Wednesday, March 30, 2011

VLCD Day 3 (-1)

Well, it wasn't as big of a loss as I had hoped for, but its still a loss! I figured I wouldn't  be losing a gob right away this time, anyway, since I'm closer to my ideal weight than I was the last 2 rounds.

Also, I'll warn you right now - I forgot to take pics today of my dinner. So sue me! But it was simply delicious!!! I have never used shrimp for Phase 2, but my sister has raved about it so I decided to try it this round. The scale shall tell! My mouth definitely gave an OK... Omg yum!!! I boiled the shrimp, then wrapped it in lettuce and put a sauce made with mustard, sambal olek, and Braggs. Y. U. M. !!!!! Finished with a nice granny smith mmmm.

Oh, I also bought English Toffee stevia today - and I'm already addicted!! Its deliciousness in my mouth, fo sho. I used it in my coffee, and instead if just eating my grapefruit half, I blended it with ice and the toffee stevia and made a sorbet. YUM! And then I couldn't  resist... I made Chocolate Delight with it too. YUMMMM!!!!! I ate 2 pieces already! Lol. Yes I know, I say yum a lot. So sue me.

Not so excited to see the scale tomorrow - not only did I eat at 7 instead of 5 like normal, but I had to take my drops early (3:30) AND I worked out at Krav tonight. Ah well - I can smell the ketosis taking effect, so I know if I gain/stall tomorrow its mostly water.


Oh yeah - one more thing... had a bit of a "whoops!" tonight when I chewed a piece of gum. Drat! Totally wasn't thinking. Hopefully it doesn't affect me - I know there are some people who chew gum through Phase 2 and Phase 3, but I never have before. *crosses fingers* hope it doesn't set me back! Ok well.. onto tomorrow.

Forward, march!

Yes, I know, I close with stupid lines. So sue me.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

VLCD Day 2 (-2.0)

Well I was slightly disappointed stepping on the scale this morning. I was hoping for a much bigger loss for my first day! I guess 2 lbs is still a lot, but it doesn't seem like it. I'm thinking perhaps I didn't drink enough yesterday, and/or the HCG just wasn't in my system as it should have been. I've been going to the bathroom WAY more today than I did yesterday! I'm sure you wanted to know that.

Today's lunch is so delicious I think I might cry. Every time I cook on Phase 2, I wonder why I don't eat like this more often?! Cabbage and chicken soup with ACV and Braggs... you just can't beat it. And for my fruit I blended strawberries with some crushed ice and chocolate stevia. Oh speaking of blended, today at work I blended passion tea and ice with some stevia to make a slushy for a snack. YUM! (pause: I can't find all the chicken in this soup! There's too much cabbage! *digs around in soup bowl* okay continue...).

I took my 2nd dose of drops an hour earlier today and I haven't been hungry at ALL. So nice! I love HCG.

It's amazing how quickly the detox aspect of this happens - yesterday I fell asleep into REM sleep at 4 in the afternoon, and I did it again around 3:30 today! Of course, I was up about an hour and a half later than normal last night, but normally I don't sleep during the day at all.

Looking forward to the scale tomorrow morning... I hope I see something significant!

Monday, March 28, 2011

VLCD Day 1 (+3.5 load weight)

So I gained a total of 3.5 lbs from my loading days - about the same as what I gained my last round. I've been a little hungry today, but I think it's because I went so long without my drops from the first dose to the 2nd dose because as soon as I took my next dose and ate, I haven't been hungry at all; just have that "empty" feeling that I always get. It's rather nice after yesterday!

Work was great today - I only had 2 people mention my wearing gloves. I just hope I'm not freaking people out thinking I have a disease or something! Hahaha. I also got a sexy longsleeve button up shirt for work to keep the milk-fat off of my skin when I'm on bar (as opposed to the shortsleeve polos I usually wear). Not that it matters that it's sexy - it's under my apron - but when I wear it when I'm not at work it's nice. Haha!

For lunch today, I was SO excited to be able to have just simple food after my loading days. I "stir-fried" some chicken that I defrosted this morning with some Bragg's, then wrapped it up in a couple of lettuce leaves with some mustard. I would have taken the time to make something more elaborate if I wasn't trying to cook in under 5 minutes! Munched on that on my way to Halcyon's (a coffee shop downtown) to have some coffee with my boyfriend. I wanted a latte sooooo bad! It's the only place that makes lattes that I really really really like - otherwise I always get Americanos or just coffees. *pout* oh well - only 3 weeks and it will be totally worth it!

