My first week with HcG

Who am I? I am a 54 year old Wife, Mother and Grandmother. My husband and I have been married 35 years. We have two children + two in-law children and four precious grandchildren ages 9, 5, 4, and 2 1/2. I am blessed to have all of the "chicks" close to my nest and get to see my precious little ones all of the time.

I have had a weight issue since having my children in 1977 and 1979. Of course, they are worth every pound I have gained and lost over the years, but I have been very puzzled why for 30+ years I cannot maintain a "normal" weight. I have tried every diet on the planet...Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, Nutrisystem, Cabbage Soup (Yuk!!), Yeast free, Dairy free, Wheat free, gluten free, etc, etc, etc. The only real success that I have had has been on a diet that prescribed ephedrin. I lost 35 lbs in 11 months. It took most of my friends doing the same diet only 3 months. I have no idea why I don't get rid of the weight as others do. I am basically a very healthy person dealing only with High Blood Pressure (weight loss should take care of that) and no other illnesses. I work out and eat healthy 85% of the time. Always aware of what I am eating. So why??? Why can I not maintain?

This to me has also been a terrible spiritual issue. I tend to think of dieting, food, my self image and by comparing myself to others, I tend to look inward instead of upward toward my Heavenly Father.

My husband has been a huge support for me over these past 33 years and has loved me regardless of what the scale has said. I am so blessed to be married to this man! I love and respect him more and more as the years go by.

So, with the blessings of my husband, children and personal trainer, I decided to try the HCG beginning on August 28, 2010 - my daughter's 31st birthday.

The first two days of "Loading" were both fun and miserable. Fun in the fact that I was free to eat whatever I wanted without feeling guilty.... and miserable because my body is not use to that much fat and sugar!! I felt like I was floating in fat. Even my cheeks felt bloated!! I was actually happy to start the 500 calorie day on Monday.

So my weight loss for the week has gone like this:

Saturday and Sunday were the preload days in which I did not gain any weight (go figure!!)

8/30 - 169.8

8/31 - 168

9/01 - 166

9/02 - 165

9/03 - 164.6

A total of 5.2 lbs in 5 days. I was pretty disappointed this morning with a small loss of .4, but I didn't eat enough yesterday. I managed to have only 338 calories without much hunger at all. But I need to try to get very close to the 500 calorie a day protocal or it will slow the loss down.

So the journey begins (with a whole lot of prayer)......

Today's meals looked like this:

Breakfast-

Water and Coffee

Lunch-

3.5 oz chicken breast grilled on my indoor grill with Franks hot sauce and garlic powder.

They tasted like "wings"

1/2 cucumber

1 grissini

1/2 cup strawberries

Total 220 Calories

Dinner-

3.5 oz. Tenderloin Filet

1 cup cooked spinach....cooked with 1/4 cup chicken broth and Franks hot sauce

1 grissini

1/2 apple

Total 268

Total calories for the day is 488.