Time to catch everyone up....ended my R3P2 on October 25 (last drops) with a weight of 136.6. I was so ready to be done with R2 - just couldn't last another day. Started P3 on October 27. Ahh.....cheese.
Nearly one week later and I'm up 3 pound - 139.6. Did an egg day yesterday and actually gained .2 pounds. WTF? I must be cycling. Doing regular P3 today and started taking Drops of Skinny - supposed to help you stabilize by supporting the hypothalamus. Keep your fingers crossed!
OK...that is the bad news. Didn't really drop that much more in the second half of my R3. BUT...in the first half (before my planned interruption), I dropped to size 10! yahoo! In the second half of my R3, I dropped to size 8. MY GOAL! I am in size 8's. Even with gaining back a few pounds, I'm in size 8's. Rejoice!
Went shopping last night because I only really have 3 pairs of pants I can wear. I bought 3 more pants, two knit turtlenecks, one turtleneck sweater, a red blouse, and an argyle cardigan (cuz I always wanted one). All for about $150. I'm a good sale shopper!!
So...still having trouble stabilizing....hoping the Drops of Skinny fix that. BUT...I'm at my goal size. And that's all that matters, right?
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Nearly done with R3P2
OK....I said I wasn't gonna gain anymore weight in R2P4...oops. I stopped at 153 - then gained 3 more for fun during my R3 loading days. Up to 156. Not good.
But...we're doing good here. I'm down 14 pounds with four days to go....weighed in at 142 this am. A fews up and downs, but not a bad round so far. Hubby is down to 201 this am. His goal is 200 - my goal for him is 196 (cuz then he won't be overweight according to his BMI) - but I'm happy wherever he's happy.
So...I will take a planned interruption and start back up on October 11. It would be nice to have less than 10 pounds to go after my interruption. Should be doable.
Still in size 12's, but they are getting loose now. I don't have any pants in size 10, so I'm gonna hafta hit Goodwill and St. Vincent's this week. For my size 8's that I will be in at the end of October (crossing fingers), I will be buying new clothes. Brand new. Shiny little size 8's. Can't wait.
But...we're doing good here. I'm down 14 pounds with four days to go....weighed in at 142 this am. A fews up and downs, but not a bad round so far. Hubby is down to 201 this am. His goal is 200 - my goal for him is 196 (cuz then he won't be overweight according to his BMI) - but I'm happy wherever he's happy.
So...I will take a planned interruption and start back up on October 11. It would be nice to have less than 10 pounds to go after my interruption. Should be doable.
Still in size 12's, but they are getting loose now. I don't have any pants in size 10, so I'm gonna hafta hit Goodwill and St. Vincent's this week. For my size 8's that I will be in at the end of October (crossing fingers), I will be buying new clothes. Brand new. Shiny little size 8's. Can't wait.
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Pre-loading for R3
I'm sooooo ready to start R3. Cannot wait. So much so I started pre-loading this week. We "officially" start on Sunday - September 5. Been eating all sorts of nasty stuff too....donuts are number one on my list this week. Had 4 of them. Oh my. Been craving sugar really bad the last couple of weeks. Might be cycling, who knows? Sugar is my enemy. Really have to get a grip on sugar cravings once I'm done with R3P2.
Today's weight: 153. Gonna make it hard to get to 130 (my new goal) in three weeks. Hubby and I are doing a short round this time. He's got about 20 to lose as well. If I'm not happy where I end up, I probably will take a planned interruption for our annual Packer game and a wedding in the beginning of October and then start back on the drops.
Time will tell, right? Actually, if I'm wearing size 8 at the end of this short round, I'll be done no matter what my weight is. Size 8....I was size eight when I was in my mid-30s. I liked it. A lot. Clothes shopping was so much fun and I could usually get bargains cuz most people wear sizes 10-16, so a lot of the smaller sizes are leftover.
Hopefully, this will be my last round of hCG ever. Should be if I can stabilize well. Wouldn't that be nice?
See ya in a couple days....
