R5P2 Starting Weight 176.8
Yesterday – 170.0
Today – 169.0
1.0 lb LOSS Overnight
7.0 lb Over LIW of Round Four (162.0)
7.8 Lost Since Start of R5C1 (VLCD) 05/06/08
81.8 Total Lost Since Start of Protocol (VLCD) 06/26/07

Oh yes, that is what I am talking about, 7.8 pounds in 4 completed days. WOO HOO for me!

Here are my body weight loss percentages, in case you are keeping track:

• Round 1 (4 completed days) – 2.95% of body weight lost
• Round 2 (4 completed days) – 3.17% of body weight lost
• Round 3 (4 completed days) – 3.62% of body weight lost
• Round 4 (4 completed days) – 4.66% of body weight lost
• Round 5 (4 completed days) – 4.41% of body weight lost

Ok, so I am just a bit BELOW what I was for the same amount of time for my 4th round, but still better than each previous round, so that makes me feel REALLY good!

I haven’t been posting my menus, again, I am just getting used to this whole new blog and how it works. This is what I ate yesterday:

Blueberries and Cottage Cheese
Chicken and Broccoli
Catfish Creole

I know it seems as if I had way too much food yesterday. The blueberries and cottage cheese was just a snack, and I stayed under the 500 calories for the day – since this is my last round, I am really concentrating on not freaking about my menu. I am gonna stick with 500 calories or below, but not gonna worry about how I get there. If I want more cottage cheese, then I will have more cottage cheese. If I want more raw, then I will have more raw. I do have every intention of staying withing the parameters of the 500 cals tho, and I will not do processed food, nope, not gonna do that. I had done that on round four with disastrous results.

JPS is doing just fine. She is down to 141 as of today – she started at 145.6 – her LIW was 138, so she didn’t start so far back as I did! LOL – I don’t think ANYONE has! OMG! I crack myself up.

Somethings I am doing research on for upcoming posts:

• Superfoods (I have not forgotten)
• Plastic Water Bottle Safety (OMG, found something out about this today!)
• Magnesium and Vitamin to help with “Going Issues”

Thanks all for putting up with me as I get back into the swing of things with the blog. We had a ton of excitement over the last couple of weeks, and quite frankly, my head wasn’t in the game. Amazing that being on the protocol for a few days and all of a sudden my mind gets clear again. Whoda thunk?

Take care, and have a wonderful day!

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LIW +8.0
Overnight Loss 0.0

Here is my menu for the day before – this is what I ate:

Breakfast: Coffee with Half and Half, slice of ww bread spread with coconut oil, pb and a banana
Mid Morning Snack: Cheese
Lunch: Hamburger with all the fixings (made with Oopsies – not bread)
Mid Afternoon Snack: Tortilla chips and salsa
Dinner: Grilled Pork Loin with Horseradish Sauce, a Italian Veggie Casserole, Large Salad with Italian Dressing, and a Pasta Dish, Rigatoni with Roasted Red Peppers
Dessert: Wine

A total of 2642 cals divided: 158 fat grams (53%), 117 carb grams (17%), 119 protein grams (18%), 41 alcohol grams (11%)

All that eating, and no gain, how about that. I was testing the limits yesterday. I actually started thinking that I am about to embark on my 5th round and so I wanted to get in some things that I don’t normally eat in before I do. Pasta is one of them. There was a dish I saw on Everyday Italian one day a long while ago that I wanted to try. Well, I am glad it’s out of my system now, I tried it, it was good, but not awesome, but it gave me the taste and now I am over it.

I was actually quite concerned that I would be up this morning based on that fact alone, and plus the pork was kinda salty but oh so yummy, and nope, I did just fine.

Today is an egg day for me. I am actually looking forward to it! I wont be saying that tonight, that is for sure. I start my egg days loving eggs, and then by dinner time, I am OH SO OVER IT!

Thanks for understanding my ‘fogginess’ – this time I don’t think it’s the sugar like it was the last time, since I have pretty much been off the processed stuff for a week now. No, I think it is more the whole getting acclimated to this time zone again and TOM lurking. Seriously, I have been feeling TOM around since I got back, like almost 10 days ago!!! So, give me a few days of just updating, and I will be back in full force.

You hear me say that a lot eh?

On to my commenter’s – these are my responses to yesterday’s comments:

Mary – Thanks girl! HCG Convention? HA! That is TOO funny! No, no convention, I just think spring has sprung and people are starting to get active!

Jan – HA! Well, sure, when you look at it that way, my weekend was killer!

Becca – Get to the forum when you can, it can be overwhelming, but we have a lot of fun there. Our blogs are fun, but the forum is more interactive ya know? Oh, I know how it is, wanting to be with friends but wanting your own space again. Let me know when you plan to start ok?

Crystal – WOW! Two days in a row! I almost put you in my missing category section, now you are not! ROFL – will be checking your blog later on this morning to see what your plans are.

Liz - better to wait then to be on protocol and deviate. Hey, that rhymes! I crack myself up. It will happen my friend, I had to come to grips with it taking a little longer than I had hoped also, but I am ok with it now. I have basically lost almost 90 pounds in less than 9 months, that is OUTSTANDING when I count how long I was actually ON the losing portion ya know?

