Starting weight on this round: 172.8 - 11-24-7
LIW 160.4 12-18-
Yesterday's weight 161.8
Today's weight 162.8
Overnight gain of 1.4 lbs.
2.4 over LIW
Okay, I'm more than 2.4 lbs over my LIW. And I'm a little bummed. But I could see it coming. We went out shopping last night and stopped for Mexican food. Last time I had Mexican I gained and this time too. Hmmm, maybe I should learn something from this. I could be making much better choices and I feel like I've been playing fast and loose with the P3 protocol lately and I'm not very proud of it. So I'm planning to be more conscientious this weekend. I plan to try to stick to a south beach or Atkins type of eating plan. We are going to Flagstaff (northern AZ) to visit some friends who usually eat this way. We will be staying over to ski on Sunday, then we both have to work on Monday, but we can both work remotely so we'll be working from our friend's mountainside cabin. How tough is that, huh? And we'll also stay and celebrate New Year's with them and then head home on Tuesday morning. I have to report for Jury duty on Wednesday (I'll call in on Monday to find out for sure.) I've been lucky the last two times and didn't have to serve on a jury, but my luck can't hold forever...
Doesn't it seem weird that this year is almost over? Doing Dr. Simeon's protocol has really made this last part of the year just speed by for me. I still have to remind myself that it's only been a couple of months since I started the whole process and am now some 30 pounds lighter! Just think of how many people in the world who could benefit from this but who will either never hear of it or who will hear of it and think that it's just another fad and not the real deal. I just wish I could tell everyone about it. I am constantly seeing people who need to lose weight and are struggling to get around with so many layers of abnormal fat padding their bodies and I just want to go to them and say "there is a CURE for this!" And it's so sad that we can't share it so easily.
But the good news is... to get back to my original subject, I found the perfect artificial tree on sale for $120.00. It's a 9 ft pre-lit with the more realistic branches and is very full so you can't see to the middle post. It's just what we were looking for at the beginning of the Christmas season and what we refused to pay $400 for. So the wait really paid off. WOO HOO!!!
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Biz, I guess I'm skipping the steak day even though I should be doing that today. With one more round of P2 coming up, I'm not as gung Ho as I will be on my last P3. I will follow Dr. S's protocol to the letter to ensure that I've re-set correctly. But for now, I'll just try to be careful for the next few days and see if I can bring it back closer to my LIW. I know for sure that I'm NOT having the same problem as you of not eating enough!!! LOL!
Mary, how's your shopping going? Now that I have a taller tree, I might have to shop for some more decorations too! I better hurry before the good stuff is all gone though. Did you go shopping? And did you ever finish your snowman?
Friday, December 28, 2007
Thursday, December 27, 2007
going shopping...
Starting weight on this round: 172.8 - 11-24-7
LIW 160.4 12-18-7
Tuesday's weight 161.2
Yesterday's weight 162.4 (gain of 1.2/2.0 over LIW)
Today's weight 161.8
Overnight loss of .6 lbs.
1.4 over LIW
As you can see, I've been on the P3 roller coaster in the past few days. But just missed having to do a steak day today since I came back down this morning. I've been pretty busy and I'm on my way out the door to shop the after Christmas sales. We want to find an artificial tree for next year. Every year we say we're going to get one and then we can't stand to spend the money before Christmas. So if we can find one, now is the time to buy! So wish me luck.
And I'm going to see if I can post the pic of the tree skirt I made for my daughter's tree...
LIW 160.4 12-18-7
Tuesday's weight 161.2
Yesterday's weight 162.4 (gain of 1.2/2.0 over LIW)
Today's weight 161.8
Overnight loss of .6 lbs.
1.4 over LIW
As you can see, I've been on the P3 roller coaster in the past few days. But just missed having to do a steak day today since I came back down this morning. I've been pretty busy and I'm on my way out the door to shop the after Christmas sales. We want to find an artificial tree for next year. Every year we say we're going to get one and then we can't stand to spend the money before Christmas. So if we can find one, now is the time to buy! So wish me luck.
