R3P2VLCD20 – 165.5

Weight: 165.5

Last night I got to go to the BSU vs Fresno State football game....and BSU won 50-0!!

GO BRONCOS!!

It was really nice to be able to go, because we gave up our season tickets this year.  My hubby and I planned it all out and he made me a great dinner before we went.  I planned to take my apple with me, but forgot it.

I brought some nice tea with me and had that to keep me warm during the first half.  It was pretty cold out, and during the course of the game he asked if I wanted some coffee.  Turned out that the stair vendor sold us hot chocolate.  Well, I was hungry and I was cold, so I decided to just drink it.  Big mistake.

By the time I got home my blood sugar was dropping.  This hasn't happened to me in a long time; I've had bouts of hypoglycemia since I was a teenager, and they are no fun.  I started with the plan I formed on the way home, and ate a hunk of grilled chicken that I use for my lunches.  That was not working quickly enough, so I grabbed a handful of mixed nuts, then switched to a bowl of cereal.  We're out of regular milk so I used some heavy whipping cream (I was thinking low carb) and soy milk.  Finally got feeling better, but hating what I figure is coming in the next couple of days with the scale and a stall.

Actually, the cereal seems to be cleaning me out, and I lost a pound!  Not that I like this approach...it's coming on in rather sudden attacks.  Hmmm...TMI, I'm sure!

So, I'll watch what I eat today and try to avoid any of this blood sugar drama.

R3P2D19 – 166.5

Weight: 166.5

Well, only 1/2 pound today, but it's still a loss and I'm not complaining.  I feel great, and I can actually feel that the little muffin top getting smaller.  The fat deposits in the front of my belly are smaller, too, I'm having to search longer for a better injection spot than before (yay!) There's still fat there, but they are smaller deposits than before.

One thing I suppose I'll have to just get used to is that my tummy is not going to be flat when this is over.  Besides just being built this way, I know I shaped the muscle outward by the way I did my exercises years ago.  I have to keep reminding myself of the upcoming "reshaping" year that is ahead.  Pilates and cardio are the keys there.

I finally got my prescription refilled yesterday; the doctor's office took 3 days to fax back the refill request.  I'm glad, because I was out, as of yesterday, so I won't have to skip a day.  I need to re-read the section in Pounds and Inches about skipping days, but I never have, even during TOM.  I suppose that's because I've had such problems with being hungry the first 10 days of the protocol and even this round when I went down on the dosage for two days, trying to see if that adjustment made any difference.

We had an AWESOME trunk show by Karen Schoepflin Hagen from Genesee, ID last night at the guild meeting.  She is so amazingly talented it was almost intimidating.  And what a wonderful lady...

Here's a link to a page where she was the featured quilter, and it has photos of 2 of the quilts she showed us last night:  http://www.wallawallaquiltfestival.org/Pages/Quilter.html

Now, of course, DH has to leave early this morning so we are up even earlier and I'm really tired.  Get to go to the Boise State University vs Fresno State game tonight, though!  First one this season, and it's going to be COLD!

Busy weekend planned, too, but I'm looking forward to it.  Life is good!

R3P2D17 – 167

Weight: 167

I don't have much to say today, I'm just plugging away.  Today I was freezing cold all day, even cups of tea wouldn't warm me up.  That is one sensation that will make me think I'm hungry, even when I'm actually OK.

A couple of times I thought about eating something more, but I have started a mantra of sorts...repeating to myself "only 12 more pounds" and "next week I could be at 160".  And I know that eating more will not get me to that goal, so I moved on.

I'm so very close and I don't want to blow it.

R3P2VLCD16 – 168

Weight: 168

Good.  Dropped one of my “cheat pounds”….validation that I did the right thing yesterday.  Big pat on back.  Now I have to quit looking back over the past week's numbers and kicking myself that I could be 6 days (pounds) ahead!  Grr....

Can't wait for my mom to come visit next week.  I'm making a quilt for her that she plans to give to a friend of hers and I've got almost all of the pieces done and arranged them last night.

My plan is to have it quilted by the time she gets here so we can go shopping and just have fun.  We're also going to go get our pictures taken; it's been 5 years and the last time I was quite a bit heavier.  I'm looking forward to these photos!!

So, it seems, managing ones health is like quilting....you make it one step at a time.

Onward ho!

R3P2VLCD15 – 169

Weight: 169

I cheated again yesterday, with mixed nuts...and I am paying the price!  Boo hoo...

OK, enough of that, it's my own fault.  Today, however, I did great!  I passed by some cupcakes at work and gave them the evil eye...and they stayed on the tray!

I had a nice cup of some great new tea I got and called it good.  And it was!

I also ordered another 21 days of hcg, so this one is officially going to be a long round.  But I'm sure it's the right move, as I am so close and just now starting to get going at a steady rate.  If I stop cheating, that is! ;-)

R3P2VLCD14 – 168

Weight: 168

I cheated, and it was totally worth it!

We had a family friend over last night and I ate my normal dinner, but then topped it off with a piece of homemade, sugar-free sweet potato pie...oh, it was good!!

So, I'm up a pound today, and completely unaffected mentally by that!

Yesterday morning I also got on the elliptical and did 20 minutes and I can tell my muscles have been working.  Not exactly sore, as I have to really concentrate to figure out that I worked those muscles, but it's a good sign.

I walked around all day yesterday reminding myself that I am only 12 pounds away from my goal.  I need to keep that mantra going, especially with the office holiday treats on the horizon.  I bought two more boxes of some really great teas, too, which should offset that feeling of not being able to participate in treats, especially now that the hunger has subsided.

Another thing I figured out....I started taking my Costco multi-vitamin supplements and some B vitamin supplement this round and I had gotten warm...and started losing 1 pound each day fairly consistently...and I forgot to take them the last couple of days.  I've been cold again, and, well, can't blame anything but eating on not losing / gaining, but I think that has been a factor in this steady roll!  I have about another 4 weeks to go...and I'm going to make it.

Downward ho!