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Paul is a soldier in the US ARMY, he's been in for 13 years and although he weighed 130 when we married he now is 37 lbs more than the heaviest the Army would like him to weigh, so every 6 months or so he struggles to drop 20 lbs in a very short time, so that even though that doesn't get him where he should be, he at least passes being taped. And then usually goes on to pass his PT test so the Army will leave him alone till next time. He uses all sorts of fad quick weight loss starvation diets and inch loss crazy ideas that only last a day, then he's back up. He blames my cooking (I'm flattered) I blame our sedentary lifestyle.
Paul's goal is to be fit enough to pass a PT test at any given moment, and to never be taped for being over the Army's weight standard for his height.

As for me, I have not been a healthy weigh for most of my adult life, despite being slender most of my youth. I also was 130 lbs when we married. I had 4 rough pregnancies, terrible morning sickness in the beginning. Bed rest for weeks on end towards the end of the first 2, and I just learned to be very careful with my 2nd two. Which meant lots of rest and sitting down. None of my pregnancies lasted past the 36th week, except my first one, we made it to the 37th. And then with every one, for about 6 months after I had thyroid issues. I guess I just figured that I was doomed to be heavy. I have done every low cost weight loss program known and although with a few I found some success it was only 10 - 15 lbs and usually came back sometimes quick, sometimes slow.
My goal is to reach my healthy range (as per health charts) and find a comfortable weight when I get there, I also want to learn to run again...maybe a marathon...maybe just 5k's every weekend....
Showing posts with label HCG DIET. Show all posts
Showing posts with label HCG DIET. Show all posts

Monday, August 9, 2010

VLCD 1 - 9 Aug 2010

VLCD is Very Low Calorie Day. Oh and I'm weak, I had a rough day yesterday - yes yesterday the day we get to eat everything we want. Well anyway my nerves were shot even though I spent the day thinking positive thoughts and trying to relax, deep breathing anything I could think of. A diet is not worth a full blow anxiety attack so I decided that proceeding right now is not for me. It took till 3 AM to settle down and fall asleep, and that was only after a prayer and realizing I should postpone continuing. I had prayed earlier too, lots; but all those prayers were asking for help to chill out and succeed on the diet. Besides with my stomach all tied in knots I didn't eat like I should I couldn't hardly get anything down - enough so that I lost over a pound when I still should have shown a gain.
As for Paul, my rock, he is proceeding as planned. We decided that I would basically eat what he eats it covers meats, veggies, fruits, and very small portions of bread. However I will eat about 1200 - 1500 calories of said foods and he'll stick with the 500 calories. I will now also continue to try to put in 5 miles of walking. I have been doing 2. I say 5 miles because that gets me about 10,000 steps a good goal to shoot for. I had success years back walking 4 miles, but I was working on learning to run again for short periods of the 4 miles at the time, and I'm just not conditioned enough to start running just yet - so maybe walking the extra mile will help me get back to running again. I just know it'll take longer to get where I want to go, but maybe I need the time to build it into a habit. A good habit I should keep always.

VLCD 1:
Paul - 230.2
Jenn - 237
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Sunday, August 8, 2010

Gorge Day 2 - 8 Aug 2010

I suppose we did better than I thought. Paul gained 3 pounds I gained almost 2. Having anxiety issues in the past I worry more than I should about starting something new - especially when it involves putting something new into my body, medicine or otherwise. It has really helped that I copied off positive thought quotes and as I put the drops under my tongue we have to hold them there for 2 minutes. During those 2 minutes I close my eyes and repeat a quote in my head and relax my body. I think all around the more positive I keep my thoughts, the better chance I have of losing the weight. I think that I should really get into yoga someday soon, I would benefit from that type of environment. I know that what you think in your head effects you body, your life, your well being.

Gorge Day 2:
Paul - 229.4
Jenn - 238.8
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Gorge Day 1 - 7 Aug 2010

Paul and I started our HCG Diet Journey today. Yes it's a diet I'd said I'd never do, and here we are doing it. I decided that I was tired of wasting away my life thinking about losing weight, food, diets, and the yucky feelings inside because when you focus so much attention to those you lose sight of who you really are.
So today is gorge day 1, did the drops 3x today, and ate and ate and ate. It helped that we had a birthday party to go to, it allowed for more eating of fatty foods. I didn't think we had done as well as we were suppose to but we'll see if the scale is up tomorrow. I know you think diet and wanting the scale to go up don't belong together. Hopefully two things happen: 1. I can stop freaking out if the scale goes up and 2. I eat so much junk that I really have no desire for it again. Wouldn't that be nice.

PRELOAD WEIGHT:
Paul - 226.4
Jenn - 237
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