Day 14 VLCD - Total Loss: 17.6 lbs

Height: 5'9"
Weight:
Dec 16 __ 174.8 __ Pre-Load Weight (Load)
Dec 17 __ 176.0 __ (Load)
Dec 18 __ 179.8 __ Post-Load Start Weight (start VLCD)
Dec 19 __ 175.2 __ (-4.6) yes!
Dec 20 __ 172.4 __ (-2.8)
Dec 21 __ 170.0 __ (-2.4)
Dec 22 __ 168.0 __ (-2.0)
Dec 23 __ 167.0 __ (-1.0) I CHEATED big time this day
Dec 24 __ 167.0 __ No Gain!! Whew!! :D
Dec 25 __ 165.8 __ (-1.2) Merry Christmas to me! hehe
Dec 26 __ 165.8 __ (-0.0)
Dec 27 __ 164.6 __ (-1.2) (TOM)
Dec 28 __ 163.4 __ (-1.2) (TOM)
Dec 29 __ 163.2 __ (-0.2) (TOM)
Dec 30 __ 163.4 __ (+0.2)
Dec 31 __ 162.2 __ (-1.2) Cheehoo! Broke the plateau!

Total Loss So Far: 17.6 lbs
Loss per day Average: 1.35 lbs

As I expected, I experienced a plateau during my TOM, which also happened to be around the 12th day, which is when many people experience a plateau anyway, so I figured maybe it would be good to kill two birds with one stone! I stayed at 163 for three days, and I woke up this morning telling myself if I hadn't dropped today, today would be an apple day. Well, I'm back on the downhill so I guess no apple day for me yet! :D I bought some spices and things the other day to try some of the recipes on hcgrecipes.blogspot.com and yesterday I made some chicken broth. It's awesome! Today I think I'll use it to make some cream of chicken soup, or something else on the site. I can't wait to get the miracle noodles I ordered too! They should be here soon, hopefully today! I'm anxious to try them! Cheehoo for breaking the plateau naturally!! hehe

Day 11 VLCD - Total Loss: 16.4 lbs

Height: 5'9"
Weight:
Dec 16 __ 174.8 __ Pre-Load Weight (Load)
Dec 17 __ 176.0 __ (Load)
Dec 18 __ 179.8 __ Post-Load Start Weight (start VLCD)
Dec 19 __ 175.2 __ (-4.6) yes!
Dec 20 __ 172.4 __ (-2.8)
Dec 21 __ 170.0 __ (-2.4)
Dec 22 __ 168.0 __ (-2.0)
Dec 23 __ 167.0 __ (-1.0) I CHEATED big time this day
Dec 24 __ 167.0 __ No Gain!! Whew!! :D
Dec 25 __ 165.8 __ (-1.2) Merry Christmas to me! hehe
Dec 26 __ 165.8 __ (-0.0)
Dec 27 __ 164.6 __ (-1.2) (TOM)
Dec 28 __ 163.4 __ (-1.2) (TOM)

Total Loss So Far: 16.4 lbs
Loss per day Average: 1.64 lbs

We're back from our Big Island trip! It was really fun. We cooked some chicken and beef just before we left to eat on our first day, and then that night we found a grocery store and bought some apples to do an apple day on our second day because we had no way to cook. Ashley has been at a stall for almost a week now so she really needed an apple day. I haven't been at a stall but I just didn't have any way to cook so I did it too. The funny thing is though, I didn't even eat all six apples. I only ate two! I hope that's ok... I just really didn't want them. When I started eating an apple, I would eat about four big bites and then feel like, "ok I'm done..." but I would make myself keep eating it. When I had eaten about half of it I would have to just sit and wait for a while, then take a few more bites, then wait a while again, etc until it was finished. Well I don't know if it's because of the apple day or not but I lost another 1.2 last night, despite the fact that it's my TOM! We'll see how the rest of my TOM goes... Hopefully it doesn't last too long! I can't wait to get into the 150's!

