R2 VLCD Day #11: -0.9lbs (AKA: Eggs - Get Cracking)

Down almost a full pound today! I have lost 35 lbs from the beginning of my first round to this very morning at 7:30am. Oh man am I in heaven or what?! I'm only a quarter in to this diet and am kickin ass and taking names! Woo!

My facialist, whom you know is also on this diet, told me that she had had some hard boiled eggs when she was doing this phase which is amazing since I didn't even think about eggs! This is what Dr. Simeon says about eggs and Phase 2:

"Occasionally you can have eggs in lieu of a meat. 1 whole egg and 3 whites poached, boiled or even scrambled."

This is so exciting for me! I love hard boiled eggs and am totally sick of grilled chicken and mini-burgers. I was kind of hungry the other day and just needed something solid and ta da! I grabbed a couple of hard boiled eggs from the grocery store and devoured them. Both whites, both yolks. I was nervous about the second yolk as it suggests you only have one but what do ya know? The next morning I'd had a full pound loss! No adverse effects to the eggs at all for me. Yipee! I've been eating hard boiled eggs for a few days now and I'm still losing like crazy. Have I mentioned how much I love this diet? I have? Oh. Well. There ya go.

Tomorrow I will upload a special treat for all of my dedicated readers out there! I will be uploading a video of me injecting myself!! Yaaaaay..........

Hey... why did it get so quiet in here? Hello? Oh jeez... will somebody grab that chick some water? She's looking kind of green... Okay, good times. So yes, a video of me stabbing myself (gently, this time) with a teeny tiny needle and injecting myself with pregnant lady pee horomones. Man that sounds like the next viral video, doesn't it? I think I'm going to be kicked off of youtube.

Tune in tomorrow, kids! Same Bat time, same Bat channel!

R2 VLCD Day #3: -2.1lbs (AKA: 5.7lbs Lost in Two Days... AGAIN!)

Yahoo! Down 2.1lbs this morning! That makes it 5.7lbs lost in only my first two VLCD days! Same as last round except it was only 5.1bs, ooooh I am already off to an amazing start over half a pound over last round!!! Let's hope this keeps up!!  Clearly my facial and the Splenda had no adverse effects. Lucky meeeee! I like Splenda much more than I like Stevia. It just doesn't blend as well with coffee although the flavoured drops are pretty good... but I still prefer Splenda.

Today, unfortunately, I had a wicked tummy ache all day while working. I had chicken and an apple for lunch so that helped calm my tummy but I should have grabbed a cucumber or lettuce to go with them because my cherry tomatoes did not help. Maybe they're too acidic? I think it's because I haven't been taking my fiber this round so as soon as I got home I had a big glass of water with some 100% acacia fiber and I felt considerably better! Gotta remember to have that in the mornings so I don't suffer anymore. I didn't feel hungry today just a grumbly unhappy tummy for a couple of hours. I am feeling sooo much better now that I'm home and have had my dinner as well.

I had steak for dinner although it was cooked yesterday and just reheated tonight, that is not very good. I think I'll stick to my burgers when I am having beef for a meal. I am also considering trying prawns, my friend said she eats prawns every once and a while and it has still worked, she even said she has had two hard boiled eggs (only one yolk) for breakfast and it also went over well! Lucky me! I love hard boiled eggs and my dogs love the yolk so that's nice for all of us.

Can't wait for tomorrow. I like weighing myself before bed too and when I wake up in the middle of the night so I can watch the scale go down but I am still shocked at how much of a difference an hour makes! I always weigh myself at the same time each morning and man do I love 7:30am. Oooooooh I am just so fucking happy right now. I was totally scared that it wouldn't work this time, for some reason. You have to leave at least 6 weeks in between your first and second round and even longer between your second and third and I was just so scared that the 6 weeks wasn't long enough or that last time was just a fluke. I keep thinking... man, this is too good to be true! But no, I lost 30lbs and it stayed off for 6 whole weeks and now, I'm losing even more and it will stay the fuck off! Maybe by the time next summer comes I will be able to wear a bikini for the first time in my life? Who knows but a girl can dream and man... these dreams are good.

