Day 37 ~ I'm struggling

135.5 lbs. Last night I really wanted to cheat! I had a whole celery stick with salt instead. My daughter wanted two mini bags of popcorn and I was dying to have some (of my own, a whole big bag like the olden days). I fought it and won.

Tonight however, I have slightly cheated. I had a big lettuce salad (minimal calories, really) and I threw in a small tomato. I had the usual basalmic vinegar and spices galore. Then I had an extra melba toast! OK, so it's not a big cheat, but I feel terrible. I'm going to drink a whole bunch more water and just watch a movie in bed. I have really been very good up until lately. 

Just pulled a pizza out of the oven for the kid and had thoughts of eating the whole thing! What is happening to me? I know this is normal. I should re-read the book to glean any new info. I'll be heading into phase 2 in a few days and I should refresh my memory on what that means. When I run out of hCG that will be the end of phase one for me, regardless of how many days are left.

I messed up counting the number of days left. One column on my sheet had the number of injections and the skip days. Another column had the number of days on the diet. Still another column I put in the date. When I mixed the last batch I counted the number of injection days left (I think) and not the number of days left to equal 40 days of "injections." The diet is actually longer because they don't count the non-injection days in the 40 days. Next time I will be more of  pro at this. Obviously, there is a learning curve.

I am looking forward to all phases of this diet. I hope I don't blow it right off the bat with all the crazy thoughts I've been having. I am also looking forward to the load days on the next round where I can cram in everything I want and missed. That's weird, right?

Day 36

136.5 lbs. How appropriate. Here we go again with the bouncing back and forth.

Day 35

136 lbs. Yippee!! Finally broke through those last couple of lbs. It's amazing what a BM can do for you! Too much information? Sorry, just telling it like it is.

Tonight is a no injection night. Looking at the last of my hCG, I wonder if I have enough to get through the last days of this round. They say 40 days, but my weight chart goes out to 45 days. I guess that accounts for the no injection days once per week. At any rate, when I run out of hCG I'm heading to phase 2.

Day 34

138.5 lbs. Boring!!

Day 33

138.5 lbs. Like a yo-yo I go.

Day 32

138 lbs. It's officially 20 lbs. lost! I hope I'm able to drop another 10 lbs. before the end of this hCG diet, but I'm not sure it will possible even though that was the original goal. I'll just have to do another round in a few months just like I anticipated. It's OK and all good!  

Day 31

139 lbs. Nothing too exciting about today. The new dosage seems to be settling with me just fine.

Day 30 ~ Measurement Time

139.5 lbs. again.

Today I measured myself. I guess I should have done this at two weeks, but there was a failure to realize this and I don't think I really cared that soon into this hCH Diet.

The results are as follows:

18.5 lbs. lost in 30 days

Bust:               2" (waaaaa...)
Waist:             4"
Hips:               2.5"
Belly:               2.5"
Inner Thigh:     2"
Bicep:              1" 

This is pretty amazing. 4" off my waist feels really good and relieves the bloated feeling. I'm on the home stretch and am looking forward to the next phase which is the 3 days of 500 calories and NO hCG. That ought to be different and maybe a little challenging.