Whippy's Wanning

That's awesome that you got off the train early and walked. I wish we had more public transportation here because I would use it all the time and walk way more! Instead of car outside the apartment door, car to work, car outside of work, sit at desk all day... there is no walking! So I make myself go on my lunch breaks :)

When you eat salmon, is it fresh or smoked? I love smoked salmon but it is pretty expensive here. We eat fresh salmon sometimes, broiled in the oven or cooked in foil on the grill, but it's expensive too and I only like to eat it the day I buy it from the fish market. So not as often as we should. But I do buy frozen tilapia filets and make those with indian sauces or broiled with lemon pepper etc.
 
oh sugar (free)!

holdthecarbs said:
Where are you living? Italian sodas are that high in cals? Can't you buy sf syrup?
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I live in Hamburg, Germany, I'm in my 11th year. I'm originally from Northern California.

Yeah, with 4-6 Tablesppons of syrup, it ranks up there. I plugged in the nutritional info on the bottle into my FitDay and got a proper calculation. I saw online that they make SF syrup, but like most things abundantly available in other countries/cities, it's not available here. Hamburg is full of itself- I'd probably find the SF product easily in Berlin or Munich. I can get SF-Vanilla, but only via online-order with shipping costs. But you know I'll continue to keep my eyes open for it! SF would really be ideal!​

chelsea_morning said:
That's awesome that you got off the train early and walked. When you eat salmon, is it fresh or smoked?
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I love living in a city where I don't need a car! Using bikes for everything and the pub-trans is my most favorite part of living here. I can be green and get in a few extra steps in my day. There are also a lot of canals here, with ducks and swans and park-like pathways along side, so walking can be really scenic.

I usually eat quick-frozen fillets, and they aren't half bad with some dill or spicy seasoning. They are a nice portion size and come in a vacuum-pack so I just stick the whole thing in boiling water to cook, which also allows me to steam my veggies at the same time. But now and then I go get a fresh fillet (which I bake) like I did this past weekend - which of course is a treat!​
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Activity Today
Nada

Food Today
134g Salmon
85g Tomato
55g Light Mozzerella
44g Avocado
41g 4% Cottage cheese
90g string beans
200g Cantalope
489 Calories
plus 2 protein drinks​

I'm glad I went to the Bierfest. It was nice, even though it was cold. I got an email from a friend who said how proud she was of me demonstrating so much restraint. It was a piece of cake, so to speak! I'm glad it was easy, I was really worried it wouldn't be.

So I've been doing those HCG drops for 4 days now and I've never been more hungry! What a PAIN! It's bad enough acclimating to this long-term reduction plan, but wanting to eat random morsels of whatever catches my eye while suffering hunger pangs really sucks. The only other side-affect I've noticed is a tendency to get muscle cramps - but that just gets me up off my buttinsky more often.

Due to the Italian Soda fiasco, I gave up on the July Challenge. I'll start fresh with the August Challenge. Live and learn, live and learn, live and learn...

Thanks for stopping by!
 
No Salmon Allowed

I got the HCG book yesterday and read the whole thing. It's written by a guy who is really stoked about the plan, so it's totally biased - but that's not the bad part, the bad part is the gooey enthusiasm of the author. I can't believe how many people are "amazed" at the results. I think anyone could go on a 500 calorie/day diet and get the same results without the HCG drops! Seriously! It's not rocket science!

I got an idea of how restrictive the diet is, as if 500 calories a day isn't restrictive enough!! STOP! I'm NOT doing the 500c a day! That's insane! I'm cutting back to 1200 (from 1500). At my weight, maintenance caloires are around 3000/day. I think cutting back 1700calories a day is plenty to see results. I do, however, plan to follow the foods allowed on the diet, and while fish is allowed, only white fish. Bleh. It's only a few weeks, I can probably survive without salmon.

I visited a few HCG forums and it seems that some people make a lifestyle out of it, which from reading the Doctor's work, it's not mean to be. I got the feeling it was a cult. I'm nooooot joking! These people are hard-core and quote the Doctor in the same way some quote the Bible!

