I quit. LOL

Today I am officially quitting my round 2 of HCG. I feel hungry during the day and I am not losing any weight for several days and I am still on my first week. I don't think this would still help me lose weight so might as well try to lose the weight on my own. I can do the protocol but without seeing results is just so disappointing.

Round 2 Day 6 Phase 2

I had a bad day yesterday. I wasn't able to stay away from temptations and slowly I ate foods that are not included in the protocol. I gained half a pound this morning and I am very disappointed in myself. But, I am going to do it right today. I know I'll end up cheating again in this round but I won't hate myself for it. Disappointed, yes! But that's part of it. I am human. As long as I don't eat have like a full meal of cheat food and just a few tastes here and there, I know I can get back on track. But, I will do my best not to cheat. I told my husband too about my desire to lose 20 pounds and stick to this protocol for 30 days. We both decided that I don't need to do that so I might just stick to 21 days instead.I hope to lose at least 10 pounds before the end and I'll lose the remaining pounds on my own. This decision came to me when I checked my chart from last round. After 21 days, I only lost like 2 pounds and I don't think it's worth it anymore.

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I just want to share about my lunch today. As I said in some early blog posts I don't like the taste of cabbage. In fact, I hate it. But I came up with an idea on how I can easily eat the cabbage. I chopped it really fine and mixed it to my 100g of super lean ground beef and added 1 egg white. I added seasoning of salt and pepper and about a teaspoon of oyster sauce. I've been adding oyster sauce while on this diet and doesn't cause me any problem at all as long as I don't put more than a teaspoon on it. I then made it into a round shape and cooked it. It tastes soooo good! I didn't taste the cabbag in it at all. Just like one big giant burger patty! woohoo!

Round 2 Day 5 of Phase 2

Woke up today to a 1 pound weight loss. Not bad. Hope tomorrow I'd shed another pound. I measured my waist and I'm back to 32 inches once again so that's a 1 inch loss overnight. Yipee! ;)

The last days I've been eating practically the same foods all the time. For my meat it's super lean beef for lunch and chicken for dinner. For my vegetables, it's water spinach for lunch and the awful cabbage for dinner. I wanted to eat lettuce but gosh its price is so expensive right now most probably because of the typhoons that struck the country recently. I guess I'll add fish in my menu today for afternoon meal and probably will try to make a burger patty mixed with finely chopped cabbage for my dinner. I'm really trying to chop my cabbage as finely as possible so I can eat it. If it's too big it makes me want to puke. I really hate cabbage!

R2D4P2

Finally! I'm back to my last day weigh in from Round 1. So excited 'coz tomorrow will be the start of my actual weight loss. So far I lost 5 pounds since the end of Phase 1. I gained 3 pounds in phase 1 and maintained 2 pounds from last weigh in so that's a total of 5 pounds and it took 4 VLCD days to get rid of that! I am somehow a bit disappointed about it but hey, that's great results. What more should I ask for, right? I just hope I can still lose 20 pounds though. I'd still push for it. If not on phase 2, I'll finish it up on phase 3. I'm excited to check my weight tomorrow morning! :)

R2D3P2

So I finished 2 days of phase 2. In phase 1 I gained 3 pounds in total and my weigh in this morning I have lost a total of 3 pounds so I'm back to my original weight at the start of Round 2. I dunno why but I am feeling a bit disappointed about it when I really shouldn't be since 3 pounds is a good number for just 2 days. Maybe it's because I'm so excited to lose weight from my last weight in round 1 that I can't wait any longer. But, I think in the next 2 days I'd be able to start losing below my last VLCD weight from round 1 so I am excited about that. I am back to the +2 weight which is my maintained weight and I'm looking forward to tomorrow's weigh in again. I'll post again tomorrow if the weight result is exciting. If not, I'll post the next day. ;)

R2D1P2

So this is now my first day on Phase 2. I'm excited to start. During phase 1 I gained a little less than 4 pounds. I didn't hesitate to eat as much as I can this time so I won't have the same problems as I had the last time. Well, hopefully. But I know I can easily lose the 4 pounds I gained on Phase 1. It's required so I am not hesitating. I feel very bloated this morning which pretty much sucks but I am so looking forward to this day. What I am not excited about though is the cabbage. oh how I despise cabbage but it's part of my menu today and for the coming days but I'll soon eliminate it for good :) I just had my drops this morning and it's quite late already at 9:30, I will have my coffee and an apple. That's what I learned from phase 1 too, you can have the apple for breakfast instead of having an empty stomach with coffee which can lead to hyperacidity.

