Let me introduce myself! I am someone who has battled my weight my whole adult life. Since having my twins in 2005 I had never been able to get back to my pre-baby weight. After a successful round of HCG almost a year ago I got down, briefly, to 136. I maintained at a range of 141-145 until about October. It went downhill from there and I am now starting another round of the HCG diet protocol at 162, pre- fat loading. My body needs a detox because the sugar and alcohol are back in my life in a big way. I love peanut butter and I love wine, but we are parting ways for 40 days.
So I fat-loaded over the weekend and for this round it wasn’t such a stretch. I just ate the same ol’ crap I’ve been stuffing myself with over the holiday season, I just didn’t feel (as) guilty about it. When I fat-loaded last winter it was shell-shock for me because I had been on weight watchers for months and couldn’t imagine eating all of that fatty, carb-filled food. The scale told me this morning that I gained about 3-4 lbs from fat loading which is nothing compared with the 8 lbs. I put on last time. I seriously look like I’ve got a baby bump. I am hoping to be able to fit back into my size 10s by the end of the week. Fingers crossed!
I was so excited to shop for my foods. I got 2 lbs. of extra lean ground beef (which I froze in individual packs of 3.5 oz.), chicken breast, little pieces of sirloin for kabobs that will be easy to freeze individually and a big head of red cabbage. I live on cabbage during this protocol and then have salads intermittently. I am really ready to get skinny again and my enthusiasm is HIGH!
'Til next time,
Courtney
Recipe of the Day- Italian Beef and Cabbage
3.5 oz of Lean Ground Beef (96/4) Calories: 131
1/8 cup onions, uncooked Calories: 19
2 T. of tomato sauce (about 1/3 of a small can) Calories: 20
2 C. chopped red cabbage Calories: 55
Brown ground beef with onion to season. Prepare cabbage in either a micro steamer or over stove top. I love my Pampered Chef Micro Steamer! Once cabbage is soft and meat is cooked through, toss it all together in skillet with the tomato sauce. Liberally season with sea salt and red and black pepper and enjoy!
Total calories for meal: 225
You will be surprised at how large a portion this makes. Cabbage is a great, low-cal filler.
I wanted to comment that I do mix veggies, as you can see. I have found zero scientific proof that not mixing veggies will prevent weight loss. It's my humble lay opinion that as long as they are approved vegetable and you are weighing and counting the calories it shouldn't be a problem.
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