Nothing Tastes as Good as Skinny Feels

I heard that in another group and wow it is so true. I have been craving buttery popcorn like crazy. It just sounds good. Im not hungry most of the time. I think the HCG shots help with the hunger. I do have some aching in my rib area and dont know if that is a result of anything or maybe just cause its cold here in Missouri.

I woke up to a nice surprise on the scale. 10# lost total as of this morning. Pretty excited about that.

Husband has been repeating very negative stuff about everything I cant do.

"Oh you can have your Italian Christmas Eve with the kids" or "we wont be able to go to Italy next year cause you wont be able to eat"

But my daughter and I did the figures and by then I can do another round of the HCG injections and start on Christmas Eve and that will start my loading phase. So a big raspberry to him. I will have my cake and eat it too lol. Its not cake I will want but a piece of lasagna. Im the bomb with my Italian heritage and my lasagne.

Why when people know you are trying to change YOUR lifestyle they think they have to remind you all the things you cant do. How about lets talk about all the stuff maybe I will be able to do. Hmmmm theres a thought.

So my mantra will be from now on "Nothing Tastes as Good as Skinny Feels"
and looking forward to all the things I can do and not limit myself to what I cant do.

O and buttery popcorn with salt does sound yummy still but upside my package of Grissini breadsticks should be arriving soon......Whoot!

Recipes

Looking for some recipes. So alot of this is for my reference really.So bear with me. But if anyone has anymore I would like them.

Found one to make onion soup. So that will be lunch tommorow.

Onion Soup

french onion soup...just caramelize your onion in a dry nonstick pan, deglaze with water and cook down again, repeat three times. Add water and salt to soup consistency.

Broiled Grapefruit
Broiled grapefruit with cinnamon and stevia. Seperate fruit from pulp, top with cinnamon and stevia and broil.


Basic Country Mustard (to go with cabbage)

2 tablespoons yellow mustard seeds -- coarsely ground
1/4 cup brown or yellow mustard powder
1/4 cup cold water
2 tablespoons white wine vinegar -- or cider vinegar
1 teaspoon salt

Grind the mustard seeds to the texture you desire. Mix the mustard powder and ground seeds with the water. Let sit for 10 minutes. Add the vinegar and salt; blend well. Refrigerate overnight before using.



I will be trying these tommorow. Wish me luck and no gas :P

And to crack you up. All I can say is whoa! That is one flexible big boy :)

7.8 Pounds Off

Coulda peed my pants if I was wearing any lol. Pretty excited when I saw 3 more pounds off today. So that made my day and it just started. A friend said it was probably just water weight. Hey I dont care what it is Im ok with it. Ok here we go the funny for today:

I thought I was taking a picture and it was on video. I made some spicey chicken with tomatoes. Yummy. This ones a keeper. Rep pepper flakes garlic to cook the cubes of chicken. Cook with small amount of water until water dissolves. In meantime slice two roma tomatoes season with salt and cilatro and add to chicken and heat just until warm. Use spices to taste. I used alot of red pepper and I was on fire but I enjoyed it very much. Thank goodness for the allowable melba toast. Once despised now is a godsend :)



Yummy dinner. Couldnt wait to eat lol. Im kinda hungry at moments then not at all at others. So shrimp grilled with onions. Bad breath yeah! Cut up grapefruit with stevia. Checking out recipes for grapefruit now(get a life :P)

Almost let someones else issues become mine tonight. But I overcame it. Wasnt going to let them get under my skin and cause me to do something I would regret later. Besides I have an appointment with my scale in the morning.

Day 4....Whoot!

Well woke up to a nice surprise. Lost 4.2 pounds in 4 days. Nice surprise after a rough night. Last night was the first night of cooking for the family while maintaining a 500 calorie diet. I wasnt hungry so that wasnt the problem. But putting the guy's leftovers away were a killer. Very much a psychological trip. So I decided to pitch the unnecessaty items. Imagine a green bean being tempting ugh! Today is our usual sunday afternoon dinner during the football game. Roast, potatoes, carrots, biscuits and gravy. Well I didnt eat that. I did have a 100 g of the roast along with cucumbers and a few slices of apple left over from breakfast. Im not hungry though I thought the cresent rolls would have been good with some cinnamon, sugar and some butter before rolling them up. My husband tried to nab one of my cucmber slices and I was like NO! lol. Decided it was too difficult to shoot my own ass with the shot so I will try a different site tommorow.
I am not saying this is easy but I think it wil be worth it. I am not asking my family to change there lifestyle as I feel it was my choices in that I gained weight as well it will be my choices to become healthier. I do just hope they are considerate and realize how difficult it is. And maybe help out more when it comes to the cleaning up with the leftovers. I just dont think they realize the temptation. But nothing has crossed these lips that arent supposed to.
Dinner 12 shrimp(100 g) cooked with red pepper flakes garlic(boiled) over a bed of romaine with salt pepper and some lemon juice. Need to find a dressing recipe I can eat. Half grapefruit with stevia and a melba toast.
I cant belive how much I have to pee!

