Week One - Stabilizing

After a week I am still at the same weight so I am happy with that. My goal until I go on another round is to just stay around the same weight. I have fluctuated about .8 of a pound up and down, but today I am holding steady at 172. My last injection weigh in was 171.8 so that is perfect. Three weeks from tomorrow I start another round, but it will be a 23 day round instead. My hope is to lose 15 pounds, but I will be happy with 10. Either way, I will have to buy new clothes. All of my clothes in my closet either fit or fall off right now. 10 pounds less and I won't have anything to wear. I'm not a huge fan of clothes shopping so that isn't as exciting as it sounds. I will probably have to go to Savers to find stuff to tide me over since I know that I am going to keep on going with this until I hit the bottom of what I should weigh.

Weigh in: 172

Day One - Stabilizing

Today I get to eat "normally", meaning fruit, protein, veggies, and fats. I had a big berry smoothie with protein powder for breakfast and I am stuffed. It's going to be hard to eat so much after being used to not eating. I do this for the next 21 days and then can add in starches (which will be primarily oatmeal) and sugar. But since I am actually just going to go back on the diet September 5th, I doubt I will go too crazy. Load days I have planned, though! I would like to lose another 15 pounds on the next round. Hopefully that is possible!

August 7, 2009

Last Day of Round One

I am pretty darn hungry as this hcg leaves my body! Tomorrow I get to have an omelet for breakfast and I can't wait! Basil, bell peppers, eggs....yum! Flavor! Everything is going to have so much more flavor. Sigh.

Post Shot - Day Two

Today I am sticking to the diet, although it is going to be tough since the hcg is getting out of my system. I have today and tomorrow and then will be on maintenance. I weighed in today at 171.8, and still really hope to be at 170 on Friday morning. I'm chugging lots of water!

Weigh in: 171.8

Last Day of Shot!

I took my last shot of this round today. Now I need to do three more days of the low calories and then go into maintenance mode. I am going to have an omelet Friday morning! So excited. I am also gearing up for the next round starting in September. I have decided that I will do this in rounds until I get to a weight where my body just no longer loses. I know that the hcg won't let me become anorexic or anything, but I don't want to limit myself and say, "When I get to X weight I will stop." I want my body to determine what the lowest point is. I also know that some weight just doesn't go away without a good diet and exercise, so I am focusing on that in between rounds as well. Does it mean I won't eat a cookie ever? No! I just want to stick to whole foods.

Weigh in: 172.2

Week Six - Sunday

Woke up this morning, weighed in, and am down 3 pounds from last Sunday. Yay! I had hoped for a little more, but I seem to be dropping about 3 pounds a week these last 3 weeks. That isn't too bad - I mean, it's around 10 pounds. I definitely lost the most during the first three weeks, though. I still have until Friday on the shots, and then go into maintenance. It would be nice to get off 2.2 pounds and be at 170. Then my hope is that on maintenance I will be able to lose around 5 pounds, go on another round and drop 15, and be at 150 for my high school reunion. That's the goal. We'll see if I can make it! After that I am taking a break until after the Holidays. Dave and I want to start P90X when we get back from Hawaii. We will have about six weeks between then and the New Year. Then in January I will probably go on a final round while Dave does his second round. It would be nice to get down ultimately around 140, but I might be able to do that without the hcg. We'll see how it goes.

Weigh in: 172.2

Week Five - Wednesday & Thursday

Over the last two days I dropped 1.2 lbs. Yay! I'm happy with that. I still have 8 days to go - lots of cravings going on right now. I will be glad to be done with this round for sure. I am happy with my overall loss, though, and am looking forward to a shorter second round!

Weigh in: 173.8