Foods for Skin Elasticity

0 comments Posted by RavishingRuby at 11:29 PM



Foods that Help with Skin Elasticity

Omega 3
Phytessence wakame
Sorbitol: berries, plums, pears, seaweed, algae

Silica: leeks, green beans, garbanzos beans, strawberries, cucumber, mango, celery, asparagus, and rhubarb.
zinc: pumpkin seeds, ginger, pecans, brazil nuts, eggs


Other Sources

I want to have age appropriate skin, after weight loss.
So I want to find every vegetable and fruit that will make that a reality.

I want an awesome figure.
I want my hormones to normalize.
I want my bust size to increase naturally.
I want clear skin.
I want the skin flaws or blemishes to reverse and disappear.
I want to glow with health.
I want more, thicker hair.



 

Projected Weight Loss

0 comments Posted by RavishingRuby at 10:33 PM

From the reboot website, I know:
Definitely no: junk food, white flour, sugar/desserts, fried food, processed meats, alcohol, or caffeine
Definitely yes to: veggies, fruits, salads, soups, nuts, seeds, natural nut butters, beans, and legumes
Animal proteins: eggs, wild fish, poultry, okay but by day 4 only beans/nuts
Dairy: no added sugars, by day 7 no dairy at all


Healthy Diet Starts: Wednesday, Sept 14, 2011
Wed:
Thur:
Friday: Last Day of meat
Sat:
Sun:
Mon:
Tues:
Wed:

How much weight would I like to lose?
60 days = 60-80 pounds


Sept-Oct Month 1 -30 to -40 265
Oct-Nov Month 2 -30 to -40 235
Nov-Dec Month 3 -20 to -30 215
Dec-Jan Month 4 -20 to -30 195
Jan-Fen Month 5 -20 to -30 165
Feb-Mar Month 6 -10-20 145lbs

It is encouraging that I can be at my ideal weight by March of 2012.
I could be over 100lbs lighter by my 28th birthday.




 

Newest Endeavor: Juicing

0 comments Posted by RavishingRuby at 6:03 PM

In the past, I have watched Food inc, Super Size Me, and Fast Food Nation in the past.

Most recently I saw a food documentary titled, "Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead."

It featured a handsome successful honest sociable Australian man who went
on a 60 day juice fast. He starts off just like the title of the movie: fat, sick, and
on nearly dead.

He chronicles his experience talking with other people about juicing, eating,
exercise, nutrition, health. And most people are quite frank about their poor
choices, the kind of honesty that resonates with authentic.

He starts off at 309 pounds (These days I am at 290lbs).
Over the next 60 days he loses 1-2 lbs a day.
He looks great physically.
He is doing better than ever mentally.
He is feeling great, in control of his eating and exercise habits.

I confess! Joe Cross is pretty darn close to what I would consider
the perfect bf or hubby. (Yes, I totally have a crush on him!)

I kid that I have become a mini evangelist for juicing.
I told my roommate, Hui.
I told my mother.
I told my bestfriend, Jessica.

Last night, I told my best friend. Last night she watched the documentary.
Today, it looks like my friend Jessica wants to do this along with me (perhaps
instead of the expensive diet pills she just ordered).

This week I have a slew of events in honor of independence days for five
latin american countries which are:


I am going to start my week of preparation on Wednesday.
Next Thursday, I will begin juicing my way into a healthier, thinner,
happier version of myself.

 

Binge

0 comments Posted by RavishingRuby at 1:39 PM

Yesterday, I was still very upset with myself and the scale.
I was only at 183 and it made me angry that I hadn't made a net less of any kind after my methodical diet effort.

Angry....
Deprived...
Hungry...
Frustrated...

I was upset enough to eat an easter candy.

That didn't satisfy me enough...
I decided I would quit and eat whatever I wanted
that's when the binge happened...

I had a grilled cheese sandwich with
butter and 2 slices of cheese. 2.5 slices
of bacon, 3 tablespoons of nutella, and 2
grossilini style breadsticks, 2 cups of milk
with nestle quick (2-4 tablespoons total).

In less than an hour, I tripled my calories
for the day.

