Day 17

No new changes today.  I still lost, 0.6 pounds down, my net inches from yesterday was no change.

I'm more hungry today, I realized my drops were lower than I thought and didn't last near as long as they were supposed to.  I ran out this afternoon and didn't get my 30 drops today.  I called HCG Bottle to see if they could expedite my shipping as it was ordered yesterday and is usually 2 days shipping and so I wanted to know if they could overnight it so I wouldn't go to long without it since this weekend is a holiday.  They normally say they won't expedite but would email me in a couple of hours to let me know and I have not yet heard from them.  Hopefully it will be here soon as I don't want to gain and I don't want to feel hungry.

A little irritated as I write this, I've done well with Bob's eating drive-thru as he eats it in the other room and even the frozen pizza but tonight, he wants to order pizza for his brother but instead of delivering it to their place, he wants to bring it here, I asked that he respect that I'm hungry since I'm out of shots and not have it brought here as Godfather's is my favorite.  He just left with them and I think his comment was going to go get pizza as he walked out... Seriously, have some decancy and understand how I'm feeling for one time!  Okay, I'm done with that. 

For the first time since I started the VLCD, I hit 500 calories!!! Okay, I hit 492 or something like that but I'm normally at 440-460 so I hope I still have a loss.  Well, I'm going to go finish my current bottle of water and maybe one more before going to sleep to see if that will help curb the hunger!

I CAN DO THIS!!!! (need the drops ASAP though)

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Stats:
Weight: 163
Waist: 31.5
Chest: 35.75
Hips: 38.75
Thigh - Left: 22.75
Thigh - Right: 22.75
Calf - Left: 14
Calf - Right: 13.75
Bicep - Left: 11.25
Bicep - Right: 11.25

Day 16

I really don't have anything new today... but part of my goal through this is to keep a daily update and status of this journey so I'll add the basics in today.

I lost 0.2 pounds only but it's still a loss!  For some reason the last couple mornings when I weigh, the scale registers no change or an increase and I'll wait about 10-15 minutes and try again and it shows a decrease. I read a comment on the forum page of the forum website I use (www.hcgdietinfo.com) and it said your sleep habits and the amount of sleep you get can effect your initial weigh-in in the morning.  I've been more tired the last couple mornings like I haven't slept well so maybe there is some truth to that.  I have to say though, that I've had more energy than I've ever had since starting this diet and taking my daily vitamins to avoid getting drained.

I didn't figure out the numbers as to what I've lost in inches from yesterday but I believe there was a loss.

That's about all I have for today, nothing new to report food wise... OH... I finally got my 4 bottles of water (the suggested amount) complete by the end of the day today!!! I've also had 12oz of hot tea this morning and drinking my reward, 32oz of gold peak tea!!!  Mmmm... my favorite tea!

I CAN DO THIS!!!!

No update on stats again, I'm being lazy.  I'm leaving off my ticker thing as there wasn't a change on it since it doesn't do to the decimal point.  But the total lost so far is 11.4 pounds since starting HCG and 11.8 pounds lost since starting VLCD so baby steps and positive results daily... I'll take it!!!!

Day 15

The first day of the 3rd week!  Started with what I thought was my first day of no change... Wasn't happy at all.  I took a shower and tried again as I've heard your sleep and other factors can effect your weight first thing in the morning and WOW... it was down .6 pounds from yesterday.  Guess I hadn't quite let myself rid all the fat yet.

I made meatloaf tonight (4 little mini ones).  I have to say, the homemade ketchup was alright when making it but after baking, it was a little strong of the apple cider vinegar.  I ended up scraping it off and since I hadn't had a full vegetable with it, I had 1/2 a tomato.

I'm slowly making my water amount.  I should have 3 bottles and a tea done before bed but still need to get to 4 bottles in a day.

Well I don't have my stats with me to update my stats but I do know that I lost another 1.5" from yesterday morning along with the .6 pounds.

I CAN DO THIS!!!!

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Day 14

The end of day 14... tomorrow starts the first day of week 3!!!! It's going faster than I thought and the food has been alright and kept me focused.  After 14 days of tracking, I'm down a net total of 10.6 pounds (11.2 pounds since starting VLCD on day 3, 11 days ago) in 13 days!!! In inches I've lost a net 11.75" (13" since starting VLCD)!!!! I know the numbers show it, but I'm still not excited... I am definitely happy about the loss in only 2 weeks but since those inches are in various spots in spot increments, I haven't seen a huge difference in my clothes.  They were very snug before and this morning I was able to put on my work pants and not feel stuffed in them but they were still not really lose.  The other visible thing I've really noticed is my ring.  I used to have trouble moving it or taking it off and not, if I'm not retaining water, it will slide right off!

Last night I decided to cook up my meals for the week... I had two dishes of chicken asparagus, two dishes of stuffed chicken, two dishes of buffalo chicken strips and one Mexican cilantro chicken dish.  The Mexican cilantro dish was pretty good today at lunch and I had the stuffed chicken tonight.  It didn't taste quite as good as the first round but I used Chinese spinach instead of regular spinach.  I need to go to the store tomorrow after work to get tomato paste to make ketchup to make some mini meat-loafs for my other meals.

We may be going to Columbia for Bob's niece's 5th birthday on July 10th.  I'll probably still be in phase 2 but hopefully by then I'll be down another 15 and may be able to wear a swimming suit to enjoy the huge water slide they rented for the birthday.  We will see... I'm still not at bikini point yet so I'll decide at that time or as it gets closer.  I'd like to be around 145-150 (max) before considering a bikini again.  I do have a swim suit cover/dress so that may be getting used as well.

I think at this rate, I'll be doing a second round later this summer so I'm done by my birthday and at my goal weight before turning the big 30!!!

I CAN DO THIS!!!

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Stats:
Weight: 164.4
Waist: 31.75
Chest: 36
Hips 39.5
Thigh - Left: 23
Thigh - Right: 23
Calf - Left: 14.25
Calf - Right: 14
Bicep - Left: 11.25
Bicep - Right: 11.25

Day 12 & 13

I completely forgot to post yesterday.  So I'll post today for both Saturday and Sunday...

I started my day yesterday driving to the KC City Market.  It was a wonderful farmers market and I was super impressed with the amount to choose from and the prices.  I got all of the below for $17.50!!!

After cutting it up and storing it buy size, I have enough vegetables for about 9 days!!! I'll have enough to get through to the next weekend to go back. I also took a trip to Mission, KS and checked out Whole Foods Market.  I got some organic foods that I'm going to try out as they go with the diet.  I went to go get the flavored stevia drops but they were about $15 a bottle and that seemed a bit high to me, so I didn't buy it.

I came home and made a taco salad for lunch and tried the skim cottage cheese and tomato for dinner.  I had an apple while in KC and then had an orange after eating dinner last night.  I've found when I eat a late fruit snack, I don't lose as much so I'm going to try to keep from having anything after 7:30-8pm.

I'm going to go get more chicken today and grill up enough for the week for lunches.  I bought some 95% fat free beef at Whole foods and will probably make some more taco salads, it was pretty good.

So far since Friday, I'm down 1 pound and at 165.2 as of this morning.  Only .2 more pounds and I'll be down 10 pounds and closer to the 150s!!!

I CAN DO THIS!!!!

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Stats: (Sunday)
Weight: 165.2
Waist: 32
Chest: 36.5
Hips: 39
Thigh - Left: 23
Thigh - Right: 23.25
Calf - Left: 14.25
Calf - Right: 14
Bicep - Left: 11
Bicep - Right: 11.5