People are actually starting to notice the loss, I went to visit my mom and stepdad last week and they both said it made a huge difference. My mom says my butt is smaller and Howard says my face actually has a shape (other than round). The before and after pictures totally speak for themselves but man it's nice for OTHER people to see the difference too. Even the girls I work with were saying I looked good. I am so thrilled... why the hell didn't I do this sooner? Oh thank you HCG. Thank you thank you thank you! Til tomorrow friends, and please... if this is a dream... don't ever wake me up.

R2 VLCD Day #2: -3.6lbs (AKA: Owwie owwie owwie! Damn You Needles!)

Firstly: Yahoo!! My first day of weight loss and I lost 3.6lbs! The exact same amount I lost on my first day of my first round. I'm very happy with that loss and look forward to hopefully losing another 30lbs in the next 40 days. Today was a little easier than yesterday, I cooked my burger up before work and packed all of my lunch. I felt no need to touch it before noon which was nice, the HCG seems to be working although I am still haunted slightly by hunger. The hunger should only last for a couple more days and then it will be gone, just like last round.

Secondly: I'm an idiot. For my injections it seems that I bought different needles then the ones I was using last round. The ones I had used before were made for "comfort" (riiiight...) but apparently that means that they have added a lotion or something to the tips so they slide in easier and you can barely feel them. These ones I have are not like that so they seem to pinch a bit more, nothing extreme just not as subtle. Once they are in they are painless but it takes slightly more effort to suck it up every day and stab myself.

Yesterday I thought I would get smart and do it like the professionals, a nice smooth jab! Quick and painless, right? Yea... that didn't work. I felt like I'd stabbed myself in the gut!! I was hopping around pinching my skin for a good 30 seconds cursing at myself for thinking I was a pro. Slow and easy wins the race, y'all. I have a small bruise on my tummy from my idiocy so that remind my not to do that again. Hmmm... I wonder how many people I've just completely grossed out with today's entry? Not so interested in the diet now, are ya? No worries, just so everyone knows, there is a sublingual version of the diet called the HCG drops. I'm not sure where to get these that are not homeopathic but if you do find them they involve no injections, just a couple drops under your tongue three times a day. A little easier but psychologically not as impactful. But, to each their own as long as it works!

Aside from hurting myself, I am curious about my weight loss tomorrow because while, yes, I followed all of the rules for eating; I did have some Splenda in my coffee this morning instead of Stevia, which is recommended, and I also had a facial. While on the diet you are supposed to avoid all moisturizers and lucky or unlucky for me, my facialist uses food based products such as an apricot scrub and a coconut mask etc. Interestingly enough though, my facialist is also on the HCG diet (thanks to me, woop woop) and she does these masks every day but she has still lost 17lbs so far! I think she'll lose about 20lbs total for the diet which is very impressive!! You go girl! To counter my facial I'm going to abstain from my Melba toasts today. No biggie!

Other than that, no cheats. I bought a battery for my new scale and it works perfectly. I made my chicken and beef for the next few days which will make it considerably more easy to stick to the diet. I am curious what the future of this diet holds for me as I will be on it for my birthday, Halloween and my fiancee's birthday! No fun will be had by moi. So worth it though.

R2 VLCD Day #1 (AKA: How Do I Do This Again?)

So woke up this morning expecting the worst from my scale and lo and behold, I was down almost a  full pound from yesterday! WTF body? Yesterday was another loading day although I took it much easier than I did on Saturday. Who the hell knows but either way I am feeling much better not to be up so high when I start my VLCD.

Speaking of, today was day 1! I am not nearly as prepared as I was last time as I have not cooked any of my meat before starting, most of that has to do with the fact that my damn food scale is not working. I bought another one today but forgot to buy batteries. Fortunately I had some frozen burger patties that were left over from my previous round. Lucky me! Except I didn't have any protein for lunch. Boo-urns.

Today was a little weird, hunger didn't hit me until I got home around 5pm. Then I was ravenous until I shoved some food down my gullet. Can't wait to see the scale tomorrow though. Oooooh that's the best damn part!

Can't wait to let you know what the damage is!

Phase 3 - Day #10 (AKA: Eureka! Maintaining Through Maintenance)

So apparently I've discovered the true way to stabilize my weight... it's actually very simple. All you have to do it... avoid all carbs and sugar! Who knew?! Yes, yes, yes. I bow to the brilliance of the HCG diet and agree, once again, to follow all of your rules and guidelines. You will lead me in the right direction to skinny-mini-me.

