So I finished off my first loading day yesterday with dinner at Hidden Lounge. That included scallop Mac n Cheese, pulled pork and blue cheese mini pizzas, bacon wrapped sirloin and many other delectable dishes. We then went to the movies, although we missed the movie and instead played video games at the arcade for an hour, but I did get to enjoy a bag of popcorn! I used to be able to put away a medium sized popcorn within two hours at the movies, now, as soon as I have a single handful my craving is over. So weird. It would be the first time ever that I tossed half a bag of popcorn simply because I was done. Go me, I guess!
Anyhow, after eating my weight in junk food I put on an extreme amount apparently. My scale read 5lbs over what it did yesterday! On my previous round during the loading days I only put on 3lbs across both days. This seems weird to me. I wonder if I screwed my metabolism by not having my weight settle properly during the maintenance phase. This round I am going to work extra hard to avoid carbs and sugar during Phase 3.
I am still enjoying my loading day today but I am craving much less. All I've eaten today is a caprese salad, bacon and some nuts, some brie and crackers, teriyaki chicken, two pieces of yam tempura and some gomaee. In reality that is not that much, especially on a loading day! I am still full from yesterday, I think.
I am kind of nervous to start my VLCD tomorrow. I want to lose another 30lbs so badly but again am scared to eat the wrong thing or forget a rule or cheat. I have officially booked my trip to Vegas in December and would love to look hot in the city of sin! I doubt I'll have any issues with hunger though, my stomach has learned not to complain because it must know that I always get what I need!
Anyhow, wish me luck.
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Sunday, 25 September 2011
Saturday, 24 September 2011
R2 Loading Day #1 (AKA: Too Much of a Good Thing? Hell No! ...okay fine maybe I went overboard.)
Hello and welcome back to Folly's disappearing act AKA: my highly successful HCG diet. In my first round you will notice that I lost almost 30lbs in only 43 days! Not too shabby, eh? You can read all about that in my previous blog entries.
I have been off the weight loss portion of the diet (Phase 2) and into the maintenance portion for 6 weeks (Phase 3) and am only up 3lbs which I would say is pretty impressive. I have read some terrifying blogs about girls who have lost 20lbs during the VLCD (Very Low Calorie Diet) part and then gained 15lbs back during the maintenance phase because they went to a wedding and ate the entire cake during the ceremony and then stole food off of everyone else's plates when they weren't looking and then she ate every morsel of food in her pantry and her children starved to death... or something like that... I dunno, I probably didn't read the whole thing or may I covered my eyes because it was too scary. Either way, I'm still on track so there crazy cake eating child starving lady. I am WINNING! Oh god... I just used a Charlie Sheen reference... I've eaten way too many cupcakes today.
Last week I did a small cleanse which was nice although I also did two steak days because I was on the island with work and had pasta for the first time in months. Not worth it the steak days of torture. I've found that nothing tastes as good as I remember anymore! I had some Chinese food a couple of weeks ago that I had been craving and was severely disappointed with it. Veggies never let me down though, I had a couple cherry tomatoes last night and damn were they good.
I have been actively avoiding basically any of the foods I was eating during Phase 1 including chicken breast, tomatoes, cucumbers, lean steak, ground beef or chicken and Melba toast. I've done this because a) I was fucking sick of them and b) knew I was doing a second round and didn't want to be fucking sick of them.
I am absolutely ready to start my second round and am currently doing my favorite part of the HCG diet... my loading days. Loading days are the first two days of the diet where you eat as much fat as possible so that your fat cells are nice and plump so that when you start your VLCDs it will help control the hunger. Also known as the best recommended part of a diet EVER.
It is 2:30pm here on Saturday afternoon and let me tell you what I've eaten already today in the order they were eaten:
4 Chocolate chip cookies
Caprese salad with balsamic reduction
Nando's mixed nuts
chocolate milk
French toast
Bacon
Orange juice (All of the last 7 items were before 9:30am)
Fatburger Poutine
Fatburger BBQ burger w/ bacon
2 medium cokes
3 mini cupcakes
1 rootbeer lollipop from A&W (They're still free! So awesome.)
I am so full but damn am I happy. All of these items were perfectly picked out as the shit I've been craving for the last 3 months but have actively denied myself. I figure if I eat these specific items and plan out my two loading days then I will hit 90% of the cravings I will have and it will be easier to say 'No' to them.
Also this morning, while devouring my cookies, I mixed my first batch of HCG! During the last round the therapist is the one that mixed the HCG for me so I didn't really think much of it but this time it was all me. Somehow I managed to splash myself with the HCG and spill a bunch on my table so there's that. Let's hope that I got enough in the damn water to actually control my hunger for the next 30 days til I mix the second batch. It looks okay but who the hell knows. I'll keep you updated on this fiasco and if worse comes to worse then I'll just mix a second batch. C'est la vie.
