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R5P2C4 Starting Weight 150.6
Yesterday – 144.6
Today – 144.6
0.0 lb LOSS Overnight
3.6 lb UNDER LIW of Round Five Cycle 3 (148.2)
6.0 lb Lost Since Start of R5C4 (VLCD) 09/02/08
106.2 Total Lost Since Start of Protocol (VLCD) 06/26/07

No loss, no gain, no problem.  Totally expected a gain in fact.  We had to unexpectedly take a guest speaker out to early dinner last night and we went to Chili’s.  Normally, that wouldn’t be a problem, as I would have made some choices that would have benefitted me, might have been a deviation, don’t know but I would have been ok.  The unforeseen circumstance was that someone was there that has been on protocol less than 2 weeks and I had to set a good example.  LOL

I asked before we sat down what she would rather have, chicken or steak, and she decided chicken.  I knew better, I should have told her we were going to get the steak.  Who knows what evil lurks in chicken in restaurants, whereas steak I believe is a different matter.  I ordered correctly, showed her how to do it, and we were fine.  The chicken was tasty, but there was something about it that didn’t set right.

Anyhoo, I have gotten into the habit recently of weighing myself at night as well as in the morning as I like to see the differences, and when I came home I was a full 5 lbs heavier than I weighed in the morning, and I was like, OMG – I am gonna gain like 2 lbs.

Something happened over night where I lost all 5 lbs, kind of amazing as the difference between my night time weigh in and my morning weigh in is about 3 lbs.

So then, my menu for yesterday is here:

• Coffee with 2% Milk – Hershey’s Unsweetened Cocoa
• Grilled Chicken from Chili’s – Steamed veggies which included broccoli, slivered carrots and peppers and sliced tomatoes.

Unforeseen Events

So that being said, let me say something about Unforeseen Events – and let’s first remember what Dr. Simeons’ says:

Faulty Dieting

Few patients will take one’s word for it that the slightest deviation from the diet has under HCG disastrous results as far as the weight is concerned.  This extreme sensitivity has the advantage that the smallest error is immediately detectable at the daily weighing but most patients have to make the experience before they will believe it.

Persons in high official positions such as embassy personnel, politicians, senior executives, etc., who are obliged to attend social functions to which they cannot bring their meager meal must be told beforehand that an official dinner will cost them the loss of about three days treatment, however careful they are and in spite of a friendly and would-be cooperative host.  We generally advise them to avoid all-round embarrassment, the almost inevitable turn of conversation to their weight problem and the outpouring of lay counsel from their table partners by not letting it be known that they are under treatment.  They should take dainty servings of everything, hide what they can under the cutlery and book the gain which may take three days to get rid of as one of the sacrifices which their profession entails.  Allowing three days for their correction such incidents do not jeopardize the treatment, provided they do not occur all too frequently, in which case treatment should be postponed to a socially more peaceful season.

Notice what he says – he says that these things happen.  It may take 3 days to recover, but all you have lost is time.  And he also says that if it happens, then do not automatically assume that your course is a wash.  He says that it does NOT jeopardize the treatment, provided that they do not occur all too frequently.

Isn’t that interesting?  Now he does mention “dainty servings” – not all out pigging out – but all those of you out there that have had to make a sacrifice for one reason or another because of situation like I had above, or some other unforeseen circumstance, it is NOT the end of the world.  Pick up and move on.

Interesting.

The 18,000 times I have read the manual, it didn’t hit me until just now that this kind of thing is TRULY not the end of the world.  Don’t make a habit of it, just suffer consequences if it happens.

It also goes hand in hand with the belief system that the hypo is reset in the stabilizing period rather than the P2 as some people believe.  Do you see how that works?  If not, just ask me.  I gotta run right now, but if you folks don’t understand I will explain it another day – maybe tomorrow.

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R5P2C4 Starting Weight 150.6
Yesterday – 147.0
Today – 146.6
0.4 lb LOSS Overnight
1.6 lb UNDER LIW of Round Five Cycle 3 (148.2)
4.0 Lost Since Start of R5C4 (VLCD) 09/02/08
104.2 Total Lost Since Start of Protocol (VLCD) 06/26/07

Not too bad.  I had some soup yesterday, and although I usually make it with a low sodium chicken broth, all I had available was Bouillon Cubes and so I have a feeling my loss was not as good because of the sodium.  UGH – peeing like crazy today, so I know I am getting rid of the excess – no worries.  Also, TOM is vicious, once again.  UGH!

My Goals

I thought I would go ahead and talk about my goals for finishing protocol – as I am coming up to it pretty darn quickly.  I don’t know when the HCG will tell me to stop, but I know where I don’t want to be, and that is anywhere where it’s not considered “Normal” or “Average” – I want to go until the HCG tells me to stop, but I don’t want to go crazy either.

As of today, at my weight and my height, I am still considered “Overweight” by the BMI charts – my number one goal for protocol has always been to get UNDER the overweight BMI as I want to be able to get life and health insurance and have no issues in doing it.

I don’t want to be SUPER SKINNY – I don’t like that look and I know it wont work for me.  But I do want to be “average” whatever that means.  I figure that the BMI charts say that “Normal” BMI for a woman is 18.5 – 24.9 – so to be “average” I am thinking I need to be at 22 BMI – that means my weight would be exactly at 128 – which actually sounds about right, as I remember being 130 all thru high school – I had a killer bod, I ran every other day for exercise and I looked good.  I didn’t think so back then cause I had an anorexic friend that I would always compare myself to, but now I know what was realistic for ME – so my goal right now is 128 – but as we all know, that is subject to change.

