HCG Diet Results_6

Well, I'm down to the end... what happened?

DAY 29 Weight 230.2

Do you see what I see? GAH! Well, it's not fat gain, it's water. I believe I'm adding too much salt in my diet. The food is so boring that I've added more salt in order to get it down. Well, as of today, I'm cutting back on the salt. I only have a few days left, but I figure, what the heck, it may help me drop a few more pounds before I have to stop this phase.

I am not really fighting food cravings anymore - much. Yes, I'd like to eat something else, but it's not driving me up the wall waiting till my next meal. In fact today I really wasn't wanting to bother eating my apple, but I knew if I didn't I'd be too hungry before dinner so I did. I'm pretty tired of apples. I still love grapefruit tho.

I know I've lost a good amount of fat since I can now fit in some pants that I couldn't get on before. I can see the difference in the mirror as well. It's not a tremendous visual difference, but I can see it.

Yesterday I worked 7 hours sweating a lot and I walked an hour alone the river trail. I wake up and see 2 lb gain. It's very frustrating for me as I'm sure you can understand. I have two friends who are also doing this diet. They both started after me. One of them is on her 17th day and has lost 17 lbs. The other is on her 20th or so day and lost 22 lbs. We are all about the same weight.

The difference I think is that my body is highly resistant against losing weight. I've dieted so much that I believe my motabolizm must really be a slug. The only thing I can do is keep on trek'n. I am going to continue walking as many times a week as I can and keep up with the high water intake as much as possible. I have to say that it's not easy drinking a gal a day. I used to really enjoy water, but now I'm really rather tired of forcing it down.

Once I start phase 3, I can eat more food and a lot more variety. I can have dairy products, natural fats, including a little olive oil, and a wider variety of fruits and veggies. However, I have to avoid starch so no potatoes, corn, or carrots just yet. Avocados, some bacon, and eggs sure sound good, topped with some sour cream.

During phase 4, I can eat anything I like. However, I've decided to try and stick to the phase 3 foods 5 days a week. Two days a week I'm going to have something I really enjoy, like pizza and something sweat, like cookies. However, I will do my best to limit that to just two days a week.

I'm trying to plan out my evening's too. I used to enjoy eating popcorn in the evenings, but I am going to stop the night eating of non nutritious foods and stick to fruit or veggies to calm the tummy.

The most disappointing thing about this diet for me is that instead of losing 30 lbs, I'm probably only going to have a top loss of about 17 lbs. I don't want to have to do this diet more than 3 times! I hope the next time my motabolizm will be a bit more healthy and I'll lose perhaps 25 lbs. I'm going to try and lose at least a pound a week during phase 3 and 4 as well. I won't be limiting my calories, but I will limit my fruit to maybe 1 to 2 per day and basically cut out all processed foods, with the acception of the one day a week for something starchy, and one day for something really sweat.

People who look down on those of us who are overweight do not have a clue how much we go through to lose this weight and keep it off. You know... the statistics for people who keep the weight off are extremely discouraging. I do not want to gain this weight back - ever!

In order to succeed at this, I will have to weight myself daily. On any day I have gained 2 lbs, I'll have to drink water and tea all day, and eat steak for dinner. That's it. What a pain. Yet, this is the most difficult diet I've ever done. I do NOT want to go through this anymore. I want to end the dieting, end the suffering, end the emotional pain from food, and rid my body of some of the pain created by my overweight body.

I will be stopping the injections in a few days.. I will be starting phase 3 Sept 19. I would love to get down to 225 by then. But at this point, I doubt I will.

I'll keep you posted on my progress. In fact, I plan on continuing this diary for a long long time. I'll probably move it to a more suitable domain.

Well, until next time.... stay healthy :)

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