122.3 - wasn't even trying

Must have been salt or something! I still try to keep my carbs good and low but not Atkins - more South Beach. :) Yesterday I had one of my all time favorite P2 treats - frozen strawberries, lemon juice and a little vanilla stevia and water all whipped up with a hand mixer - sorbet! Of course since I am now in P4 I didn't limit the amount of strawberries and I added a little lime juice. This is soooooo yummy. I had twice what I would have had in P2 so it was a total of 60 calories.

123.8

Steak days work.

Round 3 (short) will be this September. :)

125.8 - eek! Doing a steak day!

I had a wonderful filet mignon and hope that tomorrow I'll be back into the acceptable range (121.4-125.4). I have, however, decided that I don't like being this close to the high end of a healthy BMI (127 pounds), especially when I need to do a steak day. I've done 2 rounds - one 60 days (I went longer than recommended but it worked), and one 45 days. I've never done a short round but I think I could probably shake 8-10 pounds with a 23 day round. If I then needed to do a steak day, I wouldn't be so close to that high end of healthy but smack dab in the middle of healthy and that would be fine with me.

It's funny to be thinking like this. Before it was I wanted to be small again. Now, I want to be healthy and 10 more pounds I'd be in the totally healthy range with room to go either way without worry.

Checking in - had a stressful week but happy to report...

...despite the stress and having two events which I ate spaghetti, bits of dessert, chips and dip and fruit, I weigh exactly what I did at my last dose weight of 123.4. I still log everything I eat and work to stay where I need to calorie wise to maintain. No eating like a crazy person not accountable for anything - just normal calorie amounts but now it appears carbs aren't my enemy any longer. Dr. S., I give you a cross time and space energy hug for saving me.

One thing I've not been good about is the exercise. I only worked out, and only yoga, twice last week. I've been frantically getting ready for the Democratic County conventions in my state. This week will be better. I'm getting back to a good routine. Ideally, I'd like to be working out an hour a day. That means I need to start earlier. I must force myself to do that.

Hope all is well with you!

I did it

and so can you!!!!!


122.5

123.6 . Better and an experiement

.2 above LDW. Not bad, but I'd hoped for a bigger loss. That said, I have one more steak left and it has to be eaten. I asked one of my HCG lists about the logic of waiting until dinner for the steak. I'm going to split this steak up into 2-3 portions and spread it out over the day and see what happens.

I just LOVE that there is a way to immediately correct a gain! What a wonderful sense of control!

Good thing about those 4 pounds... 125.2!

I don't "officially" need a steak day but I had them thawing just in case so I may as well given how very close (.3) I am to needing one.

Easter was great, and I learned something about myself - sugar, unless in chocolate form, is just too sweet for me. The eclair made me sick. One bite of cheesecake was enough. It's a little too early for bread with me.

All good things to know. Steak day and lots of water today and tomorrow Mediterranean style eating. Oh, and exercise. That too. Haven't done that in 2 days though I was sooooo sore the last 2 days from the previous exercise, the break wasn't bad. Time to start again though!