I've had it!!!

Or rather, I think my body has. I woke up this morning feeling all right. I waited to take the drops though to give my body a chance to "talk" to me. I had 2 cups of tea, fed my kids, and then started to feel dizzy, weak, and short of breath. I actually had to sit down for a second to reorient myself. I think my body is telling me that it has run out of extra fat deposits to burn. So I'm not taking the drops today, and I ate a little granola to feel better, since that worked yesterday. I still have a minor headache, but other than that I feel a lot better. So looks like I'm done with the HCG diet. What's the final score? Only 1 pound away from what I said was my goal! I'm 131.0 pounds. I have lost a total of 21.5 pounds since the beginning of the first round back in October. I look and feel awesome! (except for the last 2 days) My hubby thinks I look good :D

So... now we're on to the maintenance portion of the diet. Well, not exactly. I still have at least until the end of tomorrow before I start eating different foods, to allow the HCG enough time to leave my body. If I'm starving or feeling weak and lightheaded, then I will up my diet to include 900 calories. I probably would have eaten eggs this morning instead of granola if it wasn't for the fact that I needed something fast, and standing up cooking scrambled eggs was not the answer.

So... what am I looking forward to? Lasagna!!!! And cheese... and Chili con Queso.... and Subway subs!!! And of course, my mom is coming to visit at the beginning of April, and I'm looking forward to wedding cookies :D

Almost to my goal weight!!!

Wow, has it been a while since I blogged or what?! I've been doing really well on the HCG diet. I had more plateaus than last time, but still losing. I'm down to 131.0 pounds. 1 pound left to reach my goal weight. Anything after that is just bonus!

I've been eating a lot of eggs and cottage cheese because I've been having a small meat aversion issue. I've had it a few times, but it's difficult to do. I've been eating a lot of asparagus and cabbage and tomatoes and lettuce. Part of how I eat my chicken is by mixing it with lettuce to make a small chicken salad. I have only had steak once while on the diet, though I think I will have some tomorrow.

My fruit of choice has been strawberries, though I do eat a little apple and orange now and then. I especially like making the strawberry lemonade :)

I reached a point this week where I wondered if maybe I had hit my ideal weight (as dictated by the hypothalamus) because I had a day where I was kind of hungry all day, and then the next day was practically ravenous. I ate a little granola and felt better, but I was still somewhat hungry. Dr. Simeons said that once you've used up all your extra fat reserves, you immediately become ravenously hungry, so that's what made me think maybe I wouldn't lose anymore. But I lost a pound by the next day, and a half the day after, so I guess maybe I haven't gotten there yet. Today I've got a similar thing going on, but instead of hunger it's lightheadedness. I reached a point where I was sure I was going to faint - buzzing in the head, weakness, etc. I ate some granola and I feel quite a bit better now. I'm not sure what's going on. I was going to go until next Thursday (allowing for the 2-3 days off drops - last time I was starving by day 2, so while I know it's supposed to be 3, I've allowed for 2-3), but I may stop after I hit the 120's if it's before then. I don't like feeling the nawing hunger of the other day, or weakness of today. My husband says he doesn't really think I need to lose any more weight and thinks I might be getting greedy. I just want to be at an ideal weight, and my current BMI is 22.5, right smack dab in the middle of the normal range. 125 (my absolute minimum I'm willing to go) would put me at 21.5. Not a huge difference, so I'm not sure it's worth it if I still feel lightheaded tomorrow. I think that even if I lose weight tomorrow, if I still feel weak and lightheaded, then I will probably go off the drops starting Monday. If I'm back to normal, then I will continue on as usual.

I have had a little bit of cheating on this diet. The granola for starters, though I only had it the two days, and just a small amount. I have had just the tiniest bit of shredded cheese with my salad, a tiny amount of mayo (though I switched to miracle whip when I realized it had a lot less fat and sugar), and white hot chocolate (which incidentally has given me diarrhea ever single time I had it) twice a week that takes me 2 hours to finish since I just take a sip every now and then. Yesterday we had a social event at the nearby church to celebrate Valentine's day, and Jim fed me a piece of chocolate. He was being so romantic I didn't have the heart to turn it down, all the while thinking "I sure hope I don't gain 2 pounds tomorrow from this concentrated amount of sugar at 9 o'clock at night!!!" Nope. I lost half a pound :D For the most part, I've been really good about eating only the acceptable foods, and making sure I eat at least 3 hours before I go to bed, and drinking lots of water. A few days I've been lax on the water, but I've been more strict about it lately. Speaking of which, I found the 32 ounce cup they gave me at the hospital where I had Luke, and so I've been using that. It brings me back :D

Speaking off topic, parenthood has really taken me by surprise. I still catch myself wondering who these 2 little people that live in my house are and where they came from. I remember when Luke was born watching the doctor lift him up and wondering "where did that come from?" Apparently 36 hours of labor had taken its toll on my brain lol It still just seems so weird that I'm a mom! It's been trying at times, but I've learned so much from it and I wouldn't trade it for the world. I still get choked up when I think about them sometimes, or when they do something especially endearing :) I sure do love being a mom! Even though it DID make me FAT! rofl

I also have to put in a shout out for my darling hubby Jim who means the world to me. He works so hard every day to give his family what we need. If it weren't for him I wouldn't have my two beautiful children, I wouldn't live on such beautiful land and have the freedoms that I do. I love you Honey!!!