was the best choice given what was available at the time. (and it was amazing!)

TODAY'S MENU

Lunch
Taco Salad (modified) with chicken
A few chips and hot sauce
3-4 chips with queso

Dinner
3 grilled pork ribs (I know, I know....)
1 bite of mustard potato salad

Before bed
1 12oz glass of 2% milk (doh!)

R1P2D7 - 232.6 (-0)

Wow, I'm dissappointed. No loss. What did I do wrong?

Whine ALERT!
I have to admit, I find myself already wanting to quit. I'm so sick of the food! Not quit trying to lose weight, of course, just quit trying to do it in such a drastic way. I don't like the way I feel when I wake up in the morning. That feeling doesn't go away until I eat lunch. I have very little support at home and I just wish I could eat some other foods. I'm not even craving junk. Even some whole grain bread or pasta would make me happy, or even a glass of milk! Either way, the decision has to be made before I finish this bottle of HCG, because I have 4 left and that is a full course that someone could use if they wanted to try this protocol. Maybe I could sell it and the supplies to a friend. I dunno....*sigh

TODAY'S MENU

Lunch:
110g of lowfat cottage cheese on a bed of spinach (this was yummy)
1 tomato
I forgot to eat my apple

Dinner:
100g lemon pepper tilapia
baby spinach
cucumbers in vinegar
1 orange
1 melba

R1P2D6: 232.6 (-.8)

Another drop :)

I am sitting here eating my lunch and just for my future reference, leftover tilapia isn't the best. It was SO yummy last night though! Oh well....I need to check out the other protiens on the protocol. I think I'm ready to mix it up a bit. I have to hit the store when I get home anyway, since I have no chicken or tomatoes left. Last night, I ate a plate of baby spinach with lemon juice and lemme tell yea....it was hard to get down.

I was hungry this morning...but just a tiny bit. Heck, it may not have even been hunger...I just felt kind of empty. I don't know how to explain it. But the good news is, the headaches have gone. Hopefully for good!

I am still having moments of wishing I could order a pizza for my kids and eat a slice or stop for burgers at Dave's Burger Barn, but I am trying to hang tough. I am missing my soda. I wish I could drink something other than water....(I hate tea and coffee).

Oh well, back to work....

TODAY'S MENU

Lunch
100g Tilapia with lemon pepper
2 tomatoes
1 apple

Dinner
100g turkey breast wrapped in a few spinach leaves
1 tomato
1 orange
1 melba

Snack
1 melba

R1P2D5 - 233.4 (-2.6)

5lbs down from loading weight, 3.6 drop from start weight.

Nice drop! Although it's probably because I got sick last night and lost my dinner (I updated yesterday's post with more details).  I bet I see a gain tomorrow.

Yesterday's headache is still here, yet a bit milder. I have felt pretty cruddy today and it may have something to do with being hungry all morning. I have been thinking about hamburgers and fries, lasagna and mexican food. But I am eating my lunch now and I may be starting to feel better, which is helpful since I am at work.

I can't help but wonder....what is the point of melba toast? do people really eat it on a regular basis? It makes me think I am eating sun dried cardboard. Blah!

TODAY'S MENU

Lunch
100g chicken breast with Mrs. Dash lemon pepper and habanero sauce - 100
2 tomatoes with a bit of salt - 44
1 apple - 95
1 melba toast - 20

Dinner
100g tilapia fillet with Mrs. Dash lemon pepper - 100
**baby spinach - 15cal??
1 orange - 65
1 melba toast - 20

Total Calories: 481

(**how much am I supposed to eat?)

R1P2D4 - 236 (-2.4)

Well, I woke up with a slight headache this morning.

I'm not sure if it was because of the change in diet, the lack of caffiene or the fact that my daughter came in and woke me up at 3am because she broke up with her boyfriend and needed to talk to me for an hour. Not wanting to end up with the 2 day long migrane I had last time I tried this, I just relented and drank a Coke Zero, knowing full well I shouldn't but at the time, not having a headache at work was more important. When I got to work, I took some acetaminophen and between the coke and the meds, my headache subsided.

Anyway, I'm thinking that I am going to get bored with this food. I'm not sick of it yet, but I really don't know how to eat the veggies I like and still be "on protocol". I love tomatoes with a bit of salt. This is what I have been eating with my chicken breast or tilapia fillets.

The allowed veggies are spinach, chard, chicory, beet-greens, green salad, tomatoes, celery, fennel, onions, red radishes, cucumbers, asparagus and cabbage. I crossed off the veggies that I don't like. So that leaves spinach (I only like baby spinach but not plain), green salad (what does this consist of? just lettuce?), celery (I like it with peanut butter or ranch, but plain?), onions (plain? ugh!), red radishes (they're ok but they get old REAL fast) and cucumbers (I like them in vinegar with onions but I can't eat them too often). So here I sit pretty much eating sliced tomatoes at every meal. What do I do?

Also, if my daily calorie intake only adds up to 485, what do I do?

Anyway, I dropped 2.4 pounds! That something to smile about, I guess.

TODAY'S MENU

LUNCH
100g lemon pepper chicken breast - 100cal
2 tomatoes - 44cal
1 apple - 95cal

DINNER
100g lemon pepper chicken breast -100cal
Baby spinach leaves with lemon juice -10-15?
Cucumbers and onions in vinegar -20-25?
1 orange - 62cal
2 melba toast - 40cal

Total calories: 481

EDIT:  TMI ALERT!!! About an hour after dinner, I took my Women's One a Day vitamin, 2 Motrin PM for my headache and an antibiotic that I am on. A few minutes later, I felt like I was going to be sick, so I sat up and tried to make it subside and well.... I wasn't successful. I had to run to the bathroom and vomit. I believe most of my dinner came up. I couldn't bear to eat anything else, so I just went to bed, after taking 2 more Motrin PM with water.

