Day 7

Last night was bad, too. Another headache and I was really, really hungry yesterday. I even cheated a little and sucked on a cheeto and spit it out. Pathetic.

I have good energy during the day. I'm starting with a cup of coffee and a xying. I am crashing a little during the late afternoon but not nearly as badly as I used to. My patience level with the kids has increased considerably. That's nice.

I started my period this morning so maybe that is the explanation for the unbearable headaches. The scales were kind to me, though.

am weigh in:

163 lbs.

Day 6

I always plan for these to be more detailed and to come back and elaborate but it seems I feel way worse in the evenings. Last night I felt ok until after I cooked dinner for the fam. I started feeling nauseous and headache-y. I laid down to watch a movie with Abby and went downhill from there. Maybe my body is missing my afternoon/evening dose of caffeine? Maybe it's still the sugar detox? I don't know but it sucks.

I'm still not really hungry. I miss eating, though. I skipped one apple and one melba toast yesterday because of the nausea. I had to force down the dinner I did eat.

am weight today

164.0

I think this is my first loss?

day 5

166.5 am

Felt like shit this morning. Sugar detox may kill me. Bed at 7pm last night. Ugh......

Day 3

Fuck the loading. I was so sick from the buffet yesterday that I couldn't stand the thought of solid food until about 3 pm this afternoon. I drank a protein shake this morning and drank lots of sugared coffee. YUM! Then I had a filet o fish from Mcdonald's. heh. It was gross but fatty! That's the point, right? That will be the end of the solid food I can stomach today.

Felt pretty good, overall. Got enough caffeine and took my first xying in 3 days. I think those are going to be a neccesity holding 80 mg off caffeine a piece. I know there is no way I will be make it through detoxing sugar, food and caffeine. YUK!

Tomorrow starts the VRLD. 4th day of injections. Yay!

AM weight 166.5

Days 1 and 2

I'm 34 years old and a married mama of 5. I've been a little overweight (145-150, 5'6") since my 3rd child was born in 2006. I got a mirena IUD after an ectopic pregnancy in 2009 and my weight has been steadily climbing since. I got on a scale a couple of weeks ago and weighed in at a whopping 170lbs and decided to do try something drastic to get back on track. I'm doing the HCG diet and blogging about it here.

Day 1

For some reason I scheduled the appointment for a Saturday morning at 11 am. An appointment that required me to fast. An appointment that took 2 hours! I was dehydrated and the blood draw took several pokes. No coffee until 1 pm. I had some shopping to do and met Rebecca for pizza at Moon River. I had a pretty bad headache from the late caffeine and went to about midnight.

I weighed in at 165.5 at the office but was pretty dehydrated. When I unpacked the store-bought scale last night I weighed in at 170. Different scales? Rehydration? Late in the day? Who knows!

Took my first shot at the office. Also had my first B12 shot there. First loading day: Not so much loading. May have to do 4. Haven't decided. ?

Day 2 am

My husband is a saint. He got up with the little ones again today. My head is killing me! Wonder if my head still hurts from the lack of caffeine yesterday morning? Weighed on the store-bought scale this morning. 168. It's a loading day! Not hungry! Michael gave me my shot at about 11 am. Didn't hurt at all. I let it get to room temp for about an hour first. I think this makes all the difference in the world!

pm

Felt like shit most of the day. Wondering now if it's because I have been taking a supplement for energy called xyng. I stopped taking that on Friday. I really felt pretty good while taking it. Had a lot of caffeine in it and some stuff for mental clarity. Well, the best way I can describe how I have felt these past two days is LACK of mental clarity and inability to follow through with any thought process. NOT good if you live in THIS life! Wondering now if I should start it back up or just pump up the caffeine? Think I will ponder it until morning and see if things improve.

Took the kids to Golden Corral for our very first adventure there this afternoon. They had an absolute blast! It was fun. I get overwhelmed in places like that, though. The plan was for me to eat some high fat stuff since we don't generally keep these items in our house. I got a steak, baked potato and a big salad. after 2 bites of the steak, most of the potato and the whole salad (cuz that's how I roll) I was stuffed! And, really uncomfortable. I'm feeling mostly better 5.5 hours later. I feel like I'm not eating enough. It was stressed to me several times to eat to capacity all the fatty foods I could get my hands on for the 3 days leading up to the diet or I would starve the first week. I am terrified! Time will tell. I have one more day......