Day 20

YEAH! I lost 2 lbs yesterday! I am down to 179.8. Now I'm going to take a few days off and gear up for my next 20 day cycle. I have lost 15 lbs so far, and I only have 5 more to go before I get to buy Dance Dance Revolution!

I was getting really discouraged, but this is what makes it all worth it! I will take my measurements on Monday, and hopefully I've lost some major inches!

Day 19

So...I'm almost done with my first round, and feeling REALLY discouraged. I did not lose any weight yesterday......and I did a steak and apple day. Maybe my steak wasn't big enough? It was actually a little on the small side and thin cut. I don't know. I'm sure I should be grateful I didn't gain any weight. But I starved and was grumpy with my family for no reason. I have 1.8 lbs. to go before I will feel OK about this first round.
Maybe I won't take a break between my first 20 and second 20. I have lost a total of 12.4 lbs since I started this diet. Lots of other people would have lost around 15-20 lbs by now....a pound a day. While I'm feeling better about the way I look and really happy to see the scale numbers dropping, I wish they would continue to drop.

Weight today: 181.8 lbs.

Day 18

I only dropped .2 lbs yesterday......I guess today will be a steak and apple day, with some crystal light to help me (I'm not drinking enough water, I'm sure).

Day 17

My scale says I lost .8 lbs yesterday, but my pants are still fitting pretty well. I'm not exactly sure what to make of that. My bra fits better, there's not so much fat under my arms, but my waist seems to be getting bigger? I can't quite tell. My skinny pants were really baggy for a few days, and now they are back to being tight....I did wash them...but they should have stretched a little by now. I guess we'll see..maybe I'll use a different scale.

Day 16

Today is February 23rd and I'm on Day 16 of my HCG diet. I lost 1 lb. yesterday:::YEAH!!!!

Austin's team won their Futsal game last night-it was fun to watch him. I haven't been able to see him play because they play so late at night and everyone else needs to get to bed.

Yesterday was a horrible day at work....it's hard being the middle man between your clients and another company. Their software went down, and while the software company was trying to get everything up and running, our clients don't understand we have no control over what the software company does. Hopefully today will be better.

The only thing I REALLY dislike about this diet is that I am always so tired....I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, but I sleep like the dead every night, and I could take a nap every day around 3:00 PM.

Day 14 and 15

I was so frustrated yesterday I couldn't even blog (and we told our children no electronic devices, and that also meant we couldn't be on the computer!!). I gained .6 lbs. on Saturday AND I DIDN'T EVEN CHEAT!!! It seems that on the days I'm cheating I lose weight (not that I cheat much, it might just be an extra piece of bread or something).

Today I have lost .4 lbs, so I still weigh more than I did on day 13. But I still lost.

Let's look at the positive things:::I wore a skirt to church that I hadn't worn in 6 months, and that felt awesome! And Kelly still tells me he can see I'm losing weight.

I took my measurements this morning and I think I need to start having someone else do it.

I lost 2 1/4 in. from my chest, 3/4 in from my rear, 1 in from my stomach and my hips grew 2 1/4 in? I just don't think that's correct.

Oh well....today will be a better day!!!!!