Thursday, May 20, 2010

R1P2D14 - THAT's a gain

Yesterday's weight:  126.8
Today's weight:  131.0
Daily -/+:  +4.2
TOTAL -/+:  -8.6

Oh man I paid for "fun" day of food yesterday!

Back on track today so that's what matters.  The scale should be back down tomorrow but don't think I'll even be close to 126... keep on keeping on.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

R1P2D13 - So off protocol

Yesterday's weight:  127.0
Today's weight:  126.8
Daily -/+:  -0.2
TOTAL -/+: -12.8

Tiday I took off of work and had nice relaxing day shopping and spending time with the boyfriend.  This translated to me having a breakfast sandwhich made out of sweet bread, ham, cheese, egg, bacon and mayo.  SSSOOOOOO  GOOOOOODDDDD!!! But SOOOOO off protocol.

Then for lunch we ended up eating at a local Japanese restaurant which meant: friend tempura hash rounds, nabeyaki udon, and an orange freeze dessert. Again...  SSSOOOOOO GOOOOOODDDDD!!! But SOOOOO off protocol.

I'm sure the scale will hate me tomorrow morning.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

R1P2D12 - Getting stronger

Yesterday's weight:  127.8
Today's weight:  127.0
Daily -/+:  -0.8
TOTAL -/+:  -12.6

Very happy with that lost.

So yesterday was another tough day food-wise.  My boyfriend went to Costco by himself and during the middle of the day, I get a text message from him saying:
"Don't get mad please... but I did submit to my urges n bought something I shouldn't have.  U will be so disappointed in me.  I'm very sorry."
At this point I was freaking out! I thought he had bought a new car or something.  So I ask him what he did and come to find out, he bought a Drumstick 16-pack of ice cream cones, another one of my favorites! I laughed so hard cause I thought it was going to be something outrageous.  So anyway, yesterday afternoon I made the conscience decision to have one later that night because "I deserved it cause I've been doing so well with the diet".  Well let me tell you, once I make up my mind to cheat, it ALWAYS happens.

Or rather it always used to happen!

As of last night, no Drumsticks have been eaten!  I was so amazing at how much I was looking forward to having my cone... literally counting down the hours in the afternoon till I could have one.  I almost grabbed one out of the freezer but instead decided to have an early dinner of my roasted chicken breast, garlic swiss chard and apple with cinnamon.  I was so filled and satisfied I completely lost my craving for the ice cream and went from thinking of it minute by minute to not even wanting it!

Monday, May 17, 2010

R1P2D11 - Not quitting

Yesterday's weight:  129.2
Today's weight:  127.8
Daily -/+:  -1.4
TOTAL -/+:  -11.8

So this is the day, day 11, that I totally went overboard and cheating for 3 days in a row about 2 weeks ago.  It was then that I had to start my 23 days straight of HCG + perfect protocol eating again.  What the difference this time? This time I'm not gonna quit or cheat... only down 12 lbs. since the very first start day of April 24 so really wanna be tight with everything the next couple of weeks.  My HCG should last me till the end of May so really wanna get down to hopefully 20 lbs. lost.

Water seems to be the key with this diet and although I normally get in my daily 8 cups without even thinking about it, the days I get in 10 or more are the days my body feels the best and normally I can expect a decent drop the next morning.  So I'm aiming for 10 - 12 cups most days... that's a lot of bathroom breaks!

Sunday, May 16, 2010

R1P2D10 - What?!

Yesterday's weight:  128.4
Today's weight:  129.2
Daily -/+:  +0.8
TOTAL-/+:  -10.4

Was perfect yesterday so don't know how that happened... will just keep on keeping on today and see how weigh-in goes tomorrow.

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Three week stats

                       April 24        May 1        May 8        May 15        Difference
       Weight:      139.6           133.4          132.2           128.4            -11.2
         Neck:        13.50          13.25          13.10            13.00            -0.5
     Ribcage:        33.00          31.50          31.25            31.50            -1.50
         Waist:       34.25          32.00          31.75            30.75            -3.50
           Hips:       39.50          38.75          38.25            37.75            -1.75
      R Thigh:       23.75          23.50          22.50            23.00            -0.75

I still cannot believe the progress I'm making with HCG.  I was very skeptical at first but it does seem to be doing what it's suppose to. I get my body fat checked next month so that'll be the true test to see if HCG really does deplete your fat stores and leaves your lean muscle mass alone.

