Whew! Four weeks... it is getting kind of difficult.. this being my daughter's birthday and all. We will be going to lunch, and then Dairy Queen... talk about torture!
Well, I have lost about 24 pounds... Since the beginning, I have lost exactly 23.6 pounds. My measurements are still ridiculous; my bust measurement seems to be the most accurate (not as much gravity involved.. he he) at a total loss of 2.75 inches... but my waist is bigger than when I started! Go figure...
Physically I am still a wet noodle. I have no energy, and I am forgetting things often. I even forgot to call my father for Father's Day!! That would be the first time ever. I also forgot to take the HCG shot one day, so everything is pushed back a day. There are things I need to do but I am still feeling this weird feeling, which makes me... for lack of a better word... apathetic. I just don't care about much.
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Saturday, June 18, 2011
HCG 21
... I think it is day 21 anyway...
My weight has plateaued at 314.6... which is down 18.2 pounds. Not bad, but I worry even though I expected it. The measurements play out that things are happening (finally)... 40.75 (-.75 from last week), 44.75 (-1 from last week) and 62.5 (-.75 from last week).
Emotionally I am still a wreck, as I suspect I will be the whole time. One thing is that hope thing, which I try to dampen; I have been through the diet go-around many, many times. Two is the food thing... when bad food comes in (or even good food), my nose knows... I want Cheerios. There was also potato chips and pasta sides, and boy do they smell good (even though the brain knows they are not). I have also been craving a steak... I think I can do that, but carefully.
I do have bruises from the injections (I just bruise easily) and I still have the weakness (need to go to the health food store for stuff). The food is expensive (well at least more expensive than doing the cheapo carbohydrates, which is normal around here), and goes bad very quickly (have had to throw out strawberries).
My weight has plateaued at 314.6... which is down 18.2 pounds. Not bad, but I worry even though I expected it. The measurements play out that things are happening (finally)... 40.75 (-.75 from last week), 44.75 (-1 from last week) and 62.5 (-.75 from last week).
Emotionally I am still a wreck, as I suspect I will be the whole time. One thing is that hope thing, which I try to dampen; I have been through the diet go-around many, many times. Two is the food thing... when bad food comes in (or even good food), my nose knows... I want Cheerios. There was also potato chips and pasta sides, and boy do they smell good (even though the brain knows they are not). I have also been craving a steak... I think I can do that, but carefully.
I do have bruises from the injections (I just bruise easily) and I still have the weakness (need to go to the health food store for stuff). The food is expensive (well at least more expensive than doing the cheapo carbohydrates, which is normal around here), and goes bad very quickly (have had to throw out strawberries).
Sunday, June 12, 2011
HCG 15
Two weeks have gone by... and I am still at it.
Weight-wise, all that panic last week was because it is that time of the month... whew! I normally gain five pounds before my period, but it seems that with the diet, I gained that pound one day, and another pound two days afterward, but am now not doing badly... yesterday (officially two weeks) I was down almost 12 1/2 pounds, to 320.4, measurements are not doing well still because of the way my body is, at 41.5(-1.5 total), 45.75(+.25 total) and 63.25(-.75 total).
Today I dropped a lot of that "period" weight, so I am currently 318, down 14.8 pounds! Insane!!
Emotionally I am a total wreck. With the advent of my period has also come the most hungry I have been. I am having cravings like crazy, which is usual at this time even without the diet. I get cranky if I don't have "x" when I want it, and so lets just say I sleep a lot at the moment... the only solution I have to being upset. I cry a lot; being depressed and under these kinds of restrictions is not for the faint of heart. I totally need a shoulder to cry on, but don't have one, so this is the only place I can let anything out. I feel the anxiety badly, but keep telling myself that I only have twenty-five more days before the diet restrictions ease some and that I can do anything for forty days....
Physically I am still a wet noodle; in my call to my doctor, he told me to get some kind of herbal support for my adrenal glands, and to salt my food since I could be lacking in sodium. I have to call again because I forgot what he told me to get.
Weight-wise, all that panic last week was because it is that time of the month... whew! I normally gain five pounds before my period, but it seems that with the diet, I gained that pound one day, and another pound two days afterward, but am now not doing badly... yesterday (officially two weeks) I was down almost 12 1/2 pounds, to 320.4, measurements are not doing well still because of the way my body is, at 41.5(-1.5 total), 45.75(+.25 total) and 63.25(-.75 total).
Today I dropped a lot of that "period" weight, so I am currently 318, down 14.8 pounds! Insane!!
Emotionally I am a total wreck. With the advent of my period has also come the most hungry I have been. I am having cravings like crazy, which is usual at this time even without the diet. I get cranky if I don't have "x" when I want it, and so lets just say I sleep a lot at the moment... the only solution I have to being upset. I cry a lot; being depressed and under these kinds of restrictions is not for the faint of heart. I totally need a shoulder to cry on, but don't have one, so this is the only place I can let anything out. I feel the anxiety badly, but keep telling myself that I only have twenty-five more days before the diet restrictions ease some and that I can do anything for forty days....
Physically I am still a wet noodle; in my call to my doctor, he told me to get some kind of herbal support for my adrenal glands, and to salt my food since I could be lacking in sodium. I have to call again because I forgot what he told me to get.
Sunday, June 5, 2011
HCG 8
Ohmygosh! I panicked this morning when I got on the scale... 327.7!! What the heck happened? Well, David bought a type of deli chicken that must have been off the diet; I felt so bad. I imposed an "apple day" on myself. After apples and a 40 minute workout, all seems to be back on track. After my workout, I was 325.5... whew!
Saturday, June 4, 2011
HCG 7
Well a week has gone by...
Diet-wise, I am surprised I made it. I gave myself some challenges... a long trip to Atlanta and back... dinner with friends at a restaurant... and emotional upset.
The trip was a comedy of errors... I forgot a lot of things, so had to hunt for them in Atlanta... salad dressing, fruit, even alcohol wipes! I managed to get it all so that I didn't feel deprived.
Olive Garden was a little bit of torture... thank you Pellegrino for making me feel important.
The emotional upset is the worst, and I don't have an answer as to how to deal with it. So far, I just go to bed when I get upset so that I do not give in to eating.
Physically, I feel very lethargic... no energy at all... sometimes I have to take a power nap to function. I also get "attacks" of thirst... I hate water, but drink it anyway.
Today I am down 6.5 pounds to 326.4, and my measurements are confusing... 42.5 (-.5), 46.5 (+1) and 64.5 (+.5).
Diet-wise, I am surprised I made it. I gave myself some challenges... a long trip to Atlanta and back... dinner with friends at a restaurant... and emotional upset.
The trip was a comedy of errors... I forgot a lot of things, so had to hunt for them in Atlanta... salad dressing, fruit, even alcohol wipes! I managed to get it all so that I didn't feel deprived.
Olive Garden was a little bit of torture... thank you Pellegrino for making me feel important.
The emotional upset is the worst, and I don't have an answer as to how to deal with it. So far, I just go to bed when I get upset so that I do not give in to eating.
Physically, I feel very lethargic... no energy at all... sometimes I have to take a power nap to function. I also get "attacks" of thirst... I hate water, but drink it anyway.
Today I am down 6.5 pounds to 326.4, and my measurements are confusing... 42.5 (-.5), 46.5 (+1) and 64.5 (+.5).
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