Pounds and Inches Baby!!!

Okay, this plan rocks. I know I've raved before but I decided to take measurements today again. WAHOO. Here's the stats for you.

Starting weight Round 1 Phase 2: 222
Current weight after 1 week in Phase 3: 196.7
Total lost: 25.3 pounds

Starting Inches:
Chest: 49.5
Waist: 47.5
Hips: 46
Left Thigh: 27.3
Right Thigh: 28.8
Left Arm: 14.3
Right Arm: 14.8

End Inches:
Chest: 44 (-5.5 inches)
Waist: 43.3 (-4.3 inches)
Hips: 43 (-3.0 inches)
Left Thigh: 26 (-1.3 inches)
Right Thigh: 27 (-1.8 inches)
Left Arm: 13.5 (-.8 inches)
Right Arm: 13.5 (-1.3 inches)

Total inches lost: 17.8

Dress size at start: 20
Dress size now: 14

YESSSSSSSSS, a 14. I went shopping today at the same place I bought my 20's and can now wear 14's!!! Holy moly! Granted, I'm still in some 16's, but brand wise, that is the same as the 20's. I'm ecstatic. I am soooo looking forward to round 2 before the holidays! I would love to find myself at 170 pounds by the end of round 2.

Wow, sorry for not posting

My life has been a whirlwind for the past 11 days. We are preparing for a FAST move to Kansas and have been remodeling and taking care of the last minute things.

With the remodeling we had not been able to eat in our home until today, so needless to say, I stopped injecting and have been "trying" to stick to P3. Trying hasn't always been successful, but I do have to say that I have maintained my weight for the last 11 days. There was one point I was down to 197.5 but that was not my LIW. I am now at 198.3. Not shabby at all. It's not my 30 pound goal, it's not my 191 goal, but due to the circumstances I felt it best to stop and continue with P3 and P4 and start P2 again when we are settled into our new home in a new state with a new job etc. lol

I am honestly shocked that I've maintained the weight with all of the eating out and occasional poor choices (carbs, sugar). I sit here having a protein shake with coffee as we speak, feels good to be back in my kitchen. I need to plan some meals from my new book which are low GI and gluten free. Yum. Can't wait.

Well, I can't promise I'll check in every day, but I do promise the occasional updates and definitel will begin daily check-ins come time for my 2nd round of P2. Don't get bored and disappear on me, I promise to give at least 1 update weekly. Next Friday is our move, so expect 1-2 between now and then.

Have a great day!

Day 31

I am pondering how much HCG I have left now that I've upped my dose. I will skip Sundays, so that is 2 injections or a total of 1cc. I was using .5cc and now I'm at .575 cc. 10 days at the 175 dose, puts me at .6cc extra used......so skipping 2 days will almost be EXACTLY the perfect amount. Okay, sorry to bore you with the math portion. lol

9 days left on VLCD, down today .4 to 198.3. That would be my fault, because I made french toast for the kids and kept taking bites. I also had a little diet treat from sonic, a diet strawberry limeade. Not exactly on protocol and the fizz is likely to make me bloated. lol. It really wasn't that good. Now, the french toast, that was good.

I ordered a cookbook yesterday from amazon, (featured at www.elanaspantry.com ) that will be great to use during Phase 3 and 4. Lots of great recipes using items low on the glycemic index, using almond flour to bake instead of regular flour. I can't wait for P3. I can have my agave nectar again in my coffee with non-dairy creamer! I miss coffee the way it used to be, blonde. lol. There is a wonderful mouth-watering list of great gluten-free foods http://www.elanaspantry.com/recipes/

Well, have tons of cleaning to do today, we have drywallers coming tomorrow at 7am to get started on retexturing our home and fixing blemishes so that it's perfect for the market. That means hauling out things I'm not going to use into storage until they are done. It'll be a long day, but one sure to keep me from food much. lol

See you tomorrow!

Day 30

Down another 1.2 to 198.7! Something worth mentioning again.......a few years ago, I purchased some jeans online. I got them, and they never fit. I tried them on a couple of weeks ago and couldn't get them to button, I had another inch or two before they would. Well, I tried them on today, and THEY FIT! HOLY COW! This feels so great, I can't even begin to tell you.

I'm upping my dose again to 175 units, 150 just isn't cutting it. So, back at it I go. I have 11 more days on Phase 2 and I can't wait to see the final weigh in results. My goal, again, is 191 which was my pre-pregnancy weight. That is only 7.7 pounds for 11 days. Hopefully I'll continue to do well and lost a pound a day and be beyond my goal.

That's all for now! Talk to you tomorrow!

P.S. I have no idea why this is, but I am getting more afraid of sticking myself with needles as time goes on. It's this hilarious thing. I sit there and stare at it and get all anxious. lol.

P.S.S. My BMI has dropped from 35.8 to 32.1 I am so close to just being "overweight" instead of "obese." WAHOO

Day 29

11 days left on the VLCD, wahoo! I am down 1 pound today to 199.9. Yippee, seeing Onederland again after my cheats. I won't lie, I am terrified to venture into Phase 3, primarily because there is more freedom. I don't want to be cheating all the time, I have to stop doing that. There is a lot of stress in my life at the moment, so maybe once things settle down, round 2 will be easier. We are moving out of state, we are having to prepare our home for the market, search for rental properties, etc etc. Yikes.

So, not much else to say, except that I'm off to do some rental searching. See you tomorrow!

Day 28

Good Morning! Down 3.6 to 200.9. Making up for those pounds from the festival. I cut my dosage a bit toward the end of this round so that I can avoid immunity later on when I do a second or third round. I am at 150 units a day down from 175. I was hungry yesterday, so if it persists, I'll have to up the dose again. I'm hoping that's not the case because I only have enough to finish this round, no more.

Not too much else to report today, see you tomorrow.

Day 27, starting up again

Well, if there is one thing that you can learn from me, it would be DO NOT DO A PLAN INTERRUPTION FOR A FESTIVAL/FAMILY WEEKEND. Stay on the protocol and wait to cheat until AFTER the protocol. I am up 5 pounds in 3 days. I have got to get it together so I can stick to the stabilization of Phase 3 and 4. I have 13 more days on phase 2. I pray I can get to 191 by then. It'll take strictness on my part. Today, I am 204.3. I hate reporting that, I so wanted to skip the blog until I got back to where I was, but the reality of it is that I have to start admitting where I mess up. If I'd never cheated to begin with and taken another week long break, I'd be done with P2 by now and probably 35+ pounds lighter. (breathe, don't beat yourself up, just move on)

So, back at it today. I will check in tomorrow with some hopefully better news. I remixed again this morning for a fresh batch. I did waste some, but want to be sure that it is fresh since it was close to 30 days of me having it mixed. Thank goodness it's cheap. lol