Day 13

Saturday 1.30.2010

My day:
8:40 AM drops
9:30 AM coffee from home with liquid stevia
1:30 PM drops
2:15 hamburger patty with mushrooms, onion, and soy sauce, 6 strawberries, 2 melba toast rounds
6:00 PM Starbucks iced coffee with liquid vanilla stevia
7:00 PM On the Border chicken and shrimp fajita meat, onions, pepper, lettuce, tomato
8:45 drops

My weight this morning was 131 pounds, for a total of 10 pounds lost. This was 1 pound down from yesterday.

Sorry for the short post.

Day 12: Break the Plateau

Friday 1.29.2010

This morning I didn't have a weight loss. I was still at 132 pounds and at a plateau. For the past few days, I would lose a pound, next day stay the same, then lose a pound, then stay the same. This is normal for my body during week 2. Today I will be out and about all day so I have decided to have another mini steak day.

I packed my lunch of 2 boiled eggs, and an apple. The boiled eggs are especially good with a little salt sprinkled on them. Believe it or not, this lunch will fill you up.

Here is my daily food:

8:40 AM drops

9:30 AM coffee

1:15 PM 2 boiled eggs, apple (I have finished 1 Liter of water by this point)

2:00 PM drops

4:00 PM sitting at home feeling a little hungry so I brewed a pot of coffee to sip on

6:35 PM drops

7:00 PM bison steak (3.5 oz) pan cooked with seasoning, zucchini also pan cooked with soy sauce (organic or low sodium) I am supposed to have a tomatoe with mini steak day but I was out and had to improvise. I was feeling pretty hungry when dinner came around but the meal satisfied me.

Here are the spices I used for my dinner:

Day 11: Half way there

Thursday 1-28-10

This post is full of pictures so get ready!

Today I started taking the drops again after being off of them for 4 days due to my period. I was glad to start them up again because I did feel more hungry when not taking them. If this happens to you, you could stop the drops just for day 1 and 2 of your period then get back on them for the last few days. My weight this morning was 132 pounds, for a total loss of 9 pounds in 10 days. Lately it seems like I have a day where I don't lose, then the next day I lose 1 pound. Every other day is like a plateau for me.

9:10 AM -drops

10 AM- Starbucks coffee with liquid vanilla stevia.

12:30 PM - more coffee (it was snowing, what better to drink)

1:30 PM - McCalister's Deli, I ordered the grilled chicken salad, no cheese, bacon, or croutons (it only had lettuce, cucumber, and chicken.) I didn't put any dressing on it, just salt and pepper. I had a large iced tea also.
2:30 -drops
6:15 PM- drops
6:45 PM- 96/4 lean ground beef patty with soy sauce, mushrooms and onions in the same pan, steamed (then pan cooked) asparagus with seasoning, 2 melba toast rounds
8:30 PM - 6 strawberries cut into small pieces
Here's what my dinner plate looked like.....

And here is my husband's plate... we cooked together just in seperate pans and both seasoned ours how we like it, just wanted to show everyone how you can still cook for a spouse or others just modify yours to fit your plan. I know a lot of people were worried about that.


It was time for me to get back to the grocery store to stock back up on all my foods. I had got away from cooking at home and that was getting hard so I was ready to start back. Here is what I got for the next week and a half:

1. 96/4 lean ground beef
2. chicken breast
3. frozen cooked shrimp, large size
4. 3 eye of round steaks, thin enough to pan cook
5. 1 bison steak (buffalo is a really lean meat, great for you too!)
6. fresh asparagus
7. 2 zucchini
8. mushrooms, fresh, sliced and packaged
9. 2 apples
10. 2 oranges
11. 2 grapefruit
12. strawberries
13. steamer bags..... Pictures below
    
    
    
    
    I am pretty excited to try this bison steak. It has fewer calories than other steak cuts and it looks really good.
    
