R1P2D14

weight: 257.0
Down: 1.6
total lost this round: 15.2
total lost over all: 15.2



Ok so 1.6 is nothing to shake a stick at but it has been a couple of days,dang it it should have been more.  I went on a road trip and was PERFECT, I didn't cheat ONCE even when I was driving and exhausted.   I do think I might not have had enough water so maybe tomorrow will be a really big number if I get all my water plus more today.   I know I should be happy I mean I am over halfway to my goal and I still have 16 days to go but still, it gets easy to get frustrated.  The good thing those is frustration doesn't make me automatically want to shove food in my face like it usually would. 

All that said, I can say I had some one who doesn't know I am working so hard ask if I had been losing weight.  She said she could tell so that was nice, nice to know my hard work is paying off and people can see it.   

R1P2D12

weight: 258.6
Down: 1.2
total lost this round: 13.6
total lost over all: 13.6




Ok, so I am not complaining but geesh after a day of just 5 apples I would have thought it would have been more!  Oh well, at least it was a good loss and really I have 18 days to lose 10.6 pounds which will make is my goal of 25.6 pounds down from this round.  


I will say I will be more appreciative of the food I CAN eat now!!


Ok, have to pack up and hit the road today so I wont be weighing again until Monday.  Fingers crossed I don't mess this up.  I usually HAVE to have some kind of junk to keep me going in the car but I am going to bring some Extra sugar free gum (if it is good enough for the biggest loser it should be good enough for me, right?????  

R1 P2 D10

weight: 260.0
Down: 2.6
total lost this round: 12.2
total lost over all: 12.2


Ok, I well make a real post today.  The last few days have been sooooo busy I just haven't had time.  I haven't had any really bad days but I did have a couple that annoyed me.  I have stayed 100% on point with my eating.  I haven't even licked my fingers when I got Nutella on the making sandwiches for the kids!  SO when I was actually UP .6 3 days ago I was really annoyed.  The next day I was down but only by .4.  So it is really nice to see I am back on track today and I think this 2.6 kind of evens things out.  I mean 12 pounds in 9 days isn't anything to get upset about, right?  

So I am pretty sure water was the culprit.  I realized I had not had nearly enough of it.  Today actually I think I could be down a little more but that nasty I can't seem to 'go' issue is rearing it's ugly head!  I had steak with mushrooms for dinner and I think that is the cause of the problem.  I think that means tomorrow should be even better. 

I do think I might need to break out a cook book.  Getting a little tired of my rotation of meal choices.  I still have 20 days to go on this round, can't drop the ball now.  I mean 12 pounds the first 9 days, even if I only lost .5 every day from here on out we are talking another 10 pounds or so, right?  I will take 22 but my goal is 25 so lets hope I don't have any more stalls and I can lose at least 1 pound a day!

R1P2D3 the day the dietbet began

weight: 268.8
Down: .8
total lost this round: 4.8
total lost over all: 4.8


I am totally not surprised with today's results.  Not that .8 is anything to be upset about but several factors come into play on why I think it wasn't more.  First of all, there is no way I can expect to lose close to 4 pounds every day.  As long as I am losing, I am happy.  Not to mention I am still at better than 2lbs a day so far.  If this was to keep up that would mean I could lose 60lbs by the time I finish this one 30 day round.  I really don't expect that to be happy.  Would I LIKE it too?  SURE of course I would but I will be happy if I can finish this first round down 30.  Another factor is that yesterday was HARD, I was really hungry from the time I woke up until the time I went to sleep.  I didn't have any terrible cravings or anything but I was just HUNGRY. I had 'miracle' noodles with chicken and a little tomato sauce for lunch, an apple for a snack and then some lean beef with onions for dinner.  I was still hungry so I ended up having a little of the roast chicken I had made for the family for dinner.  
The final factor would probably be the miracle noodles themselves.  I mean like HCG Chica says they are basically the nutritional equivalent of cardboard.  It is all fiber and sometimes takes a minute to leave the body.  

I woke up feeling a little less hungry this morning.  The head ache is still there so I have had another cup of black coffee.  I am hoping the headache leaves soon.  

The last thing I wanted to talk about today is Dietbet.  I have finally broken down and signed up for one with the some other members of my travel agency.  I have 4 weeks to lose 4% of my weight, according to my weigh in this morning that means 10.8lbs.   I actually hope they don't red flag me or something if they think I am losing too much for it to be legit!   The pot last I looked was up to $140 and if I understand it correctly, everyone who loses at least 4% will divided that up at the end. 