I also think the program could have addictive qualities. They take in 500 calories, which requires an extreme form of discipline, they see immediate and huge results, then brag about how amazing they feel. I think that quick return on investment, plus the kudos from people who see you drop so much weight, probably gives people a high. Statistically 30-40% gain back at least half of it, and they start up with it again vowing to do the re-acclimation process more pedantically! I'm giving this a try, and I have no doubt that cutting out 300 calories a day will shift some weight, and I imagine I'll be happy about that, but I don't want to be like one of those people!

In reading the book, which also contains the Doctor's original writings on the topic, I learned a lot more about the research and the scientific theory tested on so many people. It's interesting reading, if you like biology (and I do).

I learned that feeling hungry the first 4 days is totally normal. But it's no different to fasting (which I've done too often to count). They made it sound like it's the HCG preventing hunger pangs. LIARS! It's not magic, it's science, and framed the way it is, should, in theory, be a cure for obesity. And based on the given information about the research result, I cannot disagree. But it seems (according to what I read on the forums) that more than half the people who do the program are using it as a temporary cure for unhappiness, rather than a treatment for obesity.

Okay, that's enough of that. You can see how skeptical I am. But I think a dose of skepticism is healthy. I was on my first 1200 day yesterday and today I was down .7kg (1.5lbs), which could easily be a totally normal fluctuation. But I'll keep you posted on any freakishly large numbers that could be attributed to the HCG. BTW, I'm using homeopathic HCG, not the RX HCG. In studies, they have proven to be equally effective, and are heaps less expensive (said the penny pincher).

I trusted my doctor when she said that Turkey has more protein per gram than chicken, but I've learned all over the internet, and from my Fitday, that it doesn't. Hmm...LIAR! heheh...QUESTION AUTHORITY! PunX nOt Dead! Oi! Oi! Oi!

I have to go out today so I'll likely take a nice long walk while I'm at it!

Activity
6km walk
3km bike (run errands)

Food (I need to go shopping)
44g Avocado
44g 4% Cottage Cheese
Medium Egg, boiled
85g tomato
125g Jogurt
200g Cantelope
571 Calories
plus 2 protein shakes​
 
Every thing is everything

So This is "officially" my day 7 taking hCG, the homeopathic version. It has been probably the biggest adjustment I've ever had to make with any kind of program, or at least it felt like that.

"A pound a day" is what they promise and few are as skeptical as I am, especially knowing that there was no way I could do 500 cals a day. Absolutely no way. I refuse to eat less protein than I am and I am eating 444 calories a day. So my range of calories has been 729-897, mostly leaning to the higher end. Ohhh...I suffered! The first week of any new program is rough and this was no exception.

But I did indeed loose 7lbs, on the dot, in seven days...much to my continued disbelief. I've weighed myself several times and even changed the battery in my scale, but sure enough...the scale tells no lies.

And with the help of this hormone I did two things. I reached my very first milestone: 20kg! (44lbs) I started February 2011, and that's 25% of my goal in 7 months. Not bad, eh?! The other thing that's been helpful is that I finally wet below that 3-month "plateau" of 121. At 123 I was panicking about not being able to recover from the Italian-soda gain. I'm pretty disappointed that I couldn't overcome it without resorting to what I still consider a drastic measure.

As excited as I am to get to this point, I'm still not sold. With all the nutritional training I've endured *cough*, I'm still not thrilled with this program. There haven't been any unbearable side affects, or at least none that weren't easily remedied with some extra fiber. And my skin looks amazing!

So next week starts tomorrow. Another 7lbs by chance? I wouldn't complain. I do worry, however, that if I reap the proclaimed success of this program, what will happen when I go to the meeting on Sept. 23rd. If I loose an impossible amount of weight, it's likely to draw attention - and I'm sure the doctor will want to know. I hate to admit that I would be ashamed to tell her I'm doing this program.

