This morning on the scale was a pleasant surprise, I lost 1.0 lb and I’m under my LDW by 0.4.  This is what I ate yesterday.  Breakfast:  2 egg whites scrambled with green bell pepper & onion.  Snack:  3 oz of chicken.  Lunch:  6 oz chicken, lettuce & 1 tbsp of homemade ranch dressing.  Snack:  1 apple.  Dinner:  an entire chicken, lettuce, fresh broccoli & 1 tbsp of homemade ranch dressing.  I drank a ton of water...

Saturday,  March 12, 2011  Weight:   Loss 0.2       R1P2D29  Third and Final day of no drops! My last day of weaning, I’m beyond excited.  I can’t wait to toss the rubber gloves aside.  I went grocery shopping with my family.  I picked up more protein, some block cheese, some seasonings to make my own turkey sausage and some half & half!  I took another detox bath and still patiently waiting for a BM!   Sunday,...

Today was a great day, except that I have not had a BM for 5 days! I am still not planning on trying a cup of smooth move tea…yet! I promised myself I would let my body take care of itself. Tomorrow is my last day of no drops and then Sunday, I’m on to my first day on Phase 3. I am so looking forward to the next phase.   Tonight I will look over recipes and put a grocery list together and tomorrow I’m off to get prepared. I...

I woke up this morning and decided that yesterday was my last day on drops.  I’m ready to move onto Phase 3.  With upcoming events, weddings, vacation, family gatherings, it is time to move on.  I plan on doing another round in a few months to get rid of the last 10 lbs, which would put me at what I weighed in high school.   It feels weird not having a timer go off to remind me to take my drops.  I found some “HCG Friends” on...

I’m hanging tough with TOM!  I can’t say it enough how much I LOVE this diet!!  Not only the weight loss, but the life tools it has taught me with cooking healthier and reassuring myself that YES I do have willpower.  When approaching this diet, I had a mindset that I was going to treat it like when I was pregnant.   I was always careful with what I ate and put in my body because I was nourishing a little being…on this diet...

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Sunday, March 06, 2011  Weight:  Loss 0.2  R1P2D23 I met another milestone; I made it the minimum amount of protocol days!  Yahoo!    I tried eggs with some onions for lunch and it filled me up and gave me a boost of energy.  It was the first time I tried eggs on this diet and I’m glad I decided to try it.  I sautéed some onions in a pan with a little bit of water and then added the 1 whole egg & 3 egg whites.  I seasoned...

The point 0.2 loss has officially put me exactly at the 20 lb milestone!  Yahoo!!!!  Today was another cold, windy day in Wisconsin so my husband and I decided to venture out to the mall to get some light walking in and have a little fun in the playground area with our son.  It felt great to get out of the house and made things so much easier on me mentally, since weekends seem to be a little tougher for me.  I made sure I ate my lunch...

I cannot believe that I have almost hit the minimum protocol amount of days to be on the drops,with no cheating AND 0.2 lbs from the 20 lb mark! This is the first diet I have ever tried that I have been successful at on so many levels.   The 3rd & 4th day on the VLCD were a struggle but other than that I have felt great, I’ve lost weight and inches, and I’ve learned to cook healthy.  I have always struggled in the kitchen, now I...

I’m so close, 1.2 lbs away from losing 20 lbs; I am beyond excited! Yesterday, I brought my son to the mall so we could walk around and get a little exercise.  I also stopped in a few stores and tried on some clothes; for the past few years it’s always been something I dread but yesterday, WOW, yesterday was refreshing.  I’m so used to grabbing a size 12 NOT a size 8, and the muffin top or I should say the tire that’s been around...

I think I overdid it, last night I was rearranging my son’s bedroom, lifting mattresses, furniture etc. & I’m sore today.  I hope that doesn’t hurt the scale, I’ve read when some people try to exercise on P2 they can experience no weight loss or stall, I sure hope that doesn’t happen…I’ve learned my lesson.  I made enchiladas tonight for my husband and a family friend that came over.  They looked so good but I didn’t...

Today, as I was preparing my lunch, I thought to myself, I’ve come a LONG way! I’m not talking about the loss of weight or inches but how I take the time to prepare my meals and my family’s meals. I enjoy it and have learned a lot. I used to be a “fast food” type of cook, where if it was quick and easy that was my kind of dish or I would just simply order take out. My mentality has changed; I enjoy preparing healthy food and...

Today was a good day, I felt great,  I made some homemade chicken base, went grocery shopping without feeling like the chips aisle was calling my name & made an orange Julius.  I used a small orange, ice, a little bit of water and a few drops of vanilla crème stevia and voila; I think it tasted even better then the orange smoothie you can get at Orange Julius, especially since it doesn’t have the fat and high calories. Beginning...

Well I figured something out I think, I had a little bit of a rough morning, I drank smooth move again last night and had a small BM this morning.  By drinking the laxative tea I think I was forcing my body to have a BM before it was ready, alas the weak feeling both mornings.   The feeling was tolerable but a bit uncomfortable; thankfully it went away after drinking a few glasses of water and some green tea.   From now on, I’m going...

Well only 0.2 lbs but I’m not going to dwell on it.  Today, I was a little cranky, it wasn’t due to hunger, just fighting off my urge to snack out of habit since we were stuck in the house all day since there was a snow storm.  I made it, but not without biting my husband’s head off a few times, thankfully he’s a very understanding & forgiving guy.   I took a detox bath late in the afternoon, and that helped to relax me.  I...

