R5P2C3 Starting Weight 160.4
Yesterday – 160.4
Today – 156.8
3.6 lb LOSS Overnight
03.8 lb OVER LIW of Round Five Cycle 2 (153.0)
03.6 Lost Since Start of R5C3 (VLCD) 07/14/08
94.0 Total Lost Since Start of Protocol (VLCD) 06/26/07

6.0 NEEDED TO LOSE TO REACH 100 POUNDS

As you can see, I am starting with my countdown to the 100 lbs lost mark again! 6 lbs away as of today! Quite a nice loss if I do say so myself for and overnight drop eh?

I posted this over at the My HCG Journey Community Forums this morning, just thought I would do the same thing here:

The convention was fun – it was fun watching people try to figure out who I was. There was one person in particular that saw me about 3 different times and I could tell she just couldn’t place me and then you should have seen her face when she figured it out! It was priceless.

On this past Sunday, at the inlaws, when we went to our Bible Study, a long time family friend was watching my daughter and I approached the building and you could see the look of confusion in his face, and he just saw me 20 lbs ago! I was like PAPA JACK! It’s ME! He is on protocol too so he knows to expect changes! LOL

I am just going to say this – with nothing else – Dr Phil said it best when he said “The best revenge is LOOKING GOOD” – and people, that is so TRUE! I saw some people that have not been that kind to me over the years and they had to swallow their pride when they saw me. I am not one to gloat, but peeps, I had to – it felt SO GOOD to be THINNER than them.

At times, very seldom, but it does happen, this protocol is a curse. You look at people differently, you start wondering if you should say something to these that are morbidly obese about this miracle you have found. It saddened me to see so very many people in this category, but I was actually scared to say something. Some of them are full of diabetes, and some are walking with walkers or canes, or worse yet, they are so big they have to be in motorized wheelchairs.

What do you do? It’s a quandary I tell you.

Anyhoo – when I was in Cali in mid Feb and mid Mar my niece (also did protocol) had given me a plethora of clothes, but in particular, 3 Ann Taylor dresses. While I was in Cali, I couldn’t get them ZIPPED, no how no way. They were all size 12 Petite. Gorgeous dresses, all black and white.

Each week on protocol I would take them out and try them on. About 2 weeks before the convention, I pulled them out like I usually did, and all of a sudden they FIT! Now I was worried if I might get too SMALL for them! And that actually DID happen! They were all a little too big around the top area, but I wore them ANYWAY!

Here it is – I am standing with JPS – but she doesn’t like anyone seeing her face so I blocked that out.

So what do you think? HA! I felt SO GOOD!

How is that for an update?

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LIW – 153.0 lbs (06.29.08)
Today’s Weight – 153.0 lbs
0.0 OVER/UNDER LIW

Once again I went MIA – what are you people gonna do with me?  OMG – I am such a FLAKE!  Really, I am NOT trying to go MIA – it’s just happening!  Oh well, I will try to do better!

Yesterday was my LIW for this Cycle – I didn’t make it to 100 lbs loss, but before I go into some LONE TIRADE about how I feel about this, let me quote something someone wrote me over at the My HCG Journey Community Forums – because quite frankly?  It put everything into perspective for me:

And B, even if you don’t make a stupid number goal, think of ALL that you have accomplished in the last year. And think of ALL the people that you have gotten to GOAL or helped them on their way to a better, healthier “them”!!!!!!!!!!!! When you have touched and changed LIVES, does a number really mean success or failure?!? I mean, isn’t it just a number?!?! And would it be any less monumental if those 100 pounds came at say a year a a day or a year and a week or a year a month?!?! I think not.

So, once again, thank you DAWN for coming to my rescue, making me realize what this is really all about and to be very happy with where I am TODAY.  Your a peach.

So without further adieu, let me go ahead and post my stats, because they pretty much speak for themselves!

I was not able to come close to Round 4 losses in Body Weight Lost Percentage – but that is OKIE DOKIE ARTICHOKIE!!!

• Round 1 (20 completed days) – 7.74% of body weight lost
• Round 2 (20 completed days) – 8.12% of body weight lost
• Round 3 (20 completed days) – 9.21% of body weight lost
• Round 4 (20 completed days) – 12.15% of body weight lost
• Round 5 (Cycle 1) (20 completed days) – 7.81% of body weight lost
• Round 5 (Cycle 2) (20 completed days) – 9.68% of body weight lost

I lost 16.4 lbs this round!  My LIW was 153 – which is 10 pounds below LIW of Round 5 Cycle 1 and 9 pounds below LIW of Round 4 – so I feel this was a great round.  Ok, so I am 2.2 away from making 100 lbs, I will do that NEXT round, which incidently will start on the 16th – because the family is going out of town!  Yes, we are headed to AIKEN/AUGUSTA!