Day 8 VLCD - Total Loss: 14 lbs

Height: 5'9"
Weight:
Dec 16 __ 174.8 __ Pre-Load Weight (Load)
Dec 17 __ 176.0 __ (Load)
Dec 18 __ 179.8 __ Post-Load Start Weight (start VLCD)
Dec 19 __ 175.2 __ (-4.6) yes!
Dec 20 __ 172.4 __ (-2.8)
Dec 21 __ 170.0 __ (-2.4)
Dec 22 __ 168.0 __ (-2.0)
Dec 23 __ 167.0 __ (-1.0) I CHEATED big time this day
Dec 24 __ 167.0 __ No Gain!! Whew!! :D
Dec 25 __ 165.8 __ (-1.2) Merry Christmas to me! hehe

Total Loss So Far: 14 lbs
Loss per day Average: 2 lbs

Ok well I couldn't refuse the dinner on Sunday because that was their family Christmas dinner and they decided to have it a couple days earlier so they could have it while we were there so I really didn't want to offend them... plus it was my favorite dinner and it looked better than the Thanksgiving dinners I've had the past three years... so I didn't eat anything at all on Sunday until dinnertime, and then I was going to just eat a little bit, but once I took the first bite I felt like oh my gosh this is heaven, and I figured I already messed up the hcg as it is, so I might as well enjoy it. I ended up having seconds and pumpkin pie! Now I would not recommend people do this, but what I did to try to avoid too much weight gain was I actually made myself throw up right after I ate... I know it's not a good habit to get into or anything but I figured the foods messed up the effects of hcg so I know I won't lose, but I thought if there's nothing left in my stomach maybe I won't gain too much either... and it actually worked! I was still pretty sure I was going to have a gain the next day but I was exactly the same! The next day, today, I weighed in with another pound loss so I'm right back on track! :D Cheehoo! I'm still in Hawaii so this is my first Christmas away from my family. :( But the one benefit is that I don't have to resist mom's home cooking and all the candy at home! My family called me this morning when they woke up, and we did a video call on msn messenger while we opened our presents so it was almost like we were together. I'm so glad we were able to do at least that. Now I'll probably go back to sleep for a few hours since they got me up so early and I don't have a nice Christmas breakfast to look forward to! hehe... Well I guess that's all for now. No hunger. Hcg is great. :D I can't wait till phase 3, but especially phase 4! It'll be here before I know it! KEEP AN ETERNAL PERSPECTIVE!!! Merry Christmas and joy to all~

Day 5 VLCD - Total Loss: 11.8 lbs

Height: 5'9"
Weight:
Dec 16 __ 174.8 __ Pre-Load Weight (Load)
Dec 17 __ 176.0 __ (Load)
Dec 18 __ 179.8 __ Post-Load Start Weight (start VLCD)
Dec 19 __ 175.2 __ (-4.6) yes!
Dec 20 __ 172.4 __ (-2.8)
Dec 21 __ 170.0 __ (-2.4)
Dec 22 __ 168.0 __ (-2.0)

Total Loss So Far: 11.8 lbs
Loss per day Average: 2.95 lbs

I've only been eating one apple a day instead of two because I feel like I just don't need it. I also Haven't experienced a single headache through the protocol so far! My first two mornings I felt pretty hungry in the mornings, but by the third day it was subsiding and now I'm just not hungry at all. I took my apple with me when I went out this morning but it's now 4:15pm and I still haven't eaten it because I just don't feel like it. I'm nervous because Ashley and I are staying with a family in Maui right now, and she' making a family turkey dinner for us all tomorrow... we finally told her this morning about our diet and I'm afraid she was offended so I told her that homemade turkey dinner is my favorite and I think I will break my diet for just one night... I know how detrimental even a slight deviation can be on this protocol but she planned this dinner while we would be here for something special, and other people don't understand how much of an effect one deviation can be to us. So, I'm planning on not eating anything tomorrow until dinnertime, and then I'll just eat the smallest portions I can indiscreetly. So we'll see how it goes! It's only my fifth day of the diet today and so far I haven't lost less than 2 pounds in a day. I don't know if that will be good because it gives me a little buffer to work against, or bad because it means I'm really sensitive and can lose and gain really quickly... I'm nervous but I'm going to do it. I'll post about how it turns out! Wish me luck!

