Busy, busy weekend

Wow! What a crazy weekend!! Had a couple of late nights, a new temp roommate, and it has been go go go. I have maintained so far. Up a pound from yesterday, but still only 0.2 over ldw. I ate a late dinner so I think that was a factor. This is day 3 so still have to keep it easy for now to see how my body reacts to food. I went a little crazy last night with some double stuffed green olives. They're stuffed with garlic and jalapeños. They are soooooo good. I chopped them up and put them in my tuna salad too.

Breakfast
Coffee with cream
2 egg omelet with 1 slice of bacon and green onion cooked in coconut oil and a tiny bit of butter

Last day before P3

I took my last dose of hCG on Tuesday @ 5:00 so my official P3 start time is today @ 5... I'm still just below my ldw. I'm going to take it really slow this time adding foods back. I'm going to stick to protein and fats and take it easy this time on cheese and dairy. I will be successful at maintaining this time!

Make it a great day!

Let the maintaining begin!

Today is my second day with no hCG. I was a little hungry last night, at least I think it was hunger. It might have been my mind playing tricks on me. I held out. Kept myself busy and forgot about it. It wasn't too bad. I am down 0.4 today. I hope to release a little more tomorrow just to give myself some buffer since I did so horrible with maintenance last time. Well, in the end I was only up a little more than 5 pounds, but I did a ton of steak days. I LOVE steak, but was sick of it by the time I started the next round. I'm not hungry yet this morning. All is well so far.

Make it a good day!

It's over

Well, I guess this morning's weigh in is my stabilizing weight. I got all my supplies and table set up to mix my last batch. I was looking at the hCG in the bottle and noticed that it looked a little clumpy and weird. I went to pop off the orange cap and noticed the bottle was busted right at the neck. CRAP!! I already dumped what little I had left. I was mixing early b/c I thought maybe it was losing potency. I have been hungrier than usual and the releases were pretty much non-existent. I accidentally left the bottle out for a few hours the other day and thought maybe I ruined it. PE says they won't replace it because it's been over 2 months since I received the order, which is not true. I received it on 7/1 so two months won't be until 9/1. I sent them another message to see what they say. Lesson learned: Check your order thoroughly when you receive it!!!!

I went up again...still do not understand...and am now at 197. I hope stabilizing goes smoother this time. Last round it was really tough for me. I ended the round being up 5.6 pounds from the end of round two. I have to say that I am pleased with the overall results. I released almost 21 pounds in 23 days of phase 2. I know I could've reached my goal of 188 by the end of my planned time frame. Everything happens for a reason though and I have been dealing with a lot of personal issues this round. I am actually proud of myself that I stuck with it even though my stress levels have been very high during this whole round. I am not done though! I will succeed in round 4 and get to my ultimate goal of between 165 and 170. No doubts whatsoever.

Now on to 3 days of VLCD, no hCG and then P3. Stabilizing here I come!!

Make it a good day!!!

Graph of Round 3

Playing around...

It seems I've been playing around with the same two pounds for 3 days now. It's beginning to be a bit frustrating. I even took a nice long hot bath last night, had my lemon water and "Apple Soda". No cheats. Not getting it.

Wow. I'm feeling really bloated today. It felt like this last night but it wasn't as bad after taking my bath. I've been getting plenty of water. Hopefully that'll help to release this bloat-ness. Feel like crap....

Breakfast
Water
Coffee
Stored Fat

Lunch
Chili (Beef and Tomatoes)

Make it a good day! :)

Not feeling it...

I'm just not feeling it today. Here's what I had...

Breakfast
Usual

Lunch
Orange Roughy
Spinach

Dinner
burger
onions
grissini
grapefruit

Roller Coaster Ride!

Today I am up 1.8 after being down 3.0 yesterday... What could it be? I have gone over everything and can't figure it out. Well, hopefully tomorrow will be better and this is just a natural stage before being on the downhill slope again. This whole round I never was up by this much. Can only take it one day at a time and make sure I'm doing it right.

Breakfast
Lemon water
Coffee
Stored Fat

Lunch
Orange Roughy
Asparagus
Grapefruit

Dinner
Chicken
Spinach

Make it a good day!! ;)

Yay! 3 pound release

So much better today! 3 pound release. I'm stunned and ecstatic at the same time. I think a mix of celery and chicken at dinner is my ultimate fat burner. I notice I have bigger releases when I have it as one of my meals. It's boring but I don't care about boring. All I care about is releasing the fat from my body for ever and ever!!! :)

Breakfast
Coffee
Water
Stored Fat

Lunch
Haven't eaten yet... I almost forgot to. :)
Ground Beef (96/4)
Onion
Grissini
Grapefruit

Dinner
Chicken
Celery
Grissini

Oy vey...