R1P2D9 - Chicken bake

Yesterday's weight:  130.0
Today's weight:  128.4
Daily -/+:  -1.6
TOTAL -/+:  -11.2

So today was a Costco day for the boyfriend and I.  That normally means stocking up on frozen foods for him and fresh veggies/fruits and lean proteins for me but we had some errands to run after so we had to skip the normal stuff.  Since my boyfriend couldn't get his usual frozen Costco chicken bake, he bought a fresh hot one at the hot food place outside.  I LOVE chicken bakes but usually only eat them very rarely and even if I don't get one, I'll ALWAYS take a bite of my BF's one. Well not today!  Once he got it, I took my HCG drops so I couldn't eat anything for the next 30 minutes. We were about to drive off but I told him he had to eat his chicken bake NOW so I can't have any.  He did but insisted I have the butt of the chicken bake (my fave part) but I told him "no".

YAY me!!

Friday, May 14, 2010

R1P2D8 - AGAIN!

Yesterday's weight:  129.2
Today's weight:  130.0
Daily -/+:  +0.8
TOTAL -/+:  -9.6

I know why I'm up today.

I know what I have to do to keep moving in the right direction.

I know it's no one's fault but my own.

I know I can do it.

Thursday, May 13, 2010

R1P2D7 - Perfect doesn't equal big loss

Yesterday's weight:  129.8
Today's weight:  129.2
Daily -/+:  -0.6
TOTAL -/+: -10.4

Finally hit the 10 mark and couldn't be happier!

As my promise to myself for breaking into the 120's yesterday, I was going to have a perfect day.  Not just perfect... P.E.R.F.E.C.T!  Well I did!  And my weight drops the lowest number out of the entire week?  That doesn't seem right, BUT moving along none the less.  It's still a drop and I wasn't expecting on dropping 1 lbs. a day anyway so I'm not complaining.

Have a dinner planned tonight with some family members over at my parents' house and I'll be bringing my own food.  I'm planning on having an apple and a tomato + 1 whole egg + 3 egg-white omelet since I'm getting a little sick of chicken and fish.  Now I just have to resist all the good appetizers and desserts and today should be golden.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

R1P2D6 - Celebration!

Yesterday's weight:  130.8
Today's weight:  129.8
Daily -/+:  -1.0
TOTAL -/+:  -9.8

It's time to celebrate since I just reached the 120's!  I'm gonna celebrate by being completely perfect with protocol... like for real.  None of this try a bite here or there crap.  P.E.R.F.E.C.T!

And remember I mentioned that I have this weird theory that beef helps with the weight-loss?  Well, here's another pretty big loss (for my weight) and I had my London broil last night.  Think I'm gonna have it tonight too, just to see how it goes.

Right now it's about 11:45am and I am fighting the craziest hunger pangs ever!  I've been pretty lucky and haven't "suffered" as much as some other HCGer's but today the hunger is killing me.  I've already had over 5 cups of water/tea and it's not helping.  Lunch is at 1:30 so another hour half to go but don't think I'll make it. I may resort to eating my strawberries now rather than at lunch but I'll see how I feel in 15 minutes.

More water, here I come!

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

R1P2D5 - Moving along

Yesterday's weight:  132.4
Today's weight:  130.8
Daily -/+:  -1.6
TOTAL -/+:  -8.8

Yesterday was almost perfect - had one bite (ONLY one bite) of my boyfriends crispy fried beef - but everything else was perfect.  :)

I've noticed something though... on days I eat beef instead of fish or chicken, my weight drops a lot the next morning.  The only other time I had steak on this diet I lost 1.2 lbs. the next morning... coincidence?  I have a nice lean cut of London broil at home and plan to have that either tonight or tomorrow so we'll see what happens.  Interesting to see if I have another huge drop.

Monday, May 10, 2010

R1P2D4 - A gain but not too bad

Yesterday's weight:  131.2
Today's weight:  132.4
Daily -/+:  +1.2
TOTAL -/+:  -7.2

Okay not as bad as I hoped.  Since last night was Mother's Day dinner at Cheesecake Factory, I knew I was headed into trouble.

