Still headed in the right direction! P2D35 -26LB

Released another lb. doing the happy dance.
This weekend I am going to be saddled with a HUGE Challenge. I am going to the Big E with friends.
(Eastern States Exposition) The best part of the Big E is the all the wonderful foods that they have there.
I am HOPING there will be some good choices but I don't remember there EVER being anything healthy.
I may have to pack my lunch, and suffer while everyone else is eating fried dough, and baked potatos and apple pie.  Wondering if I cheated one day would it be worth it. I am thinking NO.

Hopefully we can go and see the great STUFF there. And I can keep my mind off all the food stuff.
Normally I would have what I wanted then maybe hit the gym the next day. However while on HGC it seems that anything out of the protocol really makes you gain.  so thinking NOT WORTH IT!

Wish me luck

Today's Plan:

• Brkfst: sliced apple, coffee
• Lunch: grilled chicken w/ cucumber & tomato salad, ACV dressing
• Dinner: asparagus, pot roast, Strawberries w/stevia

I have reached the 25 released mark!!

Not sure why this seems like such a milestone, but I am syched! this means I have lost over 10% of my body weight!  I mean wow just think of it. I have released the amount of a 1 yr old child!  I still have a ways to go, another 35 lbs to be exact. But I am loving this. I can "shop" for clothing in the back of my closet where I pushed them because I knew they were too tight.

Not really having a good day today, work wise. I have a woman I work with that sometimes I just want to SLAP. she does things to undermine me, and runs to my boss everytime she THINKS she has some sort of mistake I have made.  I don't get it. she has a higher possition than mine. so she can't want my job. Is it that she is jelous of something else? the good repore I have with people. I can't begin to tell. I would love to ask her. Just sit down and say...what is it that you stand to gain by doing that? Why do you TRY your best to get under people's skin. (because it isn't just me...there is another girl she had in TEARS the other day.)  So I am just venting. I'm done now.  Just wow. Why?

So I have made my final decision. to go off HCG and into P3 the 2nd week of Oct.  So I will have 3 weeks at P3 and 3 weeks at P4. Then start up HCG for Thanksgiving Load Days.
Then I will have to be good at Christmas, but that should n't be too hard. Next round will only be 20 - 25 days. I don't think I could do 45 days on the VLCD again. I am doing GREAT. but it really is something you have to totally commit to, and be completely STRICT with.
I did GREAT the first 30 days. but I have started DREAMING about Food. Thinking about the things I can't have. I think 30 days is long enough to deprive myself of things.

However, I am going to be really good about the healthy foods we eat. and the unhealthy foods we are no longer going to eat. Going to start eating more towards a glutin free diet.
Health is so important.

Today's Plan:

• Brkfst: Apple, Coffee
• Lunch: grilled chicken, salad, red wine vinegar
• Dinner: Sauted cabbage, onion & Shrimp
• Snack: Strawberries w/stevia

P2 D 33 - Releasd another 1 lb. total 24.5 lb down

So today I am down another lb. very happy about this. need to keep up with the water!
I find that I slow down when i don't drink enough water. However, I am getting up 3 x a night to use the bathroom!  I am hoping this will stop soon, or at least decrease to 1x.

I have been with my current company for 5 years on Oct 10. I got to pick out a gift, picked out a Phillips GoGear Ariaz. Which is basically an I-pod, it has an FM radio on it and you can dl audio books and 8 G of music. I am playing with it instead of sorting the mail. LOL
The sound is awesome. I think this is going to be great when I start walking again. Right now I am doing so well on this Protocol without excersize that I haven't been on a treadmill or outside to walk at all.
And now that it is getting cold...not sure if I wanna start an outdoors walk program till next spring!

I went against better judgement and advice;  and made strawberry gel. (ie: unflavored gelatin, brewed orange herbal tea, stevia and pureed strawberries) It came out really good, and it is VERY yummie. Ate some last night for my dessert. and still lost. Had some today for breakfast. We will see if it affects my releases.
One set I pureed the strawberries and the other I just cut up the berries and poured the gel over them and chilled.   it is just PURE gelatin no addatives or flavors which is why I used the flavored tea as my hot water.