And I'm going to see if I can post the pic of the tree skirt I made for my daughter's tree...
Here are the pics. Can't see the sparkles on the red fabric though. But she wanted one that would come out further from the base instead of being hidden under the tree. This turned out nice but boy is it a big tree skirt!
Monday, December 24, 2007
Fun Filled Holidays!
Starting weight on this round: 172.8 - 11-24-7
LIW 160.4 12-18-7
Saturday's weight 160.2
Yesterday's weight 161.4 (gain of 1.2 1.0 over LIW)
Today's weight 161.0
Overnight loss of .4 lbs.
.6 over LIW
Since I didn't post yesterday (too much going on,) I added both days stats. I did gain after my dinner out at Macayo's but I ate normally yesterday and avoided the sugars and starches and am back down. So overall, quite acceptable. Yesterday I spent most of the day sewing a new Christmas tree skirt for my daughter's tree. It is part of my present to her. She wanted one that had a larger diameter and would extend out from the base further and you just can't find those in the stores, so I found some great fabric and trim and worked on it Saturday and Sunday. I'll have her take a picture of it for me to post here. But when I first bought the fabric and showed it to her, my 6 year old granddaughter was there and asked me if I would make her a "princess" dress out of the fabric. So I went back and bought some more and will be working on that right after Christmas. It will make a great dress too. It's a deep red velour with gold and silver sparkles in clusters all over. I will make it in an empire style with long sleeves and an overskirt of some matching sheer gauzy material. I'll have to post a pic of that too when it's done.
Today it's just wrapping presents and a little cooking. We will have a Christmas Eve celebration this evening at my daughter's house. She is hosting for the family this year and has been cleaning and decorating all week. I'm glad to not have that extra work this year and I've noticed that she needs less and less help from me each year! This year I'm only cooking a couple of side dishes so I'm getting off easy. I plan to eat a little of the honey baked ham tonight but I'll try to stick to P3 protocol for the rest of the meal.
In the morning all of our kids will meet at our house to open gifts. Some will come and spend the night and some will come over after opening their gifts from Santa at their own homes. I will make a big breakfast after all the gifts have been opened and then my husband's kids have to pack up and go to their mom's house for yet another get together. And we will have a nice quiet, messy house. So after a little clean up, we'll probably go hike up our favorite short trail up South Mountain. And then back home to play with our Christmas toys! Hope it's a wonderful holiday for everyone... Merry Christmas!
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Biz, glad you had a chance to stop by. I'm sure we'll all get back to a normal eating routine after the holidays and will just have to forgive ourselves in the meantime! And yes, I do think the resetting thing is real. I know that when I have completed my last P2 round that I will be scrupulous about abiding by the no sugar and starch rule and easing into them in P4. Knowing that i still have one more round of P2 this time makes it a little more forgivable to bend the rules, but I won't take any chances for my final P3... I want to make sure I reset correctly!
Mary, I'm thinking of it as a little teeny detour and plan to get back on the straight and narrow soon. And it also depends on the weight gain. I think if I don't go over the 2lb limit, I might be more willing to risk little deviations. I'm just trying to not let it get out of hand, if you know what I mean! It's all a personal journey and we're all just taking responsibility for our own choices, right!
Lili, I did have a gain, but not catastrophic, so I'm content. And yes, it was totally worth it! I'm highly suspicious of the "Hour of Power" myself, but I guess we can always use it as a justification if we do go crazy on the carbs! So far, I don't think the little cheats have done much lasting harm. But again, I'm going to try to keep them to a minimum. I don't want to end up losing a bunch of weight that I've lost once already when I start my next round. I want to start close to my LIW!
Happy Holiday to all!
LIW 160.4 12-18-7
Saturday's weight 160.2
Yesterday's weight 161.4 (gain of 1.2 1.0 over LIW)
Today's weight 161.0
Overnight loss of .4 lbs.
