So I'm done with my phase 2 round 1 and I lost 12 lbs. Not much but I'm so happy with it. I do cheat and I don't follow the protocol exactly but I don't want to get burned out and not want to do another round so I'll take the 12 lbs I've lost because I can do this over and over again and not feel bad about it. September 1 I'd start with my round 2 so I'm excited. For that time I hope I could lose at least 8 lbs on round 2. I'm in no hurry and I lower my expectations because I don't mind. I'd do round 3 after 6 weeks from round 2 anyway ;)
For Phase 3 my goal is to still have reduced calories of around 1200 calories or less with more on protein and fruits. Then I plan on building some muscles a bit. This morning I weighed and actually lost half a pound which I am quite happy with. Hoping to lose 2 lbs on phase 3. If I can lose even more then that's going to be super! :)
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Back on HCG again
So after all the failures of trying to lose weight the past year I decided to go back to doing the HCG diet again. This time I came in well prepared and I want to do 2 rounds of the diet and will maintain my weight. If I get to gain 10 lbs from my last day weight I will do the HCG diet again over and over.
I failed to maintain my weight because my sister convinced us that if we do HCG it will kill us. Of course she was endorsing her product which costs a lot of money (over $1,000!!!) and I can't afford it. Thing is, after she did the weight loss program she practically gained everything back anyway! With HCG I haven't heard of anybody dying from it and I don't see any harm when I tried it so I stopped listening to her.
I am now on my day 8 of the phase 2 of this diet. So far I lost almost 8 lbs! I am hoping to lose another 10 lbs on this round which is highly feasible. I plan to keep on losing some weight on phase 3 then aafter that I will immediately go back to another round of HCG and that's it for me.
Here's what I do that makes this diet a lot more enjoyable.
1) I am not that hard on myself. When I get to cheat, I don't let it make me feel bad. But when I say cheating it means biting just a half a mouthful of something not eating the entire thing. Last time they cooked spaghetti here I craved for it so I took a bite and I moved on. I still lost weight the next day. Every now and then I eat some squash seeds. Turns out they contain about 1 calorie per seed so I count my calories and I don't go over 30 seeds a day so I move on and not worry about it. In the morning I still get to lose weight anyway.
2) Shirataki noodles! I can't explain how important this is to my diet as in!!! I consume 1 pack of shirataki noodles a day. I mix it up with my meals or I cut it to small bits and make it as my rice! Awesome! By tomorrow I will be preparing my spaghetti for lunch and that would fill me up well for the whole day. Awesome!
3) Walden Farms products!!! They are awesome. You gotta buy their products and this diet will not feel so hard anymore. I love their thousand island dressing sooooo gooood!!! All their products are zero calories! You can order chocolate syrup, caramel dips and others if you want. Unfortunately the products available here are limited so I only got the spread, the salad dressing and the garlic and herb pasta sauce. The pasta sauce garlic and herb is quite bland though.
4) Soya sticks! They taste so good dipped in my strawberry spread!
5) Hot choco! Yup, every now and then I drink my hot choco. Why? because I use unsweetened cocoa and I checked the calories and 1 tbsp has about 30 calories only! I use just about a teaspoon of the cocoa for my hot choco then use sweetener and that's it!!! Gets rid of my choco cravings right away.
5) Dinnertime I get a huge bowl of lettuce and mix in 100grams of super lean beef cooked with some spices and I put in the dressing. It's a salad party I tell you!
6) I am not strict with the 1 cup veggies as I try to go over that since I read you can go a little over since it has few calories (except tomatoes) so I fill myself up with the veggies.
So yeah, I know this diet will work well for me and I don't mind doing this over and over again because this time I came so well prepared and this diet doesn't feel like a real diet at all. This feels sooo much better than the previous rounds I had and from this round forth it would be much easier for me.
I failed to maintain my weight because my sister convinced us that if we do HCG it will kill us. Of course she was endorsing her product which costs a lot of money (over $1,000!!!) and I can't afford it. Thing is, after she did the weight loss program she practically gained everything back anyway! With HCG I haven't heard of anybody dying from it and I don't see any harm when I tried it so I stopped listening to her.
I am now on my day 8 of the phase 2 of this diet. So far I lost almost 8 lbs! I am hoping to lose another 10 lbs on this round which is highly feasible. I plan to keep on losing some weight on phase 3 then aafter that I will immediately go back to another round of HCG and that's it for me.
Here's what I do that makes this diet a lot more enjoyable.
1) I am not that hard on myself. When I get to cheat, I don't let it make me feel bad. But when I say cheating it means biting just a half a mouthful of something not eating the entire thing. Last time they cooked spaghetti here I craved for it so I took a bite and I moved on. I still lost weight the next day. Every now and then I eat some squash seeds. Turns out they contain about 1 calorie per seed so I count my calories and I don't go over 30 seeds a day so I move on and not worry about it. In the morning I still get to lose weight anyway.
2) Shirataki noodles! I can't explain how important this is to my diet as in!!! I consume 1 pack of shirataki noodles a day. I mix it up with my meals or I cut it to small bits and make it as my rice! Awesome! By tomorrow I will be preparing my spaghetti for lunch and that would fill me up well for the whole day. Awesome!
3) Walden Farms products!!! They are awesome. You gotta buy their products and this diet will not feel so hard anymore. I love their thousand island dressing sooooo gooood!!! All their products are zero calories! You can order chocolate syrup, caramel dips and others if you want. Unfortunately the products available here are limited so I only got the spread, the salad dressing and the garlic and herb pasta sauce. The pasta sauce garlic and herb is quite bland though.
4) Soya sticks! They taste so good dipped in my strawberry spread!
5) Hot choco! Yup, every now and then I drink my hot choco. Why? because I use unsweetened cocoa and I checked the calories and 1 tbsp has about 30 calories only! I use just about a teaspoon of the cocoa for my hot choco then use sweetener and that's it!!! Gets rid of my choco cravings right away.
5) Dinnertime I get a huge bowl of lettuce and mix in 100grams of super lean beef cooked with some spices and I put in the dressing. It's a salad party I tell you!
6) I am not strict with the 1 cup veggies as I try to go over that since I read you can go a little over since it has few calories (except tomatoes) so I fill myself up with the veggies.
So yeah, I know this diet will work well for me and I don't mind doing this over and over again because this time I came so well prepared and this diet doesn't feel like a real diet at all. This feels sooo much better than the previous rounds I had and from this round forth it would be much easier for me.
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