Day 9: hCG Diet Program

Today wraps up the 9th day of the hCG drops diet. This morning when I woke up I weighed a 137.2 so I lost 0.4 lbs so that makes a total of 11.8. So again, not the number that I’m hoping for but still in the right direction.

This morning I’m actually trying, or I tried doing a smoothie again, but I did it on my half strawberries and half an apple with the one tablespoon of milk that you’re allotted. And that actually worked a lot better than the original smoothie of just strawberries. So it’s seems like mixing the 2 fruits together using half and half of each seems to really work. 

So tonight for dinner I had sautéed shrimp which was really good and of course instead of using oil and anything like that, I just used water and seasonings. Just sautéed them there and that's about it, so pan frying them went really well. I haven’t been doing so well with my water for the last two days so we’ll have to see if that affects my weight loss which I kind of thinking it is since I haven’t been losing very big number over the last 2 days. So I’ll keep you updated on that. I’ve only been doing about one liter and maybe a fourth, maybe a half on the good days so I’ll definitely do better on the weekends. It’s much harder to be right on top of your water and it’s a lot harder for eating as well because everyone around you is eating all those sugars and sweets. Definitely temptation but still holding it strong. Haven’t cracked ye or cheated or anything like that. So still going good for the ninth day.

So yeah, just wanted to make sure that you’re still doing well and one thing that I have noticed is actually I’m getting up later with the weekends and wondering if that’s affecting my weight loss at all as well since everything pushed back to be later in the day. You know since I’m getting up later. So we’ll see if the work week comes back around if things kind of straightened out if I start to lose half a pound or a pound a day again. 

I've had some good notes from you guys out there so, keep it up!  Let's do this together, I am so excited to drop this weight.

Day 8: A week into the hCG Drops Diet

So today is Day number 8 of the hCG Drops Diet. So this morning when I weighed myself I was at  137.6 so I lost 0.2 lbs. Not the greatest, not the number I was hoping for, the one pound, but still definitely in the right direction of what I’m looking for. I wonder if it was that extra piece of fruit I had yesterday. So far I’ve lost 11.4 lbs in the 8 days so that’s the number I’m really happy with. Still loving putting on those jeans morning and not having to fight with those buttons. So it’s definitely a good feeling. 

I’m still having my fruit in the mid-morning for my snack. That’s definitely helping me feel a lot better. I was having stomach kind of problems in the first but that’s definitely help that go away as well as drinking all my water. 

So a new kind of enlightening thing that I had today, I actually got a lobster tail for dinner. It’s the first time I ever cooked lobster myself. It’s typically something like, “Oh, that’s something you get from a restaurant, or if you live near the coast. That’s something on your menu every week.” But living in the middle of the United States... you just don't cook lobster that often. So it was very interesting, it was actually wonderful. I just baked it at 350F for 15-20 minutes with some lemon juice and some garlic powder and it turned out really great. Also had some steamed asparagus with that as well since you can’t have it with butter, and if you put a little lemon juice on that, fabulous. It really brings in some great flavor.

So I definitely found the grocery shopping…you really have to be thinking about what you’re buying, how it’s going to fill you up, how you’re going to cook it. So I’m definitely figured out a better way of cooking, an easier way of cooking. So it’s really interesting. So I hope I will be able to take what I’ve learned from this diet and continue to use that when I go grocery shopping afterwards when I go through the maintenance period and all of that. So it’s definitely an exciting period of time for everything that I’m learning 

Other than that, things are still going very well, still working on my water. Definitely hard getting all those two liters down. But again, things are going well so I hope you are doing great too! Stay on this journey. We’ll work on it together.  

hCG Drops Diet: Day 7

So here we are on day number seven of the hCG drops. So this morning when I weighed myself, I weighed a 137.8 so I dropped a pound from yesterday, so a total overall, I’ve lost 11.2 lbs but even better than that was this morning when I went to put on my jeans. There was no muffin top, no love handle bulge from the back from my pants pushing them on too tight, I didn’t have to fight or force the button to get buttoned up. So that’s even a better, a better feeling than the 11.2 lbs. So I’m really motivated, this is working really well. I can’t believe the results I’m getting!

