Article 19: Still Going on the HCG Diet

By Amelia Handley

Well...today is Day 7 of my HCG weightloss system (if you count the loading days at the beginning of the diet). I'm doing pretty good. I've lost a total of 6 pounds since the diet began. So that's pretty dang close to the promised 1 to 2 pounds per day average.

I got up this morning and weighed myself and found I'd gone down again. Yesterday I went up one pound. Today I'm weighing in at 162. So that's nice. I went up a pound yesterday, but today I'm down two. So it's almost like I didn't go up yesterday at all. At least that's what I'm telling myself! And now I'm at the one pound a day average.

I took the HCG and my B-Total that came with my HCG weightloss system first thing after I weighed myself. (I've been keeping my scale right underneath my bed because my 9 year old daughter started to get obsessed with weighing herself throughout the day. I didn't like her sweet little self to worry about her weight so I hid the scale). I'm not sure if that was a logical reaction or not, but it just seemed like she SO didn't need to worry about it; especially since she's an adorable, skinny little thing.

So obviously I didn't plan to keep the scale under the bed for convenience sake, but I have to say it's totally convenient! It works perfectly for me. I pull it out in the morning to get my weight and write it down and then I put it away. So far I've remembered to weigh myself everyday and I think that's pretty impressive. I'm normally the type of person that forgets stuff like that so go ahead and give me a quick round of applause.

So at lunch I took the HCG and then prepared one of the cookbook's recipes: Turkey Burgers. The ingredients were ground turkey, green onions and seasonings. And something about the combo was just perfect once it was done and I wrapped it in lettuce leaves instead of the traditional bun. If you're thinking about trying the recipes...this is a good one to start with. It was absolutely easy and tasted great. It was my protein and vegetable. Then I added Melba Toasts and a grapefruit and I was all done for lunch.

I remembered to take my HCG before I started dinner. I had the last of my leftover chili with some crackers and an apple. I made the kids something else and it was kind of funny because they both wanted my chili. I, of course, would only share a bite because I couldn't have anything else. So I'll have to make it again next week and make enough for them to have some, too. Apparently that's going to be a new family staple. - 17268

About the Author:

Amelia Handley studied exercise science in college with a minor in Nutrition. Yet she still found herself veering from diet to diet in order to control her weight. With HCG Diet Direct she's found a program that allows her to combine her desire to control her own body weight with her education and not feel off balance.