R2D4 VLCD - 134.6 - 1.0

I'm sitting on my deck on this nice, cool, crisp morning listening to the birds chirp and enjoying my vanilla latte w/ Davinchi's carmel sprinkled with cinnamon! MMMMMM mmmmm mmmmmmm!!!! Hard to believe it's P2 approved! (sorta approved, I do use 2 T of 2% milk instead of 1, but I'm justifying it because I don't think they had 2% milk in the 1930's/50's when Simeon's wrote P&I)


VLCD4 I'm down 1 lb today. Just 1 more to go for my LDW! I'm feeling great, not hungry at all this cycle/round except come meal time and sometimes not even then! The week is even going fast. It seems much easier for me this cycle/round than the first!

I was scared because my head really wasn't into it when I started! It's all good now!

Poor hubby had a terrible day yesterday. I hope today is better for him, he is still sleeping.
He was so weak yesterday and dizzy, but he's taking his Potassium & B12. Hopefully today will be better.

Yesterday, I made him asparagus and a double portion of Mahi Mahi and seasoned it with Tony Chacheres. He said it was delish. I had Biz's shake, but I think I will have that for lunch today minus the dbl portion. He felt better after eating more. He lost nearly 8 lbs in two days, so if he loses less, by having more protein, he doesn't care, he HAS to be able to function to work.

R2 VLCD3 135.6 - 1.4

YAY! I'm happy to be back at 135. It feels like a good weight. Not that I don't

think I need to lose. I think 10 lbs would be perfect.

I love not being hungry, what a help it is!

Today's lunch - Sliders

Dinner - Biz's shake

Darn Blogspot won't let me put the photos's where I want them. Oh well.
BTW - Yes, I ate more cucumbers than that, but they were gone by the time I took the picture! LOL :-)

Edited to add: My gosh Blogspot really jumbled the formatting. Sorry!

R2D2 VLCD 137. - 4.2

YAY! I'm so happy to have such a big release! I don't know why I was worried. I know this works. Just hate that I was so close to the 120's and then be in the 140's! Yikes!

I have not been hungry AT ALL! It's been wonderful! DH is doing great too. He lost 4.2 exactly!
He is only hungry when it's time to eat, but he is having a hard time with the boring meals. I really don't want to get creative. It's too much work. :) But if it will help him. I guess I will. I will make the P2 chili for him today.

Yesterday's meals....

Bfast -
Green Tea - 2 pkt of Xylitol
Keurig Cafe Mocha (I don't know what was in it since there was no calories or ingredients, but after one sip, I'm thinking it was NOT approved because it was DELISH!! I also added a tsp of Davinchi's carmel syrup to it. OMG! Very Very GOOD!

Lunch -
Sliders
Apple

Dinner -
Franks Chicken
Spinach
Grapefruit

This meal making for DH and I is getting harder. He doesn't like....let me rephrase.....won't TRY Franks. I love Franks on everything! Eggs, spinach, chicken, beef. LOVE it!
So not only am I making meals for the kids which are different, his and my meals are different too! There has got to be an easier way!

D1R2 VLCD 141.2 + 2.0

I felt so sick, still feel sick actually...... I went to bed just to be out of misery only to wake up several times, still feeling disgusting and bloated! I darn well better not be hungry this round.

I'm really upset. I "know" I'll lose it, but my LDW was 133, (CLOSE to the 120's!!! ) came back from vacay at 136. I really wasn't worried about it, being that I was going back to P2, but my loading brought me all the way to a NEW DECADE in the WRONG direction! I'm now at 141.2

OMG! I only gained 3 lbs loading last time! I only want to do 23 days on P2, so I really am hoping this leaves by then.

I feel so gross I don't want to leave the house and have anyone see me. I'm really serious!

I kept on DH's case all weekend. Shockingly, the dude doesn't know how to load! I got tired of nagging him. So if he's hungry, he's hungry. I don't want to hear it. I thought it would be so much easier doing this with him, it's NOT. I feel like a babysitter. "Did you take your drops..."

