47 days on HCG
31.2 pounds lost
From size 16 to size 11
28 inches lost over my whole body!
7 inches alone came off my lower abs
4 off my belly
4.5 off my upper abs
4 off my hips/bum
and 1-3 inches everywhere else.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
HCG is complete
So, I hit a rough patch and stopped loosing. You're only supposed to do 40 days on the HCG but was told to go until the weight stopped coming off. Yesterday was my last day. I'm going to switch over to another program and be done before Thanksgiving. Here are my results:
47 days on HCG
31.2 pounds lost
From size 16 to size 11
28 inches lost over my whole body!
7 inches alone came off my lower abs
4 off my belly
4.5 off my upper abs
4 off my hips/bum
and 1-3 inches everywhere else.
I say that was a success! Woohoo! I am now starting to fit into a couple things that I was wearing when I got married. I'm loving it! Now I can't eat startch or sugar for 3 weeks but can eat anything else. This PH Miracle plan that I'm going to start starts with a two week liquid feast so at the end of next week I will start that. Since the liquid feast consists of no starch I can overlap it with this last HCG phase. It's gonna be awesome!
47 days on HCG
31.2 pounds lost
From size 16 to size 11
28 inches lost over my whole body!
7 inches alone came off my lower abs
4 off my belly
4.5 off my upper abs
4 off my hips/bum
and 1-3 inches everywhere else.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Injuries and ... blogging about weight(?)
First, Joey seems to have just gone through an injury phase. He's smashed his head, stubbed his toe, fallen, and run into things all over the place. There were two big injuries, though. On Friday night something possessed him to jump off the top bunk. He fractured his foot. Lucky we were able to show it to a retired chiroprator in our ward, he told us what was up and what to do. No cast was necessary. This was a huge relief: no ER visit, no bills. Then, on Tuesday we were getting out of the car and I got out this little stroller and told him to climb on while I got Daniel out of the car. Next thing I know, Joey's screaming. I guess the stroller wasn't all the way open. He had put his hand on the side and sat down, pinching his hand into a part of the stroller as it closed. The palm of his hand was firmly stuck in there with way more skin than the gap had room for. I tried to get him up and close it to let his hand loose, but he decided to yank it out, tearing the skin. It was not a pretty wound, and he was not a happy boy for a very long time. We wrapped his hand with gauze and taped it and it's doing better. The first day he couldn't really use his hand (the right one). But now he is walking, and running (with a promt "NO RUNNING" from us), and using his hand better. Daniel decided join the fun and climb the high chair and fall off, he had an immediate dent on his head, and now a bruise, but it's not too bad.
So ...
Well, I've never blogged about my weight, but here I go. My new year's goal this year was to finally get it taken care of, forever. I tried many things and nothing worked, dang it! Anyway, then Nate figured out that I had algea in my body. We got rid of it and 6 lbs fell off. By this time, it was the end of August, and I was very grateful for that 6 pounds, but things had to go faster! Then, my visiting teacher told me about something she had just finished and had lost 40 lbs in 40 days. Crazy I know. I asked my kinesioligist about it and she knew of it, said it was safe and worked very well. I did tons of research, including reading the doctors manuscript and started on Sep 6th. You take HCG and gorge for two days, with as much of the fatiest foods possible. This opens your fat cells and gets them active. Then on day three you cut down to 500 calories, and keep taking HCG. Your body feeds off of the open fat cells. This actually consumes the artificial fat reserves and restores the natural fat reserves. Oddly, natural fat reserves are depleted in the overweight specimen :). The food options are slim, but after a few days all cravings are gone and my desire for food died out. The first week was easy and I felt great, then week two got bad. I had some very rough days, some where I made mistakes and gained, but more where I was emotional. But, I've come out of it and I am very excited now! I plan to reach my goal by Oct 31, which will give me time to do the 3 week 2nd phase and be eating normal by Thanksgiving. I have lost 16.5 lbs since the 8th (22 days). I have 46 pounds left and I am aiming high! I feel really good, have normal energy, and just have to remind myself that none of that delicious is going to disappear off the face of the planet! I will be able to eat it again. I'm amazed that close to a month is past and, starting tomorrow, I will have only one month left! So all my many faithful fans and cheerleaders ...