I hope it doesn't cause a stall, because it was really tastey and was something different.  I am getting bored with my choices of meals. However last night I made some REALLY yummie chicken. I will start a recipe page to keep notes on.  I even served it to my family (with tortillas and told them it was fajita chicken) They loved it.   I have no clue why I used to use oil to saute chicken when a little broth is all I needed for this.  It is great to realize you can cook healthier FOREVER. not just on a plan or diet.
Maybe EVERYONE in the house will have a lower colesterol level soon!

Today's Plan:

• Brkfst: strawberry gel
• Lunch: Salad w/grilled chicken, w/ ACV, garlic powder, oregano & celery seed.
• Dinner: Shrimp, chineese cabbage sauted /w chunks of apple in chicken broth

And another one bites the dust! released 1 lb today.

Sometimes I get discouraged when I look at the days vs releases. I am on Day 32 and I have released 23.5 lbs. In the beginning I thought I would lose a lb EVERY DAY so technically...I should be down 32 lbs. Not so.  I have had a few stalls, and tasted a few things I shouldn't have. so it shows.
All I can say to anyone STARTING. don't even TASTE anything that is not on Protocol.
Which is really hard for me, because I love cooking for my family. I love to watch my BF eat.  he enjoys it so much. And it makes me proud that I can make what he likes.

Today however, I am looking up. It is a bleek day. dark and rainy, but I took out a skirt that my BF picked out for me about a year ago. it was tight then and didn't zip 1/4 inch from the top, I got it because he liked it, and i wore it once. Then I gained just a little weight and wearing it was not an option.
This morning it zipped right up. all the way to the top, and looked nice. I wore it to work today.
I felt thin. I know I have 40 lbs to go. but I look so much better just having lost 23.5 lbs.
I am 5'10 and can "get away" with more weight for some reason. 5 extra lbs on a tall girl vs 5 extra pounds on a 4'5" girl really is different.

I could just say hey my bf thinks I look great. I can quit. But I am not doing this for the BF or for anyone else for that matter. I want to put my weight into a bmi scale and NOT have it say Obese.
I WANT to be in ONEderland.  for me!  I want to shop off the rack, or pull out the clothing I have in a bin int he basement that says size 12 & 14. And have them fit  or heck even be TOO BIG.

I hate to say, I am one of those women that saves everything as long as it is not falling apart or unusable.
I have 2 punch bowls, a silver set, and 3 crock pots, collecting dust in the basement...along with my "thin" clothing. But I am determined to get those back out and wear them....(if they can still be modified to the current style) no I will not be wearing fringe or bell bottoms, Unless they suddenly make a HUGE comeback. LOL!

I no longer want to be the girl with the pritty face. The woman that can't shop at Victoria secrets because they don't make panties in my size.  Or have to resort to MOM jeans. I LOVE being a mom. but it doesn't mean I have to go out and drive a Ford MiniVan and dress like a Memmere'.

I am single and my kids are almost grown up enough to be out in the world alone.  It is time for me to shine, time for me to go out and have some fun!  I have found a great guy to do it with.  Look out world here I come!

Today's Plan:

• Brkfst: Coffee
• Lunch: Salad w/ steak, ACV & oregano
• Snack: Apple
• Dinner: Chicken w/peppers & onions
• Desert: strawberries w/stevia - Frozen

P2D24 - 1 lb released. And its a beautiful day

It is gorgeous day out. I need to get out and put up the scarecrow and some hay w/pumpkins. it is officially Autumn.  I decided that I am going to continue P2 thru to 40 days. That should take me to mid october, so by Halloween I will be in P3 or P4 and thanksgiving I will be ready for Load days again.

