Today in the group someone posted that this diet was too restrictive. And while I agreed, because it is but I also compared the similarity to going into Rehab. Yes, Rehab.
I say this because having a diet that is this restrictive you learn about your inner emotional demons, what drives you to overeat or eat your feelings, fear, loneliness, stress, frustration, boredom, anxiety, habit. To me the hCG diet protocol as prescribed by Dr. Siemons helps you find your inner strength and gives you a new direction to channel those demons and make positive life changes. Of course entire premise is assuming you treat this as a solution and not just a diet. Not incorporating dietary changes for the long term is a recipe for yet another diet failure. Does that mean I will never have ice cream or a pastry or any fat laden, sugar rich treat with processed white flower again? Heck no. I will but it will never be to the extent I have in the past, because those types of foods are what brought me to find this solution to my weight issues. To also help me deal with why I overeat I found EFT is an excellent therapy. EFT is a powerful tool to aid in healing life issues.
To me this is a life change not just another diet. While I’m taking this journey I am also discovering food allergies, tolerance levels for foods and developing new tastes for food. I already have a long term plan for me to maintain, Atkins Low Carb is my long term solution to maintaining the weight I will be shortly. I like low carb I agree with the theory of low carb and I LOVE the food choices I have on low carb.
As of today I have been on hCG Diet for 12 days and I have lost a total of 14 pounds. I’m happy and I frankly I haven’t felt this happy or found a diet this easy to lose with since first discovering Atkins back in 1997 and losing weight.
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Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Sunday, June 3, 2007
Taking Control
I lost 2 pounds this morning. I am feeling really good. I notice I don’t eat lunch until late and I’m going to have to correct that as I’d rather have lunch around 1 vs. 3. Makes dinner very late. I am not feeling very hungry!
I picked up some oolong tea also as I saw it in the store so I thought I’d give it a try. There are many health benefits to oolong tea so, why not? I drink green tea already.
I had a bad night last night. I made the horrendous mistake of going to my favorite upscale grocery store for some specialty items. I love this store but NOT on this diet. They do taste test of foods, cook ribs, chicken, pork, fresh pastry, and oodles of deserts. I came home and thought of nothing but food. Not cravings, just thinking of food, all the food I saw I wanted to taste it as I love good food, the taste, texture, smell, feel in my mouth. I had to fight the urge to fix something out of my frig or run back and grab a rack of ribs!!
But while I was laying in bed thinking of the food, I realized, I wasn’t having a craving. I did not have a profound uncontrollable overwhelming desire to have chocolate (my drug of choice) or any food for that matter. I just wanted the damn food. This was like an epiphany, I have control. My control. Much like the song Janet Jackson sang way back in 1984.
This is a story about my Control. Control of what I say and Control of what I do, Control of what I EAT! And this time, I’m going to do this my way!
I picked up some oolong tea also as I saw it in the store so I thought I’d give it a try. There are many health benefits to oolong tea so, why not? I drink green tea already.
I had a bad night last night. I made the horrendous mistake of going to my favorite upscale grocery store for some specialty items. I love this store but NOT on this diet. They do taste test of foods, cook ribs, chicken, pork, fresh pastry, and oodles of deserts. I came home and thought of nothing but food. Not cravings, just thinking of food, all the food I saw I wanted to taste it as I love good food, the taste, texture, smell, feel in my mouth. I had to fight the urge to fix something out of my frig or run back and grab a rack of ribs!!
But while I was laying in bed thinking of the food, I realized, I wasn’t having a craving. I did not have a profound uncontrollable overwhelming desire to have chocolate (my drug of choice) or any food for that matter. I just wanted the damn food. This was like an epiphany, I have control. My control. Much like the song Janet Jackson sang way back in 1984.
This is a story about my Control. Control of what I say and Control of what I do, Control of what I EAT! And this time, I’m going to do this my way!
Saturday, June 2, 2007
12 Pounds 4 Days
As you may have read, I started my injections for load days on 5-25-07 and they went well. I had to do 4 days of loading vs. 3 because on Memorial Day I went to see Pirates of The Caribbean At Worlds End and the movie was good but long and I did not eat before going. HUGE mistake on my part and I would not recommend another person not eating breakfast and lunch and going to a 3 hour movie! AND I started my menses, which was even worst. I have a awful headache and hunger and I just could not start, so I did another load day. O, Well.
The injections were great, as injections go. The first day I had more fear and trepidation, which caused tension and pain, and there is something that happens to a person, psychologically, when they see themselves sticking a needle into their own flesh. It is a bit unnerving. On a pain scale of 1-10 with 10 being right up there with childbirth, I would have to say day 1 shot was 8 for me. Yes, I had a very fine needle 29 gauge ½’ Insulin syringe, but again with the tension, it didn’t matter. Days 2 and 3 were much better. More like a 2 or 1 so it is something I can tolerate for what hCG does long term.