Today's weight: 153. Gonna make it hard to get to 130 (my new goal) in three weeks. Hubby and I are doing a short round this time. He's got about 20 to lose as well. If I'm not happy where I end up, I probably will take a planned interruption for our annual Packer game and a wedding in the beginning of October and then start back on the drops.
Time will tell, right? Actually, if I'm wearing size 8 at the end of this short round, I'll be done no matter what my weight is. Size 8....I was size eight when I was in my mid-30s. I liked it. A lot. Clothes shopping was so much fun and I could usually get bargains cuz most people wear sizes 10-16, so a lot of the smaller sizes are leftover.
Hopefully, this will be my last round of hCG ever. Should be if I can stabilize well. Wouldn't that be nice?
See ya in a couple days....
Sunday, August 15, 2010
P4
So P3 is really really important. I didn't stablize well this round and now I'm paying for it. I gained 10 pounds from my LDW - shot up to 154! I did an egg day (dropped 3) and a steak day (dropped 1.6). Now I've been hovering around 151. This morning I got some extra sleep - I weighed in at 150. sigh
Getting anxious to start losing again. Really looking forward to proving to myself that I can make P3 work this last round. My goal is 130. Another 20 pounds. Thought I might be able to get away with a shorter round, but with gaining nearly 6 pounds from my setpoint - I'm gonna have to do another 40ish day round. ah well.
But...I will do better this round. I know I will. I am very determined.
Had a little good (interesting) new development this morning. Had some friends stay overnight - the husband said he thinks he is shrinking, so we decided to measure him. A little shrinkage - not too bad. So I said - let's measure me. In high school, I always thought I was 5'2". A bit later in my adulthood, I remember measuring 5' 2.75". I grew?!? So just how tall am I really now? My driver's license says 5' 3" (but it also says I weigh 165).
drumroll please......I am 5' 3". Yes indeedy - I have grown a full inch from high school. Who does that? Does this mean I'll be 5' 3.5" when I'm 60?
So now, in order to be considered not overweight anymore, I need to weigh 140. Only 10 pounds. Not too shabby. Doable in my first 10 days back on hhCG. yowsa. Unless, of course, I continue to gain. No no no no. I won't. I will be down to 148 before I start my next round. Yes I will. I will. I will.
OK...got to get to bed so I can get more quality beauty sleep. Ta ta for now.
Getting anxious to start losing again. Really looking forward to proving to myself that I can make P3 work this last round. My goal is 130. Another 20 pounds. Thought I might be able to get away with a shorter round, but with gaining nearly 6 pounds from my setpoint - I'm gonna have to do another 40ish day round. ah well.
But...I will do better this round. I know I will. I am very determined.
Had a little good (interesting) new development this morning. Had some friends stay overnight - the husband said he thinks he is shrinking, so we decided to measure him. A little shrinkage - not too bad. So I said - let's measure me. In high school, I always thought I was 5'2". A bit later in my adulthood, I remember measuring 5' 2.75". I grew?!? So just how tall am I really now? My driver's license says 5' 3" (but it also says I weigh 165).
drumroll please......I am 5' 3". Yes indeedy - I have grown a full inch from high school. Who does that? Does this mean I'll be 5' 3.5" when I'm 60?
So now, in order to be considered not overweight anymore, I need to weigh 140. Only 10 pounds. Not too shabby. Doable in my first 10 days back on hhCG. yowsa. Unless, of course, I continue to gain. No no no no. I won't. I will be down to 148 before I start my next round. Yes I will. I will. I will.
OK...got to get to bed so I can get more quality beauty sleep. Ta ta for now.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
R2-P3 - cont'd
Dropped 1 pound from my chicken day. But...I did have a couple glasses of white wine plus my husband fell asleep on the couch and I couldn't get him to wake up enough to go to bed. I tried three times - after the third time, I was wide awake. It was about 3:30 at this time. So I thought a cup of hot cocoa was in order to help me sleep. It did work, but I think it messed with my loss.
Ah well....the very next day, I regained that lost pound and have been hanging around 148 ever since. So, 148 is my set point. OK. I'm still out of the 150's and still in size 12. Not too bad after where I had been.
