Here I am at Day 18 and I am feeling a little discouraged today. I feel like I am not loosing like I did on round 1. I lost 12.5 lbs by day 18 on round 1. I know I should really look at the whole picture here, but now I am wearing clothes that actually fit me and I just noticed my fat more today for some reason. I don't want to be all negative here so I will talk about some positive stuff. Yesterday I went clothes shopping and I went into the regular sizes. It is still so weird to me because there is a much larger selection than the women's and it actually makes it much more difficult. I came out of the store with a glazed look on my face. I came to the conclusion that I really don't know what my style is or what it should be. I haven't had to think about that in years. So it really is a transformation, which is the positive in all of this. Here are the stats for today:
Weight: 211.4
Loss/Gain: + .08
Here are a few stats from the weekend. I am still happy with my progress. I have had a few bumps in the road, but totally self inflicted, but I still have lost 8.2 lbs in 16 days.
Saturday
Weight: 210.0
Loss/Gain: - 1.6
Sunday
Weight: 210.6
Loss/Gain: +.6
Monday
Weight: 209.6
Loss/Gain: - 1.0
Total loss for last week 4.8 lbs
Total loss for Round 2 8.2
So I was up one pound this morning when I weighed myself, but there is a really good reason why. I had a date last night who took me to a really nice restaurant, yep a date. I was really good at ordering a steak and fresh broccoli, but then I caved in on the mashed potatoes and bread. It will do it to you every time. This is a first date in which seems like ages. I am so much more confident in myself and my body and felt like it was time to put myself out there. My date was fabulous by the way. I had such a great time, and the guy was so nice. I hope he will ask me out again.
I have come to the conclusion that I am not going to beat myself up for a gain, but instead celebrate my success and the journey getting there. I think as women we are often times quick to be upset at our disappointments, but yet we don't know how to celebrate the positives in our life. So here is to happiness. Here are the stats for today:
Weight: 211.6
Gain/Loss: + 1
My oh my, my weight is coming off like butter. I woke up to a huge shocking loss, and had to do the weigh myself several times trick just to make sure, I had read on the forum that I peruse that digital scales are correct the first time and each time after your first weigh in it calibrates itself and keeps adding to your total, or something like that. It just proves my point that if you stick to this plan, it actually works. I went to visit my mom yesterday because I haven't seen her in a few weeks and she just got back from a vacation. She gasped when she saw me and said "Oh look at how beautiful you are". That was the best comment in the whole world. Here are my stats for today:
Weight: 210.6
Loss/Gain: - 2.6 lbs (Yikes)
Wow, once again the time has flown by. I am already at day 11, and it has been another great morning/Loss. I am on my way down. Here are the stats for today:
Weight: 213.2
Loss/Gain: -1.4 lbs
Thank goodness for do overs. I stuck to the eating plan yesterday and had a great loss this morning. This should be a good lesson for me. I like the feeling of loosing and want to continue. I do have a ways to go and don't want to sabotage myself. Here are the stats for today:
Weight: 214.6
Loss/Gain: -1.8 lbs (Yeah!)
So this is the part of the story that I have to admit I really screwed up. It all started on Saturday when I had a bunco party to attend. There were so many great foods to eat, that I decided to give in. It continued the next day where I decided to eat what I wanted. As a result I had a 2.8 gain in the last two days. At this point I am kicking myself because I knew better. Here I am at day 9 and I am virtually back to where I started on Day 2, so I am really wasting my time, ugh. I can tell this is already helping me by writing and hopefully will help others. I want to continue my journey to skinny, and I will not let anything else in the way from now on. Here are the stats from the past few days:
Day 7
Weight: 213.4
Loss/Gain: -.4
Day 8
Weight: 214.8
Loss/Gain: +1.4 lbs
Day 9
Weight: 216.4
Loss/Gain: +1.6 lbs
Here is to seeing that number go down. This is a public promise that I will keep
Today is Friday and boy am I glad. It has been a very long week. I am not sure if anybody else has experienced this before, but for some reason last night I was starving, and this was after I ate dinner. I think I did read that this does happen when starting again. I gave into my hunger pains and had a few things that I wasn't supposed to. It is really funny too because my daughter is right on top of my back. She told me that the only reason that I was hungry was because I was eating something with fat and that causes me to be more hungry. I looked at her with a puzzled look and asked her how she knew that, and she said that I had told her that. You forget that your kids actually listen to you. At that point I was so proud of her and the fact that I am teaching her something that she will remember all of her life and hope that she will not be in a position where she is having to loose a lot of weight. Here are the stats for today:
Weight: 213.6
Loss/Gain: +.04
Not too bad for eating bad yesterday. Hopefully it will not show up on the scale tomorrow.
