Day 5

I remember why I quit last time I tried this diet.
My skin is so dry. I've tried every lotion in the house and my skin is just as dry!
The diet is REALLY hard to stick to. I'm craving sweet, and of course giving in!
This morning I woke up and I felt great! I have lost 3-4 lbs already.
My jeans fit. I can button them. Today they were actually loose! First time since November, I believe.

I think I'm going to give this a break and start up again when we get back from the wedding.

No excuses, but I'm a little stressed out.
I haven't put enough effort into making the right food choices. Although I'm not very hungry on the diet (yay, the drops actually work!) but I have food cravings like no other!

Also the first two days of Phase 2 I had the runs and stomach cramps. No fun. But I think my body was detoxing.

Other than that, I've had plenty of energy.
I just need to eat the right food. Make the right choices, and drink more than enough water. I think my lack of water is the major deal this time.

Boo

This is the second good thing I've quit this week. The first thing was school. :(
Kind of disappointed in myself. I feel like I'm losing my mind between doctors appointments, taking care of Phil, figuring out Ava's schedule and potty training. I've fallen behind on the house work, the dishes are piled up in the sink, the floor is layered with cat hair, and I finally, today caught up on 6 months worth of bill filing. Believe me, I have a room that could be featured on hoarders.

I have an excuse for everything, don't I?
Well truth is, I'm overwhelmed and it just seemed easier to drop the things that were stressing me out the most rather than face them head on and conquer them. Let's face it. Right now, I'm just being a wimp.

2nd day of the actual diet

Day two of the actual diet.
I lost two pounds since the first day (yesterday)!!
Yesterday I did ok. Until dinner time.
I weighed in at 137.0
Breakfast: Tea
Snack: Grapefruit
Lunch: Chicken and spinach
Snack: Apple
Dinner: I cheated I went to Famous Daves. My husband and I ordered one dish and split it. We had pulled pork/ chicken (boneless wings), drunkin apples and beans. We split the whole thing. I also ordered water.
Today I woke up, certain I had gained weight.
I weighed in at 135.2
Breakfast: Tea
Snack: Grapefruit and water and tea
Lunch: Chicken and lettuce and water
Snack: Apple
Dinner: I sort of cheated, I ate out but I was good. Chicken soup (chicken broth and chicken) I did sort of cheat and had a few pieces of fried chicken, and some blue berries. YUMMMM Still stuck with water.
I then also had a pediasure side kick.
I had bad cravings. Bad bad bad cravings. It was horrible!
I hope tomorrow is a good day. And I'll be as good as I can this weekend when we go out of town.

HCG Diet

So...after several weeks of in dept reviews. I decided to go for the plunge.
I am doing the HCG diet.
I went through a doctor. I got the shots.
My initial appointment, consultation, went well. Their scale is obviously different than my home scale. I stepped on their scale I was 139.8. My scale at home I weighed 134.

My first appointment, where I actually met with the doctor, I weighed in at 140.6 (and yes, I had actually stopped eating so many sweets between my consultation and my first appointment).
The first two day I gorged like crazy!!! It was perfect. I started on my birthday (Wednesday April 6). I had my usual Starbucks. I got a grande white chocolate mocha. For lunch my husband took me out to lunch at the place we nick name the carb-coma-cafe. I had a hamburger and some fries. He also brought me cupcakes. I ate two. For dinner we went to Outback steak house. I had Parmesan pasta with chicken and scallops.
Day two of gorging I had my usual Starbucks. I had grande white chocolate mocha. For lunch my dad too me to Sushi. I had two rolls to myself, muscles, miso soup, and two more rolls. YUM!
For dinner I decided to have Taco Bell. I got a gordita, 5 layer burrito and twists.
YUM!

My Friday day of the diet was horrible. Horrible, horrible, horrible.
My husband and I had been up all night with our daughter at the ER. Since we got home at 3am. I decided to do my shots at 3:30 (since I knew I wouldn't be up at 6am to do the shots). I still went to Starbucks. I got passion tea instead of hot chocolate or white mocha. I forgot my truvia at home so I waited until I got home to get my Truvia.



My entire morning was thrown off. I had a 1/2 grapefruit with truvia. Then I didn't eat again until 4pm. I had chicken and asparagus.
I also had bunco (I passed up nachos!!!) tonight. I stopped by the store before bunco and got an apple and strawberries. I had an apple and water.



Then on the way home I was hungry so we stopped at In-N-Out. I had a protein burger (patty wrapped in lettuce). That's it.



So today I had
1/2 grapefruit with truvia
Chicken with cummin and asparagus

Green apple
Protein burger from In-N-Out

That's it!
I had one tea and one water. I didn't have enough water today.

Today I weighed in (at home) at 135.5