... sit back and watch me shrink.
Update: as of Oct 7th, I've lost 23 pounds! woo hoo! I have 41 to go.
So ...
Well, I've never blogged about my weight, but here I go. My new year's goal this year was to finally get it taken care of, forever. I tried many things and nothing worked, dang it! Anyway, then Nate figured out that I had algea in my body. We got rid of it and 6 lbs fell off. By this time, it was the end of August, and I was very grateful for that 6 pounds, but things had to go faster! Then, my visiting teacher told me about something she had just finished and had lost 40 lbs in 40 days. Crazy I know. I asked my kinesioligist about it and she knew of it, said it was safe and worked very well. I did tons of research, including reading the doctors manuscript and started on Sep 6th. You take HCG and gorge for two days, with as much of the fatiest foods possible. This opens your fat cells and gets them active. Then on day three you cut down to 500 calories, and keep taking HCG. Your body feeds off of the open fat cells. This actually consumes the artificial fat reserves and restores the natural fat reserves. Oddly, natural fat reserves are depleted in the overweight specimen :). The food options are slim, but after a few days all cravings are gone and my desire for food died out. The first week was easy and I felt great, then week two got bad. I had some very rough days, some where I made mistakes and gained, but more where I was emotional. But, I've come out of it and I am very excited now! I plan to reach my goal by Oct 31, which will give me time to do the 3 week 2nd phase and be eating normal by Thanksgiving. I have lost 16.5 lbs since the 8th (22 days). I have 46 pounds left and I am aiming high! I feel really good, have normal energy, and just have to remind myself that none of that delicious is going to disappear off the face of the planet! I will be able to eat it again. I'm amazed that close to a month is past and, starting tomorrow, I will have only one month left! So all my many faithful fans and cheerleaders ...
... sit back and watch me shrink.
Update: as of Oct 7th, I've lost 23 pounds! woo hoo! I have 41 to go.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Labor Day Weekend
We had a great weekend! I wish I had a camera! Some families in our ward, the Sorensons and the Wayments, invited us to go camping with them. Their kids are all 5-13 and they love to play with Joey and Daniel. They lent us a tent and sleeping bags, and fed us. It was awesome and we are so grateful! We went up Beaver canyon. On Saturday we went fourwheeling to the summit of the mountain we were on, at 12,000 feet. It was an awesome view. We had so much fun fourwheeling. Joey loved it, especially when things got rocky, he would laugh really hard. Once his helmet fell off and he talks about that and the bumps all the time. We were surprised that he was even willing to get on! We came home Saturday, while they all stayed through labor day.
On Labor day we went to the Iron County Fair. We went to the petting zoo, which the boys loved. I literally had to drag Daniel away from the pigs: he clenched onto the fence and gritted his teeth and wouldn't let go. We looked at the displays, and I thought my mom was WAAAAAYYYY better than all but one the the award winning paintings. The sewing wasn't very good, the drawings were a little bit decent, and the photography was so-so. Nate and I determined that we could win a few prizes next year if we wanted to. We also went to a car and tractor show and watched a horse race! Then we went to eat at this little burger shop in Parowan, where the fair was. Joey had a pizza stick and dipped it in the fry sauce, took a bite, and made a face. Nate said "that looks like it was kind of gross" and Joey said "No, it wasn't kind of gross ... it was GROSS." hehe. Then we went grocery shopping and came home and watched Speed Racer.
Nate's back at school today, I'm doing some major madness, and we are going to start potty training Joey tomorrow!
On Labor day we went to the Iron County Fair. We went to the petting zoo, which the boys loved. I literally had to drag Daniel away from the pigs: he clenched onto the fence and gritted his teeth and wouldn't let go. We looked at the displays, and I thought my mom was WAAAAAYYYY better than all but one the the award winning paintings. The sewing wasn't very good, the drawings were a little bit decent, and the photography was so-so. Nate and I determined that we could win a few prizes next year if we wanted to. We also went to a car and tractor show and watched a horse race! Then we went to eat at this little burger shop in Parowan, where the fair was. Joey had a pizza stick and dipped it in the fry sauce, took a bite, and made a face. Nate said "that looks like it was kind of gross" and Joey said "No, it wasn't kind of gross ... it was GROSS." hehe. Then we went grocery shopping and came home and watched Speed Racer.
