Lifetime Maintenance Day 3

Down 1 lb from last week, 156...at least it's going in the right direction again! I was hoping for more since TOM is over, but I will take it considering my eating yesterday AND drinking a few beers the past two nights. I don't know what it is about summer that makes me enjoy a few beers on Friday nights...or Saturday or Sunday nights...lol I am confident that if I stick to my low carb diet throughout the week, I can get back down to my ldw of 152. Today is my free day, but I am going to try and not go too overboard. It seems a pattern these last few weeks that I am eating more and having more of a "free day" on Friday's so maybe I should change it and also weigh in on Friday's instead of Saturday's...hum I will see about that one! :) Gonna head out for a run before the heat comes!! Have a wonderful Saturday! :)

R3 P4 Day 19

WOW!!!! It has been 4 days since I last posted, I have been so crazy busy...I missed my blog friends!!! :) So Friday night some friends came over for a cookout. They decided to grill thin steak meat for tacos...well needless to say I ate a taco...tortilla and all...then some rice and some bean dip with tortilla chips...wowsa!!!! Talk about carbs!!!! It was good, and I moved on, the only bad part being that I weigh in on Saturday mornings and despite all the carbs, TOM is hanging around!! lol So Saturday's weight was 157. :( I thought I would forgo my Saturday free day, but oh no, I had to go to Omaha for 2 of my cousins graduation parties...and I ate! I really didn't eat a lot, but I ate way too many sweets!! At the first party I had some BBQ chicken, plain potato chips and a piece of fruit pizza...not all bad, but the crust was definitely full of sugar, lol!!! Then there was some to die for looking chocolate cake, so I had one bite of it, most definitely too sweet so that was good! Then at the next party I had to try the potato salad everyone was raving about, so had about a tbsp of that, which was just okay (not sure what the rave was about lol) and some blueberry rhubarb crisp and another bite of cake (this didn't taste good either). Although I didn't eat much of anything, it affected me, my body was in sugar overload...headache and all!!!! I thought about weighing on Sunday morning, but was a little too nervous to do so!

Sorry for the long post, but like I said, it's been awhile, gotta catch everyone up! lol Moral of my story is that the things I used to eat on a daily basis don't even taste good anymore and only make me feel miserably sick!! What a nice feeling to never want to do that again! :)

This weekend at the races turned out much better than last so I know it will be a good week...oh and I only have to work 2 days!!! YAY!!! I took Weds-Fri off so I will have 6 days off in a row!! SO EXCITED!!! Hope everyone has a fantastic Monday!

R3 P4 Day 3

Happy Saturday!!! :) I am feeling much better today, not so bloated. I was thinking that I must be pms-ing because I felt so bloated and wanted chocolate the last few days, but the more I thought about it, I am a week off. I shouldn't be getting TOM until next Sunday...weird, but at least it's gone today! My weight and measurements were off a bit because of the wedding last weekend, I didn't weigh or measure last Saturday. I lost -0.6 lbs since last Sunday. My measurements stayed the same as they were 2 weeks ago, except my calf - lost 0.5 inch. I don't know how accurate last weeks weigh in was either because of the food I ate at the reception, plus I drank beer Friday and Saturday...geez! lol Have a great weekend...and happy mother's day to all the mothers! :) I may be late posting tomorrow because I am doing the Race for a Cure 5k in the morning with my auntie who has lost 50 lbs since the beginning of the year! :)

R3 P3 Day 10 - Steak Day!

So last night and still today, I feel miserable AGAIN! I still cannot figure it out...after I eat dinner I feel awful! Last night was different than the rest of the week though. Last night I felt like my kidneys were going to burst...that area would cramp up and then I would have gas, it was the strangest thing. It feels a little better this morning, but still not right??? I ate some bare natural trail mix that I added some sf chocolate chips to for breakfast...it was almonds, raisins, pumpkin and sunflower seeds. Had an Atkins bar, 2 nutballs, a salad with ham & turkey, cheese and veggies for lunch. 2 sf candies, 2 glazed nuts, few almonds and macadamias, dinner was another salad - a steak fajita salad with ranch and a little bit of salsa. Possibly it was the green peppers that I had on both salads or too many nuts or the ranch...idk! Weigh in today and I am 5 lbs over ldw!!!! I will be doing a steak day today to hopefully get my stomach settled and then I will start adding things back in again slowly and probably weigh daily so that I can see what the heck is affecting me so negatively! Thinking that I should have continued to weigh daily at the beginning of phase 3 and maybe I wouldn't have been so miserable...who knows though, tom doesn't help either...hopefully that goes away in the next few days, Monday will be one week!

It's the weekend and although it is suppose to rain on and off all day, the sun is shining right now and the temperature is very nice! =) Hopefully I will be able to grill my steak later!

**Update** I am 5 lbs over ldw, but just took my weekly measurements AND I lost 3.25 more inches this past week!!!! -0.5 inch on my waist, -1.25 inches on my abdomen, -1 inch above my breasts and -0.5 inch under my breasts!!!! YAY!!!!

