day 23

I think I stalled again but I'm not quite sure since I had no time to weigh myself early without getting hydrated. I'm a bit stressed too because of work. I don't want to worry much about my weight loss because I know I am still on track and I don't want to be a slave of the scale. I feel great about my body now and that's all that matters. My sis also told me that it's possible to stall especially when you're almost at your target weight. I check my tummy and it's not as big anymore. Actually, it looked a bit sagging because of the dramatic weight loss I had at such a short time that I think what I have left is excess skin and not too much fat underneath it. My clothes fit great now and that's all that I really wanted. I don't care whether I'd lose 5 more pounds or not. For now, I believe I had a great weight loss with my first round of the HCG diet and I'm already happy with this. If I'd lose some more weight before day 30 then great but if not, I won't sulk over it.

Would have to constantly wear my girdle now, hopefully that will help with my tummy's condition. It really looks like I had just given birth! LOL

Will definitely do the 2nd round of HCG diet after 6 weeks. I have a few more days left and I'll finish my 30 days with a big smile on my face because I've lost almost 20 pounds in just 1 month. How cool is that?!!

day 22 no weight loss

I stalled again. Probably because I drank a lot of water at night time. My weight is still dropping on the scale so I guess I just had too much water in my body. I wasn't able to drink enough water during the day yesterday so I tried to drink a lot last night plus I kinda cheated a little. Boo! Too much torture already I just had to have a tiny piece of fried fish that was my favorite for all eternity. :( Never thought it could really hurt though... Okay, I had 2 pieces of small fish, as small as my pinky and much thinner too. Oh well, just a small bump on the road and it's fine with me. I know I would still lose weight. Few days to go and I can go on phase 3 already which is what I'm most scared of actually. Hope I could maintain my weight loss and PCOS won't sabotage all my hard work.

---- 8:30 pm---

I just noticed I keep drinking water but I don't get to pee as much as I am drinking. I know this is normal but I wonder where all the water's going. I have over 8 glasses of water now and each glass has 220 grams of water (220 mL) so that's 1.76 kilos or almost 4 pounds of water and I still keep on drinking! I'd be staying up the whole night tonight because of work so I'd be drinking more water and for sure my weigh in tomorrow morning would show that I gained a lot of weight overnight. LOL Oh well, at least I know it'll just be water weight and I need to chill. I'm just scared of stalling again until day 30. Hope not!

day 21 down half a pound...then more! :)

I weighed in this morning and I'm down half a pound though I still feel I have some more water in my system. I slept past 2 am and I've been drinking a lot of water at that time. Slept for 4 hours before I weighed in this morning. I'm fine with half a pound. :) As for my measurement, I lost 1/4 inch. :)

I discovered cauliflower rice/cauliflower mashed potato/cauliflower pizza crust. For those who don't want to use cauliflower on phase 2, you can enjoy it on phase 3 and it looks great. I'm very excited to give it a try too. It's very easy to do and instructions are found on Youtube. :) I'm excited for cauliflower rice for phase 3 since breakfast without rice feels too boring for me. I want to try the cauliflower pizza crust too. Since phase 3 disallows you to have starch and sugar, you can still enjoy putting pizza toppings and bake it. It will surely be awesome. I already told my sister who lost 18 pounds in 24 days with the HCG diet and is currently on phase 3. She's excited to give it a try too. She settled with almond flour for a little taste of bread in the morning. :)

---update---

So after I made this blog I became quite sleepy and dozed off. It's now 9:30 am and I had enough sleep already. I weighed myself and couldn't actually believe it. Like I said this morning I feel like there's still water in my system and true enough when I woke up I had a full bladder. I weighed myself again countless times and in just a few hours I lost 1 more pound so that's a total of 1 1/2 pounds weight loss since yesterday! :)

-update again ;)-

So I had my cauliflower rice today. 100grams looked like 2 tbsp of the cauliflower rice which was very disappointing. But I liked the taste but it's useless for phase 2. LOL! I just love cauliflowers and I'm glad it doesn't cause me to stall on Phase 2. Again, it's not for everybody. I just gave it a try in the beginning because I am not a veggie person and it's one vegetable I can eat all the time and enjoy. So I won't be making it until phase 3 again but at least we tried it and I enjoyed it. :) phase 3 wouldn't be so hard for me anymore. Few days left on phase 2.