Anyways, please get back to devoting 10 minutes of your day to reading my blog and please do not hesitate to contact me with comments or questions at any time. Also, if you're interested in trying this diet, please feel free to contact me, I can hook you up.
Good luck!
I have been off the weight loss portion of the diet (Phase 2) and into the maintenance portion for 6 weeks (Phase 3) and am only up 3lbs which I would say is pretty impressive. I have read some terrifying blogs about girls who have lost 20lbs during the VLCD (Very Low Calorie Diet) part and then gained 15lbs back during the maintenance phase because they went to a wedding and ate the entire cake during the ceremony and then stole food off of everyone else's plates when they weren't looking and then she ate every morsel of food in her pantry and her children starved to death... or something like that... I dunno, I probably didn't read the whole thing or may I covered my eyes because it was too scary. Either way, I'm still on track so there crazy cake eating child starving lady. I am WINNING! Oh god... I just used a Charlie Sheen reference... I've eaten way too many cupcakes today.
Last week I did a small cleanse which was nice although I also did two steak days because I was on the island with work and had pasta for the first time in months. Not worth it the steak days of torture. I've found that nothing tastes as good as I remember anymore! I had some Chinese food a couple of weeks ago that I had been craving and was severely disappointed with it. Veggies never let me down though, I had a couple cherry tomatoes last night and damn were they good.
I have been actively avoiding basically any of the foods I was eating during Phase 1 including chicken breast, tomatoes, cucumbers, lean steak, ground beef or chicken and Melba toast. I've done this because a) I was fucking sick of them and b) knew I was doing a second round and didn't want to be fucking sick of them.
I am absolutely ready to start my second round and am currently doing my favorite part of the HCG diet... my loading days. Loading days are the first two days of the diet where you eat as much fat as possible so that your fat cells are nice and plump so that when you start your VLCDs it will help control the hunger. Also known as the best recommended part of a diet EVER.
It is 2:30pm here on Saturday afternoon and let me tell you what I've eaten already today in the order they were eaten:
4 Chocolate chip cookies
Caprese salad with balsamic reduction
Nando's mixed nuts
chocolate milk
French toast
Bacon
Orange juice (All of the last 7 items were before 9:30am)
Fatburger Poutine
Fatburger BBQ burger w/ bacon
2 medium cokes
3 mini cupcakes
1 rootbeer lollipop from A&W (They're still free! So awesome.)
I am so full but damn am I happy. All of these items were perfectly picked out as the shit I've been craving for the last 3 months but have actively denied myself. I figure if I eat these specific items and plan out my two loading days then I will hit 90% of the cravings I will have and it will be easier to say 'No' to them.
Also this morning, while devouring my cookies, I mixed my first batch of HCG! During the last round the therapist is the one that mixed the HCG for me so I didn't really think much of it but this time it was all me. Somehow I managed to splash myself with the HCG and spill a bunch on my table so there's that. Let's hope that I got enough in the damn water to actually control my hunger for the next 30 days til I mix the second batch. It looks okay but who the hell knows. I'll keep you updated on this fiasco and if worse comes to worse then I'll just mix a second batch. C'est la vie.
Anyways, please get back to devoting 10 minutes of your day to reading my blog and please do not hesitate to contact me with comments or questions at any time. Also, if you're interested in trying this diet, please feel free to contact me, I can hook you up.
Good luck!
Saturday, 9 July 2011
VLCD Day #8: -0.6 (AKA: Back in Action?)
So today I dropped the 1/2 lb I put on yesterday and added a little tiny 0.1lb to my loss. Now at 9.1lbs lost all together! Let's hope tomorrow is a nice drop and we keep moving forward. If I don't lose tomorrow I will definitely do the apple day. An apple day, for those who don't know, is a day where you eat nothing but 6 apples throughout the day. Fortunately, I like apples so it shouldn't be too difficult.
Today wasn't too bad, I felt a little hungry around 11:30am so I had my apple and mini-burger with mustard and then munched on a couple of cucumbers throughout the day. Dinner was pretty lame with some grilled chicken and a Melba toast. Although I have convinced Starbucks to make me a new yummy drink... it's called the Blended Iced Americano. I order it just so I can see the weird looks the cashier gives me and the confusion it causes to the baristas. Very entertaining but also a yummy drink. It's basically a frapuccino but without the sugar or milk. Or it's basically an Iced American but they stick it in the blender for a few minutes. It's just blended ice and coffee except it goes all weird without the milk I guess? It ends up looking like a giant frap but with lots of foam and the coffee all sinks to the bottom but it is super good with a good dose of Vanilla Stevia! It helps with my frap and slurpee cravings.