The good news: I looked up their menu before hand, picked out the grilled mahi with side veggies, and actually ordered it.  I subbed out the veggies (they were mixed) and got asparagus instead and requested the entire meal not touch a drop of oil or fat.  Perfect!

The bad news: I totally caved for dessert. I was allowing myself three bites max, but ended up eating about half a cheesecake!

I hope to see the 120's by this weekend because I'm SOOOOO determined to stick to it this time.  I survived the entire weekend (except last night) without even craving the ice cream, cheese crackers, or cookies sitting in my kitchen.  I cooked and packaged all my food for the week so I have no excuse NOT to succeed.

Sunday, May 9, 2010

R1P2D3 - Happy (?) Mother's Day

Yesterday's weight:  132.2
Today's weight:  131.2
Daily -/+:  -1.0
TOTAL -/+:  -8.4

Today was going great then I call my mom to tell her Happy mother's Day and she tells me the family is planning to go out to Cheesecake Factory tonight.  Not only is it Mother's Day, but it's also my dad's birthday and we have family from out of town in so it's a pretty big deal.  How do I say no?

I've already looked up their menu and think I can stick to the grilled mahimahi (no oil!) and veggies.  I'll ask them to only serve me one type of veggie so it's not mixed veggies, and again, make sure there's no oil or fat.  That seems safe... I'm just worried about dessert! Cheesecake factory has this red velvet cake cheesecake and it's wonderful!  Those are my two favorite desserts in the world: red velvet cake and cheesecake. 

Hopefully today's weigh-in will keep my eye on the prize and block out all other temptations.

Two week stats

                       April 24        May 1        May 8        Difference
       Weight:      139.6           133.4          132.2             -7.4
         Neck:        13.50          13.25          13.10             -0.4
     Ribcage:        33.00          31.50          31.25             -1.75
         Waist:       34.25          32.00          31.75             -2.50
           Hips:       39.50          38.75          38.25             -1.25
      R Thigh:       23.75          23.50          22.50             -1.25

Still moving in the right direction and considering I had three days of major slip ups, I'LL  TAKE  IT!!  In about a month I go back to see my personal trainer and get my official measurments and body fat % taken so I can't wait to see what that looks like.  I can tell I'm losing a lot of the definition in my legs right now, and it's killing me, but I'm confident I can get that back within a month or two of lifting weights again.  I can't believe I'm looking forward to getting back to exercise!

Saturday, May 8, 2010

R1P2D2 - PERFECT

Yesterday's weight:  135.4
Today's weight:  132.2
Daily -/+:  -3.2
TOTAL -/+:  -7.4

Yesterday and today have been perfect and back on track.  Glad I dropped most of the weight I gained in the past 3 days but still... imgaine if I hadn't gone off protocol... could I have been in the 120's by this weekend?  Oh well, what's done, is done, and can't change what I did so just gotta focus on what I can do now!  Blocked off two hours in my schedule tomorrow to weigh and cook my food for the week.  Will post my updated measurments tomorrow...

Friday, May 7, 2010

R1P2D1 - Too early to tell

Yesterday's weight:  133.2
Today's weight:  135.4
Daily -/+:  +2.2
TOTAL -/+:  -4.2

So here's to an awesome 23 days from today!

I need this!
I want this!
I can do this!

After a REALLY bad three days off protocol, I've decided to start my 23-day journey again and just hope I have enough HCG to last me. I originally bought a 30-day supply but from what everyone's been telling me, a 30-day supply can actually go to 35 days.

Packed my chicken breast, cucumbers, and strawberries for lunch and dinner I have chicken breast, cucumbers, and an orange... I'm ready and re-motivated!

STARTING OVER

Well sorta... I totally blew the food part of the HCG diet over the last three days so I'll be counting from day 1 again today and going up to at least 23 days on HCG.

Here's to a better 23 days?!

Thursday, May 6, 2010

R1P2D11 -

Yesterday's weight:  133.2
Today's weight:  133.2
Daily -/+:  0.0
TOTAL -/+:  -6.4

Big 'o goose egg but that was expected with the horrible food I had from Tuesday night.

Yesterday I did pretty good and stuck to protocol except for night time.  My boyfriend ran out to grab some food for himself at around 10:00 and I can't help it if I had a bite or two.

