Day 7

Weight: 175.8 lbs
Total Weight Loss 5.4 lbs

I decided today to count my weight loss starting from my original beginning weight of 181.2.  I was confused because I gained weight gorging and lost it and wasn't sure if that counted.  So I am not going to count that as "weight loss." 

Not too much to report today.  My meals were strawberries, grassini, 4oz of chicken on a bed of lettuce with vinegar, 4 oz of london broil, another apple and it's 10:30 and I still haven't my other vegetable.  I guess it's never been really easy for me to eat veggies.  On the "approved" list of veggies, I only like a few of them and I am sort of all ready tired of them.  But I will be better.  Brandon told me today he could tell I am a little thinner from the backside.  That was sweet of him.  I didn't ask for the compliment either. That's a big deal.....Okie Dokie, bring on tomorrow. 

C******G****** To answer your question, a grassini is a long skinny breadstick that is SO yummy when you are not eating any other carbs.  I eat it SLOWLY. 

Day 6 and FUJI Apples!

Day 6
176.4 lbs
Another 2 lbs lost!
Total loss is 4.4 lbs (if I don't count my gorge days)

I feel so good tonight!!  I found the secret to survival today!  I've been told this a hundred times--it's all about the APPLES!  So I went to Costco today and bought some Fuji apples.  Oh my, I wanted to eat every single one of them.  But I didn't of course.  I ate it until I was biting into the seeds and I feel great!  They are so perfectly sweet!  And satisfying!  I am so happy about that!  Thank you friends for the pointers!
Something funny happened today.  One HCG graduate friend of mine told me to take 36 sprays a day of HCG.  I was a little confused because the back of the bottle said 4 sprays 3x a day.  But she is an EXPERT so I did what she said.  I noticed today my bottle was half gone and I was thinking that it would never last the whole 30 days.  So I called my other HCG graduate friend and asked her if this was right.  NOPE it wasn't.  She said to follow the directions on the back.  Sooooo, I texted the first friend and double checked with her.  To see if she really meant 36 sprays.   She realized her mistake and told me to follow the directions on the back.  Thank goodness you can't od on this stuff!  She was referring to the drops not the spray when she told me 36.  Haha.  So now we ALL know.  FOLLOW the directions on the back.

My meals today were:
Strawberries, 4 oz of chicken breast, tomato, grassini, london broil dipped in soy sauce (SO YUMMY!) a FUJI apple and I still get to eat a veggie tonight.  It will probably be a cucumber dipped in vinegar.  YUM!

Just FYI

If you are reading this and have not done hCG, I do not want to give you the impression that this is no big deal.  This is one of the hardest things I have done and I have to have so much self control and self restraint. 
Just saying.

Day 5

178.4 lbs
Lost 2.2 lbs!
All I can say is that I am so happy that the results are pretty quick.  I don't look skinnier but I feel lighter.  I woke up with a headache this morning.  Withdrawals from sugar.  I can tell.  I dream of Dr. Pepper.  JK, sort of.  I took the kids to Hawaiian Falls today.  I got to leave my precious little baby with Brandon which was a relief.  I am not sure I would have the energy to take the babe too.  After being there a couple of hours and riding a few slides with the kids and not eating soon enough, I ended up really weak and light headed and sick to my stomach.  It was triggered by riding a slide backwards.  So my sweet, understanding kids helped me pack up and we headed home.  I am still not feeling very well but hanging in there.  My friend M*** C***** let me have her slim tabs from the hcg website.  I noticed those help curb my appetite.  A little.  At this point I would say the hardest thing is not snacking like I used to.  With having my 3 kiddos who snack I have to not fall into the temptation to grab a handful of fish crackers or a yogurt or something.  It is so very hard.  But I HAVE to keep my eye on the prize!

Today my little guy is 6 months!  Definitely time to lose the baby weight!
PS my meals today: 1 whole egg and 2 egg whites (hard boiled), strawberries, 1 grassini stick, 3 liters of water, 1 tomato with salt and pepper and 4 oz of 97% lean ground beef patty with salt and pepper.

Day 4

Wahoo!  I lost 4.6 lbs!
My weigh in this morning was 180.6
I lost my "gorging" weight.