Oh, and I'm entirely convinced that the people who are on the HCG forums are definitely part of a cult. Definitely! Their collective attitude is seriously frightening. There are thousands if not millions of people who do this program, why do they think it makes them special? Maybe that's why they do it, instead of to loose weight, to feel special. It's like they think they are part of an exclusive club. I would think the thing that makes you special is having success and moving on from the program, not making a lifestyle out of it. It's drastic yo-yo dieting for most (it seems). None of them seem to have healthy attitudes toward long term weight management.If that happens to me, someone please find me and beat some sense into me! Please!
 
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Enjoyable outings are enjoyable

I didn't have time to get my too-baggy-to-wear-out-of-the-house clothes together for the collection this morning. I'm on the fence of if that was subconscious or not. It's not often I put in a 10 hour work-day, but I did yesterday...hmm...suspicious!

I plan to take some time this evening to bag up everything I dug out yesterday morning, and take it down to the basement so that next time, there'll be few excuses and little effort.

Everything else is going according to plan, I lost another pound, after a brief stall due to my monthly visitor. The next 4 days should see some more shifting of the numbers and then I'll update my ticker and do a happy dance.

I went for a walk yesterday evening and although it was overcast, it was such a lovely evening out. Again I find myself asking, why do I deny myself these entirely enjoyable outings?
 
recycling weight

Day 12 on this hCG program, and I've lost 14lbs! Ehh...it's the same 7lbs twice! I read that TOM makes trouble with the numbers and they weren't kidding! I also had a day where I went to a party and I ate foods not allowed on the program, and combined with TOM, was a recipe for disaster!

It only took 2 days to gain it, and then two days to lose, so only 4 days out of the entire program and I'm hoping it's just a small bump in the road.

I still have 3 full days until my official weekly weigh-in the morning of the 15th, so there's still time to record a some sort of a loss for the 2nd week.

I was looking at my weight-log and noticed that I have never been below 120kg. Not never, obviously, but since going over 120. 5 days ago I was at 120.4 (then I gained and lost 7lbs). Today I was back down at 120.2!

SO CLOSE!!

Soooooooo...it could be that I manage to go under that weight for the first time (and last time)!! I'm very excited with anticipation! Reaching a milestone is very rewarding and I can hardly wait to record the number. I will breathe a huge sigh of accomplishment!

Waiting for tomorrow will be difficult, but I'll wait with a knowing grin on my face!
 
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Math is hard

My weight fluctuation this past week was only 3.3lbs. I missed a loss between the two gains, but I'm glad I caught the mistake because I feel a whole lot less distracted by 3.3lbs than I did when I thought it was 7lbs! Regardless, it's been canceled out by a subsequent loss, and then some.

I've got my activity level to a point where I can't really complain about it, although I don't know that it's contributing to my getting "fit". I drug out the heart-rate monitor for my morning walk and suffered the little beeps from the watch telling me to walk faster! What a great tool for fitness training!

I was downright exhausted after the walk and I burned more calories than I normally do, so I'm glad about that. Doing that this morning made me want to re-incorporate jogging. To be 100% honest, I don't jog because I'm so fat, I think it's obscene for me and all my fatness to bounce around the jogging trail. It stays light past 10pm and it's light at 5am, so there's currently no chance for me to jog under the cover of darkness. When I started jogging last winter I suffered a lot of injuries. I'm older and fatter, a sure combination for injuries...but I had never meant to stop doing it all together! But I think I can at least do a couple of days a week of walk/jog with minimal humiliation. My work out clothes are fitting pretty loose so the wobbling parts of me are disguised a bit better than they were at the beginning of the summer.

I'm still reluctant to gather up all the clothes that are too big and remove them from the active rotation. The other day I grabbed one of my summer blouses to throw over my tank top, and when I caught my reflection in the mirror in the entry I ended up having to change into something else. The blouse was simply too enormous to get a way with wearing, even just as a loose cover for a tank!

I actually stood there totally confused by the idea that I had shrunk enough to not be able to wear something. I understood it in theory, but when faced with the reality, I had some trouble processing it. What's troubling me now is that I'm not necessarily all that happy about it!

Why the heck not?! I should be ecstatic!