Still trying to decide if I want to extend P4 untill Christmas and do my Load days then.
Will have to sit down do the math on how many days that is, then decide.  LOVING Protocol, nervous about going on to P3. :)

Today's Plan:

• Breakfast: tea
• Lunch: chicken, salad, apple
• Dinner: Steak, asparagus, strawberries

TGIF! P2D24 - .5

I am tired today, didn't get enough sleep. What a difference it makes in my mood.
I still feel GOOD, just sleepy w/ a bit of a headache. going to take something for it instead of suffering thru like I usually try to do.
I think today will be a good day to actually take a nap when I get home from work.
Only working day job today. I have the night off from Home Depot. woot!
Standing on my feet at night for an extra 4 hours after a 9 hr day at day job...I am getting too old for this!

got lots of water today. and TMI ALERT. I think I have a yeast infection due to the antibiotic. URG!!!!
Sometimes being a girl sux. Could also be why I am so exausted today.
I have to eat in the Cafeteria again today. which means grilled chicken I think. I can't think of anything else down there I can eat. there is veggies and salad. but besides hard boiled eggs, there is not much that does not have sauce or oil on it. *sigh*

I find that when I feel blah or just plain sick. i want comfort food, I want to throw my hands up and say screw it, plunk down a chicken parm sandwich and devoure it. Not because I am hungy but because it makes me FEEL good. The soft warm bread and the gooey cheese just make me happy. Which is wrong. well not wrong, but there are other things that make me happy...a nice walk in the park, a hug from a loved one. Cooking. But food is easy, it is a quick fix.   Sometimes I feel like my relationship with food is like that of a drug addict. I dream about it sometimes, and I think about it, and it makes me feel good.
I need to find a new outlet for my moodiness.  

Today's plan:

• Brkfst: Water, apple
• Lunch: lettuce, grilled chicken
• Dinner: Fish, & Chard sauted w/chicken broth.
• Strawberries

P2D28 - WOOT!!! released 2 lb! It's about time!

It seemed I would be at 217 forEVA! ok so it was 3 days...still it was nerve wracking thinking maybe the HCG was not working anymore. or that I somehow became immune already. Ok so I was being neurotic...I admit it!  Sticking to plan. Drinking TONS of water. That is the trick...at least a gallon of water. no nibbles to taste anything not on protocol!!! Bad Kim!

So today I am at 21 lb released. Could be better, but I will TAKE IT!  I see people now that I know are struggling with weight loss and want to shout from the rooftops, TRY THIS!!!  It takes alot of discipline but it truely works! not like the Hydroxycut, or the dexitrim or any of those amp up your heart rate ruin your stomache type of HYPE. But you can't be running up to co-workers and Touting the virtues of HCG...unless they ask. I really wish some of them would.  Maybe when I actually lose 40 lbs they will. I love this plan.

Although I am really missing breakfast cereal at the moment. And I have learned to love apples.
Feeling absolutley fabulous!  no headaches, no digestive problems ...it's great!

Today's Plan:

• Brkfst: Apple, coffee
• Lunch: Grilled chicken, salad
• Dinner: Fish, sauted cabbage, strawberries.

P2D27 - only down 19. What am I doing wrong?

Up 0.5lb - I have BARELY cheated...I had a Tbsp of navy beans about a week ago. I ate probably 5 oz of shrimp at a party instead of 3.  I tried chocolate delight which made me stall about 2 weeks ago.
What is up?  I am getting discouraged.  I followed the plan to the letter the last 2 days...and I am UP .5?
*sigh*  nothing to do but keep on keeping on.  I think I am pre-menopausal...which MAY have something to do with it. I am also on Antibiotics (amoxicillin for strep throat) So I am HOPING that has something to do with this. because I have been REALLY good.

Don't get me wrong... I feel fantastic. I am taking MSM and my joints feel better, and hoping it will help with any skin sagging in the future as other have claimed it does.  I am drinking tons of water and the skin on my face is GREAT without moisterizer and no make up.  So I am very happy with how I feel. I just wish the scale would reward me with more releases.

I am going to start watching for ketones and maybe focus on that instead of the scale.
Off to get more water!  Happy Wednesday!

Today's Plan:

• Breakfast: Coffee, Red Delicious Apple
• Lunch: grilled steak over raw spinach w/ACV, thyme & oregano
• Dinner: Fish & swiss chard sauted in fat free chicken broth.
• Snack: either an apple or strawberries w/stevia

Still at 216.5. WTF?

