Day 5 Stress Eating

I wasn't very surprise this morning when I stepped on the scale and saw it didn't move. Yep, no gain, no lose..nadda! But it was bound to happen. My body is adjusting to the big drop it's already experienced. I am hoping to see something in the morning though.
Today was a stressful day for me.To give a brief background about me, I am a stress eater. When I am stressed, I will in fact binge. Today was a real challenge for me. I was to start a new at home job but nothing was going right. I was severely stress. All I wanted to do was eat to comfort myself. I must admit, I was very close to saying forget it, and binge on the spaghetti the family had for dinner. Why is it by the way that all the foods you really never cared about before looks so much more yummy when you know you can't have them? Spaghetti never looked so good tonight! I passed though! I told myself no, someone spent a lot of money on me with this plan and I wasn't about to waste their money. Now, if it was my money, I am pretty sure I would've binged. Lol So, here's what I ended up eating instead:

Breakfast: Nothing (slept in)
 Lunch: Turkey burger covered in rotel and mustard   185 cals
Snack: Orange & Melba toast   90 cals
Dinner: Chicken breast 3 oz.
            Salad w/ tomatoes and dressing   155 cal
            Melba toast   20 cals
Snack: watermelon   50 cals


Total: 500 cals

Oh, and in case you were wondering...I declined the job. Way too much stress in my life as it is.

Day 5 Mindless Eating

It's hard to teach an old dog new tricks. Earlier while fixing grapes for Toby, I just started popping several in my mouth without thinking. Next thing I knew, a few turned into a few handfuls. Grapes aren't on my plan. Ooops! I will have to pay more attention in the future.
Remember how I was concerned about eating out yesterday? Well, to my wonderful surprise, I did ok, well...better than ok. I got on the scale this morning and was down another 3 pounds. That's a total of 7 pounds in just five days! Wow! That just makes me all the more determined to keep on keeping on. I am determined to be 40 pounds lighter by my birthday, which is October 29th. I say it every year, but this year I really think I am going to do it.
I was still hungry today, but I can tell each day gets easier. I just need a little grit and spit..yep, that'll do it. Here's what I ate today:

Breakfast: Apple   70 cals

Lunch: Turkey patty  170 cals
            lettuce w/ rotel 20 cals
            Melba toast     20 cals

Dinner: Turkey patty covered with rotel and mustard  185 cals
             Melba toast   20 cals

Snack: grapes and watermelon   70 + cals (Not completely sure)

I've had about 90 ounces of water and green tea
HCG drops
B12 drop
Calcium & potassium

Total calories for the day  555 cals

I know I went over because I had 2 turkey patties today when I should've had chicken once. Then I had the grapes.

I can't wait to get up tomorrow and see what the scale has to say!!

Day 4 Adventures In Eating Out

As usual, soon as I get up I weigh myself, daily. Well, to my wonderful surprise I lost 4 pounds! I am 4 pounds down so far! Today was a real test for me. After church we went out to eat with friends. Eating out is my weakness. This is where I start making excuses as to why I can have this or that. I must say, there was wonderful smelling food on either side of me. But, I held true to my commitment. I ordered a plain chicken breast over a bed of lettuce with balsamic vinegar and 2 crackers. I brought my Stevia and had unsweet tea. I planned ahead and it paid off. I must say though, I am still a bit nervous about eating out because I didn't know the calories in the chicken and how many ounces it was.
I only had a small headache today and noticed I wasn't as hungry as I was yesterday. I know this is going to take time to train my thinking towards food again. Remember, the drops are nourishing me, and the food is to keep my metabolism burning.

Here's what I ate for today:

Breakfast: apple  70 cals

Lunch: Chicken breast, lettuce and 2 saltine crackers   Guessing it was 257 cals

Dinner: 3 oz. chicken breast, lettuce and melba toast    110 cals

Snack: Watermelon    70 cals

Total calories for today   507

A bit boring I know, but I am learning not to live to eat, but to eat to live. Food isn't everything, right? OMG! Did I just say that?

Day 3 And I Have A Headache

Okay, I made it through my first day of eating only 500 calories, and let's just say, detox sucks! Just after lunch I got a killer headache. I can honestly say though, I wasn't tempted to eat. I was very hungry, but I read that passes after a few days. I'm sure some of you may think this is a bit extreme. I thought the same thing once. But after reading how this plan works, I understand now. See, I am getting the bulk of my calories from the HCG drops, not my food. I am eating food to keep my metabolism burning. The drops are releasing calories from all the fat I'm losing into my blood stream.

Along with eating only 500 calories a day, I also have to drink 3 liters of water or green tea. Let's just say, I haven't gone to the bathroom this much even when I was pregnant! Wow! Oh! And please tell me, why is it that when you're on a diet, everything on TV is about food?
So, here's what I ate today:

Breakfast: med apple   70 cals

Lunch: 3.5 oz. chicken tender loin
           1 cup lettuce w/ raspberry vinegar
            Melba toast
Lunch total cals..125

Dinner: Turkey burger
            1 cup Broccoli
            1 cup lettuce w/ raspberry vinegar
            Melba toast
Dinner total cals.. 230

Snack: Strawberries and watermelon    70 cals

Today's total calories =  495

I can go a little below or above the 500 calories. I drank 60 oz. of water and 60 oz. of green tea w/ Stevia. Tomorrow will be a challenge for me because we will be eating out after church. I planned to have a salad with chicken breast.

