Day 21 R2 - VLCD

Weight Today: 133.8

Yesterday: n/a

+/- difference: n/a

Starting weight for R2: 140.8

Total R2 Loss: -7 pounds

LIW R1: 136.8

I know I am not logging in and recording my food everyday, but I am eating a clean P2 hCG protocol diet...I promise! I can't believe I am only 3.8 pounds away from my goal! I was planning on making this a short 23 day phase, but I may go a couple days longer to get to where I want. I REALLY want to be at about 128 on my last VLCD, so that if I bounce back up to my LIW, it will be around 130. Since that is the bounce back I saw when I went on maintenance last time! :)

Day 18 R2 - VLCD

Weight Today: 134.6

Yesterday: 134.8

+/- difference: -.2 pounds

Starting weight for R2: 140.8

Total R2 Loss: -6.2 pounds

LIW R1: 136.8

I seemed to have stalled over the weekend. I was eating all my foods later in the day, so that could be why. Funny, I didn't stall over my period! :) I also know it is going to get harder and harder for me to get down to 130. Mainly because I am working out, and I am exchanging fat for muscle, which, of course, weighs more. But I can tell how I am becoming more lean by the way my pants fit.

Day 15 R2 - VLCD

Weight Today: 134.8

Yesterday: 135

+/- difference: -.2 pounds

Starting weight for R2: 140.8

Total R2 Loss: -6 pounds

LIW R1: 136.8

Just a minimal loss- but a loss all the same! I know it is going to get harder to get my body down to 130...that is pretty thin for me. We'll see if my body even lets me get there! Still have TOM!

Day 14 R2 - VLCD

Weight Today: 135

Yesterday: 135.4

+/- difference: -.4 pounds

Starting weight for R2: 140.8

Total R2 Loss: -5.8 pounds

LIW R1: 136.8

Another loss with TOM showing up this morning. I am a happy girl! :)

Day 13 R2 - VLCD

Weight Today: 135.4

Yesterday: 135.8

+/- difference: -.4 pounds

Starting weight for R2: 140.8

Total R2 Loss: -5.4 pounds

LIW R1: 136.8

Another loss with TOM showing up this morning. I am a happy girl! :)

Day 12 R2 - VLCD

Weight Today: 135.8

Yesterday: n/a

+/- difference: -.2 pounds

Starting weight for R2: 140.8

Total R2 Loss: -5 pounds

LIW R1: 136.8

Another clean eating P2 day today. :) The scale is moving in the right direction. I woke up this morning feeling VERY bloated which is odd while on the hCG protocol. So I was expecting a gain, pleasantly surprised with a loss! And then I looked at the calendar - TOM is supposed to show his face today....oh the joy!

Day 11 R2 - VLCD

Weight Today: 136

Yesterday: n/a

+/- difference: - 1 pound

Starting weight for R2: 140.8

Total R2 Loss: -4.8 pounds

LIW R1: 136.8

Sorry I didn't blog all weekend! Been crazy. Have had 2 days of clean P2 eating and plan on doing the same today!

Day 8 R2 - VLCD

Weight Today: 137

Yesterday: 137.4

+/- difference: - .4 pound

Starting weight for R2: 140.8

Total R2 Loss: -3.8 pounds

LIW R1: 136.8

I know I am crazy, but I am going to try this day again:

Breakfast: tea with stevia

Lunch: 120 cal 2 oz chicken breast, miracle noodles & spinach

Snack: 70 cal Cottage Cheese with paprika

Dinner: 100 cal 2 oz fish and green salad with tomatoes

Snack: 120 cal cheese stick & strawberries

Snack: 160 cal 1 egg and apple

Grand Total: 570 calories

Day 7 R2 - VLCD

Weight Today: 137.4

Yesterday: 138.4

+/- difference: - 1 pound

Starting weight for R2: 140.8

Total R2 Loss: -3.4 pounds

LIW R1: 136.8

That's what I am talking about! Minus 1 pound! I guess that's what happens when you follow the protocol! :)

Breakfast: Tea with Stevia

Snack: 50 cal Strawberries with stevia and cinnamon

Lunch:150 cal chicken salad with ACV dressing and cucumbers

Snack: 80 cal baked apple with stevia and cinnamon

Dinner: 190 cal grilled minute steak and onions

Grand Total: 470 calories

I know I am having the same thing today as yesterday, but it is all stuff I need to use up! :)

Day 6 R2 - VLCD

Weight Today: 138.4

Yesterday: 138.4

+/- difference: 0

Starting weight for R2: 140.8

Total R2 Loss: -2.4 pounds

LIW R1: 136.8

So, no change from yesterday. Bummer. AND, I was more hungry. I think it was because I went over the calories and used the different foods. Today I am going to have a CLEAN P2 eating day - meaning I am just going to eat within the original protocol guidelines. Even without Miracle Noodles (maybe - but I sure enjoy those...and they ARE free calories!).

Breakfast: Tea with Stevia

Snack: 50 cal Strawberries with stevia and cinnamon

Lunch:150 cal chicken salad with ACV dressing and cucumbers

Snack: 80 cal baked apple with stevia and cinnamon

Dinner: 190 cal grilled minute steak and onions

Grand Total: 470 calories

Day 5 - R2

Weight Today: 138.4

Yesterday: 139.4

+/- difference: -1 pound

Starting weight for R2: 140.8

Total R2 Loss: -2.4 pounds

LIW R1: 136.8

Today is going to be a test day. I am going to eat under 570 calories, but I am going to bring in different foods not on the original protocol. Cottage cheese, eggs and cheese. Let's see what happens.