This protocol is so unforgiving. blah. but looking forward to more releases. I guess this is another stall. Which will move on eventually. but it is discouraging. 
I even drank a california kicker yesterday...but only one. Maybe it takes 2. Anyway I plan to stick to protocol to the letter! And did yesterday too. I guess I need to get out there and move or something, I know we are not supposed to excersize but I think I will take a nice walk at lunch. nothing too long, but something!

Also tomorrow considering going to the steam room to sweat some of the toxins out of my body from the anitbiotics.
Today's Plan:

• Brkfst. Coffee, green apple
• Lunch: grilled steak, lettuce w/1 slice of tomato & ACV
• dinner: chicken breast, melba toast, cabbage soup, apple,

up .5 lb?

Ok yesterday I was at 216  and this morning I am up .5 lb. I did go to a party last night. But I only drank seltzer water w/ lemon all night, and ate celery and about 7 Shrimp w/ a tiny tiny bit of coctail sauce.
I also ate 5 strawberries....that's it.
I thought I did so well. But hey, it's .5 of a lb and I shouldn't complain.

it will come back off. just dissapointed since I thought I would actually release.
Still on antibiotics, blech.
going to be extra good today and hopefully release some weight tomorrow. never did get to do the california kicker. may try to do it today.

Oh and the smooth move tea, works great. doesn't make you cramp or the opposite of what you started with. :)

Today's plan:

• Brkfst: coffee
• Lunch: egg white omlet, w/red peppers. apple
• Dinner: talapia, melba toast, kale, apple.

P2D21 - no release

Well I am still at 217.0 not sure why, I followed to the letter. but had a grissani bread stick at dinner. Going to eliminate it again from the plan. - also going to try the "California Kicker" it sounds gross. but I would do just about anything to release more weight. so drinking a tea made from lemon juice and cayanne pepper can't be TOO bad...right?  I'll let you know.

Decided it had been over 20 days since I mixed the first dose of HCG, and it might be losing it's potency.
Since I can't be on it for more than 40 injections, and there was about 4 left. I would just mix up a new batch since I was going to have to anyway.  Thought about changing to sublingual...but hey...if it ain't broke don't fix it!
Today's Plan:

• Brkfst: 1/2 grapefruit, coffee
• Lunch: cabbage soup, shredded chicken
• snack: california kicker
• Dinner: steak, spinach, apple

D21 P2 - down 19 lbs - feel aweful today

Yep strep throat stinks! still feel aweful, will be on amoxicillin for 10 days. hoping that it will not cause another stall, going to really stick to the protocol and hope for the best. I want to curl up on the sofa with a big bowl of chicken soup. will have to settle for cabbage soup w/chicken I think.

Today's plan:

• Brkfst: apple, coffee
• Lunch: spinach w/ ACV and LA w/broiled fish
• Dinner: chicken, w/cabbage soup.  strawberries

P2D20 released 2 lbs!

So yesterday was sort of an apple day...only because I couldn't swallow anything but baked apple.
I went to the Dr. and I have strep throat and a ear infection. BLAH

On Amoxicillin and pain med. still can hardly swallow. HATE HATE HATE being sick. achey all over.
drinking tea. blah


Today's plan:

• Brkfst: baked apple, tea
• Lunch: asparagus, fish
• Dinner: Steak, red peppers & red onion,  strawberries.

Sick! didn't release anything this morning

AND I am sick sick sick. Not sure if I will be able to eat today. I have terrible strep throat, having a hard time drinking water. I get it in my mouth and my throat refuses to swallow.   BF is going to get my amoxicillian, and motrin 800. can't wait till it gets here, I feel like someone beat me with a baseball bat.
This is weird because I was FINE yesterday. didn't feel sick at all!  Woke up Aat 3 am with a fever of 102.2 and headache and sore throat and body aches.   Went to Dr. ..Strep and ear in fection. BLAH!

May just eat the nice soft baked apples today. and some fat free chicken broth.
Going to make TEA, and hope my body allows me to drink it.

P2 D18 down 1 lb or .5 lb?

