All I can say is wow. I have still been able to completely maintain my LDW. I know it isn’t completely to protocol but I have been slowly adding in carbs and other “processed” foods such as pre made dressings and shredded cheeses. I told myself that while doing that if I ever showed a gain then I would quit and add it in later. I started exercising lightly this week and I love it. I am loving this and it is becoming very...

2 Weeks! I made it. It has been quite a while since I last posted and I figured I didn’t need to post every day since I am trying to maintain. I did have a birthday party this past weekend for my niece who turned 2. I made her a castle cake and yes I had a piece but I only had a small piece and figured if I needed to do a steak day from it then so be it. I have been slowly adding things in and I am happy to report I have not needed a...

I have made it a week being able to maintain. It has been a few days since I last wrote and since the last time I have lost a lot and gained a little but today was my first day waking up to 1 lb gain and the first time I went over my LDW by .5 lbs. I am perfectly happy with that b/c I know I had a little too much “fat” yesterday. It has been hard for me to get all my calories in in the day b/c I feel full all the time and I...

I feel like I am cheating. Yesterday felt so good to have my husband’s eggs for breakfast again. We used to make breakfast together on Sunday mornings before I started this diet so I have been missing that time together and his eggs. So my day looked like this, 2 eggs and an orange for breakfast, chicken for snack, Greek salad w/ feta and my own dressing, chicken for snack again and dinner was 1 oz of block cheese, chicken and...

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Today is my first day with out drops before going into maintenance. It was a sigh of relief this morning when I realized I didn’t need to take my drops. I woke up to no change but I did have to try a new drink at work. It is my job to sample the new drinks so we can better explain them to the customers (I am a barista) but I only took the smallest taste b/c it has milk and syrups in it. Stupid jobs and such ya know? Anywho, I was...

Yup, that’s right, I did it. I lost the last 2 lbs I was hoping for to get to where I was last summer breastfeeding. God I feel good and so happy that I start maintenance tomorrow. I cannot wait to hit the gym and go work out, tone up and go swimming. I live to swim and I cannot wait. That and I cannot wait to have my husbands eggs this Sunday, the first day of no VLCD. I plan on watching my calories closely and monitoring my weight....

I have just one more day after today for drops then I go on maintenance. I am unbelievably excited. I will be measuring myself tomorrow afternoon (I work first thing in the morning so I cannot do it then) and I am excited to see how much I have lost in inches. I did wake up to a 2 lb loss but that puts me at 2 lbs to loose to get to where I was last summer after breastfeeding. I am excited either way that I have made it this far. I cannot...

I have been having a really hard time this past weekend. I feel like I am doing everything right accept for getting in all my water on occasion. I woke up to a .5 gain on Sunday morning then this morning I have a 1.5 gain! I know at least with me, I cannot move during the day on this diet. When I do, I have a stall or a gain. On Saturday we were out running the errands we need to run on a weekly basis. Yesterday I took my 10 month old son...

HCG Diet Journey Alesha is one of our HCG diet bloggers who has been willing to share her experience on the HCG diet. It has been a few days since my last blog. I have been busy trying to get things done and planning for a community garage sale that has been taking up most of my time. So the day after my last post I showed a gain but I figured b/c I didn’t get all my food or water in. Then yesterday I lost that pound that I gained the...

HCG Diet Story – Day 22 (Day 22 for the HCG diet for Alesha) Holy cow! I don’t know how I did it but I lost another 3 lbs on the HCG diet! After the gain yesterday (even tho I knew why I had a gain, not following HCG protocol) I was so much better getting in my water for the day and sticking to it. I didn’t expect such a big loss b/c I now can only have chicken b/c shrimp disgusts me in every way and I don’t like...

Ok, Ok, So I showed a gain of .5 this morning but to be honest I expected it. I woke up late, got a late lunch (didn’t eat all my food), went grocery shopping and running errands so there was a lot of walking, I didn’t get all my water in for the day, I had steak for dinner (always show a gain or stall in weight the day after I have steak), and I “cheated” and had the stevia soda called Zevia. I did expect it but...

OK, I have reached day 20! I have made it this far, this should show you, and me of course, that I can do it. It is unbelievably the hardest thing I have ever done aside from when my newborn baby wouldn’t sleep for 5.5 months. I now have only chicken I can eat b/c I cannot stomach the taste, smell and texture of shrimp and I don’t like fish. Hopefully this doesn’t screw up my losses too much. I woke up this morning to a 1...

Well, well, well, I think I may have found the combo that works for me. After days of loosing only .5 lb each day then yesterday’s gain of .5 lb had me uber depressed. I am so sick of the food and I have little options b/c of being a kind of picky eater. I did some digging b/c I refused to have another dinner like I did yesterday, I was crying while I ate it b/c I just didn’t like the smell, taste or feel of eating it. It was...

