VLCD day 1 R1

Stats:
VLCD day 1 weight: 286.6 Lbs
BMI: 61.7%
Water: 27.9%

my first VLCD day is down!!! I felt so much better today than yesterday! I am a little hungry- have been periodically through out the day, but its nothing unmanageable, especially since drinking tea helps a lot! today I went out and bought latex gloves for handling my daughter's food- the crystal deodorant, which works by the way! dove soap, and clean and clear oil free face scrub.

ok so my total calories today came to 478. I had half an apple (sliced thinly to make me feel more full) took a nap, had another half an apple, 100g Chicken with salt and pepper, 1/2 cucumber peeled and sliced with red wine vinegar and salt, and for diner I had red onion and 100g beef 1 clove of garlic minced and crushed red pepper flakes which was AMAZING! For desert I blended 1/2 cup of strawberry's without their tops, 2 grams of fresh mint, 1/2 cup water(I didn't have ice) and liquid stevia and put it in the freezer...it was AMAZING!!!

well thats what I have to share today...I'm including something I posted on facebook because I had a lot of people either asking me about the HCG protocol or saying they were worried- So I wrote this to try and calm them and answer questions:

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OK so I am doing a diet called the HCG Protocol. It was created by Dr. Simeon In the 1950's- so its been around for a while.

HCG is a pregnancy hormone, although everyone, women and men have it in their systems anyway. When a woman becomes pregnant your HCG level increases day by day- its what the pregnancy tests check for in your urine.

This is why it is safe-

on a daily basis- pregnant women during their last few weeks of pregnancy (of which I have already been of course) have 3,640 - 117,000 mIU/ml of HCG coursing through them. Even when you first get pregnant you have 5 - 50 mIU/ml going through you, and that DOUBLES every 2 weeks!

With the Protocol I take a .3cc(150ui) injection once a day.

So its completely safe... The only health risks involved are from the dietary restrictions and there are ways to reduce even that. so I'll be fine!

How it works:

Dr.Simeon believes that there are 3 kinds of fat in the human body- Structural fat which your body needs for , you guessed it, structure. Normal fat- which is burned when you need energy, and abnormal fat- which is the extra fat that doesn't get burned and just sits on your body and gathers.

ok so what happens is-
for 23-43(depending on how much you want to lose) days I inject myself with the HCG. for the first 2 days I eat as much fatty foods as possible to replenish my normal fat stores. The reason behind this is when I go on the Very low calorie diet- that fat will help keep me energized and less hungry.

Ok so on the 3rd day I start the Very low calorie diet (VLCD). I am allowed 500 calories with restrictions on what foods I can actually eat and how much. So i'm not eating 500 calories of junk food a day- its healthy foods with little to no fats and oils. no sugars and no starches (high protein, low-carb). I continue with the VLCD for the 40 days(I'm doing the 43 injections) and 3 days after the injections stop.
I also have to be careful with handling other foods and also I have restrictions on make-up and anything else I put on my skin.

after I finish with the VLCD I can eat more calories and more food, just no sugars and no starches for 3 weeks- after that I can slowly add sugars and starches in small amounts, but I still have to watch what I eat.

After that I wait 6 weeks before I can start another round of HCG. I continue with the process until I've lost all the weight I want to lose.

With HCG it's possible to lose up to 2lbs a day. A DAY. mostly though women tend to lean more towards 1/2lb a day- and men more because they suck. You will also lose more weight the heavier you are, which makes me happy because in this first round I'm looking at losing about 25-40lbs! I will start seeing results by the end of the week...and by seeing I mean literally I will LOOK thinner. I should start losing today or tomorrow.

OK so YES you will lose weight if you JUST go on a 500 calorie diet without the HCG, BUT it would be mostly muscle because thats what your body targets first when it thinks you are starving. With HCG it Protects your muscle and TARGETS the abnormal fat stores. It also resets your hypothalamus gland (which controls your appetite) and that helps with the hunger you would normally feel on JUST a 500 calorie diet. It also helps you to keep the weight you lose off. You obviously still have to be careful with what you eat, but thats just a normal human thing that we all must learn.

There are a couple ways you can actually take HCG- Injections just suit me better.
You can do it sub-lingualy (hold it under your tongue for 15 mins then swallow), they have a homeopathic spray, and I've also read that they have a cream that you put on your wrist. Like I said though the injections just suit me better and I really don't even feel it.

Yes I could lose weight the "good old fashioned way" by eating less and healthier and exercising, but to be honest I've allowed myself to get so big that when I do exercise ( I swear I really do) I have a really hard time, and there is so much weight on my knees that they start to hurt and I end up not being able to walk without extreme pain for a day(ask mike who spends those days rubbing my knees for hours). I try and do at least 30 mins on the WII fit a day but even that can be a killer on my knees.