The funny for today:

Cucumber Recipes

Mostly this is for my reference but Im trying this soon.

Funny for now:





copy and paste cause it wont add link http://hcgrecipes.blogspot.com/search/label/cucumbers

Day 3.............The Rubber Hit's the Road

Well today it was official. The 500 calorie part of the treatment. I have read so much but its kinda confusing sometimes keeping up with all the people who have are more familiar with the plan. Woke up not hungry. Really am not hungry at all. I am peeing more. Whatever. Went to the grocery store to pick up last minute items. Melba toast yummy lol (not really) Bought myself little ziplocs so I could portion size ahead of time. 100 g's of meat is a little. But 2 cups of celery is huge lol. Made a romaine salad with an attempt to make a dressing that was too vinegar'y but I ate it anyway. Cut up a green apple with cinnamon, not bad And grilled a tinee weenee steak. Trimmed without any fat. I was full imagine that. Couldnt finish my apple. Discovered hot tea again. Found some flavored with cinnamon, not bad. Dinner chicked salad cant wait :)

Dinner was pretty good.Chicken cut in chunks, boiled with red pepper flakes and garlic. Put it on a bed of lettuce and used some lemon juice for a dressing. Baked my apple with stevia and cinnamon. Im clueless on the melba toast does two halves equal the one toast they are talking about? And does anyone know how to put one of those tickers on my page?

Nude Pictures.......Ah the Thought

So daughters idea to take pictures on a weekly basis. We decided same clothes even down to the underwear. Im going to take them with and without clothes on. Agast! Will post the pictures with clothes after the first course is over.

So many questions I still need to ask about this diet. AH! Information overload. Well going to eat something before the big day tommorow.

Funny for today :)

Miss Mary's Rantings: Weird Way to Start But Hey.............

Miss Mary's Rantings: Weird Way to Start But Hey.............

Weird Way to Start But Hey.............

So today was the first day on the HCG diet plan. So weird. The first two days you are to totally pig out. Yes thats what I said pig out like there is no tommorow. So as hard as it was I ate chineese for lunch. Followed by a quikie fries and a coke on the way home. Then for dinner. Fried pork chops, mashed potatoes and gravy and green beans cooked with bacon. Weird I tell you. Had to give myself my first injection which scared me at first. I was tripping for real. So at 8 am on the dot came to use my first needle. The booger didnt hurt one bit. I was shocked. Inserted it in the abdomen. Whoa! So stopped by walmart and the office supply because the diet plan is super strict. Have to weigh that food to the gram for it to be effective 100%.So I bought a letter scale to get it to the millicent of a gram. And a brand new digital scale to put my fat butt on. Needless to say I didnt like what it said back to me. Ouch! For more info on the diet here is a good link:
http://hcgdietinfo.com/

Thing's Are Looking Up.

I truly feel like I have been reborn. Maybe its because I feel hope once again with the weight loss. Today I have committed to a program. More like a cure. Funny to say that word. Cure. Cure for my fattness. I dont think alot of people realize just how much being overweight consumes someone's mind. I am thinking of it almost continually. Constantly trying to walk around sucking my tummy in, wondering how I look in other peoples eyes etc etc. I went of all places to one of those homeopathic(spelling sucks)nurses. I have a friend who I hadnt seen in a little bit over a month. I was like omg. She lost so much weight. So she told me the secret. 500 calories and its the HCG diet. Very strict but she lost 30 pounds in 40 days. It was astonishing. Its hard the first week she say's But hey what do I have to loose.In relaity 100 pounds of flab. So cheers to me. I have bought my groceries. Though they be few lol. I decided heck why spend 17,000 dollars on lap band when I can spend half that on a boob job and tummy tuck when I loose the weight. Cheers to me. Keeping my fingers crossed and praying :)