Beginning of a new week

I thought last week was an awesome week and I think what happens is you get confident because you loose a little bit of weight and think that since I have done so well I can eat a little bit. I totally fell into that category at the end of last week. So I have now gained back most of what I lost last week, but I am going to focus on the positive today. Even though I have gained, I still feel like I have lost inches (which does occur). On Saturday I took my daughter and nieces to the pool and I have never felt more confident walking around in a swimming suit. I can't even remember the last time that that has happened. This is my last week of Round 2, and I am actually relieved that it is almost over. I want to have that renewed excitement about loosing weight that i did in the beginning and the only way to achieve that is to give myself a break. Here are the stats for today:

Weight: 211.6
Gain/Loss: Not sure because I didn't track my weight this weekend.

What a great week!

So I woke up to yet another loss. I wasn't expecting anything this morning just because I had a huge loss yesterday. At first I was really kicking myself for not sticking to this diet plan, but truly in the end I think my body was saying it was done, so thank goodness for do overs. I am not really sure how much more I will loose, but any lose is good for me at this point. The next trick will be to not gain. This is especially hard because of the Holidays and all of those eating party's. At work they are having a little contest where you weigh yourself this week and you weigh yourself at the beginning of January. If you don't gain any weight over the holidays, you get a free movie ticket. I thought this was a good idea to keep me in check. I will let you know if I see a free movie in January. Here are the stats for today:

Weight: 209.6
Loss/Gain: -.04

I have never been at this weight, so a lot of celebrating is going on!!!

Just stopping by to say Hello

So my plans of starting on a Monday, last Monday in fact didn't work out so well, but I had my moment of truth you could say and decided to finally get my butt in gear and finish the rest of Round 2, starting yesterday. I was actually really shocked this morning when I stepped on the scale. I lost 3.8 lbs. How is that possible?? Here are a few of the reasons why I think this occurred, I could be wrong, but this is what I did. First I increased my shot to 250 from 200, next I stuck to the vlcd, third I drank my oolong tea twice (Chinese slimming tea), fourth I had smooth move tea the night before (gets you all regulated) and last I went in the steam room at the gym and most likely sweated out a lot of stuff. Like I said I am not sure if this did the trick, but I like the results. I feel like this round is not so much a wash after all. My hope is that I can loose at least 5 more lbs. My last shot for this round will be next Tuesday, and then back to managing my eating. I do have to point out that I HATE fast food, and am realizing it even more when I ate it the other day, Give me a steak any day!! Here are the stats for today:

Weight: 210.0
Loss/Gain: -3.8
Previous weight: 213.8

Update

Hello All,

I know it has been awhile since I have posted anything. It is a busy time of year that only is going to get busier. I would love to report that things are fabulous and I have lost a ton of more weight but that is not the case. I talked to the clinic about why I have not been losing and how I seem to deviate ALL the time, and we figured out that the recent change in medications are most likely the culprit. She wanted me to increase my dose and ride out the last 9 days or so and see how that goes, and I was all for that until I realized how much I had going on this week all of which revolves around eating. Not that I am going to go and pig out, but for me it is so much easier to really focus when I have no other distractions. So the current plan is to start my injections again on Sunday and have a really great week and see what the results are. I am still planning on resuming another round at the beginning of the year with the hopes of more success. I think that is one of my biggest fear is that I will gain back what I have lost, but I will not let that happen!!!

Day 25

Wow, I can't believe it is already Day 25. I would love to say that I have made wonderful progress in that time, but that isn't the case. I was racking my brain yesterday to figure out why and here is the conclusion that I came to. I did not take a long enough break in between rounds. I have read numerous places that there should be a 3-6 week break because you can become immune to the HCG. I think this is exactly what has happened to me. On my last round by this point I was not hungry at all and sometimes could barely finish the food that I had, this is not the case this time. I am starving, and even hearing or see commercials about food drive me crazy. I am even dreaming about food. So what to do about this. I still would like to loose at least 5 lbs before I am done here so I am going to take this day by day and try my best. I have set this goal because it is one that I think I can achieve. and if it is more than that, it will just be a bonus. I will do maintenance after Nov 23, and will start another round at the beginning of Jan, where hopefully my body will be ready to loose some more weight. Here are the stats for today:

Weight: 210.4
Loss/Gain: - 1 lbs

R2- Day 23

So last week was a totally mess. I simply just gave up. But to tell you the truth I felt horrible the entire week. I was eating whatever I wanted, but it was not sitting well with my body. I think it is so used to the foods that I am eating that whenever I eat something that is not on the plan my body is really good about letting me know. My new goal is to get to 200 lbs by the end of this round. I have 18 days left to accomplish this. I am also going to do phase 3 during Christmas and do a round 3 at the beginning of January. Here are the stats for today:

Weight: 211.4

Loss/Gain: None

Here are some more scary pictures, plus some new ones. This helps to remind me of what I never want to look like again.