Day 4 VLCD - Total Loss: 9.8 lbs

Height: 5'9"
Weight:
Dec 16 __ 174.8 __ Pre-Load Weight (Load)
Dec 17 __ 176.0 __ (Load)
Dec 18 __ 179.8 __ Post-Load Start Weight (start VLCD)
Dec 19 __ 175.2 __ (-4.6) yes!
Dec 20 __ 172.4 __ (-2.8)
Dec 21 __ 170.0 __ (-2.4)

Total Loss So Far: 9.8 lbs
Loss per day Average: 3.27 lbs

Wow this is amazing! I lost another 2.4 pounds so I'm down a total of 9.8 pounds in three days! Ashley and I went to Maui yesterday morning so we've been doing this protocol travel style but it's working! I think being on vacation helps us keep our minds busy so we're not sitting at home looking at food in the house all day. It's tough sometimes wanting to stop at L&L or Taco Bell or something for a quick good bite, but we just have to push the cravings out of our minds. We're cooking our meats in the morning and we take our daily food with us when we go out, and then we come home late at night, so that the family we're staying with won't offer us a meal. We just tell them we already ate. I think we're going to have to tell them though today because the mother of the house told us last night that she's going to cook a family turkey dinner on Sunday. Uh oh... we have to tell her or we're going to be set way back. Sheesh home-cooked turkey dinner is my FAVORITE and I don't want to be rude by refusing, but we really can't afford to eat that kind of dinner even one night. Oish... it won't be fun explaining to her what we're doing but we gotta do what we gotta do... Yay for progress though!! Keep it coming! Tomorrow I should be in the 160's!! :D

Day 2 VLCD

Height: 5'9"
Weight:
Dec 16 __ 174.8 __ Pre-Load Weight (Load)
Dec 17 __ 176.0 __ (Load)
Dec 18 __ 179.8 __ Post-Load Start Weight (start VLCD)
Dec 19 __ 175.2 __ (-4.6) yes!

It's working! Yesterday was my first day on the very low calorie diet. It wasn't bad at all. I had a cup of green tea in the morning (I don't even like tea or I would drink more), then ate an apple around 10:30am. I was going to have lunch at about 12:30 but I was busy cleaning the house and didn't really get around to it until 1:30 when I finally started to feel a little bit hungry, just enough to make me remember to eat. I had chicken and lettuce for lunch. I had two cups of chammomile tea in the afternoon which I much prefer over the green tea. Then I had dinner, beef and celery (YUM it was good!), at 4:40pm because I had to be at work at 5, so that was a little earlier than I normally would eat dinner, but I didn't want to eat after work and then go to bed with food in my stomach. I never really felt hunger pangs (except a little when I it got to be 1:30 and I hadn't eaten lunch yet), but I felt kind of empty throughout the day, and a little slow both mentally and physically. Maybe it's just my body's response from the sudden change in food intake. When I rested for a while, like watching a movie on the couch, then I felt better physically. I was tempted to eat things throughout the day when I was home, not out of hunger, but simply out of habit because I didn't feel full. I think it will take a little time but I will break that psychological habit. I was nervous about whether I was doing everything right or if I was messing it up in any way. For example, I washed tons of dishes yesterday so I had my hands in soapy water for a long time, and then afterwards I realized I don't know if dish soap had a negative reaction on the hcg or not and I started to get worried. But apparently it's okay because I was down 4.6 pounds this morning from yesterday!! So now I'm only .4 pounds over my initial starting weight, which I expect to surpass tomorrow, and then I'm right on track. :) It works!!! :D