The day went great as far as eating and not being hungry! YAY!

B-fast -
Coffee
Water
Soda Water

Lunch -
Grilled Chicken
5 oz Spinach
Strawberries

Dinner -
Sliders
Apple

Water - 140 ounces
Calories - under 500 - I'm tired of counting! :)

D2R2 Loading +3.6

So I'm feeling really disgusting from yesterday. So gross, I don't want to leave the house for a week until I lose all this weight. I feel like I gained 30 lbs. I really feel sick!

As much as I really didn't want to go back to P2, this loading really has me feeling different about it.
I am still not looking forward to 23 days of limited foods, but I am really ready to get rid of this bloated feeling that loading does.

Today I didn't measure food. Seeing yesterdays calories just made me sick.

Breakfast -
Grande Latte
Bacon Breakfast Burrito
Cream Cheese Muffin

Snack -
Zevia
2 ounces of chocolate covered almonds

Lunch -
4 slices of bacon
2 ounces of chips w/ guacamole (1 & 1/2 avocados)
2 ounces chocolate covered almonds

Dinner -
Potato Casserole
4 slices of bacon

Snack -
Fage w/ strawberries & xylitol Mmmm. 20 full grams of fat. Nice!

Went to bed feeling sicker than a dog hoping to sleep off the terrible bloat. Only to wake up several times. Yuck!

D1R2 Loading

OMG! hcg sure does take the fun out of food!

Yesterday was day 1 loading. I loaded extra good this time and focused on FAT because I want to be sure not to have 1 day of hunger! I really don't think I could have done better. I feel sick!

Here is what I stuffed myself with.....I didn't really have meals, I just ate and ate and ate. UGH! Just shoot me now!

Breakfast -
Venti Pumpkin Spice Latte
12 donut holes
2 Kolaches

Lunch -
4 ounces of chips and guacamole (1 & 1/2 Avocadoes/salsa)
3 ounces honey roasted almonds
1 slice of cheese
2 ounces of salami
4 cream cheese muffins

Dinner -
7 ounce serloin steak
Mashed potatoes
1 & 1/2 cheddar biscuit
1/2 Caesar Salad

Calories - 4,274/Fat 276 grams/carbs 340 grams/128 grams

Fat 57%/Carb 31%/Prot 12%

Stick a fork in me...I am DONE! I feel like a stuffed pig ready to be roasted!
Just shoot me! I weighed in +3.6 Yikes! I was at that 2 days after my load round 1.

No Dosing Day 1

Weight 133.6 (0)

So, no change in weight today, that is okay. I was hoping for a little wiggle room for P3, but oh well. I'm not too worried about it. I will just be careful.

Well, I made my first KNOWN mistake today. I got hungry at 3:00 and decided to have my fruit. I was having computer issues and was so involved in trying to fix it, I realized it was time to go to D's first pep rally! I couldn't be late. It was dinner time though, and I hadn't even thought about fixing dinner! Everything was still frozen. I first thought of what I could get healthy out, but that is impossible! So I decided to make Biz's shake because it's really quick. I forgot I had strawberries at lunch darn!

So, I had the same fruit for both lunch and dinner and I had 3 servings of it! We'll see how bad the scale punishes me in the morning for that mistake!

Lunch -
Hamburger patty - not as tasty without the cukes!
Asparagus
Strawberries

Snack -
Grapefruit sprinkled w/Xylitol

Dinner -
Biz's Shake

Calories - 502 - Oooops. There is my third mistake! Went over on calories. I guess with 3 servings of fruit, it could be worse!
Water - 145

Hoping tomorrow isn't as much of a disaster. I'll have to plan ahead, it starts with Three football games, the first at 8 am, an appt to fix my iphone, and the grocery store....AND finish packing.
Hmmmmm ought to be interesting!