Ok...this is odd. When I weigh myself after using the bathroom in the morning (around 6:30 am)
It said I was at 220.  Then I took my shower and weighed myself again...(around 7:00)  and it was at 219.5
I would think the weight would go up not down. It has done this 2 days in a row.
I'm confused.

anyway I am drinking more water. Also I forgot to take my injection yesterday.
I have been taking Saturday off from injections not to build up an immunity...but forgot to take it yesterday as I had to work and was rushing to get out of the house on time.
Hopefully this will not affect my releases.

Today's plan:

• Brkfst: Coffee w shot of espresso, black
• Lunch: 1/2 C fat free cottage cheese over lettuce w/apple cidar vinegar
• snack: 1 handfull whole strawberries - about 5 large - stevia
• Dinner: 3.5 oz steak w/ asparagus, baked apple

P2D15 - released 2 lbs woot!

So I guess I didn't need to worry after all. I released 2 lbs this morning. I guess I just wasn't getting in enough water. Just need to stick to Protocol and it works, I am not even hungry. My tummy was rumbling a bit this morning but I had my coffee and a baked apple and I am all good.

Today's plan:

• Brkfst: coffee & baked apple
• Lunch: cottage cheese & lettuce
• Dinner: steak & cabbage. Apple.

No loss again today. P2D15 - 222.5

Ok so I need to learn not to give in to what other people think. I had sorbet yesterday, only so that no one would ask me why I was not eating when the rest of the Dept was...on our outing.
So I had about a 1/4 cup of strawberry kiwi sorbet. This was the best option since everthing else was homemade icecream or pie.  - I SHOULD have gone with my gut and had black coffee.

so no loss today. I was thinking of an apple day...but after speaking with my guru online.(Thanks Michelle!) I have decided to just stick to plan. Also next time I order HCG it will be in a smaller quantity to keep potency.
Back to drinking my gallon of water and on Protocol.

Today I went online to Cheapvitamins.com and ordered Liquid Stevia and 2 suppliments: MSM and Magnesium.- hopefully to be delivered quickly. :)

Today's plan: Water, water, and more water!!!

• Brkfst: coffee w/shot of expresso - black
• Lunch: 1.5 cups shredded lettuce, grilled catfish w/liquid aminos.
• snack: 1 apple
• Dinner: Chicken & asparagus - (either a baked apple or strawberries)

P2 D14 - No release today

Hmmm well I thought I didn't drink enough water yesterday. I usually get in a gallon I think I drank 1.5 qts.
AND I tried making the Chocolate Delight that is on you tube, and it says you can have it on P2. 
Either that or the hamburger I made myself had too much fat. I bought grassfed beef, 93% lean. made a 3.5 oz patty, cooked on forman grill, put between 2 peices of lettuce w/a slice of tomato and some mustard.
It was SOOO Good. (maybe too good) 

Also feel a bit bloated, like a need to go to the bathroom. So lets hope tomorrow shows some improvement on all fronts.  Going to drink some Green tea to get things moving. And drink ALL my water!
And get outside for a walk.

Today's Plan:

• brkfst: 1 apple w a pinch of sea salt
• lunch: shrimp and sauted spinach
• dinner: ? fat free cottage cheese, melba toast & asparagus (maybe)
• snack: baked apple

A little unsure today

So I am down .5 lb today. but unsure if I am losing less because of my choices.
I made Chocolate delight from a HCG recipe. Not sure if it is for P2, yet is says it is. It has coconut oil in it.
I put about a Tbs crumbled over my strawberries and I did have the tiniest of tastes of frosting of my BF B-Day cake. I also used panko bread crumbs on the fish. Yet I took most of it off when I ate it.

I shouldn't second guess myself and just get on with it...a loss is a loss. I didn't gain.
:)

Today's plan:

• 1/2 grapefruit
• 3 oz cooked fish, over steamed cabbage
• hamburger lettuce wrap w/tomato.

