Weight: 179
I’m only up 2 pounds over my Monday weight, so I was right, I didn’t gain a lot on the load days. I hope that doesn’t cause me a problem.
I’m going to the Hyde Park Festival today, but will eat lunch beforehand so I’m not hungry and lose my determination while I’m there.
I’ve got Bronco quilt tops to show, and hopefully people will want to order some!
Weight: Unknown
This is the first VLCD (very low calorie day) of this round. I had not done very well on the load days, I think, because I didn’t really eat a lot of food, at least compared to the first round. After seeing it written down all at once, though, I may be wrong about that!
The morning after the Kobe beef cheeseburger dinner, I woke up still very full, which was good because I had planned on skipping breakfast.
I was in the airport waiting to fly back from my conference, sipping on a black Americano coffee. It was interesting to me that I kept “forgetting” that I was on a diet and I wanted to get something to go with my coffee. I wasn’t exactly hungry by then, it was more a habit and being used to eating what I wanted. I didn’t get that far, I stayed on task, it’s just a mindset adjustment, starting the protocol while away from home.
During the flight I had more coffee and when I got hungry I just smiled to myself, had a swig of coffee and reminded myself of how good it feels to be lighter, find pretty clothes that fit, and how much more confident I have become.
When I got home I was hungry, and I ate right away.
Lunch:
3 oz grilled chicken breast
2 cups Romaine lettuce
red wine vinegar dressing (home made)
Snack:
1 whole grapefruit blended into a smoothie with ice and green tea, with vanilla stevia
Note: I used a whole grapefruit, but the protocol only allows for 1/2 grapefruit
My husband worked late, so I waited for him to come home to eat dinner with, because we’ve been apart for a week, and I was glad when it was ready.
Dinner:
3 oz grilled buffalo burger
1 WASA cracker
2 cups broccoli
(this is also not on the original protocol, but my doc says it’s fine)
Snack - smoothie made up with the following:
4 frozen Costco strawberries (equals about 1 cup)
1 T unsweetened coconut milk beverage (off protocol)
cold green tea
Weight: Unknown
I’m still at the conference and have three classes, back to back, with only a half hour between them, so eating consistently will be a challenge.
Breakfast:
1 piece of exceptional whole grain bread
spreadable cream cheese
2 eggs
2 slices of cheddar jack deli cheese
2 oz (approx) of thinly sliced deli ham
cooked the whole mess in butter and put on the toast
Snack:
Mixed nuts
Lunch:
Mango smoothie from Tullys with a scoop of ice cream
apple fritter
Dinner:
Kobe beef cheeseburger
garlic fries
two Black Butte Porter beers
Mile High 10 layer cake with fudge butter cream frosting
scoop of vanilla ice cream
I was so full I couldn’t finish the cake!
Weight: unknown – no scale available
Taking the shot today was very easy. The needle was smaller than the one yesterday and didn’t even leave a pinprick of a spot on my skin, as before.
I am at a conference this week, and eating the foods necessary on the load days has been a bit more challenging than I anticipated. Tomorrow will be more so, as I have a full day of classes, without much of a break in between them. I’m planning to take a bag of nuts with me, that may help.
Already I have not been very hungry these two days, and I’m hoping this is a foreshadowing of things to come!
Weight: 177
Today I started the first shot of hCG for my second round, which will be 21 days worth of shots. Giving it to myself was totally easy, too, which completely surprised me, especially since I hate needles; I’ve even jumped so badly before that my skin has torn and the nurse had to stick me again! I got some good tips yesterday from a diabetic friend of mine, worked like a charm.
The weight is from yesterday’s weigh in. I also recorded my measurements yesterday, as I am traveling this week and didn’t bring the heavy scale with me. I should have taken a “before” picture yesterday, too, but I have been fighting a cold, which is now moving into my chest, and wasn’t thinking of that in the morning when my husband was around to take the picture. The friend I’m staying with doesn’t even own a scale! I’ll have to do it on Friday, which will be my first VLCD; I’m not asking my friend to take a picture of my fat belly!
Today is the “eat like normal” day, and then the next two days are the load days. I already have my eye on a Quizno’s double cheese cheese steak sandwich. I looked up the fat grams on their website…52 grams of fat in a regular sized sandwich. Shocking!