Then this morning, I went to weigh myself,
and I had lost 2lbs. It's only 2 lbs but it's a
positive difference.

I am barely drinking my water,
in part tired of flavor
in part because I want filtered water
in part because of my recent bad experiences with stevia & green tea.

So... I need to switch to something naturally
sweet like spearmint which is also good for PCOS symptoms.

I need to defrost portions of food for today,
and I need more vegetables (and an apple).
I'm out of apples.

I will persevere, and even at a -2lbs a week I'll be at
a better place than if I did nothing. I want to feel full and
satisfied. I want weight loss results.

 

VLCD #3

0 comments Posted by RavishingRuby at 3:00 PM

I woke up today,

and I wasn't hungry,
not even in the slightest bit.

Yesterday and the day before
there were moments where I did
have hunger pangs, which made
me think I had not properly loaded
during days 1 and 2.

HCG officially feels like a appetite
suppressant.

I received some discouraging news
this morning. Though advised to only
weigh in at the office, once a week on
Thursday, I weighed myself this morning.

The last time at the office I weighed 283lbs.
This morning, I weight 285 pounds.

The 300lb woman on HCG lost 13 pounds her
first week. I should be at 12 pound lost to be
at her rate.

There are only 4 days til Thursday, and
I am doubting whether my scale will vouch
that I have lost weight.

M, T, W, Th I need to lose 3 lbs a day to
reach 12 lbs.

As I briefly look over my past meals consumed
I definitely followed the diet, with the exception
of the sliced turkey. And maybe my soap bar is
not oil free.

Part of me believes that if this HCG diet is fundamentally
true, these seemingly trivial differences should not matter.

Yet if my weight has not budged, I know that Donna will
be upset, blame me, and probe to determine the cause.

*sigh* I want to lose weight with HCG.
It seems like the only way to lose weight rapidly
without weight loss surgery.

I want to be able to make a compelling case that
I could be her next awesome testimonial. I need
to be back on track weight wise for that to become
a reality.

Could it be that I am retaining water?
There are so many factors that affect
weight on the scale. I hope that my body fat percentage
has gone down, even if the scale says the same amount
of weight.

Last night, I paced from my room to the kitchen
empty handed, as if searching for something to eat.
My mother asked what was wrong. I told her I wanted
to have something sweet. This verbatim statement is
all too familiar to her; her vice as well as mine is sweets.
She told me I should forget about it and consider going to
bed early.

Instead I cooked a 4oz portion of snapper and 1 tomato.
It bumped my calories by 140 or so for the day but I felt
satisfied. The tomatos were surprisingly sweet even after
I added lemon to them, interesting.

Last night I had to seriously confront the fact that my diet
"allowed list" is quite limiting. I was craving foods I would
normally love to try. It does not help that I was reading
reviews on Yelp for a few hours. Perhaps I was looking for
trouble by spending so much time thinking about and reading
about food.

This morning, I went up to Facebook as a high school friend
added me to her friend list. I barely remember this chick, yet
like countless other friend requests the "message" field was empty.
I wish folks would take the time to say, we met through here or there
when we haven't seen each other in 5, 10, 15 years to recognize someone
and how we met at one point.

I also spent too much time comparing myself to others.
It's not good for my morale to think that others are better than me
for being thin, wealthy, well-traveled, extravagant, spenders, great friends, or
in love relationships. Nothing is as easy as it seems, everyone has their struggles.

Today I remind myself how importance it is to be grateful,
to work smart, and to be persistent. I can create the things
I want in my life. Work and health are my top priorities right
now. I want to be a successful social media manager, today I will
work on that goal by working continuously for 8 hours or more.
Health wise, I will take my HCG shot persevere in my diet, hoping
my results will show on Thursday to my own surprise.

 

VLCD #2

0 comments Posted by RavishingRuby at 7:25 PM

This is actually day 2 of a very low calorie diet,

medically supervised as part of the HCG diet.

Today, I found myself confronting myself,
wanting more than what I was allowed to
on my diet.

I remind myself that this is a temporary way
of eating to get and stay on the fast lane of weight
loss.

