Been gone for a second!

Ok yall, so I was MIA for a second, but I am back now. I am officially down 13.2 pounds! I started at 193.4, and now I am at 180.2! WOOHOO!!!!!!!! I am so excited! I even lost 1.6 during Thanksgiving, even though I cheated a little bit. My dad is a chef, and he made Sweet Potato Cheesecake . . .I had to taste it!

Right now I am at a conference for work, and I am being so good. I cooked all my food and brought it with me! I am so serious about this weight coming off! Before my colleague and I got on the road, we went by our office. My other coworkers asked me where was I disappearing to and how much had I lost. They were actually calling me "skinny minnie!" I was so crunk. My nickname in middle school was Sticks, so I have not always been this size. Don't forget . . . I am trying to get my SWAG back!

I am a walking ad for HCG! I tell people about it. I haven't gotten bad reactions at all. My FB inbox stays filled with people asking me questions or encouraging me. I just hope I can get my mom to try it. 

My recipes are still getting me through and I tried Italian Mini Meatballs for Thanksgiving . . . new favorite recipe (will post probably tonight)!!!!

So anyway, life is kinda normal again, but about to swing back to the busy way, but I am really going to get it together and get back here. I did take a couple pics for Thanksgiving so I will get them up here, but more will come soon!

Feeling good . . . 9.2 gone!

So got on the scale this morning and I was down another pound. That makes my total 9.2 so far. I am feeling good about that. My mom and my aunt told me that they can tell that I am losing. I have friends on FB who are asking about HCG, and a few who said that they are about to start after Thanksgiving or at the beginning of the New Year. If I would have know about this all those years that weight loss was a resolution, I would have been at my goal weight 5 years ago! But I am still excited about what is happening to my body. I just ate Tomato Basil Chicken for lunch, and looking forward to my Hamburger later! Yep I said hamburger! If you want the recipe, let me know.  Will probably post later, but gotta catch up on some water.

No loss today

Yesterday, 185.2. Today, 185.2. I did eat well today. I am about to post some of my favorite recipes. Be back tomorrow.

Will I ever see 185.0?

I lost 1.4 yesterday! So excited about it! I drank enough water yesterday, so I am glad that I lost that much. I wish that I could have gotten off that 0.2 lbs to get to 185.0. But anyway, I am down a total of 8.2 pounds. I am very proud of myself.

So quick story, I was talking to my mom and was telling her how munch weight I have lost. She is worried that I am not getting enough calories in a day. She is doing WW and counting points. After we finished our convo, she called me right back, and then asked me this: "Geralyn, are you giving yourself injections?!" I explained to her that I am taking the drops, but it was funny to me. Maybe I can get her to join me in this journey when I start Round 2 in January.

The question is this: Will I ever see 185? Hopefully tomorrow . . .

Ahh...a day.

So today was a good day. I just had dinner: savory baked chicken and garlic spinach. It was good. I am about to get ready to take my final dose of drops for the evening. I have had close to 90 ounces of water today, so I am hoping for a big reward in the morning. It felt good to be back on schedule today with my food. I am going to get my dessert, which will be grapefruit with truvia and stevia. We will see what will happen in the morning. It didn't take overnight to put this weight on, and it won't come off overnight.

i cheated

Ok so yesterday, I cheated. I was so mad at myself. I had a few small plates of popcorn and some chocolate mint candy. I was at a meeting with teachers for my job. UGH!!!!! So tried my best to fix the situation by drinking water until I turned into a water faucet. I worked apparently because I loosed 0.4 lbs. That's right, I made it my business to not gain.

I cooked last night for dinner last night, lunch today, and dinner tonight. I was so happy to be back in my own element since I had been out of town. And guess what I did . . .  I LEFT MY LUNCH AT HOME with my drops!!!!!! Everything! WTHeck? I don't get home until late in the afternoon. All I have are my 60 ounces of water. So now I have to fight the urge to buy something to eat. BLAH!!!!!! I will figure something out.

Well just so far . . . I have loosed 6.6 pounds and around 10 inches! I can tell a difference in the way my stomach looks, and I can definitely start to see a waistline. I must stay focused.

TTYL!   Working on the SWAG!!!!!

Today was a test . . . AND I PASSED!!!!

So today was a busy day for me . . . I had to pack up and go out of town, went to a baby shower, and then went to my father's home, oh yeah, HE'S A CHEF!!! I didn't cheat at all, not once!!!! I am so proud of myself! One of my friends held a Hershey kiss in my face and was like "eat it, eat it, you know you want to." I just stared at her; mainly because I didn't want it! YES!!! I love the phrase "nothing tastes better than how skinny feels!" So true! Nighty nighty!