Hopefully, the next time I write, it will be after I have disposed of all my giant clothes. :toetap05:
 
The size of 53 pounds

I went through almost all my clothes, and tried almost all of them on, and pulled out all the things that no longer fit.

I bought large trash bags. I've got one for clothes to recycle and one for clothes too worn to recycle.

And they have all been piled up in the middle of my living room - for the past two days. I can't seem to get them into their respective bags. I might get there before the evening is out, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

I've lost more than one full size since February. When I started this last February, I was at a point that most of my clothes were so tight that I had to sit down very carefully out of fear that I might rip a seem. Now I'm wearing a size smaller, and this smaller size fits such that I can bend and twist in entirely unnatural ways without fear of any seem ripping. I would dare say that I could snugly fit into even the NEXT size smaller...but I don't dare try until I reach my next little milestone.

I'm down to 119kg, which is amazing to me! Just 9kg more and I'll be where I was 4 years ago, also known as the last time I was experiencing a modicum of happiness. I hope to loose that before winter sets in, because I had bought a new coat that just barely fit me at that 110kg weight, but I only got to wear it about a dozen times before I re-gained just enough to never wear the coat again since then. I guess it would be enough that I get to wear the coat before winter is over...and winters are dreadfully long here so the chances are really, really, really, good that I can get a lot of wear out of it before it gets too warm. That said, the new coat I bought last winter...I tried on the coat too...I can swim in it. I'm sorry it's so big because I really like it and it's so new, but I'm not sorry at the same time! Woo!hoo!

It's amazing what a difference 50lbs can make! Really! Seriously!

It was good for me to do this clothing thing, I gained a new appreciation for the "size" of 50lbs - correction - 53lbs!
 
chelsea_morning said:
Holy crap! You're amazing! 50lbs is fricken sweet! You should be proud of yourself... go out and buy some new clothes to replace the ones you're taking away :)
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Thanks! I have lots of clothes in various sizes. The current reward system is in the form of new electronic toys (i.e. tablet pc)! :coolgleamA:

Free said:
Congratulations on your 50 lb. loss. Keep up the good work!
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Thanks, man! Same to you!

fiftypounds said:
You've lost 53lbs? Incredible. I wish I could have your success.
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There's no reason why you couldn't have the same success! I didn't really suffer (much), it was more about cutting out foods that were processed and then sticking to it. Stay positive and you'll reach your goal.
 
I have to share!

This is going to sound like bragging, and in part it is, but I'm actually so happy and so relieved, I'm moved to tears!

I made a major breakthrough and if ever I was proud of myself, now is it.

Remember the clothing drama from earlier? Yeah...well... hmm...

If I keep loosing weight the way I have for the past 7 months, and it's pretty safe to say that I will, I will be about 30lbs lighter by the end of November.

Woo!Hoo! Right?

Enter: big fancy event at the end of November. An event I need clothes for.

So I was at the shops a little while a go and I got a shock. I skipped a blouse size. I wrote that I "might" be able to snugly fit in the next size lower- but I was referring strictly to my trousers...well, it turns out, I can fit, not snugly but perfectly, into a size 50 trouser! But that's not all...my blouse size is a 48! I only JUST got rid of the 54s and almost all of the 52s - but what about the 50s?!

Now the question is...what size will I wear at the end of November? And that's the bad news... such that it is! :hurray:

The good news is that my shirt size is already at the largest size available in the 'normal' sizes; 48, or XL

Just to be clear, it's not XXL, no 1X or 2X or 3X...just plain ole XL -from the normal sizes!!

I'M FREAKING OUT!!! What a triumph!

This means I'm only ONE blouse size, and 2 trouser sizes away from my goal of shopping exclusively in the normal size departments. How is that even possible at my weight!?! Don't care...size is size, no matter the weight!

I've already found the 3 fancy/sparkly blouses I'll buy for the week-long event, I just need to decide if I want to go with the blouse that fits nicely now, knowing there is a semi-big risk that it will look too baggy on me by the end of November, or take the semi-small risk of buying a blouse that will fit me 30lbs from now.

