HCG attempt #2

Phase 1:
Day 1 load day Weight 240
Day 2 load day Weight 240- I am so tired of loading... and looking at the 240's. I cantbelieve I am there again. Bump's in the road will happen.  I am picking myself up, dusting myself off and going back at it full force.  Tomorrow is a new day...  Thank you Jesus!
Day 3: starting weight 240. Here goes!!!

duh!

Wanna know what just hit me? I started at 272 and my goal weight was 150. That was 122lbs to lose. I DON'T HAVE MORE THAN 100 POUNDS TO LOSE ANYMORE! Ok, that may sound stupid... but it hit me like a ton of bricks! What?! I only have 83 more pounds to go! 83 doesnt seem as scary as 122! HA!
Found this quote today and I really like it: "Things change for the better when we take responsibility for our own thoughts, decisions and actions."

HCG

I started HCG phase 1 on Saturday April 2nd, 2011. 
Phase 1: The first 2 days are loading days and you are supposed to eat as much high fat foods as you can for 2 days.
Day 1: 242 Started the drops and high fat foods
Day 2: 243 Again, drops and high fat foods
I started HCG phase 2 on Monday April 4th, 2011.
Phase 2: very low calorie diet (500cal), about a gallon of water a day and the drops for 40 days.
Day 1: 243- This is the day that I started the very low calorie diet along with the drops
Day 2: 240- down 3lbs! My first goal is to be out of the 240's because I've been there for a month!
Day 3: 237- Down 3 more! Total of 6. AND GOAL HIT!!! Goodbye 240's!
Day 4: 234  Down 3 more! Total of 9. 2 more lbs and I'll be at a total of 40lbs lost since January 1!
Day 5: 233- Down 1 more! Total of 10 pounds in 5 days :-) 1lb away rom 40lb mark!

I cheated Friday night on the diet, which led into me cheating saturday and sunday. Sunday and Monday I was ill, Tuesday and Wednesday (today) are load days. I will restart the 500 calorie diet tomorrow.  As of right this  minute I am 240 again.


Notes on day 3: I was a little bit hungry in the evening today.  I've been taking my hCG at about 4pm and then eating about 530. I think tonight Im gonna try to take it a little closer to dinner and see if it helps.  Also, I bought miracle noodles. They are pretty good. The texture tastes a little slimier than regular spaghetti noodles but I ate them in "hCG chili" and it tasted good! I love spaghetti and thats kinda what it tasted like.

Notes on day 4: Its hard to believe that I've lost 9lbs in 3 days! One more pound and I'll be at the ten pound mark with hcg and 2 more pounds and I'll have hit a total of 40lbs lost. It's crazy! - I over indulged today and had 2 packages of miracle noodles and while they are a free food, I do think you can have too much free.  I will try to keep it down to a package a day and i cooked them in Amino whichis like sodium free soy sauce and made this yummy teriaki noodle type dish.. it was delish! Im sure I ate too much and it will show on the scale tomorrow....

Notes on day 5: Only a pound down.. verses 3... Im sure eating too many miracle noodles had something to do with it.  But, its still a pound, so Im happy :-) 10lbs gone in 5 days is nothing to turn up my nose at! I've been losing 10 a month!

I will come back and edit this particular post daily or as close to daily as I possibly can. :-)

Baseball season

OK... so, I've decided to make a change.  (Again) I am going to start hCG drops on Sunday April 2nd.  I know I said  wasnt going to use any form of diet help on this journey, but I changed my mind.  Baseball season starts today and lasts thru April and May. Because my boys are going to be on two different teams I cannot go to the gym Monday thru Friday because I have to get home in time to take one to practice while Dustan takes the other.  My weight mysteriously crept up 2lbs so now I am at 242.  I am going to work dilligently at losing those two pounds and start my HCG diet at 240 (Even less then that would be awesome.)
Chow. :-)

Down another pound!

Almost out of the 240's! This morning I was 240.1! That is all.
:-D

update

So, I love the body bugg.  It reports sleep efficiency among all the other cool things it does.  I have been sick for the last few days and it makes total sene that for the week before that I had no energy to get to the gym.  I would pass out the minute my head hit the pillow and wonder why I was so tired.  While I am officially not 100% yet I am attempting to go to work today.  I've missed the last two days. 
And update on my weight loss... I am -1 more pound for a total of 31lbs.  Im sure next week when I am feeling better and I get to the gym the weight will start falling off again. :-) Have a good day everyone.

The addition of... THE BODY BUGG!