.6 over LIW
Since I didn't post yesterday (too much going on,) I added both days stats. I did gain after my dinner out at Macayo's but I ate normally yesterday and avoided the sugars and starches and am back down. So overall, quite acceptable. Yesterday I spent most of the day sewing a new Christmas tree skirt for my daughter's tree. It is part of my present to her. She wanted one that had a larger diameter and would extend out from the base further and you just can't find those in the stores, so I found some great fabric and trim and worked on it Saturday and Sunday. I'll have her take a picture of it for me to post here. But when I first bought the fabric and showed it to her, my 6 year old granddaughter was there and asked me if I would make her a "princess" dress out of the fabric. So I went back and bought some more and will be working on that right after Christmas. It will make a great dress too. It's a deep red velour with gold and silver sparkles in clusters all over. I will make it in an empire style with long sleeves and an overskirt of some matching sheer gauzy material. I'll have to post a pic of that too when it's done.
Today it's just wrapping presents and a little cooking. We will have a Christmas Eve celebration this evening at my daughter's house. She is hosting for the family this year and has been cleaning and decorating all week. I'm glad to not have that extra work this year and I've noticed that she needs less and less help from me each year! This year I'm only cooking a couple of side dishes so I'm getting off easy. I plan to eat a little of the honey baked ham tonight but I'll try to stick to P3 protocol for the rest of the meal.
In the morning all of our kids will meet at our house to open gifts. Some will come and spend the night and some will come over after opening their gifts from Santa at their own homes. I will make a big breakfast after all the gifts have been opened and then my husband's kids have to pack up and go to their mom's house for yet another get together. And we will have a nice quiet, messy house. So after a little clean up, we'll probably go hike up our favorite short trail up South Mountain. And then back home to play with our Christmas toys! Hope it's a wonderful holiday for everyone... Merry Christmas!
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Biz, glad you had a chance to stop by. I'm sure we'll all get back to a normal eating routine after the holidays and will just have to forgive ourselves in the meantime! And yes, I do think the resetting thing is real. I know that when I have completed my last P2 round that I will be scrupulous about abiding by the no sugar and starch rule and easing into them in P4. Knowing that i still have one more round of P2 this time makes it a little more forgivable to bend the rules, but I won't take any chances for my final P3... I want to make sure I reset correctly!
Mary, I'm thinking of it as a little teeny detour and plan to get back on the straight and narrow soon. And it also depends on the weight gain. I think if I don't go over the 2lb limit, I might be more willing to risk little deviations. I'm just trying to not let it get out of hand, if you know what I mean! It's all a personal journey and we're all just taking responsibility for our own choices, right!
Lili, I did have a gain, but not catastrophic, so I'm content. And yes, it was totally worth it! I'm highly suspicious of the "Hour of Power" myself, but I guess we can always use it as a justification if we do go crazy on the carbs! So far, I don't think the little cheats have done much lasting harm. But again, I'm going to try to keep them to a minimum. I don't want to end up losing a bunch of weight that I've lost once already when I start my next round. I want to start close to my LIW!
Happy Holiday to all!
