Not Much Exciting 'Round Here.....

I am almost out of drops, so I think one day this week will be my last VLCD day for this round. I was really hoping to make it 2 more weeks, but I guess I will have to work with what I got. I am down 10 pound today, so that is exciting. I did another apple day yesterday because my oldest daughter was in a softball tournament all day yesterday, and that seemed to be the most convenient for me to stay on my diet. My weight has been fluctuating a lot, so I thought an apple day wouldn't hurt anything. Aside from that, nothing exciting going on....just trying to stay strong and work through this whole "I have no will-power" issue of mine..... :)


Here are my stats for the week

Neck: 14"
Bicep: 14"
Chest: 41"
Waist: 36"
Hips: 44.5"
Thigh: 25"
Calf: 15.5"
Ankle: 9"

I *heart* Apple Days!!!!

Well, after 2 days of gaining, I decided to do an apple day today. I don't have time to backtrack. I must say I was very skeptical about this, as I have been with every other part of this diet.....it is just way too good to be true. Boy was I surprised to step on the scale tonight, just out of curiosity and be down 1.6 pounds. THIS IS CRAZY! Now, I am curious about tomorrow's weigh in. The apple day was amazingly fairly painless. I ate my first apple at about 10:15 this morning, another at about 2:30, another at about 5:30, and my last one now, as I am sitting here typing at 10:30. I even drank 2 cups of coffee this morning with my non-fat powder creamer, and then 2 cups tonight at my daughter's softball games. I am still just in awe of this whole thing, and skeptically awaiting it to backfire on me.....


:)

Day 17 and counting....7lbs down and 6.75" gone!

I am not gonna lie. I am still getting hungry. But, it is true genuine hunger that is no more or less than if I were not dieting and on a super-low calorie diet. I have been playing with how I spread out my drops, and that helps, but I do get a little hungry about 30min to an hour before I am supposed to eat.

There is no need to dwell on things I can't do anything about, but I must accept it as it is and move on. I set myself back 2 pounds over the weekend. My daughter had 10 girls over for her birthday party/slumber party. We were supposed to have a campfire and roast hotdogs and smores, but it rained, so we grilled the dogs and the kids just played inside and watched movies. I have a HUGE weakness for burnt hotdogs....I LOVE THEM! The more burnt...the better....:)

Over the course of the night, I ate 3-4. GRRRRRR...I got off my regime with all the craziness, and I got hungry and the munchies, and I fell off my wagon. I guess it could have been worse. I did not touch the cake, although, I did catch myself licking the icing off my fingers and the crumbs.....I stopped myself, though.

I did take control.....I just need to remind myself that this is only short term and in a very short time, I will be able to enjoy all of these foods again, but in a more healthy, aware state of mind.

Ok. I got it out. I have accepted my moment of weakness, and I am moving on. As of today I am down 7 pounds and 6.75 inches.  I have listed below, my newest measurements....Have a great day, everyone!

Neck: 14.25"
Bust: 41.5"
Waist: 36.5"
Hips: 45.5"
Bicep: 14.0"
Thigh: 24.0"
Calf: 15.5"

It's been one week.....

Ok. So, it has been 1 week, even though day 1 and 2 were "fatty patty" days. I am down 3.6 pounds. I have realized that I am REALLY bad about wanting to eat just for the sake of having something to do. I knew this, but I have become very aware of it this week, because I have not been hungry when I have had these "I wanna eat" episodes. My 5 "skinny minny" days so far have been very surprising. Like I said before, the first day, I did find myself for real hungry at the end of the day, but I was very laxidaisical in when I was taking my drops. So on Tuesday, I structured a more definite schedule, and from then on, it has been pretty good. Something must be happening, because like any sane person would think, at only 500 calories a day, I SHOULD be STARVING, and I am far from it. Yes, I have found myself a little hungry at times, but it is near a meal time, and I just drink some lemon water and hold myself until my meal or snack time. It really has not bee hard.

I'm B-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-C-K~!~!

Well, I fell off......in a very bad way.  The last part of my summer was a whirlwind of vacation, surgery, back-to-school, softball, and Lord knows what else.  Let's just say it was bad.  Very bad.  I gained back everything I had lost.  Sad but true.

So, here I am....AGAIN.  Trying to get this weight off.  Now.  I know there are many out there that swear only by healthy eating and exercising.  I am here to say that while I do agree, I also think that there are times where a little extra intervention is needed.  I spent a year watching what I was eating, exercising very regularly, and not moving the scale...AT ALL!  Maybe within a 10 pound window.  BUT, with the needed 60 to lose, this is nothing when the fluctuation was so crazy.

I have sworn that since my first pregnancy 12 years ago, my hormones have been jacked up to hell and back and never got back to normal after my daughter was born.  It just didn't make sense that I was eating right and exercising and lot losing like I should.  Well, I yo-yo dieted, and yes, that didn't help either.  So, I have gone another route this time, trying to get this grossness off of my body.  I have witnessed many successes and believe this just might be what I need to get my body fully back in line where it needs to be.  I began, on Saturday, the homeopathic HCG diet.

Day 1 and 2 were FAT HEAVY foods with the drops. Those were actually good days, and I thought that I would have reveled in the "premission" to eat everything I wanted with no guilt. I don't know if it was the drops, or my conscience, but I wasn't able to eat as much as my normal appetite would have allowed.


Monday was my first day on the drops and my 500cal diet. It was not as bad as I thought, but at the end of the day, I am hungry. The diet protocol says that by the end of the first week, my body should be adjusted to the drops and diet and my hunger and cravings should dissappear.

Tuesday, I did some adjustments on WHEN I was taking my drops, and that seems to have made things better. I can tell that my appetite is adjusting nicely.

As the true skeptic that I am, I still am in amazement that I have awakened each morning to a 1+ pound loss. It is crazy! So far I am down 3.4 pounds. YAY!!!

We shall see. I am always the skeptic, but also always the one to jump at trying something new.