Quinton Herrera

Coming off HCG

2010-02-01T13:48:00.001-08:00

The past few days- I love the fast start. I get to eat meat and raw veggies all day long. I feel so stuffed. I love meat and the veggies are awesome. I love eating veggies, but in the normal day to day I usually forget to eat them and end up snacking on junk to make up for it. When I eat tons of veggies I do not ever want the junk, and then a couple fruits makes the day a lot easier. I am amazed at how full I felt from eating a big salad the first day off of the HCG diet. Just the amount of food make my stomach hurt, ok so I should have stopped half way through the salad but it was stinking good I didn’t want to. I have been better at listening to my body the past few days and have not felt as sick.

It is amazing to me what our bodies will tell us if we just listen. I usually sit down to eat and just eat so fast that by the time my body says I am full I have eaten tons of food that has not even reached my stomach yet. It is helping me to slow down and enjoy my food a little more. I did cheat a little and snuck a little piece of cake for desert the other night, but I figured that is better than depriving myself and ending up eating a whole cake later. I feel good, I am excited to do my final bio this week to see what my body has done from the HCG and a few days of fast start. I will keep you posted on my ongoing journey to keep the weight I have lost off, and to get down to my body fat percentage goal.

Day 25

2010-01-29T10:30:00.000-08:00

Ok that is better. No shot today, but I was down 2 lbs from yesterday. So that puts me right at 29 lbs down. Not too shabby for 24 days of dieting. I feel good and I really am getting excited to have eggs. I miss eggs and strange cravings, like broccoli, who craves broccoli. I just miss eating lots of raw veggies, I am excited to go back to the Traditional Absolute Program. I am happy I did this, I mean how else could I have dropped nearly 30 lbs in just over 3 weeks. I hope that by eating the 500 cal today I might be down another lb tomorrow. That would be awesome, but I don’t want to get my hopes up in case it doesn’t happen. I am so happy to be down my clothes are falling off of me and I just feel like everything works better. I sleep better, I walk better, I am not as tired during the day at work. Things are great and I am excited to keep going to get down to my goal weight!!

Day 24

2010-01-29T10:29:00.000-08:00

Up a pound what in the world?!? Ok I am not going to freak out but that is not what I wanted to see. I expect to hit plateaus but not go up. This is weird. I guess I maybe didn’t drink enough water yesterday. I weighed in today. I was only down a total of 4 lbs from last week. So that brings my total up to 27 lbs but it should have been 29 if I would have lost a lb today. Today was the last shot so just a couple days of 500 cal and then I am going on a fast start. I look forward to having more healthy food in me to work out more and start to run more. I feel great that I am down so much but I wanted more. I guess I am just getting greedy now. I am really happy but frustrated at the same time that I went up a lb today.

Day 23

2010-01-29T10:27:00.000-08:00

Basketball was great, and I was down a lb today so things have been good. I am getting a little tired of eating this way but at the same time it feels so good to lose weight. It is not that I am hungry at all, it I more that I just miss food. I didn’t realize how much I really am tied to food. I know I need to eat to live, but it seems that I live to eat. It has been hard to be social. Everyone wants to go to dinner or meet up for treats, and that all sounds fun, but I just do not want to chance that someone at the restaurant does not give me exactly what I have ordered. I like knowing that my food has been prepared exactly how I wanted it. Well I have some extra hcg so I will take another shot tomorrow.

Day 22

2010-01-29T10:26:00.001-08:00

So the rest of the day yesterday was good. Got all of my water in and I was down some. Tonight I am planning to play some basketball so I better drink lots of water and what not. I am a little discouraged by the slow down but I am still moving in the right direction. It was just so nice the first while to see 2-3 sometimes more lbs a day. I know it all balances out and I will still be down quite a bit from where I started.

Day 21

2010-01-29T09:49:00.000-08:00

It is early Monday, so I may report more on today in tomorrow’s post. I was only down .2 of a lb. I am guessing this is because I did not get all of my water in. Well I did but I kinda drank it all later at night so I was not consistent. I notice I do not lose as well if I do not drink all of my water throughout the day. I will do better today since I am at work and it is easier to remember to drink all day long and not just down a ton of water at the end of the day. That’s all for now. I will let ya know how things are going tomorrow.

Day 20

2010-01-29T09:48:00.002-08:00

Well I am having a good day. Sundays are harder for me since I usually just sit around and eat all day on a normal Sunday. Popcorn, and cookies, a huge dinner. So I have been a little on edge today. I am not hungry just wanting. I guess this is why I am heavy in the first place. I let my wants of food supersede my need for food. Once I ate my meals I was not so bad, but still just wanted a treat. I guess I should have made my strawberry lemonade again that would have fixed it. Oh well. I am having a hard time getting all of my water in today. It is hard to remember to drink as often as I do during the week at work. I will work on it.