Why do I keep doing this to myself? I know the HCG is working, yet it's not enough to keep me motivated in times of food weakness. I'm at my lowest weight in 8 years but that's still not enough either.  I'm starting to wonder what will it take to keep me going strong.  If I can't even do it for the 30 days I'm on HCG, how do I expect to maintain my weight for LIFE after this?  HCG was only a one time deal for me... no matter how good or bad I did, I promised myself I wouldn't do another phase.  Only about 20 more days left on the drops so I need to really get it together to start getting to goal.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

R1P2D10 - Opps!

Yesterday's weight:  131.8
Today's weight:  133.2
Daily -/+:  +1.4
TOTAL -/+:  -6.4

Totally expected!

Chinese food + ice cream + mochi = not a good idea

But I'm not worried.  I know that 1.4 isn't a gain in fat and a lot of it water retention from all the salt plus the glycogen stores being filled back up.  The HCG protocol calls for little to no carb so I was actually expecting to see a bigger jump. As long as the inches keep coming off, that's the main thing that matters to me... not so much what the scale says.  Anyway, back on track today (and for the rest of the HCG drops!) and will be getting in my daily walks to help move the weight along.

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

R1P2D9 - almost good

Yesterday's weight:  132.4
Today's weight:  131.8
Daily -/+:  -0.6
TOTAL -/+:  -7.8

Had a good weigh-in this moring but not a good day.

Started out great, then the afternoon came around and the boyfriend and I decided to go to a movie.  He got his usual snacks and thought I could resist.  Well somehow two handfuls of buttered popcorn and 5 or 6 gummie worms found their way into my mouth.  And right now we're contemplating dinner even though I have my pre-containered protocol chicken and asparagus sitting in my frigde.  HUH!!!  We're talking pizza or Chinese food!!!!  Will try my hardest to stick to protocol... and will like to see how the weigh-in will turn out tomorrow.

Monday, May 3, 2010

R1P2D8 -week two!

Yesterday's weight:  132.8
Today's weight:  132.4
Daily -/+:  -0.4
TOTAL -/+:  -7.2

Doing my ***happy dance*** since this is the lowest weight I've been at in over 8 years!

Not much else to report for today.

Sunday, May 2, 2010

R1P2D7 - Tuna didn't kill me

Yesterday's weight:  133.4
Today's weight:  132.8
Daily -/+:  -0.6
TOTAL -/+:  -6.8

Not much to say today but glad my honest mistake from yesterday didn't throw me off too much.

Today I spent an hour or so cutting, weighing, cooking, and pre-paking my food for the week so I'm ready to hit it hard again.  This coming week I'm planning on adding in more exercise just to see what happens since I've only gotten in two days of exercise this first week.  30 - 60 minute walks are totally doable so no excuses.

Got on the elliptical at home today for 45 minutes... see how that affects the scale tomorrow.

Saturday, May 1, 2010

One week stats

                       April 24        May 1        Difference
       Weight:      139.6           133.4            -6.2
         Neck:        13.50          13.25            -0.25
     Ribcage:        33.00          31.50            -1.50
         Waist:       34.25          32.00            -2.25
           Hips:       39.50          38.75            -0.75
      R Thigh:       23.75          23.50            -0.25

Okaaaayyyyyy... Inches are kinda hard to believe but last week I took my measurments after my first load day so I KNOW I was a bit bloated.  So those big drops aren't surprising.  We'll see how it goes with next week's measurments.

R1P2D6 - Weekends are the hardest

Yesterday's weight:  134.6
Today's weight:  133.4
Daily -/+:  -1.2
TOTAL -/+:  -6.2

Down this morning and happy about it!


Today was going great... stayed out of the house so I wouldn't be tempted to stuff my face.  Had lots of water and green tea... an orange... then when it came to lunch I chose a lean 100g cut of fish and went home.  Got home, seared it up with some salt and pepper and no oil... after eating it realized I can't have tuna!  GREAT!  I'm hoping it doesn't do too much damage but we'll see tomorrow.


Other than that the day has been great.  No other mistakes besides having the tuna.  Man, I'm a little upset about it but what can I do?

Last night I did my first detox bath and it was so good!!!!  Wanted to do another one tonight, not because I feel like I need it, just because I wanted to, but TOM is here so don't wanna lay around in that.  Will wait till next week.