Ok, so I guess I am in need of some encouragement. I woke up today with a .5 lb gain! I can think of a few things that didn’t follow protocol to a T but I have done them in the past (ie: mixing veggies) and haven’t seen a problem. It is discouraging but I still maintain I am head strong. I just keep having feelings like “If I gained when following I should have just had that chip of my husband’s that I wanted so bad,...

Blog-Day 14 Well, well. I knew I wouldn’t have a big loss this morning after my day yesterday. I lost .5 lb this morning which at least it is a loss. I had red meat for lunch which I always have a low loss on days after I eat red meat, I had white meat from a rotisserie chicken for dinner. I know the chicken wasn’t the best but I am starting to get tired of shrimp and I still have a weird aversion to chicken that I have prepared...

Well, I do have to say I am uber proud of myself. Yesterday at the birthday party we went to it was temptation at every corner. I was offered yummy, lots of cheese pizza, sliders, pop and cake with marshmallow frosting! I held my own and drank my water and didn’t have a single bite. We then went to our friends house for another birthday party and they had tons, and I mean tons, of cake, pizza, pop and apple danishes. I again held my...

Well only another .5 lb loss but at least it is a loss right? I am having trouble this morning staying positive b/c of two days in a row of loosing only .5. But as my mom keeps telling me, you are at least at 16 lbs! That is an accomplishment in and of itself in only 12 days. I remain ready for the birthday party we are going to today and will hopefully see a bigger loss tomorrow. I will keep everyone informed as much as I can.   Wish...

Well, what a morning. I woke up to a .5 lb loss which is nice b/c every loss is a good one. But then I check my email and my brother in Hawaii sent me an email last night while we were sleeping. He wanted to tell me about the tsunami and that he loves me and didn’t want to wake us and the baby up so he would call once he was able to this afternoon, as long as they get the phones back up.   So originally I was kinda bummed about a...

Well, well. I keep mentally thinking “There is going to be a day when I wake up and there isn’t a loss right?” but to my amazement it has only happened once. This morning I lost another pound so that puts me at my first goal. I said if I loose 15 lbs in 15 days I will be happy. Well it only took 10 days! I am absolutely ecstatic. I am seeing bigger numbers in my future and not feeling too limited. I am struggling with the...

Well I seem to have come back to speed. I lost 2lbs this morning for a total of 14 lbs since the 1st! I am excited and happy with the results so far and I can already see a difference in my clothes fitting. Each day I see a loss is a day that puts me closer to my weight for me and my son to be healthy and live a long life. I am so happy for my aunt telling me about this program and for me to have the “eggs” to do it. It has been...

So I made it very well yesterday. I kept a positive attitude and kept to protocol. I woke up this morning and lost another .5lbs. I am slightly disappointed but then I think, “you just lost 12 lbs in one week!” Way to go! I feel great, still struggle with cravings but it is nice to have my mom doing it with me and the support of this web page and the facebook site as well.   I truly am happy and feel blessed to have this...

So I seem to have a small stall. I didn’t lose anything today but at least I stayed the same. At first I had a hard time with it then I thought “what about the 11.5 lbs you have lost already?” And yes, what I have lost already is worth it. No need to feel like I haven’t done well. Today is a new day and I will get past this. I think maybe I did too much walking yesterday, spent all afternoon out shopping and getting...

Well, I confess, I cheated last night. I had an extremely HARD day with cravings. I wasn’t hungary, I just wanted anything and everything that wasn’t allowed. So I made myself wait till I just couldn’t take it anymore. I decided to keep to protocol foods so that it wasn’t like I was having something that totally wasn’t allowed. I also made sure to not go to bed till 3 hrs after. The strawberries were probably...

Is this really for real? I stepped on the scale this morning and to my surprise I lost another 4 lbs! It is days like this that make me know that on smaller loss days I can get through this. I am so pleased with the results that it makes the “lack” of food easier to deal with. I don’t have too many hunger pains. I just have to retrain my brain that it is OK to not snack between meals. The morning and the evening after...

I found the 2nd day of loading a little better. I didn’t feel bloated and I only ate when I was hungry. I woke up this morning and I showed a loss of 3 lbs! I am ecstatic to say the least after not expecting to see a loss so soon. I know each day is going to be different but I have set a small goal for each week so I don’t get discouraged if I have a small set back. I set it at 5 lbs a week which I think is pretty reasonable. As...

So it has come to the end of my first day of loading. I keep finding myself saying “what will I miss during the diet that I can have now?” but at the same time, I am not trying to gorge myself. It has been hard to determine the best schedule to take the drops but I seem to have it worked out. Dispite the bloating I am feeling good that I can do this and I WILL do this. I remain motivated for my son. I will be a healthier, more...

With less than one week to go before I start I am struck with many different feelings. I am excited to start this new chapter in my life, I am nervous about how well I can handle it as I am a perpetual snacker. But when I really think about it I am reassured that I can do it. I have made it this far in my life dealing with things much harder than this and I have decided that I have had enough! I am sick of not being able to find fashionable...