For tonight, I've prepped my new bento box with dinner to take to the studio. I won't be working out tonight since I have a GOB of homework this week, but I am going to go so I can get out of the apartment. For dinner I filled the bottom of my bento with sliced celery, then the top part I have some grilled Sole and some red wine vinegar seasoned with garlic and such to pour over the celery. Yummmm!!! Can't wait ^_^

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Loading Day 2... Oh, the humanity!

8:22am

Someone please shoot me. I am SO miserable after breakfast today. I ate about half a block of fudge yesterday with my 3 beers, and I ate it right before I went to bed. Woke up, stepped on the scale, and only gained exactly 2 lbs yesterday. 2 whopping pounds. Why?! So today, although I am extremely NOT hungry and extremely NOT wanting more fats, I am going to try to match or outdo what I had yesterday.

For breakfast I've had an entire avocado, about 4 tbsp peanut butter stirred into a bowl of oatmeal, 2 good sized pieces of fudge, and 2 bags of those mini chocolate drizzle rice cake things that my roommate had sitting on the fridge. LOL. Oh yeah and I had half a steak when I first got up an hour ago. I so wanted to just eat the steak... it's amazing how nice I felt after eating nice protein as opposed to all this fat - even though I'm eating good fats (minus the fudge... lol) it's still weighing me down a lot. I feel sluggish and tired and I barely have taken a sip of my coffee.

I've never had this happen when I loaded before - I've always been able to load fine! Maybe that's what happens when your hypothalamus works though - the previous 2 times I loaded it was still 'off' quite a bit. I can't wait to get to tomorrow... I'm so tired of eating. Of course I get tired of eating on a normal day - don't get me wrong I love food (who doesn't?!) but one of the things I love about Phase 2 is you don't have to think about the food. It's set - you just eat what's allowed and you're done and you move on with your day. Too bad food doesn't work like that in the other phases!! :P


9:57am

I don't want to eat again today. *pout*

On another note - I decided to look up how many calories are in an avocado... I was thinking somewhere near 600... there's only 300 calories in an entire avocado! Damn!




12:59pm


Went to the Lift cafe for coffee and breakfast for dad... I got a latte - should have gotten half and half but I went with nonfat because that's really the only milk I like in my lattes - otherwise it just doesn't taste right! I also got a little breakfast taco with sausage and cheese. It would have tasted better - rephrase that: it would have tasted GOOD, like REALLY good - if I hadn't been stuffed from yesterday and this morning still. Went to Mozart's after that to sit and watch the lake, and got a coffee with some cream... I'm still working on it now that we're back at the apartment... it's hard to drink it. Bleeeeh. Tried to eat some almonds and kinda munched but felt like crap so I only ate 3 or 4. I just generally feel like crap. I can't believe how hard this is - it was so easy last time! I just keep telling myself "it's almost over, it's almost over". I can't wait to get this feeling off - forget the weight, I'm sick of feeling like doodoo.


4:05pm

Ohhhhh man. Went and had a burger with fries and a banana shake before dad left from a little organic burger place near my apartment. I haven't had a milkshake in years - since I was 17 I think - and I've only had 2 burgers since then, too. This should have been the delicious explosion of yummness that I detected it was, but instead I had to force it down. I don't know how much I will have gained by tomorrow but it better be good after this! Haha.


6:46pm

I can barely drink this iced tea.

My fingers are swollen.

My brain isn't working.

I kindof feel stoned?

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Loading Day 1... Kill me now!

8:40 am

Great googley-moogley! Just finished breakfast... enough breakfast for like 3 days! I'm already scared to see the scale tomorrow morning... the only saving grace is that I know it's going to come off fast! So far this morning I've had a few bites of creamy coffee frozen goodness, a handful of carob covered almonds, a macadamia Kind bar (best thing EVER!), half an avocado topped with chickpeas and salsa, a container of full-fat maple vanilla yogurt with coconut almond granola, and 2 chocolate walnut clusters (which are apparently totally overrated). Oh yeah and the MOST important part, of course, COFFEE! A big cup of Christmas blend - my fave. Oh warm deliciousness, carry me on to the fields of sunshine and yellow daisies. Take me away to lands of... ok I'm taking this too far. I'll stop now. Sorry. 

SO... I'm planning on taking the rest of the day a step at a time... I never had problems loading on my previous 2 rounds but this is going to be hard, I can already tell! I've probably already eaten enough for all day today, too and it's only 8:54! Yes, it took me 14 minutes to type that because I'm multitasking... except not really because I'm stopping everything to work on one thing instead of doing more than one thing at the same time. Don't judge me. 


