What does Sensible Say?

I don't know? What does sensible say? Well, when I look around at work at the few people I know who were doing the hcg diet either with me or before me, they have all put their weight back on. I luckily have not. I continue to struggle since I hurt my back in May since exercise went from walking 2-3 miles to barely covering a mile. In the beginning after I hurt my back I couldn't walk up or down the stairs without serious risk of falling. Trust me - I know this first hand after having fallen several times. After a month or so I could really feel the weakness setting in due to inactivity. It's weird how quickly you can go backwards. Not so fast going forward. Little steps for me included short flights of stairs, using a handrail and short walks.

Well as of today or yesterday as it is now, I actually squatted down to the floor to pick something up and I was able to get back up by myself! No hands on the floor and no one had to lend me a hand. I was pretty excited about that. I can walk just about any distance now without problem. Oh, I get stiff and I feel it the next day but nothing some Ibuprophen won't take care of. And most exciting news for me~~ I actually walked up the one flight of stairs at work (the same one I tried this with back in July and fell down the stairs backwards) no hands holding the rail and I did it! I made it to the top and my legs weren't shaking and I didn't fall!

My weight is pretty much dropped from the 160 # to about 145#. I'm steady there though and only fluxuate a pound or 2 either way. I was hoping to be 140 for Christmas but with my December vacation that didn't happen. I'm going to head back to the gym starting in January. I think I could safely walk on the treadmill and I should be able to monitor my progress there better than out on the street. I still am a bit weaker than I was before my back issue and so an icy road or something like that I'd be likely to fall. Certainly don't need that!

My husband lost about 20# swimming everyday. He looked really good, but life got back in the way and getting up at 0400 to driving to SLC to be in the pool by 0500 was losing it's fun-shine. Needless to say, it only took him a few short months to put his 20 back on. This is obviously a lifetime committment to sensible eating and exercise. I'll never be one to commit to a marathon or anything like that, it's not my style. I am looking to commit to 30 minutes - one hour of really good walking everyday. I'd like to eventually work up to 4-5 miles/day.

Day 7

Quik Post: Yesterday was my first trip to the grocery store.. kind of rough. I had a list and I stuck to it. I bought $8 worth of apples, $5 of Strawberries, some spinich, lettuce, lemons and then a few things for Wayne. The smell of the roteseri chicken in the deli was killing me (Never bothers me any other time). Seen the powdered sugar donuts and had to walk fast. Once I was home I really wasn't hungry. Today is Sunday and I'm not really hungry. I've had 1/2 of an apple for breakfast and that has really been plenty. I'm sure I'll be hungry later so I'll save the rest for later. I lost 1 1/2 pounds yesterday and 1.2 today. Not too bad. I've lost a total of 10 pounds since Monday if you count my loading days and 8 if you don't. Either way, it's better than I was doing. Hopefully just getting off all of the carbs will be helpful in the rehab of this carb attict. Well, it's off to church.

How it feels to gorge

Well Monday began my most crazy and probably unusual attempt at weight loss. By now everyone is familiar with the hcg diet so I don't need to go into detail. I just wanted to comment on what it feels like to be able to eat all you want of whatever you want for 2 days. It feels terrible. It feels so unnatural and by the end of the first day I was so nauseated. I began my day pretty well with a fruit smoothie but it quickly went down hill from there. Between breakfast and lunch and over the course of the next 48 hours I would finish off an entire pound of chocolate covered cinnamon bears! In addition, for lunch I ate chicken fried steak and mashed potatos and gravy. By dinner the very thought of food made me ill but I knew that the instructions to this diet clearly stated that the sucess or failure of the diet depended on the success of the loading phase. So for dinner I went out with Wayne to Olive Garden. It was all I could do to eat a bowl of soup, 2 breadsticks and a strawberry lemonade. I brought my dinner home to eat the next day. On Tuesday my breakfast was a scrambled egg. Lunch was 8 chicken nuggets and a diet coke and dinner was my left overs from the night before. We had buttered popcorn for a snack before bed. I was actually looking forward to starting the real diet part of this diet. I got on the scale on Wednesday morning and I had successfully gained 2 pounds from Monday! Boy I hope this works or I shall really look foolish. Today is Wednesday and my first official very low calorie diet day. For breakfast I turned a handful of strawberries into a smoothie with ice and splenda. I had 2 melba toast snack crackers and 3 oz of lean steak for lunch and 1/2 apple for a snack. For dinner I had another 3 oz of steak. I even made it through all 2 liters of my water. No cheating today!! No gum, no pop, no candy no fun. And I didn't even snap at anyone - or at least I don't think I did. They say you aren't hungry on this diet and for the most part this is true. I am not starving but I definately notice the lack of food. I'm pretty tired and it's only 9:00. Well I'll keep you all posted. Michelle