I've drank a lot of water today as well but forgot my fiber this morning. Let's hope it all works out tomorrow though. I'm trying to convince Nick to film me getting the HCG ready and injecting it but he seems very freaked out by the idea... I think I'll have to wait for someone else to help me out haha Stephanie, I'm lookin at you!
Today wasn't too bad, I felt a little hungry around 11:30am so I had my apple and mini-burger with mustard and then munched on a couple of cucumbers throughout the day. Dinner was pretty lame with some grilled chicken and a Melba toast. Although I have convinced Starbucks to make me a new yummy drink... it's called the Blended Iced Americano. I order it just so I can see the weird looks the cashier gives me and the confusion it causes to the baristas. Very entertaining but also a yummy drink. It's basically a frapuccino but without the sugar or milk. Or it's basically an Iced American but they stick it in the blender for a few minutes. It's just blended ice and coffee except it goes all weird without the milk I guess? It ends up looking like a giant frap but with lots of foam and the coffee all sinks to the bottom but it is super good with a good dose of Vanilla Stevia! It helps with my frap and slurpee cravings.
I've drank a lot of water today as well but forgot my fiber this morning. Let's hope it all works out tomorrow though. I'm trying to convince Nick to film me getting the HCG ready and injecting it but he seems very freaked out by the idea... I think I'll have to wait for someone else to help me out haha Stephanie, I'm lookin at you!
Saturday, 2 July 2011
Loading Day 1 & 2 (AKA: Injection Day!!)
Lesson #1: Just because you CAN eat a donut at 7am doesn't mean you SHOULD.
Lesson #2: Carbs and Sugar are not the same thing as Fat.
Lesson #3: $3 for a full breakfast does not = quality meal
As you may have guessed, I decided to start my day off with a donut. A Boston cream donut to be exact. Bad plan. After years of attempting a healthy breakfast, shocking my system with pure sugar at 7am will cause said body to rebel and feel like shit until mass amounts of vegetables and water are consumed. Go figure. Also, following that donut with a greasy spoon breakfast of hashbrowns, fried eggs and bacon is an equally bad idea. Needless to say, my loading day did not turn out as epic as I had pictured.
I didn't even finish the whole donut, I actually had a second donut that I ended up tossing out! When I got to breakfast I felt so gross that I could barely eat. It was pretty disappointing.
I headed over to my appointment at Inner Garden after my "meal" to get my first injection. It was a really simple process to mix the water and HCG. I was really impressed at the simplicity of the whole thing. I injected myself (with a little push and encouragement from Susan) and it seriously didn't hurt! Like, at all! It was a teeny little pinch and then nothing. Very cool. The needle is maybe half an inch long, like the length of a finger nail. It is for diabetics I guess.
After the debacle of this morning have only had a few bad things, after the morning I've been off all day. I missed lunch and ate some crackers and chips while driving like a maniac to catch the ferry. Once we got to the terminal I had a salad and a hot dog. So lame!
After the ferry we had to wait for another friend so we went for dinner where, like an idiot, I had a caesar salad wrap and a side salad. We got to the campsite around 9:30pm and I munched on Swedish berries and chips but still wasn't feeling it.
The next morning was much better. I love cooking while camping! I made bacon and eggs and my friends made beans and sausages. Then I ate cheddar hot dogs, s'mores, s'moreos (my creation of an Oreo with a piece of chocolate and a marshmallow in it), chips, avocado, steak, potatoes, fiesta salad, chocolate bars, more hot dogs, more s'mores, lots of m&ms, lots of different chips... Etc. Etc. Etc.
Needless to say, I went to bed with a tummy ache. Totally worth it. I put on almost 3 lbs in that one day.
I'm sorry for any spelling mistakes etc. I'm typing this on my iPhone while waiting for the ferry. Half of this was written on the way here and half on the way back. We didn't sleep very well last night because two 17 yr olds were having exceptionally loud sex in the campsite next to us from the hours of 2am til 4:30am. They were so loud that we could hear every word they said... or moaned. The boy's name was either "Brody" or "Daddy"...she said them both equally as often. Brutal.
Lesson #2: Carbs and Sugar are not the same thing as Fat.
Lesson #3: $3 for a full breakfast does not = quality meal
As you may have guessed, I decided to start my day off with a donut. A Boston cream donut to be exact. Bad plan. After years of attempting a healthy breakfast, shocking my system with pure sugar at 7am will cause said body to rebel and feel like shit until mass amounts of vegetables and water are consumed. Go figure. Also, following that donut with a greasy spoon breakfast of hashbrowns, fried eggs and bacon is an equally bad idea. Needless to say, my loading day did not turn out as epic as I had pictured.
I didn't even finish the whole donut, I actually had a second donut that I ended up tossing out! When I got to breakfast I felt so gross that I could barely eat. It was pretty disappointing.
