I woke up this morning and started doing the math in my head. I have reached day 23!! The end! WOW what an amazing journey! I have lost a total of 19.5 pounds. I have yet to take my measurements. However, I know that my body has definately changed. My pants fit loose and I can see a huge difference  in how my shirts fit and sit on my body.
I am now officially into Phase 3. So still eating 500 calories, but I can now eat any fruit and veggie that I want. No sugar  and no starches. I can do that!!
 
Hope that you have enjoyed this journey as much as I have!

Well Happy St. Patricks Day to all. Unfortunetly there will be no green beer or green eggs and ham for me today.
This past weekend I have to admit that I cheated on my diet. It was one of those days that my schedule was completely thrown off and I was not prepared. I did notice that it threw off my weight loss substantially. I gained 1 pound the second day and day three after the "big cheat" I didnt lose anything at all. Today was the first day that I was able to see loss again! I am back on track! 1 1/2 more weeks to go! I am excited.
As I am seeing the beginning of the end, I am starting to make my exit plan. I will follow phase 3 and phase 4 protocol. I know that if I dont, this past month of dieting will have been in vain. My plan includes the use of a free month at a local Ladies Only fitness franchize. Then I am going to get back on the hCG diet in the month of May. If my math is correct I will be close to my ending goal weight by the end of May.! That is just so exciting for me! I know that I can get through these next few weeks and months just knowing that my goal is within reach!.

As I am finishing up the second week of the hcg diet, I am starting to see that I am in the home stretch.I have had some ups and downs this week.. I am not seeing the weight drop off like I would like to.. BUT I am still seeing a difference. There have been so many days lately that I have just wanted to cheat. I have thought every possible thing that I would want to eat. However, I have remained strong.This week I am going to focus on getting over this hump and getting some real results in the next 2 weeks. I am down 12.8 lbs as of this morning. Not shabby for 2 weeks worth of dieting. However.. Not what I would like it to be! SO .. I need to figure out how to get off this plataeu that I am on and bust it out!!

Here we are at day 8! I have reached my first "milestone" 10 pounds! I will honestly say that I am glad that I weigh myself every day and see action. This has been a tough week. I have craved everything in the book. Last night it was mexican. I have a really good salad that I make. Sweet Pork Salad!! MMMM soo good. But its not anything that comes close to the hCG diet. So after I kept repeating my montra, "nothing tastes as good as it feels to be thin!" Its working. 10 pounds! Thats not bad for the first 8 days. I am just hoping that I can get to my goal! It a fun journey.My favorite part of this journey is being creative. I have the fortunate ablilty to be a pretty good cook. I am creative and like to make up new recipes. So making sure that I am keeping a decent balance and diversity of food makes it alot easier! I found a new product today it was a Rotisserie Chicken flavored spice shaker. I am looking forward to that!! I do love some nice roasted chicken!!I think that this is the end of the hard part, mentally. I know that I can keep going and do this!! 

I woke up this morning in my usual manor. Used the bathroom and jumped on the scale. 6.2 POUNDS!!! How awesome does that feel?! I really see how well this is working so quickly! I have always heard that you should only weigh yourself once a week when dieting. I , however, feel that while on the hCG Diet, its always good to weigh yourself once a day. Its best to do this first thing in the morning right after you get up. I believe that seeing day to day progess really makes it all the more real for a me!I will be honest. I struggled yesterday. I had a hard time eating all 500 calories. I just wasnt hungry. I have been drinking close to a gallon of water every day. Water is a known appetite supressor. hCG is the same. It also acts as an appetite supressor. So between the two, I didnt want to eat. I know that my body needs the calories so I had to force myself to eat dinner last night at 7:30. Only for the calories. I know that seems strange. This is such a low calorie diet and yet not wanting to eat seems so far fetched! I am a bigger girl and I love to munch. I have not been feeling the need or desire to munch as one would think. I am looking forward to seeing where I am at on Friday, which will be the 1 week mark. So far so good!! I am happy!