So my plan is to lose enough weight with HCG so that I can actually start walking like I used to and lose weight even more that way. I honestly will probably still do the HCG until I'm down to my goal weight.

I am very determined to do this diet- I 100% believe in it and myself. When I decided to do this...when I made this decision- something in me changed and I became so much more sure of myself. I am going to be thin by next year I promise you all that. I am not even going to say anything like "if this doesn't work" because IT WILL and I will be healthy and feel great and be able to do so many more things that thin people take for granted- like sliding down a slide with my daughter at the park without worrying the jungle gym will cave in beneath me.

So there is NOTHING anyone can say or do to dissuade me- you can all see for yourselves that I'm fine and it works when I am 20-40 lbs lighter by next month.

if anyone is interested in the diet now that you've read my info message me and I can give you the links to some sites. I would highly suggest anyone still doubting this to go on youtube and look up Mamaclok, Sheepra, delmem, sandrat6241, blondyjo99, and FictitiousMinds and look at their oldest video and compare it to their newest- ALL done with HCG. Mamaclok, sheepra and sandrat6241 are the most impressive in my opinion...

Loading day 2...UGH!

Stats:
Loading day 2 weight: 287.4 Lbs
BMI: 62.0%
Water: 27.7%


I have never been so disgusted with food in my life... I don't want to eat anymore, but I know that I need to cram because I just don't feel like I ate enough... I started feeling nauseous earlier and that didn't help at all :(

I am so excited about tomorrow! I have my meats all weighed and ready and I have a plan on what I'll make!

I was going to tell everyone what I ate on the loading days and the VLCD days but I think I'll just stick to the VLCD days. I'll also include how many calories I took in per day as well.

injection went very well today! It actually did sting a little after but I think that was because I put the alcohol pad on it right after...I dunno...

ok well I'm pretty sick right now so I'm going to keep this short...

Thanx!- Sasha

I did it!

OK first injection DOWN!!! I debated on when to do the injection because My schedule is so erratic, but I decided to do it at 5am...even if I have to wake myself up on the days my fiance isn't working...

I was so nervous about the new needle size- I was practicing on 5/16ths length and I now have to inject with 1/2 inch...I have to say it felt the same so I'm not scared anymore!

So its my first loading day...I got Dunkin' Donuts...Boston cream...my favorite...drinking coke because I was still unsure of when to do the injection so I didn't get the french vanilla coffee coolata I really wanted... I still have time lol I'll go back...

So I think the loading days will be hard because mentally I've committed to losing weight- so I've already started to try and eat better- which means that shoving my face full of fatty foods isn't exactly appealing right now... Oh well I'll deal!

I am actually nervous about getting pregnant on this. I totally want another child, but to be honest I think that pregnant women are incredibly beautiful, especially when they are thinner and thats what I want my next pregnancy to be. I mean with my daughter - you could definitely tell I was pregnant but I was still overweight. Funny thing is- my stomach was HUGE and they kept telling me I'd have a big baby (they also said that I had gestational diabetes but I don't think I did) but she was 5lbs 14 oz which , BTW is also the same weight I was when I was born. :)

I loved being pregnant too...I just want to take cute pictures...Its completely vain but to be honest I really don't care because I think I deserve to be a little vain after all the years I've spent feeling like shit about myself.

So anyway Here are my Loading day 1 stats: I'll also have all this and more in my vlog on youtube, username sgelinas87.

Loading day start weight: 286.0 Lbs (2lbs lighter than when I last weighed myself!)
BMI: 62.8%
Water: 27.1%

Measurements:

Neck- 16in
Left & Right Bicep- about 18in
Bust(over the biggest part of my boobs)- 54in
waist @belly button level- 49in
Hips- 57in
Right thigh-33 in
Left thigh-34in

Its scary and terrible how big I let myself get, but I'm doing something about it now and I won't allow myself to quit! I'll have pictures later when my fiance can help me take them lol!

Thanks- Sasha

PS- Extra special thank-you to my 1 follower Babiigirl5682 lol :)

Tomorrow's the day!

So excited! Tomorrows the big day! I got all my supplies and just got done mixing my bacteriostatic water and HCG for my first injection.

I took a look At the needles I'll be using to inject myself and whoo...Its a little daunting but I'm committed to this! I was practicing on myself with smaller needles so it was a little shocking to see the difference...I CAN DO IT though lol.

A friend I haven't seen in a long time called me and we made plans to do lunch at the Olive garden tomorrow, which is perfect because its a loading day and Olive Garden is my favorite restaurant EVER :). So at least I'll be able to enjoy that before I'm on the 500 calorie diet...I
have a cold though and things aren't tasting the same. I got Coke the other day for the first time in a while, so I could have that one last time, but for some reason it just doesn't taste the same.
I actually think that the loading days might be the hardest for me!