P2D12 released 0.5 lb

So I guess eating the chicken cooked on the bone w/skin slowed my release. I took it off the bone and removed the skin, but I think there was still too much fat on it. I usally only eat boneless, skinless chicken breast. So today I need to be sure to drink ALL my water and really stick to it. I am never sure exactly how much veggies I am supposed to eat. ie: 1 cup cooked chard or 1 cut raw then cook?  I get the fruit, I have no problem with that. but P&I is so vague on the veggie serving size. A Handfull is not a measurement.

Still, it is a loss. so GO ME! down 13 lbs from the first VLCD day. I am loving the ease of this protocol.
Still hard to want to cook a huge meal for my BF when I am not eating any of it.  But I am. And staying on track.
Today's plan:

• Brkfst: 1 apple sliced w/a tad of sea salt, coffee
• Lunch: 3.5 oz shrimp cooked w/chard & tomato
• Dinner: 3.5 oz Hake fish, sauted w/ spinach, strawberries w/stevia

Happy Labor day. P2D11 - Released 1.5 lbs

Was afraid that I didn't drink enough water yesterday, but still released 1.5 lbs. woke up with a horrible headache. drinking lots of water today.
Went looking for Grass fed beef today...hard to find in reg. grocery.
kind of pricey. I did get some in ground beef, only 6% fat, also bought organic apples, grapefruit, chard and wild catfish and hake.
All of it is now neatly packaged in 3.5 oz servings in the freezer.  Also made meatballs from HCG recipe.
Tonight made chicken legs for dinner, took the skin off and weighed out 3 oz. hopefully they were not too fatty to affect releases tomorrow.
Today's menu:

• brkfst: baked apple, coffee
• Lunch: creamed chicken soup *HCG recipe
• Dinner: chicken leg, swiss chard, baked apple

P2D10 0.5 lb release

It is funny to say I am thrilled at a half pound loss. But yesterday was my nephews wedding, and I still released .5 of a lb!  I prepared well, ate lunch as usual, I did skip my fruit servings for the day.
Steared clear of the bread basket and pushed the potatoes off to the side and skipped them. Ate what I thought was just a bit over 4 oz of beef and the asparagus. And skipped eating ANY cake, even though it was red velvet cake which I LOVE.   I am so proud of myself!
I also skipped a dose of HCG yesterday morning as I have decided Saturday will be my skip day. (it is recommended for injections to skip one day a week to avoid immunity)

P2D8 - Released 1.5lbs Total of 9.5 lbs released! woo hoo!

Happy Friday Morning. I am LOVING this protocol!!! I was a little hungry this morning. I think I did a bit more walking around yesterday at work. I have not been eating the allowed melba toast yet. Today I got some and I am going to try it with my tomato "soup" at lunch. I am hoping this will not slow my current releases. if it does, I will go back to leaving it out.

Today's Plan:

• Brkfst - coffee, 1/2 grapefruit w/stevia
• Lunch - tomato "soup", grilled chicken, melba toast
• Dinner - spicy beef over lettuce.

P2D7 (day 6 VLCD) I am Down 1.0 lb! Woot

Down another pound woo hoo!  this makes 8 lbs so far.

Got up early today to make sure I had time to prepare my lunch. I was worried yesterday about eating in the cafe' but I found a nice salad bar and got romain lettuce and the grill made me a nice little peice of grilled chicken. It was probably 4 oz rather than the 3. But I have not been eating the melba toast allowed. So I figured it would all work out.  (and from the release I would say I guessed right)

Today's plan:

• Brkfst: 1/2 grapefruit w/Stevia.
• Lunch: grilled steak marinated in liquid aminos, asparagus grilled w/lemon juice
• Dinner: Tomato "soup" with grilled chicken and a baked apple.

Yesterday on the way home I stopped at a farmer's market and got the most beautiful apples, grapefruits, and asparagus! I bought Bananas and a nice Banana bread for my sons.  Can't wait for lunch!

P2D6 Down .5 lb

So I thought I would lose at least a 1lb a day. but .5 is better than nothing.
I am drinking so much water I am getting up 3x a night for bathroom breaks.
This morning a little hungry, ate 1/2 my apple.
Today's challenge I didn't bring my lunch to work. So I have to brave the cafeteria
I am hoping for a nice peice of grilled chicken I can put over some lettuce or raw spinach.