HCG Diet Round 4 Phase 2 Day 7

Happy 4th of July

What are your plans today? Unfortunately, I have to work today. That means protecting and saving the folks who are going to really enjoy the holiday. I'm okay with that except that I would really rather be out on the boat with my brother. It's a beautiful day.

We are having a little celebration at work, so I need to be very careful of all the temptations.
We always have a sign-up list of who's going to bring what. I looked at the list yesterday, making a mental note of what I can and can't eat. NOTHING. Not a darn thing on the list can I eat. I am taking a vegetable platter, I can enjoy that (minus the dip)

I'm off this morning to take on the park. I'm really enjoying being able to use the track at the local park. I walk the track and climb the bleachers.

Going to do some push ups and the like today. All in prep for my bikini boot camp. I can't wait.
I may hit target after the park. Retail Therapy!


So I'm off early this am.

Weight loss for the day

Menu for the day

Walk
Shake
Lunch: Chicken Citrus Salad over spinach
Dinner: Shrimp, asparagus
Snack: apple

Round 2 Phase 2 Day 7

It's Sunday Morning and I am not feeling so well. Nothing diet related, feels like a head cold. Ruined my plans last night. And yesterday I really didn't feel like doing much. Even fell asleep watching TV.
I am supposed to go to a seafood festival today. Not sure if I'm feeling it. I'm going to attempt to do my walk this am, but it will probably be a short one.

I ended up taking some NyQuil last night and hope that the sugar and alcohol in it doesn't affect the scale this morning.


I have tried something a little different this round in order to keep me "moving". I have been making sure that my lunch meal consists of a large salad with my protein. I am also taking magnesium supplements twice a day. It seems to be working.

I'm not sure what the menu of the day will be. I know I will be having a shake after I walk, but if I go to the seafood festival, I will have to make wise choices. I think this is part of the reason why I may not go. Wish me luck.

Todays weigh in~~~~~~211.3 a loss of .3. slow going this round

Menu

Shake
Conch salad
shrimp


rough day at the seafood festival. Hard to have different proteins when it's all seafood. My only other option was grilled chicken wings. I picked the lesser of two evils.

My calories were 550. So not bad.

Happy Leap Year

Happy Hump Day and Happy Leap Year. Phase 3 Day 7. I have a confession to make. I didn't exactly stick to yesterdays menu. I didn't eat anything I wasn't supposed to, except for maybe the cocktail sauce, but I have no idea how many calories I had. I am still in stabilization mode so the scale will tell me where I am at.

The verdict is in.

We had a retirement party at work for one of my co-workers. There were sooo many kibbles.  This was a true test of willpower. The temptation was everywhere. Once everything was set up, I surveryed the room for what I could and couldn't have. After 7 weeks on the protocal and following the basic premise of the diet which is NO SIMPLE CARBS, I was able to easily identify the good and the bad. If I had a question about what was in it, I asked whoever made it.

The only other thing I may have gone overboard with was the sodium. But I just kept drinking water.

Below is a list of what was available to eat. The bold and underlined foods are what I had. I also listed the reasons why I didn't choose the other foods. I did take along my wasa cracker, just incase I wanted it for dipping.

Meatballs (no because of the grape jelly and chile sauce)
BBQ chicken wings (NO because of the bbq sauce)
Grilled chicken wings
Fried chicken wings (NO because of the breading)
Buffalo style chicken dip (cream cheese, chicken, blue cheese and franks hot sauce)
Veggie tray with ranch dip and dill dip (no ranch because of the sugar)(no carrots)
Spicy mango chutney cream chees spread (NO because of the mango preserves)
Crab and cream cheese spread (crab, cocktail sauce and cream cheese)
Hot artichoke dip (artichoke, dukes mayo, parmesean cheese)
Spinach dip bread bowl (NO because of the bread and sugar in the soup mix)
Shrimp dip ( shrimp, cream cheese, callions, green peppers, mozzarella cheese)
Crackers (NO carbs)
Chips (NO carbs)
Rum Cake (NO obvious) but t was calling my name
Key Lime Pie (NO obvious)
Sodas (NO )
Tuna Macaroni salad (NO pasta)

I believe i made the best choices, I probably shouldn't have eaten the cocktail sauce, but it was a miniscule amount.

I will see what the scale says in the next few days.

I Messed Up

Okay, so here's how the day went yesterday. I had some eggwhites and spinach and a wasa cracker for breakfast and then went for a walk. I left for Key Largo at 2 and arrived at 3. Beautiful day with beautiful people. This was a reunion of old school dispatchers, some retired and some on the verge. But it all revolved around my good friend Marlene who has been battling cancer for 3 years now. It was wonderful to see old friends and to experience the love that everyone feels for Marlene.

Me and Marlene (the strongest woman I know)

This get together was at a place called Gilberts. Beautiful spot on the water. Giant Tikki hut. Mellow Keys style music from a 3 piece band. And lots of beer, burgers, seafood and my favorite Conch Fritters (I'm part island girl, my grandpas from the Bahamas).

Anywho........I had taken my trusty water bottle and that's all I drank. I knew that I needed to eat something, but what. The ONLY thing that had that was on protocal was shrimp cocktail. So I ordered that and ditched the cocktail sauce, opting for hot sauce and lemon juice. It wasn't much, only 6 med size shrimp. And they had no veggies. At least I had some protein in my belly.

I stayed there for a few hours and at 6:30, headed back to Miami. One more event to attend that evening.

Home at 7:15, showered, changed and then off to the Fire Department Retirement Party. Dinner, drinks, dancing and celebration. For the dinner, I checked the buffet line, everything was covered in some sort of sauce or gravey. I passed. Usually they have some sort of carving beef, but not this time. Darn. I went to the bar and, even though Mr. Jack Daniels was calling my name, I opted for club soda with lime. We did find a seafood bar at the corner of the room. Yes....shrimp....Yikes! I already had shrimp today. What to do? Well, I decided that shrimp was still the way to go. I also had a few oysters. They are not listed on protocol, but we can have scallops so I thought maybe they would be okay.

Unfortunately, I didn't CHEAT, so to speak, I actually ate too little. The total caloric intake for the day was only 272. Yikes! Funny things is. I wasn't really hungry. And I had energy to spare after  going all day. Another note to make. I didn't drink very much water yesterday. I didn't want to drink too much before I left for the Keys. Nowhere to stop, not even the side of the road on that long stretch of the overseas highway. Didn't drink much there. (the long ride back). And only had 3 short glasses of soda water at the retirement dinner. I did drink a liter of Fiji water when I got home at night. Normally, I'm a gallon plus girl. Always have been.

The loss of 34 pounds paired with ridding myself of toxic foods, had really change me.

I just hope that the lack of calories doesn't affect my losses this morning.