Nate's back at school today, I'm doing some major madness, and we are going to start potty training Joey tomorrow!
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Joey's 3rd Birthday
I can't believe Joey is already 3. I wish I could just stop time and love my boys how they are right now, forever! He seems so grown up. He's talking amazingly now. He likes to use the word "just" (I'm just playing with my toys") and "I'd better" (Mama, I'd better call Grandma, or The cars in your room Mama I'd better go get it). He loves to play with Daniel, but is starting to get possesive of stuff. He sings all the time and has an amazing memory. He especially likes "I like it, I love it", a country song, and everyday asks if he can listen to "Teddy Bear" because the song say teddy bear in it. He also loves these veggie tales cds we got, he calls the veggie tale "m&ms". He often asks to cuddle, could play with cars all day everyday, and likes to go places in the car. Happy Birthday Joey! I'm so glad to have you! I'm so grateful to have Joey in my life ... I don't think I ever knew true joy until I had children and he is so much fun!
His birthday was a little more fun this year since Joey understood better what was going on. Actually, he was a grumpy ol' poop most of the day. He kept asking me if he could open his presents, and would get mad when I'd have him open his cards. He did get really excited about the money, though. When he opened the card from his Uncle Julian and Auntie Ashley, I don't know how he knew but he opened it and started to tell me about the picture Morgan drew him. I hadn't told him who it was from yet, but he knew Morgan's drawing. We got a semi truck, a car, and his favorite was a train set from Grandma and Papa! We couldn't get him to stop to eat: he'd say "no mama, I'm playing with my trains." He got to go play with his friend Jace in the morning and then for dinner we had the missionaries. Nate headed out on splits after that so we opened presents throughout the day. We don't love cake so we just had brownies and ice cream. The next day, Saturday, we had people over to swim at our pool and had rootbeer floats. We had a ton of fun. Most of the kids there were older (9-13) and we loved hanging out with them. Nate got a nice sunburn.
His birthday was a little more fun this year since Joey understood better what was going on. Actually, he was a grumpy ol' poop most of the day. He kept asking me if he could open his presents, and would get mad when I'd have him open his cards. He did get really excited about the money, though. When he opened the card from his Uncle Julian and Auntie Ashley, I don't know how he knew but he opened it and started to tell me about the picture Morgan drew him. I hadn't told him who it was from yet, but he knew Morgan's drawing. We got a semi truck, a car, and his favorite was a train set from Grandma and Papa! We couldn't get him to stop to eat: he'd say "no mama, I'm playing with my trains." He got to go play with his friend Jace in the morning and then for dinner we had the missionaries. Nate headed out on splits after that so we opened presents throughout the day. We don't love cake so we just had brownies and ice cream. The next day, Saturday, we had people over to swim at our pool and had rootbeer floats. We had a ton of fun. Most of the kids there were older (9-13) and we loved hanging out with them. Nate got a nice sunburn.
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Two peas in a pod
My friend let us borrow her camera (thanks Jenny!) and so we got some recent pics of the cuties:
Daniel at 12 months old
This is his new "smile". Showing off his teeth! He's grown 6 since this picture, 2 on bottom and 4 molars
Joey insisted on taking pictures with him:
This is Joey being a grasshopper. He got this from "A Bug's Life". He'll bend over, stomp over to you and say "where's ... My... Food!" He does this same stance for Buzzlighter, too. He pushes a button on his chest make a funny noise and sticks his arms out for wings, jumps off the couch, then pushes the button again, makes the noise, and puts them back. He's only seen Toy Story once.
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Revamping
This is going to be long and no one needs to feel inclined to read it. I've really been thinking a lot recently about making changes in our family's life. I know I want us to eat better, and that I want Joey to watch less TV. We've always talked about how we have too much stuff, not to mention I'm working on getting healthy and loosing weight. It's like we need to revamp our whole lives, our home, our bodies, our daily activities, and our relationships.