VLCD 28 Last Dosing Day

Weight - 133.6 (-.8)

I just love new numbers! I am bummed this is my last doing day since I have been seeing new numbers everyday. I will say I am nearly dreaming of mixing my veggies though! :)

Just a tip....when you get close to the end of your cycle, or "break" don't put too much thought into the "Last Dosing Day" because you still have to eat VLCD for 2 days (on homeopathic, 3 for Rx). I keep thinking today is my last dosing day and looking forward to salads and salad dressings again, but I really can't do that until Sunday. Right now it seems a long way off. Good thing I'm really busy the next few days.

Bfast - Coffee

Lunch -
Spinach Omelette - 4 egg whites, and spinach sauted in garlic
Strawberries w/ Xylitol

Dinner -
Grilled chicken & Asparagus w/Braggs
Grapefruit sprinkled with Xylitol

Hot Tea

Calories - 449
Water - 140

Since I was gone all day it was hard to get the water in, so the majority of the water was in the afternoon. I have a feeling I'm going to be up all night.

I have been thinking too much of food that I can't have right now. I'm going to have to practice restraint and have the same mindset when I start P3 on Sunday as I did when I took my 4 day break. Same food, just more of it and healthy fats. It's a good thing I have 2 days to get my mind straight!

VLCD 27

Weight - 134.4 (-.6)

Wooot! I love new numbers! I'm both excited and surprised that I went down again today after such a nice release yesterday.

Today was a busy day and I had to make my lunch this morning and pack it with my drops while out and about.

Bfast - Coffee w/ 2 T milk

Lunch -

Grilled Chicken w/Franks
1/2 Cucumber
1 sm Apple
Grissini

Dinner -

Biz's shake

Calories - 335
Water - 120

Not many calories, but I wasn't hungry and the shake sounded really good!

It was harder to get a lot of water in today since I was gone half the day, but at least I got 120 ounces in.

Two interested things I've noticed being on hcg, I'm COLD all the time! It's summer and I'm walking around in jeans and a jacket! Usually I'm always hot. I never sleep with a blanket, and have to have the a/c and fan on. Lately I've been sleeping with one blanket and a comforter!

The other thing is all the energy I have! I have a hard time going to sleep and I wake up at the crack of dawn and can't go back to sleep. Usually I like to sleep in until 8 and I'm not exactly really "awake" for a few more hrs. Boy has this changed that!

VLCD 26 Original Goal Achieved!

Weight 135.0 (-1.8) Hallelujah!

I reached my original goal! I woke up to a HUGE (for me) release! It's actually my record! 1.8! (aside from losing my loading weight that is!) I haven't had a release like that since the first week. It brought me from 136.8 to 135! I made my original goal!!

I never thought it was possible to weight 135 again so I thought why not try to get a little lower? My next goal is 127-130. Haven't been there in about 24 yrs! I weighed that in high school. :)

I LOVE this stuff!

To those not sure if this works, I was probably the most skeptical person, being a personal trainer, as this goes against everything I was ever taught! But even thyroid medicine and intense training couldn't help me lose an ounce, so to my this is a miracle!

Bfast - Coffee (2T Milk & 2 drops of Vanilla Crm Stevia)

Lunch -
Sliders (so yummy! I could have them everyday Hamburger patty & 1/2 Cucumber)
5 oz Strawberries 1/xylitol sprinkled on them
"Sprite"
1 Grissini

Dinner -
Grilled Chicken w/garlic lemon marinade
2 oz Spinach
1 sm Grapefruit w/xylitol sprinkled on it
1 Grissini - I really can't remember if I had one tonight or not, or if I was thinking of the one I had this afternoon. LOL Sometimes, they go so fast, I don't even realize they are gone! I'm adding them to my calories just in case!
"Sprite"

Calories - 509 (eeeks! I went over for the first time! The darn Xylitol adds too many calories at 10 per packet. I should have put my meals in fitday before I ate dinner. Oh well. Live & Learn.
As delicous as Xylitol is on fruit, I really don't want to get in the habit of it. Fruit is sweet enough on it's own. BUT.....Xylitol does have many health benefits! :)

Water - 140 ounces

Tonight was a very stressful evening and I tried not to let it get to me, but the Mother Bear in me couldn't help it and my blood was/is boiling. Hope the stress doesn't effect the scale. Seems like you breathe wrong and it can effect the scale!

