End of HCG

The morning of the 27th was the end of my HCG journey. I was happy to chew gum, put on lotion and use Chapstick for the first time in a while. It was a sacrifice to do HCG but it was worth it. They count your weight loss from the high point of your gorge day to your final weigh-in for me that was losing almost 35 pounds in 43 days!! 

I weighed in this morning at 229.8

I was 230 when I got out of the Marines so it's been a crazy change over the last couple months. Now I'm joining Mindy on Paleo to maintain my weight. And lose even more! I thought I wanted to be 220 but even a little less would be nice. 

Mindy wants to compete in Fitness competitions for women. I don't want to compete. But I'd love to be cut! 

We are finishing up a crazy year with weddings and starting right up in Jan with more weddings too. We are blessed to have amazing support in growing our business.

I can't remember if I mentioned it but I purchased Mindy a Vitamixer for Christmas and that thing is amazing. I'm even helping getting into the cooking and we are having a lot of fun in the kitchen. Hopefully as we get busier we will be able to keep cooking together. 

I'm so lucky to have an amazing wife! 

The weight loss journey isn't over, it's just starting a new chapter.

Doug

Day 41

Last day of the HCG shot. I also weighed in with my diet coach. I lost 8 pounds of body fat since last week. That's crazy!!!

Thank you, Thank you to TrimBody MD   http://trimbodymd.com/

Day 40

Well I can't believe it's been 40 days already. I still have a little HCG left so my diet coach said to keep doing the shots until it's gone. Probably another day or two of shots. Good thing my daughter is diabetic or I wouldn't have the extra needles. I knew her being diabetic would come in handy some day :)

I just photographed my last wedding of the year yesterday and it was a lot of fun. It was a wedding at the LDS Temple and TPC summerlin. While on HCG I enjoyed having an apple day for my long weddings. It really helped with my energy and I didn't struggle at all. There have only been a couple days where I've been really tired. After I went golfing two days in a row was the worst. For the most part I've had energy and been fine. One of the biggest annoyances has been not putting on lotion. My wife doesn't like dry hands. I've been rubbing carmex on my hands to help with the drying and cracking. That has worked well. 

When I weighed in this morning I came in at the lowest weight I've seen on the scale since my youngest daughter was 6 months old. Bree is now 7. The weight was 231.4. I'm so close to the 220's I can taste it.

As my oldest just told me today is Christmas Eve Eve Eve and I'm excited that for Christmas I'm getting a new me. I'm so happy my wife set up the appointment with the diet coach. Invested the money for HCG in me and helping me stick to the program.

I think I could have lost more weight but in the beginning I was using a lotion deep blue rub for my back and knee pain at night before bed. I didn't realize till half way through that it was probably a bad idea because of the lotion. I'm going to be posting some more photos after my maintenance days when the HCG is gone. 

Thank you to TrimBody MD   http://trimbodymd.com/

My diet coach Arian asked me when I wanted to lose my weight by and I told him Christmas. He sure did help me and delivered on that Christmas wish.

I've been wasting money for years on crap that never worked for me. The biggest change was the diet and the coaching. I was held accountable each week and texted Arian daily he was always pushing and helping me!

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Day 38

I have to say HCG is almost over and I'm a little burnt out with it.  I weighed in at 234 this morning. I had a really tough week or so and then last week I lost 6 pounds. I'm really happy that I've lost so much body fat and I'm really looking forward to working out. It's Dec 20th and I'm giving myself a new body for Christmas. Now I just have to keep going once in done. Back in May I did some measurements of my body and then just did it again tonight. It's crazy the difference and I was even bigger this summer. I weighed as much as 267 but on May 14th I was 256. Crazy what just over 20 pounds will do to you. 4 inches off my belly is hard to believe.

Mindy is down 20 pounds herself. I'm so proud of her changing her eating.

I really didn't want to lose my broad shoulders losing weight and I haven't lost to much from the chest so I think I'm alright there.  Just a few more days!!! I can do it!

Day 18

It's two days after thanksgiving! Normally at this point I'm 10 pounds heavier because of my birthday and thanksgiving are based around food. 

I stuck to my diet on Thanksgiving and I weighed in today at 245.2 I'm stoked about that. Not many people can say they lose weight between Halloween and Thanksgiving but my wifie and I can. She's down 13 pounds so far!!!!

Yesterday G and I went golfing at Silverstone and I signed up for a monthly plan. I get two months of unlimited practice and 4 rounds of golf. Hopefully I get to go play more. G is getting so much better at making contact with the ball. She needs to work on putting but we have a lot of fun. I think she really only wants to go so she can get something from the snack cart and she gets to drive sometimes. Her golf edict is impressive for an 8 year old. Hopefully she'll keep playing with me and enjoy it. 

Last night we also had a late night swimming session in the cousins heated pool. It was a lot of fun. But now everyone is tired for today and we have a lot to get done. Plus I have a photo shoot today in the snow! (Hopefully in the snow.)

Cheers to healthy eating!

Day 14. HCG

Haven't been blogging about it but I'm still doing good with the diet. 

I'm down to 248.6 this morning. That's really really exciting to me. 

Added some photos too!

I'm even more proud of my wife who has lost 10 pounds already!!! 

I'm a little tired after having a late night.

I came home from a photo shoot and read Moby Dick to my girls. It's the first time I've ever read it and we are having a lot of fun. We are almost finished with it and then we'll move on to another adventure. I love reading to my daughters at night. After that my wifie was decorating the Christmas tree and just wanted me there to help. The girls had their own trees in their rooms so this is mommy's tree. I helped/answered emails/ talked for a couple hours with her. Then stayed up way to late watching the 49ers Monday night football game. 

