DAY #5:

Well, yesterday was an interesting day. I had to teach a spin class last night and also my 8 a,m. "30 Minute Miracle." All those extra calories burned needed some extra fuel. One of my doctor friends who specializes in utilizing hcg as a weight loss product for his patients told me about one of his male clients. This client also burned alot of extra calories and would eat some "extra" to make up for the deficit he so drastically burned while in hcg. He still lost all the weight he wanted to! I thought I would experiment with myself yesterday so I ate a "Humphrey Yogart." An amazing, yet very low fat yummy frozen yogurt with bananas, strawberries, pineapple and granola and a drizzle of honey. I stil lost weight! Wahoo! Today, I lifted weights and did the new, amazing DVD, "Brazil Butt Lift." Intense, but more like body sculpting. Also, Dr. Simeons says occasionally you can trade out 100 grams (1/2 cup) of lowfat, skim milk cottage cheese as your other protein. I did that tonight since I didnt have anything else on hand. Hope it works in the morning! Made the kids a yummy chicken sausage pasta tonight and did have a couple bites. We'll see if I created a big enough deficit in calories burned to make up for it. Until tomorrow...night night!

Woke up with the Scripture in my head found in Psalm 144-last verse, "Happy (blessed, fortunate, to be envied) is the man or woman whose God is the Lord (Boss)." Lord does mean Boss and I want Him to be the Boss of my life.
I thanked my body out loud today for being so great and resilient and a true Gift to me. I told my body how I appreciated it. This may sound cooky to alot of people but how many times a day do we speak negative or think negative to and about ourselves and think nothing of it? Why not change that around and begin to speak-audibly, life giving words to ourselves? We wonder why we can't get along with people let alone even like them. It's because of the lack of love we have for ourselves. The all wise words of Jesus to "love our neighbor as we (in the same way) love ourselves." Not possible if there is no love for ourselves to start with. And that's not possible until we are in a loving, right relationship with God.
When these words take root in our hearts and grow-we will CHANGE.

Amazing how a few extra pounds will cause my knees to ache and swell and my face, fingers and body feel puffy. I don't want to do that to myself anymore. Refined sugar and artificial food is evil-literally. Poison to our bodies. No more.

I am so looking forward to the first good drop tomorrow yet thankful for a great, overcoming day!
Good night, blog world!

Well, I haven't been in blogging land for quite some time now!
Just heard a very inspiring message about the power of our thoughts and words. I will only look forward and profess for 2012 that:

"My body weighs what it should.
I am God's creation.
I am WHOLE: spirit, soul and body.
I am filled with the joy of the Lord and live in contentment no matter the circumstances.
I love God with ALL my heart, soul, mind and strength (body) and so therefore, my words are like the Proverbs 31 woman where the "law of kindness was found on her lips."
I am prosperous, blessed, healthy, thin and live in the favor of God!
I live a disciplined, balanced life and possess self control in abundance.
I am a Godly woman, not an emotional one.
My body is God's temple and I love, cherish and nourish it, and am so thankful for it.
Every inch of my body lives in absolute health.
I will lose this weight now, without difficulty and forever keep it off.
My body cannot keep one excess pound on it!
My body craves the proper nourishment and has no tolerance for any garbage.
My appetite is healthy and normal and I feed most importantly on the Word of God.
I am satisfied and find my worth and delight in Father God: not food, people (or their opinions-good or bad), possessions, my size or my accomplishments.
I am a soul-winner and effective in the Kingdom of God!
I have and walk in power, love and a sound mind.
I have more than enough and lack no good thing.
I enjoy a fantastic marriage, influencing and helping many others enjoy the same.
I am a loving, kind, thoughtful wife and a wise, nurturing and confident mother.
What's important to God is what's important to me."

I am sure I will add to this declaration in later posts but for now, I encourage any reader to declare what they desire instead of speaking the negative. Profess into the atmosphere your desired future, not your regrets of the past!

143.4 Lbs.

Well, Hallelujah! That stubborn weight gain finally came off! I took a little more Hcg yesterday which I have found to be helpful when you have a stall.

Even though I am such a numbers oriented goal girl, last night was my last dose of Hcg. I am coming off despite my 3.4 pounds to go. It's all good, though, because I am desperately needing some cooking time in my kitchen as I am preparing maintenance foods for my wonderful clients and experimenting myself for the holidays! Size 4 Joe's jeans is just fine with me-Ha! Hopefully, some more will still come off in these last 3 days of being on the VLCD.

3 days still on the VLCD left to go with today as Day 1. I have failed in the past by experiencing weight gain by not sticking to this rule of staying on the VLCD for 3 days after taking the HCG. It is crucial as it is still in your system.

It amazes me how this diet works. I met with a client yesterday who didn't drop a huge amount from the scale in 40 days but it hugely came off in her inches! She went from a size 10 to a size 4 and lost 21 1/2 inches in 40 days! WOW! We must remind ourselves often that Dr. Simeons' manual is called "Pounds AND Inches." It is both! What you may not see on the scale in numbers, you will see in inches! That's the proof in the pudding, folks!

146 Pounds

Whaaat the heck? Don't have a CLUE what's going on! Taking a full ml. this morning of HCG. Was diligent yesterday to get all my water in and did a 20 minute power walk with high knees in the Publix parking lot in the rain! Not happy about this weight gain...