B – I am waiting for TOM to start before I start my next round, actually both JPS and I are. It’s a good thing to have that out of the way before you begin a round. Surely! Can’t wait to see your progress!

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Saturday, March 29 Checkin

LIW +8.6
Overnight Loss 0.0

Here is my menu for the day before – this is what I ate:

Breakfast: Coffee with Half and Half, orange
Lunch: large green salad (spring mix, romaine, spinach) with feta and evoo/balsamic and an apple
Mid Afternoon Snack: Cottage cheese and banana (OMG–NUMMY)
Dinner: mostly protein, a piece of chicken and a couple of pieces of cubed steak
Dessert: Wine and Coconut Bark

A total of 2172 cals divided: 121 fat grams (49%), 93 carb grams (16%), 108 protein grams (20%), 14 alcohol grams (5%)

Discovered coconut bark on Friday. Thank goodness I only made four servings because I ended up eating the whole thing. You can tell TOM is lurking because chocolate craving is unusual. No gain, no loss.

Sunday, March 30 Checkin

LIW +8.6
Overnight Loss 0.0

Here is my menu for the day before – this is what I ate:

Breakfast: Leftover 1/2 of a grilled chicken breast, 2 hamburger patties with a slice of swiss cheese and mayo
Lunch: 2 eggs scrambled in EVO, bacon bits and cheese
Mid Afternoon Snack: Houston Dip
Dinner: Salad with blue cheese dressing, hot chicken wings and beer (2)

A total of 2590 cals divided: 178 fat grams (61%), 52 carb grams (8%), 151 protein grams (24%), 26 alcohol grams (7%)

Saturday was a VERY BAD DAY for me. I had one of those days that I couldn’t stop eating. Thank goodness I stuck with proteins and I didn’t attack the sugars or it would have been DISASTROUS. No gain, no loss.

Today’s Checkin

LIW +8.0
Overnight Loss 0.6

Here is my menu for the day before – this is what I ate:

Breakfast: Coffee with Half and Half, orange, 2 eggs scrambled in coconut oil with bacon bits and cheese
Mid Morning Snack: 1 slice whole wheat bread w/banana and pb and coconut oil
Mid Afternoon Snack: Tortilla chips and salsa
Dinner: My hubbies famous chili and a slice of cornbred
Dessert: Coconut Bark

A total of 1958 cals divided: 110 fat grams (50%), 165 carb grams (31%), 78 protein grams (16%)

Back on track today. TOM is STILL lurking, and I just wish he would hurry up and show his face because I am totally over him, and he isn’t even here yet. Yesterday was much more calm day for me, but I can’t tell that my emotions are still all over the place.

I am sorry I was MIA over the weekend. I think I had something similar to post traumatic stress syndrome or something. I pretty much needed a couple days to myself. After spending all that time in Cali and then coming home and going and going since I got here, I think I crashed. I literally stayed on my couch all day on Saturday, totally vegging until I had to pick up JPS from the airport at 5:30pm – then we went to Wild Wing and I actually started to feel a bit better. Maybe it was the beer

Whatever it was, I feel it slowly leaving my body. The only thing is, that since TOM is lurking, my thoughts are all garbled and I can’t seem to concentrate on any one thing. For example … I usually pick a title for my post before I write anything. That way it helps me keep focused and I have a general theme I write from. I am this far into this post and I have no title. Nothing that I can focus on.

I know I told you I would let you know my theories on weight loss after indulging on this protocol, but I haven’t been able to get my thoughts in any logical order to be able to publish anything, so again, I must ask you to wait. That being said, I guess this shall remain an update post, and I will strive on getting myself back on track. I need to, cause it’s seriously disrupting my routine.

By the way. I cannot be disappointed in losing 8 pounds since that Saturday when I stepped on that scale and I was 16 lbs over LIW – 8 lbs lost in 9 completed days. Not bad. Those are protocol averages, for a man at least!

On to my commenter’s – these are my responses to Friday’s comments:

Shelly – sorry sweetie, theories will have to wait. Gotta get my head into the game here. It’s taking all I have right now just to put those theories into practice.

Becca – I think we got everything working out with the forum for you? Why don’t you post an introduction or something? You will love it there.

Jan – oh yes, the egg day, I am doing another one tomorrow – they are truly a blessing.

B - master? HA! I don’t think so, just plowing thru the journey like all of you, finding what works and what doesn’t along the way. Looking forward to your updates.

Misto – thanks! It’s good to have you back as well. I hope things settle for you. I think it’s time for spring to get here, everyone is ready for it ya know?

Crystal – wow, look who showed up! MY GOODNESS! Out of the woodwork. Thanks for the link – I had actually already found that one, and am gonna study it over the next few days. I like their mission statement.

CB – HA! Close to doing fruits. It’s all part of the raw, fresh thing ya know?

Liz – well kudos to you to do what you can to make sure the word gets out there. It’s a struggle, but one worth the effort.

Until later folks!