First Day of the Rest of my LIFE??

So, I remember in my younger days when it was popular to go braless (foolish, but popular), someone told me that if you could hold a pencil under your breast, you should be wearing a bra ... does that mean if you can hold a pencil under your belly you darn well better start losing weight?? TMI I know, but even at 63 I don't find this acceptable and it certainly isn't healthy.

OK ... did two loading days and didn't actually gain weight, don't know why but this is the first day of the VLCD with the HCG. I did this a few months ago on my own, but this time I am involved in forums online and have support and encouragement rather than folks telling me I am on an anorexic diet.

This diet is not for the average person. If you thought Atkins, Weight Watchers, Jenny etc were tough, don't even think about doing this. You CANNOT cheat and get results, you MUST follow the protocol from beginning to end. There is tons of information at this website and many downloadable FREE books, recipes, success stories and more. This is where I found out that this is the actual plan/diet that Kevin Trudeau talks about in his book The Weight Loss Cure (no one wants you to know about)... and was started way before that. I do not do the injections which is mainly because I am a woosie girl, but can attest the drops under the tongue work also.

True ... it is only 500 calories a day, but when you look at 4 to 8 cups of veggies plus 8 ounces (or 200 grams) of chicken, beef, lobster, white fish AND two servings of fruit .. that is a lot of food!
On the right my cute little train will keep track of what is happening with my weight during this process. The VLC part only lasts 23 to 40 days, then you go on to different phases, coming back to this after around 6 weeks of stabilizing IF you need to lose more weight. I did lose 18 pounds on the last go round, but then vacationed, forgot about it and didn't pay attention ... gaining back about 8 pounds, so this time I will try my best to seek support from the other travelers on this journey and continue to post here even if I am the only one reading it, just to keep myself honest. Am also praying hard and long for myself for a change, as I know without His help, this is not going to work yet again and for my health and well-being, it must!

Off to the grocery store ...

No more promises ...

But I really would like to show up here more often ... I am starting, yet again, a diet this week and am thinking of embarrassing myself and becoming accountable by posting the day by days here ... lots of folks on the forum for this diet are doing that ... we'll see how brave I am. Have almost 50 pounds to lose .. lost some, gained some ... on and on ... really need to do something about it this time though! Will start on the weekend as there are a couple of challenges I don't need this week!




Very busy these days .... started playing Bells with a local group ... I'm just a newbie but the group is playing at nursing homes, assisted living places .. such as that. And I don't have to commit to be there every time as there are plenty of folks involved, so my travels won't hurt anyone. Also involved these days in Worship and Praise Dance so doing some rehearsing for that every week ... and another good reason to lose weight!

In a really great Bible study too with some wonderful ladies who love the Lord. We are studying about David with the help of Priscilla Shirer, Beth Moore and Kay Arthur ... three amazing women of faith.