Oh my! What a difference from this mornings elated post! I'm heading to take a bath and find my peaceful, happy place!

Benefits of Xylitol

I don't like to use any artificial sweeteners or chemicals in my food. Stevia can be somewhat limiting, so I started using Xylitol. I really like it! I came across an article about it and thought I'd post some useful benefits of it.

Did you know Xylitol...

• Is a natural sweetener and sugar substitute that is extracted from plants such as fruits, berries, vegetables and oats. It originated in Finland where it was extracted from birch trees and is still widely used in Finland today.

• has a very low glycemic index of 7 whereas sugar has a glycemic index of 100. This means that xylitol is metabolized slowly and does not cause a glucose levels to rise rapidly.

• can actually help prevent weakening of the bones and improve bone density.

• increases white blood which helps fight many types of bacteria.

• Xylitol can help prevent candida (sugar which actually promotes candida and yeast problems.)
• helps to prevent bacteria in your ears and nose. It helps stop bacteria that grows in the tubes that connect your ear and nose together. Xylitol can even be used in a saline solution for nasal irrigation.(Xylitol is actually used in the product Xlear which I've used for several years as a nasal rinse. It works fabulously!)
  
• helps prevent tooth decay.
• hormonal imbalance restoring, and blood sugar stabilization for diabetic patients, lowering their insulin levels.
• It equals the sweetness of sugar
• It has 40 fewer calories than sugar
• can be substituted one for one with sugar; however, it has a drying characteristic so the recipe may need adjustment of its liquid levels.

The only xylitol side effect is when it is taken at doses exceeding 20 to 40 grams or more. This may cause diarrhoea, but not in everyone. Additionally, the unique feature of xylitol is that if you reduce the dose and gradually build up again, the body is able to adapt and eliminate the diarrhoea effect until doses of 200 grams or more are taken.

WARNING

Xylitol is considered very toxic to dogs and ferrets, among others. This is, in part, due to the fast-acting nature of xylitol. A dog who is suffering from xylitol poisoning can be in critical condition well within an hour of when the dog eats sugar-free gum, breath mints or candy. This gives the owner of a dog who experiencing xylitol toxicity a very small window of time to take the action that's required to save a dog's life.

VLCD 26

Weight 136.8 (-.6) Hallelujah!!!

Well it looks like the sunbathing yesterday didn't bother me. Go figure! That is supposed to make me gain, but not the steak? Hmmmm. I always knew I was different! LOL

FINALLY I'm not 137! I was that weight for 10 days!! (mostly because my 4 day interruption.) But I'm SOO glad to not see that number anymore! Good riddance!
I'm down .6, which brings me to 136.8 YAY! I love new numbers. Almost to my first goal of 135, and closer to my ULTIMATE goal
So I don't know what was with the .4 increase yesterday. It still bothers me I don't know what I did to gain. I wouldn't think the steak would cause it, but ya never know!

A little funny side note...I'm filling out new a medical insurance form and I got a kick out of it because I got to put my new weight for the first time! and this....
In the last 12 months, has any applicant experienced a weight gain or loss of 15 pounds or more?
Ummm yeah! How 'bout in the last 21 days!!
The littlest things amuse me!


I talked my friend into meeting for coffee instead of lunch today, (she doesn't know I'm on this diet) so we went to Starbucks. Oh! the Pumpkin Spice Latte is back!! My ultimate FAVE! But I stuck to my guns, and had green tea instead! Of course after telling her how good it was, she ordered it! LOL and a yummmmy looking muffin. It's okay, my size 6's are feeling lose and in 6 days that latte mine!!

I haven't been hungry at all. I've actually been forgetting to eat. Gotta love that!