Dr. Robertson suggested I follow the Mediterranean
diet once I reached my goal weight loss to sustain the
improvement in weight, I looked it up today and it seems
be a bit heavy on the carb side (whole grain rather than
white). Shaun from Underground Wellness would shake
his head in disapproval because he believes folks should
follow the paleo diet (which is free of carbs).

My mother is not on the diet.
She's a traditionalist when it comes to food.
She's at least being a bit thoughtful, not deliberately
provoking me to jump off the bandwagon. Yet today
she made biscuits, the aroma was thick of freshly baked
buttery bread. The picture does not do justice to this
temptation sitting on the kitchen counter.

I reminded myself, that I am on a 0 carb diet;
there's no room for even 1 of these.

I also thought to myself how carbs make me feel...
They usually make me feel sleepy, sabbotaging my
energy and productivity plans. So I sigh, it seems
like a catch 20: carbs can cause weight gain and
carbs can hinder energy levels.

Tonight for dinner I had 4oz piece of snapper with
1 onion (cut in slices, sprinkled with salt, and mixed
with pureed garlic). It was filling, yet 10 minutes later
I have this nawing sensation in my stomach as if my stomach
is saying do you really think that was enough?

I made strawberry green tea today; it's staring at me from
a 28oz blue water bottle, free of BPA. Each sip is better, despite
that I put 8-10 envelopes of stevia per cup of tea. I have had other
green teas before, and I have not found them to be as bitter as this
one. I know that I should go a tea tasting sometime in the future,
to integrate rooibos, white, green, and black teas into my drink collection.

I like water. I have been doing really well in the last 2 days to be sure
I drink all of it, all 145 oz a day.

 

Second Visit HCG Clinic

0 comments Posted by RavishingRuby at 7:25 PM

The waiting area

The frenzy

Emma
Dr. RObertson
Donna
Carla

other patients

Conclusion

 

First Appointment at Equilibrium Clinic

0 comments Posted by RavishingRuby at 7:23 PM

Date:
The location:
The office:
Carla, the receptionist:
Donna, the owner/consultant:
Emma, the quiet unknown assistant:

Impression:

 

VLCD 1

0 comments Posted by RavishingRuby at 7:53 PM

This morning I gave myself my HCG shot,
after morning bathroom hygiene.

It was about 11am, will be consistent with
this time.

Since On Loading Day 1 and Loading Day 2,
I took the shots at 2pm.

I was hungry this morning.
I took advantage of this, by
drinking close to 90oz of water.
I'm currently working on reaching
120 ounces. My goal for the day is
145ounces of water as it is half
my body weight in ounces.

Today was the first day I went shopping
for HCG diet ingredients. In my rush to
leave, I left my ingredient list at home.
I improvised by looking it up online.

I bought two types of lean white fish,
half a pound of turkey, veggies, and fruit.

For lunch, I was surprised with how delicious
and satisfying it felt to eat organic baby spinach
with sliced turkey (4oz). I added 1 tablespoon of
raspberry dressing from walden farms. The dressing
was extra and not needed after tasting the delicious
simplicity of the previous flavors.

For dinner, I will have fish and red swiss chard.
Red Swiss chard is one of the prettiest vegetables
in my book. The contrast of red and green is pretty.

I will have to located my george foremen grill.
If not, I'll just use a skillet and organic coconut oil
to cook my fish.

I just located an excellent oil free moisturizer.
It's about $5 bucks more than what the clinic
offers and more than amazon price but it is available
at Whole Foods (which I can pick up and use today).

Check out Avalon Organics Rejuvenating Oil Free Moisturizer
http://www.amazon.com/Avalon-Botanicals-Oil-Free-Moisturizer-Rejuvenating/dp/B000PILCJU The ingredient list says it helps
with elastin and collagen. It has white tea too.

Well, it's 5:41pm, and I am going to get ready for the opera;
my first in over 15 years, it is titled Il Postino by Daniel Catan.

 

HCG Diet

0 comments Posted by RavishingRuby at 7:40 PM

Months ago I heard about the HCG diet
probably through an internet search.

