Wow, talk about fluctuations! A week from my post on New Year's day, I dropped almost 5 pounds. Then this week, I gained it all back plus 0.2 ounces. I know it's not really a "gain" per se, that some unhealthy eating habits (not eating choices, mind you, because I stuck to good, clean foods) caused my gain. I was eating late at night, eating too many carbs, albeit healthy carbs, and lots and lots of salt. It's a shame that a lot of healthy foods are so bland, so your choices are either to salt or sugar them to flavorfulness. Well, lesson learned. Actually, this is the millionth time I've learned this lesson, but my memory must be short because I always seem to forget.
Activity. Non-existent this week. Why do I abhor movement so much?! And I went out and purchased Just Dance 3 just for the sole purpose of moving more! I know myself, and I know that once I get started on an exercise regimen, if I don't stop I get addicted. So what do I need to do to get there? I guess just shut up and do it, right?
I know everything there is about losing weight. I'm an expert. As are more overweight people. We do. We know all the tips, tricks, diets that work, methods, plans...we know all this because we are the ones who have employed them all and done them over and over. But why can't we get them to work?! I absolutely refuse to go into 2013 as a two-hundred pounder. 87 pounds in 12 months should be doable. That's a little over 7 pounds a month. There is no reason why I can't do it. I just need to crack the whip and be extra hard on myself, to stop wallowing in my own self pity and giving up just because of one or two slips.
Here's to a better week for me...a better week for all!
I suspect I'll be seeing a lot of blogs similar to mine today. Happy New Year! =)
So here I am! I made it through the holidays. While I didn't really diet during the holidays, I am glad to say that I DIDN'T GAIN ANY WEIGHT! Yay! At my weigh in today I found that I am down 0.7 pounds. Traditionally, I gain at least 10 pounds over the holidays, so how nice to see this loss, no matter how tiny, instead of a gain. This is the motivation I needed to keep going.
I really want 2012 to be the year I lose the weight and get healthy. I know I say that every year, but this year I really want this, so bad that I can taste it! A big motivator was what happened when I went to go read to my son's 1st grade class just before Christmas. As I was getting ready to take my place to read the story, I hear one of my son's classmates say to another classmate "Wow! B's mom is SO BIG!" It wasn't that my feelings were hurt, because they weren't because I understand children will be children. It was the fact being driven home that B's classmates and friends are taking notice and will probably say things like this often. I don't want to embarrass my son or make him feel like he has to defend my honor. I don't want him to have to see his mother be the butt of "Yo' Mama" jokes either.
Again, I'm not aiming for skinny. I'm aiming for healthy, better shape, and to build more stamina and get more active. I believe all those tie in with losing some weight, so here I go. I'm doing hCG again, to give me that big boost I need to really get motivated. Then I'll probably go back onto Weight Watchers, to lose the rest slowly. I know it takes time, so my goal for 2012 is to get down to under 200 pounds (199 is just fine!) by the next new year. I think I can lose 87 pounds in a year. Best of luck to you all as well!
I mean you CAN but it's hard. I haven't been on in a week because I was a bit under the weather. Between AF visiting and then a 2-day bout with sinus headaches and general aches, I couldn't really watch my diet like I wanted to. Today's result? Up 2.2 pounds. I had hit-or-miss days. Some days I'd eat like I should have, then some days I barely ate. Of course, that sabotaged me because when I did finally eat I totally ATE. I'm hoping that part of this 2.2 is water because I have been liberal with the salty foods.
I'm going to a three day anime convention that starts tonight! I'm so excited. AnimeUSA right here in the DC area. I'm such an otaku that it doesn't make sense. Anyway, I wish I had a pedometer because I get in tons of walking at these things and I don't really stop to eat much because there is so much to see and do that eating is a luxury. I'll probably pack some snacks that have an energetic punch, like apples or protein bars. And as much as I hate water, this is the one time I drink tons of it. Something about being in a crowd and all that walking just makes me crave it.
Thanksgiving is next week. I wanted to be down 5-7 pounds by then, so hopefully I'll make it. I'm only down 2.6 since my starting but maybe I can squeeze out another 2.5 pounds in a week. Here's hoping!