Our home has always felt peaceful ... but never clean. I was raised by a very clean mother and she was raised by an annally clean mother. When Nate and I first got married I always was disgusted with the mess, while he couldn't see anything wrong with it. We were raised in very different environments, which is understandable when he comes from a family of 9 and I from a family of 6. Well, even though I've lawys been disgusted with the mess, I've never seemed to be able to get it in control. We have made progress, the kitchen now tends to stay clean (if I can keep Nate on task: he is in charge of unloading the dishwasher and when he doesn't ... oye). Well, tehn we rearragned the whole house and it has really helped, because now I have places for most things. However, I realised that we just have too much stuff. We have gone through it a million times and everything is so useful (or will be) that we don't get rid of much. Well, not this time! We are getting rid of our dishes (I used my birthday money to buy new adorable ones); some of my clothes; all of my maternity clothes; most of the baby boy clothes we are storing and won't be using for long enough that I'm willing to ditch them; the baby swing, bouncer, and maybe the exersaucer; my sewing basket; toys and books; the TV (that's right, the TVs going bye bye); and whatever else I missed. So we are going to have a garage sale. Problem is, we don't have a garage. We don't even have a yard. Next we are going to clean the cars, clean our office space, scrub walls, etc., and clean up the clutter inside the computer. I have redecorated, some, and still need to finish organizing some other things. I feel SOOOO GOOD to get rid of stuff and I haven't even gotten rid of it yet. I'm hoping that this will somehow represent the other extra crap that I'm caring around: 60 pounds of extra weight.
Our bodies are being revamped too. especially mine. I am taking 6 pills to kill the algea in my body 4 times a day (yes, 24 pills a day). They seem to be working wonderfully, and I am feeling a little better. During this time I'm not aloud to do much else; I can lightly bounce on my trampoline for 20 mins a day, but no other exercise, I can't take any of my other pills/multivitamins, and I'm just not aloud to do anything else right now. I've gone off sugar and feel awesome, which I think parctially has to do with Algea not screaming for sugar anymore because it's dieing and isn't going to bug me. Me, Joey, and Daniel are all sensitive to too much wheat and pasterized milk and so I need to come up with new ways of eating. I'm doing get at eating less and only eating when hungry, I feel like the needs that I had that I use to feed with food are now being feed through new healthier ways. I'm learning to love myself and love my body. I came to realize that my body can get its feeling hurt and when I'm mean to it and hate it, it just gets sad and there's no way it's going to do what I want it to. Now, instead of trying to change my body I am trying to love it and I do my best everyday to love and take care of it. It is the home that God gave me for my spirit while here on earth and I need to be grateful for it. I am reading a book called "Women Food and God" which is incredible! Anyone could apply it, even men, and I recommend it. I also love Elder Uchtdorf's talk on Patience from last conference.
We've revamped our daily life too. The boys now to go bed at 7pm and wake up at 7am. Nate and I go to bed at 10 and get up at 6. We spend our hour reading scriputes, exercising, and I read some other books and do some writing, etc. I've starting doing some things that Louise Hay recommends in her book, "You can heal your life", such as choosing to affirmations a day and writing them ten times each and repeating them throughout the day: things like "I love myself" or "I have lots of friends!" I also have tried "meditating" where after reading scriptures and stuff I just sit quietly for 3-5 mins and ask God if there is anything I need to know. I only allow positive thoughts into my head. I've have been reading the ensign and conference talks, too. When the boys wake up, we have breakfast, and pray, then Nate heads to work. Nate is now ceritified in the Emotion Code and is saving for the Body Code (which is amazing!). He found an office to work out of and is now looking for clients. He goes to work in the mornings, and does school in the afternoon (he has 1 1/2 week to finish his four online classes). Joey no longer naps, but has quiet time while Daniel naps. Some revamps still in the works are less TV time for Joey, more mommy time with the boys, more outside time, and I'm looking for ways to get Joey some friends to play with.