I signed up for a mailing list that kept
me updated on homopathic HCG,
so it remained something of interest
and something on the back burner
to look into more seriously at a later
point.

It wasn't until a second round of
consideration did I learn that
there was prescription grade HCG.
It at least opened my mind to that
possibility.

Recently out of curiousity, I looked
up HCG in Houston. I found a local
clinic, saw the website, and emailed
the owner to schedule an appointment
for a free consultation.

Donna, the owner, of Equilibrium clinic
was professional, friendly, and honest
over the phone a trifecta I love to observe
in others, as they are traits i would love to
fully embody.

In person, Donna didn't measure up to
who I thought she would be. I can expand
upon that another time.

The day of my consultation with the doctor,
to receive the prescription I also had my
doubts about the clinic.

All that to say, the HCG diet when followed
well produces amazing results.

I calculated that in 8 months (including breaks
between 3 week rounds of HCG) that I could
reach my goal weight, making HCG diet equivalent
to having weight loss surgery.

For the last two days, I have been "loading"
which is just a nice way of saying gorging
myself beyond feeling full, beyond normal
portions, beyond means to consume high
fat foods.

With HCG diet, there is three types of fat
(1) abnormal
(2) quick energy
(3) structural fat.

During the loading days, the quick energy
fat needs to be fully stocked, as the body
taps into the abnormal fat it may periodically
grab from quick energy.

Day 1
Piola for a pizza carbonara
Al Pastor Tacos
Sweet and Sour Chicken
Reese Pieces
Peanuts

Day 2
Fried Eggs
Loads of Butter
4-6 Stripes of Bacon
Bread
Fajitas
Sausage
Pupusas
Chick Fil A
Cupcakes
Marshmallows
Donuts

My stomach hurt like heck,
I didn't know if it was food
poisoning,gas, bloating,
or my body reacting to the
sheer gluttony of the last
two days.

If I was zealous in this aspect
it is because I was warned in
the directions of the diet about
the importance of eating alot
during these loadings days,
to succeed on the diet and not
feel hunger.

It definitely seems counter
intuitive to gorge on carbs
and fats before embarking
on healthy diet of fish, veggies
and fruit.

The HCG diet costs hundreds
of dollars per round with a doctor
and with prescription.

I am shopping around:
(1) researching HCG brands
(2) researching pharmacies
(3) researching HCG clinics
(4) researching alternatives
(5) considering service trade

Perhaps if I become the best
testimonial ever, I could enjoy
HCG for less than normal price.

It has to be a fair trade though.

For 30 minutes a day, I could
manage her social media for
9 months.

I could create weekly video
blogs to track my progress.

 

Quick Weight Loss Center

0 comments Posted by RavishingRuby at 3:15 PM

I am looking back to 2010 ever so briefly

to describe efforts made and results.

January or February of 2010
I started with Quick Weight Loss Center.

I finally caved into all of the radio and TV
ads.

The program contract was deliberately
written to ensure that QWLC kept all fees
in the event I wasn't satisfied with the program.

Still, it seemed like a great way to lose weight,
so I registered for the 5-6 weeks.

The first two days of the diet consisted of eating
unlimited amounts of lean protein and vegetables.

Afterwards, I was transitioned into a well rounded
diet that allowed carbs, protein, fruits, vegetables,
and certain sweetners.

I felt like I wanted to eat other vegetables not listed
on the diet. I found it odd that I couldn't eat them.
After all, most vegetables are healthy.

The best explanation I could receive was
we paid scientists lots of money to study this
we don't really understand the why
we just know these are their findings.

I don't like to be told what to do without
understanding the why. This was one of my
major dislikes of the program.

The deal breaker was flavor.
I love to cook. I love watching Food Network.
Eating delicious food is satisfying.

I can eat veggies and lean protein
but I want it to be well seasoned.

With QWLC I could only have 1/2 tsp
of salt per day. The American palette
is used to having 2, 4, 6 times that amount
in a day. And it has its consequences as a result.

I tried salt free seasonings like Mrs Dash,
it didn't work for me. I also tried

 

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