R1P2D7 . . . Pounds and Inches!

Ok so I have been doing the VLCD for 7 days now, well after I eat today. I have survived all types of food temptation . . . Taco Bell, Zaxby's, Golden Ranch, McDonald's, all of that. I am proud of myself. What I haven't mastered yet is the water thing. That is what got me in trouble on Friday night. I had 20 ounces of some iced tea drink mix, and when I weighed my self Saturday morning I had GAINED 1.6 pounds! I knew what it was immediately! I was so mad, but I knew how to fix it. I did and this morning I came in at 187.4. So I loosed the 1.6 and lost a little more. So that is a total of 5.6 again! My BMI has also dropped 0.9. Still working on my SWAG though.

Now these inches are something else . . . If I measured write, I have lost 9 inches from my body! I am going to get remeasured to day because 4 of those are from my waist, not my stomach (I wish), but my waist! That is a little crazy right? We will see. I will also start posting some of my favorite recipes . . . I am eating so good yall!

SWAG ya' later!

FINALLY!!!!!

Ok so this morning I woke up, and got on the scale. Yesterday's weight: 190.8 lbs. Today's weight . . . 188.2 lbs!!!!! Yep, I loosed 2.6 lbs in  a day!!!!! I am so friggin' excited! This was what I had been waiting on, a day where I lost more that a pound! So far since starting the HCG diet on last Saturday, November 6, I have lost 5.2 pounds. I am very excited!!!!!! I see SWAG in my future!

Today was a little difficult . . .

So yesterday was really hard for some reason. I didn't have to go to work, so I thought the diet would be easy since I was at home all day . . .WRONG!!!! Don't get me wrong, I didn't cheat, but it was hard. I am not a fan of water, but I have to have it on this protocol. I didn't want to drink it at all today. I took my daughter to Taco Bell, knowing that she probably wasn't going to eat it all, and I still didn't cheat!!!!! I am very proud of myself for that.

When I got up this morning, my loss was on 0.6 lbs, but I am losing. I keep telling myself that. I am on a good pace, just slower than what I hoped. We will see what the morning brings . . . R1P2D4 in the books!!!

Day 3 of VLCD

Well today is R1P2D3, and I have lost a total of 2 pounds since starting my drops. Yesterday was a little discouraging for me, but I pushed through it. I didn't cheat, even though I thought about it. I weighed myself this morning, and even though I only loosed 0.8 lbs again, I am ok with it. I have a new plan. I don't think that I am taking in enough calories, so I am going to redo my calorie count list, and get it right. I will count the calories of my 2 proteins, 2 fruits, and 2 melba toasts. Then I will use the difference between that and the 500 calories to determine the amount of veggies I should eat.

One another note . . . I am LOVING all the new recipes!!!! They are quite delicious!

Today . . . R1P2D2

So I didn't lose much weight yesteday. Only 0.8 lbs. That's good, but not great! I wanted to get rid of like 3 pounds, but a loss is a loss. Right? Well, I am about to eat my lunch. Well be back later! Still trying to figure this blog thing out.

I am really doing this . . . R1P2D1!

Well I am doing it! I am using HCG to help me lose weight. I have finished the first day of the VLCD (very low calorie diet), and I feel ok. 

I wanted to start this blog so that I will have a reminder of how this journey will work for me. I am so tired of trying everything under the sun. I also wanted to create a space for other African-American women to find out about HCG.

Well let's get started with my stats. My weight this morning after my 2 load days was 193.0 lbs. My goal weight is 140 by May 2011 (that month I will have my 30th birthday). If I follow the HCG protocol, then this goal could be reached by March 2011. I will be posting my stats daily, or at least trying to, in addition to any other little HCG tidbits.

I researched this program for about a month and a half before ordering. I made sure that I had everything that I needed to succeed. Right now, I can say that preparation has been the key. 

Today was the first day of eating on Phase 2 which is the 500 calorie portion of the program, and it went well. Last night I made my lunch and dinner for today. Tonight, I made lunch and dinner for tomorrow. I had never made soup before in my life, and now I have made 4! This really is a lifestyle change!

I plan on using the HCG for 30 days before beginning maintenance. Yes that means that I will not be eating the traditional Thanksgiving dinner, and get this . . .my dad is a chef!!!!!! But, nothing tastes better than skinny feels!!!

I look forward to this diet, which I am referring to as a journey.

October 30, 2010

I am FINALLY going to get my SWAG back!