That connects us with revamping our relationships. I read a talk called "things as they really are" in the June Ensign, by Elder Bednar, and I thought it was awesome. He talked about how people's realities are screwed up when techonology goes unmonitored. I though about how Joey doesn't get to play much with other kids, but thinks that Buzz Lightyear, Lighting McQueen, and Pongo are real ... not good. He needs less TV (none, really) and more real people. In fact, I need more real people. I hardly now how to socialize anymore. When I got married, I was one of the last of my friends. They all moved away from Provo (see, they didn't marry freshman hubbies like I did) and I was still in Provo. I got pregnant right away and was really sick. Our ward was pretty retarded, and I made a friend or two, but not amazing ones. Then I became a new mom ... and where did that take me? not into socializing. Then, we moved to Santa Fe and I didn't need friends, I had my mom! Well, now here I am in Cedar City realizing that I have turned into a social retard. At first I thought some thing was wrong with me, then I remembered how easily I made friends in college. I can to the conclusion that making friends and conversation must take practice. The question now is ... where do I practice? I don't know. Still, all of my friends are in the computer. In reality they are miles away in different towns and states, but I keep in contact with them through the computer. So now, the computer is the friend, not the real people. ... Nate and I realized we needed to focus more on keeping our marriage fun, too. We need excitment, in more than one way. We don't have much money but we recommited to creating date nights at home once a week, ones that don't include a movie.
I guess we are revamping the finances too, as in, we are actually going to have some. Nate's starting his practice, and I have been editing so that we can pay rent next week. We are NOT going to take out another school loan for this next semester, we don't want any more debt. Nate is thinking we will stay in Cedar City after he graduates, since his practice will be doing so well, and we will pay the school loans off and save for grad school. Now get this, Nate has decided that he wants to go to a college for traditional chinese/oriental medicine. There are many schools but he's planning on one in Denver or Austin; we prefer Austin. His plans may change, but for now that's our goal. Nate's may become a chinese doctor. He would learn acupuncture, and herbology. Pretty cool.
We are in a new phase of our lives and lots of awesome, amazing, wonderful things are happening. I'm so excited to start feeling normal again and so excited to get skinny, but really I've been happy when I just take care of my body and spirit on a daily basis. I'm grateful for Christ's atonement, that makes it so that change and progress are possible. We are not stuck, we are not broken, we are not helpless; we are that we might have joy!
Our home has always felt peaceful ... but never clean. I was raised by a very clean mother and she was raised by an annally clean mother. When Nate and I first got married I always was disgusted with the mess, while he couldn't see anything wrong with it. We were raised in very different environments, which is understandable when he comes from a family of 9 and I from a family of 6. Well, even though I've lawys been disgusted with the mess, I've never seemed to be able to get it in control. We have made progress, the kitchen now tends to stay clean (if I can keep Nate on task: he is in charge of unloading the dishwasher and when he doesn't ... oye). Well, tehn we rearragned the whole house and it has really helped, because now I have places for most things. However, I realised that we just have too much stuff. We have gone through it a million times and everything is so useful (or will be) that we don't get rid of much. Well, not this time! We are getting rid of our dishes (I used my birthday money to buy new adorable ones); some of my clothes; all of my maternity clothes; most of the baby boy clothes we are storing and won't be using for long enough that I'm willing to ditch them; the baby swing, bouncer, and maybe the exersaucer; my sewing basket; toys and books; the TV (that's right, the TVs going bye bye); and whatever else I missed. So we are going to have a garage sale. Problem is, we don't have a garage. We don't even have a yard. Next we are going to clean the cars, clean our office space, scrub walls, etc., and clean up the clutter inside the computer. I have redecorated, some, and still need to finish organizing some other things. I feel SOOOO GOOD to get rid of stuff and I haven't even gotten rid of it yet. I'm hoping that this will somehow represent the other extra crap that I'm caring around: 60 pounds of extra weight.
