.1 down. What could it have been? Extra protien? The shot of vodka left over from mixing? The fact that I calculated what I "could weigh if"?

132.9. Regardless, it's SOOOOOOOOOO good to see 132 (even if followed by the .9).

Last round I had a shot of vodka without incident so I went ahead last night after my husband mixed the 2nd third of my doses. I also had that extra half scoop of jay robb egg white protein. All of this still had me at 450 calories total.

I suspect this is more psychological. Regardless...


Goin' with the floooooooooooooooooow and not tweaking any more. I will do one more day of under 20 carbs and see if I get a big loss. If not, I may bring my strawberries back. I don't miss them when I'm dropping crazy weight but otherwise I do.

I'll keep you posted!

133 today - down .5 - average now .738 per day

I'd hoped for more, but I'll take it!

Okay, I got brave and added half a scoop of Jay Robb Unflavored egg protein this morning. 50 cals, fat free. Given my calorie intake is at 350 per day, I think this may be a good thing. We'll know tomorrow.

I'm also going to cut out my "pizza" herbs that I've been using on my grilled meats. It probably isn't an issue but I figure that little tweak is something to try.

Feeling good! 120s are right around the corner!!

Interesting realization

I don't want to count my chickens before they've hatched... BUT...

I did some calculating. If I average .5 a day (which I did last round, though I had a HUGE stall), I will make 117 by March 15. If I continue at .75 a day, I'll get to...


Drum roll, please...

108!!

This is what I weighed at 19. I fluctuated between 108-113. Now I'm no teen anymore, but this calculation did give me a grin! I really feel like I can relax now instead of trying to beat the clock!

down .8 - 12 VLCD days behind me, today is day 13 and I'm 133.5

Better. Going with the flow.

I've noticed this round has been more difficult. I'm not hungry, but I'm anxious to be done, and yet I have a lot more to lose and fortunately I do have some time. 33 more VLCDs. I need to relax and let go.

I think one of the reasons it's been this way this round versus last round is that this time, I know there's life after HCG. Last round, I was such a miserable lump when I started and watching the weight come off and feeling so much physically and emotionally better than I did before HCG kept me completely satisfied. P3 and P4 I found out I could maintain. I felt great. Now, I have started round 2 as a pretty happy person and I know there is life after HCG which has me so anxious to get to it. I really, really, really need to relax.

It is still possible I'll reach my original goal of 115.

"Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail!" -Charles Kettering

Liquid smoke ain't my friend. Down .1 pound.

The chicken was DELICIOUS but not worth the lack of loss. I'll hold onto the liquid smoke for when P2 is over.

Going to halibut today which gave me great losses before. :)

Down another .9 pounds! I've never been so consistent this far into it!

Okay, this under 20 grams of carbs is WORKING for me! I've still not been brave enough to add an extra scoop of protein powder per day but maybe I don't need to. I'm adjusting and the scale is once again my dear, dear friend. I'm at 134.4 today! I can't even remember the last time I was there. Probably a few months after my daughter was born (I was always able to lose with breastfeeding but gained right after that stopped). I got down to 130. She's 6 now. I know breaking the 130 mark will be one of the most major accomplishments in this process. I am so very close!

Thanks again for all the support!

WOW. Down 1.3 pounds!!

I didn't add extra protein but did keep my carbs to less than 20. This gave me a total calorie intake of just 350 but I did drop more than I expected to!

I'm not sure if I can stick to the protocol at under 20 carbs without extra protein. It wasn't an easy day, though not because I was hungry - just less energetic.

I know in order to stabilize I need at least 21 days totally protocol so I think I may experiment now with the extra egg white protein and lower carbs until the last 21 days (if it works for me) and at that point go back to the good Dr.'s instructions. Losing this weight will be pointless unless I can stabilize.

So my average now is .81 pounds per day. Better!