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Category Archives: DIet
HCG Day 3 – A mild cheating episode
On Day 3, which was Wednesday, I was doing very well on my diet. I felt a little bit of hunger after lunch, but I just nibbled on my apple chips and meringues cookies to keep the hunger at bay. … Continue reading
Diet-friendly Apple Chips (HCG, South Beach Diet, etc.)
There is no better way for me to describe how good these apple chips came out then by relaying the conversation that took place between me and a coworker who knows that I am back on the HCG diet. Me: … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cooking, DIet, Dieting, Food, HCG, Life, Personal, Recipes
Tagged apple chips, apple corer, dessert, easy recipes, Macintosh, mandolin slicer
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HCG Day 2 – Hunger pangs and a headache
My second day on the HCG diet was not quite as easy as my first. I came back from lunch and realized I was still hungry. Luckily I had some leftover sugar-free meringue cookies at my desk, so I was … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, DIet, Dieting, Food, HCG, Life, Personal
Tagged apple chips, headache, hungry, sugar free meringue cookies
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Diet-friendly curry chicken (HCG, South Beach Diet, etc.)
This recipe is so simple that it barely warrants its own post. But it is one of my favorite ways to make chicken. When I’m not dieting I make it the same way and just add some low-fat sour cream … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cooking, DIet, Dieting, Food, HCG, Life, Personal, Recipes
Tagged cinnamon, Curry chicken, curry powder, dinner, easy meals, pumpkin pie spice
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HCG Day 1 – It’s easy to diet when the thought of food makes you sick
Part of the HCG prep is that you take the drops for two days while eating as much fatty food as possible. On the one hand it’s nice to get a “free pass” and eat whatever you want without feeling … Continue reading
HCG Diet – Preparation
Since this is my second time doing the HCG diet, there was a lot less prep work involved as compared to my first time around. I already have a food scale, a regular scale, and of all the vinegar, seasonings … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, DIet, Dieting, Food, HCG, Life, Personal
Tagged dieting, HCG, low calorie diet, preparation
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I’m starting the HCG Diet…again.
At the end of last year I was 15 pounds heavier than I am now. I wasn’t fat (according to my friends, anyway), but I was definitely overweight, and I didn’t like it. (Of course, it didn’t help that two … Continue reading
Sugar-free, gluten-free cream cheese brownies
In case you’ve been living under a rock and didn’t know, last weekend there was a hurricane on the east coast. I was fortunate enough that I didn’t suffer any negative effects from the storm – except, perhaps, the 5 … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cooking, DIet, Dieting, Food, Life, Personal, Photos, Recipes
Tagged brownies, chocolate, cream cheese, desserts, diet, gluten free, HCG, sugar free
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Deciding what food to bring on the plane
One night a few weeks ago, while I was looking up hotels in Berlin, I thought it would be a great idea if I made a few sandwiches for my flight to Paris. After all, it was going to be … Continue reading
Turning a pumpkin meringue cookie FAIL into a pumpkin brownie WIN!
I have become an expert at making sugar-free meringue cookies, so in honor of the first post on my new blog, I attempted to spice things up and make sugar-free Pumpkin Meringue Cookies. Keyword = ATTEMPT. It was a pretty … Continue reading
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