Yeah for day 5. I have officially lost 30 pounds!!! This is such a huge accomplishment for me. I have not been at this weight in 8 years, and it feels fabulous. Here are the stats for today:
Weight: 213.6
Loss/Gain: -1.2 lbs
Total for this week so far is 4.2 lbs :)
Today is day 4 of round 2 and I realized just how quickly this process goes. Next time you think about it your half way through. I have had such a fun time wearing clothes I haven't worn in years. The last two weeks I have been wearing something "new" everyday. It is fun to wake up in the morning and selecting something different. I am so glad I didn't get rid of all of my smaller clothes, or I would be stuck right now trying to buy new clothes that wouldn't fit me in the next couple of weeks. I was telling one of my sisters last night that I wanted to loose 30 more pounds and she couldn't believe it, she thought I had already lost what I wanted to, but had to reminder her that I am still over 200 pounds. It was nice that she thought that I looked good at where I was now. Here are my stats for today:
Weight: 214.8
Loss/Gain: +.6
Not a loss, but not a terrible gain either.
Another great day and another great loss. I was really excited when I stepped on the scale this morning and saw the results. I once again had to weigh myself about 5 times just to make sure what I was seeing was correct, and sure enough it was. Here are the stats for today:
Weight: 214.2
Loss/Gain: -1.8 pounds
So far this week I have lost 3.6 pounds, that is incredible, almost too good to believe. Yeah!
Today is the second day of round 2 and I am happy to report that I had a 1.8 pound loss. I am happy to know that this still works even on the second round. not that I was doubting it, but you just never know. I am happier than ever as I am still shrinking out of my clothes. I keep wondering what I will do after the clothes that I have now don't fit. Even though I like the idea of buying new clothes, I would have to do more than just buy a few things, I would have to re buy everything. On Saturday I was at Target and for the first time in 8 years I didn't have to look in the plus sizes. It was a strange feeling to not go where I am used to, but at the same time, it was fun to see all the variety in the other sizes. That is one thing about plus size clothes, they don't always have a great selection and you find cuter clothes in smaller sizes. Here are my stats for today:
Weight: 216
Loss/Gain: -1.8 pounds
I got a new scale on Saturday and it weighs by .2 increments, so it is much more accurate.
After a vast amount of contemplating, I decided to end my shots on Tuesday and continue with the VLCD for the three day period and have 1 day of eating low calorie before starting back up on Sunday. I had a feeling my body was done for now, and my head was just not in the game. It became easier to deviate, which I took full advantage of. I am happy to say that I did take off the 2 pounds that I gained from all of that eating. When I start again on Sunday, it will be named Round 2, Phase 2. I am hoping for the same results out of round 2. Here are the stats for today:
Weight: 217
loss/Gain: -2.5 pounds
Previous weight was 219.5
So I have decided to continue this round and end on Nov 17. I am excited to keep going and loosing more weight. I had another loss today, so I think my body is on a role. It is fun to find new things to wear each day. Luckily I kept some of my smaller clothes so I haven't had to buy anything yet. Here are the stats for today:
Weight: 217.5
Loss/Gain= -.5
Today has been the best day. I am so happy and full of life today, and I think I kinda like it. I stepped on the scale this morning to a surprising 3 pound loss. I was in shock, and kept stepping on the scale to make sure that the number that I was seeing was correct, and sure enough it was. It is so nice to be out of the 20's, and sliding my way down the teens. I went to the clinic where I get my HCG for a follow up visit today, and she said I was doing great. She told me I could continue with the shots since I was successful and was motivated enough to continue, I was not sure about this so I put this questions out there to all of the wonderful people at the HCG forum. Here are my stats:
Weight: 218
Loss/Gain: - 3 pounds
