"Weighty" Issues

If you're close to me then you know that I've had some issues with my weight for about the past year now. After giving birth to Emma I got back within 3 pounds of my previous pre-baby weight of 130 within a month. However, due to postpartum depression I had to start taking Zoloft, and the zoloft mixed with less activity caused my weight to creep back up to 151.4 pounds (at the heaviest) these past few months. It's always been hard for me to lose weight and after looking through some photos and just feeling bad about myself, I decided it was time to really DO something about it.

Enter the HCG diet. I won't go into details of it, but it's a diet where you take drops under the tongue three times per day about 15 minutes before meals, and then you proceed to follow a strict diet and calorie limit of 500 calories per day. Well, I bought the drops and began the program and am on day 8 now. I am down 5.4 pounds and am happy about that, however, I don't notice any change in how my clothes are fitting yet. Also, this diet has been really tough for me because being such a picky eater, I don't like many of the things that are approved for it. For the first few days I lost about 1.5 pounds per day, and now my weight loss has slowed down to about .5 pound per day. I know that compared to other diets these results are great in such a short amount of time, but I'm having such a hard time sticking to it really strictly. However, if I can deviate from the diet a bit and feel a little more satisfied, and my weight loss slow to .5 pounds per day, it's a sacrifice I would be happy to make. I think in the long run it would be harder to keep the weight off if I were to stick to the diet really strictly, because I would think the carbs and starches would be a shocker for my metabolism.....at least, that's my reasoning :P

Anyhow, my goal is to get down to 130-133 by my birthday which is about a month and a half away, and a very achievable goal if I can set my mind to it. I read a quote today that I will have to remember when temptation is about to overcome me: "Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels!" Amen!!!