Yeah...I forgot my first rule of dieting...start AFTER my period. Of course the day I started the low calorie diet for hCG she had to come visit. But I've been persevering and have managed to drop 3 pounds nonetheless. I'm starving, though. For some reason when she is visiting, I get hungry 24/7 and the cravings are killer, but I'm fighting them! My goal for the moment is to see how much weight I can drop before Thanksgiving day. I will be cheating that day. I know, it sounds bad to plan a cheat but I know I won't be able to resist mashed potatoes and gravy to go along with my turkey or a slice of pumpkin pie. I'll try not to overdo it but on that day I want to just relax.
Cardio. Exercise. I've yet to do any. Shame on me. But I'll start adding something in soon. I've just been lazy. I need one of those "Biggest Loser" coaches here to kick me into gear. The thing is, from my personal experience, whenever I've started exercising daily, it has become almost addicting. I would honestly feel compelled to work out and if I didn't, I felt bad. But all it takes is 2 days to knock me off my routine. Two days of not exercising and the addiction is out of my system. How do you keep motivated?
The low calorie diet for hCG begins today. I spent the past two days loading -- eating anything and everything in sight, so I am pretty tired of food right now. Of course, experience tells me that will be short-lived after a day of eating just 500-800 calories, but I have GOT to get this weight down. Being a SAHM makes dieting a bit harder, because I have opportunity to eat. When I was working, dieting was a little easier because I had work to do, so I couldn't wander to the fridge a thousand times or had to get snacks for my boys. So I figured what I need is some busy work!
Last year, I started learning Korean because although I am half, I never learned and I'd like to go visit my relatives at some point and figured learning the language couldn't hurt. I let that fall to the wayside but now I think studying it on my own could be just the busy work I need. I've also started homeschool preschool with my 2.5 year old. He'll be going to school next year so it can't hurt to give him a boost. I'm hoping with that on my plate in between playing with him and my 6 year old that, hopefully, food won't be so much of a focus.
I'm dusting off my Wii Fit Plus game as well. And my Just Dance 2 game. I do not move nearly enough so, although this is starting small, it's starting. Water is going to be troublesome. I hate water and my goal is to drink half my body weight in ounces daily. I know I could doctor it up with Crystal Light or something, but I need to get into the habit of drinking plain water. Last time I did hCG and was drinking water, I have to say my skin was so much healthier and smoother. I will allow myself a little squeeze of lemon, but that's it.
Here's hoping to a great start for me and best of luck to you all who are also on the journey. We can do this!
I'm back and I have to make this work. After losing about 15 pounds on my rounds, I'm sad...no...ashamed!...to say that I've regained about 11 of those pounds. I've put myself back on hCG as of today because if I don't lose weight, I will be at 300 by Christmas. This is my favorite time of year and every year, like clockwork, I gain anywhere from 10-20 pounds between Halloween and Valentine's Day. My goal this year is to avoid any gain and, hopefully, start the New Year a bit leaner.
It's funny how I can lie to myself. As the clothes that I purchased after the 18 pound loss started to get tighter, I kept making excuses. The jeans were tight because I just washed them...my knees and ankles were hurting again because I insisted on carrying my 2 year old more that I should...my skin was breaking out again because my hormones must be changing because I'm older. I had a reason for every thing that was letting me know I was gaining weight, but I totally would NOT get on a scale until this morning - so deep down I knew what the cause was.
So here we go again. After my first hCG round I found it too hard to do it again successfully. It's a damn difficult diet plan that works, but it's tedious. I'm just going to have to suck it up. If I can get down about 30-40 pounds on a few rounds of hCG, then I'll switch to WW to get down the rest. I just need a good buffer between me and 300 pounds. Blogging, I hope, will help me to stick to my goal. It kind of keeps me accountable. (Notice I haven't been on here while I was backsliding?)
So here's hoping I muster the willpower from somewhere. Maybe I'll print out that recent pic of me where I looked like a squirrel hiding nuts in her cheeks. Or that one picture from a recent party that was taken of me from behind. Talk about your eye openers. Good luck to everyone else! Have a great week!