    
    Here are a few of my favorite meals I have had so far on this diet:

• lean ground beef patty with mushrooms and onions
• shrimp and asparagus
• shrimp, broccoli, and lemon juice all cooked in a steamer bag
• lobster tail
• scallops with organic soy sauce
  
  I only have 12 days left on the HCG and the time really has flown by. My second week on the diet I have definently lost weight slower than the first week which makes sense. If you get to a point in the last week that you are not losing anymore, your body might just be at it's limit for the time being. If that happens it is good to finish the diet, stay off for 3 weeks, then go back on for another 23 days and you will see more losses! Good luck to all my friends and family who are starting HCG this week. You can do it!

Day 10: Apples, Apples, Apples

Wednesday January 27, 2010




I woke up this morning feeling a little bloated, so I was not very excited about getting on the scale. I wasn't feeling a loss coming on. I weighed and was 133 lbs again, I hit my first small plateau. Not a big deal, plateaus are totally normal and you will probably get to one during the 23 days. It was really hard for me to get all my water in over the weekend so I think that affected me some. Be sure and get ALL your water in every day, I do about 70-80 oz a day. Another reason for my plateau could have been the fact that I didn't have good control of my dinner. I went to Market Street in hopes of having grilled chicken and broccoli but when I looked at them they were covered in butter or oil so I passed. We were then hungry and trying to think of something to eat so we went to Cattle Baron. They have a big salad bar so at least that would be good for me.

Today I decided to have an "apple day" because that is a good way to break a plateau and I also didn't really have time to cook and plan my meals for the day so this was an easy thing to do. On apple day you have 6 apples and all the coffee, tea, and water you want.

My day

• 10 AM Peet's Southern Pecan Coffee (in market street)


• 10:45 AM Small Gala apple
• 3 PM Pink Lady apple
• 7:30 PM Fuji apple

I was getting so full by this point that I don't know if I can eat any more apples. It is important to get all 6 apples in or your body might not want to let go of weight. For my last 3 apples, I cut them up into small pieces, skin and all, and put them in the blender to make applesauce. It was really good, but I seriously couldn't eat anymore at this point. I was stuffed.

*TIP* It is recommended that after taking the drops for 7 days, you take one day off of them so that your body doesn't get used to them where they stop working.

I finally found the flavored Stevia at Market Street and it is AMAZING. It is located in the whole foods/organic section (Burts Bees will be over there) and they have several flavors. I bought vanilla cream and put it in my coffee. It sweetens better than the stevia packets I think. They also have chocolate raspberry, lemon drop, peppermint, & cinnamon. I want to try the lemon drop in iced tea. I'll let you know!

Day 9- Week 2

Tuesday January 26, 2010

My steak day yesterday paid off. I lost 2 pounds this morning for a total loss of 8 pounds. I now weigh 133 pounds. Pretty pumped about this.

For lunch I had:

Rosas fiesta salad (lettuce, tomatoe, onion, chicken, and salsa only) 3 cups of tea, plain

Snack: Jonagold apple, couldn't finish it, I was too full

Dinner: Cattle Baron: salad bar (lettuce, red onion, muchroom, green pepper, radish) no dressing just salt and pepper. Rotisserie chicken, took off all the skin, and steamed broccoli.

Snack: Market Street Peet's Hazelnut coffee

I went to market street today to try and find flavored liquid stevia. I didn't find the flavored ones, but I have been told they have them, ex: vanilla, cinnamon, etc... I looked on the sugar isle and found plain stevia and all but no flavors. I have been told they can be purchased there so I will ask the girl at work exactly where in the store they are located and get back to you. I am also equally excited about going back to Peet's Coffee and Teas in the morning (hopefully when more flavors will available) because I am dying to have snickerdoodle or creme brulee coffee. Sounds delicious. Our church has served the Snickerdoodle coffee from J&B before and it is amazing. I will be getting up early in the morning to go to Market Street to check it out.

