Down a pound. Phew. The average is .75 a day now

136.6 this morning. Total of 6 pounds down in 8 days (3 load pounds). I had definitely hoped for more this early but I am determined to just goooooooo with the flowwwwwww. I need to lose 3.5 a week to get to 118 (my new goal) by March 15 but we'll see.

The BIG news is I am LESS THAN 10 pounds away from a healthy BMI!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So I experimented yesterday a bit. I did 160 grams of halibut for lunch and 1 scoop of egg white protein powder for dinner. This gave me a little extra protein without the added fat. I am going to go back to normal today and see what tomorrow brings. I am seriously considering doing 1 scoop of protein powder for breakfast and dinner and 100 grams of chicken or fish for lunch. Extra protein without the extra fat. I think I'm craving the protein because of my upcoming TOM. My only concern is that I know that deviating from the protocol is risking not stabilizing in P3/P4. Then again, they didn't have these egg white protein shakes when Dr. S was around. I don't know, I don't know! I stabilized so beautifully in P3 last time.

Thanks for all the support!!

Goin' with the flooooow.... .2 down

Not much. I am having BMs daily, too. I am SURE this is PMS. Hanging in there. I am debating upping my protein portions from 100 grams twice a day to 150 twice a day and cutting way down on the strawberries (maybe as a nightly snack if I absolutely must have something).

OH! Hee!

Okay, so I'm listening to my "self talk" as I'm driving home from dropping off the kids and I hear myself think "Atkins is easier than this and I had better results in the first week." and I had a light bulb go off in my mind. I said EXACTLY the same thing last round. I lost 30 pounds in 60 days last round that I've managed to keep off. I had hoped to lose another 25 pounds this round but have less time and am obviously closer to my goal this time than last so I am going to ...

RELAX.

I know I'll get to the 120s this round. 127 is a normal BMI weight for me (though I want to be enough below that weight to be able to play 2 pounds up or down without going over a healthy BMI, so 125 is really where I need to be this round). I'd love to get to 115. I just don't know how realistic that is anymore. It seemed perfectly reasonable before I started this round.

Anyway, I will relax. I know I can at least get to a healthy weight this go. I don't want to go 60 days again, it's just way too intense. I may or may not do a 3rd round after this. I may be at a place where I can get lipo, a tummy tuck, and my breasts redone and that would knock off the last 10 pounds.

So, that's where I'm at! OH and sans uterus it's hard for me to predict my TOM but I feel PMSy -that may account for SOMETHING.

Thanks for all the support guys!

I don't know how I'm going to stay motivated given this is week one.

I lost exactly what my calorie tracker said I would at 450 calories a day (regardless of HCG). .5 pounds. I'm at 137.6 this morning despite a major BM and peeing all day. *sigh* I start week 2 of VLCD tomorrow. Last round, that's when things began to really slow. I'm going to try to keep my chin up.

ORANGE ROUGHY!!! :(

No loss. At least it wasn't a gain but this is only day 5. PLEASE GODS OF HCG LET THIS ONLY BE ONE DAY AND LET THE LOSSES RESUME TOMORROW!!

Oh, and I'm hungry. First time so far. Wonder if it's psychological.

Eeek. Orange roughy.

I pulled some pre-measured meat from my last round out of the freezer. I cooked white fish that I assumed was halibut but after one bite, I realized it was orange roughy. At least that is what the fish person at the store said it was. There is visible grease when it is cooked and last round I didn't lose when I ate it, or lost very little. I hope the one bite I took doesn't mess me up. The rest is in the dog bowl (lucky girl) and I'm cooking chicken now. GAH.

FEELING GREAT!

Okay, I totally intended to update daily and will from now on.

I was so disappointed that first day (and a little scared, quite frankly) but I had a 2 pound drop the next day. Day after that, a half pound. This morning I am another 1.5 lighter so in 4 days, I've lost 4.5 pounds an am 1.5 pounds under my pre-load weight.

I remember last round I lost about a pound a day average that first week and I remember too being disappointed it wasn't more as so many had such huge losses that first week, but then again I don't gain massive amounts on my loads. I was lucky to gain 3 pounds this go around (and I mean lucky - unlike last round, I am NOT HUNGRY! I was starving the first week or so last round).

So I'm actually doing better than last round this first week! I will be through the first week of VLCD on Thursday.

138.1 today!

I REALLY want to hit 115 this time but I only have 41 days left and that is 23 pounds so that is pushing it but I think I can get close! Only 11.1 pounds to go to a healthy BMI! WOOHOO!

Release...release...release... :D

Thanks for all the support!