So I’m still doing my lunch fruit for my mid-morning snack. That seems to be working really well, just keeping that hunger away till I can get some real substantial food for lunch with my meat. I actually switched my Sarah Lee Delight bread from dinner time to lunch. I thought that might be a little bit better so I’ll have more time to process the calories in the bread and all of that. So that was really good for lunch. I really like that extra boost for lunchtime to help me get till dinner. 

Tonight I accidentally had two fruits for dinner. (Yeah, isn't this sad!) I had an apple. I’ve been shopping all day with my mother and had an apple. You know I brought it along the way because I knew I’d get hungry. And about an hour later I got home and got dinner already and didn’t even think about it because I already had it all prepared and had another fruit so we’ll see if that affects my weight loss (hopefully, not). Anyway it was definitely enjoyable to have that second thing of fruit, I didn’t even think about it. 

           

Day 4 of the HCG Diet

Today is day four of my hCG diet.  It’s day number two of the 500 calories.  The first two days were the loading day.  When I woke up this morning I weighed 141 pounds, so I have lost an additional 3 pounds or 8 pounds since beginning.  I love the progress so far!  I am just waiting for it to slow down a little bit. I’ve been told the first few days are really good for weight loss, and then you slow down to about a pound a day.  I am loving the weight loss right now!

So today was a little bit harder than yesterday.  I found that this morning I was a little hungrier between breakfast and lunch.  So I spoke with a friend who did the diet before, using the hCG drops.   He told me that he and his wife took their lunch fruit and used it as a smoothie for breakfast.  If you remember on the original hCG protocol you are allowed one tablespoon of milk every day.  So they took the fruit, the milk, and combined it with ice and water and made it into a smoothie.  You can have as much ice and water as you like.   I’ll give that a try tomorrow morning and let you know how it goes tomorrow and let you know if it’s caused in fluctuation in weight loss. 

So far, things are going well.  I am working about ten hours a day.  So the days are long and it gets hard.  I did notice that as I drank my water, I felt better. So I would recommend drinking as much water as possible.  I’ve had a more difficult time getting all the water down that I am supposed to (I have two glasses to go today!)  So I will try moving forward to get more of my water in throughout the day.   If you have questions, suggestions, or comments just comment below and I would love to hear from you! 

Day 3: 500 Calories a Day!

So today is day 3 of my hCG diet.  Today I start the 500 calorie portion of the diet, instead of the loading phase.  I was nervous as I got up today, but getting on the scale made me feel so much better because I have almost lost five pounds!  I now weigh 144 pounds.  Knowing this I had the motivation to get through the first day of fewer calories.  

Let me go over the day. I got a little hungry between breakfast and lunch, but as soon as I had lunch, I was satisfied with the fruits, vegetables and meat I prepared for lunch.   I’ve heard a lot of people complain that 500 calories is not enough to sustain yourself.  But, I really felt satisfied after lunch and I was full.  A big part of this diet is the mind game of “I haven’t eaten that much, but I feel like I should eat more."  It’s the mind telling you that you need more, but your stomach is saying you are full.  

One hard thing I am noticing is the amount of water I need to drink.  You are supposed to drink two liters each day, and as I write this I still have about a half liter to go.  It can be hard to get that water down. 

Another thing I noticed is that I was ready for dinner after working all day!  I’m glad I took my hCG drops before leaving work this evening because you need to wait at least 20 minutes before eating something. So I was able to drive home and eat my dinner, and afterwards I was full again!

Please let me know what experiences you’ve had with the hCG diet.  I know the way to be successful with any diet program is to have a great support group.  I would love to hear from you, answer questions you have, or pick up any pointers you may have for me.  Just post a comment and I will respond. I am excited to see my results over the next couple of days!