I think I’ve become immune….
The last three days have been awful, I have been SO hungry and not feeling good. There is a level of fatigue with this diet after six weeks, and I wonder if Dr. Simeon knew that the human mind can’t deal with restrictions like this for more than six weeks? Whether is physical or mental, I’ve decided for my sanity (and the safety of my husband and co-workers!) to move into Phase 3. Here’s to a new phase!
R1P2 - The Seventh Week
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August 8 - no loss/gain, but I can’t complain with good losses yesterday!
August 9 - up 1.0lbs, probably due to potato salad! lol
August 10 – no loss/gain, phew!
August 11 – up 1.4lbs, naughty day yesterday…
August 12 – up 0.6lbs, yikes! But back on the wagon today…
August 13 – down 2.6lbs, yay for the protocol!
August 14 - down 2.0lbs! Last P2 weigh in day, yay!!
Weight Analysis: Last P2 weight is 206.4lbs. That’s 23.4lbs lost in seven weeks!!
Physical: My face is thinner, I’ve lost pudge rolls around my ribcage, and I can feel my hip bones again!
August 9 - up 1.0lbs, probably due to potato salad! lol
August 10 – no loss/gain, phew!
August 11 – up 1.4lbs, naughty day yesterday…
August 12 – up 0.6lbs, yikes! But back on the wagon today…
August 13 – down 2.6lbs, yay for the protocol!
August 14 - down 2.0lbs! Last P2 weigh in day, yay!!
Weight Analysis: Last P2 weight is 206.4lbs. That’s 23.4lbs lost in seven weeks!!
Physical: My face is thinner, I’ve lost pudge rolls around my ribcage, and I can feel my hip bones again!
Thoughts
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This has been a rough week! But I’m learning alot of things…
•I’m learning that I need to not put myself in the situation of temptation and expect to make it out alive. Just say no to chinese food.
•Like any other diet, this one is only as good as the effort you put into it. If I don’t work it, it won’t.
•Apple cider vinegar (ACV) is amazing for the weight loss, but even with the organic I still give an involuntary shudder when I see the bottle.
•I’m so lucky to have such a wonderful husband who is so supportive that he’s doing a three week round with me, to lose 15lbs yes, but mostly to help me stay motivated.
•I’m also so lucky to have my wonderful friend Stacey who has come in to kick my ass into gear at just the right times.
•I’ve learned that you should never undervalue soft toilet paper, especially when you drink 4 1-liter bottles of water a day, and pee an average of 5 times per bottle.
•Rotisserie spice doesn’t have sugar or starch in it, and is amazing on chicken.
•I love how my body is changing- this protocol has made me feel like I have control over what happens to my body and how I look.
So those are my thoughts for this week! I’m ready to keep going, and make sure I’m skinnier than my husband before his three weeks are up!
•I’m learning that I need to not put myself in the situation of temptation and expect to make it out alive. Just say no to chinese food.
•Like any other diet, this one is only as good as the effort you put into it. If I don’t work it, it won’t.
•Apple cider vinegar (ACV) is amazing for the weight loss, but even with the organic I still give an involuntary shudder when I see the bottle.
•I’m so lucky to have such a wonderful husband who is so supportive that he’s doing a three week round with me, to lose 15lbs yes, but mostly to help me stay motivated.
•I’m also so lucky to have my wonderful friend Stacey who has come in to kick my ass into gear at just the right times.
•I’ve learned that you should never undervalue soft toilet paper, especially when you drink 4 1-liter bottles of water a day, and pee an average of 5 times per bottle.
•Rotisserie spice doesn’t have sugar or starch in it, and is amazing on chicken.
•I love how my body is changing- this protocol has made me feel like I have control over what happens to my body and how I look.
So those are my thoughts for this week! I’m ready to keep going, and make sure I’m skinnier than my husband before his three weeks are up!
Cheats
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We went to my parents and I did my usual weekend screw up, and am now up a pound- but I’ve gotten rather pragmatic about cheats. It has to be something I’ve been dying to have, and I have a tiny amount of it. Of the spread that my Mom put out, I had a small spoonful of potato salad.
I know cheating is not in my best interest- but I do feel like, to some extent, it helps me for the time ahead. She had any number of things I could have binged on, but I only wanted two things and I had the amounts I needed to satisfy myself, not a bite more. In some way, I was intentional about it! I wasn’t going to waste a cheat on something I don’t like that much, and I ate much less than I have on previous cheats. It was interesting to observe my level of self-control, and it makes me feel like maybe I’ll survive P3 and P4 after all!
I know cheating is not in my best interest- but I do feel like, to some extent, it helps me for the time ahead. She had any number of things I could have binged on, but I only wanted two things and I had the amounts I needed to satisfy myself, not a bite more. In some way, I was intentional about it! I wasn’t going to waste a cheat on something I don’t like that much, and I ate much less than I have on previous cheats. It was interesting to observe my level of self-control, and it makes me feel like maybe I’ll survive P3 and P4 after all!
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R1P2 - The Sixth Week!
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I can’t believe I’m in the sixth week already, over halfway through!
August 1 – down 1.2lbs, a new low!
August 2 – up 2.0lbs, after cheating on Saturday…
August 3 – up 1.0lb, hello water retention! Wish I knew why, but my fingers are like sausages.
August 4 - down 2.0lbs! Feeling tons betteur now!