It really is as simple as avoiding anything with sugar in the ingredients or carbs on the nutritional info, within reason, I mean. For example, yesterday I ate ALOT. I had everything from pepperoni and bacon to peanut butter and chocolate pudding! The pudding was the no sugar added stuff with only 1g of sugar and 1g of carbs and I had TWO of them! I was convinced I would be having a steak day this morning but TADA! I weighed less this morning then I did yesterday! I'm only up 0.4lbs above what I was 10 days ago. I'd say that's pretty good.

I've read other HCG blogs where people put on 15lbs in between their first and second rounds!! That's crazy!! I haven't worked THIS damn hard just to screw it up when I need to maintain. All of my cravings are now gone because I can basically have anything I want, within reason. I mean, I'm not having bread or anything like that but seriously, who craves bread? I was craving chocolate milk and ice cream but the pudding has fixed that.

On another note, I'm really done with not having any jeans that fit. Seriously! My jeans are hanging off of my butt, don't fit to my legs and my belt makes the waist overlap. It's very frustrating but it's raining today so I can't wear a dress. I suppose I COULD go shopping but dammit, I'm going to lose more weight in 4 or 5 more weeks and it just seems redundant. Even my spandex pants and tops are hanging off of me. Didn't even know that that could happen! ...not that I'm complaining.

VLCD Day #27: -0.4lbs (AKA: Cheat Day! Woohoo!)

So today was my cheat day! My friend's birthday party was held at Earl's instead of korean bbq and the entire day I just drank tea and had some dehydrated apples so by the time dinner came I was ready for some eats!

I started off my naughty dinner with chili chicken and crispy won tons that I shared with a friend. Luckily we ate it pretty early because by the time we finished it I was pretty full. I drank a ton of unsweetened iced tea and water and then for dinner had the cajun chicken with fingerling potatoes and a side salad. Delicious. I also shared dessert (campfire s'mores) and it was all so yummy!

After that night of decadence I am definitely ready to get back to the proper diet. I hadn't seen most of these friends since the first day of the VLCD and they all said they can see a difference. They said I look much smaller in general. My waist is smaller, my shoulders and arms are smaller. They said in general I just look like all of me has shrunk some. I was thrilled to hear someone notice a difference! Although I will definitely be paying for dinner last night tomorrow morning. Hopefully the food will be kind... either way, tomorrow is a mini-steak day!

VLCD Day #21: -1lbs & VLCD Day #22: 0lbs (AKA: Back on Track? ... Or Not.)

So I didn't get a chance to write my blog for day 21 or 22 but here they are!

I've been really down lately about not losing much over the last 7 days but we've also been crazy busy packing for our move next week so I haven't had to dwell much. I had a little tiny cheat when I took one bite of Nick's butter chicken which may have led to the day of no change (worth it!)

On Day 22 TOM will be gone so I decided to kick it off with another steak day which will hopefully get my losing back in gear. -20lbs here we come! I've been around the -17lb mark for just over a week which is a huge difference compared to the 7 and 8 lbs a week I was losing before but let's hope the stall is over and we can get back on our way for the rest of the 43 days. (20 days and counting...)

This steak day was a little difficult because I actually felt hungry AFTER I ate. I didn't get hungry all day until about 5pm so I made my steak. I was hungry again by about 6pm so I ate my apple and for the rest of the night my tummy was grumbling. That was a new sensation for me since I've been on the diet so I just drank more water and tea and went on with my night. We rented movies so at least I had a good distraction. Also, most of our food is packed up so I can't get to any of the good stuff anyway!!

I do seriously want some popcorn though. Blockbuster just wreaked of popcorn and I was dying but somehow managed to survive and say no. The cravings are getting worse simply because it's been so long since I've had anything different but they are still manageable. When I do have a cheat I feel insanely guilty and the food is never as good as I thought it was going to be. Even the butter chicken, which was delicious, still wasn't as mouth watering as I remember it. It was kind of disappointing! But, since I wasn't really losing anyway it was a nice treat.

Since I'm almost at 20lbs already I've decided to adjust my goal to 30lbs! If I lose 30lbs I will be the lowest weight I have been since college which will be a nice change. I am hoping to lose around 60 or 70lbs in total so making the halfway point in my first round would be incredible. I will start my second round 6 weeks after my 3rd week of no sugar and no carbs. I'm already looking forward to reaching my goal weight! It is within my grasp...

VLCD Day #20 +0.9lbs (Ugh.)

