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! :)

Phase 3 day 14

So I've been able to happily stabilize myself on my weight. I guess the first week was difficult because my body is not yet ready or because on the last days of my HCG I wasn't losing weight. But, I managed to stabilize though I have to admit I had another big cheat 2 days ago. It is almost my TOM and I can feel all the cravings already. I ended up eating 5 pieces of bread the other day but I ended up throwing them up in the toilet. But, I gained weight the next day. I didn't reach the 2 pounds limit though but I was about 1.9 pounds up my last weight on HCG so I decided to do the egg day. It wasn't difficult at all and I lost 1 pound this morning. Not bad...

I also notice my bowel movement is not looking really healthy. Sorry for being graphic but bowels should float to signify it's healthy and mine lately aren't. So I guess I don't have enough fiber on my diet. That's what I missed because I was so focused on getting enough protein that I skipped the fruits and veggies. Now I will change that. Will add papaya to my daily diet and some veggies too. Gosh, I LOOOOVE papayas. I don't know why I forgot to eat that on phase 3. LOL

Phase 3 day 8

I had a very sinful day yesterday. Like I said I ate some bread in the morning but didn't tell you how many. I ate 4 pieces of bread with different flavors because hubby bought some as I told him I wanted to try eating some bread. I ate one piece each. I used to want to cry every time I eat bread because it's just the best thing in the world but yesterday I was like, okay so that's the bread I was crying to eat the past month but I wasn't going crazy about it.

In the afternoon I saw some "yema" in the fridge. Yema is condensed milk cooked and turned into candy like caramel and it tasted so good. I was fond of that when I was a kid. I had one piece and I felt like I was hearing angels singing! LOL I certainly enjoyed it. Guess I'm still fond of sweets but I will not eat sweets again for the next 2 weeks. I was feeling guilty the whole time after I ate that.

For dinner, it was the first meal I had for a while that I really really enjoyed. I talked to my husband about my lack of interest on food and he sure helped me out a lot. He cooked sizzling chicken with gravy for dinner and a piece of egg. It tasted soooo good and I can eat that any day on phase 3 because it is okay on phase 3. He said he'll cook that more often for me since I enjoyed it a lot.

So, I woke up today and I gained half a pound. Not bad. I will maintain this weight as much as I can. But, I also decided to just let it be. I will eat until I am well satisfied with what I put in my mouth but I won't try to worry about what the scale tells me. After phase 3 I will have to slow down on carbs and sugar forever! It really can make us gain weight overnight.

Phase 3 day 7

I dropped 1 1/2 pounds since yesterday. That's just crazy! I ate a lot yesterday and I'm sure I went over the 1,000 calorie mark for the first time and I plan on maintaining it that way. I don't know why I'm still losing weight. If this continues then I won't do another round of HCG since I'm near my weight goal. I think I can do it on my own already afterwards. I don't have the same interest on food now. I guess it's the Metformin that's causing me to lose weight. I need my metformin but I cut my dosage to half and just take 1 tablet a day instead of 2 before I was on HCG. I can't skip my medication, I don't want my PCOS to go crazy on me again. I just need to be more cautious about my weight this time and make sure that I am eating right and not starving myself. Goodness, I've been pushing food in my mouth the past few days already and I am already happy with what I am eating. I just have to make sure I don't go crazy on carbs again. Maybe just a piece of bread every now and then would be fine. In fact, I'll do a bit of cheat today. I'll eat one piece of bread to see if I will gain weight tomorrow or not. I know, it's wrong. I just want to try.

--- So I ate some bread this morning. Much to my surprise, I don't like eating bread anymore too. I will not eat anything against the protocol ever again. I know it was wrong that I tried to compensate my weight loss on phase 3 by eating something that is forbidden but I guess what really made me eat the bread is because I just want to eat something that would make me happy for a change. But, my appetite for bread is just not there anymore. I just don't like eating anything! =( That's not a very good side effect of the HCG diet for me and I know it won't be the same case to everyone else. My sisters who were on the HCG diet are quite happy eating foods on phase 3 and after, so I wonder why the heck I lost my appetite completely! I just wish phase 3 will be over. I was much happier on phase 2 which is really weird.

day 24 a little frustrated but I shouldn't be

So it's my day 24. I have a few days left and I am stalling. I think it's because of way too much stress I am feeling the past few days that's causing it and I think I am not eating enough. I don't feel like eating my vegetables and I guess that causes the stall. Anyway, today I'd be doing the apple day again. My last apple day for this round of my HCG diet. I just want to see a little weight drop by tomorrow if possible.

I will try to unwind tomorrow and see if that can help lower my stress level. I'm too stressed out that I want to cry. This is my life now, way too stressful and I'm sick of getting too stressed. Read that stress affects the hypothalamus and I believe that's what caused me to stop losing weight for days. Will try to change things before day 30.

I actually feel bloated the past few days. I get thirsty in the morning but I have that bloated feeling which I really don't like. I guess my body's not releasing the water from my system and it's annoying. I am not losing inches too. It's just steady. I am actually happy with my weight loss so far so I don't want to be too frustrated about this. Will just exert one last effort to try and lose some weight through this apple day thing. Hope to see great results in the morning.

I've been having cabbage almost everyday on this diet and I really didn't like cabbage before. Seriously, if someone lets me eat cabbage again after this diet I will really walk-out! hahaha

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.

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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. :)

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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.