At first it was really fun keeping a daily diary of my HCG diet. Now it’s just kind of tedious. Except I was really excited about finding Miracle Noodles! But I think it’s important, and hopefully helping others! Weight: down 3 pounds from yesterday and the lowest I’ve weighed since I started weighing, but not…
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OMG Miracle Noodles
Miracles. Literally. Miracle Noodles. I have always loved noodles. I used to eat whole wheat noodles for breakfast and dinner with parmesan cheese, nothing else, because I loved them so much. Needless to say, since then I’ve tried a lot of noodle substitutes. I love spaghetti squash noodles. I can tolerate kelp noodles but they’re…
HCG Diet Day 11
I weighed in two pounds up this morning. Now, in the original HCG study published by Dr. A. T. W. Simeons (click here to read the whole study, you can bet I did), he cautions that endurance exercise may cause temporary weight gain due to water retention: Finally, the weight can temporarily increase – paradoxical…
HCG Diet Day 10
Torture = Cooking Paleo Pad Thai for your friends, and roasting brussel sprouts and measuring out packaged crab for yourself. Not that the later wasn’t delicious, but it was a true test of resilience to cook with forbidden ingredients. I couldn’t even like a finger or a spoon with peanut butter. Le sigh. Today was…
New Cooking Technique: Broth Saute
I made scallops tonight in a broth saute and they were awesome! It’s SO easy. Here’s how to make lowfat scallops in a broth saute. The key: rinse the scallops and dry with paper towels. Get them as dry as you can, this will give them the “fried” effect without the fat. Do it: Heat…
HCG Diet Day 8
Breakfast (at 2p, old habits die hard): cauliflower rice, kale, ground beef + packaged tuna 3.5 ounces Snack: apple Gym: weight the same as yesterday. Did a CrossFit OneWorld workout: 21-15-9 155# deadlift, 40# kb swing, with 100 single unders between rounds. 10:11. Tired afterward. Dinner: whole raw yellow squash, ate it like a banana.…
HCG Diet Day 7
Technically, this is the 5th day of the diet part of the HCG Diet. The first 2 are loading, and the more I don’t eat now the more I wish I had eaten then … an oreo brownie? a BeauJo’s veggie pizza? Chocolove chocolate bars are on sale? Man I could have eaten all that…
Recipe: (More) Paleo, Low-Cal Cabbage Soup
Except instead of my decadently delicious but healthy, we have straight-up low-calorie but STILL delicious and healthy cabbage soup in a tomato base! Paleo Low-Cal Cabbage Recipe: 2 cans stewed/chopped/diced tomatoes 4 cups chicken broth onions (I used a whole bag of frozen) 1/2 head cabbage 1 bunch swiss chard garlic seasonings to taste Directions:…
HCG Diet Day 6
Unexpectedly on a road trip from Aspen to Denver, I snarfed cabbage soup for breakfast before we left and packed an apple and leftover dinner from the night before for lunch, assuming finding a salad with meat would be easy for dinner. We spent most of the day at the hospital supporting a friend, our…
HCG Diet Day 5
Finally not ravenous! Lunch was easy: salad bar and packet of tuna. Dinner, I went to town at the grocery store and came home and prepped a ton of food. I made an HCG veggie soup (recipe to come soon), cauliflower frice, seasoned ground beef, and steamed broccolini. Many of you former Zoners recognize the…