So a day of absolutely zero cheating and I am +0.9lbs. Such bullshit! So irritating. If I was going to put on a pound I would at least hope to eat something bad! This is incredibly frustrating so tomorrow I'm going to do another steak day. Screw you TOM!

It is insanely difficult to stay on a diet like this if you're gaining weight regardless of whether you cheat or not. It's pretty much complete bullshit and I'm totally pissed that I'm gaining that amount after a completely clean day. It is so messed up. I even skipped my fruit and Melba for dinner last night!! WTF?! It is very hard to convince myself not to cheat when I'm not losing weight. Half of me is saying "What's the point? Have some ice cream!" and the other half is telling me it will pass.

Today I didn't feel hungry so that's good but also I know I didn't get enough water. I'm trying to make up for it tonight by drinking as much as I can but so far it's still not enough. I am now halfway through the HCG injection phase of my diet. In a day and a half I will be exactly half way through the diet. Now is when it starts feeling like torture! My friend is having her birthday party next Thursday and we're going to a Korean BBQ place (my fav!) but I won't be able to have anything there which completely blows. Next time I do this diet it will be in November where nothing good ever happens so by the time xmas comes I'll be able to enjoy myself.

VLCD Day #19: -0.2lbs (AKA: Dammit. You Win... I'll Wait Out The Storm.)

So the steak day worked for that day but definitely did not kick the stall out. Looks like it really wants me to stay around this certain weight mark so I'm just going to let it happen. I'm going to have my food and drink my water and do my walk and just assume that I'm not going to lose much tomorrow or even possibly gain. I've also decided to start with my HCG shots again and just carry on like nothing is happening.

I was super hungry today and I think it's because I didn't take the shot for two days in a row even though they recommend not taking them when TOM is around. I'm glad I started them up again though or I'm sure it would become torturous after the third day. I am now counting down the days when I get to eat normal food again. What is ridiculous is that I'm not even half way there yet! Scary times.

VLCD Day #17: +0.1lbs (AKA: Steak Daaaaay!!!)

So as you can see, I went up 0.1lbs this morning which I'm assuming is due to TOM. So, I decided to go on a mini-steak day to try and counteract the stall. A mini-steak day is where you don't eat anything all day except for a 100g steak and one apple for dinner. I also didn't take my HCG shot today because apparently you're not supposed to when TOM is around. Hopefully this will help with my weightloss tomorrow and get me back on track. If not, I will just suck it up and let TOM do his worst.

I thought I would be hungry today since I haven't eaten anything and haven't had the shot but I barely noticed. I cooked up a bunch more chicken, beef burgers and steak but that's when I got hungry... so I ate my steak and now everything is A-Okay! I'll have my apple before bed because it takes away the heartburn from my coffee.

Lets hope this works and I lose some more tomorrow. This stall is getting on my nerves. Wish me luck!

VLCD Day #15: -0.8 (AKA: 15 Days Down, 25 to Go...)

I've lost just over 16lbs and I haven't really been able to notice yet. My clothes fit a bit better but nothing spectacular. I googled why I wouldn't have noticed the difference and the site I read said that when you lose the first bit of weight it is taken incrementally from the entire body so it's difficult to notice. They also said that after the first 15 or 20lbs it will start focusing on smaller areas, like your stomach or your legs and will be noticed easier. I'm looking forward to that portion of the loss!

I am also looking forward to getting through Phase 3, making my way through the 6 weeks of non-dieting and then starting a second round to lose the remaining weight I will have. I am pretty happy with this diet so far and am excited to get down to a normal weight and start living a cleaner, healthier life. This diet has helped me realize that I eat when I'm bored, I eat without thinking, I eat because something tastes good but never simply because I'm hungry. Kind of a crazy revelation for me! This has helped me get a major grip on my cravings and helping me realize how many times a day I think "Oh, one little burger won't hurt. One little candy won't hurt. One extra sandwich won't hurt..." because when you add all of those "one littles" it really starts to affect you.

I haven't felt much hunger over the last few days. If I get hungry I just eat something. I don't feel like I have to eat all of my meal calories in one sitting so I'll just nibble here and there. It's pretty great! I have been getting wicked heartburn almost every night so I leave my apple to the end which takes it away pretty efficiently. I've also been drinking more and more water. I get thirsty very easily now if I don't have water within a half hour or so.

