20 pounds in 30 days

The HCG update....
I am proud to say that I have completed 30 days of eating 500 calories a day, giving myself shots, not eating sugars, starches or dairy and drinking only water! Sounds crazy, but losing 20 pounds made it all worth it!
Seriously, I can't believe I did it! I never thought I would have the willpower to watch others eat all the fun stuff and be able to resist it, but I did. Now I am able to add a few more things into my diet...like more protein and dairy. This morning it was a big deal to be able to have a glass of milk with my scrambled eggs. I found myself almost feeling guilty as I was drinking it down. In fact, I couldn't bring myself to have any more than 1 small cup. It has definitely changed my thinking on food. I still can't have sugars and starches for three weeks, so I'm hoping for more weight loss. I've added in some heavier exercise and hope for some good results. We'll see how it goes....more updates to come.

Early Spring Break

Jaysie at Snow Canyon


Zions...Emerald pools hike

Teegan at Zions

The litte runaway...in Snow Canyon

We decided to break out the RV a little early this year. Where can you go camping in March? St. George!! I have been begging Trent to do some camping down south for a few years now and he finally gave in and took me to St. George. I was so excited, along with the kids, to feel a little warmth and soak up some sun.

We talked Grandma and Grandpa Humphreys and Brian and Julette into coming along with us and had a great time exploring Snow Canyon and Zions National Park. What beautiful places and great exercise!

One thing about staying in St. George in March is that you get to spend time with the snowbirds. There were plenty of them, but they seemed pretty accepting of us younger folk. We did have one run in though...it happened the first night we were there. We grilled some burgers, had a late dinner and were just enjoying our evening. By the time dinner was over, it was dark and the adults were busy cleaning up the mess. The kids were supposively on the other side of the trailer playing together and riding bikes. Well, my little Kate..bless her heart..decided to wander away. I don't know if she was following the kids and couldn't keep up or if she just decided she wanted to go to the pool by herself but she took off down the lane. Some women happened to walk by and saw this little girl alone and asking, "Where's my mommy?" So they picked her up and proceeded to go trailer to trailer asking if anyone was missing a child. They got to our trailers and asked us and we told them that we didn't think we were missing anyone, but decided to do a head count. Just as we realized we were down a child, the woman holding Kate walked up and we were shocked! I was so embarrassed and apologetic but this woman wasn't gonna go easy on me. She just kept saying...Do you realize what could have happened to her? She was way down there all by herself! I can't believe you didn't even realize she was gone! By this point, I just wanted to kick her but was also grateful to her for bringing Kate back. Let's just say I'm not in the running for "Mother of the Year" with that incident.

So after the rough start...we were very careful as to the logistics of all the children at all times. We came home with all of them, so I guess it ended well.

I hope to revisit St. George again next spring...it was wonderful!

The HCG Diet

Another New Year's resolution...to battle the bulge! This is a tough one for me...Why? Because I'm kind of a non-commital person and I like food. Now I can commit to things like my marriage and my family but committing to a diet is not something I like to do.
My mom and sister did the HCG diet this past fall and wanted me to do it with them. Being the person that I am, I can't jump into things that affect my health without doing heavy research first. So they did it without me and both lost 20 pounds in 30 days! They look great and don't have any residual effects, so I started looking into it more seriously. I went to my doctor and talked to her about it and read all kinds of information before taking the plunge!
In talking with my friend (who also did HCG), she put it this way. Doing this diet is like going to rehab. You go into rehab to change your lifestyle. If you come out of rehab and go right back to how you were living before, then it won't work.
So welcome to my rehab! I have officially checked myself into my own rehab. I am half way through and have lost 14 lbs! Now I know some people do this diet and keep it very hush, hush but I'm saying it loud and proud! My reasoning is to let people know that I am committed to changing my lifestyle forever! I am accountable! I want to be a healthy, happy mom who has the energy to keep up with my kids in everything they do. It's important to me and shows my kids how important their health is too.
No sugar...no starch...no problem!