Day 19

2010-01-29T09:48:00.000-08:00

Basketball went great last night. I felt good and it really felt good to run without so much extra weight on me. I did get a little tired fast, but that could be just since I am out of shape. I hope today I can get all of my water in. For lunch I found a great treat. We had some zero calorie lemonade from Western Family, I blended it with our strawberries and some ice. It was the best frozen strawberry lemonade I have ever had. No sugars or sweeteners it was just great. It had less than 80 calories and it was a huge amount. I will have to keep this in mind for even after the diet to cure a sweet tooth.

Day 18

2010-01-29T09:47:00.005-08:00

Well I am still feeling good. I am planning on playing basketball tonight so I will let you know how that goes. Things are good I have not been hungry at all so I am just loving the diet. It seems that I would be starving all of the time but I feel really good. Sometimes I want to just eat more out of just wanting to, but I feel so good after a meal that wanting to eat more leaves quickly. I am starting to have funny cravings though. I want to eat cauliflower and broccoli. I have never craved anything healthy, but hey maybe that is a good thing. I will let you know how basketball goes.

Day 17

2010-01-29T09:47:00.003-08:00

Today was good. Not much to report. Scale was down another 7 lbs at my weigh in this morning, so that is sweet.

Day 16

2010-01-29T09:47:00.001-08:00

Played some basketball last night. It went well. I was not tired at all, I had lots of fun. I was able to drink lots of extra water so I did not have a dry mouth or anything. This morning I was down 1.7 pounds. Not too shabby. I am really feeling good. My wife said this morning that I need new pants, that these ones are looking a little big. That is what I like to hear. It is amazing that I can feel so satisfied on the amount of food I get to eat each day. I used to eat so much more and still want more. I really love the diet today. I am excited to be better able to run and play with my son. When I was at my heaviest I had a hard time standing for more than a few minutes, now I just want to be active and exercise. It feels sooooo good to have all the weight off of me that I have lost so far. I look forward to waking up an seeing how much I am down. I know that it will not be a huge number every day but an once in the right direction is still great. Loving being thinner, not just thinner healthier and so much happier.

Day 15

2010-01-29T09:45:00.001-08:00

Well no running last night, I decided to just take it easy instead. I did drink lots of water yesterday, I had about 150 oz. It was good I guess since I was down another pound this morning. Today I am planning on playing basketball, so I am drinking lots of water to be able to not have a dry mouth tonight. I will do better to drink while playing as well to keep my hydration up. I will let you know if that works or not.

Day 14

2010-01-29T09:44:00.005-08:00

Ok last night was harder than I thought it would be. My sister in law made an awesome dessert, brownies with ice cream covered in chocolate sauce and caramel. Ok that is one of my favorites! I just had those who were eating it tell me how good it was and that was enough. We saved our fruit to eat when we came back home. It was all good once I ate some fruit. Monday so far has been good. I was down a pound this morning so I am happy. I just ate my lunch and feel really full, but I have been thirsty all day. Usually I am not, but I have already had 100 oz and I am still wanting more. I usually get about 128 oz in and cannot handle more, but today I might take in more. Today I just feel like running but I am at work so maybe later tonight.

Day 13

2010-01-29T09:44:00.003-08:00

Last night was good. We cooked our friends dinner and even made them potatoes, but I was good, no crazy craving of the potatoes. I felt good, and it helps that the scale was down more today. We also went to the Auto Expo last night. I have been to the Auto Expo tons of times and I don’t think I have ever bought a treat while I was there, but today for some reason those nachos were calling my name, or the chicken fingers. It was ok, I had some water and called it good. Today has been good, part of the day is spent at church so that distracts me from being hungry and then the rest of the day goes so fast that I don’t have time to want anything. Except for tonight is a family dinner, and even worse is a birthday celebration. I will let you know how it all pans out. We will take our own food.

Day 12

2010-01-29T09:44:00.001-08:00

Boy I am tired. I played basketball again last night. It wasn’t that I didn’t have energy to play, I just don’t think I drank enough water before the game. My mouth was so dry that it made it hard to breathe. Today has been a good Saturday, I have been working hard to make sure to get all of my water in. It is so much easier when I get all of my water. Tonight we have some friends from out of state coming to visit. We usually go out for dinner, but we will just cook them dinner tonight. I will let you know how it goes.