I think I will now venture into the kitchen to hopefully find a grapefruit for my evening fruit. I'm not sure if this is related to the HCG or not, but today is the first day I have felt exhausted and lack of energy since I started. It could just be me, because I am constantly busy. I'm going to go lay down now and watch Biggest Loser because I am like 3 DVR shows behind.

Don't forget about my previous post, I want to be hearing success stories!!!

ATTENTION ALL BLOG STALKERS...

Hey everyone! I know there are several of you that follow this blog as public followers, but there are so many of you who just blog stalk. That's TOTALLY cool too! So I just came up with an idea that I am stealing from another blog, but I think we should feature a blog stalker of the week, the day, the hour, whatever. I want to get your success stories, your goals reached, your awesomeness out there for everyone to see. If you are interested in being featured on this blog for any reason, it could be because you're thinking about starting the AMAZING HCG Diet, or that you are in the middle of it and are losing weight, if you have started it and feel great, anything. I want to hear all about it.

So here's the deal... If you're interested in inspiring other people out there to get out and lose weight, e-mail me at hkk2005@yahoo.com and tell me your story. I want to see your faces here. Feel free to include pictures, (or not if you don't want too). Your post can be public, private, (I don't have to include your name if you don't want) however you want it to be, I just want to get these amazing and inspiring stories out there for other people to see just how easy losing weight can be. I will feature anyone on here that sends me information. You can even just send tips, or things you have found helpful. Let's get together and make this losing weight thing HUGE!

Also I would love to see your comments or questions on the bottom of the blog! Start e-mailing me your awesome stories, it's time to BRAG on yourself!!!

Day 8- Short, sweet and to the point!

Monday January 25, 2010

Like promised, here is a day 8 picture with my fun, new haircut. I know it's strange, but it's perfect for me!!! The start of WEEK 2!!!

My post today will be be similar to my meals for the day... not much to it, but greatly satisfying. I decided today to do a "mini steak day". I weighed this morning at 135 lbs, for a total loss of 6 pounds in one week! Feeling great by the way. Still not hungry.

I will not be taking any drops today, nor any this week because you do not take the HCG drops while on your women cycle. Your body will already contain HCG during this time because your body produces it naturally while on your menstrual cycle. Your body will still lose weight and respond to the diet though.

Today I had a large coffee from McDonalds around 11:00 AM, with one stevia and it was AWESOME! I've figured out this is the only coffee I am fond of without cream or sweet and low. At 12:30 I had 2 hard boiled eggs for a total calorie count of 160. At 3:15 I had a jonagold apple (which was very sweet and delicious) for 45 calories. I sipped on some ice tea plain around 4:30 PM. At 7:35 I had a ribeye steak, 3.5 oz worth that I only put salt, pepper and a steak seasoning that contained no sugar, calories, or MSG. It was delicious. My trick is to pepper the heck out of it, makes it a little spicy and I love it. The calories for my meat were 266 (the highest calories I'veg consumed on one food, but so worth it.) I also had about 3/4 of a raw tomatoe with salt on it for 20 calories. At 10 PM I had another McDonalds coffee. (Coffee does not affect my sleep, I wouldn't recommend everyone drinking coffee late like I do) but for me it's a great end to the day, something to occupy my mouth instead of wanting to snack. My total calories for the day were about 491.

The reason I did a mini steak day was because I was super busy all afternoon and I knew I would not have time for a sensible lunch. The eggs were easy because I prepared them the night before and I could take my apple on the go with me. I really enjoyed today. Mini steak days are also GREAT if you hit a plateau!

It was really hard for me to get all my water in over the weekend, so I will see if that affects my weight loss in the morning, It is just so much easier for me to drink like a camel at work because of our lovely Aqua One machine! I love that thing. I will get back on my water kick tomorrow for sure!

"A moment on the Lips, a lifetime on the Hips!" Choose your food wisely.