So today was fine.  I got some great advice from my best friend who has done this diet.  She suggested that I eat my 500 cal throughout the day and that helped.  One thing I realized is that I am not really hungry, but instead I am CRAVING the carbs and sugars and of course, my dr. pepper.  BUT I know this will be worth it!!
I had tilapia for dinner tonight with some summer squash and the tilapia was actually tolerable.  I was very happy about that! I just squeezed a half a lemon on it.  I actually said a prayer that I would like it.  It worked.  And for lunch I ate a piece of chicken on a bed of lettuce with a little white vinegar on it.  Tasty!
I will be honest though, tonight I am starving!  I actually felt a little light headed/dizzy tonight. I plan on doing  some research to see what I can do about that.
Also, today my bff went to the water park and invited us to go but I had to turn that fun offer down  becuase I wasn't sure I had the energy to do that with all 4 kids.  I hope that gets better too.  My favorite thing today was my frozen strawberries!  I bought a TON (16 lbs to be exact) and I washed, sliced, meausred and bagged them.  Then I threw them in the freezer so I can just grab and go with them.  They melt in my mouth and taste very yummy!  So that is my day 4!

Day 3

June 26
185.2 lbs

Wow, that number is going in the wrong direction.  Today has been my first day on the 500 cal diet.  I won't lie, all through church all I thought about was food.  And when I got home I had to talk to myself a million times to not grab just one little wheat thin to taste or poke my pinky into the peanut butter.  But I was strong!  I had my small handful of strawberries, 4 oz of chicken breast cooked with salt and pepper and one serving of a cucumber.  I also had one grassini.  And surprisingly, that was satisfying.  But I am still thinking I want to eat something sweet but I can beat that feeling.  And I look forward to the weigh in tomorrow morning. 

Day 2 Gorge Blah

June 25
182.6 lbs

I always thought it would be so fun to just eat and aeat and eat.  Boy was I worng.  I can't wait to cut back.  My eating went like this today:
IHOP was breakfast for Brinnley's 3rd Birthday.  2x2x2 was my order.  We had a coupon so that's what I had to get, and Brinnley's meal was free.  Not bad.

Lunch was a big plate of nachos.  Extra cheesy.  Sour cream and salsa.  And a cherry Dr. Pepper. 

Dinner:  Put me over the edge but it sure was yummy.  I went with my dear friend Jessica to Olive Garden.  I got chicken parmesean with Alfredo sauce and of course salad and breadsticks.  And I ate every single bite. 

We got really busy today and never had a chance to do cake and icrecream and we plan on doing that tomorrow as a family and Brinnley wants Spaghetti.  I am eating my icecream now and because I am so full it doens't really taste that good but I am eating it slow so I can enjoy it.  Tomorrow I plan on eating strawberries, spinach, and chicken.  No cake and icecream and spaghetti for me.  And I am excited about that.  All this food talk is making me feel even more full. 

Day 1

June 24
181.2 lbs

Today is the first day.  Gorge day.  I thought I would like it.  But I don't.  It's 6:05 pm and I am so not in the mood for dinner.  I will decide what to eat--eventually.  This has been my diet so far:
Breakfast: 4 scrambled eggs with cheese, hash browns, and chocolate milk.
Lunch: 2 crispy chicken sandwiches and 5 mozzarella sticks and a large Dr. Pepper from Sonic.
Dinner: Still deciding.  UPDATE: At 8pm I ate Honey Chipotle Crispy Chicken Tacos from Chilis.

Intro to my Reasons

I have started a diet for the first time in my whole life.  I have always believed in the "eat right and exercise" way of life but I need WAY more than that right now.  I have started The HCG diet.  Many have heard of it and many are doing it.  I first heard of this diet 2+ years ago and I thought it was crazy.  Shots, hormones, 500 cal diet, that's insane.  Here I am now a believer.  I have done all the research I can on it and I am ready to do it.  I have seen many friends succeed on this diet.  And now it's my turn to be a success story.  I have had 5 children and I am done.  For sure!  Just had a pregnancy scare and very grateful it was a scare.  My body has been through a lot and I owe this to myself--to my body for all the amazing things it has done for me.  It has grown babies, survived deliveries and c-sections, participated in triathlons, trained for and ran a half marathon, and healed up a broken leg in more than one place.  So now it is time for me to give back.  181.2 pounds.  I keep asking myself how that happened.  My answer, 5 kids, broken leg and Dr. Pepper.  And poor eating habits and late night snacks definitely haven't helped one bit.
So this is my journey.  My first round of the HCG diet.  My goal is to lose 50 pounds.  About 130 pounds is a reasonable and healthy weight for my body type.  I am a very self motivated person and am not concerned about creating habits while on this life change.  I will work out and eat better.   I will give up Dr. Pepper as much as I LOVE that poison!  So here we go!