This year has flown by once again. I have done many things for my health and well being. The HCG diet worked really well for me and I want to get back to it. I lost the weight I had previously gained but 255 lbs seems to be the trampoline weight for me...meaning that once I get down there I bounce back up. Right now I am at 269 which isn't my heaviest weight by any means but those 14lbs. do make a difference.
Let's see, in March I rode the 30 miles of Tour de Cure and I don't think I had anything then until the Gabe Zimmerman Triple Crown which included a downtown 5K in June, an 8miler in Saguaro East in September, the A Mountain 1/2 marathon in October and now we are preparing for the Tucson 1/2 Marathon in December. I didn't do El Tour De Tucson this year which disappointed me but I just wasn't ready to do it and as it turns out the day was a bit cool and blustery so I probably would have been miserable ....there is always next year.
My new job started in February and I had canceled my membership at Ladies Workout express because I thought I was working out enough on my own. After losing the roof on my house and being displace from July - September I decided it was time to get back on the bandwagon...so now I am an official member of the YMCA (which I love) and so am just trying to figure out how to have a good balance of exercise and nutrition so that my weight will come down. I have been thinking a lot about the fact that I weighed 160 lbs. in high school. I felt so overweight at that time which is still heavier than "they" recommend, but it humbles me to know that I would still need to lose 100 lbs. to be that weight again. I wish I had understood then that I was just right for me.
I am trying to work on my idea of what/who I should be in all areas of life. Finding the balance and understanding that my life is what I make it. I am in control and I am the only one who can make the changes that I want. I have a great support system in my family and friends, and I just need to keep moving ahead. It is in my sights though to reach 160 or even 180 lbs. I have successfully kept 60 lbs off...keeping 100 more shouldn't be out of my realm of thought. I feel like there has to be some way to make my body release this weight and HCG seemed to do the trick...so I have to get back to that!
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
HCG Diet - wait don't be too disturbed
So after much consternation at the fact that my weight kept creeping back up and by creeping I mean gaining back 34 of the 75 lbs. I lost over a years time and the last 10 at break-neck speed. I decided to do something drastic. My neighbor had recently successfuly lost 30 lbs on the Hcg diet and lent me the book and HCG...so I took the plunge.
The HCG diet phase II is a 500 calorie a day diet coupled with the HCG hormone that helps your body release fat so that it survives off the stored fat...and I am currently 16 days in and I have lost a whopping 31 lbs! I can not believe.
In addition to the weight loss, my brain is clearer, I feel good, and I have more energy than I have had in a while. I a couple of days I will reach the 34 lbs lost and have reached my last stopping point.
The diet is supposed to help you reset your body's set point and retrain you. Currently I am eating no carbs (well I'm allowed 20 calories of melba toast but I usually don't feel I need it) and the only sugar is what I get from oranges, apples, grapefruit or strawberries.
One draw back I have noticed is that my exercise stamina is down, but I am willing to go with that for a while. I can stay on the 500 calorie part for 40 days and then I will be do a six week back to maintenace plan that lets in increase calories, eat more variety and take a break from the HCG. After that I can do another 500 calorie phase if I want.
There is controversy on this diet as with all drastic measures but I really felt that the science behind this one and the fact that I am still eating real meat, fruits and vegetables makes it better than some other drastic measures that I have contemplated (gastric bypass) or have actually done line those protein shake diets.
So right now 16 days in I am thrilled and happy to be heading in the right direction again!
The HCG diet phase II is a 500 calorie a day diet coupled with the HCG hormone that helps your body release fat so that it survives off the stored fat...and I am currently 16 days in and I have lost a whopping 31 lbs! I can not believe.
In addition to the weight loss, my brain is clearer, I feel good, and I have more energy than I have had in a while. I a couple of days I will reach the 34 lbs lost and have reached my last stopping point.
The diet is supposed to help you reset your body's set point and retrain you. Currently I am eating no carbs (well I'm allowed 20 calories of melba toast but I usually don't feel I need it) and the only sugar is what I get from oranges, apples, grapefruit or strawberries.
One draw back I have noticed is that my exercise stamina is down, but I am willing to go with that for a while. I can stay on the 500 calorie part for 40 days and then I will be do a six week back to maintenace plan that lets in increase calories, eat more variety and take a break from the HCG. After that I can do another 500 calorie phase if I want.
There is controversy on this diet as with all drastic measures but I really felt that the science behind this one and the fact that I am still eating real meat, fruits and vegetables makes it better than some other drastic measures that I have contemplated (gastric bypass) or have actually done line those protein shake diets.
So right now 16 days in I am thrilled and happy to be heading in the right direction again!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)