Day 1 VLCD

Height: 5'9"
Weight:
Dec 16 __ 174.8 __ Pre-Load Weight (Load)
Dec 17 __ 176.0 __ (Load)
Dec 18 __ 179.8 __ Post-Load Start Weight (start VLCD)

Oh man, I ate a lot yesterday. I wanted to make sure I "ate to capacity" so I would feel less hunger and have more success like Dr. Simeons talks about in his "Pounds and Inches" protocol. Well, I definitely ate to capacity. I still feel really blehhh full this morning. I just woke up and emptied my bladder and weighed myself, and came in at... dun dun dun... 179.8! Oh my heck. I gained 5 pounds over the two load days!! That's sick. This is the most I've ever weighed in my life. So I guess this is technically my start weight. I can't wait to get going with the VLCD so I can feel better. A few days from now I should be back down to where I was before and on the one-way road to Skinnyville! Cheehoo!! hehe.... So I guess that's all for today. I hope my amazing loading really makes a difference in my first week! Today will be my first experience with the VLCD. Wish me luck!

Day 2 Load Day

Height: 5'9"
Weight:
Dec 16 __ 174.8 __ Pre-Load Weight (Load)
Dec 17 __ 176.0 __ (Load)

I expected to absolutely love the load days, but I was very surprised that for most of the day I was forcing myself to eat. I just didn't feel like eating. I don't know if it was psychological or what, because I didn't think the hcg was supposed to be into your bloodstream taking affect yet, but regardless of what was the cause, I was surprised how not hungry I was all day! Ashley tells me she felt the same way on her two load days but once the diet started she did feel a little hungry once in a while, but nothing unbearable. I expect it will be the same for me. I weighed in today 1.8 lbs higher than yesterday. Tomorrow morning will be my official post-load starting weight. I can't wait! :D

Introduction & Day 1 Load Day

Height: 5'9"
Weight:
Dec 16 __ 174.8 __ Pre-Load Weight (Load)

Aloha!! :)
I've always been very skeptical of any kind of diet fad or extreme weight loss program because I feel like I could never keep one of those up for very long, and as soon as I went off of it I would start a nasty counter-productive cycle of yo-yo dieting. I've been weight-conscious since I started gaining in high school (I'm now 20, so about 5 years or so), but I've never done much about it other than just trying to watch my intake of sweets a little, but even then nothing adequate for a real "diet." My friend Ashley was recently given Kevin Trudeau's book, The Weight Loss Cure and we started reading it together. When we got to the part that actually described the protocol and diet requirements we were both really disappointed, and I thought it was a load of bull honestly, not something the average American could or would want to do. If it had been only me, I would have probably thrown the idea out the window and never looked back, but Ashley started researching HCG online and read up on Dr. Simeon's version of the protocol. I couldn't believe she was actually considering doing it. I started researching it myself and became more and more interested as I realized it was not only possible, but not nearly as difficult as I had thought, and probably as good as Kevin Trudeau says it is. Hmm... maybe it really is a weight loss "cure" as opposed to a diet. Finally we decided to do it, and we ordered our HCG from www.hcgweight.com. It came quicker than we expected in the mail. Ashley started her injections this past Wednesday, December 12, but I wanted to wait until the weekend so I wouldn't have to stress about getting started while I was in the middle of finals. So Ashley has been on the injections for 5 days now, and today is the third day of the VLCD. This morning I did my first injection. I then weighed myself and came in at 174.8. I will post before and after pictures once I make some visible progress! Part of the reason I was willing to do the protocol is because of the great results pictures I saw of others, so maybe mine will contribute to someone else's decision once they see my upcoming new sexy body! hehe...

I wish I could fast forward a month and a half but for these results I guess its worth the wait. :) Here we go!...