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.

3 comments:

  1. What about the Metformin?.. Are you still taking it while on the HCG diet?.. I am in my 5th day taking the Metforming.. I already did 2 rounds of HCG.. I followed the protocol to a tee the first time.. I did lose 23lbs but also a big chunk of hair. I was reluctant to start round 2.. but the result was so great that I decided to do it but with some leeways. I stayed within the food guideline but I didn't stick to the measurements... I also used oil pray for my cooking. I lost 8-10lbs and my hair has grown and still growing also healthier.
    I am pre-diabetic.. I am taking 500mg Metformin after dinner. Synthroid 80mg, vitamin D 50,000 unit once a week and Metropolol 100mg.
    I want to start another round of HCG...
    Any advice?

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  2. Lanfan, you are already in a low calorie diet without sugar. I don't think it's good to continue taking Metformin, otherwise your blood sugar would go way low and that's equally dangerous especially if you are pre-diabetic. But, I suggest you consult your doctor in diabetes regarding this type of diet. If you ask me, if you can make the diet safer for you then go for it. So what if you lose half the amount of weight than going strict with it but without considering your health issues. What is important is that you are losing weight and can keep it off yet you are staying on the safe side. :)

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