P2 Day 91 130.0 (-0.2) (-36.7)

I was laughing this morning, the decades never do give themselves up easily! Ah well, perhaps tomorrow...

A challenge I'm facing is an addiction to sugar free gum. Unlike most of my rounds, this time I've gotten into chewing gum. A lot of gum. And today I looked up the carbs and sugar alcohols, and realized that I need to stop. It may or may not be slowing me down, I don't know, but that's a lot of artificial sweeteners going into my system. So, tomorrow I will refrain from gum and see how it goes.

My energy wasn't the greatest today, I felt blue and well, leaden in body and spirit. I'm guessing it's just one of those funks I've been facing on this round. This too shall pass.

My sleep hasn't been the best either, lots on my mind, and the roommate's son is right above me and given to playing music and playing video games until the wee hours. Sigh.

Onwards!

Day 90 - Sunday Update

I`m going to try to get back to my daily blog entries, even if they`re short ones. I feel more connected to the protocol, and for that matter, to this blog when I have daily involvement.

So the numbers are as follows:

Day 84	131.7	0.1	35.0
Day 85	131.6	0.1	35.1
Day 86	132.3	-0.7	34.4
Day 87	130.9	1.4	35.8
Day 88	130.6	0.3	36.1
Day 89	130.0	0.6	36.7
Day 90	130.2	-0.2	36.5

The twenties are very close at hand! I was right, the hold up has been going through that artificial set point I had after spending years in the low to mid 130s.

I was at a girlfriend`s son`s 1st birthday party today, goodies were everywhere. And it was tough not to indulge. Tougher than usual. But the surprise was, it wasn`t the cupcakes and chocolate birthday cake that was tempting me (I mean they were, but not terribly so)... it was, ready for this - the pepperoni slices and cheese cubes and slices! The bean dip and chip dip were too, but not the tortilla chips or potato chips. I found that very telling. That means, I think, that my mind is ready to adopt a high fat, moderate protein, low carb (that`s LCHF) lifestyle once I`m on to the maintenance phase of the HCG protocol. And that`s a good thing!

Anyway off to bed. Nite!

R2 Day 83 Update

I took a few days away from the blog, hope nobody missed me!

Here's the update from the last few days:

Day 78	133.2	0.0	33.5
Day 79	132.9	0.3	33.8
Day 80	132.4	0.5	34.3
Day 81	132.2	0.2	34.5
Day 82	132.4	-0.2	34.3
Day 83	131.8	0.6	34.9

Just been trucking along food wise, being more careful to weigh and log the food. Although this weekend was a bit hit and miss, I've started a part time job in addition to my fulltime work, and regular mealtimes were non existent during my training shifts.

The good thing about that was zero hunger (have I mentioned I love HCG for this?), and my energy is good, definitely holding up through the transition. My low blood sugar thing hung on until I was done working, at which time I wolfed down my meal that I'd brought with me, in the car on the way home lol. The only real effect seems to be a peckishness at night, and I think that's due to the upset in routine, and is easy to ignore.

I'd gone away from taking potassium for a while, and now the leg cramps are returning with a vengeance, so I went back on it today, and it's already feeling better.

We'll see how the two evenings I work this week go! So, I'm basically at 35 pounds lost, which is thrilling, and starting down being back in the 120s, which is even more thrilling!

Onwards!

Day 77 - Weekend Update

Day 74 - 133.8

Day 75 - 133.8

Day 76 - 132.8

Day 77 - 133.4

I've decided to start weighing everything I  eat again and to get stringent again. I've been a touch relaxed about portions and I'm thinking that may be the cause of this up and down progress. 

Onwards!

Day 73 update

Day 72 134.3 (+0.4)

Day 73 133.8 (-0.5)

Well the scale has been frustrating, hopefully this is the start of a real downward trend.  

However, that said, interesting things have been happening from an inches perspective. This morning I wore my size 4 jeans to work. Last time I was able to fit them I was 8 pounds lower than I am now. 

I'm thrilled!

And it also reminds me that there is more to the protocol than the number on the scale. 

Yay!!!

P2 Day 71 133.9 (+0.4) (-32.8)

Well, this down a lot, up a little thing seems to be a pattern of late... I'm choosing to be philosophical about it. Each round is different, and while I've never had this happen before, I'll roll with it.

Was a good day over all, although I was very tired (it was a tad slow at work which doesn't help), and I came home and had a one hour nap. Now it's not even 10 and I know I'll be asleep by 10:15! HCG does tend to do that to me, I sleep a lot, and I sleep deeply. All part of the releasing of those pesky pounds!

And that's all for today!

P2 Day 70 133.5 (-0.9) (-33.2)

Nice release!

It was a good day, I've been a great mood all day, although tonight I'm tired, drained, and a tad empty/hungry as I go to bed. This too shall pass!

Another 9 weeks (give or take a day) till I move on to Phase 3 (probably) - I can do 9 weeks, what's another 9 weeks? I'm just finishing week 10 now :)

Onwards!

P2 Day 69 135.4 (-1.0) (-32.3)

The body sure works in mysterious ways!! Today the scale was moderately cooperative. I got one number at my first step on the scale. Let my dogs out, weighed again, half a pound over that number. Walked away, did a couple of other things, stretched a little... then I saw 134.4 several times. So, 134.4 it is. I really do need to be upright for about half an hour to get any kind of consistent readings... wonder if anyone else goes through that?

Anyway, it's a Monday, that's a nice release, and I'm off to have a great week! Hope you do too!