That's right! I am the proud new owner of a Body Bugg.. well its not the body bugg brand but it works the exact same.  Its from body media.  It is a small device that straps to the back of your upper left arm and it calculates the calories that you've bearned throughout the day.  You go online at the end of your day and type your food consumed during the day and it tells you what your calorie deficit is.  I am very excited about this.  It is plugged in to the computer right now, charging.. and I cant wait to put it on and do some stuff to watch the calories burn on the webpage! I'll let ya all know how it works out! Chow!

YAY!!!

Ok, I dont have much time to blog right now, but I am so excited I just had to share it with you all.  As you all know, I have been on a stupid plateau for about 2 weeks.  I played with the same number for 2 weeks. Well, yesterday I woke up and had lost a pound.  Today I woke up and had lost 3 more making my total weight loss -30lbs!! I still have between 67 and 92 more pounds to lose, but I am definetly on a roll.  Thanks all for your prayers and support. :-)

FINALLY! I've been bouncing back and forth for about 2 weeks with the same number on the scale! Finally this morning I saw a new lower number.  245.8 (I never count the .whatever.) total of -27lbs, and I hope to see that number drop easier than I got it. :-)

Just Keep Swimming, Just Keep Swimming....

In the last 10 days, with the scale not moving, I have considered doing different things.  I've considered changing to WW, or Atkins.. I've considered doing HCG again, I've considered changing times I workout and even adding supplements.  And then, I decided on something.  No. No I am not changing my diet.  No, I am not changing my exercise.I may change the intensity of the workout and give my self some variance, but  I am sticking with this till the end.  I am just gonna have to push.  Push thru this flat land.  (AKA FAT LAND)  I am going to focus on how my body feels and I am going to focus on my endurance.  I read a Jillian Michaels quote this morning that said "If you dont puke, faint or die, KEEP GOING!"
I'm gonna keep going. 

stuck.

I keep bouncing up and down between 246 and 249.  Its been this way all week.  I will weigh in tomorrow and if things dont change I am going to take the advice of a friend.  She said to have a cheat day where you cheat on all the foods you love (in moderation.. it wont be like the hcg where you gorge yourself for 2 days.)  It will no doubt raise the number on the scale but then when I work hard at getting back down I will go below where I was before. 

I am too impatient for this crap.

Well that's annoying!

Ok. Lets play the "I hate it when.." game. I'll go first. I hate it when I work my butt off at the gym and chose the completely right foods and cannot see one single thing that needs to be changed about my diet and Im still fighting with the same flippin' pound! at times like these its hard to dig in and keep going. Its discouraging.  However, I have found a thought that will keep me going this week.  I work with people who are developmentally disabled.  They live in group homes and as much as we dont like to admit it, most of their big choices are made for them.  Most of them do not have an opportunity to live out their dreams.  I do not have the RIGHT to quit.  I do not have the right to not live out my dreams.  "My destiny is just waiting for me to show up." (Jillian Michaels)  I will keep going.

Hello March 1st!

In all of my years of weight loss attempts, I usually quit about mid February. This is the first time in over ten years that I've gone this long! Hello March 1st! I will celebrate you with all of my heart because it means I have made it 2 entire months and still havent quit.  So far I'm down -26lbs in 2 months... If that streaks continue I will hit my ultimate goal weight of 150lbs by September 2011. 9 months start to finish. I am committed.

Goodbye 250's!

This is a pic of the carot cakes, peanut butter balls, popcorn and other yummy foods I resisted last night.

See the yummy stuff I said "no" to last night? It totally paid off!

Last night I went to a PJ party with a group of women I absolutely adore. What are the chances that they would have a "Cake off" and the cakes featured were my FAVORITE kind of cake.  Carrot Cake.  My absolute favorite.  and cookies and ooey gooey popcorn and chips and dip and.... ok I'll stop now, you get the picture. I ate carrots, apples, cucumbers, celery, strawberries, and reduced fat wheat thins (only 16- thats a serving.) I was 250 yesterday and just on the verge of breaking out of the 250s.  I chose not to indulge in those yummy food, and it TOTALLY PAID OFF! I weighed in this morning at 248! Its the first time I've seen the 240s in about 5 years. I am SO EXCITED! I've lost a total of 24lbs in 57 days.  I know that had I made better decisions and not went on an eating binge a few weeks ago I would have a higher number now, and that does hurt a little but I am chosing to only look forward.

Hello 240's.  Even though I was excited to see you, you have become my new enemy.  I will work daily at making food choices that will ensure you must leave.  I will work even harder at exercising to make sure that you have no choice but to pack your bags and go away. Forever.

yay! Slowly, but surely!