Updates on Son and JPS:

My Son’s Stats:

• Starting Weight – 190.4 (after load)
• LIW – 174.6 (15.8 LBS LOST)
• 20 completed days percentage Body Weight Lost – 9.05%

JPS’ Stats:

• Starting Weight – 136.0 (after load, which is only like .8 over her LIW of Cycle 1)
• LIW – 125.8 (10.2 LBS LOST)
• 20 completed days percentage Body Weight Lost – 7.50%

Update on Inches:

And now the long awaited PICTURE UPDATE:

I haven’t updated pictures since my LIW of Round 4 which was way back in February (the 17th to be exact) – I didn’t take any pictures at the end of my Round 5 Cycle 1 because of not even getting to my LIW of Round 4 so I didn’t think pictures were necessary.  But I did take them yesterday because it was 9 pounds difference, and boy what 9 pounds can do!  OMG!  Lookie here!

First let me show you the differences between my LIW of Round 4 and Yesterday – Keep in mind that my LIW of Round 4 was 162 – and yesterday my LIW was 153:

Now, let me show you the differences between my BEFORES (Last June 23, 2007) and Yesterday (June 29, 2008) – Almost a YEAR and a DAY:

And then, for those of you that like to see the progression, here ya go:

Ok, so how about them apples? What do you think??? Stay tuned for the next installment of Cycle 3 to start on the 16th of July! If I can maintain an average of about 10 lbs per cycle, then I should be done in about 3 or 4 more cycles! Who knows where the HCG will take me!

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R5P2C2 Starting Weight 169.4
Yesterday – 162.0
Today – 160.8
1.2 lb LOSS Overnight
2.2 lb UNDER LIW of Round Five Cycle 1 (163.0)
8.6 Lost Since Start of R5C2 (VLCD) 06/09/08
90.0 Total Lost Since Start of Protocol (VLCD) 06/26/07

10.0 NEEDED TO LOSE TO REACH 100 POUNDS

I just passed right on – never hit a 161something number, and oh yeah, that feels OH SO GOOD! And oh yeah, another thing:

Did I mention that yet? I am down 90 pounds as of today, and that too feels OH SO GOOD!

Once again, I must thank you all for being so kind. That thing yesterday? It’s nothing but a THANG and I am oh so over it. I so appreciate each and every last one of you that took a chance and reached out to make sure I was OK about it, and let me assure you, NOTHING can bring me down right now – NOTHING. I am so in the ZONE and so on top of the world. I really thought I was looking forward to 100 pounds but I gotta tell you that 90 pounds isn’t half bad either! OH YEAH!!!

Just had to share, I am running busy today, I will catch up more tomorrow when I have a bit more time.

My Son’s Stats:

• Starting Weight – 190.4 (after load)
• Yesterday’s Weight – 183.6
• Today’s Weight – 182.8 – 0.8 – Total of 7.6 pounds lost!
  

JPS’ Stats (remember, I have her stats a day late, so I don’t know what she is yet today):

• Starting Weight – 136.0 (after load, which is only like .8 over her LIW of Cycle 1)
• Day Before Yesterday’s Weight – 132.2
• Yesterday’s Weight – 131.4 – 0.8 Loss – Total of 4.6 pounds lost!
  

My menu yesterday:

• Catfish Creole
• Strawberries for Snack
• Ground Beef Patty and Sliced Tomatoes for Dinner
• 2 Liters of water
• 2 Liters of Iced Tea (sweetened with Sweet and Low)

On to my commenter’s from yesterday:

• Miss Scarlett – Gosh girl, this has to be a FIRST for you isn’t it? You commented on my BLOG! How utterly cool is that??? You have always been one that knows exactly what to say and when to say it, you rawk – but you know how I feel about you already, so we will leave it at that. Now girl, don’t be a stranger ok??? And I am OH SO NOT WORRIED about what was said. Nothing BUT A THANG!
• becca – HUGS to you BECCA! Another one that knows what to say and how to say it! You are another one that RAWKS the house! Thank you sweets for reminding me what is real. Yup, FOR SURE!
• Mary – Yeah girl, come back, come back, don’t be a stranger, we need you there! Girl? I am oh so over that whole episode – so no worries, but thanks for having my back!

Well peeps, that is it for today, over and out!