The Waiting Game

Well, I went to my consultation for the hCG diet.  I will have to WAIT about a week before I start the injections.  The first three days I can eat like I regularly do.  Day four through fifty I can only have certain foods and only a total of 500 calories a day.  I will use this blog as a daily log of my weight and the food I eat.  I was told that if I stick to the diet that I should lose about 1/2 an pound to a pound a day.  I would be very happy to be down thirty pounds by the end of the 50 days.  I will take a six week break, then start again maybe with another fifty days or only 25 days depending on how much weight I lose.  During the six week break I can workout and eat more calories.  I am very anemic so that causing me to be very tired.  Iron levels should be about 60 and my are 13.  I am going to be taking iron and a multivitamin.  The hCG is infused with Vitamin B-12 to give me a little energy because I won't be taking in enough food for energy.  I won't write again until I start the injections...hopefully soon!    

New Road

I have been very busy with school and family.  I just have not had the energy to do anything other than homework and take care of the girls.  It is a vicious cycle...need to workout for energy, but no energy to workout.  It seems as though I cannot get a break.  For the last month at least one or both girls have been sick.  Every weekend for the last four months have been filled with family obligations and this weekend is no exception.  I am coming up to the end of the semester and Kayley gets out of school for the Summer at the end of May.  I am looking forward to the Summer off school.  Justin leaves for his internship in Oklahoma City mid May.  A Summer with the girls by myself all day everyday is going to be exhausting fun.  I am going to have a very structured day planned for the girls, especially Kayley.  She needs to be busy or she gets restless.  This Summer we are going to work on eating better, using our manners, and not talking back.  I am thinking about doing a chore/hygiene chart and also a chart for daily activities for visual aid.  I want to start going to church and get into a routine like what I used to have before going to school.  I need some major organization and motivation to keep the house clean and clutter free.  Wish me luck!! 

On to what this blog is really about...my weight loss.  So far I weigh the same 203.4 pounds that I have weighed for the last few months.  Come Monday I will start down a new road on my weight loss journey.  I am going to start the hCG diet.  I go in Monday for the consultation and I will know more details and learn just exactly what this diet entails.  I am excited and nervous at the same time.  I am so ready to have this weight off.  I am going to be very busy the next two weeks getting ready for Summer and I hope to be losing weight at the same time.  I will update the blog either Monday or Tuesday so stay tuned  :)