Hmmmm.... can't figure out why I'm up. I wonder if I didn't eat enough. I forgot to have my grissini and fruit with dinner. Or, maybe it's just one of those things us poor females have to go through where we get water retention when ovulating or TOM is in town. It could also be stress still. Been having a lot of it lately. I don't know. All I do know is that I have not cheated; I have not used any products that I haven't already been using. I'm going to consider this a little speed bump and all will be better soon.

Breakfast
Stored Fat
Coffee
Water

Lunch
Chili (Tomatoes and beef)
Grapefruit

No release, but no gain either

Still in onederland but didn't have a release. Yesterday's was a biggie so I expected to either have a big zero or tiny release. I am thankful thought that I am still in the 100's and it wasn't a gain. I was also really, really stressed yesterday. I did get a little bit more sleep last night though so that's good.

Breakfast
Coffee
Water
Stored fat

Lunch
Chicken
Asparagus
Strawberries

Dinner
Orange Roughy
Spinach
Juice of half a lemon

I made it to "Onederland" !!!!

Yes, today, August 18, 2010, I broke the 200 mark and am now in the 100's with no looking back. I will never be there again! Such a wonderful feeling. To top it off, I actually came to work with my shirt tucked in. Something I probably haven't felt comfortable doing since the very early 1990's. I feel great today! Happy dance all day!!

Breakfast
Coffee
Water
Stored Fat :)

Lunch
Orange roughy
Spinach
Apple
Grissini

Dinner
Chili (Beef and Tomatoes)
Grissini
Grapefruit

Make it a great day!

What was once lost, is now found

"What?" You ask. Well, that would be my rib cage! Ha! I can actually see it now!! So awesome! And then, I had someone at work who I haven't seen in a while and he asked me what I did with her? I'm like what do you mean. He said "What did you do with the other half of Kimberly? You look good!" Great feeling!

I'm so anxious to get to "Onederland". I am sooooo close right now. I didn't sleep well again last night. Thinking of taking a nice, hot, long bath tonight to see if that helps relax me so I can sleep. Also gonna do an "Apple Soda" as Walter calls it. Maybe I can give my self a boost to the 100's for tomorrow. I need sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep.

Breakfast
Coffee
Water
Stored Fat

Lunch
96/4 ground beef
Grape tomatoes

Snack
Strawberries
Oolong Tea

Dinner
Orange Roughy
Asparagus
Grissini
"Apple Soda"

I am so loving the Orange Roughy. I just put my serving over asparagus or spinach sprinkle salt, pepper, juice of half a lemon, and throw it in the toaster oven for about 16/17 minutes and it is perfect. So simple. Love that about the foods. Not a lot of thought and the simplest seasonings go a long way to really taste the food itself. Yum-O!

Make it a good day!!

Creeping along...

Released 0.6 today. Yesterday was only 0.2. Still, better to have releases than gains. I'm just so anxious to get to onederland though. At this day on my first round while on homeopathic I was slowly creeping up instead of down and I'm still 5 pounds better this round. I'm also under a lot of stress right now with life in general and although I'm trying to keep that under control it sometimes cannot be controlled. I can feel that my whole body is tense right now. My back is aching, my neck is aching. I'm a mess. I know I'll get through it though. I always do.

Black Eyed Peas!

Tonight is the Black Eyed Peas concert!!! I am so excited! I LOVE the Black Eyed Peas. I'm going with a friend from work. It should be a great time! I also had a 1.8 release today so I think the new batch kicked it back in gear. I'm so close to onederland. I cannot remember the last time I was in the 100's. I'm sure I've mentioned it before but it is just so exciting. It was probably more than 18 years ago when I met my husband.

I saw some people last night who I haven't seen in a while and they just couldn't stop talking about how great I looked. I was at a friends house and her neighbor stopped by and we all just sat around talking. Later her neighbor told her that he thought I was one of their other neighbor's 20 something year old when he first saw me. Now tell me that didn't make an almost 40 year old feel good! :)

I gotta feeling that tonight's gonna be a good good night!
Boom Boom Pow!!

New Batch

I can tell I'm at the end of this batch because I have not felt any hunger until today. I have one more dose left in my bottle, which is about right. I took my first dose 2 Fridays ago so that makes today day 14. It didn't make it quite to 15 days so maybe I didn't add the exact amounts of the mixing ingredients or slightly overdosed a couple of times. :) Either way, I had a better release today and TOM is headed out of town. I usually skip doses but I didn't this time and here's why. In P&I, it says to skip dose on heavy days (sorry guys I know TMI) and they never really were. I also didn't have the cramps I ALWAYS get with it and was shocked and excited about that b/c I usually have to take something for the pain.