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Starting weight on this round: 172.8 - 11-24-7
LIW 160.4 12-18-7
Yesterday's weight 159.6
Today's weight 160.2
Overnight gain of .6 lbs
.2 under LIW
I sure am glad I had a little wiggle room from my last two days of vlcd. That is a little less stressful for the inevitable weight gain from the first couple of days on P3. Today I had trouble eating breakfast. I felt nauseous and could only have a few bites of my scrambled eggs. I also woke up with a headache that hung around almost the whole day. So after cleaning up the breakfast dishes I went back to bed and slept for another hour and a half! Thank goodness it was Saturday and I didn't have to go in to work. At lunchtime I was still feeling sick but I knew I needed to eat. My husband was making himself a grilled cheese and I was a little tempted to try it but just had some tomato soup instead. Could only eat about half of what I would normally have eaten. So I did some sewing and played with my grandkids for a while, then my husband and I went out and did some last minute Christmas shopping and afterwards we stopped for dinner at my favorite Mexican restaurant, Macayo's. I can't go in that place without having their spinach con queso dip, which is to die for. Creamy and cheesy and a light fresh taste because of the pico de gallo that they use in it which consists of chopped tomato, onion, cilantro and cucumbers. And you know you can't eat the dip from a spoon, you just have to have chips with it, so yes, I had chips. (starch) And then you know, you can't have the chips and queso without a margarita to wash it down, so yes, I had a margie. (sugar) So there go the two rules of P3 down the hatch! But mmmmm, was it good. So now I wait and see the damages for tomorrow. I must say though that I ate much less than I would normally, before HCG. Just got full earlier, and I didn't feel the need to keep going once my stomach started feeling full. I actually only ate a bite or two of my main course after eating the chips and queso before our food came out. And boy was my stepson happy when we came home with two boxes of leftovers!
And because I haven't had any alcohol since I've been on P2, that one margarita was enough to keep me from driving home after dinner.
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Mary, We'll see how friendly my scale is in the morning! LOL!
LIW 160.4 12-18-7
Yesterday's weight 159.6
Today's weight 160.2
Overnight gain of .6 lbs
.2 under LIW
I sure am glad I had a little wiggle room from my last two days of vlcd. That is a little less stressful for the inevitable weight gain from the first couple of days on P3. Today I had trouble eating breakfast. I felt nauseous and could only have a few bites of my scrambled eggs. I also woke up with a headache that hung around almost the whole day. So after cleaning up the breakfast dishes I went back to bed and slept for another hour and a half! Thank goodness it was Saturday and I didn't have to go in to work. At lunchtime I was still feeling sick but I knew I needed to eat. My husband was making himself a grilled cheese and I was a little tempted to try it but just had some tomato soup instead. Could only eat about half of what I would normally have eaten. So I did some sewing and played with my grandkids for a while, then my husband and I went out and did some last minute Christmas shopping and afterwards we stopped for dinner at my favorite Mexican restaurant, Macayo's. I can't go in that place without having their spinach con queso dip, which is to die for. Creamy and cheesy and a light fresh taste because of the pico de gallo that they use in it which consists of chopped tomato, onion, cilantro and cucumbers. And you know you can't eat the dip from a spoon, you just have to have chips with it, so yes, I had chips. (starch) And then you know, you can't have the chips and queso without a margarita to wash it down, so yes, I had a margie. (sugar) So there go the two rules of P3 down the hatch! But mmmmm, was it good. So now I wait and see the damages for tomorrow. I must say though that I ate much less than I would normally, before HCG. Just got full earlier, and I didn't feel the need to keep going once my stomach started feeling full. I actually only ate a bite or two of my main course after eating the chips and queso before our food came out. And boy was my stepson happy when we came home with two boxes of leftovers!
And because I haven't had any alcohol since I've been on P2, that one margarita was enough to keep me from driving home after dinner.
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Mary, We'll see how friendly my scale is in the morning! LOL!
Friday, December 21, 2007
Starting weight on this round: 172.8 - 11-24-7
LIW 160.4 12-18-7
Yesterday's weight 159.8
Today's weight 159.6
Overnight loss of .2 lbs
.8 under LIW
Last day of VLCD gave me another .2 loss so I'm in good shape for my first day of P3. I'm sitting here typing and feeling very full and satisfied. I didn't go overboard with my eating today, but I did enjoy my meals quite a bit! Eggs with sauteed onions topped with a sprinkle of cheese and 2 slices of bacon for breakfast. Lunch was a bowl of artichoke florentine soup and a half of a tuna almondine sandwich. (didn't eat the bread) And dinner was the lettuce wraps from Pei Wei's. I just ate the diced chicken meat inside the wraps and left those little white crunchy noodles that come with them. Don't know what they are and never liked them much anyway. So when we got home I felt like having a little snack so I had an apple of all things! But tonight I dipped the slices in peanut butter... Oh how yummy that was. So I'm sure I'll be fine with my weight in the morning, but I can't help having a twinge of worry that the scale will go in the wrong direction. Last time I went off the HCG I didn't have access to an accurate scale so I didn't go through the morning weigh ins. I was only able to check my weight occasionally on an ancient analog scale. So now I'm hoping I don't fluctuate too much since I'll be able to see every little .2 lb change that shows up. But no, I'm not really stressing about it, it's just a little flutter in the back of my mind!
