182.5 today - the noodles really ARE a miracle!

So I'm on round three of HCG and was feeling discouraged last week... moving slowly down the scale - but moving! So I guess that's promising! And here is how my sister changed my life - by calling and leaving me a message that said "I'm about to change your life" and telling me about miraclenoodle.com.

SO I ordered the variety pack to try several types of this miracle - these noodles are made from a fermented root (rinse and boil them before eating them) and have zero calories, zero carbs, and lots of fiber. They basically have nothing but a basic plant fiber - and they taste like... nothing... it's just a slightly rubbery, tasteless noodle - which is great!! Not as good as "real" noodles, but you can eat them on the HCG diet and that REALLY matters! Now I feel like I'm getting to actually eat some quantity of food. So last night I had spaghetti - I made the sauce myself with my serving of tomatoes (boiled, peeled, pureed, then simmered with onions and italian seasonings) and then shredded chicken into it and ate it with the miracle noodles. So I had a nice big bowl of spaghetti and this morning weighed a pound less than yesterday morning!!! Yay!! This is a fricking miracle!!!!

185.8 and I've changed the way I eat!

OK I'm SO excited because I have found a new love for vegetables and fruit, and more so for vegetables! Every day I've been bringing lunch to work and I've discovered (belatedly) that if I just have food prepped then it's easy to bring a lunch to work. For example, we had dad and bro over for Father's Day last night and made tons of shrimp, steak, salad... so after dinner we packaged it all up in small servings and today I had containers of servings of things to bring to work. I also made brussel sprouts while making the rest of dinner, which weren't really ready on time for us to eat (thank goodness cause there was tons of food) so those are now packaged with little servings of steak for my lunches. I also made a pork roast in the crock pot the other day, which is 2 weeks worth of pork servings for me and SO tender & delicious!

The best news is that I am still losing weight! This morning I was down to 185.8 so I've lost weight since I moved to phase III and I know it's not a fluke (like water loss) cause I'm eating fabulous food. Yessssssssss... and only 19 days to go before it's time to lock and "load" the next round. Yay!

186.9 and on to phase 3

So a number of things happened...

*I went 10 days without losing weight (last a pound one day and thought I had broken the freeze but then gained it back the next day)

*I got my period 10 days before I was supposed to (that never happens! I'm on birth control!)

*I got sick

*I got hungry

So I wondered at that point if I shouldn't just stop using the drops and move on to the next phase. I could have been 10 days into my 4 weeks off! 12 actually... cause it took 2 more days to decide to stop taking them. Now I'm 8 days into phase 3, which means I have 20 days before I can load for the next round. My sister suggested using the injections instead which she feels are more effective. It would be VERY nice not to have to set my alarm for 7 times per day (once to wake up, then 6 doses of drops) so I'm thinking about that.

The GOOD news is that I have a newfound love of fruits & vegetables that really wasn't there before. Not that I didn't like those things, but now I'm SO excited about eating them! It's really great and I feel much healthier! Also last time I went off the drops I didn't gain weight back so I'm hoping for the same result. I'm eating great so it shouldn't be a problem. Thinking about joining weight watcher's now, but then will need to avoid them for a while.

Oh and we're thinking of Africa in January and my weight goal by then is 150!! I think I can do it. I'll have time for 2 more rounds of hcg - actually I have time for more than that, but 2 more might be all I need, plus healthy eating in between for continued weight loss. I'm actually hoping to lose a pound or two now before the next round. I'm tracking my food for 1200 calories per day and usually I can lose weight on that somewhat effectively.

OK thanks for reading!

187.2 - but I feel a cheating day coming on...

So today I'm feeling sleepy, weak, shakey, nauseous... weird! I haven't felt this way at all so far until today. I took the drops each time I was supposed to and this morning I got a coffee and put a lot of cream in it thinking maybe I just need extra calories today. It didn't help, so I had a flat bread with cream cheese and an orange - and it's not even 11am! SO the cream and the cream cheese were total cheating items and not I'm having some sun chips. Yeesh. I didn't bring any protein with me today and I can't leave my office to go get anything for another hour. Maybe that's the issue... I need some protein. hm. Well this will probably set me back a couple days but I have 23 days left so there's still time to come down another 10 pounds. Yay!

ok I tossed the chips in the trash. argh.

188.1 !!!!!!! I'm SO excited!

OK so here is a breakdown of the rise and fall of my weight so far:

March 21, 2010 - posted about having to buy size 14 pants and being appalled. I didn't post my weight but I think I recall 188.

April 14, 2011 - over a year later I posted 206.6 and size 16 pants and was shocked to see my post from the previous year!! I didn't remember posting that so apparently my complacency was almost complete (just aware enough to post something about being fat, but not do anything about it). This day I started the HCG diet.

May 1st, 2011 - quit the diet... had gone 6 days with no weight lost. However, new weight was 196! At this point I decided to take a break and start again when my sister and Patsy started May 15th. This was grandparents 60th wedding anniversary and would be a good time for the two loading days. And I figured the support of them doing it at the same time would be good. Starting weight this time was 197, so I only gained a pound during the two weeks I was off (and I wasn't really watching what I was eating!)

May 15th - started the two loading days and then day 3 was in transit back to Alaska so very hard to be on planes, in airports, etc and eat the right stuff but somehow I made it through.

May 25th - stalled out for a few days - couldn't resist the cake batter from the princess cupcakes I made Mandy.

May 31st - today! I'm at 188.1... so that means that from the start of the first round that I quit part-way through, I'm down 19 pounds! 19 pounds in 1.5 months! And I'm 16 days through a 40-day cycle of the drops, so I think I can lost at least 10 more pounds. If I did it perfectly I could lose 15-20 more pounds, but I can imagine it won't go quite that way. So I plan to be at 178 by June 20th. Yessssss... then after that it's 4 weeks off and then start again! So by mid-August I should be in the 160's, which is where I feel comfortable (although another 15 pounds down from that would be awesome and I could wear a bikini if I were 150 - but that's another set of goals after I get down to 165).

GO DIRECTLY TO JAIL, do not pass go, do not collect $200

OK I DIDN'T MAKE IT... so I'm restarting the diet again. I did the gorging days in Colorado and the grandparents 60th wedding anniversary. So that was fun! Then yesterday was the travel home day and the first day of 500 calories - so hard!!! But today is better, which I knew it would be.

198.6 IS MY NEW STARTING DATE

196! Yay!

OK but today I cheated again. This morning was so promised! Argh... I had a giant cookie at Barnes & Noble. You wouldn't believe the excuses I find - even as I purchased it I was telling myself that I didn't have to eat all of it, etc etc blah blah blah. Grrr... So tomorrow I MUST be back on track! I guess I just can't go anywhere or do anything. I need to stay home and eat my designated items so I can get thin!

And my pants felt tight today too. Waaaa!!