D-12 VLCD 10 Loss -.6 Total loss 16.8 YAHOO! 229.6

BIG MILESTONE! I am in the 220's for the firs time in 10 years! I've been close by being in the low 230's but I've also been up to the 260's...

Ok, Update:

Feelings: I was feeling more hungry the last 3 days on top of my slowed down losses. But today I feel really good and no hunger at all.

Food: I had 2 strawberries at breakfast along with tea and water, but really not much. I still think that my drinking water intake may be causing me to have less success than otherwise but I just don't feel thirsty. When I go out side or play a ballgame and exert myself I can drink a lot of water in a hurry and it fees like my body is thanking me while I do it. But on a normal day, without any extraordinary exertion I feel like I have to force myself to drink.
I have been reading a lot about those that have added an amazing treat to the protocol called chocolate delite. Its really just a chocolaty excuse for putting good coconut oil in your body. The protocol calls for NO oils of any kind but this is one of the old school ideas of Dr. Simeon that has been updated by good loyal HCGers and modern science. It seems that most oil are made up of LCT which is Long Chain Triglycerides. These are troublesome fats... but coconut oil, although it is a saturated fat is made up of largely MCT which is a Medium Chain Triglyceride... anyway, it seem this is a very healthy type of oil and helps to boost the body into Ketosis which is the bodies fat burning mode. So some of these crazy guys and figured out that adding a table spoon of Coconut oil to a smoothie where you blend your strawberries with a little water and ice cubes is fantastic tasting and helps with your losses and keeping you in ketosis. I love the chocolate recipe. Its equal parts cocoa powder and and coconut oil. 1 tbs powder, 1 tbs C.Oil, sweeten to taste with your favorite non sugar sweetener and just stir till it becomes totally smooth. If you used semi firm C oil, it will be like cake frosting, if you used liquid C oil it will look more like a sauce. Either way here a few options on how to use it. 1) pour it onto a nonstick plate like a styrofoam plate and smooth it out thin and place it in the fridge of freezer until you can break it into pieces. 2) use the soft chocolate as a dip for the most amazing dipped strawberries ever. Made especially good by the fact that you are eating chocolate dipped strawberries while you are losing weight like crazy! 3) Thow a handful of macadamia nuts into it then spoon them out onto a plate and refridgerate until you have fantastic dark chocolate macadamia nut turtles. Many HCGers are using these turtles as how they start thier day so they kick into ketosis early and burn more all day. Oh, and I'll tell you one more thing. When I ate my chocolate delite yesterday, about an hour later my body decided that it no longer needed to hold on and I had a really satisfying elimination... I chock it up to my body deciding it was ok to start releasing stuff... it was nice. This diet really has had me constipated... again, maybe its just my lack of water.

Last night I used the Shirataki Noodles again, this time I made Spagetti. I extensively rinsed the noodles to get rid of their typically Japanese fishy odor then I added them to a sauce pan that I had made a sauce of diced tomatoes, 1 tbs of tomatoe paste, garlic, Italian seasoning, pepper and onion powder, about 50 grams of spinich and chicken broth. I dry fried the chicken patties and made a little sauce out of the pan brownings and added that to my sauce. I simmered them all together for a while and served it with a salad made of about 50g of Romain chopped very fine and dressed with my dressing I made from Apple Cider Vinegar, Red Wine Vinegar, Worcestershire Sauce, garlic, a bit of mustard and Italian seasoning. So, a very large bowl of the noodles with my tomatoe sauce, the chicken on the side and salad bowl and it was all could do to eat the whole thing...

This morning, my loss is only .6. That is still huge for 1 day but I was used an average of 2 and I havent seen that in a while. Today I will try a few things a little different...

PS - a note about Coconut Oil. There are 3 grades you can buy... you should be able to get 2 of them locally. 1) Just plan natural coconut oil at Wal Mart or many stores now. 2) EVCO - thats Extra Virgin Coconut Oil and it is better than the first. (my preference) 3) The best for you is called MCT. The Coconut oil has been naturally processed to maximize the medium chain triglycerides... you may have to order this one. Look it up online.

Found a new Recipe site, its from the Green Valley Ranch Spa and they have a very expensive program where you can check in and they run you thru the HCG program all on site... their recipes are great. Find them at mygreenvalleyspa.com/hcg-recipes.