Beta HCG Diet - Down 2 Sizes!

Yesterday I went to lunch with a friend who's a fashionista. She informed me that my jeans were so loose that they made grandma jeans look stylish. Baggy and saggy, they just won't do.

I still have a week left on Round 2 of this Beta HCG diet, but I'd think that would only make a handful of pounds difference at the most. So I bit the bullet and hiked over to Nordstrom to the Not Your Daughter's Jeans section. Love them. Live in them.

Took both one size down and two sizes down into my dressing room and, ever the optimist, tried on the two-sizes-down ones first. They fit! OMG! I was so excited! I even showed the sales gal and asked her if they looked okay just to make sure. They look great, she enthused. So I bought the jeans in blue and black.

So...just a little over a week left in this round, and then for the next three weeks I can eat what I want except for sugars, starches and grains. Ooooooh, I'll be able to eat eggs again. And cheese. And a whole portion of meat, fish, chicken, etc., instead of having to stop at 3.5 oz. precooked. I'll be able to mix vegetables and have them sauteed or smothered in cheese sauce. Oh, bliss!

I'm most looking forward to making omelettes again. Lovely, fluffy cheese omelettes. I got quite good at making them between Rounds 1 and 2 of this diet. I actually have been waking up fantasizing about being able to eat them again. Hey, I'm a cheap fantasizer. No Dom Perignon fantasies for me.

This round has been easier than Round 1. I felt good the whole time, never felt weak like I did the first time around. I had the whole drill down pat. My hands got scarily chapped -- since I couldn't use any hand cream with oils in them -- and my doctor recommended "by Valenti" products. I ordered "organic body butters" in almonds & coconut and cacao & vanilla. Love them both! And my knuckles aren't bleeding anymore. The body butters are greasy, literally like butter, though it's not really grease -- it's just shiny -- and after it's soaked in a bit, I wipe the excess off.

So now I've lost 49 pounds since October. I'll surpass 50 for sure by next week. Awesome!

I feel soooooo much better with those pounds gone. I last weighed this 15 years ago.

Of course, I want to look like I did 15 years ago. But nature has seen fit to drop some things lower that were higher then, which is a bit discouraging. And my stomach is still muffin-y. I haven't really been able to (or been willing to) exercise while on this very restrictive diet. But once it's over, I'll get back to it and hopefully getting some fitness back will get some of that toned look back.

People are asking me if/when I'm going back on the diet. My response is, who knows? I am taking things one step at a time. I didn't know I could do a Round 2 until the last couple of weeks of Round 1 (6 weeks long). This time I have to wait more weeks before starting another round, and I can't imagine doing this in the summer, so we'll see. I want my body to get used to the 50-pound loss before going further. Fifty pounds is a lot!

I'm thrilled. I'm not done yet but for the moment, I'm just getting through one more week, adhering STRICTLY to the post-HCG plan to lock in my new "set point," the weight my body wants to stay at kind of by default, and loving not only my new smaller-size jeans but also some clothes I love (timeless ones) that I can finally wear again. La de da! Stay tuned.