I will start R3 around Labor Day. I will do the loading days on Sunday and Monday. I really want to see the 130's again. 139 in particular because I will no longer be overweight at that point according to my BMI. Won't that be cool?!?!?
Ah well....the very next day, I regained that lost pound and have been hanging around 148 ever since. So, 148 is my set point. OK. I'm still out of the 150's and still in size 12. Not too bad after where I had been.
I will start R3 around Labor Day. I will do the loading days on Sunday and Monday. I really want to see the 130's again. 139 in particular because I will no longer be overweight at that point according to my BMI. Won't that be cool?!?!?
Monday, July 12, 2010
R2-P3
Wow...haven't blogged in a while. Life has been hectic. My hubby and I have a lake house where we host an annual Fourth of July party for family. This year we started building a deck and wanted the majority done by the 4th. We succeeded!!
But...I started P3 on June 30. We had the week of June 26-July 2 off to build the deck. My set point weight at the end of R2 was 144.4. Haven't seen that number in a while and I like it!!! But with building the deck, mowing our acre lot and not eating enough, I quickly gained 4 pounds. Oops. I started eating more - especially more fats - and did stabilize - but at 148. Stayed there for about a week.
Not really liking 148 especially after seeing 144.4. So today I did a chicken day. We'll see what I drop tomorrow.
Really kind of disappointed in myself. Once I started eating like I was supposed to in P3, I stabilized. Just wish I would have forced myself to eat more those first few days. Maybe I would be stable at 145 instead. *sigh*
Three pound drop from a chicken day? Cross your fingers.....
But...I started P3 on June 30. We had the week of June 26-July 2 off to build the deck. My set point weight at the end of R2 was 144.4. Haven't seen that number in a while and I like it!!! But with building the deck, mowing our acre lot and not eating enough, I quickly gained 4 pounds. Oops. I started eating more - especially more fats - and did stabilize - but at 148. Stayed there for about a week.
Not really liking 148 especially after seeing 144.4. So today I did a chicken day. We'll see what I drop tomorrow.
Really kind of disappointed in myself. Once I started eating like I was supposed to in P3, I stabilized. Just wish I would have forced myself to eat more those first few days. Maybe I would be stable at 145 instead. *sigh*
Three pound drop from a chicken day? Cross your fingers.....
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Milestones!
I passed two milestones this week: I am wearing size 12! I haven't worn size 12 in at least 6 years. Went through my pants and sorted them out.....all black to a friend who needs to wear black pants to work. Two of my nicer pairs to another friend who is also on the hCG protocol. The rest went to goodwill. In the way back of my under-the-bed drawers was about 6 pairs of size 12 pants. THEY ALL FIT. yowza!
Second milestone I reached just this morning: I am officially out of the 150's and into the 140's!! I weighed in at 149 this morning. A full 1.2 pound drop from yesterday. This feels incredible.
People are noticing my weight loss now. That feels incredible too. Got a few more interested parties at work. Probably going to have to fess up to some of the doctors I work with about what this diet is. Just not ready yet. Mainstream medical doctors are often leery of anything that hasn't been tainted by moneygrubbers. Interesting, no?
I have 15 days to go.....I'm hoping to get to 143 at that time. It is possible, we'll see if it happens. If so, I would have lost 41 pounds in my two rounds. I'm running out of adjectives....just a big WOW is all I can think of.
Second milestone I reached just this morning: I am officially out of the 150's and into the 140's!! I weighed in at 149 this morning. A full 1.2 pound drop from yesterday. This feels incredible.
People are noticing my weight loss now. That feels incredible too. Got a few more interested parties at work. Probably going to have to fess up to some of the doctors I work with about what this diet is. Just not ready yet. Mainstream medical doctors are often leery of anything that hasn't been tainted by moneygrubbers. Interesting, no?
I have 15 days to go.....I'm hoping to get to 143 at that time. It is possible, we'll see if it happens. If so, I would have lost 41 pounds in my two rounds. I'm running out of adjectives....just a big WOW is all I can think of.
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