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Three More Days

Josh — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:48:07 +0000

I have a grand total of three more days of 500 calories, while the hcg processes out of my system, then I start the low carb/ low fat maintenance diet. Feeling a bit lower on my energy today, not having the shot makes a difference. Luckily, I have coffee!

I’m planning on continuing my blogging during the 3 weeks of maintenance, and I’ll be attending some of the classes, and reporting on them, too. I’ll be attending Marium’s body types class on Monday, and I’ll be sure to take some photos, and maybe some video, too!

That was fast!

Josh — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:27:15 +0000

Happy St. Patrick’s Day everyone! I’m still losing, albeit slowly. Feeling good. No hunger issues, few cravings, good energy. What I can’t get over, though, is how fast these 23 days have gone by. Tomorrow is day 23.

I haven’t lost as much as I know I should have this go-around. Totally my fault, what with cheating on the diet in Vegas. I also have had a hard time drinking as much water as I should have. But — pounds lost are still pounds lost.

Vegas Can Really Hang You Up the Most

Josh — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:23:03 +0000

As of yesterday, I was finally back down to my pre-Vegas weight. Note to those who are planning on coming here to do this diet: Don’t go to Vegas for any reason whatsoever.

So, I’m pretty sure I’m not going to hit my target of 170 by the end of the diet, but this run has really reinforced my commitment to healthy eating. Nothing fatty or high-carb even sounds appealing in the least bit to me.

On a different note, I haven’t exercised for about 2 days. I’m starting to run really low on energy in the evenings (daylight savings time sucks). I’m feeling better so far today, and I’m going to make a point of doing my workout tonight.

Server Problems

Josh — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:16:05 +0000

Those of you that frequently check the blog may have noticed some periods when it was inaccessible lately. We had a little hardware glitch on the server that was causing frequent crashes. It seemed like every time I tried to post a blog, the server had crashed, and I had to fix it instead!

Anyway – ALL FIXED!

Weekend in Vegas

Josh — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:02:51 +0000

As expected, my trip to Vegas was fun, but not good for the diet.

I had a Seared Ahi salad, which had a sweet dressing on it, and a 12 oz. beer. Tasty, but diet-ruining. I gained a grand total of about 2 lbs.

At least now I’m back on the wagon! Today’s lunch was grilled chicken with diced tomatoes. Very tasty. I do believe that the food here at the spa has gotten much better over the last couple of weeks. I can safely say that the HCG meals are very close to par with the standard spa cuisine.

I think some others could back me up on this?

Looking good.. feeling better!

Josh — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:41:07 +0000

OK, so I did my 30 mins of exercise no sweat last night, got to bed early, too (11 pm for me is early). I’m feeling much better today than I did yesterday morning. Whew! I haven’t been paying much attention to my weight numbers until today: 176.6! I’m down to the weight I was in my freshman year of college! Another 4 lbs or so, and I’ll be down to my high school weight.

I’m pumped. But – I guarantee I’m going to have a hard time staying on diet when I go on my date in Vegas on Saturday. I really hope I don’t gain anything, but I can virtually guarantee that I won’t lose that day, or possibly a few days afterwards.

I’m not too concerned, however. I still have about 2 weeks to go, and I’ll definitely be down to my lean weight by then! It feels great!

So… tired

Josh — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:26:25 +0000

I think I may have overdone it on the exercise last night, because this morning, I was so tired I could barely think. So I apologize in advance for the short post.

Lunch was Mahi-mahi with cucumbers. I’m not a fan of cucumbers.

For dinner, I’m having Bison with Asparagus. I am a fan of Asparagus.

I’m planning on exercising again tonight, 30 mins instead of 40. See you tomorrow!

I love Bison

Josh — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 03:02:07 +0000

So, it’s been a while since I last posted. Sorry about that, I caught a bug over the weekend.

That said, here’s the menu for the days I missed:

Friday Lunch: Red Snapper with Spinach

Friday Dinner: Chicken with Spinach

Saturday Lunch: Marianne’s HCG Pizza

Dinner: Chicken with Spinach

Sunday Lunch: Tilapia with Celery — Yuck

Sunday Dinner: Chicken with Spinach

Today Lunch: Seafood Gumbo

Today Dinner: Bison with Asparagus — Yay!

Yeah, I changed it up. I have to say that I’ve taken a decided liking to Bison. Much better than Beef.

I’m Baaack!

Josh — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:19:32 +0000

Good morning readers! And a fine morning it is! I’m back for another 23-day run on the diet.

Fat days — Done already.

Current Weight: 186.4

I actually gained a bit during the South Beach phase of the diet, but that was because of my inability to stay away from carbohydrates. Tasty, tasty Carbohydrates. I kinda figured it would be hard to do. Bread is a weakness of mine.

So: fat days in a nutshell — Day 1: Mickey D’s breakfast, quesadilla lunch, In-N-Out dinner: No gain of any weight. Day 2: Same breakfast and lunch, Olive Garden for dinner. I have to say that their 4 cheese mezzaluna with sausage: Fat city. I gained a total of about 1.5 lbs, and I’m pretty sure that was just from dinner.

I can’t stand high-fat now. It just doesn’t taste good to me. It was very difficult to get through the fat days, even harder than last time.

I think that the diet will be going more smoothly than it did last time, I know the drill. I’m going to try to mix up my dinners a little bit. I was kind of a one trick pony with my Citrus Chicken and Spinach last time. It actually got old after a while, even though it was tasty.

Day 24

Josh — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:11:35 +0000

I was down about a pound this morning when I weighed myself. It felt weird to not have to get up early this morning for my shot. I really hope to get below 180 before the end of the diet, only about a pound to go.

I’m feeling a little bit tired because of the lack of the hCG shot today, but that’s to be expected. I’m thinking these 3 days may be harder than the 2 fat days a the beginning of the diet. As the hCG goes out of my system, I’m thinking I may feel pretty hungry on 500 calories a day.

Well, I’m powering through anyway. No cheating, eating exactly what I need to.

I’m going shopping after work today to grab some meat and more veggies. I think I’ll pick up some beef instead of chicken this time.