Bfast - Coffee 2 T milk & Vanilla Cream Stevia (2 droppers)
Hot Green Tea w/Zylitol (3)

Lunch - Sliders (hamburgers w/mustard on cucumber "buns") Seriously my favorite meal!
1/2 Cucumber
1 Grissini
1 Cup of Strawberries w/Zylitol (1) sprinkled on it. (Yum!)


Dinner - 3.5 ounces of Grilled Chicken w/ liquid smoke & Franks
6 ounces of Asparagus
1/2 an apple

Calories - 470
Water - 145 ounces

WOW! I was seriously close to 500 today and almost went over. I'm really glad I put my calories in fitday before dinner. Those Zylitol calories add up! (10 cals a pkt) I had 4 today!

Speaking of Zylitol, I may be one of those that can't stomach it. Unless it was the smooth move and Mag. Or maybe the combo. I'll have to retest it in a few days. I love it though, so I hope it's not an issue.

VLCD 25

Weight 137.4 (+.4) Deja Vu. I feel like I've been at 137 FOREVER

Well, I'm not happy today. I'm up .4! Not just a little loss, not just a stall...A GAIN! What the?

I haven't done anything different except have a steak yesterday. My first one on Protocol. But it was very lean and I wouldn't think it would be a staller. I drank over a gallon of water as usual. Bernice probably needs to come visit me. I'm so tired of 137. I've been here for 10 days!

Well, I'm headed to the pool to have fun with the family. Tomorrow is a new day! On a positive note, I haven't been hungry AT ALL!! LOVE that!

Now to decide what to eat for the day. Risk with having steak again today or not. Hmmmm......NOT

Breakfast- Coffee 2 TB milk - (I've had 2 T of milk for quite a while no gains or stalls. Can't figure out for the life of me why a gain today!)

Lunch -
Sliders - Mini Burgers with mustard & cucumber buns. :)
1/2 Grapefruit
"Sprite" Lemon-Lime Seltzer water w/Orange Stevia

Dinner -
Biz's Shake

Calories - 405
Water - 165 ounces

I went to the pool with the family and tried to get some sun before vacation. I didn't put any lotion on, but laying out is a no-no. (water retention) But I'm okay with that, I don't want to be pasty on vacation and fry my first day.
I drank a ton of water today. It's only 5:30 and I'm already at a gallon!

VLCD 24

Weight - 137.0 (-.6)

Almost to 135! Even though 130 is my goal, I will feel so much better once I hit 135, I feel like I've been teetering here for sooo long!

Today was another great day. I haven't been hungry at all and it makes this diet so much easier! As a matter of fact, I didn't even feel like I was on a diet today. My meals were yummy!

Bfast - Coffee w/2 TB milk (I know protocol is 1. But I've done 2 TB a few times now with no difference in the scale and I can't drink it with just one. YMMV)

Lunch -
3.5 ounces Grilled Chicken w/ Franks & Liquid Smoke
3/4 of a cucumber, couldn't finish it all
1/2 Sm grapefruit

Dinner -
3.5 ounces Grilled Steak Mmmmmm so good!
3 ounces of cooked Spinach
1 Grissini

Dessert -
1 cup Strawberries
Hot Chai Tea w/ tsp Cocoa powder & Vanilla Stevia

Dinner was fabulous. The steak was so good, as was the Spinach. I added some marinade to the spinach and it was great. I am so full!

This is my first steak on Protocol. I've been really reluctant, because they never look lean enough, unless I'm paying $24 a lb. But I found one today that looked really lean and I got 5 servings from it. So I'm pretty happy! Well, I'll hold off a little excitement until I see the scale tomorrow. I hope my scale is nice, because I have 4 more servings waiting for me in the fridge!

Calories - 498 So close to 500. Whew!
Water - 135 ounces

VLCD 23

Weight - 137.6 (-.6)

I'm really ready to get back under 135. I've been at this weight before for quite a while previously, so I know it's a stall weight. Honestly, I was hoping for 1lb loss, but .6 is sure a whole lot more than before my break when I 0'd out and had .2's. So I'm happy about that.

