Delayed

Sorry for the lack of updates.  It has been long and difficult couple of days.
First, the 500 calories a day has made me very tired and very hungry and very crabby!
Second, I was not able to keep my blood sugar high enough to feel well through this process.  My blood sugar got as low as 55 and only as high at 87.  It was dropping after I would eat, which is the wrong direction!

I knew there was a chance that my PCOS and insulin resistance would complicate this process, but I didn't know how much.  I also did not loose any weight.  On the up side, I did however, successfully cleanse myself of soda and caffeine.  Until I can decide what I am going to do now, I will remain caffeine free!

My apologies for those of you who might have been looking for a great result, I know that I am bummed!

Amy

Here Comes the Hard Days

Today was day 2 of Gorging and HCG drops.  It was tough for me to gorge today as I was not as planned as I should have been.  Hubby and I spent a lot of money on fast food for these 2 gorge days as we knew these items had a high fat content.  I am just hoping that we did enough to prevent us from struggling tomorrow.
Start weight today for me was 215.  Might be a fluke, but it was down 2 lbs.  Hubby's weight was a mistake yesterday.  His initial weigh in was 252.  He weighed in today at 250, also down 2 lbs.  We shall see is this trend keeps up.

So the rest of this week's meals are as follows:
Wednesday: Breakfast-none & drops.  Lunch: 100grams Chicken breast (cooked on forman grill), Sliced cucumbers, strawberries.  Homemade dressing for the cucumbers. Drops & lots of water.  Dinner-Taco salad a la HCG regulations. Drops & lots of water.
Thursday: Breakfast-none & drops and water.  Lunch: Asian Salad (with chicken and orange), drops & water. Dinner: Bunless burgers, cucumbers, & Apple Salad.  Drops & water.
Friday: Breakfast-none & drops. Lunch- Apple Cobbler, Celery Sticks & 100 grams steak.  Drops & water.  Dinner- Chicken fajitas with celery and grapefruit. Drops & water.

I will post my recipes when I have more time.  Right now I need to prep for tomorrow's meals.  I am pre-cooking the chicken breasts and pre-measuring out the beef so that it all matches the regulations.

Thanks for the support!

Amy

Day 1 (Gorge Day)

Today was day 1 of the HCG diet.  Stats: Me: 217 lbs, Bust: 49 '',  Belly/Waistline 45 3/4'', Hips 45''.  Hubby: Wt 257#, Neck 18'', Chest 48 1/4'', Belly/mid-section 49 1/4 inches, Waist 46 1/2''.

Gorge day is the first day of HCG drops and we are supposed to gorge ourselves until we are full.  The more we gorge on, the less hungry and cranky we will likely be the rest of the week after the gorge days.  It was actually tough to gorge for me, because as a result of the drops, I had no appetite.  Here's what we ate: Fried egg and cheese sandwich, cereal bar, almonds and walnuts, popcorn, choc. chip cookies, Chipotle for lunch with lots of sour cream and guacamole, hot dogs, mac and cheese, doritos, red velvet cup cakes and peanut better toast.  YIKES!!  Not to mention, I almost drank half my weight in ounces of water today.  OY!

Tomorrow is more of the same, as it is the last gorge day until we start the VLCD (very low caloric diet) portion of the HCG plan.  Now that I don't feel like I am hungry or have an appetite, I think I can manage this for 30 days.  Check back with me and forgive me if I have changed my mind at the end of the week.

I will be posting our beginning photos and our menus plus shopping experiences, so stay tuned....



Amy

What it is

In my last post I explained that the hubby and I were beginning the HCG diet/cleanse very soon.  Well, it struck me that there might be people who do not know what the HCG diet is.
Basically, it is taking natural Human Chorionic Gonadotropin and eating a 500 calorie diet for 26 days.  There are no refined sugars, no sugars, and no cheating.  We are supposed to stick to a very strict menu of food items and cannot eat anything processed {hence the cleanse portion}.  There is no working out during this 26 days as we will be burning far too many calories to eat only 500 calories and exercise on top of it.

After the 500 cal 26 days with the drops, for 26 more days we eat an increased diet, without the drops.  We should only increase our intake by a tiny bit, but still keeping processed foods and sugars out of our diets.  It has been found that through this process the Hypothalamus {which is in the brain} resets what it thinks is your base weight.  The hypothalamus also helps regulate other stuff too.  I can actually reset my Thyroid through this process and get it to work properly again too.  When those two things are working properly for me, guess what, so will my reproductive organs.  I might for the first time since high school, have a normal/regular menstrual cycle.  As a result, when the time is right, Hubby and I may not have to use fertility treatments in order to conceive.  While the thought of getting pregnant is both thrilling and scary, that is NOT the driving force behind starting this diet/cleanse.  I know that I am not healthy enough at this time to even support and growing fetus.

For anyone out there who is thinking that I am insane for doing this and that I am making a big mistake, you should know that I have done so many other things to try to get my weight back to a normal weight and normal BMI.  I have been 220 lbs since I stopped nursing is 2010.  I was 220 lbs when I conceived Little Man through infertility treatments.  I lost weight while I was pregnant {how does that happen} even though I was not sick one minute of my pregnancy.

I have done my research and I have tried many many other things.  My endocrinologist suggested I have Gastric Bypass.  NO THANK YOU!!  So I am doing this instead!

I will share my progress and my experience through this 26 days.

Amy