I have lots of trousers and skirts in various sizes I can pair with a variety of business and semi-formal looks, but my tops/blouses are seriously lacking

I don't have a good track record of buying smaller sizes with wishful thinking, so I'm hesitant. But I've been loosing steadily for 7 months...it's not really wishful thinking at this point, is it?

Wow... that was the best clothes shopping experience I've had in about a bazillion years! :coolgleamA:
 
Not being able to fit into clothes that are too big for you now that you have lost over 50 is a good problem to have. Hopefully you will never fit into them again!
 
21 Days of Brutality

I don't think I've ever been so confident that I'll never gain back the weight. My motivation for loosing is different than it ever was. I'm older too, and this last time I got so big that it affected my health, and that's not cool. Even if I don't loose another ounce, I know I won't gain either. I've changed my lifestyle, and I like it, and it will help me maintain a healthy weight.

So you know I'm *trying* this hCG diet program. I've been on it 21 days and I won't lie, it's fekkin' brutal! Going back to 1200 calories a day will seem like a feast! I plan to push through the 43 day program, but I cannot wait for the end!

I've been keeping it at 800 calories a day rather than the recommended 500, and I've had 4 days where I went just over 1000 with extra protein. I know the weight loss itself comes from the VLCD (very low calorie diet), but I wasn't necessarily interested in the pounds it promises, the thing I was looking for were the "inches" it claims to melt away.

I'm not over-the-moon with the seemingly small numbers I've dropped considering calorie intake/output ratio. I've only lost 11.45 lbs in 21 days, which is actually an average of .55 lbs per day, and within the 'promises' of the program. But what got me was that I lost a full 2.5 inches from around my waist in these 21 days.

For someone of my size, that's a lot of inches for only 11.45 lbs!

And I didn't loose inches anywhere else, except my neck and that was a half-inch. I don't get a fat neck when I'm fat, so that was a surprise, but really, that was the only other place I lost inches. So maybe there is something to this tapping into deep fat-stores theory.

But as I said, it's a brutal program, and the totally normal daily weight fluctuations are made all the more frustrating by the fact that you KNOW you're eating hardly anything. The daily psychological roller-coaster is pretty harsh!

The real upside (for me) to the hCG (I'm using the homeopathic version), is that my psoriasis has all but disappeared. Here's an ugly disease with no cure, no effective treatment, and it's cleared up! I might have to keep taking it as a cure for psoriasis. But I'll wait to see if it comes back after I stop taking it.

Rock on LOSERS!
 
You sound so positive. This is just brilliant.
What wonderful progress. Normal sizes. eeeek.
*celebrates with you*

You are going to look so stunning at your event in November.
 
Hello pretty lady:waving:
Can believe you've lost 53 pounds, that is so crazy, YOU ARE SUCH AN INSPIRATION.:grouphug:

Well done love, and keep up the fab work!! Im so happy to see your confidence has improved alot:):) You deserve to be happy!!

Well done again chick :cheers2: xoxox
 
Irishprincess said:
Hello pretty lady:waving:
Can believe you've lost 53 pounds, that is so crazy, YOU ARE SUCH AN INSPIRATION.:grouphug:

Well done love, and keep up the fab work!! Im so happy to see your confidence has improved alot:):) You deserve to be happy!!

Well done again chick :cheers2: xoxox
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Hey...thanks! It so sweet of you to say! As amazing as it is that I've lost so much, it's equally embarrassing that I have so much to loose. But never fear, there is more shrinking in my future and by this time next year I'll be moaning over trying to loose 5 pounds.

Want2Lose said:
Thanks for stopping by my diary and for the encouragement.

Way to go with dropping the clothes sizes!
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You are quite welcome. That's why we're all here ... encouragement!

fiftypounds said:
You sound so positive. This is just brilliant.
What wonderful progress. Normal sizes. eeeek.
*celebrates with you*

You are going to look so stunning at your event in November.
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Thanks fiftypounds! I wasn't always so positive. I've done a great deal of self-brainwashing. "Positive thinking", I believe it's called. Mind over matter, the mind is powerful, 'attitude is everything' and all that silliness actually works...or I joined a cult and didn't realize it! :)
 
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