Snakey

I think Pooka is a little nervous now that our snake is getting
bigger. Here are some pictures of Fearless Rose sizing up Pooks.

Snake Lady

Day 6–hCG Diet

Weight 215

Today started out really well.  I came home from work eager to weigh myself and found I had lost another 2 lbs yay.  Jess had taken the day off work and it was the kids school day so I knew Jessi and I were going to have fun hanging out together.  I actually had no problems making it till lunch today.  I really just wasn’t hungry. 

At lunch I decided to treat myself to some of the shrimp I had prepared so I had a really tasty spinach, tomato, and shrimp salad with apple cider vinegar and lemon pepper seasoning.  I was really full and decided to save my apple again until later so it would be easier to make it to dinner.  That is where my plans went awry.

Note to self:  When you only eat 500 calories a day, missing something like an apple it turns out is a pretty big deal. 

So I didn’t make it back to the house till 6:30 after watching a movie with Jessi and then going over to the neighbors with the kids to play for awhile till dinner.  By the time I got home I was starting to feel the hunger pains that had been missing for a day and a half and a little bit of that “I’m empty please feed me” stomach nausea.

I ate a turkey burger and asparagus, melba toast, and my lunch apple for dinner.  I was so hungry, but I literally had to force myself through the apple even though it was a Fuji and freaking delicious.  Dinner was filling but took a long time to shake that sick feeling I had from not eating enough for lunch.  I guess I need to be really careful about that. 

Overall I’d say the diet is working.  I don’t know if the drops actually do anything but I don’t seem to be hungry for the most part and I am losing weight at a nice pace so far.  Of course the first 10 pounds always comes off more quickly than the last 10.

Day 5 - hCG Diet

Weight 217

Well i've managed to lose some weight which is a nice feeling.  Things are starting to get a little easier as well.

I was still very hungry in the morning, it is hard to wait till noon to eat when you get up at 6am and haven't eaten since 6 the night before.

I had a turkey burger on spinach with garlic and balsamic vinegar for lunch which was good but I'm getting a little tired of the balsamic vinegar.  I actually was so full after lunch that I saved my apple till 4pm which made it much easier to make it until dinner at 6:30pm.  I had a chipotle chicken breast with stone ground mustard, asparagus, and melba toast for dinner and had my orange at 8pm for dessert.  Again I was really stuffed at dinner and actually had to force down the last bites of chicken (the diet says you need to eat it all).

The guys had Philly Cheesesteaks for lunch and smoked pork butt + homemade fries with rotelle cheese dipping sauce for dinner.  It's almost like they are trying to torture me but I will not cave!

All in all I would say it was a good day, I didn't feel hungry after lunch and I drank a ton of water and tea today and barely missed Diet Mountain Dew at all.  It did have the side effect of making me pee like crazy every 5 minutes.

Tomorrow i think i will either eat a fruit or the melba toast in the morning to help me get through till lunch.  I am very eager to get home and weigh myself tomorrow though i did go a bit heavy on the salt tonight and I hope I don't retain water because of it.

Day 4

Ok I’ve reached the end of day number 2 of actually dieting.  I was able to stay at exactly 500 calories today and I drank a ton of water. 

I felt a little weak today which I have read is normal during the first few days.  I still had enough energy and motivation to get a bunch of stuff done around the house though.

I had coffee for breakfast, a seasoned chicken breast chopped up and mixed with tomatoes, minced garlic and balsamic vinegar on spinach for lunch and some very very lean steak (100 grams) with a little mustard and asparagus.

You get one melba toast and a fruit with each meal and if you eat it slowly with water it actually seems like a lot of food.

Tomorrow is a big day, I am going to try doing this at work which is hard for a variety of different reasons.  The first and foremost being the almost infinite quantities of snack food and ice cream that is always available. 

Wish me luck!

hCG Diet–Day 1-4

Well I’ve decided to blog about the diet I’m currently trying.  Basically it involves putting a bunch of liquid drops under your tongue 6 times a day and eating an extremely limited, extremely low calorie meal twice a day. 

Sounds awful right?  Well at least you get to gorge out your first two days on all of the fatty, sugary, high calorie food you can possibly eat.  Yummy

hCG Diet Info – This is a link to the diet, how and why it works, and information on Dr. Simeons who came up with this diet in the 1940’s.

The things that appealed to me about this diet are

1. I have had several friends try it with great success. 

2. I read the information and I really identified with some of the material about obesity.

3. I like the rigid eating structure.  I can easily prepare food for 2 weeks in advance.

4. My Chiropractor suggested this and he is really cool.

So here is my log of what has gone on so far

Day 1

Weight 219.6

I spent the entire day gorging on cookies, buffet food, desserts, real coke, and had several alcoholic drinks after dinner (no alcohol for 23 days!)

I felt sick I ate so much and this wasn’t nearly as fun as I thought it would be

Day 2

Didn’t weigh myself

I was at work on Mexican day.  Gorged on chips and mexican food.  I ate cake, and desserts all day and drank 3 44 oz huge sugary soda’s during the day

Day 3

Weight 225.6

First day of the real diet

No breakfast on this diet is really hard for me.  I have become quite addicted to my grapenuts every morning it seems

I prepared food for several weeks so I could just nuke something and have an instant meal without having to count on my motivation to cook.

I cooked chicken breasts in either chipotle or garlic/herb seasonings, super lean thin steaks, turkey burgers, tilapia with chipotle or garlic/herb seasonings, and spicy shrimp.

I ate a garlic chicken breast, apple, melba toast and handful of spinach for lunch and a chopped up turkey burger on spinach greens with tomatoes and a minced garlic balsamic vinegar dressing (that I made in 2 seconds).  I had a handful of strawberries later for dessert.

The food was really good and filling but I was quickly hungry afterwards.  I had to pass on birthday cake and icecream which was TOUGH  and I went to bed fairly early because I was hungry.

I am on Day 4 today and I woke up weighing 220.2 so I am at least close to being back to my starting weight.

I will try to keep the blog up to date so you guys can follow my progress as I learn whether or not I have what it takes to starve myself for 3 weeks yay!

New used car!

My new 2008 Mazda cx-9. It is so nice and has a third row seat as well