P2 Day 68 135.4 (+0.5) (-31.3)

Again, NO idea what's going on... for that matter, I'm not really sure that that's the number at all. I weighed myself 10 times this morning, that number came up twice - not consecutively. And I was not going to stress over it, or spend half my morning weighing myself.

I remember having the occasional morning like that on previous rounds. Sometimes you just have to shrug your shoulders and move on... as I did this morning.

I'm still continuing on with my potassium and magnesium dosing, and will continue with that for a few more days, I think. We shall see.

And now, time for bed. Monday morning comes way too early!

P2 Day 67 134.9 (-1.3) (-31.8)

Wow that's great!

What a difference a day makes - or should that be what a difference some magnesium and potassium makes lol.

We shall see what the morrow brings!

P2 Day 66 136.2 (+1.1) (-30.5)

Okay. I'll admit to being frustrated.

It was either the grissini (had them last night, don't do that often, won't do it again),the diet raspberry drink I had (it's gone too), or just plain old water retention, and needing to go.

The new job is reception, so I'm sitting, and um, holding it a lot. That's probably not doing me much good.

Also, I haven't been terribly regular the last few days. So, going to take some potassium and magnesium today after work to get things moving.

Wish me luck!

P2 Day 65 135.1 (-0.6) (-31.6)

Yay, a nice release!

Feeling very happy with what I've accomplished so far, and also just trying to think of this in no more than 5 pound increments, one pound, one day at a time!!

Had a great night's sleep last night, and lately have been waking a few minutes before the alarm, which is just how I like it. I was a bit blue the last couple of days, but I recognize that as part of the HCG thing, it happened at the 3 week point when I started this round, so I took it in stride.

I'm still eating about 480 calories a day, still eating the same things. I find that easier, since I'm not hungry anyway. And that way it teaches me to look at food as fuel instead of a pleasure. And ultimately, while food IS a pleasure, I want to think of it as a way to fuel my body, for the most part.

Love that it's heading in the right direction :-)

P2 Day 65 135.7 (-0.7) (-31.0)

Well that's better! I'm wondering if my Fresca is stalling me, or if the scale just had a hiccup and gave me too low a number the other day?

Either way, this is in the right direction, so I'll take it!

P2 Day 64 136.4 (+1.0) (-30.3)

All I can say is huh?!???!!!

Well I could say more, but I am keeping it clean... no idea what happened. I can only say that what goes up must come down.

We'll see what the scale has to say tomorrow.

Onwards!

P2 Day 63 135.4 (-1.1) (-31.3)

Yay!!!! Very nice!

Good day yesterday. I've been forcing the water and yesterday I realized that I will naturally drink 8 glasses of water a day, it's an ingrained habit. That maybe I don't need to force myself to drink 10-12 a day. I haven't been drinking more than 8 for the last week. So maybe this is a good opportunity to begin the process I listening to my body. When I'm thirsty, drink. And after HCG, when I'm hungry, eat. 

I think this eating or drinking when I'm supposed to has done me a disservice in terms of being able to hear my body's signals. Water is a good place to start in the road to hearing those signals again. 

Oh  - I forgot to take my dose last night. No problem. Take it this morning and carry on. Don't forget it takes 72 hours for the HCG to leave your system. Just thought I'd mention it (since it just happened to me and was fresh in my mind) so that if someone new to the protocol is reading, they'll know to relax. 

And yesterday was a new batch of HCG. My batches seem to be lasting 19 days. 

Onwards!

P2 Day 62 136.5 (-0.1) (-30.2)

Well after my scale did a whole lot of jumping around, it finally settled on 136.5, which is a 0.1 release. That's fine! 

Onwards!

P2 Day 61 136.6 (-0.7) (-30.1)

Woohoo!!!!

Just over thirty pounds lost! 30.1 to be exact!

25 to go! And believe me, today's result is excellent motivation to keep on going!!!!

Did I say woohoo? :-D 

P2 Day 60 137.3 (-0.2) (-29.4)

Well shoot, I was hoping to reach the 30 pounds lost mark today. Which was unrealistic after yesterday's release. 

Ah well, I'm still pleased, things are going along nicely. 

I'm starting to think about whether I should take a break (meaning full phase 3 stabilization and 3 week maintenance) soonish. To get the last 26 pounds off I'm looking at 52-60 more days.  Food for thought (pun intended). 

Anyway, I have plenty of time to mull it over, I'll be staying on this part of the HCG protocol for another month I would think. 

Happy Friday!

P2 Day 59 137.5 (-2.0) (-29.2)

Now THAT'S more like it!!!!!

I stayed away from salt and diet soda and sodium in all forms yesterday. Drank 8 glasses of water. Coffee with all meals. And wore gloves religiously when in the kitchen. Looks like it worked!!!

Yay!!!! Love this program!!!!

P2 Day 58 139.5(+1.4) (-27.2)

No idea what prompted the gain... well, theories, but no thing stands out.

Lots of sodium yesterday could be the culprit. Had a fair bit of diet peach drink, maybe I've gotten sensitive to it. And lastly, ended up with bacon grease on my hands last night, I'm wondering if it absorbed. I forgot, didn't put gloves on before I started cleaning the kitchen (one of the roommates had cooked bacon, bless her, saved the fat for my dogs, but I didn't think to put gloves on before handling the container, and doing general cleaning). Live and learn.

So, zero salt, nothing with sodium in it, and lots of water today, and things should look better tomorrow!