Phase 4 – Second Week Summary

Weight: 176

Well, my weight has been up all week, since the big jump on Monday.  It’s been a really stressful week at work, what with the start of school, and I’m sure the stress hormones don’t help, either. 

I worked out on Wednesday; I was shocked by another pound gain up to 177.  My first reaction was “oh no, I'm not going to let THAT happen!”  It felt good to get on the elliptical and with the hot weather it's a perfect solution.  It’s easy to let that habit slip, especially now that there’s homework to do, football games are on, the garden is pushing out produce to can, and helmet liners and quilts need to be made.

I’ve really been looking forward to starting the new rounds, though; this diet brings a lot of structure to one’s life, having only certain things you are allowed to eat.  And, I can’t wait until I can drop this extra weight.

With so much going on, I won’t be keeping up with a daily progress posting until I start the shots in mid-September.  Hopefully by then I’ll have a routine down and everything under control….yeah, right!

Phase 4 – Start of Week 2

Weight: 176

I had a 3 pound weight increase in one day.  Yesterday I weighed 173, and I had been on the low end of the 170’s all week.

While that’s a bummer, yesterday was the first time I recall having blood sugar issues since starting the hCG diet, and it happened twice yesterday.  I try to eat high protein items, but when my blood sugar drops, all is fair game; I eat anything and everything in sight, and I eat often.  I’m certain that is the reason for the increase, along with not drinking enough water.

My husband bought a new breakfast sausage, Sweet Apple chicken sausage, which I suspect is the root of the problem.  Because he was trying to surprise me, I didn’t get to review the ingredients ahead of time.  While it was gluten free, it had 10 grams of carbs, mostly from the maple sugar and evaporated cane juice.  I thought it would be OK; after all, I have been eating more carbs.

I will not be eating that product again.