Wahoo, that’s more like it, 1.6 lbs gone forever!!! Today, I went to the grocery store and bought some shrimp and London broil. I didn’t get a chance to marinate the London broil so I grilled some shrimp on the George Foreman Grill with juice from half a lemon and garlic powder. Fourteen days and all I’ve been eating for my protein is chicken! I’m not a big seafood or fish fan so I was a little apprehensive about the shrimp...

Seriously, only 0.2 lbs today.  That’s it, I’m off to get some London broil, I need to suck it up and mix my protein.  Since the beginning of my VLCD I’ve only had chicken, but prepared different ways.  I made white chicken chili from the blog site and it was delicious. Another thing I need to keep in mind, I am ovulating, so that is probably another factor.  Today overall was a good day, I did struggle a bit mentally with the...

Well I only lost .4 lbs on the scale, bummed but I know there will be days like that.  I just need to remember I can’t be too upset, I haven’t  stalled yet.  Boy, I hope I didn’t just jinx myself.  When I look back at yesterday, I think I drank too much coffee, even though I had a ton of water, more then I usually drink, and maybe my radish portion was a little too big.  I’m going to change and eat salad and chicken today. ...

I did it!!!  I broke 150, I am not even sure the last time my weight was in the 140’s, I’ve always hovered between 150 before Bryson.  I’m so excited.  Let the day begin.  No bowel movement today, and I felt a little hungry in the afternoon but again I think it was out of being “house happy” & being in the house most of the day.  I drank a TON of water, we’ll see how that helps tomorrow on the scale.  The Detox Bath...

We were snowed in today, which did test me mentally with snacking but I succeeded.  I took another detox bath last night to help with the agitated feelings.  Today was the first day, I felt like man I have to do this for how long…which means my body is telling me I’m getting bored with my food options and need to mix it up.  Yesterday I drank as much water as I could possibly hold & I have seen my weight loss increase to over a...

Well when I woke up on the scale I was bummed, .2 lbs didn’t seem that great, especially with the previous numbers I had been pulling.  I know that it will happen and sometimes even stalling even happens… just say a tough pill to swallow, but I’m going to keep moving on.  Today, I didn’t have as much coffee, still ate chicken but tried to change up my vegetables.  I had the melba delight (sliced tomatoes, chicken, oregano &...

Well today was a true test of my willpower.  We brought Bryson to a matinee and instantly when we walked into the theater the smell of popcorn hit me.  Jeremy and Bryson ate it in front of me and I never caved in!!  Big PAT ON MY BACK!  I have had so many times in the past when I overindulge in those situations and afterwards feel like “What have I done?” It was a great feeling to know I did not succumb to temptation!  Overall it...

I felt good today, actually didn’t finish my dinner, I wasn’t hungry.  I didn’t eat either fruits today, I hope that doesn’t hurt me tomorrow on the scale.  I did drink 2 ACV drinks and so far 10 glasses of water.  I tried the onion ring recipe tonight from the HCG Blog, and it was good!  I tried on some old summer clothes that I wasn’t able to wear since getting pregnant.  Several items fit, it gives me that extra push to...

I woke up this morning with a headache again, but my hunger was gone.  I drank two cups of green tea, took two aspirin and started feeling better.  By mid afternoon I started feeling like my old self again, energy was back, not nauseated, no lingering icky feeling.   Today was a good day.  By dinner time I had to force myself to eat dinner, I wasn’t hungry.  By dinner I hadn’t had any fruit either but decided I should so I had 1...

There’s no other way to put it, this day sucked!  I woke up with a headache and as soon as I jumped on the scale I started getting nauseated, dizzy…just feeling plain lousy.  I didn’t want to eat something right away in the morning I had some acv, coffee, & then finally green tea.  The green tea seemed to help so I had a second cup.  I “barely” made it through the day, at one point I broke down and had two aspirin and that...

Well today was tougher then yesterday, felt hungry all day, few hunger pains & it finally went away after my dinner and snack.   I actually had a boost of energy in the evening and was able to feel “normal” and have a little dance party with Bryson.  I know it’s early but I can actually see a slight change in my face already.  I have more defined cheekbones again!  WILLPOWER, wow, don’t fail me now…I’ve got to keep this...

Well before I went to bed last night I weighed in at 164.9, and this morning 161.8.  I was thrilled but then a little nervous because it made me think maybe I didn’t load properly.  To my surprise, today went extremely well, I felt empty but not hungry, my stomach didn’t growl even!  The only difficult time I had was this morning drinking the ACV cocktail, it really did a number on my stomach and the after taste was horrible.  Later...

Everyone is right, loading is much harder than I thought.  Eating so much food & the type of food has given me a mild headache, extremely bloated & I feel just gross…and I still feel like I might have not loaded enough.  We’ll find out I guess.  I weighed myself just now and I’m at 164 so I did gain.  I’m anxious to get started tomorrow, I just hope I can follow the protocol to a “T”.   I have a timer I use to...

Good Morning World, I’m ready!!!  I wasn’t too disappointed with my weight this morning, knowing I was going on this diet, I “indulged” a bit more the days leading up to this journey.  Actually, when I got pregnant with Bryson I was hovering between 155 & 160 lbs, due to the holidays and several parties.  I was actually “heavy” for me at the time I conceived Bryson.  My weight now though is a different 160 lbs,...