Phase 2 Day 29 VLCD

Weigh-in = 137.4lbs (-1lb!)

Finally! Apple day paid off! Down a pound this morning – I didn’t sleep well, probably because I was hungry – and woke up with a headache, so either my neck was positioned badly or I was clenching my jaw while sleeping. I woke up at 1:30am and again a bit later from a noise I thought I heard in the house, so I am tired this morning. But it all paid off with that weight loss.

It’s measurements day! (Inches difference shown in brackets is from measurements last week, not from the start of the program):

Phase 2 Day 28 VLCD

Weigh-in = 138.4lbs (-0.2lbs)

That’s it – apple day! I essentially have not budged more than 0.2lb (which is on a digital scale and I don’t trust its variances, to me it could have been 138.2 or 138.6, who knows) for a week now. So apple day it is.

Phase 2 Day 27 VLCD

Weigh-in = 138.6lbs (+0.4lbs)

Back up again – the 138lb yo-yo continues. It’s not like it’s even fixed at these ounces – I weigh myself a good 3-4 times each morning and the scale varies in that time. I record the lowest weight. It never varies more than 0.2-0.6lb but it still does. So really there’s a chance that on the whole, my weight hasn’t changed since Tuesday. I am contemplating an apple day but will give myself until tomorrow – if it’s the same tomorrow then I will do an apple day.

Phase 2 Day 26 VLCD

Weigh-in = 138.2lbs (-0.4lbs)

Lost some weight but not much! I’m at 138.2lb so these pounds are creeping down. This is where I started the week this Monday, after all, and it’s taken me until Friday to get back to it, which feels like a waste of 5 days.

Phase 2 Day 25 VLCD

Weigh-in = 138.6lbs (-0.2lb)

Measurements moving a little today even though the scale only budged slightly. I wore a dress with a cinched waist to work today and had my first comments on how slim I looked! Most will be wary of saying anything given that I wasn’t large before and they don’t want to offend me, but a couple of them know what I’m doing and even so – this wasn’t one of them that said something! So I was privately thrilled. Certainly I’m starting to experience the joy of ‘shopping’ in my old closet for clothes :).

Phase 2 Day 24 VLCD

Weigh-in = 138.8lbs (=)

Same weight as yesterday, so need to keep on keeping on. Work had me very overwhelmed today so for the first time this plan I had a fleeting craving – it was easy to overcome as it was very brief, but I was at someone’s desk and saw some cheesy nachos (which is not something I would ever have craved before HCG!) and felt so tempted to dig in and just take a chip but it was a total stress urge. The good thing about HCG being so strict versus other diets is that perhaps on another you would have had a chip – the calories would have been small enough to make room for in your daily calorie count so what harm is done, right? But by completely nixing these whole groups of food and flavours you’re actually cleansing your tastebuds – eating one chip would have you wanting more all day long, whereas me resisting it for a split second meant I didn’t think about it after that (well, until now, writing about it! haha). So I’m finding there are many benefits to HCG beyond just the physical.

Phase 2 Day 23 VLCD

Weigh-in = 138.8lb (+0.6lbs)

As expected, I weighed a bit more today than yesterday. I expected this because I lost a whole pound yesterday and my weight has fluctuated too much lately for this to continue on a downward trend. These last 10 pounds sure are going to fight to come off! I didn’t let this affect my mood too much because I was expecting it, but I think what I will do is, the next time I lose some weight I will then not weigh myself for another day – taking those in-between days off from weighing myself (knowing they’re likely to be a stall or a gain) will help keep my head in the game, I think. And because I’m back at work and busy, the food is just easier to eat because I have so much else going on that I don’t mind that my diet is pretty boring.

Phase 2 Day 22 VLCD

Weigh-in = 138.2lbs (-1lb)!!

Measurement day (Inches difference shown in brackets is from measurements last week, not from the start of the program):
11″ right upper arm (=)
11.5″ left upper arm (+0.25″)
33″ chest (-0.5″)
25.5″ waist (smallest part of torso) (=)
34.25″ low waist (hip bones) (-0.75″)
37.75″ hips (fullest part of body) (-0.25″)
20″ right upper thigh (-0.5″)
20″ left upper thigh (-0.25″)
13″ calf – right (-0.25″)
13″ calf – left (-0.25″)
30.25″ stomach (at naval line) (-2.25″)

Phase 2 Day 21 VLCD

Weigh-in: 139.2lbs (-0.2lb)

Today was really, really tough. It was a Sunday, I had had a lazy Saturday but that had meant that beyond a trip to the grocery store, I hadn’t seen anyone, and I was really down about my weight continuing to stall. I felt fed up, isolated, lonely and bored and this led to me getting quite depressed. I felt on the verge of tears all day and was super sensitive. I started to wonder why everyone in the world (what this really means is everyone on Facebook) had happier lives, more fun weekend plans, had no struggles with their health or weight…of course, people probably think the same looking at my Facebook profile but you don’t have that clarity when you’re in such a funk.

I would strongly recommend joining an online support group as you go through HCG. They really saved my bacon yesterday (food pun unintended). They kept me going with encouragement, reminders that in your final 10 pounds your body has to work really hard to shed any weight and it will fight the HCG along the way, so things will slow down. I stayed POP, though out of self-sympathy I had an extra tablespoon of Chocolate Delight, above the allotted 2 tbsp you’re allowed.

Phase 2 Day 20 VLCD

Weigh-in = 139.4lbs (+0.2lb)

Today was really tough mentally. I was finally on a good run past the 140lb barrier and with only 10 days left I was starting to think I might be able to do it – I may be able to get there…but now this stall has made me wonder if I’ll keep losing at my current rate – which is about 1lb every 4 days. That would mean I’d be lucky to lose another 3 pounds by the time my 30 days are up.

Looked at my calendar to have a ‘real talk’ with myself. If I need to keep going past 30 days, fine. I may as well do all I can to get the results I want because I really don’t want to do another round. If I did do another round I wouldn’t be able to until the New Year and I don’t want that hanging over my head.

Looking at my calendar and travel dates, realistically the longest round I can do this time is 37 days. Which would give me an additional week. If I did keep going this slowly, it would mean maybe a total weight loss of 5lbs more. That would at least take me down to 134, and maybe the inches lost would mean I would be happy there. But I want to get down another 9lbs, and I am wondering if another 17 days could do that. Realistically it should easily be able to – 0.5lb a day should be the LEAST we lose on this plan. So I have to cling to hope but days like this make it tough.