So that is it for my ramblings for today.  Two days of VLCD's down 28 to go......I can do this, right?   

I am BACK and fatter than ever!

So I have been here before but I REFUSE to find myself here again.  My mind is in a better place than I have ever been before.  I have to do this for ME this time and I will do it.   

If you read my past blog posts you will see a few years ago I lost around 60 lbs on HCG.  I went from a 18/20 to size 14 jeans.  Reading that now makes me want to pure cry but I wont.  Life got in the way and I just have to accept I let myself get off track.  I am now the biggest I have ever been. (even bigger than when I was 9 months pregnant with my 9.4 pound baby!)  I refuse to spend anymore of my life being exhausted and embarrassed to leave the house.  It is time to get hold of my life!

My reward????? (well besides a happier life) My first Disney Cruise in the fall! I REFUSE to be embarrassed to leave my cabin! 

Once again I am going to give HCG a shot.  Only this time I am going pure with the original protocol which helped me lose 60 pounds the first time I did it.  No cheating!  


I actually started yesterday with my two loading days.  I am going to do 3 rounds to start.  My plan is to do 30 day rounds of very low calorie days with 21 days between each one where I will add in more calories to lock in the weight loss.  That will take me through September.  I am going to take a break from the HCG for my vacation and the holidays.  Depending on where I find myself at the end of my first three rounds will decide if I need to do anymore at that point.   

So stay tuned and cheer my on along this journey.  I would really love the support.   

R1P2D2

starting weight:272
todays weight: 267.0
Down:-3.6
total lost this round: 5
total lost over all: 5


I have to say that weight for today is really kind of an estimate.  I can't get my scale to give me the same weight twice.  It is now trying to say I am like 254 which would mean like 16 pounds since yesterday which is totally impossible so I am going with the first weight I saw which turns out is the most realistic of all the numbers I got.  It really sucks because this is a brand new scale and I put new batteries in it this morning when it started acting up!  I have an actual doctor's appointment tomorrow so I am going to see what their scale says and us it to figure mine out. 

Anyway, yesterday was kind of tough.  I am not sure if I was really hungry or just mentally hungry but there were times I would totally eat your arm had someone come close enough.  I am giving it a few days to really get working but if this hunger doesn't go away I am going to have to adjust my dose a little.  

I had a protein shake for breakfast, an apple for a snack.  Lunch was 3oz of shrimp stir fried with bokchoy and a zero everything salad dressing.  I did have a square of melba toast with it just for some 'crunch' in my day.   Then dinner was 3oz of chicken with miracle noodles in tomato sauce.   

I did go to be pretty hungry and I am now that I am waking up I am getting pretty hungry so I might have some eggs this morning and save the shake for a little later.  I know I missed one of my fruits yesterday but I was figuring the shake took the place of the second fruit.  

Ok off to face day 2.....wish me luck  (of for the record, the little touch of hunger-TOTALLY worth it to see those pounds come off!!)  

R1P2D1

starting weight:272
todays weight: 270.6
Down: +1.4
total lost this round: 1.4
total lost over all: 1.4


Not a bad loading phase, I am ready to go.  I woke up and not hungry at all this morning so I should be good to go for several hours. I need to check that there are still apples for a snack later. I think I am going to have shrimp and miracle noodles for lunch.  I saw an amazing recipe for asparagus shrimp soup that I want to try later.  I need to look at the list of recipes I found again to plan out the rest of my meals.  Ok, off to do today's shot and drink some water.  I am very parched.  

R2P2D3

weight: 228
Change: +.9
total lost this round: 5
total lost over all: 43

Sorry I missed yesterday, I was in quite a funk. I totally caved and ate everything in sight. I am definitely and emotional eater! Anyway, I am lucky I am not up more than .9.

So. Today my daughter has to take her yearly testing and my son will be with my mother, I am very much looking forward to 3 hours to myself. I need it to regroup! I am trying to get my head back. It isn't fair that I let my emotions get to me so easily. Anyway today is another day and I will do this!

R2P2D6

weight: 227.3
Change: -.6
total lost this round: 5.9
total lost over all: 43.9


I hate weekends, I did a great job all day but my 3 yr old took a long late nap causing me to stay up late and I ended up snacking mindlessly.....here's to a big loss tomorrow :)

R2P2D5

weight: 227.9
Change: + 2.6
total lost this round: 5.3
total lost over all: 43.3


Stupid gymnastics....I didn't get around to making food before our three hour stint at gymnastics so I had dinner with the kids after 7 pm. I ate mostly allowed food (ok so I ate bacon which could be the culprit too but we are going to blame the late dinner). Anyway, I am going running today so it is probably ok that I am up a little. I am going to stay perfectly on protocol today and see what happens.....