So, on 5-29-07 I started my 500-calorie diet. I thought I would do better as I did Kimkins and that went fine, but I soon realized no breakfast was going to be an issue. On Kimkins, I had an egg omelet with shrimp or crabmeat or both every morning and it was great. Dr. Simeons original diet you do not eat breakfast. So I had a bad headache, hungry and no breakfast! By lunch, I was very grateful to eat. Until I saw, exactly what 100 grams of chicken looked liked! Think of a 5 year olds fist. That’s it. That is 100 grams of chicken. Okay I thought I could do this. Soon my hCG would kick in and I won’t feel hungry. Well dinner rolled around and this time I had crabmeat. I decided at that moment I would try to eat as much crabmeat as humanly possible as 100 grams of lump crabmeat looks like a meal for an adult!
5-30-07, 5:00 am, the next morning I still was hungry and I had a headache. When was the hCG effect supposed to kick in? I was praying it would be soon. I got on the scale after using the bathroom and to my surprise, 3 entire pounds GONE! Well, that was fantastic news. So from 5:30 until about 12:30 I rejoiced in my 3 pound lose eat my little happy meal lunch (a 5 year old fists of food and salad). I read about making the strawberries into a smoothie, with ice and water so I did that. Boy that was delicious and very decadent on 500 cals a day. So I made another for my after dinner treat. O dinner on this night was yet another disappointment. I purchased colossal shrimp. Do you know how many make up 100 grams? 4. That’s right 4 colossal shrimp = 100 grams. I was not happy! Again the mind. So next time I will get the tiny tiny shrimp to make it look like a huge amount on my plate.
5-31-07 5:15 am. Headache still raging on and down 3 more pounds!! Okay this hCG better start working or I am just doing Kimkins! This morning I decided to have an apple for breakfast, peeled of course. That seemed to abate my hunger a tad, but I had to take a nap to make it through to lunch as my head was killing me. I woke up at 1:00 and guess what? No hunger feelings and no headache! Now I can see myself doing this. I was even happier to have a 100 grams of chicken and salad for lunch! Dinner was crabmeat this time with asparagus.
My guess is I didn’t load enough on fat on my load days to keep the hunger feeling away. My fault!
6-1-07 4:45 am. No headache and down another 3 pounds! 9 pounds total in 3 diet days! Yeah Baby!
And today on 6-2-07 @ 6:00 am, total lost is 12 pounds! 12 pounds in 4 diet days! I know the weight lose will slow but IF I can lose like this for another day or 2 that would be FANTASTIC! Some people on our group list have lost 20 to 29 pounds during the first 2 week of their hCG diet. I would like to follow them.
My basic plan:
I spread my allowed foods thought the day so I am constantly eating something. I am a snacker so this is perfect.
I give myself my injection IM or SQ between 6:15 am and 7:15 am daily
I drink organic green tea and other non-organic teas by Celestial Seasonings . I’ve been drinking this tea since I was about 12 or 16 years old so I am not changing brands now.
I did not do any of the Kevin Trudeau cleanses or take any of the supplements he recommends. Matter of fact the only supplements I take are a multi vitamin and B-12 sublingual. The reason I bring this up is that people on the support list have complained that the diet is expensive if they go Trudeau’s route. I am saying you can get the same results without all that and make it more cost effective for you. My shots are costing me 1.67 per day.
Tips:
If you are buying your own hCG, buy it early as some places take forever and it may be confiscated.
If I was going to repurchase needles I would much rather have the smallest gauge and longest needle I could get rather in the insulin syringe. That would give me more choices for injection sites.
The injections were great, as injections go. The first day I had more fear and trepidation, which caused tension and pain, and there is something that happens to a person, psychologically, when they see themselves sticking a needle into their own flesh. It is a bit unnerving. On a pain scale of 1-10 with 10 being right up there with childbirth, I would have to say day 1 shot was 8 for me. Yes, I had a very fine needle 29 gauge ½’ Insulin syringe, but again with the tension, it didn’t matter. Days 2 and 3 were much better. More like a 2 or 1 so it is something I can tolerate for what hCG does long term.
So, on 5-29-07 I started my 500-calorie diet. I thought I would do better as I did Kimkins and that went fine, but I soon realized no breakfast was going to be an issue. On Kimkins, I had an egg omelet with shrimp or crabmeat or both every morning and it was great. Dr. Simeons original diet you do not eat breakfast. So I had a bad headache, hungry and no breakfast! By lunch, I was very grateful to eat. Until I saw, exactly what 100 grams of chicken looked liked! Think of a 5 year olds fist. That’s it. That is 100 grams of chicken. Okay I thought I could do this. Soon my hCG would kick in and I won’t feel hungry. Well dinner rolled around and this time I had crabmeat. I decided at that moment I would try to eat as much crabmeat as humanly possible as 100 grams of lump crabmeat looks like a meal for an adult!
