VLCD and the "cheat"

I am down 1.6 pounds today... only .2 from my first goal of -10 pounds.  Crazy.  last night I was hungry and craving so I made up some cocoa coconut oil crack stuff, and it was soooo good.  I might have more tonight.  I'd kind of like to see if it's why I had such a good loss.  Nothing else was different, well I had some egg whites for breakfast, also a cheat.  So who knows. 

I'm seriously considering getting the HCG patches, I keep seeing how amazing they are, and how you are never hungry on them. That sounds lovely to me.  I am not trying to be a martyr or something, but I do want to make sure I am doing this right, and not just starving myself, I won't stabilize if I am, and that scares me more than the starving does.  I'm a little broke this month though, so will plug through and see how it goes.  I have a bunch of car stuff I'm paying for, so can't afford anything extra, but if I can't get this to work a little better with the hunger, I doubt I'll make it through 60 days, and so will order the patches, at least if I know they are on the way I can keep going.  And they will be handy for round 2 in April. 

My small goals are pretty simple.

181 lbs (10 lost)

174 lbs 29.9 BMI (overweight instead of obese)

165 lbs (25 lost)

155 lbs (35 lost)

150 lbs R1 end goal

145 lbs 24.9 BMI (normal weight)

135 lbs happy goal

125 lbs fantasy goal

The bolded are the big goals.  And I am only .6 pounds over the 181.  So that is great.  This diet is so amazing and I can't say it enough.  It would have taken me a month to lose this much weight, and it hasn't even been two weeks... crazy!  Once I reach goal, or P4 at least, I will add in workouts, to tone up what I have left, give me definition and all of that. 

I'm so happy to be doing this and getting such great results.  Really, it's amazing!!

Another day

Another pound lost!  Crazy.  I was a little surprised by that once since I ate way too many Kale chips yesterday, but better than potato chips I guess lol.  I was glad to see the loss for sure, and happy to keep going!  Still trying to figure out the drops, what I need to take that works. That really takes the hunger away.  Hopefully I get it soon, or I'm in trouble!

Home with a sick kiddo today, so life is easier, though I tend to not drink as much water.  I've been really trying to get it all in, but it is harder at home for some reason.  I will get to have a nap though, which is nice too :-)

Watching What Not to Wear, and working on getting some tips for when I'm at goal, or at least close enough lol. I am saving some money every month towards a new wardrobe in May, hopefully I'll be at a healthy weight by then, so far it seems like I can do it.  I'm also checking out a lot of websites for ideas on what to get, classic things, you know "10 pieces 10 ways" type of stuff, to get an idea so I can make the money I manage to save work well for me.  Hopefully I'll be able to get some good sales too lol.

Today is so far going well, had a great lunch of leftovers, and fish is thawed in the fridge to cook up for dinner. Probably have some bok choy again, I have a bit of it as I got some at Costco... Need to put something out to thaw for tomorrow's lunch, but that should be ok.  And dinner tomorrow as well.  It's all cooked and ready lol, so much easier!  I'm glad I did the cooking on the weekend, all I need to do is mix up veggies and add the protein!  I can make the proteins more exciting when I add it to the veggies too, I have plain chicken and browned ground beef, waiting to be a taco salad or chili or whatever!  I'm excited about this plan, I'm doing so well cooking!!

VLCD Day 10

Down 1 pound today, which is so great!  That's 7.2 pounds lost since I started this.  I am quite happy. Still hungry.  Did more reading on the drops though and have upped my dosage.  I was pretty good today until about 3 ish.  I think that will be better tomorrow as I tend to drink more at work, and do lunch instead of breakfast. 

I did cheat a bit today.  I made these kale chips which are so awesome, not on my meal plan for the day, and I've eaten a bunch of them.  They are so tasty! tonight I'm having meatloaf and brussels sprouts.  I did a big grocery shop yesterday and cooked up enough meat for 53 meals.  Most have enough for the baby as well but not all since he doesn't need lunch like I do.  He eats at daycare.  So this will hopefully last awhile.  I do eggs on the weekend, which helps as well.  And it all smelled so good while cooking, though I did manage to not eat any of it!  The fish I didn't cook, just cut up in portions and froze, so thatll require more work than the rest but still be tasty.

I'm trying to plan and eat well, and learn from this to make foods I enjoy the taste of and that are healthy.  I want to keep my taste buds fresh.  There are some who look at it as only fueling your body during this diet, but I disagree, I love food!  I love the taste of it and the filling feeling of eating it.  So I plan to enjoy my food during this.  As I have a plan to do 60 days, that would be a long time to be unhappy with what I'm eating.  I do think P3 will be awesome... I mean I'll be able to have bacon and cheese again!!  It is kind of funny, but I feel like I'm doing well so I want to keep up with this and get to where I want to be.  I hope to get to 145 this round, but we'll see what happens as I go along.  I need to get my dose right for sure, or I'll never make it that far, and be burning the wrong kind of fat, and gain it all back in the end any way.  I do not want that!!

VLCD 7

I think it's day 7 any way.  Something like that :-)  Yesterday was a big fail, my does must be off because I was starving, and ended up cheating and that led to being up .6 lbs, which isn't as bad as it could have been.  We'll see how tomorrow goes.  Today was better though.  But I was home so it was easier to stay the course, and catch up on sleep which I'm sure helped with the hunger.  Hopefully tomorrow it will be right on track!  I love the results too much to give up but it's hard to get the numbers right.