I headed over to my appointment at Inner Garden after my "meal" to get my first injection. It was a really simple process to mix the water and HCG. I was really impressed at the simplicity of the whole thing. I injected myself (with a little push and encouragement from Susan) and it seriously didn't hurt! Like, at all! It was a teeny little pinch and then nothing. Very cool. The needle is maybe half an inch long, like the length of a finger nail. It is for diabetics I guess.
After the debacle of this morning have only had a few bad things, after the morning I've been off all day. I missed lunch and ate some crackers and chips while driving like a maniac to catch the ferry. Once we got to the terminal I had a salad and a hot dog. So lame!
After the ferry we had to wait for another friend so we went for dinner where, like an idiot, I had a caesar salad wrap and a side salad. We got to the campsite around 9:30pm and I munched on Swedish berries and chips but still wasn't feeling it.
The next morning was much better. I love cooking while camping! I made bacon and eggs and my friends made beans and sausages. Then I ate cheddar hot dogs, s'mores, s'moreos (my creation of an Oreo with a piece of chocolate and a marshmallow in it), chips, avocado, steak, potatoes, fiesta salad, chocolate bars, more hot dogs, more s'mores, lots of m&ms, lots of different chips... Etc. Etc. Etc.
Needless to say, I went to bed with a tummy ache. Totally worth it. I put on almost 3 lbs in that one day.
I'm sorry for any spelling mistakes etc. I'm typing this on my iPhone while waiting for the ferry. Half of this was written on the way here and half on the way back. We didn't sleep very well last night because two 17 yr olds were having exceptionally loud sex in the campsite next to us from the hours of 2am til 4:30am. They were so loud that we could hear every word they said... or moaned. The boy's name was either "Brody" or "Daddy"...she said them both equally as often. Brutal.
Thursday, 23 June 2011
The Beginning of the End... of being Fat.
So I met with Susan from http://www.innergardenhealth.ca/ and we set up the date for me to start my HCG diet. I am heading back to West Van next Thursday, the day before the Canada Day long weekend, to take my first shot and start my loading days (Yay for one loading day while camping! Boo for two VLCD days while camping...) in the mean time she hooked me up with the "Advanced Naturals Total Body Rapid Cleanse" which I will be on for the next 7 days.
I have been an exceptionally bad eater over the last month... or 5. I have been eating whatever I want, whenever I want and man have I been paying for it! Nick still swears he doesn't see any weight gain but I know he's just lying because he is the best guy ever; although even he noticed my confidence taking a nosedive so he gave me the go-ahead to take some of our funds and put it towards any diet plan I wanted to try. After much research and advice I chose the HCG diet because it seems to have a pretty good return rate and a simple eating plan. Very restrictive though so this should be a real test of my willpower... of which I have none.
I am really nervous about all of this. The injections scare me but the thought of my willpower breaking down scares me even more. I am going to eat all of my very most favourite things on my loading days so that it might help the cravings later in the program. Over my cleanse I am going to eat lots of delicious veggies and fruits that I won't be able to have over the next couple of months too.
Today for breakfast I had some pita chip things that I found in the cupboard. Super healthy, right? Not. For lunch I had a small Wok Box thing and a spring roll. It was pretty yummy but I'm sure it was bad for me. I'm going to take my first capsules etc. for the cleanse tonight so for dinner I'm making low cal pork chops, corn on the cob and some mini potatoes. Then I've got to take my dogs for a walk because they are getting a bit of cabin fever!
Hope this all works out... let me know if any of you have any questions about the diet or why the hell I have decided to do something so stupid!
I have been an exceptionally bad eater over the last month... or 5. I have been eating whatever I want, whenever I want and man have I been paying for it! Nick still swears he doesn't see any weight gain but I know he's just lying because he is the best guy ever; although even he noticed my confidence taking a nosedive so he gave me the go-ahead to take some of our funds and put it towards any diet plan I wanted to try. After much research and advice I chose the HCG diet because it seems to have a pretty good return rate and a simple eating plan. Very restrictive though so this should be a real test of my willpower... of which I have none.
I am really nervous about all of this. The injections scare me but the thought of my willpower breaking down scares me even more. I am going to eat all of my very most favourite things on my loading days so that it might help the cravings later in the program. Over my cleanse I am going to eat lots of delicious veggies and fruits that I won't be able to have over the next couple of months too.
Today for breakfast I had some pita chip things that I found in the cupboard. Super healthy, right? Not. For lunch I had a small Wok Box thing and a spring roll. It was pretty yummy but I'm sure it was bad for me. I'm going to take my first capsules etc. for the cleanse tonight so for dinner I'm making low cal pork chops, corn on the cob and some mini potatoes. Then I've got to take my dogs for a walk because they are getting a bit of cabin fever!
Hope this all works out... let me know if any of you have any questions about the diet or why the hell I have decided to do something so stupid!
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