The Good, The Bad, and the ugly. It was all there. 23 days of sheer madness.
Let's take this in reverse. The Ugly. 500 calories a day. And exercise actually being listed as a reason you might gain weight, so don't do it. I think both of those are probably the worst of the diet. Oh, and spending money on a placebo (arguably by some folks) drops 3x a day.
The Bad. That is how you feel. Even though you try to kid yourself that you feel great. The truth is, you are hungry most of the time and either thinking about the next time you are going to eat, or pick up smoking to deal with it. I had times when I just didn't feel like moving, and moving something heavier than 5lbs from here to there, really would leave me a bit winded.
The Good. Ok, so This is where I tell people I was surprised about this diet. And I'm not suggesting you do this diet to get these good things. I'm just telling you what I've learned. First, 25lbs lost in 23 days. Can't argue, that is not awesome. Besides the, YOU'RE LOSING IT TO FAST POLICE. Whatever. Second, portion control. I find myself, eating smaller portions in general. That's an awesome thing. I am also better at eating at meal time, and cutting out the snacking. Sure I still grab something here or there, but I am much better at it. This leads me to the next one, which is not eating late. I was notorious about eating close to bed time, and now I don't feel it necessary to eat before sleep.
So, even though it is a bit insane, and i don't really agree with it, I can't say I didn't develop better habits because of it. I could see someone possibly tripling the calories, eat the stuff it tells you to, and learning the same thing without such a drastic reduction and feeling better. Still mixed about a lot of things about it. I'm going to try and get hunter on another show and hopefully we can discuss a bit more in detail there.
Monday, April 25, 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
The hCG Diet: End Results
So it's finally over. And I finally cheated... BIG TIME. I had some onion rings for lunch, and stopped by the BK Cafe for some dinner. And it was SOOOOOOO good. I was actually surprised to see I lost another .4 lbs this morning.
So, in 23 days, I lost 24.8 lbs. Just .2 lbs less than my 25lb goal. I can live with that. Now on to better fitness and health to go along with the initial weight loss. After this weekend, Chris and I are going to start the atkins induction diet, and then start eating low carb. I don't expect to lose as fast as this diet, but I expect to feel better. More on that with the complete recap.
Thanks for all that followed along the hCG diet reading how it was going and hopefully you learned a little bit, or saw information on the diet. If you have any questions, feel free to ask them.
Beginning Weight: 333.2
Weight: 308.4
Total: 24.8
So, in 23 days, I lost 24.8 lbs. Just .2 lbs less than my 25lb goal. I can live with that. Now on to better fitness and health to go along with the initial weight loss. After this weekend, Chris and I are going to start the atkins induction diet, and then start eating low carb. I don't expect to lose as fast as this diet, but I expect to feel better. More on that with the complete recap.
Thanks for all that followed along the hCG diet reading how it was going and hopefully you learned a little bit, or saw information on the diet. If you have any questions, feel free to ask them.
Beginning Weight: 333.2
Weight: 308.4
Total: 24.8
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
The hCG Diet: Day 23
Ahhh.. the end of the madness. So today is my last day doing this diet. I'll be posting complete thoughts on it in the next few days.
Today, I feel hungry. A little lightheaded and I'm not sure why. I did eat more protein with dinner last night. Probably 6oz instead of 3, and that could be the reason for filling like this today. It could just be everything catching up as well.
I also didn't lose any weight today. But i didn't gain any either. I think if i had stayed home and had weighed after another restroom visit, I might have shown more weight loss as well.
Beginning Weight: 333.2
Weight: 308.8
Total: 24.4
Today, I feel hungry. A little lightheaded and I'm not sure why. I did eat more protein with dinner last night. Probably 6oz instead of 3, and that could be the reason for filling like this today. It could just be everything catching up as well.
I also didn't lose any weight today. But i didn't gain any either. I think if i had stayed home and had weighed after another restroom visit, I might have shown more weight loss as well.
Beginning Weight: 333.2
Weight: 308.8
Total: 24.4
Monday, April 18, 2011
The hCG Diet: Day 22
Only 1.5 days left in this madness. I've stopped taking the drops, and I've had a few things that I haven't normally had on this diet. Like eggs and bacon, and broccoli.
I'm feeling well still. It's right before lunch, so I'm starting to get a little hungry. I don't really feel any different from the days when I did take the drops, so I'm really wondering. Did they do anything? Even placebo wise? I just don't know.
Someone should try saving the $ on buying drops and just do the diet without and see if you get the same results as I've had over the past 3 weeks. 3 weeks. Wow. I can't really believe that I made it this long on show a low calorie restriction.
I really think what I can take away from this is that I do have will power and I can keep myself from overeating, and eating things that are bad for me. Now to get back on a normal diet eating more of the right things than bad, and hopefully continue to lose weight. Albeit at a lesser speed.
I think I'm ok with that. Maybe I can transfer my daily weigh ins to weekly weign ins and it'll feel about the same. Lost a lb or 2 a week.