We were invited to go skiing with some friends of ours but they want to go next weekend and we'd be gone Friday through Monday. I will have to see if I can get the time off from work with such a short notice. It'll be okay if there aren't too many others taking the same time off. So we'll see. We had actually been talking about having a New Year's Eve party for a group of friends so we have some deciding to do!
This weekend I'm going to hit the gym and make sure to get some walking in. It turned quite a bit colder here today though so I may not feel like hiking South Mountain with my hubby. It gets really windy on that trail and I'm a total cold weenie. I can survive 118 degree summers but when it gets into the 40's I'm not too happy. I have to be skiing to enjoy weather that cold!
So everyone have a good weekend and happy losing!
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Lili, so it was a typo all along? You would not believe how hard I tried to decipher what I thought was an IM acronym! And nothing I came up with made any sense! That is just too funny...
But thanks for the compliment on my model. I just changed my outfit for the holiday and had my hair cut yesterday so I changed my mini-me to match!
And Mary, it sounds like we've all had our purple cabbage mishaps!
LIW 160.4 12-18-7
Yesterday's weight 159.8
Today's weight 159.6
Overnight loss of .2 lbs
.8 under LIW
Last day of VLCD gave me another .2 loss so I'm in good shape for my first day of P3. I'm sitting here typing and feeling very full and satisfied. I didn't go overboard with my eating today, but I did enjoy my meals quite a bit! Eggs with sauteed onions topped with a sprinkle of cheese and 2 slices of bacon for breakfast. Lunch was a bowl of artichoke florentine soup and a half of a tuna almondine sandwich. (didn't eat the bread) And dinner was the lettuce wraps from Pei Wei's. I just ate the diced chicken meat inside the wraps and left those little white crunchy noodles that come with them. Don't know what they are and never liked them much anyway. So when we got home I felt like having a little snack so I had an apple of all things! But tonight I dipped the slices in peanut butter... Oh how yummy that was. So I'm sure I'll be fine with my weight in the morning, but I can't help having a twinge of worry that the scale will go in the wrong direction. Last time I went off the HCG I didn't have access to an accurate scale so I didn't go through the morning weigh ins. I was only able to check my weight occasionally on an ancient analog scale. So now I'm hoping I don't fluctuate too much since I'll be able to see every little .2 lb change that shows up. But no, I'm not really stressing about it, it's just a little flutter in the back of my mind!
We were invited to go skiing with some friends of ours but they want to go next weekend and we'd be gone Friday through Monday. I will have to see if I can get the time off from work with such a short notice. It'll be okay if there aren't too many others taking the same time off. So we'll see. We had actually been talking about having a New Year's Eve party for a group of friends so we have some deciding to do!
This weekend I'm going to hit the gym and make sure to get some walking in. It turned quite a bit colder here today though so I may not feel like hiking South Mountain with my hubby. It gets really windy on that trail and I'm a total cold weenie. I can survive 118 degree summers but when it gets into the 40's I'm not too happy. I have to be skiing to enjoy weather that cold!
So everyone have a good weekend and happy losing!
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Lili, so it was a typo all along? You would not believe how hard I tried to decipher what I thought was an IM acronym! And nothing I came up with made any sense! That is just too funny...
