Woke up, gave myself the shot (aka "Skinny Juice"), and weighed myself -- down 2.4 lbs - yay! Had the morning ritual of Celestial Seasonings Cool Brew Peach Tea during my teleconferences. I really like cucumbers as my veggie for lunch or dinner but I need to limit the sea salt I put on it so today I had them with a little sea salt, black pepper, and drizzled with apple cider vinegar along with my turkey burger at lunch. I came home from work and had a grapefruit fruit with a dusting of Stevia as a snack. I had chicken with McCormick's Salt-Free Italian Seasoning, asparagus, and as a snack later in the evening I had apples. I also had two Melba toasts today. Finishing my final ounces of the 2 liters of water for the day!
January 27, 2010
January 26, 2010
Chugging along...
I lost additional weight when I woke up this morning and weighed myself...lost 2.8 lbs since yesterday! Giving myself the shot is not the time I look forward but I have been able to give myself the shot without issue and very little pain.
I did not feel any cravings or hunger pains until well after dinner and before bedtime. I had already used my allotted calories for the day so I drank more water. I will need to make two modifications -- eat some of fruit as dessert and well after dinner so I do not feel hungry later in the evening and also drink more water and tea. I drink my 2 liters but will try to add another 1 liter a day of water.
My skin has become much drier and I have been using a toner spray that is moisturizing but does not provide the same results as lotion...I am trying to use very little, if any makeup, fragrances, lotions, and hair products besides the approved body wash, face wash, shampoo and conditioner. The lotion and makeup are my pain points right now. I used baby oil on my hands since it is mineral oil based and on the approved list today.
Not loving the deodorant I bought as Sprouts this past weekend. It is from EarthScience and while it has no blacklisted items in it, it lasts about a half a day. I have another brand that I will change to this week.
January 25, 2010
Phase 2: Day 1
Woke up .2 lbs lighter than yesterday morning...even though we did the fat loading on Saturday and Sunday. I gave my own shot today (first time!).
I had iced tea (Celestial Seasonings Cold Brew Peach) in the AM while I did a few conference calls. As 1PM approached I ate my lunch -- grilled chicken over a bed of spinach and 1/2 of my allotted strawberries with a Apple Cider-based vinaigrette. I drank 48oz of water with lunch. For a snack in the late afternoon, I had the remaining 1/2 serving of strawberries and more iced tea. For dinner, I had chicken breast, 2 melba toasts, cucumbers, and apple slices, and 24oz of water with lemon juice for flavoring -- all food items were measured with our new digital scale to ensure accuracy to the hundredth decimal! I tried plain Perrier with 2 drops of Valencia Orange Stevia and it was way too sweet for me! So I will try to figure out the best blend for my taste buds. At the end of the evening I had another glass of iced tea (Celestial Seasonings Cold Brew Raspberry).
We found Melba Toast finally! We looked at SuperTarget and Sprouts yesterday and neither had any in stock or carried it. Tonight, I went to Safeway and found an assortment of Melba toasts (.50 cents off each box too)!
We cooked dinner and our lunch for tomorrow this evening. Tonight's chicken was 'Montreal Chicken'...tomorrow's flavoring for lunch is 'Lemon & Pepper (salt-free)' chicken! Dinner tomorrow evening will be bunless turkey burgers :)
I did not notice any hunger pains, however, I did notice my brain was craving something to eat around 4PM because I normally eat a snack at that time every day. It was a good thing I saved 1/2 serving of the strawberries -- it was a great afternoon snack :)
In terms of health care products, we have switched to shampoo, conditioner, face wash, and soap that are all approved within the guidelines of the HCG protocol. I stopped using the deodorant, moisturizers, makeup products and fragrances I normally use that have oils and other black listed ingredients. I am testing two brands of deodorant that I purchased at Sprouts and a moisturizing, oil-free toner spray. My skin is beginning to feel dryer but have not used the baby oil yet.
I had iced tea (Celestial Seasonings Cold Brew Peach) in the AM while I did a few conference calls. As 1PM approached I ate my lunch -- grilled chicken over a bed of spinach and 1/2 of my allotted strawberries with a Apple Cider-based vinaigrette. I drank 48oz of water with lunch. For a snack in the late afternoon, I had the remaining 1/2 serving of strawberries and more iced tea. For dinner, I had chicken breast, 2 melba toasts, cucumbers, and apple slices, and 24oz of water with lemon juice for flavoring -- all food items were measured with our new digital scale to ensure accuracy to the hundredth decimal! I tried plain Perrier with 2 drops of Valencia Orange Stevia and it was way too sweet for me! So I will try to figure out the best blend for my taste buds. At the end of the evening I had another glass of iced tea (Celestial Seasonings Cold Brew Raspberry).