So...I got to the point where I was tired of dieting, tired of watching my menu, tired of it all so I took myself a little break. I now see why there is a suggested 6 weeks in between rounds -- even though my body did fine starting the hcg earlier, I was just mentally burned out. So I stopped for 3 weeks. During that time, I didn't exactly watch what I was eating so I ended up gaining 3.2 pounds. Not too bad.
I started loading on Saturday, July 30th. I guess I did it right this time because today, the first day of my low calorie protocol for hcg, I'm at 285.7! That means I gained 6.7 pounds loading! I hope I drop it fast, that it is mostly water. So today will mark my real return to hcg...hopefully. Since I'm not going to count my 2 load days, today will be day one. So I'm on Round 2 (R2), Phase 2 (P2), Day 1 (D1). I'm actually looking forward to getting on the scale tomorrow AM.
I have a mini-goal, to lose 5 pounds (on top of the 6.7 I gained loading) by 8/13. I am meeting with some friends who saw me at the end of my first round, and I'd like to be down a little bit more than the last time they saw me in June. Two weeks to lose 11.7 times is actually quite feasible on hcg, so hopefully that will motivate me to stick to protocol. We'll see!
Boy, nothing drives home the need to lose some weight like a full bodied picture of yourself! I swear, the way I see myself in the mirror does not match the way I look in pictures. I guess my mind likes to lie to me.
Anyhoo, I finally got some "before" pics up. They aren't true before pics as I have lost about 15 pounds since I've been blogging, but close enough. Fifteen pounds didn't make that much of a difference anywhere you could really tell except my face and neck (although I did go down a jeans size). My face is hidden so I can remain anonymous. For now.
I've created an album and posted pics of my favorite Weight Watcher's (WW) recipes. I'll eventually add more, when I go back to eating WW style again. I'll also be posting some of my hCG Phase 2 meals, if they look appetizing enough. Recipes and point values are also included.
Just click where my "after" pics are supposed to be!
So this is the 2nd day of my 2nd round of the hCG drops, and I'm off to a better start than I was in the first round! I am down 3.7 pounds since yesterday.
Technically, this would be day 4, however, I am taking my lead from other pro-hCG'ers who don't count the first 2 load days as part of the round. I think I am better prepared for this round as this time I know exactly what to expect, exactly which foods work with me and which don't and how to better handle the hunger. The first time was overwhelming but now I am much better at making a plan. The break in between was great, too. Also, this time around, I am taking a fat burner called 7-Keto to boost my loss. I've read how a bunch of hCG'ers take some kind of metabolism booster/fat burner and have optimized their losses. L-carnitine, chromium piccolonate, B12...all those were suggest. The 7-Keto is actually in Dexatrim Max, which I am taking. I had good results from the Dexatrim Max in conjunction with WW, so I am curious to see how well it does with this diet.
I am planning to cheat. Bad, right? Yeah, I know. I have a convention I am going to on the 30th and 31st and I know there is no way I can be there 2 days and not end up eating off protocol. I will try not to go overboard, but I know cheating is most likely going to be inevitable. The good thing is it will be after the 21 day of mandatory no cheating that the hCG diet recommends to reset your hypothalamus. It's odd, but knowing ahead of time that I am going to cheat is making me feel like I have no option but to NOT cheat until then. The good thing this time is that there are no activities or holidays coming up before then to worry about. During my last round I had Memorial Day, Fourth of July, end-of-the-school year parties and lots of birthdays. From here forward my calendar is blank!
So I'm off to start drinking water like a camel again. That part I didn't miss...getting up 20 times to go pee in the middle of the night. I need to stop drinking water by 9 PM I suppose. LOL. Okay y'all, have a great day!
Shame on me. But I'll start adding something in soon. I've just been lazy. I need one of those "Biggest Loser" coaches here to kick me into gear. The thing is, from my personal experience, whenever I've started exercising daily, it has become almost addicting. I would honestly feel compelled to work out and if I didn't, I felt bad. But all it takes is 2 days to knock me off my routine. Two days of not exercising and the addiction is out of my system. How do you keep motivated?