August 5 – no loss/gain. Is this the stairstep weight loss they talk about?
August 6 - down 1.2lbs, I think we’re stairstepping it!
August 7 - down 2.6lbs, loving the apple cider vinegar!
Weight Analysis – down 6.8lbs, 3.8 including the cheats. Not bad! Starting apple cider vinegar (2 Tb) a day has had some impressive losses, definitely going to do that again!
Physical – size 18 pants are baggy! My XXL tops are way too big, and the XL are just barely passable at work. I was demonstrating to someone how big my pants are, and almost pantsed myself! A coworker told me I’m wasting away. :-D
August 1 – down 1.2lbs, a new low!
August 2 – up 2.0lbs, after cheating on Saturday…
August 3 – up 1.0lb, hello water retention! Wish I knew why, but my fingers are like sausages.
August 4 - down 2.0lbs! Feeling tons betteur now!
August 5 – no loss/gain. Is this the stairstep weight loss they talk about?
August 6 - down 1.2lbs, I think we’re stairstepping it!
August 7 - down 2.6lbs, loving the apple cider vinegar!
Weight Analysis – down 6.8lbs, 3.8 including the cheats. Not bad! Starting apple cider vinegar (2 Tb) a day has had some impressive losses, definitely going to do that again!
Physical – size 18 pants are baggy! My XXL tops are way too big, and the XL are just barely passable at work. I was demonstrating to someone how big my pants are, and almost pantsed myself! A coworker told me I’m wasting away. :-D
Rounds and Phases, Pounds and Inches!
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Now most people call this last week the end of Phase 2 and move on to Phase 3, as per Dr. Simeon’s protocol. The reasoning was because of the immunity that the body can build up towards the Hcg. Immunity has been shown to be less of an issue with the homeopathic Hcg, and some people have had good luck with continuing all the way through to their weight loss goal, and then stabilizing with P3 and P4. Others have had a real hard time stabilizing and been forced to do another round of P2 and then going into P3.
The results are mixed, but I’ve made the decision to continue with P2 for another four weeks. The end of those four weeks marks the beginning of our family vacation to Michigan, and it will be easier for me to survive the week if I’m on P3! I had considered going all the way through to my goal on R1, but I think for my sanity it would be best to have the break in the middle.
Now I’m a very particular planner (obsessive-compulsive? lol) so I have it mapped out to goal. With the three weeks of P3 and three weeks of P4, I’ll be starting R2P2 on October 17th! If all goes well with extending P2, I’ll continue on R2P2 until we go to Mississippi for Christmas on December 23rd, so R2P2 would be approximately 9 weeks. When we get back, P3 and P4 push things out to the end of January and I can hopefully take care of those last few pounds in a normal length round. Perfect timing, because P4 would start around the time that we want to start trying to start a family! My ultimate goal for my weight loss is to be a hot sexy pregnant mama, so the timing would be great if it works out like that.
When we decided in January of this year that we wanted to start trying for a family next spring, I panicked when I thought of adding pregnancy weight and risks to my 237lb body. I started in earnest, but was so frustrated after 5 months of restrictive eating and exercise yielded a loss of only 7.2lbs. I read a saying that said the future will be here, regardless if we achieve what we want in the time that passes, which made me really think about the fact that I want to achieve my goal weight before we get pregnant- because that time will be here, whether or not I lose the weight. So I’m doing it, and I’m so thankful for Hcg!
The results are mixed, but I’ve made the decision to continue with P2 for another four weeks. The end of those four weeks marks the beginning of our family vacation to Michigan, and it will be easier for me to survive the week if I’m on P3! I had considered going all the way through to my goal on R1, but I think for my sanity it would be best to have the break in the middle.
Now I’m a very particular planner (obsessive-compulsive? lol) so I have it mapped out to goal. With the three weeks of P3 and three weeks of P4, I’ll be starting R2P2 on October 17th! If all goes well with extending P2, I’ll continue on R2P2 until we go to Mississippi for Christmas on December 23rd, so R2P2 would be approximately 9 weeks. When we get back, P3 and P4 push things out to the end of January and I can hopefully take care of those last few pounds in a normal length round. Perfect timing, because P4 would start around the time that we want to start trying to start a family! My ultimate goal for my weight loss is to be a hot sexy pregnant mama, so the timing would be great if it works out like that.
When we decided in January of this year that we wanted to start trying for a family next spring, I panicked when I thought of adding pregnancy weight and risks to my 237lb body. I started in earnest, but was so frustrated after 5 months of restrictive eating and exercise yielded a loss of only 7.2lbs. I read a saying that said the future will be here, regardless if we achieve what we want in the time that passes, which made me really think about the fact that I want to achieve my goal weight before we get pregnant- because that time will be here, whether or not I lose the weight. So I’m doing it, and I’m so thankful for Hcg!
Yay for Water!
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I’ve made the discovery that my water intake is often the difference between losing or gaining! Thanks to ashlinimartini on the Low Carb Friends message boards, I’ve been adding a teaspoon of lemon juice and a quarter cup of Splenda to my liter water bottles, making it even easier to get my water in.
I have the habit of flipping the water bottle up and chugging it, my husband says it looks like a hamster and its water bottle. lol
I have the habit of flipping the water bottle up and chugging it, my husband says it looks like a hamster and its water bottle. lol
Snuggling with Max and doing a hamster impression...
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