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 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

First day of Round 2 Phase 3 and Measurement Day!!

So as I said yesterday, I am just gonna call today the 1st day of phase 3. It doesn't "actually" start until 5 p.m. but because of the hcg potency issues...I will eat a little more today as I did yesterday! :) I will be very cautious not to over do it though! Today's weight was -0.4 under ldw, which I am thrilled about! I still have that wonderful feeling, except for the fact that TOM will be paying me a visit in the next couple of days! :) LOL!!!

Another wonderful note...today was measurement day!!! Amazing news, I lost 16.5 more inches during round 2 phase 2!!!! How in the world is this possible...just means I had A LOT of fat! LOL!!!! :):) No wonder I feel so skinny these days! :)

What I ate today:

Coffee with creamer...3 cups! :)
Apple

Chicken sausage patty
Lettuce with ranch
Orange

Macadamia nuts
Handful of sf chocolate chips

Leftover meatloaf with sf ketchup
Lettuce with ranch
Cauliflower with ranch

Bite size sf candy
SF french vanilla cafe drink