Day 30 of hCG diet

An apple a day (or 5 in my case) keeps the weight gain away.  Today's scale amount indicated a loss of 2.4 lbs!!  I'll take that, thank-you!!  I guess I didn't reach a plateau but rather my body recovering from my 2 'write-off' days last wknd.  I'd say "shame on me" but what's the point of that....I overcame the hurdle and am back to my biggest number of weightloss so far...25.7 lbs.  I only have 9.7 lbs to go to hit a huge milestone in the weight-loss saga of my life....199.9 lbs!  Below 200 lbs....I can't pinpoint when I was that weight last as I didn't weigh myself years ago but I'm willing to guess around 2005-2006 was the time.  Yes, I just revealed my weight and really it's just a number but what's great about me saying my number, it's a sign of not being embarrassed anymore because I can and will get below those numbers and hopefully never see them again.  I'd love to be 100% sure about that last statement but I'm being a realist.  I don't get any satisfaction in pretending or denying.

Anyhoo, I had my coffee this am with stevia and an apple.  I ate an apple while babysitting at around 12:30pm.  After doing some errands, I came home and ate another one.  For dinner I ate another and around 6:30pm ate my last one while watching "Dinner For Schmucks" (which I might add is a stupid/annoying movie).  

One thing I have realized is when I'm mad/angry, frustrated, or bored I like to snack.  Now this isn't a revelation but rather a want to put those feelings to better use, rather than eating.  I watched the movie tonite wanting popcorn with butter but of course that's a big no-no so I just ate my apple.  Watching movies/tv is associated with eating a snack which is fine to a point....I'd like to channel that habit to somewhere else. Make sense?  I'd rather not spend lots of money either but need to find an outlet of some sort that will deter me from eating.  That's kind of a big thing for me to admit.

Here's to another 2 lb loss tomorrow.

Days 28 & 29 of hCG diet

Not much to report except the small loss of 0.2 lbs this morning.  I may have or am starting to plateau with weight-loss so tomorrow is "apple day".  That's where I eat only apples all day when I'm hungry (except I'll have coffee in the morning as usual).  A girl at work who just started at the pharmacy said she's done the diet 4x and has lost 60 lbs and been able to maintain.  She's gonna take the summer off and resume in the fall, same as me.  She said the "apple day" does work and can stimulate a 2 lb loss.  I'm game for that!

Yesterday wasn't a loss either, I gained 0.6lbs I think but who knows about the scale.....it's digital and I have to step on it 5-6 times to get the same number to shows up 3 times.  Somewhat unreliable but I get an idea of what's happening.  

Menu:  Also not very exciting.

June 28

Breakfast:  coffee & stevia

Snack: apple

Lunch:  chicken & cucumber

Dinner: cod & melba & tomato basil salad (without the basil)

June 29 

Breakfast:  coffee & stevia & strawberries

Snack:  apple

Lunch: meatballs with melba

Snack:  orange

Dinner:  cod & melba

I got new "clearlycontacts" glasses in the mail today (FedEx).  I like them.  Their brown with aqua, brown & white arms.  Another "free" deal from the website.  I ended up paying $38 though because I included UV protectant, scratch-free coating, shipping, taxes and one other thing I can't think of right now.  In the box it came in was a gift card that said "free glasses on us"....seriously!  I won't be needing another pair as I have 2 new pairs and one old pair.  I may give it to my youngest sister and it doesn't matter if you're a new client or repeat.

Day 27 of hCG diet

My weight gain today was 0.8lbs because of my 'bad' eating yesterday.  Tomorrow will be down again and the rest of the 23 day plan I'll keep going down, darn it!  No more of this cheating because it's getting me nowhere but up.  Funny thing bout that....usually it's 'nowhere but down'. haha!

Today went much better, diet wise....I'm back to the ol' strict ways.  I didn't have much of a dinner though (long story) as I made mom a hamburger using my meat I had pre-thawed in the fridge.  I ate an apple instead.

Menu: coffee & stevia

Lunch:  chicken & tomato

Dinner: apple

I may not have just broke 200 calories today but I feel fine.  I had missed both my breaks at work so didn't get my apple and orange I had brought for my snacks. 

Day 26 of hCG diet

Well today was another write off unfortunately.  I don't know what got into me (besides the bad food!).  I had my usual cup of coffee & stevia, then at lunch I had a left over hamburger patty and tomatoes.  I went out for about 3 hrs and when I came home, I reduced myself to having 2 slices of left over pizza from yesterday and then to top it off, I grabbed a bowl (bigger than a soup bowl), filled it with cheezies from yesterday and proceeded with eating them and they were good.  THEN....mom came outside to where I was chillin on the deck, she saw what I was eating and took the bowl away!  I didn't fight back; was better she did that anyways.

I seriously need to get back on track again.  What I've realized is that since I was bored/lazy, I resorted to quick, non-healthy food....the same ol' habits as before the diet.  It's more obvious to me know when I cheat about why I turn to that sort of food, rather than grab an apple or orange.  Like last week for example, I had a very crappy day at work on Wed and ate that piece of cake at work during my dinner break.  I did that because I was frustrated at my work day.  An Emotional eater is what I am.  How do I break out of that frame of thinking?  Will need to investigate further on that technique in order for me to be successful outside of the diet.

Because of yesterday's bbq, I had gained 2 lbs which was expected so that's ok.  Since I did badly today I hope to not have gained more than 2 lbs....that would really suck!  But I'm sure that would kick my butt back in gear.  I don't wanna lose any time in losing that additional 25 lbs I'm hoping to lose this time around.

This evening I pre-measured my portions of beef and chicken and put them into the freezer.  When buying the meat, I look at the weight of the package and if it's just above 600 g or 700 g, for example, I can get 6 - 7 meals out of.  Well my chicken was 506 g and I got 4 x 100 g + 1 x 65 g portions and my beef was just over 600 g and I got 5 x 100 g + 1 x 70 g portions.  That wasn't cool.  This is the first time I've encountered this and this is the first time I purchased the meat from Superstore.  Hmmmm....something suspicious with their weighing.  Are they including the packaging too?  What gives?  Not cool.  Won't be buying meat there again, especially since I need the portions to be even.

Well here's to a kick-ass week of discipline!

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Day 24 & 25 of hCG diet

Here I go again, writing 2 days worth in one day.  Sheesh. 

I was down 2.6 lbs in the morning and stayed true to the diet throughout the day.  At 9am I went to my weigh-in appointment and I walked.  Yes, I walked.  For all you loyal readers of my blog you'll know how much I dislike exercise.  But what the heck, why not go for a 8-10 min walk?  So off I went, down the hill, across the street and into the medical building.  One of two elevators were out of order and the other one had a large line-up so up 4 flights of stairs I trekked.  My legs hurt but wasn't huffin' and puffin' too much.  Since my last visit there last week, I went down 6 lbs.  

And now it's the 25th and it's my splurge/treat day.  Alicia and Cassidy came over (my step-nieces) and mom, dad, the girls & I went bowling.....well I didn't, I took pictures.  The day was really good....fun and good food.

Menu:

Breakfast:  coffee & stevia

Lunch:  2 pieces of Deliscio pizza

Dinner: cheezies, plain chips, caesar salad, jelly/carrot salad, pasta salad, hamburger patty with mustard and tomato slice, water

Desert:  angel food cake, strawberries and low fat Cool Whip

That pretty much says what the scale will say tomorrow.  Oh well....gotta indulge once in a while and even the mustard tasted really good and that's not my first choice of condiments either.