I have no will power.  I know its best to weigh weekly, but I've been weighing everyday. The scale just sits on the floor, calling out to me... I have an obligation to that scale to use it every day, dont I? U mean... wouldnt it be a waste of my $14.99 to not use it daily? Glad you agree.  Anyway, I got on the scale this morning and I am down another pound. Total of -21lbs.  Last nights dinner was chicken, salad and green and wax beans. There was so much veggies and very little meat.. but it proved to be good for the scale this morning, so I believe that will be a regular part of my meal plan.

For those of you reading this who are dieting/exercising, please go to www.loseit.com, sign up and request me as a friend.  Its like a facebook site that you can log calories in/out and pounds lost. Its really helped me stay on track.  After you've logged for a while, it can show you graphs of your nutrition, weight loss, and body mass index.  Its been a tool that is very motivating for me.  Friends can see what you've eaten, and what exercises you've done, and how much weight you've lost. It doesnt post your weight however, unless you post it. I, for one, have  no problem with the world knowing how much I weigh.(251)  Its obvious when they look at my body. And I believe that its helped me to become real about who I am, and who I want to become.  I am in no way proud of how much I weigh but I am proud of the fact that I have set my mind to something, and I havent quit yet.  To those of you who dont know me, I am imfamous at starting a new big project, and then quitting half way thru.  Its something I HATE about who I am.  This time will be different. I am 55 days into this weight loss journey (I started on before the first of Jan) and this is as far as I have ever come when I've attempted to lose weight.  I usually make it to the end of January and then quit.  This time will be different.  I have 336 days left to acheive my goal. My goal is to weight 175 by my birthday next year. thats 76 more lbs I have to lose in 336 days.  If I reach my goal before my birthday, I will attempt to hit 150, which is 101 lbs to lose in 336 days.  This weight loss will be free of pills, or drops or any other supplement (Minus 5 hour energy- I use those on occassion -sry Kerri)
I've quoted this before but I love it "Today is here! Yesterday is gone, but today is finally here! This time will be different. This time I will reach my goal. Thank God, that  today is finally here!"

To all of you who are struggling with your weight, come on this ride with me.  I am in no way a nutrition or exercise expert, but I would love to help you in anyway I can.  The first step is so hard, and the second and third steps are harder.. and the 57th step you may feel is going to kill you.  Just keep going, keep pushing, because when you think that you cant take another step, and you cant go any further, and then you do, its the most exhilerating feeling in the world.   Love you all, and God bless.

Last published was too long ago! Whoops!

Ok! My bad! Life got busy and I abandoned my blog.  Instead of shooting for daily, I may do once a week.. Who knows? Anyways, as of today I am down 20lbs. I was down 24lbs and then I had this massive "Lets eat everything in sight" sort of day and I gained four pounds back.  Not good.  However, I have learned how hard it is to lose it and how easy it is to gain it back so I will attempt to avoid that at all costs.  I also have learned in these last few weks that DIET SODA is not my friend.  I was only drinking it about once a week, and then I started drinking it daily.  When I did that I reduced the amount of water I was drinking (not intentionally) and drinking it increased my cravings for sugary deep fried faty foods. (Hence the 4lbs when I could take the cravings no longer.) I am continuing to do a form of the biggest losser diet. Dustan and I have shot around idea's like weight watchers or atkins (keep quiet nay-sayers, I've done my homework.) We may attempt one of those but we'll see.  I am working out Monday thru Friday still. I do have the occassional slip day where I dont go one day of week (Due to life) but I usually have a double workout on Mondays so Im ok.   Saturdays are just not feasible with three kids and a husband and we live 20 miles away from the gym.  Now, oh my goodness, let me tell you about Zumba! Holy mama! I had SO much fun! But I worked my fanny off! I was down 3lbs on the scale the next day! It was awesome.  Due to the gym's schedule of classes, I have yet to go back.  Maybe soon!
My apologies for not posting in twenty days! Maybe I'll do beter this time! Love you all! Angie

Chinese food is my enemy...

So, yesterday I fought chinese food, and it won.  Today I am going to meticulously watch myh calories, and particularly sodium... because you know that there was probably a bucket of salt in that food which made that gallon of water I drank yesterday hang on for dear life.  Todays breakfast is a pc of whole wheat toast, a medium orange, a small banana, and a yogurt.. just under 400 calories. For lunch, I am brinking a  grilled chicken caesar salad with lowfat dressing, fat free croutons, strawberries, and an apple.  On the biggest loser diet your supposed to have 4 fruits and 4 vegetables daily, and I try to eat my four fruits before noon so
Im not going to bed with sugar in my body.  Yesterdays workout, while it was good because it was a workout, didnt seem.... hardcore, get your body sweatin' and I didnt feel like I had energy after it was over.  Curse you Chinese food! Curse you! lol :-P