We found Melba Toast finally! We looked at SuperTarget and Sprouts yesterday and neither had any in stock or carried it. Tonight, I went to Safeway and found an assortment of Melba toasts (.50 cents off each box too)!
We cooked dinner and our lunch for tomorrow this evening. Tonight's chicken was 'Montreal Chicken'...tomorrow's flavoring for lunch is 'Lemon & Pepper (salt-free)' chicken! Dinner tomorrow evening will be bunless turkey burgers :)
I did not notice any hunger pains, however, I did notice my brain was craving something to eat around 4PM because I normally eat a snack at that time every day. It was a good thing I saved 1/2 serving of the strawberries -- it was a great afternoon snack :)
In terms of health care products, we have switched to shampoo, conditioner, face wash, and soap that are all approved within the guidelines of the HCG protocol. I stopped using the deodorant, moisturizers, makeup products and fragrances I normally use that have oils and other black listed ingredients. I am testing two brands of deodorant that I purchased at Sprouts and a moisturizing, oil-free toner spray. My skin is beginning to feel dryer but have not used the baby oil yet.
January 24, 2010
Phase 1 - Last Day
The last day of Phase 1 is today for the HCG protocol. We did our 'fat-loading' yesterday and continue today with it. We started the HCG shots during Phase 1 yesterday and alternate each day with our upper leg area (3 inches from the knee). We will have our 'last supper' tonight before we start Phase 2 with the VLCD tomorrow. We are using today to prepare for tomorrow's kick off of Phase 2. We are planning our meals ahead on a schedule, pre-filling the shots for the week, will weigh the food for the week ahead of time and pre-cook and pre-package to make this phase as easy as possible with little thought of what we should have for lunch or dinner.
We have bought a body weight scale that also weighs body water, muscle mass, bone mass and BMI. The model we bought was from Best Buy and is the Homedics Personal Trainer HealthStation (Link). We programmed it for both of us as it has a 12 user memory feature and we weight ourselves each morning around the same time, same clothes (Very little!), and before we have eaten or done anything else. We then do our daily shot.
I also bought an automatic wrist blood-pressure monitor (Link), which will enable me to monitor this daily now. The hope is to be off the prescription I take daily for high blood pressure after I lose weight. My primary care doctor said to hope but not expect for this to happen as it runs in my family (both parents, all grandparents, aunts and uncles, etc).
We have a 3 gallon water cooler/dispenser in our kitchen and the plan is to re-fill the current container and our extra 3 gallon container today to ensure we have an ample amount of water in our home (Link). We have drank or thrown out all other liquids from the refrigerator. We have coffee and multiple varieties of teas, as well. The only items remaining on our list to purchase today for drinking are Perrier and the flavored Stevia drops, which were recommended by our doctor. The Stevia flavors come in a variety and are available in Sprouts stores and other health-food stores in your area. They are available online (Link).
The refrigerator and pantry has all been cleaned out this week to ensure we do not have any black listed items in our vicinity during Phase 2.
We will track our weight, BP, BMI, calorie intake and other statistics on a spreadsheet provided by the doctor (but tweaked by me just a bit!). I am down 1.2lbs from starting weight yesterday even with fat-loading but we agreed it is probably just water weight that was lost. We are hoping for awesome results by next Sunday!
We have bought a body weight scale that also weighs body water, muscle mass, bone mass and BMI. The model we bought was from Best Buy and is the Homedics Personal Trainer HealthStation (Link). We programmed it for both of us as it has a 12 user memory feature and we weight ourselves each morning around the same time, same clothes (Very little!), and before we have eaten or done anything else. We then do our daily shot.
I also bought an automatic wrist blood-pressure monitor (Link), which will enable me to monitor this daily now. The hope is to be off the prescription I take daily for high blood pressure after I lose weight. My primary care doctor said to hope but not expect for this to happen as it runs in my family (both parents, all grandparents, aunts and uncles, etc).
We have a 3 gallon water cooler/dispenser in our kitchen and the plan is to re-fill the current container and our extra 3 gallon container today to ensure we have an ample amount of water in our home (Link). We have drank or thrown out all other liquids from the refrigerator. We have coffee and multiple varieties of teas, as well. The only items remaining on our list to purchase today for drinking are Perrier and the flavored Stevia drops, which were recommended by our doctor. The Stevia flavors come in a variety and are available in Sprouts stores and other health-food stores in your area. They are available online (Link).
The refrigerator and pantry has all been cleaned out this week to ensure we do not have any black listed items in our vicinity during Phase 2.
We will track our weight, BP, BMI, calorie intake and other statistics on a spreadsheet provided by the doctor (but tweaked by me just a bit!). I am down 1.2lbs from starting weight yesterday even with fat-loading but we agreed it is probably just water weight that was lost. We are hoping for awesome results by next Sunday!
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