Day 11

2010-01-29T09:43:00.002-08:00

Friday So my scale was only down have a freaking pound today. What the heck!! Ok..Ok… so I have lost almost 18 lbs in less than 11 days and I am complaining. I just hate days like this cause it takes away from the motivation. Luckily I am feeling good today and have not been stressed to I have not wanted to eat outside the diet. If I did not feel good and was only down half a pound I might be having a hard day. The rest of day 10 was good, had plenty of energy and felt great, I didn’t get all of my water in during the day so that could explain my low loss this morning. I will make sure to get all of my water in today. So far at about half way through the day I am at 70 oz’s. It is easy to get it all in while at work, usually, since the water bottle is sitting on my desk next to me. I will have to be better over the weekend when I am running around getting things done. The weekend is hard for me to remember to drink enough water. Guess I need to come up with a way to remember.

Day 10

2010-01-29T09:43:00.000-08:00

WOW!!! My scale and Absolutes scale are telling me the same thing. I am down 17lbs!! I feel great and my clothes are really getting loose. If I did this in just the first 10 days I cannot wait until the end to see how much I can be down. Seeing the scale down every day helps me be motivated to follow the plan during the day. It is still early on day 10 so I will report more on it tomorrow.

Day 9

2010-01-29T09:42:00.004-08:00

Basketball was fun, I notice that I had a less energy, I will make sure to eat my fruit before I go play next time. Today I realized how much I turn to food in moment of stress. I was having a rough day and started wanting to run grab some fatty goodness. It is crazy that when I do not feel happy I want to eat, and when after I eat I feel horrible for stuffing myself with tons of food and then start the whole cycle over again. I am happy to report I stuck to the diet and didn’t not jump off the wagon. I am weighing in tomorrow morning. I will let you know how it goes.

Day 8

2010-01-29T09:42:00.002-08:00

Today has been good, feeling good so I am planning to play basketball tonight.

Day 7

2010-01-29T09:42:00.000-08:00

Monday, why is it always seem so hard to get going on Monday? I am tired today, but I think it is from lack of sleep. I have done really well and I am excited to weigh in this week to see what the scale says. My scale says I am down 12 lbs since I started, not too shabby!! I will let you know how it goes when I get my official weigh in this week.

Day 6

2010-01-29T09:41:00.003-08:00

Sunday, another day that always seems hard to get all of my water in. The movie was fun and the berries were great treat. It amazes me how good all of the treats smell at the movie theater, but most of the time when I eat them they do not taste as good as they smell. It was nice to walk past all of the treats and just buy a bottle of water, it saved us lots of money over buying the overpriced popcorn and sodas. Just don’t tell them I brought in my own treats. We are headed to family dinner tonight, I will just take my own food ready to eat, it makes it easy and I don’t have to try to get it all ready there, or have someone else prepare it for me. I will let you know how it goes.

Day 5

2010-01-29T09:41:00.001-08:00

First Saturday on the diet, Saturdays I always have a hard time remembering to drink water for some reason. I did pretty good remembering today. Tonight we are going to a movie. I am going to take my fruit from dinner, strawberries, in as a snack.

Day 4

2010-01-29T09:39:00.001-08:00

I feel so much better than I did yesterday morning. I feel like the days of fat loading have been taken out of me and I have energy, I just feel great. It helps that the scale had me down 3lbs from my start weight this morning as well!! I went up 4 lbs fat loading so the scale was down a total of 7 lbs from yesterday. I felt so good I decided to walk on the treadmill for a half hour last night. Felt good to get a little exercise in as well. Ready for another day and more weight loss!!

Day 3

2010-01-29T09:38:00.003-08:00

I have never been so happy to not eat breakfast, I still feel a little gross from my two day binge and I am very much looking forward to drinking lots of water and eating 2 small and pure meals today.

Day 2

2010-01-29T09:38:00.001-08:00

Fat Loading is great the first day but after a couple days of stuffing myself I am ready to go to a 500 cal diet. This fatty goodness starts to take a toll on me and I just feel tired from not eating the usual Absolute Diet. It is 3 in the afternoon and I am ready for a nap.

Load Day

2010-01-12T19:31:00.001-08:00

It's a fat loading day. Just found out that In and Out is one of the best places to fat load. Heading there now!

2010-01-12T19:14:00.000-08:00

Age 29,
Starting Weight: 338
Height: 6'1"

Quin is married and has a 1-year-old son. After a back injury while playing sports in high school, Quin became less active and was unhappy about his energy level and health. He came to ABSolute with the goal of getting healthy enough to be an active father and to outlive his parents who both died at the age of 61.

Biggest Obstacle: He loves food, so he is learning to make healthier choices.

Quin stated with the traditional diet, but he is switching to the hCG program for more of a push.

Watch his blog to follow his success!