Day 20 and I'm happy :)

So it's now day 20. 10 more days to go and I'm starting to be attached to my HCG that it makes me a little sad that I would have to say goodbye to it 10 days from now. You can get pretty attached, I guess. LOL. Anyway, I'm happy today that I am down by 2 pounds. Well, I think I lost some weight yesterday but it just wasn't very clear to me if I did or didn't lose weight. I lost another half inch off my waist with a total of 7 inches off since August 23 (the day I started measuring it). It's really amazing how HCG is changing my body and it feels effortless now. I struggled a lot the first week but I'm feeling like I can live with this type of diet forever... As long as my husband won't eat pizza and our other favorites in front of me then I'm good. hihi

Last night I took the HCG drops. I know, I said I wouldn't since I am having my period but I was so hungry yesterday I hated the feeling. I took the drops and voila! no more hunger. :) My dysmenorrhea wasn't as painful either so I'm not sure if that's because of HCG or not but I always expect to have painful dysmenorrhea all the time. Well, I'm not complaining. I feel good this morning. :)

Oh, one more thing. Today marks a very special moment... at 160 I am now back to normal BMI :) I so hope I'd lose at least 5 more pounds... I'll take 155! :)

So my husband cooks for me the past few days and for lunch today he cooked shrimp and cauliflower in orange juice. Cauliflower is not in the original protocol but it's okay to use on phase 2 but you have to check first if you'd stall with it or not. In my case, I indulge in cauliflower because it doesn't cause me to stall at all. He mixed some spices on the orange juice with water. It was just about a teaspoon of orange juice, actually. It tasted so good. :) He's making my diet feel much easier. I can't cook so every time I try to mix up my own meal, there's 50/50 chance that it'd taste awful! LOL

day 19 and it's my TOM

So, I got my period today and I didn't lose weight. I won't be taking my drops today 'til God knows when. The last monthly period I had lasted the entire month before it skipped for over a month again. But I think this one won't last that long anymore. I just hate my cycle! PCOS sucks this way. :(

As for my waist measurement, I gained half an inch... Oh well, I'll get rid of this crazy measurement and weight once my period's over.

I have 11 days left before I say goodbye to phase 2. I don't think I can lose 17 more pounds! LOL! But, I sure hope I could lose some more. 6 more pounds would be great! That means I'd lose a total of 20 if that's the case. I do hope I'd reach that and I have a feeling I can. :)

day 18

So I did the apple day and I lost just 1 pound. Was ecstatic yesterday, thought i lost 2 pounds already but then again I remember I weighed in with my jeans on. LOL! But, a pound is still a pound and I hope to get back on track starting now. But I have a feeling it's almost my TOM already. Anyway, I don't mind about my weight as much anymore. What's important is that I'm getting smaller and my clothes start to fit.

I have 12 days left before I say goodbye to phase 2 and hello to phase 3. I want to push a little more but I have to stick with my schedule so I can eat normally on my daughter's first birthday. I am hoping for the next 12 days I could still lose at least 5 pounds but losing 10 pounds would be awesome. ;) But it's fine if I can't since I've already decided to do another round of 21-day HCG after 6 weeks. :) I can do this, I'm sure. It's just a question of when exactly but most definitely by the end of this year I'd reach my 30+ pound weight loss dream.

day 17 apple day

so now I am already getting frustrated. I've been stalling for so long grr! Will do the apple day today and hopefully I'll lose something by tomorrow. *sigh*