I am so thrilled I wasn't hungry today! I had coffee for breakfast with 2 TBS of milk. Yeah, I know, 1 more than I'm supposed to. Let me tell you how I'm justifying that! I am having a shake for lunch which is only 190 calories for the whole meal. We'll see if it makes a difference. Usually I don't like to take a risk, but heck, it's Friday and I'm in a "living on the edge" kind of mood today! :)

Lunch -

Biz's shake

I tried 4 pkts of Zylitol and it just didn't taste very sweet, so I added S&L. Zylitol is almost 10 calories a packet, so I didn't want to add more. I hate using artificial sweeteners and usually avoid them at all cost, but I felt like I really needed something different, so I rebelled! Told you I was living on the edge today! heee heee

Dinner -

3.5 ounces of Grilled chicken sprinkled Liquid Smoke & Franks
6 ounces of Asparagus spritzed with Braggs
1 Apple
1 Grissini

Hot Chai Tea w/tsp cocoa

Calories 382
Water 145 ounces

So my challenge today was a year ago today, my Dad past away, AND today we are celebrating my son's 13th bday. So there is lots of yummy food, (chocolate, french fries, popcorn, chips, soda, wings and on and on) and plenty of reasons (wrong reasons...emotional reasons) to eat. BUT I'm not going to do it!

I'm going to make my hot Chai Tea w/cocoa and vanilla Stevia and think about how happy I will be in the morning when I get on the scale.

I'm so blessed to have a supportive husband who went out to get the food and served the kids while I was able to sneak away at a weak moment. Love him!!
Those french fries and chocolate, were very tempting.

Please scale, reward me tomorrow!!!

VLCD 22

VLCD 22 138.2 +.2

I guess today would be day 22 since I didn't do a complete P3.
So I went up some and down some on my P3. I ended up at a +.8 which I'm happy about. I thought it would be harder to stabilize.

I'm ready to get back to P2 and start losing again! I was hungry until lunch, but the rest of the day went well.

Lunch -
Grilled Chicken & Spinach w/ Braggs
Grissini
1/2 Grapefruit

Dinner -
Grilled hamburger patty
5 oz. Asparagus
Grissini
Apple

I know apples make me hungry, but I didn't have any other fruit. I didn't want to duplicate my afternoon fruit. I need to get to the store tomorrow!

So today went well aside from absentmindedly putting mosquito spray all over me!
I'm looking forward to getting on the scale tomorrow. I hope it doesn't disappoint!

Day 4 P3

Weight 138 +.2

Some of my favorite P3 things.

• I get to wear deoderant that works!
• Taking bubble baths!
• My morning Latte's
• Mixing my veggies & having salad dressing

All that said, I'm ready to get back on P2 and lose the rest of this weight. I really don't find it that hard to stay on the P2 diet now that I'm used to it. P3 has been fun, but it's not as exciting as I thought it would be. The things I miss the most are my skin care products and my latte's!



I'm hoping this interruption jump starts my weight loss again. We leave for vacation in a week, so I have a week to lose 5-7 lbs and hopefully I can do that by then. Otherwise, my vacation will be another "planned interruption" and I'll go back to P2 when I get back. I really hope I am able to finish. I'm ready to workout again!

Breakfast - Quiche & Latte
Lunch - Cobb Salad & Zevia soda (soda with Stevia. Tastes like such a cheat!)
Snack - Latte

My wonderful hubby is taking me out to dinner for my last P3 meal. I think I'll get a fajita salad! Mmmmm. :)

I had planned on counting calories to make sure I'm getting enough, and just out of curiosity to see how much I can eat without gaining. I'd have already gained 5 lbs by now with eating this way the last few days - pre-hcg. It is just such a pain to count calories and I've been so busy, I just haven't had the time. I'm just going to eat when I'm hungry and stop when I'm full and follow the scale. So that's the plan next P3.

Can't wait to start dosing tomorrow!!