I also want to get back into fitness and start building some muscles that I have surely lost over these weeks. It'll surprise me if I'm actually able to lift the same amount and do the same things I was doing like the Power 90. I will definitely let you know how that is going.
So, what's the transition going to be? I can't just go back to how things were before hand or I will most definitely gain the weight back, and probably faster than even I could believe.
I will be getting me a 5 guys hamburger the day I quit this, just because I've been craving it for so long. I will also walk that day to burn off whatever calories I eat from it.
Then from that day on, I plan on going low carb. Possibly even doing the atkins induction diet for a month. I'll make a final decision after talking to Chris and see what we want to do together.
Speaking of Chris. I could not have done this without her. I truly couldn't. She has been an inspiration and a rock whenever I had those temptations for something else besides what we were eating, she has been there to help me through. Very understand of irritable moods, which I don't think I've really had that many of. But she might have a different story. Thank you Chris. I love you.
Ok, enough of that. I have today and tomorrow, and then on WED I will have my final weigh in for the hCG diet and everything I've learned from it. Let's see if I can get another lb lost and really lose 25 lbs. As it is now. Unless I gain weight, i will have atleast hit the advertised 1lb a day mark.
Beginning Weight: 333.2
Weight: 308.8
Total: 24.4
I'm feeling well still. It's right before lunch, so I'm starting to get a little hungry. I don't really feel any different from the days when I did take the drops, so I'm really wondering. Did they do anything? Even placebo wise? I just don't know.
Someone should try saving the $ on buying drops and just do the diet without and see if you get the same results as I've had over the past 3 weeks. 3 weeks. Wow. I can't really believe that I made it this long on show a low calorie restriction.
I really think what I can take away from this is that I do have will power and I can keep myself from overeating, and eating things that are bad for me. Now to get back on a normal diet eating more of the right things than bad, and hopefully continue to lose weight. Albeit at a lesser speed.
I think I'm ok with that. Maybe I can transfer my daily weigh ins to weekly weign ins and it'll feel about the same. Lost a lb or 2 a week.
I also want to get back into fitness and start building some muscles that I have surely lost over these weeks. It'll surprise me if I'm actually able to lift the same amount and do the same things I was doing like the Power 90. I will definitely let you know how that is going.
So, what's the transition going to be? I can't just go back to how things were before hand or I will most definitely gain the weight back, and probably faster than even I could believe.
I will be getting me a 5 guys hamburger the day I quit this, just because I've been craving it for so long. I will also walk that day to burn off whatever calories I eat from it.
Then from that day on, I plan on going low carb. Possibly even doing the atkins induction diet for a month. I'll make a final decision after talking to Chris and see what we want to do together.
Speaking of Chris. I could not have done this without her. I truly couldn't. She has been an inspiration and a rock whenever I had those temptations for something else besides what we were eating, she has been there to help me through. Very understand of irritable moods, which I don't think I've really had that many of. But she might have a different story. Thank you Chris. I love you.
Ok, enough of that. I have today and tomorrow, and then on WED I will have my final weigh in for the hCG diet and everything I've learned from it. Let's see if I can get another lb lost and really lose 25 lbs. As it is now. Unless I gain weight, i will have atleast hit the advertised 1lb a day mark.
Beginning Weight: 333.2
Weight: 308.8
Total: 24.4
The hCG Diet: Day 21
Sunday stats -- stopped using the hCG drops as well
Beginning Weight: 333.2
Weight: 309.8
Total: 23.4
Beginning Weight: 333.2
Weight: 309.8
Total: 23.4
The hCG Diet: Day 20
Saturday - I didn't get a chance to post this on saturday, so i'm just posting stats. I'll do the same for sunday as well.
Beginning Weight: 333.2
Weight: 311.0
Total: 22.2
Beginning Weight: 333.2
Weight: 311.0
Total: 22.2
Friday, April 15, 2011
The hCG Diet: Day 19
So as you can tell from my post yesterday, it was a hard day. I really want a cheeseburger, and I didn't lose much weight yesterday. Well, it's days like today that reaffirm this crazy masochistic diet. I lost almost 3lbs. In one day. That's freakin crazy! I was hoping to lose atleast a lb, and dreaming of losing 2. But almost 3. That's awesome.
Only like 4 more days on this thing if I'm counting right. I thought 6 days last night, but I swear it's 23 days total. I'll have to go back and look. Then on to the next phase of my weight loss. Currently, we're still thinking low carb, whether it's atkins or something else. But I'm going to add in some exercise which should help me be healthier in general.
Who would have have thought that starving yourself could actually work? ;)
Beginning Weight: 333.2
Weight: 310.4
Total: 22.8
Only like 4 more days on this thing if I'm counting right. I thought 6 days last night, but I swear it's 23 days total. I'll have to go back and look. Then on to the next phase of my weight loss. Currently, we're still thinking low carb, whether it's atkins or something else. But I'm going to add in some exercise which should help me be healthier in general.
Who would have have thought that starving yourself could actually work? ;)
Beginning Weight: 333.2
Weight: 310.4
Total: 22.8
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