5-30-07, 5:00 am, the next morning I still was hungry and I had a headache. When was the hCG effect supposed to kick in? I was praying it would be soon. I got on the scale after using the bathroom and to my surprise, 3 entire pounds GONE! Well, that was fantastic news. So from 5:30 until about 12:30 I rejoiced in my 3 pound lose eat my little happy meal lunch (a 5 year old fists of food and salad). I read about making the strawberries into a smoothie, with ice and water so I did that. Boy that was delicious and very decadent on 500 cals a day. So I made another for my after dinner treat. O dinner on this night was yet another disappointment. I purchased colossal shrimp. Do you know how many make up 100 grams? 4. That’s right 4 colossal shrimp = 100 grams. I was not happy! Again the mind. So next time I will get the tiny tiny shrimp to make it look like a huge amount on my plate.
5-31-07 5:15 am. Headache still raging on and down 3 more pounds!! Okay this hCG better start working or I am just doing Kimkins! This morning I decided to have an apple for breakfast, peeled of course. That seemed to abate my hunger a tad, but I had to take a nap to make it through to lunch as my head was killing me. I woke up at 1:00 and guess what? No hunger feelings and no headache! Now I can see myself doing this. I was even happier to have a 100 grams of chicken and salad for lunch! Dinner was crabmeat this time with asparagus.
My guess is I didn’t load enough on fat on my load days to keep the hunger feeling away. My fault!
6-1-07 4:45 am. No headache and down another 3 pounds! 9 pounds total in 3 diet days! Yeah Baby!
And today on 6-2-07 @ 6:00 am, total lost is 12 pounds! 12 pounds in 4 diet days! I know the weight lose will slow but IF I can lose like this for another day or 2 that would be FANTASTIC! Some people on our group list have lost 20 to 29 pounds during the first 2 week of their hCG diet. I would like to follow them.
My basic plan:
I spread my allowed foods thought the day so I am constantly eating something. I am a snacker so this is perfect.
I give myself my injection IM or SQ between 6:15 am and 7:15 am daily
I drink organic green tea and other non-organic teas by Celestial Seasonings . I’ve been drinking this tea since I was about 12 or 16 years old so I am not changing brands now.
I did not do any of the Kevin Trudeau cleanses or take any of the supplements he recommends. Matter of fact the only supplements I take are a multi vitamin and B-12 sublingual. The reason I bring this up is that people on the support list have complained that the diet is expensive if they go Trudeau’s route. I am saying you can get the same results without all that and make it more cost effective for you. My shots are costing me 1.67 per day.
Tips:
If you are buying your own hCG, buy it early as some places take forever and it may be confiscated.
If I was going to repurchase needles I would much rather have the smallest gauge and longest needle I could get rather in the insulin syringe. That would give me more choices for injection sites.
Friday, May 25, 2007
Day 1
Well I did my 1st hCG shot this morning and I was afraid to say the least. Never gave myself an injection before and I have a new appreiaction for Diabetics who do!
I had to eat to capacity today and boy do I hate that. Odd, I know, but I have trouble with my stomach when I eat foods that are rich in fat and carbohyrates. IBS comes to mind. Cant wait till I start the hCG diet, give my bottom a break from the toilet.
I had to eat to capacity today and boy do I hate that. Odd, I know, but I have trouble with my stomach when I eat foods that are rich in fat and carbohyrates. IBS comes to mind. Cant wait till I start the hCG diet, give my bottom a break from the toilet.
Thursday, May 24, 2007
The Arrival
HI! I am so excited!! My supplies arrived 2DAY. Yeah baby! I am going to start my hCG injections tomorrow.
I must say I had to think twice about pre-filling all 25 syringes. I really had no pace to store them all. I did pre-fill 2 and what I did was use my Starbucks coffee cup, it’s pretty tall and my hCG and my 2 syringes had plenty of room. Will not store anymore then 1 in there after today. Something could happen and then that is hCG down the drain.
I will write tomorrow about how I mix, what I did and what I eat as the first 3 days is about gorging on fatted foods.
I must say I had to think twice about pre-filling all 25 syringes. I really had no pace to store them all. I did pre-fill 2 and what I did was use my Starbucks coffee cup, it’s pretty tall and my hCG and my 2 syringes had plenty of room. Will not store anymore then 1 in there after today. Something could happen and then that is hCG down the drain.
I will write tomorrow about how I mix, what I did and what I eat as the first 3 days is about gorging on fatted foods.
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