But thanks for the compliment on my model. I just changed my outfit for the holiday and had my hair cut yesterday so I changed my mini-me to match!
And Mary, it sounds like we've all had our purple cabbage mishaps!
Thursday, December 20, 2007
P3 in the morning!
Starting weight on this round: 172.8
LIW 160.4 12-18-7
Yesterday's weight 160.6
Today's weight 159.8
Overnight loss of .8 lbs
.6 under LIW
This is my last day of the VLCD and it's been just fine. Other than my cabbage soup mishap, things have been going smoothly. And lookie there, I lost .8 and am under my LIW AND I'm in the 150's!!! So how cool is that? I was already in a pretty good frame of mind knowing that this round was ending, but the weight loss at the end here is really a big bonus. So I've got a little wiggle room from my LIW. So just in case you were wondering about the cabbage soup mishap, I'll fill you in... The other day I was cooking some chicken cabbage soup when I realized I was out of cabbage and my DH was at the grocery store. So I gave him a call and asked him to pick up a head of cabbage. So the sweetheart brings me home a head of purple cabbage. Yes it tastes the same so I thought well this should be okay. I cut it up and throw it in the pot. And it's fine until it starts to get soft and then the broth starts turning a little purple and I'm thinking oh that's pretty, and then the chicken starts turning kind of purple, and THEN I'm thinking, ewww that looks gross! But by then, I'm ready to eat and I'm hungry and I know it's just the purple cabbage so I eat it and it's just yummy as long as you don't think about the grayish purple chicken. But then, I need something to take to work for my last VLCD lunch today and I've got a serving of purple chicken and cabbage soup... Needless to say, my soup got a lot of attention at the lunch table today! LOL!
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Lili, We will have to think up a name for the end of January R2 Crew. I'm thinking this next round will be my last. You too, right?
And I'm showing my ignorance here but what does *fosy* mean? You are just too with it for me! LOL!
LIW 160.4 12-18-7
Yesterday's weight 160.6
Today's weight 159.8
Overnight loss of .8 lbs
.6 under LIW
This is my last day of the VLCD and it's been just fine. Other than my cabbage soup mishap, things have been going smoothly. And lookie there, I lost .8 and am under my LIW AND I'm in the 150's!!! So how cool is that? I was already in a pretty good frame of mind knowing that this round was ending, but the weight loss at the end here is really a big bonus. So I've got a little wiggle room from my LIW. So just in case you were wondering about the cabbage soup mishap, I'll fill you in... The other day I was cooking some chicken cabbage soup when I realized I was out of cabbage and my DH was at the grocery store. So I gave him a call and asked him to pick up a head of cabbage. So the sweetheart brings me home a head of purple cabbage. Yes it tastes the same so I thought well this should be okay. I cut it up and throw it in the pot. And it's fine until it starts to get soft and then the broth starts turning a little purple and I'm thinking oh that's pretty, and then the chicken starts turning kind of purple, and THEN I'm thinking, ewww that looks gross! But by then, I'm ready to eat and I'm hungry and I know it's just the purple cabbage so I eat it and it's just yummy as long as you don't think about the grayish purple chicken. But then, I need something to take to work for my last VLCD lunch today and I've got a serving of purple chicken and cabbage soup... Needless to say, my soup got a lot of attention at the lunch table today! LOL!
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Lili, We will have to think up a name for the end of January R2 Crew. I'm thinking this next round will be my last. You too, right?
And I'm showing my ignorance here but what does *fosy* mean? You are just too with it for me! LOL!
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
That's my story...