Day 2

Today was the second day of loading up calories. Oy! Now I understand why we aren't to eat much from here on out. I'm so stuffed that food is the last thing I want to see for a month. Wow! Did I just say that? LOL It's true though, I never thought I would have trouble eating freely, but I honestly found it a challenge. I feel bloated and miserable. I don't think I will see a drop just yet on the scale. When I weighed this morning I was up a pound and half, but I am not surprise because of all the food I ate. But I am positive that in the weeks to come I will see the scale go down.

Here's what I ate today:

Breakfast: 1 filled cream cheese doughnut  - 300
                1 chocolate glazed doughnut       - 250
                chocolate milk                             - 360
                                                                = 910
Snack:     1 chocolate filled doughnut         - 300

Lunch:      2 pieces of chicken                    - 600

Snack:       ice cream & brownie                 - 500

Dinner:      4 enchiladas                              - 900
                 chips & salsa                              - 140
                                                                = 1040

Total for the day:                                      3350
HCG Drops 3 x's
B12 1 time

Tomorrow  begins my big day. I start eating 500 calories and drink loads of water or green tea.As always, comments, questions or advise is welcome!

Here Goes Nothing...Day 1

Today is my first day on this plan. First thing every morning I have to weigh myself. For the first two days I have to "load" up. It's exactly what is says, loading up on calories. For these first two days I have to eat a minimum of 3000 calories per day. Yes, you read that right. Then for 38 days it's 500 calories. And all along I will be taking B12 drops as well as Calcium and Potassium and not to forget, HCG drops 3 times a day. That will be where my calories and nourishment come from. I will explain on that when the time comes.

I must say, today was an eye opener. In order to load up, we decided to eat at Mc Donald's for breakfast and Lunch. OMG!  Let's just say, meeting 3000 calories was no problem at all when you eat there. Wow!
Here's what I ate and what the calorie count was.

Breakfast:  Sausage, egg and cheese biscuit- 560 calories
                 Hash brown                               - 150 calories
                 Carmel Frape  (large)                 - 680 calories
Total:                                                           1390 calories

Lunch:       Quarter Pounder w/ cheese        - 510 calories
                  Regular size fries                       - 380 calories
                  Diet Coke (I know..lol)            - 0     calories
Total:                                                           890 calories

Dinner:      BBQ Chicken(leg & thigh)         - 600 calories
                 Cheesy potatoes                        - 250 calories
                 Cheesy  biscuit                          - 100 calories
                 Diet Coke                                  - 0    calories
Total:                                                            950 calories

Night time snack: Ice cream & brownie         -500 calories

Grand total for the day = 3730 calories
I also started my drops today. 15 drops under my tongue 3 times a day of the HCG and one dropper full of B12 once. The other vitamins begin in the next few days.

Wow, can you imagine if we are just mindlessly eating, how the calories can just add up? It's no wonder why our nation, including our kids are so over weight. This was eye opening for me today eating at Mc Donald's and counting the calories.  I'm blown away. There have been times when we were on vacation, we would eat this much, not thinking of the intake. 

Here's a challenge for anyone reading this. If your not watching what you eat now, spend a day mindlessly eating but keep track of the calories and see how much they rack up for your day. I imagine you too will be surprised! 

What Is The HCG Diet Anyway?

As promised, I am going to explain what this program is I will be beginning.

So, what is the  HCG Diet? It consist of a low calorie diet in combination with HCG hormone treatment. During my 40 day program I will regularly take a small amount of HCG drops. This is supposed to improve glandular and metabolic function while evoking fat loss and improving health.It allows the body to tap into your body's abnormal fat deposits, like upper arms, belly, butt, thighs and hips. All the places I want to lose...lol HCG is a pregnancy hormone that allows the body to metabolize fat and use it for energy for both mother and fetus. For weight loss, they use a very small amount.

I must say, I was very critical of this diet at first. You eat basically 500 calories a day.OMG!!! That seemed somewhat unhealthy to me, until I read what the HCG hormone drops do. Since there is such a release of fat into the blood stream, I basically wont be hungry and should have plenty of energy. The HCG actually releases 1500-4000 calories per day into the bloodstream. This is the only reason why it is ok to eat 500 calories a day. The protocol provides a detox and gives your entire system rest from the onslaught of food and drinks by allowing only a small amount relatively healthy items to be processed in your body.

So, in a nut shell, I will eat around 500 calories a day, drinking lots and lots of water and taking thes drops to help heal my damaged metabolism.  I will be keeping a journal and documenting my progress here for anyone who wants to follow me on my journey.

Remember, I was the biggest skeptic about this plan, and I have tried so many diets out there with no long lasting results. This claims to heal the metabolism and flush away my fat cells so I wont gain it all back. We shall see!

In the upcoming days I will be beginning the program and allowing you to follow along with me. Again, comments or advise is welcome.

I'm Back!

That's right folks, I am back. I must say, with a blog like this, you become very transparent, so when you fail, you hide. That's what I did. I hid. Who wants to admit to all their peers they were a failure?

This time around though, it's different. I know, I know...everyone says that, right? Well..this time I am doing something different. I will be doing that HCG Diet which is all the rave right now.  My next blog will tell all about what this diet is about, so hang with me, okay! I must say, I have been extremely critical of this diet plan. Although, I have seen lots of my friends have exceptional results. Then, don't get me started on the cost and the fact that you don't get to eat much at ALL! Well, someone secretely blessed me with this kit so I had no choice but to check it out and give it a chance, right? I felt I was now obligated. But I have to say, once I read about it, I was sold.

I have decided to map my progress here, so that if anyone else is critical, I will be their guinea pig, so to speak. I will, hopefully report daily. I will record here my weight loss, what I eat and how I feel. All comments are as always welcomed. Any advice or ideas will also be accepted! I am also starting a new job at home, so there is many changes taking place all at once in my life. So, I hope you will follow me as I go on this new journey.