R9P3D4–163.5

Weight: 163.5

Wow, I certainly didn’t expect another drop!

I’m serious, I don’t think I’ve ever experienced a drop after LIW before.  I’ve heard others talk about it, but never experienced it.  Nice.

R9P3D3 - 164

Weight: 164

Wow, even after Thanksgiving, I lost another .5!

I had a bowl of stir fried broccoli, onions, peppers and mushrooms for breakfast.  That’s been holding me really well in the morning, and I may continue this as my normal breakfast.  We’ll see; it doesn’t have the same mental satisfaction as my regular breakfast of hard boiled eggs and cheese.

My husband always cooks, and this year he just scaled it back.  We had a turkey, corn bread stuffing and greens, but no pie or potato salad.  We’re going to have faux potato salad this weekend, though!

I had a couple slices of white meat, a spoonful of stuffing and a large helping of greens with my 3pm dinner.  After that, I had an apple about 10pm, I just wasn’t hungry any other time during the day.  That being said, it would have been VERY easy to have a seconds, but I’m sure glad I didn’t; I was thinking I’d be UP a couple pounds today!

Happy Black Friday!

R9P3D2–164.5

Weight: 164.5

I don’t think I’ve ever gone down after the last injection!

Well, maybe, in NINE rounds, it’s happened…ha!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Final Injection Weight: 165

Weight: 165

Today is the first VLCD without hCG.  According to the protocol:

Patients who need to lose 15 pounds (7 kg.) or less require 26 days treatment with 23 daily injections. The extra three days are needed because all patients must continue the 500- Calorie diet for three days after the last injection.

This is a very essential part of the treatment, because if they start eating normally as long as there is even a trace of HCG in their body they put on weight alarmingly at the end of the treatment.

After three days when all the HCG has been eliminated this does not happen, because the blood is then no longer saturated with food and can thus accommodate an extra influx from the intestines without increasing its volume by retaining water.

 

So, the signs of getting hungry will tell me when the hCG is out of my system.  This round has gone amazingly well.  I haven’t been hungry at all and I haven’t cheated at all.  I really haven’t felt like I was on a diet.  I’ve worked through a lot of issues through all of these rounds; I think some of this might be sticking!

R9VLCD21 - 165

Weight: 165

A whole pound drop!  Nice!

I’m usually not focused on a specific number when it comes to my weight, but there is something satisfying about hitting those “even” numbers.  No, 165 isn’t an even number, but it IS half way between those “decades”!

Yesterday I hit the elliptical for 25 minutes, and had a 35 minute walk at lunch.  My back is feeling a lot more limber, but it’s still a bit sore, and it doesn’t take much to stiffen up again.

It always makes me wonder about the protocol and how we interpret it these days.  Dr. Simeons didn’t say “sit on your butt while you’re on this diet”, he said don’t over do it.

That goes along with loading, too.  Most people go way overboard when loading.  I’ve done it, too, in the very beginning, and then spent at least a week of the diet getting that weight off.  What I’ve found is to focus on healthy fats, and don’t absolutely gorge.  It’s just not necessary.

R9P2VLCD20 - 166

Weight: 166

R9P2VLCD19 - 166

Weight: 166

Slow and steady.

So, while I’m super pleased about my progress, I’m trying not to put on rose colored glasses.  Or, is that just being a joy killer?

Anyway, I tried on more of my jeans yesterday, and while I can get into them, where I couldn’t before I started this round, they definitely produce a huge muffin top.  No shirt would actually look good paired with them.  So, it was a good/bad sort of activity.  I’m in a better place, but I still have a way to go.  Is that life, or what?

I’ve got about 3 or 4 more days of injections left, and I think I’m ready.  It occurred to me last week that December 11th is just about here, and that will be exactly one month before my birthday.  So, it’s time to get this round locked in.