I'm trying to drink 3 litres of water each day. So far I'm at 2 litres today but I'll make sure to finish the 3rd tonight. I also made some chicken burgers for dinner today, not too shabby! I love the burger style because it feels like cheating and no matter how long they're in the fridge they won't dry out whereas the steak and chicken non-grounded does.

I'm having balsamic vinegar today as a test. If I still lose tomorrow then I'll know that balsamic is okay for me which will be soooo awesome for my salads. Wish me luck!

VLCD Day #13: +0.3lbs (AKA: Sniffle Sniffle Coff Coff...)

Well as you can see I went up by 0.3lbs. Boo-urns. I'm coming down with a bit of a cold so I may be retaining water. I woke up pretty stuffed up and my weight fluctuated about 1.5lbs within a few minutes but I chose the higher weight that it showed because I just wasn't sure. Rather be slightly disappointed today than severely disappointed tomorrow.

Just in case of my cold, I drank an insane amount of water today. A couple of litres of water about 4 cups of tea and a coffee, I'll also have a bunch of water before bed. I also skipped my protein for lunch but had my veggies and apple. For dinner I made my mini-burger which was delicious, as per usual. I got some wicked heartburn so I had my apple to send it back to the depths of hell. Hopefully, it stays away.

I am 13 days in to this diet and it feels like I just started. It is moving very quickly and I'm getting used to the food. I enjoy not having to think about it and if I do feel hungry I know exactly what I can grab. I am getting much better at saying "No" to myself which will be a great skill to finally have when I move on to my non-diet life. Still can't wait to eat something substantial again. First thing I'm going to have is bacon and eggs. Crispy almost burnt bacon and delicious fried eggs, no yolk. Then I'll follow it up with Ants on a Log: Crunchy celery smothered in creamy peanut butter with big fat raisons on it. *grumble grumble* There goes my tummy!

Til tomorrow! BTW, if anyone has questions about what I eat or how I do anything please let me know. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have.

VLCD Day #6: -1.9lbs (AKA: 9lbs and 6 days down, 37 days and 11lbs left!)

Woohoo!! Down 1.9lbs today!! I am officially down 9lbs in only 6 days. Very impressive. If I keep going at this rate I won't have to worry about hitting my goal of 20lbs. I might even go well past that number with any luck!

Today I felt really hungry from like 10:30am until 1pm and the food didnt help much. This morning I didn't have my fiber or my tea, like a bad girl, and I bailed hard core in the shower. Our shower curtain is too long for our tub and I slipped on it today and landed hard on my chest. But don't worry, Nick cut it extra short as soon as he got home today! What a good man. I'm assuming the combination of those three things caused my tummy to go haywire. I felt awful all morning it was very unpleasant, it felt like I was dying of starvation or had a really awful tummy ache.

I had some coffee and ate my lunch and started feeling better around 1pm. I was very tempted to grab a big 'ol Subway sandwich but I resisted the temptation! Hopefully it all pays off by tomorrow (here comes -10 lbs! Please please please!). My cravings aren't as strong as they were the other night although I did have to smell some peanut butter today to calm myself down, it does not smell nearly as good as you would think it does... honey smells really yummy though. I kind of miss the feeling of being properly full and anytime I see someone on TV eating I start salivating for the texture of their food. I was watching Franklin & Bash today and someone was eating a hot pretzel (which I don't even like) and I was ready to strangle them through the tv just so I could taste the bread with the salt all over it. In fact... they were eating mustard with the pretzel.. maybe that's where that came from. Either way, I'm still feeling good, no big blasts of adrenaline or lethargic feelings, no pain etc etc. so I'm still very happy with the diet.

Dinner was pretty good; I had a mini burger with mustard, melba with mustard... cucumbers & pickles with mustard. Yea, I was having a mustard kind of day. I think I was just craving another flavour and I've always loved mustard so it all works out. French's Yellow Mustard on mini cucumbers, not too shabby! I've drank a lot of water today though. About 4 or 5 bottles, a coffee and a glass of tea. I just downed another bottle of water while sitting here typing. Hopefully the water will flush my body out some more so I can get rid of all of the toxins and salt etc. I never thought I could drink  that much and always had a hard time drinking "8 glasses a day" but so far I've had almost 12 glasses (assuming a glass is 250mls), nevermind the water in my cucumbers, mustard and tomatoes! Feels nice to be hydrated.

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