I wish I was able to get more sleep but I didn't and I get to go on another shoot today with a meeting at the end. Of course I'll stay up to late watching the Rebels basketball game. Oh the busy life. I will relax Thur and Fri hopefully.

Day 7 and 8

Day 7 and 8 I weighed in 253.4 and then 253.8 I was a little worries because day 8 was my birthday! My daughters didn't understand why we weren't going to do a birthday cake. First I have never really liked birthday cake but I love cocunut cream pie. My wife went to whole foods and got me a little cream pie. It was really good and the first time I cheated on my diet. I did also eat a little more steak than I should have. But all in all it worked out and I didn't over eat. 

For my 32nd birthday I'm happy that I'm losing weight and getting healthy again! 

My daughters gave me some great birthday cards. I also received channel blue and a Mazda 6 for my birthday gifts. 

Oh boy Mindy is expecting a lot for her birthday. We'll be in California for Mindy's Birthday so I have to come up with something good!

Day 5 and 6

On the sabbath I rested from posting so here's my make up post.

Both days I weighed in at 255. Normally after I work weddings I get dehydrated and gain the weight back in a day or so. I'm glad that's not the case this time.

Sunday my daughter was sick and so I helped the wife a bit and watch footballs. Food commercials during football suck!!! Normally I like to eat and eat a lot during sports so that was different. 

Today Mindy went to the studio and again that's when I eat a lot. The girls and I will get pizza or treats and we didn't do that. I'm happy they are eating healthier too. They laugh at me when they see me eat tomatoes like apples though. 

Today I didn't take my appetite suppressant and was having more cravings but still kept to the diet.

I have realized I'm going to be eating 500 calories on my birthday, thanksgiving and christmas! It will all be worth it!

 

I love to read stories to my daughters at night. We are reading Moby Dick. I've never read it before so we are all having a lot of fun with it.

I also did 10 push-ups today. It's funny because I used to do 100's in a day now I'm happy I did more than 5. My knees hurt when I do push-ups so I haven't been doing them for a long time.

Tomorrow we are getting some b-12 and booster shots of some kind. 

Good night for now!

Day 4 HCG is working!

After a crazy day yesterday I was really excited to see what I weighted. Usually when I work all day I lose a couple pounds.

I weighed in at 257.2

I was stoked about that!!! 

I also took my appetite suppressant today. I really struggled finishing my celery and chicken for lunch. I would have never thought if struggle to eat 500 calories during the day but it's tough even with everything I did yesterday. 

I'm waiting for the bridal show to wrap up and then we are packing up so I'll burn some extra calories doing that. Mindy also has me picking up a game table from her mom on the way home.

We moved into our new house in July 2012 and it's finally starting to come together. We still have a lot of work but it's coming along.

I'm proud that I'm on pace to lose the 40 pounds in 43 days. I'll be back to Marine Corps weight. (At least chubby Marine Weight when I get down there)

I was 225-230 when I got out of the Marines in 2005.

I was able to get in the 230's last year but gained all the weight back. I'm not going to let that happen again!!! Cheers to a newer and healthier Me!!!!!!!

Day 3

I'm writing this Saturday but thought is recap.

Even with gorging like crazy I woke up and weighed in and I was back down to 261. My diet coach said I'd lose the weight I gained by day 4 and he was right. I'm having a hard time actually eating all the food. I'm not even on aappetite suppressant yet. I had two photo shoots today. One at the Grand Canyon and one on the strip at night. They were a lot of fun and I didn't get hungry. I was thirsty and had to get carmex to help with the dried lips. 

I also helped Mindy set up for bridal show. So all in all it was a busy day and I didn't get to tired so I'm happy about that.

I know I was burning extra calories so I was interested in seeing what my weight would be.

Stay tuned :)

HCG Day 2

I'm writing this at the end of day 2. I really thought it was going to be more fun to gorge than it has been. While I did eat a lot of food I really enjoy the last two days it was hard to keep putting it down.

I'm excited to get on the 500 calorie portion of it. I'm more excited to watch the pounds fall off!

Today I had to give myself my own shot. It was harder to do than I would have expected. Yesterday Mindy gave me the shot. I have a greater appreciation for my daughter with diabetes. 

I weighed in this morning at 263.4

I'm supposed to gain weight the first two days because of the gorging. I'm curious to see if or how much weight I gained today. I went to a Brazilian steak house today and are all I could.

The funny thing is I haven't felt hungry so I've had to just eat to eat. When I think about it that's what I normally do. In my old everyday eating I'd just eat to eat and then keep eating and eating. 

One thing I'm not happy about is I'm not supposed to chew gum or eat mints while on the diet. I love to chew gum and it usually keeps me from eating to much.

I need to get a good night sleep tonight though as I haven't slept well the last couple nights.

I have two photoshoot a tomorrow and have to help Mindy pack for the Bridal Show. Crap I should to charge some batteries ;)

I'll do that while I answer emails. 

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HCG Diet Day 1 Gorge Day!

I have spent so much money the last few years on the latest and greatest over the counter products to lose weight and none of them have got me the results I need. It's starting to get ridiculous that because my knees and back hurt I don't exercise. My only exercise has been my photo shoots. I've been working so much with Mindy and on my own. This year it photographed double the number of sessions as she did. 

Last year I did a family weight loss challenge that I won but then gained almost all the weight back. Time for a little help from some medical professionals this time! I have a coach I check in with every morning. I'm using TrimBodyMD in summerlin! 

I weighed in today at 261.

Day one of the shot and it's Gorge day it's going to be fun! 

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