R3 P2 Day 20 :)

Day 20...finally! I am super excited that it is Saturday...I love the weekends! And tonight I get to go watch my first races of the year (auto) yay!!!! I cannot wait!!! I have a pretty busy weekend, need to get some cleaning and laundry done today, take care of my outdoor flowers, then a 70th birthday party to attend this afternoon and as I said, races tonight. Tomorrow I am off to Omaha for my cousin's bridal shower and some shopping! :) I love spring time!

Weight wise...I only lost 0.8 in the last 2 days!! That means I need to lose 2.2. in the next 3 days to achieve my goal! I am going to stay on the 18-20 drops today and hope that along with being busy helps with the hunger and keeps me strict to protocol! I will stay on protocol, I will not be hungry, I will stick to protocol! lol :) Today is also measurement day, it is crazy because I only lost 4.25 inches total in the last 2 weeks but all of my clothes are bigger...even my brand new jeans that I just bought last Friday...how does that work??? The shirt I wore yesterday was lose everywhere, even in my arms, when just last week when I wore it, it fit fine. Very confusing to me! :) Well, I better get some stuff done! Have a great day everyone! =)

R3 P2 Day 16

So...I decided to weigh this morning to see if sticking strictly to protocol yesterday would help with my horrible Easter eating...and guess what...I lost 1.2 lbs!!! YAY!!!! I am at 153.6 which makes me super happy!! I hope the rest of the week goes as well and now I am going to try and stay off the scale until Saturday! lol Today and tomorrow are going to be cool and rainy...I can't wait for the nice sunny weather to return on Thursday, and the weekend looks great!! :)

What I ate today:

Coffee- 1 cup with creamer
Sausage chicken patty, cucumber, apple
Taco salad with a tiny bit of hidden valley ranch, apple, Melba toast

R3 P2 Day 15

Well...today's weight is the exact same as it was on Saturday when I weighed, 154.8. I was hoping to lose a few more pounds since then, but considering the way I ate yesterday, I am just happy to not see more of a gain!! :) And, I am still 154 which was my first goal!!! I have been really laxed on this round, which I had decided at the beginning that I was going to be, but I would like to be a little more strict than what I have. I am going to be strict to protocol this week and hope for good losses...only 5 lbs to my next goal and I would like to get to that by next Tuesday!!! I am not hungry and feel really good so I think it will be much easier this week! Hope everyone has a fabulous Monday! :)

p.s. I just realized that I forgot to take my measurements on Saturday...darn. Oh well, I will do it next week!

Rode about 5 miles on stationary bike today.

What I ate today:

Coffee

Taco meat, tomatoes, apple

Chicken breast patty, cucumber, orange

R3 P2 Day 6

Today is my normal weigh in day and I down 3 lbs from one week ago! Not too bad considering that I am only on vlcd4! =) I did not get an actual start weight, just used my weight from last weeks weigh in and who knows how much I gained during loading, so I am sure it is actually more! Looking back at R2, I had lost 3.4 lbs on vlcd4, so I am pretty much on track. AND it's still that tom, so all in all, I am pretty happy! Also measurement day, and I lost 1/2 inch in both my stomach and my hips! YAY!! *I am going to update this because I have decided that I will weigh in again on Monday, which is an actual week since I started round 3! *

What I ate:

Celery
1/4 tsp of natural pb (at most)
Mini meatloaf
Orange

Steak
Steamed broccoli and cauliflower

R2 P4 D8

Weigh in day and I am +2.0 over ldw @ 161.0!!! At first I was disappointed about it, but then I remembered that TOM will be showing up in the next day or two and so then I was pretty happy! I am usually more than 2 pounds over around this time, so I am happy with it! Slept much better last night and even got to sleep in a few extra hours this morning...AND I woke up t the sun shining!!! Yay! :) Much better way to start the day then yesterday! :) My bloated belly even feels better today and all of my measurements stayed the same as last week.

Interesting thing...I have been very ready to start losing weight again and today I may have figured out why I am so antsy. I had a notification from my cell phone that I could start round 3! Well, when I started phase 2, I had all the timing figured out and had put it into my phone. So it has been a little over 6 weeks since the end of R2. I did have the 2 day cycle back into P2 and I know that the wait time in between R2 & R3 is suppose to be 8 weeks...but like I said I am READY and getting so antsy!!! Just when I had it decided in my head, ordered my new drops and decided that YES, I will start tomorrow (still have a little bit of drops left from last round), I remember that TOM should be arriving tomorrow or the next day! DRATZ!!!! I still don't know what I am gonna do...I know I should wait until tom is over, but I really want to start...hopefully I will have my mind made up by morning! :) I keep telling myself that my losses may just be slower this week with tom around and that I could just keep up with the 1 x a week weighing...but idk...hum!!!

Today's food:

Coffee with heavy cream
Apple with 1 tbsp natural pb

Left over low carb burrito
2 sf candies
Ind. packet of mixed nuts

5 almonds
Handful sf chocolate chips
Cranberry almond trail mix

Ham & scalloped potatoes (my first potato in a LONG time!!!)
1 tbsp of sf whipped topping
Green beans
Nutball