Losing It

I'm not as fat as I used to be. Still fatter than I want and plan to be, though; but, for now, I'm celebrating my success.

In March (the 11th, to be exact) I began the HCG Diet. I would say it's kind of a fad diet, but it has been around, supposedly, for 50 years. Some acquaintenaces have successfully "done it," so I thought I would try it. I tried the South Beach Diet a few years ago and lost a good amount of weight on that, but I gained most of it back.

I've been overweight for years--I don't want to think how many--and I just got tired of carrying all of that excess weight around. Really tired of it. I hated the way I looked, quite frankly. I committed myself to taking action. So, I bought the under-the-tongue drops (many self-administer injections, but I chose another route) and then read about the diet. Had I read all of the specifications first, I might not have bought the drops. It took me a full month to talk myself into starting the program. Meanwhile, I read the book WILLPOWER IS NOT ENOUGH. I must say that "willpower is NOT enough!"

It's a "simple" diet, but it ain't easy. At least, not at first. I had to change many, many things besides the kinds and amounts of food I ate. I had to realize that I couldn't eat in social settings while I was on the first phase of the diet (which lasts anywhere between 23 and 45 or so days).

I stayed on the first phase for 33 days and lost 27 pounds. Then, I began a maintenance phase which lasted 6 weeks. I lost another 6 pounds. (The diet "rules" say that you're not supposed to gain or lose more than 2 pounds while on "maintenance," but I didn't care how much I lost.) I'm back on the first phase and have been for 27 days with another 18 or so to go. In total, I've lost 44 pounds, 5.5 inches off my waist (yes, I do count the .5 inch) and am down 3 pant sizes. I feel GREAT!!! I'm hungry a lot of the time, but the hunger abates from time to time. Who's complaining when I'm losing???