Eating was good today, I got my Braggs order so that made it a little more exciting, and I made fish for dinner which I haven't had yet.

Tomorrow is big shopping day, and cooking too.  I'll be getting everything I need to last at least two weeks, and cooking a bunch of it in advance.  Hopefully that will make it easier. 

If the hunger issue can't be solves easily with this adjustment to drops, I might up the calories to 800 a day and hope that helps.  I imagine it will affect my losses but I don't see how I can do 60 days, let alone 30, feeling like this.  I wish I could get the patches and people seem to be having better luck on them, with no adjustments required, but they are pricey and I have a bunch of the drops... hate to have wasted that money without giving this a good try.

Gosh, anyone reading this is gonig to think this diet sucks lol, hopefully that gets better over the next week or so!  And next time, I load properly.

VLCD Day 6

Another day, a big loss!  186.2, down 1.4! Nice :-)  I think tomorrow will be another good one too, but we'll see what happens.  I was a bit hungry today, nothing unbearable, and except for being tired from a bit of a rough night, and my drops were messed up a mid-day again.  I guess I'll have to take my bottle with me to work and do it that way, a pain but oh well... do what you have to!

I had a few good meals today, I am mixing vegetables which is not on protocol but makes salads so much nicer. Today I had tomatoes and ground beef over romaine lettuce. It was sooo good.  Then for dinner I was traditional, steak with steamed spinach and my melba toast, which I have not always been eating.  Trying to get the last bit of water in today, and hoping for a good sleep.  I will be very happy when this cold is gone!!

I was happy to see I've lost just over 5 pounds from my starting weight as of today, that is a nice thing to see.  I am hoping for 45 pounds this round, but will see.  I know 38 or so is what's recommended not to exceed but I'm anxious!  I want to do two rounds, so we'll see how this one ends up and then what happens with round two.  I have things planned so that the end of my 6 weeks stabilization leaves me at Easter weekend, to start round two right after, and be goal by May. We'll see if I need a round 2 though, I may get to a place I'm happy with. Or decide to do the leptin reset after HCG.  Who knows!  This is hard but not unbearable. It's hard because I have to feed my son and he's obviously not on a diet, he's 2!!  So tonight I made him fries and he loved them, and I was so good and didn't even have one... and it was so hard!!  I am used to picking at what's left after dinner, eating it instead of putting it away.  Tonight the dog got the extra fries... he's gonna get fat lol.  Ah well, I am donig well and happy with my results so far, be happier when I get to -20 or something though lol. 

VLCD Day 5

Well it was a bit of a disappointing loss today, only down 0.2lbs.  I think lack of sleep and water contributed, but who knows for sure!  Hopefully tomorrow the scale is kinder, I was right on plan today, though I think I lost a drop or two for my mid-day dose, it was a bit tricky getting it to work, I'm wondering if I should take the whole bottle back and forth, I just don't want to lose any potency by doing so.  Ack.  I'll have to figure something out I guess! 

I bought some extra lean ground beef and had a great supper.  It was so nice to not have chicken!  I'll have the last bit tomorrow for lunch and then chicken for the rest of the week.  Saturday will be my big shopping trip, I'll get lots of ground beef then and do something with some of it.  I was thinking of making little meatloaves using the Melba toast, and then brown little packets of it, in the right size, to freeze.  I can turn those into "chili" and other things.  Chicken too, if it's not too expensive.  I also need the usual stuff for baby, milk, milk and more milk lol, bread, eggs, and greens for me.  Then oranges and apples too.  He's been asking for grapes too so we'll see about that.  A few little things to pick up on top of that, but it shouldn't be too bad, I hope!

I was hungry today too, quite a bit. Not sure why, except the lost drops at mid day.  That could have been it, not sure.  There really isn't another way to do it though, I need to take a dose there, or I'd be even hungrier!  I am still sick too, so that doesn't help.  My throat is sore, my tonsils I think, I wish I'd get better because it's really annoying not being able to totally tell if I am just sick or if it's part of the HCG diet.  Ah well, tomorrow is another day!

VLCD day 4

Woke up to a 0.6 pound loss, not too bad I guess, considering my cheat last night, but not as great as I'd like of course.

I am feeling better now, less hungry, but I still have a cold or something because my head is full of cotton and my throat is sore now.  Hopefully it all gets over and done soon!!  I guess I finally figured out the drops?  I do find it funny that when I do eat, I end the meal hungry where I might not have been before it.  Oh well.  I'm sure it'll all work out soon. I hope so any way!

I had hoped to be down 5 pounds for tomorrow morning, which would require 1.4 tonight.  So not likely to happen but we'll see.  I have been very good today and right on plan.  Just finishing off my little oranges, and might have a bit more water before bed.  Though that will lead to many wake ups... course I am any way when I can't breathe, so it doesn't matter too much.

Tomorrow is back to work. Should be interesting.  Hopefully my hunger is under control.  I have my apple ready to go, and will get the water in the morning.  I have some tea I'm taking in, and will have to remember my drops, that'll be the hardest part, but shouldn't be too bad since I have to take them first thing.  I took some advice I read about using a contact lens case, they are leak proof and about the right size, so I've got two of those to use.  I'll need to remember an ice pack for it, better to keep it cold.  Should all work out I think.  I'll let you know tomorrow :-)