Day 8

I weighed 201 this morning, only a 1 lb loss from yesterday so it looks like it may be one lb a day now.
I went to Green Valley Spa today to a cooking class for the HCG diet. Mariann showed us how to make chicken stock so tonight I went and bought all I needed to make my own, I can’t wait.
My hunger is kind of subsiding more and more each day. This morning I had water and tea and ½ of a grapefruit and did just fine. For lunch I had chicken and tomatoes and did fine again till dinner. Oh, hey, I had fish tonight for dinner. I never thought I could do it but at the cooking class Mariann was telling us how to cook the fish and it sounded so good I just had to try it, and I liked it.

While I was walking around today my pants felt very baggy on me and it felt good.

Day 7

This morning I weighed 202, can this be right. So far I have lost 14 lbs. from day one. I really think the thin person inside of me is saying “Thank you, you have found the right stuff and have finally released me”. It’s funny because at night after dinner I feel so full and I think I must have gained weight but in the morning there’s the proof. I’m amazed. If I could lose another 14 lbs this week I’ll be looking so good for my family Christmas Party next Saturday. I haven’t seen any of my family since I started the diet and that includes my married daughter, my father and my step mother that live here in St. George. I want to surprise them and I think they will be surprised.

Okay, I finally found out how to take and load pictures with the new camera so here they are. In the first one I am standing normal not holding in or pushing out.

In the second one I’m holding everything in and

in the third one I’m pushing everything out. That way you will know what size my tummy is.

My husband just wanted to take the fourth one for fun but I’ll post it anyway. Marium says that my body type is the warrior. I guess that means the broad shoulders and the big bones.

Day 6

I weighed 204 today. That number reminds me of one day when I was over to my sister Paula’s home in Hurricane. It was a family gathering of some kind because a bunch of us were sitting around the kitchen table playing a card game (which we do when we get together)and my score happened to be 204 and I blurted out hey that’s how much I weigh! Everyone looked at me like I was crazy, they said my face went red. I remember thinking how heavy I was and felt so ashamed for letting my weight get out of control like that. Three of my sister’s are skinny and they can’t gain weight, as much as they long to. I don’t think they know how fortunate they are. Of course I was like that growing up until I reached about 34 years old. I remember the day I threw out all my pants that I couldn’t fit into any more. I held on to them for so long thinking someday I’ll wear them again, that was like 40 lbs ago. Now I’ll get to buy new ones… Yes!
I wore my current pair of 501’s to work and by walking in them, within a week I had rubbed a hole in the inner thighs. I always wore out the knees first and then the seat but never the inner thighs first, of course I cried. I was going to patch them but now because of this diet I’ll get to buy skinnier ones.

Day 5

My weight this morning was 206.
While I was fixing my lunch this morning I was getting hungry and I pondered on that for a moment and listened to my feelings. My brain is used to getting up and eating breakfast first thing even if I’m not hungry. I just loved putting food in my mouth, I love the taste of food, I love the look of food. Now that I don’t eat breakfast I think I’m starving. My body started to feel weird like I was going to pass out and my mind is saying just eat something but I know I can’t blow this diet or I will be forever fat. I drank some tea and instantly felt better, so I quit worrying. I walked to work this morning it was 28* burr….

I noticed at work today that it was easier for me to bend over and the constant runny nose I’ve had at work is gone. My pants are also getting loose on me.
I had a beef salad for lunch today with a soggy apple. I think I’ll make applesauce out of the rest of them.
For dinner I had chicken with broccoli and melba toast.

When I got home from work my girls were in the living room and I had to show them how I could bend over and they were so excited. They wanted to know how long it had been since I could do that, ha ha ha. They must think I’m really old. The best thing was that while I was bent over I could talk. I didn’t have to hold my breath.

Pictures will be coming soon.

Day 4

I weighed in at 208 this morning! That’s a 7 lb loss from yesterday morning. I would love it if this is how it’s going to be everyday. But I’m going to stay realistic and say I’ll lose 1 lb a day, anything more is just a sweet bonus.

Today I fixed 3.5 oz mustard crusted beef for lunch with cucumber slices and an orange. It got me through until 6:30 when I fixed chicken salsa for dinner. I’m becoming a little creative with what I have to work with. A baked cinnamon apple for dessert and I’m good… to go to bed and sleep. I am really tired tonight.

Day 3

I forgot to take my night time pills last night and thought I would die before I got out of bed but when I got up I was actually okay. My left knee was feeling kind of weird but it feels okay now. I weighed 215 when I got out of the shower this morning, ugh, here comes all that fat I’ve been eating for the last 2 days.

Today is the first 500 calorie day, for breakfast I’ll have tea and water. I’ll walk to work with my weights in my backpack instead of carrying them. Mirium said they could throw my back out if I carry them.

I dallied to long at home to leave in time to walk to work because I was fixing my lunch food so I had to drive but my husband came and picked up the truck so I walked home.
By about 10 a.m. I started to feel hungry so I ate ½ of a grapefruit and I drank water every time I felt hungry until lunch time. I can’t stop working to sit down and eat so I just take bites as I can. I had 3 oz. of boiled chicken and a ½ cup of red radishes. I forgot to buy melba toast so I didn’t have any to eat.

My husband and I went to a Christmas Dinner tonight, he loaded up his plate I got about 3 oz. of lean beef and a handful of lettuce. It’s funny that I really wasn’t very hungry, but I felt board and old habits wanted me to put something in my mouth. It made me realize how bad my eating was out of control.

Day 2

I didn't fall asleep as fast as I normally do last night. When the alarm went off I barely heard it only because my husband was trying to turn it off. I got up this morning just a bit tired. I went downstairs and took my morning pills, cleaned myself up, weighed in at 210 on my scale at home, went back up and got dressed. I forgot to put on my fat hider and when I looked in the mirror to see how bad it was I was actually surprised to see my tummy wasn't poking out as far as I thought it would after eating all that I did yesterday. It made me feel kind of skinny so I braved it and didn't put it on. I went down to eat something and noticed that I didn't have an appetite so I fixed me some tea and off to work I went. I figured by the time I got there I would be hungry but I wasn't. I had to force myself to eat but nothing sounded good. I finally decided to have biscuits and gravy and to make it better we added some shredded cheese and some bacon bits. We as in the Sous Chef, Dino, was assisting me. He commented on what I was eating by saying "A girl after my own heart" meaning he liked the way I piled on the food. (He's a big Polynesian Chief.
I had more biscuits and gravy the same way for a mid morning snack and for lunch I ate another bowl of the beef & baked potato soup. For dinner I had a macho nacho and macho chili cheese fries from Del Taco and chocolate cherry nut Ice cream for dessert.
Dino is going to assist me tomorrow as well, my first day of 500 calories. It's our company Christmas party and he is in charge of the food. I asked him what they were fixing that I could eat so he showed me the menu and we determined that I could have 3 oz. of lean beef and romaine lettuce and strawberries and he will fix it for me so it's plain. He's the best buddy ever.
I picked up 2 syringes from Green Valley Spa after work so I could inject myself tonight and tomorrow. I had my husband help and all went good.