Friday, May 20, 2011

Alllllmost there!!

Today I weigh only 186.5!! Down 18.5 pounds in 23 days!!! I have one more week to lose the extra pound and a half to make it to my goal of 20 lbs by FLORIDA!!! So now my goal will be.... (drumroll please!)... 25 lbs gone by Friday!! I can't hide my excitement at my losses!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU affordablehcgdiet.com!! What sets this site apart from the others is the phenomenal support from Shea, Jennifer, Heather and ALL the other losers! The tips, advice, and encouragment make this diet EASY!!! They really are like family. They've seen me through some big lows and HUGE HIGHS!! Thanks so much fellow losers!! You are the biggest factor in my weight loss!!

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Tape Measure Came Out Today!!

I lost 2.5 last night, for a total of 16 pounds in 21 days (thanks to affordablehcgdiet.com!). Yes, it should have been more. But I also cheated a few times and had the TOM in there. So I have to lose 4 pounds in a week to reach my goal of 20 pounds gone before I leave for Florida!! This nice big loss this morning was exactly what I needed to get the confidence up to do a measurement. Sooo... here it goes!!

Thigh-- 23.5
Hips-- 41
Navel waist (yes, this is a new one, but I'll just start here)-- 38.5
Waist-- 33.5
Bust-- 39

Now I'm going to go back and see if I've lost inches. FINGERS CROSSED!!!

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

A New Day, A New Attitude!!!!

So I got over yesterday's disappointment and am REALLY EXCITED for this-- even with my TOM being here, I was down .5 this morning!!! Down 11.5 pounds, as I am now 193.5!! And best of all? Down 4.5 inches in my hips, three inches in my waist, two inches in my bust, and one inch in my thighs in less than two weeks!!!

Hips-- 42.5
Waist-- 34
Bust-- 39
Thigh-- 23

WHAT!?!? Impossible, you say? Not with affordablehcgdiet.com! It's amazing and the support from their facebook page is tremendous. A "thank you" is inadequate for what they've done for me. I planted flowers yesterday, and since I only had two pairs of jeans that fit, I didn't want to ruin them with grass stains. So I dug out old pairs that were too small... and they fit. The butt even sagged!!! THANK YOU AFFORDABLEHCGDIET.COM!!! THANK YOU!!!

Monday, May 9, 2011

Very Discouraged

Well, I'm due for a long update, so bear with me. Thursday was my oldest daughter's preschool graduation. I had to bring bars, so I picked up donut holes (and ate 3). Then my daughter didn't wand her piece of bread with peanut butter, so I ate that. Then I had two bars with a glass of punch. Let me tell you, I was miserable that night!!! The uncomfortable fullness was very difficult to get through. But I haven't strayed since then. Friday I stalled, Saturday I was up 1.5 pounds,Sunday I was down one pound, and today I'm up half a pound. I didn't even cheat yesterday for Mother's Day! Needless to say, I'm really down in the dumps. My 4 year old made me a handprint flower pot in preschool for Mother's Day, but other than that? Nothing. No flowers, no clean house, no cards, nothing. Coupled with my gains, I'm really down in the dumps and close to giving up. I'm disappointed in myself for cheating, disappointed in the hcg for not showing me results after being SO CAREFUL for 3 days, and disappointed in my husband for showing no initiative for Mother's Day. And I want to mention that for Valentine's Day he asked me at 5 p.m. where I wanted to go for dinner. That left me an hour to find a babysitter, feed the girls, and get ready for dinner. Not possible. Then for my birthday I got a card from my daughters. Now I get nothing for Mother's Day but weight problems. Maybe it's the hormones from being on my TOM, but I'm feeling really fed up with it all....

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Is There Ever Enough Time In The Day???

Today I was only down half a pound, and I know why. I haven't had time to eat my fruits. Any of them. I really needed to get to the store, but with sorting and delivering Scentsy, taking my daughter to school, taking my other daughter to daycare, and working my full time job it's been impossible. So today I'm up and ready froth work two hours before I need to be there. Hopefully the girls will wake up so I can get them to daycare early and get to the store. Before this diet from affordablehcgdiet.com, I never would have thought it'd be possible to eat LESS than 500 calories a day! But wow! The hunger is completely gone other than before lunch and dinner! And on a side note, I haven't tried Melba toast or grissini sticks, so I gave in to my Carb craving and had 17 Cheerios. New day, new goal of not cheating. Dang it.

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

10 POUNDS!!! Yes, 10!!!

I stepped on my scale still anxious about the cheating and waiting for the backlash from the scale.  Well... it said 195!!!  What?!?!  Is it possible that I dodged a bullet from that marshmallow, nibbles and Cheetos from this past weekend?  It's Wednesday, so I thought for sure it'd show up by now.   I can't imagine not having to pay for it.  OR maybe I would've lost MORE if I hadn't cheated.  Dang...

Today was my oldest daughter's last day of preschool (wasn't it just yesterday that I put on her "first day of school" clothes and dropped her off, leaving a trail of tears behind??) so I took her out to lunch with a friend.  While she ordered smiley fries and cheese balls I ordered steamed vegetables and grilled chicken (no oil).  Luckily one of my best girlfriends owns the restaurant and knew about my diet, so I trust that it was prepared perfectly.  However... there were green beans and zuccini in with the broccoli and cauliflower.  So I guess we'll see what that brings, since I was too hungry to bypass them.   Don't get me wrong.... I wasn't famished like I was the first two days (but pulled through thanks to the support from affordablehcgdiet.com!).  But I needed lunch!   And the best part for me?  NOT eating one of my daughter's cheeseballs!!!  I remembered my goal of not cheating and STUCK TO IT!  I decided that greenbeans and zuccini is NOT cheating.  Cheating is cheesecake, brownies, potato chips, etc.  ; )

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

AHHHH!!!

I just checked and am down 1 inch in my bust, two inches in my waist, and THREEEEEE INCHESSSSS in my hips!!! Why am I such a doubter?!?! GRRR at myself! THANK YOU affordablehcgdiet.com!!

Long Weekend Away

I should've known that I wasn't ready to go to my parents' house. I'd only been on this diet for three days and had next to no willpower. My town doesn't have fast food restaurants, mexican food (mmmmm!), chinese food, etc. We have pizza and burgers. That's it. So when I went to my parents' house a few hours away I had all the greasy goodness at my fingertips. HOWEVER, I didn't go through Taco Bell!! That's the good news!! The bad news is that I did nibble (literally--not even a full bite) on 8 different samples of food for my friend's fundraiser on Saturday. Then I had 6 Cheetos and a two inch square piece of bread on Sunday. I was so mad at myself on Monday! So I'm not going to set weight goals. I'm going to set behavioral goals. I will not cheat today (Tuesday) or tomorrow (Wednesday). I will accept what the scale says and just focus on following the protocol. As of right now I'm 196.5, and my measurements are:
Bust- 40
Waist- 35
Hips- 44
Thigh- 24
I didn't actually go back and check what the measurements last week were, but I'm reeeeally hoping they are larger and this was not just 8.5 pounds of water weight (since my starting weigh in was in the evening).