R1P2D3 - 238.4 (+1)

Well, I gained only 1 pound yesterday on my 2nd loading day, for a total of 1.4 gained. Not bad, I guess. I felt like I had grease coarsing through my veins last night, ugh!

Today was not looking very good either, as I almost ran out the door WITHOUT taking my HCG dose. And this was after I went to grab the grilled chicken breast I had put in the fridge last night, so I could make my lunch.....I found it in the fridge and it looked as if someone ate a few bites of it. I weighed it and it weighed 34g! KIDS! So now in a panic, I grabbed a can of tuna and ran out the door. Turns out it was 108g of solid white albacore tuna and it wasn't bad.

I did however use habanero sauce on my tuna since it was so dry, which I don't know if I am allowed to use or not. Am I? The ingredients are Habanero peppers, carrots, onions, lime juice, vinegar, garlic and salt. It is meant to be used sparingly like tabasco sauce.

Anyway, I just finished my lunch and I still need to eat my apple. I'm not very hungry, so I may drag it out a bit. I do need to get in some water today. It's 12:05 pm and I have only had 1 1/2 - 500mL bottles. I did also drink a COke Zero this morning on the way to work without thinking. I won't do that again.

TODAY'S MENU

Lunch:
108g of tuna with habanero sauce - 120cal
2 medium tomato - 44cal
1 granny smith apple - 95cal

Snack:
Melba toast - 20cal

Dinner:
100g grilled chicken breast with Mrs. Dash lemon pepper - 100cal
2 medium tomato - 44cal
1 medium orange - 62cal
Melba toast - 20cal

Total Calories: 505

R1P2D2 - 237.4 (+.4)

Damn, I only gained .4! What happened?

Surely I ate enough fat yesterday? I walked around the mall, but didn't do anything strenuous, so I know I didn't burn it off....man, I'm disappointed.

Anyway, so I woke up late...and took my HCG at 11am. I'm just not sure that I'm ready to commit to this. I really don't feel like eating all day.

Today's MENU (SO FAR)

BREAKFAST:
2 frozen bean burritos (310cal/12g fat each)
salsa
1/2 pint rocky road ice cream

LUNCH:
Cheeseburger with bacon and avocado
a few french fries

SNACK:
1 pint of chocolate milk

DINNER:
Totinos Pizza

SNACK:
1 pint of mint chocolate chip ice cream

R1P2D1 (OFFICIAL) - 237 (SW)

I had an internal argument with my self. I think my "fat, lazy" self was trying to talk my "I want to get healthy" self into postponing this round for a week or two. My "I want to get healthy" self won and here I am!

Well, I weighed this morning and I was 237. That 2 pounds more than I was when I started and my new scale registered 1.6  more than the old one anyway...so I guess I am pretty much starting from the same place I was at the beginning of my HHCG round.

So, as you probably guessed, I did my first injection of HCG this morning! It didn't even hurt a bit either! I just really hope I mixed it right though.

This is what I did:
Last night, I mixed 2.8cc of bacteriostatic water with my HCG (I bought 5 vials of Corion 2000iu from www.alldaychemist.com). For 175iu doses, I will inject .25 units every day this bottle should be enough for 11.4 days. Yea, I will have an extra vial, but I will have freshly mixed HCG every 11 days. :D

SO anyway...

I got up this morning took my shot and started to make eggs, sausage and toast with lots of Country Crock for me and my daughters. While I was cooking I was starving....but right after I started to eat, I felt a change. I, all the sudden, became NOT hungry, but I forced it all down anyway. 3-4 eggs, 2 sausage patties and 2 toast....oh and a glass of 2% milk. Now as I write this, I am dreading the rest of the day's menu.

Oh well, so hopefully I got real HCG and it works this time.

I thought of something, last time I tried the VLCD, I was using PAM (olive oil) on my George Foreman grill. Is that a no-no? Is so, what can I use to keep things from sticking?

I will update this post with the rest of my menu, and whatever else, tonight.

TODAY'S MENU

BREAKFAST:
3-4 eggs
2 sausage patties
2 wheat toast
glass of 2% milk

SNACK:
1 fudge bar

LUNCH:
1 order of Guacamole LIVE! (2-3 avocados)
1 order of Chile con Queso
Chips
Salsa

DINNER:
Migas (eggs, cheese, tomatoes, onions, jalapenos, tortilla strips)
1/2 order hashbrowns
4 Corn tortillas
2 biscuits and gravy

Waiting Day 14 - So Busy!

Sorry for the missed posts but man, getting back into the swing of things as far as work goes is harder that I thought. I have been coming home at 6 and have been asleep by 8 every night this week! But needless to say, I'm LOVING my job. Anyway...

I got my supplies yesterday and my TOM on Monday so I'm thinking that I will start my loading on Saturday. I wonder how hard this is going to be with me working.

Couple questions:

Where can I get HCG safe lemon pepper?
Are two small-medium tomatoes OK to eat with my 100g of protein per meal and is there a limit on tomatoes?

I am wondering what else I did wrong during my 1st attempt at this diet, other than not taking HCG.

Oh well, back to work.

Til' later!

Waiting Day 11

Tomorrow, I start my new job.

I just got back from spending about $150 and it felt good. I got my nails done, my eyebrows waxed and my hair cut. Then I bought some Paul Mitchell shampoo and conditioner, a new purse, a new wallet and some much needed new socks, panties and a bra (I just bought one because I want it to be too big soon :P). I have my clothes all laid out and I feel good to go!

Can't wait for tomorrow!