Really?!?!

Hubby started his drops January 19th. I started on the 20th. The first two days of the diet, you are supposed to gorge yourself on all of those things that diets tell you not to eat so that you feel full all day long... Fried foods, ice cream, cakes, cookies, greasy, heavy, yummy foods. I know the science says that this is the trigger for the HCG to start working, but I think it's because they want you to be so SICK of food that you don't want to eat on days 3 and 4 that are harder.

Hubby struggled with his first day on the Extremely Low Calorie Diet (ELCD). He took his drops three times a day and ate his food spread out rather than primarily in the afternoon and evening as suggested by the directions. After watching him, I decided to take a half dose 6 times a day and made sure to eat as little of my food as possible in the morning. There was only one time that my hunger pain felt intense, but my dinner was two hours late that night because we were doing other things. We were both grumpy on our Day 4s which is part of the reason we staggered our start dates.

After 2 days of eating salads twice a day, we knew we couldn't continue to eat this way for 6 weeks. I've put several hours of research into finding recipes for herb rubs and prepared meals that fit into the diet guidelines. I think I may post them all once we get thorough our first round.

So, on his Day 6 and my Day 5, he was down over 11 pounds and I was down over 7 pounds. I'm not at home this morning but according to the scale here, I'm down about another 2 pounds. I'm very excited. I'm already feeling a change in my body and the way my clothes are fitting. Hubby is super excited. He's already having to tighten his belt and his shirts are getting too big.

We have a LONG ways to go. I still have 85 to go and he has about 75, but this is awesome so far.

Wow

So, our drops came in yesterday and we will be starting our first round of the HCG in a couple of days. We took our "before" pictures tonight and I am so ready to get started... Finding it funny that I'm not in the mood to have a snack like I normally do if I'm up this late at night. I will NOT be posting those pics until I have some improvement pics to tie to them. Ugh.

A New Year

So, I did really good for a month and dropped about 7 or 8 lbs. The hubby got onboard with getting in shape and we were walking as a family and eating better. Then he got a upper respiratory infection and it knocked him out of everything for a month. I got caught up in trying to take care of him and the kids and fell off the bandwagon.

Here we are in the third week of January... My thyroid levels have been fluctuating the last few months (as is common up to a year after having a kid). My dosage has been increased twice in the three months. I started to realize there was a problem when I was losing more hair in the shower, feeling tired all the time and I put on about 5 lbs in a week without changing any habits. I'm up to 217 lbs.

We are going to be trying something new. Have you heard of the HCG diet? We have ordered our drops and have been looking at all the guidelines. We are excited about getting it and getting started and dropping some of our weight so we can be healthier. Hoping to start by the end of the week.