I meant to write two days ago and also yesterday, but I was having computer problems, and my dad had to come fix it :) But I'll be doing a vlog for youtube hopefully tonight, and another most definitely tomorrow. I'm so excited to do this!

I don't know about any one else but I find myself not telling very many people close to me about what I'm doing because I have a lot of people that would tell me I'm being stupid and "this isn't the way you should go about losing weight". I don't need that kind of negativity especially when I'm so pumped! I really only told the people that I knew wouldn't try and dissuade me from my choice.

I'm excited about doing the vlog as well, although I am a little nervous...when I was doing the meader and gelinas stuff on youtube I had my brother to kind of hide behind but now its all me- not to mention the fact that I'll be putting my weight, and fat pictures up for everyone to see! I feel vulnerable, but at the same time its more of a driver to keep up on this! I don't want to let people down as well as myself.

Plus if anyone has anything negative to say, they are stupid because I know I'm fat- its kinda obvious and I'm doing something about it! thats the reason for the vlog! So that comforts me a little. Anyway...I still have a few things I need to get straight about the diet but I'm on a yahoo group so I can ask the people on there.

Ok well I'm going to try and settle down a little- Super excited and antsy for tomorrow!

-Sasha

Hunger (pre-HCG)

Its amazing to me how hard it is to recognize being hungry and just wanting to eat. Your mind is so powerful it can make you imagine you are hungry, when really its just needing something else.

This is definitely why I'm overweight.

I don't know what makes my mind betray my body like that...obviously something I'm not dealing with emotionally...Its interesting for me though because I am just now starting to recognize it. Learning to recognize when I'm really hungry, rather than just thinking I am, is a tool that I'll be using throughout this journey, but also after I lose all I want to lose and trying to maintain a healthy weight.

My excitement over this whole protocol staggers me because I've truly never been this sure about something. I know that this is going to work for me...As soon as I accepted the fact that I am not going to allow myself to be fat anymore...it was like a weight was lifted off my shoulders (not literally unfortunately lol), but I could feel it...I don't care what I look like anymore because I know that whatever I look like right at this moment doesn't matter because I'm not going to look like this for much longer. I've committed to making this change for myself.

There will be no excuses, no leeway, no cheating, no bullshit! I will make this change and I will allow myself no less than exactly what I want.

I want to look good in clothing, I want to fit in to the clothes I dream of fitting into, I want to not feel self conscious every time I get a glimpse of myself in the mirror....I want to go to a store at Halloween and instead of bitching about how they never have any plus-sized sexy Halloween costumes- Buy one in a regular size and feel great about how sexy I'll look for Halloween(my favorite holiday). I want to eat in public without imagining that everyone is staring at me and thinking "She shouldn't be eating anything!". I want to see guys checking me out...hell I want to see girls checking me out!!! I want to go to the park with my daughter and go up on that jungle gym and slide down the slide with her worry free of getting stuck or breaking something. Most of all I want to go to my 10 year high school reunion and have every guy I ever had a crush on be staring at me and kicking themselves for not giving me a chance...

But most of all I want to feel like a human again...not some hideous monster...

Ok I'll stop ranting now...just a lot on my mind...I should have started blogging earlier in my life...its a huge stress release...maybe I'll start working on my book again (I'm a writer...kinda)


Ok have a great day!

My very first post (pre-HCG)

One day, sick of my body, and lack of self control, I decided to look up the Beverly Hills diet online...not able to find very much, I turned to youtube where, as I searched I came across the HCG diet. as I watched videos from Delmem and Mamaclok, I became sure that this was the diet for me. So after a lot of research I ordered my supplies and everything is on its way!

I really 100% believe that this will work for me, and have decided to blog about it so other people, who want to lose weight too, can read about my journey. I joined a yahoo group, and have talked to a few people on there, but I found myself writing novel long e-mails to people because I was so desperate to share how excited I am.

So I'm going to try and keep up on this blog- I've never really been able to keep up on stuff like this but I've also never been this excited and sure of something! So I know that I haven't even started the HCG yet (hopefully it will be here in the next week!) but if anyone has any questions please feel free to ask.

I'm also going to try and find a webcam so I can start a Youtube vlog. I had a channel with my brother (meaderandgelinas) but that was more silly stuff...This will be for my weight loss journey as well. I'll have pictures and measurements as soon as my stuff gets here and I'll try to be as detail oriented as I can be!

I got a lot of my information from youtube, mostly from Delmem and mamaclok. Although there are many others on there who are awesome and informative as well. I ordered a kit (very cheap!) from delmem, and his videos have a lot of great recipe ideas.
I also got recipes and information from fellow bloggers!

I ordered my HCG itself from alldaychemist.com because they were the absolute cheapest!
I am also using calorieking.com to count my calories for the VLCD.