8:55pm

WHOA. I'm so stuffed - and getting ready to drink a beer. LOL. Wanna enjoy some Asahi Black before I can't have it for a few weeks! So I snacked a little bit before my dad got here this afternoon (after breakfast, I mean) I had a handful of almonds and some chickpeas. Yums! Then for lunch I took dad out to the Oasis on Lake Travis and got the shrimp stuffed avocado, plus tortilla soup with lots of cheese, and about half a basket of tortilla chips. YUM! But I was entirely too stuffed... or at least that's what I felt like. Went to Starbucks and got an Americano with some delicious half-and-half... then proceeded to have a door opened in my face and spilled it EVERYWHERE! AmericaNOOOOO! So I went back and got another one - only I decided to get a cold one this time, and filled it with more half and half. I felt SO BLOATED. People kept looking at me and pointing and laughing and I felt so embarrassed thinking they could see my four million pounds that I have gained... then I remembered I'm wearing my Charlie Sheen shirt. -.- Ok I guess you can laugh if I'm Duh, Winning.

So I took my dad to downtown and showed him around, we walked around the Domain and the Triangle, then decided to get something to eat. I was taking him to my favorite coffee shop downtown but there was an event and hoards of tourists so we skipped it and headed to Freddie's. Well driving to Freddie's we passed the Trailer Park and Eatery and dad flipped! U-turn!!!!!! So what did we order? A lamb sausage dog with feta and tzatziki, and a fish taco, and a breakfast taco. STUFFED. Like barely able to finish it... even though we split it between us. Waddled my way over to the foozeball table and we played for a little while, then decided it was time for a beer. Nomnomnom. Time to get some Asahi and kick back for the evening! Oh but wait - dad brought... fudge? Dark chocolate fudge - the best. What goes better with Asahi Black than chocolate? Well... I can think of some things but for the sake of keeping this blog ehem... *clean* I will leave it with food. LOL!! *clears throat* OK MOVING ON...


We shall see what the scale says tomorrow - I feel like I gained 10 lbs today but I hope to goodness I didn't! Yikes! 

Friday, March 25, 2011

And So It Begins



Well first, I know you all don't know me or my journey up until now, so as far as you know tomorrow is the beginning... and I'm ready to look at it that way, too. A new beginning, a new phase of life, a new me. It's going to be good!

I'm starting Round 3 of the HCG diet tomorrow morning - I will be loading over the weekend and starting the VLCD part of the diet Monday.

Unfortunately I've already done this twice - the first time for health reasons (thyroid/hormone reset), but also to lose weight. Gained it all back - according to my doctor and my experience I gained it back because I was very sick before, so my body healed itself and didn't really care about resetting my weight at that point. So I waited a bit then did Round 2, and haven't stabilized well because I failed to get a good calorie intake during Phase 3, so now I'm doing a Round 3 before I gain too much, and hopefully this can be my final round!

I know there are a lot of people who like to diss the HCG diet - but I wanna be cliche here for a minute and say that it WORKS! I tried and tried to lose weight before this and instead of losing I would gain weight actually. I was able to stay at a steady weight for 5 months after my first round - something that has NEVER happened to me before while still being able to eat real food (not junk - but not "diet" foods). This last round was amazing and if I had eaten enough during Phase 3 I wouldn't be redoing this, but I need to be able to eat more than 1300 calories a day with my activity levels and not gain weight from eating it!

So ANYWAY... tomorrow I'm loading... not really looking forward to it, except that Haagen Daaz coffee goodness that awaits me in the freezer. I don't really like desserts or sweets, but something about that delicious addicting substance mixed with cream and sugar and frozen... it just beckons me to it! I don't even drink my coffee with milk or sugar (I swear I just typed "shugar"... o.O not enough coffee this morning? lol) but dang that ice cream is amazing. Wow I've just written an entire paragraph about coffee and ice cream. Guess that means you know I've already broken into the mini carton and sampled a bit... I may have to go get another one tomorrow actually - I only bought a mini little itsy bitsy guy because I wasn't even sure if I would LIKE the creamy coffee goodness. That was dumb, that was really dumb, for real! Would I like it... psh!

Hopefully I haven't ballooned already today though... I ate pretty late tonight! I normally eat dinner around 4-5 o'clock, but I worked from 5:30-8:30 this morning, then left for school and was there from 9 until 4 this afternoon... just enough time to come home and grab my stuff for Krav! Didn't get home until 7:30 from working out, so I ate pretty light (except that bit of creamy coffee goodness and a couple almonds). Hopefully I won't have to start my loading day with a higher weight than today! I have let myself gain a little the last week so I could have some to lose and I didn't have to worry about correction days right before going into the VLCD. Unfortunately TOM came to visit a few days ago so I had gained a ton of water weight that dropped off this morning... *glares at scale* you better be nice to me tomorrow! hahaha.

And now... Onwards!