My first goal was 150 lbs, because quite frankly, I never thought while I was at 250 lbs, I would ever get to 150 so that was the first number I picked.  Now when I look at things a bit more closely and I am now UNDER 150 lbs, and I see some stuff that still needs worked on, my next ‘arbitrary goal’ will be 128 – when I get there I will again assess things and see what I should do again.

So hopefully, during THIS cycle, I will be able to get to my goal of 138 – so that I only have another 10 lbs to get to 128 – two cycles to be done by the time I am “supposed” to go to Hawaii.  We shall see, everything is up in the air at the moment.  And I do want to be on a reasonable place when I go to Hawaii, but I know I will have to go straight back on P2 when I get home from there!  LOL

Hanna is on her way – no rest for the weary.  They had called last night to tell us that baby girl had early dismissal today for school (90 minutes early), and then this morning at 8:30 they called and said that early dismissal changed to only a half day, so I had to go and pick her up – the weather is going down hill right now, and we have decided to bunker down here at our home.  We said we would leave if it’s a hurricane, well it’s not, and so we are staying put.

But, as they say, it’s not over till the fat lady sings.  And IKE is right behind this one, so we are still watching things closely.  Keep us in your thoughts.

My Menu

• Coffee with 2% Milk
• Catfish with a can of green beans cooked in tomato sauce (all no salt added)
• Tomato chicken soup with a cube of chicken bullion with broccoli and tomato sauce.

You can see a copy of my FitDay here for the calorie counts.

Have a great day!  By the way?  Thanks to all of you that have welcomed me back with your comments, I have not been ignorning you, it’s just taking everything I have to update – I will get back to normal after this weekend has passed.

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R5P2C4 Starting Weight 150.6
Yesterday – 148.2
Today – 147.0
1.2 lb LOSS Overnight
1.2 lb UNDER LIW of Round Five Cycle 3 (148.2)
3.6 Lost Since Start of R5C4 (VLCD) 09/02/08
103.8 Total Lost Since Start of Protocol (VLCD) 06/26/07

Can you say “VIRGIN TERRITORY”???  Not too shabby!  Everything is GRAVY now!  And my goal is that much more close!

I got an interesting email yesterday.  I asked the writer if they had any issue with me posting their question and then my answer.  They said no, so here it is – her email:

No urgency whatsoever, obviously you’ve got plenty on your plate. But I’m curious about the menu you posted.  You just know from experience that blueberries work for you? It didn’t look like much food and no veggies. I struggle sometimes with getting my veggies in. I’m definitely not criticizing you in any way. Just want to learn a little more to understand the reasoning and you said you’d be happy to share.

My answer:

No problem, I am always reachable by email, much more so then my blog or the forums.  I am a WAHM and spend alot of time on my computer!

Anyhoo, the blueberries?  I found on my 4th round that I could do them with no issues.  My 4th round in fact was pretty much the first time I played around with the protocol whatsoever.  I had a huge loss really quick (2 weeks) and did my whole goal for that round in two weeks, so in the interest of “research” I started experimenting with different foods.  I tried green beans, cauliflower, broccoli, zucchini, yellow squash, not to mention some different crackers, even flat bread.  I tried peaches and blueberries.  I opted to try things I had seen other clinics use and see what the consequence was.  I found that if I stuck to pretty much the same “families” of veggies, that I was aok.  Any berry worked, and the peaches did to.  I would never go with any high glycemic stuff, asking for trouble there (grapes, watermelon, catalope).  The flatbread?  It was the only time I gained.  So that is a NO GO for me.

Every so often I go thru this thing with my mouth.  I develop sores in them – it’s usually around TOM and always focused in on one side (where my only filling is) and when this happens, it’s hard to eat much of anything.  So that is why I focused in on the eggs and cottage cheese/blueberries yesterday.  Today was the same thing, but I found I could add a bit of tuna so I subbed the one egg for the canned tuna.  When these sores go away, I will focus in on my veggies again, cause quite frankly, I love them, and would rather live on them.

I added this in a subsequent email:

Yeah, I worry about how things come across online also, and I have been called on the rug a few times for things I do, but I always say, when you have come as far as I have and been on this as long as I have, then we can talk. ROFL – For my first 4 rounds (well, 3 rounds and the first 2 weeks of my 4th round), I was the poster child for the HCG Protocol – and most of the stuff I have done has been in the interest of research. Lots of people doing lots of different things depending on what avenue they are taking (clinics and docs) and I wanted to find out why these clinics allowed what they did.

So there you have it people, that should explain why I go a little “against” the flow – I usually have my reasons, they are MY reasons, and they are MY consequence should I encounter issues with those decisions.

That being said?  Here is my menu for yesterday:

• Coffee with 2% Milk
• Cottage Cheese and Blueberries
• Tuna with 1 T Light Mayo, Mustard, SF Relish and Lettuce – Chopped hard boiled egg

Ok peeps – we are not out of the woods yet, those storms are still churning out there, we apprise the situation each morning as to whether or not we will be leaving, today it’s a NO GO – so stay tuned tomorrow!  Did I mention TOM was in the house?  UGH – maybe that explains my mood.