Day 4

I had an ok day today.  I was feeling kinda blah, and almost skipped the Gym but decided against it.  Today was payday and my gym clothes have been getting rather baggy lately so I went to the store and bought capris and a tanktop, but the exciting thing about it was: IT WAS A SIZE SMALLER! YAY! I was so excited! I've learned to appreciate the small rewards.  I am very pleasently surprised. You get so focused on the number on the scale sometimes that you forget to look at your body and gauge successes by your physical abilities as well! I've just googled my BMI and before I started working out I was 43.9.. Disgusting!! I literally felt gross when I found out that where I was.  Now I am 41.3 I've dropped my number down by 2.6 in about a month! It feels great.   To think that every step I take and every calorie I burn is 1 step closer to reaching my goal is exhilerating! We signed the boys up for baseball tonight and I am looking forward to the weekends we spend practicing together as a family.  Last year I was too fat and lazy to get off my but and practice with them.. This year I want to play with them and practice with them.  There's so much more to weight loss than a number on a scale. :-)

Day 2 and 3

Well, yesterday was awesome, and bad at the same time.  How, you ask? Well, for my last birthday hoorah I went out to dinner with a good friend and had a blast.  Well, "having a blast" does not have to entail so much food! lol I ate Thai, it was kinda healthy kinda not.. and then went to the movies and we snuck in rasberry sorbet, which was only 350 calories, but I should have not eaten the container. lol Anyways, I ended up eating about 500 calories over my goal, so I was still under 2000 calories for the day, but didnt work out.  Boo.

Today, however is going much better.  I have eaten very healthy all day and I worked out at the gym on the eliptical for 45 minutes and burned over 500 calories.  It felt great.  I've eaten very healthy today and my loseit.com tracker says I have over 1000 calories left in my budget to eat! (Thats with the calories I burned.) 

For those of you who havent visited this site, its amazing and you should really check it out! Its like FB for weight loss.. you can post on other people's pages, see what they've eaten, how many calories they've burned, and encourage each other! Its great! I urge you to check into it... and the best thing about it, is that its absolutely free!

Gonna go now, watchin' the biggest loser with my husband... Its so motivating!

Day 1. (well, its actually been 1 month but day 1 blogging!)

Im starting my weight loss blog today.  I started working out and excersizing on Jan 1 and am down 16lbs in a month.  I have 106lbs to lose and my goal is to lose it by January 27th, 2012 (my 30th  birthday.)  In the last month I have worked out almost 5 days per week.  I started out on the eliptical at 15minutes and couldnt do anymore and would have to finish with 15 minutes on the exercise bike.  That was last year in January.  I quit after that because I felt discouraged. This year, I've increased my eliptical time to 45 minutes monday thru friday.  I usually burn about 500calories.  I work out at Club 24 Monday thru Friday.  It is my goal to get to Monday thru Saturday, but so far Saturday workouts have been pretty inconsistant.  Thats something I'd like to change.  Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays I do cardio and strength training.  Every other Monday I workout with my Personal Trainer at a church workout group.  I never thought that working out would become so important and so meaningful to me! After just a month, I have begun to crave that time.  The way my body feels when I finish is unbelievable. 
Now to my Diet.  I am following the Biggest loser diet, with a few exceptions.  A general breakdown of the diet is 4 fruits and 4 vegetables everyday, 3 lean proteins, 2 whole grains, and 1 "other."  I also drink a gallon of water almost everyday.  Before I began this adventure, I indulged on sweets, fried foods, POP (used to be my favorite) and other foods that are only intended to be treats.  Well, the way my husband and I used to eat, we were treating ourselves every day! Every meal! It was sickening.   Now we have done a 180 with our diets.  We dont overeat. We count our calories. We watch sodium.  Sometimes when I am feeling guilty about having a little more, or having a treat (usually low calorie), I stop myself.  This is not about a diet, and its not cheating to have a treat.  Its living a healthy lifestyle.  The fact of the matter is, we are eating way better than we were just a month ago AND if you dont ever allow yourselves treats, you'll binge, and then fall off the healthy living bandwagon.  This journey is not about guilt and doing everything perfectly.  Its about hardwork, dedication, learning to eat healthy and improving our overall quality of life. 
If you havent done so yet, I encourage you to start living a healthier active lifestyle.  You only get one time around, and you want to make the most of every day God has given you.  If you dont know God, give me a chance to introduce you to Him.  Without Him in your life, nothing else matters. Enjoy reading the blogs, please leave feedback, and good luck on your weight loss, healthy living journey.