Well, my goal is to lose 20 pounds this round and I will make sure I reach that. If I can't then I'll lose it on phase 3 just like the last time then maintain my weight at -20 pounds from then on. I love love love the egg day. It's not in the original protocol but it's a substitute steak day. I don't have problems with it so I would stick with it rather than starve myself the whole day and have a huge chunk of meat for dinner wherein you can just lose about a pound or 2. With the egg day I was able to lose 3 pounds the next day! :)

I promis this to myself. I made it the first round and maintained it happily though I tell you there are times when it's quite difficult. There are times I felt like quitting but I just think to myself that this is the way to free myself of the weight and this is a small price to pay for the reward I'll get in the end. It worked. I am now very happy with my weight. I just hope I could get a photo of myself now though. Will try later.

R2D1P1

Okay so I'm starting the HCG diet again. I'm excited. So far I gained 2 pounds from last VLCD and that's fine. That takes me back to the dreaded 160. I gained an inch from my waist which is not so bad at all. I was able to happily maintain my weight :) I gained weight the last days because I intentionally enjoyed the foods because I'd be setting up for round 2. I am not worried about the weight gain because I know I can just burn it off easily the first week of VLCD. Well, my goal is to lose 20 pounds this round. I hope I can make it. I'll do another 30 days on this again so that's 4 wks of VLCD, 2 days on Phase 1. I won't cheat on this round... at least I'll try. But, I know better this time. I won't be so strict but I'll stick to the protocol as much as I can. I now know what can be done and what will make me stall so I am hoping it will work much better than the round 1. I am so happy with the end result of my round 1 and I know this round would be so much better. :)

will start HCG early

Instead of the 21st I will be starting my 2nd round of HCG on Tuesday, Oct. 18. Since my last weigh in, I have gained 3 pounds as of this morning. Normally I would go for the egg day already but since it wouldn't be a good idea if you are going on another round soon then I'd just let it be for now since I know I could lose the weight easily on the first week. 3 pounds gain from last weigh in is not so bad after all. :) I am so excited to start the 2nd round of HCG diet again to see how it'll turn out. :) Hoping to lose at least 10 pounds and I'd be completely happy with my weight.

Btw, I changed my weight loss ticker back to 18 lbs lost instead of 20 lbs since I reached 20 pounds on phase 3 already and that's not my basis for my weight maintenance.

Still maintaining

Happy to say that I am still maintaining my new weight. I guess I did it right and I'm glad I made sure to stick with the +-2 pounds on Phase 3 which I believe helped me to stabilize. But, I must say there are times that I have difficulty with my weight and I take my Metformin every once in awhile and that helps. I am supposed to take 1000 mg of Metformin a day but after HCG I only take it on some days. So far so good. I am maintaining. This was impossible before I found out about Metformin and what it can do to women with PCOS. :) I can't wait to start my second round already and I'd be done with the diet. I am happy with my new self now. :) I will try to post a photo when I start my HCG diet again for it to be my "before" photo for second round and the "after" photo for the first ;)

phase 4 and happily maintaining weight

I went on vacation back home for 10 days and there were lots of tempting foods. I enjoyed eating but I set my limitations. as I went back here and checked my weight I didn't gain anything! I'm so happy! They all noticed how much weight I lost too. Can't wait to start my second round of HCG diet on October 21st! :) Hoping to lose 15 to 20 more pounds again. :)