R2P2D4

weight: 225.3

Down: -0.5
total lost this round: 7.9
total lost over all: 45.9


Well I knew it had to happen eventually.  Things were going so great I had to have a less than 2 pound loss at some point, right?  I think it is because I had a bite or two of pineapple.  I didn't realize it was a 'forbidden fruit' but stopped and checked before I ate too much.  

Off to grocery shop and replenish my supplies.  I am going to pick up some protein shakes and bars that are allowed that will help on days when I just don't have time to cook, like this am. 

Oh also this is a good time to take my measurements:

bust: 45(no bra)
waist:39
hips:46
legs: 23.5
arms:14.5

R2P2D3

weight: 225.8
Down: -2.2
total lost this round: 6
total lost over all: 43.4


Another great day! I stopped by the market and replenished my veggies. I also picked up some flat bread wraps which are allowed on this version of the diet. I have not eaten so well in the past year as I hE this week. (Except while we were at Disney of course!). If I can keep up this pace for a coups more days I should hit my fort small goal by the weekend and my first big goal of 199 is totally do able!

Oh on a somewhat unrelated note, I think I am going to try to do the no 'poo thing that is going around. My hair is pretty nasty today so no better time to start than the present,right?

R2P2D3

weight: 228
Down: -2.6
total lost this round: 4.8
total lost over all: 41.2


Yesterday was good. I am actually completely out of veggies and I am having to seriously wing it on food until grocery day Friday but some how I am still down today(and down quite alot!). My goal now is not to get over zealous but to keep my eye on that first zero....come on 220. Really frustrating because I was there before but let myself slip in to old bad habits....not again! I am coming up on my 1 year mark doing this diet (end of May) my longer term goal is to hit 199 by my 1 year mark....can I do it??

R2P2D2



weight: 230.6
Down: -2.2
total lost this round: 2.2
total lost over all: need to look up beginning weight

Yesterday went well. I had two eggs(one whole and one white) for breakfast. Then lunch was crab legs and dinner was a grilled chicken salad from McDonalds with Waldon farms ranch dressing. I also had some beef stir fried when I got home last night and even slipped and had a few tootsie rolls( and still down 2.2 imagine if I had resisted the candy...something to remember!).

R2P2D1

weight: 232.8
Down: up so disgustingly much!
total lost this round:
total lost over all:

Everything around here has been so crazy since the move. I have had such a hard time focusing this entire year but now I am hopefully on track. I am trying the new, updated 800 calorie version with pellets. If I keep having a hard time I may have to look into switching back to drops or even injections. I hope this works though because the pellets are less expensive.....

Technical difficulties!

My Wii seems to have died! I can't get the remotes thingies to come on so I can't weigh myself!

That said I have had a mental health break, first my daughter was in the hospital, then I got my period and now my son is recuperating from dental surgery. In the down time I have decided to investigate the 800 calorie version of the diet. I bought the book and I am almost done reading it. It will be so much more interesting to my tongue because there is much more options to chose from.

I will be start the 800 calorie diet tomorrow. I hope my wii starts working by then, if not I will have to buy or borrow a cheap scale. Until then.....

R2P2D1 take two....

The day I last tried to start this my 8 year old daughter ended up in the hospital and I was not peered to stick to it while at the hospital and awake for 36 hours straight. So here we are tarting round 2 over again. I am using the pellets now. I have to say they are quite tasty! So now my starting weight is 229.9.....lets do this thing!!

R2P2D1

Weight 229.3

I am back, looking forward only. I am determined this will be my last round! I am trying pellets this round so we will have to see how that goes. Off to send Colin to school.

Short intermission.....

Just stopping in to explain my recent absence of blog posts. I was so sick a week ago that I missed several doses of my HCG which basically meant to just start back would be very wasteful. Since I was at the end of a short round anyway I decided it was best to take a brief break. I am doing a color run tomorrow and then I will be jumping back in to start round three on Monday. I will be back soon!

R1P2D25

I think I have the count right. I have been sick for the last few days....like really sick. I haven't eaten exactly protocol but not for eating junk. I have barely been able to eat anything because my throat is so raw. I am down .4 today, so there is that. You would think not being able to eat would help pounds pour off, but not so much. Hopefully I can get back on track soon and eat like I am supposed to....right now I am just happy to get broth down. :(