I had my hCG chili for lunch today and I was so full afterward. I thought I was going to burst. I forgot my fruit and someone was handing out strawberries and I immediately said no... (saying no is like an instinct for me anymore) then realized hey, I didn't bring a fruit today and I can have strawberries so it all worked out! :)

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Make it a good day!!

Go away!

I really hate that time of month! It messes with your mind because you don't see the releases you want to see. I'm only down 0.2 today and 0.6 yesterday. It hurts when I've been having such good releases. I'm trying not to stress about it though. The good news is for the past two nights I've actually been getting better sleep. Not the best, but better than I have been.

You know, sometimes you can just tell that you're going to have a great release... Well that's how I feel right now. I'd love to just go to bed so I can see what it is. :) but I'll wait until actual bed time.

Happy releases and make it a good day!!

Surprise!

Well, TOM has arrived a few days earlier than expected. I swear it visits a lot more often than it used to. Could explain the sudden 3 pound release then a 0.2 gain. Today I am down 0.6 which is fine considering the TOM situation. I usually suddenly drop a couple of pounds right before I start but then quickly gain them back once it arrives, so I'm doing well then...

I'm still doing great as far as sticking to protocol (other than my indiscretion on Saturday) and I have to say hunger is still not there. My attitude towards food is changing. The past rounds I couldn't wait to get to P3 so I can have my cheese, cream, pork, etc. This time I don't even think about it. The hCG I have this time around is the best yet... I also have not had any dizzy spells where I've almost passed out; I have no hunger pangs; I have more energy. The only problems I've had is trying to sleep, but I'm not sure if it is a result of the hCG because I was having problems prior to this round. It's just gotten worse. So, because of the lack of sleep, I haven't been able to concentrate and have gotten the shakes. Today I seem to be doing well with not shaking for once in a few days because I did get some sleep last night.

Still excited about my Victoria's Secret purchase. :-)

Make it a good day!

Up a tiny bit...

Well, after yesterday's shocking 3 pound loss, I'm up a tiny bit, only 0.2. I couldn't believe the 3 pound loss anyway because yes I, the one who never ever has cheated cheated Saturday night... Life has been rough and I'm trying to stay tough and get through this round but I caved and ended up have a Vodka Lemonade on Saturday night. It just caught up with me this morning. I'm sure it will pass and the pounds will drop again. It certainly could've been worse. The way I look at it is that at this day of the round history has shown more like 1 or less pounds released and to have a 3 pound release then a 0.2 pound gain over two days is still a great daily average.

I met one of my goals today! I've always wanted to buy a Victoria's Secret Bra and I bought one today! Yay me!!! It made my day! :)

Make it a great day!

Yay! I have entered new territory

I am down to 210.8! Yay! I finally got some sleep last night, but still woke up around 2 and took a bit to get back to sleep but at least I did this time. Now that I have slept, I'm energized today. Yesterday was awful. I was shaky, drained, and had a hard time focusing. I wish I could figure out why I'm not sleeping. I know it is an essential part of the protocol to release the fat.

Well, today is a good day and I feel great. Humidity has given us a break and it's actually nice out so I went for a walk. Life is good!

Lunch
96/4 burger
tomatoes
grissini
grapefruit

Make it a good day!!

Still not sleeping, ugh!

So I can't sleep. Can't figure it out. Well, might as well go to work early. TTYL

Day 2, 8/3

Showing off my new glasses

Well, it's been a few days since I've made any updates. I've had a lot going on in my life along with starting a new round and being prepared. I haven't been sleeping. Last night I got a total of 3 hours of sleep. I'm sure I could've had a bigger release, although I'm not complaining about 3.2 lbs. More than half the load gain is gone then on to getting rid of the gain from the last p3/p4 then on to new territory. I am so stoked! Cannot wait to see what the scale brings in the morning.

I have already noticed a couple of differences using real, mix-it-yourself, high purity hCG.
1. My energy right now is out of this world. I haven't had any sleep yet I am wide awake and going strong.
2. I am sooooo not hungry. I am forcing myself to eat. It is amazing. Last round I was starving the first few days. This time, nothing.
3. No headaches.
4. More to come I'm sure! :)
Breakfast
Coffee
Stored Fat

Lunch
Grissini
96/4 ground beef
Tomatoes
Strawberries

Dinner
Orange Roughy
Spinach
Grissini
Grapefruit

Make it a good day!