R4VLCD32–156.5

Weight: 156.5

Yesterday started to go swimmingly, and I’m feeling really good about continuing my round.  That is, until I didn’t have my lunch with me and I was out of time to retrieve it and still make my lunch date.

I didn't realize my 10am meeting was going to end at lunch time, RIGHT where I was going to meet my quilting buddies for lunch, and didn't take it with me. So, rather than walk back and forth across campus to get my lunch and come back, while I was REALLY hungry, I decided to buy a Chik-Fil-A grilled chicken salad. Not too bad, I thought...although really no taste to it, and I swear only 2 oz of chicken in the whole thing!

....and then…

I couldn't refuse a 1/4 of a chicken quesadilla that my buddy offered me...and it was WONDERFUL! (still drooling!!)....because even while I was eating the salad, I was STILL hungry and I could tell that salad was NOT going to do anything for me, not fill me up, not to satisfy me, nor to nourish me.  What a sad statement about veggies!

I know I shouldn't have eaten it, and was expecting another spike in my weight.  The first time I got on the scale, though, I even saw .5 drop!…and then 3 more times at the same weight.  So, I can’t really complain at all, because I also had extra chicken last night.

More than likely, this will be a stall weight for a few days and I just need to slug it out.  My only concern is the short amount of time remaining on this round to meet my goal, and I still need to deal with my overall 2 pound gain from earlier in the week.

Sigh....but still hoping to break 150!

R4VLCD31–156.5

Weight: 156.5

I’m up 2 pounds because on Sunday I had a hypoglycemic (low blood sugar) episode and I ate to compensate for it.  Pounds and Inches states that this can happen suddenly when you’re close to your goal weight.  I started with honey, because Pounds and Inches says to take a teaspoon of sugar, and after about 30 minutes I still needed something else so I added some Mozzarella cheese sticks, and I ate more chicken at dinner, and added some mixed nuts.

Needless to say, going off protocol like that caused a 2 pound gain!  Aaagghh!

Monday I still didn’t feel quite right, and I added a breakfast of scrambled eggs and stir fried veggies.  Of course, breaking routine is a sure way of setting myself up, and I’ve had a hard time keeping to protocol, and I’ve cheated.  So, up another .5 pounds yesterday, when I hit 157.

I started considering taking a planned interruption, to try to re-focus.  I've only got about 12 days left of 200cc shots to finish out a long round.  I know, though, that with this gain that I will be fighting this 3 pound gain for at least a week, all the while consuming my precious shots and not getting anywhere.  I'm only about 10 pounds away from my goal weight (I still have a baby muffin top around my middle).

I'm worried, though, that, according to a normal course, I'm supposed to do at least 21 days of shots to reset the metabolism.  My support group says they’ve done this before, but it’s not really clear in P&I about how long the  number of days on the extended portion needs to be.

This morning, I’m down .5 pounds, even after adding an extra serving of eggs in the morning and skipping a dose, so I’m going to finish out my shots.  The Physician’s Assistant also recommended not doing a planned interruption, so that reinforces my sense of direction.

Here’s to keeping my blood sugar stable, the “hungries and munchies” away, and to shedding that last 10 pounds!