Starting weight on this round: 172.8
Yesterday's weight 160.4
Today's weight 160.6
Overnight gain of .2 lbs
And I'm sticking to it... So this morning I gained another .2. No deviations from the protocol other than NOT eating the grisinni and NOT eating my second fruit. So I decided not to inject today and am using yesterday's weight as my LIW. So today is my second day of VLCD after the last injection. One more day and Friday I'll be on P3. I was actually planning to inject today and have this be my LIW but I think I'm just ready to be done with this round. I'm not having a problem with the food or temptation but the stress of not losing consistently without cheats is getting very old. So I'm done! And on to the next phase. Funny thing is, the world around me is ready for me to be done too. I had a phone message from a friend who just passes through occasionally and wants to meet for dinner Friday night. So I can go with them and not have to explain my eating choices! That will be a very nice change. I will also be ready to start my workout routine. I'm getting a little antsy in anticipation. So yes, this change will be welcome. My dinner tonight was especially tasty for some strange reason. I just had grilled fish and broccoli which is pretty standard fare, but as I was eating it, it dawned on me that it was really good, and that I really enjoyed eating this way. So yes I will be happy to keep eating this type of menu with just some extra veggies thrown in and some butter drizzled on top. And a salad with the same meal! That actually sounds like heaven to me right now!
So I'm just determined to enjoy this time and strengthen my body as well as resting it. I know that I will be working towards another round in late January and I'll be keeping that in the back of my mind, but just in the back. I'll let it all unfold as it is meant to... Kind of like Paul's advice to "let go of the wheel".
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Amy, I think you might have misunderstood me. The ducklings are born in the springtime and I'll have that to look forward to in a few months. Our springtime is probably a little earlier than yours but not by that much! LOL! I did take some pics last spring so maybe I'll dig them out. I did a blog on my sparks page that talked about it a little. So I'll see if I can find that and post it to this blog. And it's always good when the weather is NOT frightful! So bundle up and go walking!
And Mary, thanks for the shout out! Yes we will be looking goooood for the summertime girl! I've got a few bikini's that are calling my name. I'm going to be like the hot 50 year old Grandma on the bowflex commercials!!! LOL!
Yesterday's weight 160.4
Today's weight 160.6
Overnight gain of .2 lbs
And I'm sticking to it... So this morning I gained another .2. No deviations from the protocol other than NOT eating the grisinni and NOT eating my second fruit. So I decided not to inject today and am using yesterday's weight as my LIW. So today is my second day of VLCD after the last injection. One more day and Friday I'll be on P3. I was actually planning to inject today and have this be my LIW but I think I'm just ready to be done with this round. I'm not having a problem with the food or temptation but the stress of not losing consistently without cheats is getting very old. So I'm done! And on to the next phase. Funny thing is, the world around me is ready for me to be done too. I had a phone message from a friend who just passes through occasionally and wants to meet for dinner Friday night. So I can go with them and not have to explain my eating choices! That will be a very nice change. I will also be ready to start my workout routine. I'm getting a little antsy in anticipation. So yes, this change will be welcome. My dinner tonight was especially tasty for some strange reason. I just had grilled fish and broccoli which is pretty standard fare, but as I was eating it, it dawned on me that it was really good, and that I really enjoyed eating this way. So yes I will be happy to keep eating this type of menu with just some extra veggies thrown in and some butter drizzled on top. And a salad with the same meal! That actually sounds like heaven to me right now!
So I'm just determined to enjoy this time and strengthen my body as well as resting it. I know that I will be working towards another round in late January and I'll be keeping that in the back of my mind, but just in the back. I'll let it all unfold as it is meant to... Kind of like Paul's advice to "let go of the wheel".
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Amy, I think you might have misunderstood me. The ducklings are born in the springtime and I'll have that to look forward to in a few months. Our springtime is probably a little earlier than yours but not by that much! LOL! I did take some pics last spring so maybe I'll dig them out. I did a blog on my sparks page that talked about it a little. So I'll see if I can find that and post it to this blog. And it's always good when the weather is NOT frightful! So bundle up and go walking!
And Mary, thanks for the shout out! Yes we will be looking goooood for the summertime girl! I've got a few bikini's that are calling my name. I'm going to be like the hot 50 year old Grandma on the bowflex commercials!!! LOL!
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