Breakfast: tea with stevia

Lunch: 120 cal 2 oz chicken breast, miracle noodles & spinach

Snack: 70 cal Cottage Cheese with paprika

Dinner: 100 cal 2 oz fish and green salad with tomatoes

Snack: 120 cal cheese stick & strawberries

Snack: 160 cal 1 egg and apple

Grand Total: 570 calories

Day 4 R2 - VLCD

Weight Today: 139.4

Yesterday: 138.6

+/- difference: +.8 pounds

Starting weight for R2: 140.8

Total R2 Loss: -1.4 pounds

LIW R1: 136.8

I am starting off with explaining what happened yesterday. Everything was going great with the diet and at about 7:00 pm, I started getting SEVERE upper stomach cramps. I still am not sure why. But I was really in pain. So I went off protocol. I ate a handful of triscuits, 2 cheese sticks, a cup of cottage cheese with a pear, and a laughing cheese wedge. I just wanted those pains to go away, and I thought it would help. Um, it didn't...and at about 10pm, the pains just went away. Have NO clue what it was, I would have thought it was the diet, except I was on this diet for 43 days before and NEVER had anything like that. So I really think it was something else...Anyway, I am back today! FULL protocol. And I have to say I am HAPPY I gained weight. If I hadn't I would probably be more tempted to go off protocol again. This way I will have more motivation! I NEVER went off protocol before, and I am so mad at myself that I did it this time. (oh- and I didn't end up having my apple snack last night)

Breakfast: Tea with Stevia

Snack: 50 cal Strawberries with stevia and cinnamon

Lunch:150 cal salsa chicken salad, spicy miracle noodles

Snack: 80 cal baked apple with stevia and cinnamon

Dinner: 110 cal tilapia, lemon pepper style with 40 cal asparagus

Grand Total: 430 calories

Day 3 R2 - VLCD

Weight Today: 138.6

Yesterday: 140.8

+/- difference: -2.2 pounds

Starting weight for R2: 140.8

LIW R1: 136.8

Breakfast: just water (missed the tea, church was calling!)

Lunch: 110 cal cajun tilapia, 0 cal miracle noodles (spicy), and 40 cal asparagus from a can (um, YUCK, but its all I had!)

Snack: 80 cal apple, 20 cal melba toast

Snack: 70 cal mock spaghetti with miracle noodles, garlic, stewed tomatoes and grilled onion

Dinner: 150 calories chicken salad and salsa

Snack: 80 cal baked apple with stevia and cinnamon

Grand Total: 550 calories

I know I went over today, but I needed it, my body said so! :) I REALLY think loading those first two days is super important! I know missing out on one of those days is making me more hungry. But truthfully, I still think it is psychological, as I think, I "need" something, but I really am not that hungry. Hmmmm.....

Day 2 R2 - VLCD

Weight Today: 140.8

Yesterday: 139.8

+/- difference: +1 pound

Starting weight for R2: 140.8

LIW R1: 136.8

Breakfast: tea with stevia

Lunch: 110 cal cajun tilapia, 0 cal miracle noodles (spicy), and 40 cal grilled red onion

Snack: 70 cal strawberries, 20 cal melba toast

Dinner: 110 old bay tilapia, 75 cal onions

Snack: 80 cal baked apple with stevia and cinnamon

Grand Total: 505 calories

This diet was harder to start this time. Only because I am not "fat", so the motivation is not as much there for me. I just want to lose 10.8 pounds, so I am only planning on being on the diet for 23 days. That being said, I will be doing other things within the diet that are normally not part of the protocol. Just so that I can test them out. I will be adding eggs and also cottage cheese. We will see how that works!

Hiatus! Day 2 R2 - LOADING

Weight Today: 139.8

Yesterday: n/a

+/- difference: n/a

Starting weight for R2:

LIW R1: 136.8

Sorry everyone! I have been on hiatus for the past week - 10 days. We went on vacation, and boy, did I EVER pig out! It was really sad. I know the reason I did it was 1) I was on vacation, but 2) I knew that I was starting a new round this weekend. I KNOW that I wouldn't have pigged out like I did had I not been starting a new hCG round right when I came home. Anyway, I was fully bracing myself for a 5 pound gain, and was SUPER surprised to only see a 2 1/2 pound one. I am extremely happy to be starting my new round with only a 3 pound gain over my LIW. I also attribute some of that gain to muscle from doing P90x.

That brings me to exercise. This round is going to be a bit different. I WILL be exercising. And pretty intensively. I will be running about 5 days a week, and I am also going to be doing P90x, but listening to my body to make sure I don't over do it. It will be a great test to see how much I really can exercise while on the hCG protocol.

Anyway, I am on DAY 2 of LOADING. Okay, not really, but I am so miserable from pigging out (think VEGAS buffets), that I am doing a modification to the LOADING days. I got home last night at 10pm. I had "loaded" all day, but didn't have an hCG injection. So I gave myself the first hCG injection last night. Today I will be truly "loading" with high fat foods, and at about 3 pm, I am going to give myself Day 2 hCG injection. Tomorrow I will be giving myself Day 3 hCG injection around 10am, and will begin the 500 cal diet. So a little bit of a cheat, we will see if I regret it if I am starved on Day 4-7! :)