Close enough to see the 150's coming at me!

Starting weight on this round: 172.8
Yesterday's weight 160.8
Today's weight 160.2
Overnight loss of .6lbs

Yes, I'm so close to the 150's that I can taste it. I would dearly love to end this round with a LIW in the 150's and I was planning on doing my last injection tomorrow. But sometimes you can be disappointed if you want something too much, so we'll see. And if I don't make it by tomorrow, I will do one more injection day. And if I don't make it by then, I'll just be satisfied with that until the next round, because I only want to give it one more day and no more. I want to be into P3 by the weekend so that I can see how my P3 is going for a few days before Christmas. I don't plan on risking outright sweets on this P3, but I did want a little honey baked ham and I know that's a big no no. But I don't know if I'll be able to resist it! My first meal on P3 will probably be breakfast so I know I'll have eggs w/cheese and bacon, but what I'm looking forward to most is a huge mixed salad with tomatoes, cucumbers, cheese, onions, sprouts and some chopped up ham or turkey with Ranch dressing! I'm going to have one every day till I get sick of it! Okay, that's enough about food, let's change the subject.
I was reading so many blogs today that had people going into their P3 for Christmas. Most people were very happy with how their P2 rounds went but there were a few who felt that they could have done better with their rounds if they had not strayed from the protocol. But you know what? Every single person lost weight. And they all lost much more weight than if they had been on a different diet. So although some people had different ranges of results, they all had results that they can be proud of. And maybe even learn from. I got a lot of inspiration and encouragement from reading Biz's blog, not just because of her terrific milestone of 75 lbs gone forever, but because of how she said that she learned so much from her previous two rounds and that the second was the toughest. The third one she just breezed through. This was just what I needed to hear because I will have my third round coming up pretty soon. Now it could be argued that this may technically be my second round because I actually did an interruption instead of a full P3 break, but I'll call it my 3rd for clarity's sake. I found this round a little tougher mentally than the first because I was really getting tired of the restrictions and I never entirely lost my hunger. So I've finally made my decision to quit this week, go into 3 weeks of P3, then P4 until late January or early February. I plan to do a few ski trips this winter and I won't want to be on the protocol for those.
So starting this weekend, I'm going back to the gym. Resistance training, step classes, water aerobics and the treadmill. I'm going to see how much toning up I can accomplish between rounds. I also feel a little out of shape for skiing so I want to get a little stronger before our first trip. Don't know when that will be, but my husband is kind of raring to go now that it's snowing in the mountains. We can drive to ski resorts in Colorado and in Arizona when the snow is good. So we're hoping it continues! We also do one nice trip to a place like Breckenridge or Salt Lake City, or Lake Tahoe. We don't know for sure where it will be this year, but I can tell you that I'm wearing much smaller ski pants than last year!
One more thing I want to say. There are some brave souls who are going to continue the protocol right through the Christmas holiday. You know who you are. I just want to say to you how much I admire your resolve and determination. Because although it is very easy to lose weight while sticking to the protocol with HCG, it still takes a good mental attitude to make it work for each of us individually. And you people have what it takes and I'm very impressed with that! Congratulations to you...
Congratulations to us all!!!

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Mary thanks for the encouragement!

Biz, I will have to email you sometime about my DD's business, but will ask her permission first. She doesn't have as much freedom to discuss the HCG subject as I do. Are you really curious now?
I'm so happy for you, your son and JPS for the very successful rounds you just completed. WOO HOO back at ya!

Amy, I have shared the HCG info with a few people at my office and haven't had anyone ready to sign up yet, but no one who's calling me crazy either! I do have a few social friends who want to give it a go, including the one who did the protocol in a California clinic in the 70's. She sure didn't need any convincing. So I may have some more company on my next round. I just wish I could get my husband to go for it!