Our bodies are being revamped too. especially mine. I am taking 6 pills to kill the algea in my body 4 times a day (yes, 24 pills a day). They seem to be working wonderfully, and I am feeling a little better. During this time I'm not aloud to do much else; I can lightly bounce on my trampoline for 20 mins a day, but no other exercise, I can't take any of my other pills/multivitamins, and I'm just not aloud to do anything else right now. I've gone off sugar and feel awesome, which I think parctially has to do with Algea not screaming for sugar anymore because it's dieing and isn't going to bug me. Me, Joey, and Daniel are all sensitive to too much wheat and pasterized milk and so I need to come up with new ways of eating. I'm doing get at eating less and only eating when hungry, I feel like the needs that I had that I use to feed with food are now being feed through new healthier ways. I'm learning to love myself and love my body. I came to realize that my body can get its feeling hurt and when I'm mean to it and hate it, it just gets sad and there's no way it's going to do what I want it to. Now, instead of trying to change my body I am trying to love it and I do my best everyday to love and take care of it. It is the home that God gave me for my spirit while here on earth and I need to be grateful for it. I am reading a book called "Women Food and God" which is incredible! Anyone could apply it, even men, and I recommend it. I also love Elder Uchtdorf's talk on Patience from last conference.
We've revamped our daily life too. The boys now to go bed at 7pm and wake up at 7am. Nate and I go to bed at 10 and get up at 6. We spend our hour reading scriputes, exercising, and I read some other books and do some writing, etc. I've starting doing some things that Louise Hay recommends in her book, "You can heal your life", such as choosing to affirmations a day and writing them ten times each and repeating them throughout the day: things like "I love myself" or "I have lots of friends!" I also have tried "meditating" where after reading scriptures and stuff I just sit quietly for 3-5 mins and ask God if there is anything I need to know. I only allow positive thoughts into my head. I've have been reading the ensign and conference talks, too. When the boys wake up, we have breakfast, and pray, then Nate heads to work. Nate is now ceritified in the Emotion Code and is saving for the Body Code (which is amazing!). He found an office to work out of and is now looking for clients. He goes to work in the mornings, and does school in the afternoon (he has 1 1/2 week to finish his four online classes). Joey no longer naps, but has quiet time while Daniel naps. Some revamps still in the works are less TV time for Joey, more mommy time with the boys, more outside time, and I'm looking for ways to get Joey some friends to play with.
That connects us with revamping our relationships. I read a talk called "things as they really are" in the June Ensign, by Elder Bednar, and I thought it was awesome. He talked about how people's realities are screwed up when techonology goes unmonitored. I though about how Joey doesn't get to play much with other kids, but thinks that Buzz Lightyear, Lighting McQueen, and Pongo are real ... not good. He needs less TV (none, really) and more real people. In fact, I need more real people. I hardly now how to socialize anymore. When I got married, I was one of the last of my friends. They all moved away from Provo (see, they didn't marry freshman hubbies like I did) and I was still in Provo. I got pregnant right away and was really sick. Our ward was pretty retarded, and I made a friend or two, but not amazing ones. Then I became a new mom ... and where did that take me? not into socializing. Then, we moved to Santa Fe and I didn't need friends, I had my mom! Well, now here I am in Cedar City realizing that I have turned into a social retard. At first I thought some thing was wrong with me, then I remembered how easily I made friends in college. I can to the conclusion that making friends and conversation must take practice. The question now is ... where do I practice? I don't know. Still, all of my friends are in the computer. In reality they are miles away in different towns and states, but I keep in contact with them through the computer. So now, the computer is the friend, not the real people. ... Nate and I realized we needed to focus more on keeping our marriage fun, too. We need excitment, in more than one way. We don't have much money but we recommited to creating date nights at home once a week, ones that don't include a movie.
I guess we are revamping the finances too, as in, we are actually going to have some. Nate's starting his practice, and I have been editing so that we can pay rent next week. We are NOT going to take out another school loan for this next semester, we don't want any more debt. Nate is thinking we will stay in Cedar City after he graduates, since his practice will be doing so well, and we will pay the school loans off and save for grad school. Now get this, Nate has decided that he wants to go to a college for traditional chinese/oriental medicine. There are many schools but he's planning on one in Denver or Austin; we prefer Austin. His plans may change, but for now that's our goal. Nate's may become a chinese doctor. He would learn acupuncture, and herbology. Pretty cool.
We are in a new phase of our lives and lots of awesome, amazing, wonderful things are happening. I'm so excited to start feeling normal again and so excited to get skinny, but really I've been happy when I just take care of my body and spirit on a daily basis. I'm grateful for Christ's atonement, that makes it so that change and progress are possible. We are not stuck, we are not broken, we are not helpless; we are that we might have joy!
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