Why am I slowing down so much?

Day 17 of Phase 2 of the HCG diet and only down .6....grrrrrr. However, I did work out yesterday and historically, I gain the day after I work out. Could that be it? Am I slowing to a snails pace? It's very frustrating to restrict yourself so much that all you get is a .2 loss. I'm beginning to wonder if I will reach my goal. I still have 25 days to go. I'm sure that if I do another round, I will follow the 800cal program. I really think that 500 is too low for my body weight.

Yesterday I was not feeling well. I ended up leaving work early because I had a fever. I feel the same this morning. I may go ahead and take some more pictures of myself today.

I need to break out the sewing machine and take in some pants. I tried on smaller jeans. They fit in the belly, but swallowing me in the butt and legs. Just my body type I guess. I've never had hips. Sort of straight up and down, even when I was thinner.

There are 2 other girls at work that are starting the program today. I enjoy that forums and facebook pages I belong to, but it will be nice to have someone in the flesh to talk to and compare notes with.

I have a follow-up doctors appointment on the 31st. I would really love to be down 25 by then. I'm still obsessing about the diet a bit. I really need to back down and just go about my day.

It's very early so I don't have a clue about todays menu.

Menu for the day:
Snack: apple w/ cinnamon, protein juice
Lunch: Onion Crusted veal cube steak, cabbage
Snack: Orange
Dinner: Crab/shrimp ceviche over micro greens salad

I also decided to do a Detox bath. How? You assk?

Fill the tub with the hottest water you can stand.
1c epsom salt
1c sea salt
2c baking soda

Soak for at least 40 minutes and make sure to drink cool water while you are in the bath. You will sweat alot. I started with the water kind of low and kept addin hot water to keep the temp up.
Felt wonderful afterwards.

Day 6 and Still Dropping

Well, I've done 6 full days on the HCG diet. Today starts day 7. I woke up this morning after a rough day yesterday and was rewarded with a 1.9 pound drop. How great is that? I kind of had a mini goal of 14lbs in 7 days. I'm only 1.2 pounds away, and I know I can hit it! Although, I am really not expecting these types of losses for the rest of the 42 days, I'm optimistic about the results.
I slept pretty well last night, but did have the help of some prescription sleeping pills. I read on a forum about a tea that help you sleep at night. (going to research that later) I would rather do that than take a perscription sleep aid. One of my goals for the year, is to rid myself of my medicatons.....all of them.
I need to get some baby oil or mineral oil. They say thats the best for moisturizing without affecting the HCG diet protocol. I have waterbased moisturizer, but I use it on my face and it's fairly expensive to be using all over my body.

I need to come up with some new recipes for these meals. When I say recipes, I mean, different seasonings. Because it's hard to make "recipes" using only 1 protein and 1 vegetable. Time to really get creative and look around the internet for some ideas.

It's early so I haven't quite decided the menu for today. But will be back later to share.
Decided to walk a bit today too.
Menu for the day
Lunch Veal (I hammered it out, makes it look like more) cucumber salad
Snack: orange
Dinner: crabcake, spinach, breadstick
Snack: protein juice
I made the crab cake with lump crab, minced onion, salt, peper, garlic, celery seed, crushed breadstick and 1 tsp of eggwhite as a binder (I know eggs arent allowed, but 0g fat, 0g carb so I figured what's the harm. The scale wll show tomorrow.

Today seemed like a long day. Kinda tired.
Til' tomorrow~~~~

One More Day

Wanted something so much you can taste it? And I'm not talking about food. I am officially obsessed with getting this diet started. I already have potential load meals in mind. Tomorrow is my birthday so my son is taking me out to dinner. That will be easy. I think I'm going for some sort of fast food sandwich for breakfast. I will definitely be able to fit some ice cream in during the day. Lunch, not so sure. I honestly don't eat that bad on a regular basis. And I definitely dont eat large quantities. So I think I will go for high density fatty stuff. I really don't think I could eat everything on the suggested load menu without getting physically ill. I do love cheese so something cheesy for lunch. And you can bet I will get a giant piece of cheesecake after dinner.

I have my meds set out for convenience, and the scale is ready to go. I'll weigh myself daily, but will keep track of the fat percentage, and bone percentage on a weekly basis. I have a schedule book where I can keep track of days, time, foods, moods, weight, overall feeling about the diet.

My son opened the fridge door and that bottle of dressing I was mellowing fell out and broke. grrrrr.
Time to make some more of that.

Prepping for Load Day P1

I've been wondering exactly what I'm suppose to do on load day. What types of food am I supposed to eat? I hadn't a clue: Looking around the internet, I saw a few different examples. This pretty much sums up all of them. Funny, I don't eat that much now in 2-3 days. I've also read....the fattier the better.

1. Not enough fat during load days (first two days of HCG). This might explain hunger and associated crankiness during the first week of HCG low calorie phase. A good load day sample follows:

Sample Load Day


Breakfast: Cream cheese bagel with bacon and sausage, and a ham/cheese omelet.

Mid-morning snack: Donut with whipped cream with strawberries.

Lunch: Pork chop, potato with sour cream, and a roll with butter and a buttered veggie.

Mid-afternoon snack: Ice cream with Oreos.

Dinner: Fettuccini, cheese garlic bread, and salad with full-fat dressing, of course, cheesecake for dessert.

Late-night snack: Ice cream or frozen cappuccino