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R5P2C3 Starting Weight 160.4
Yesterday – 155.0
Today – 153.6
1.4 lb LOSS Overnight
0.6 lb OVER LIW of Round Five Cycle 2 (153.0)
6.8 Lost Since Start of R5C3 (VLCD) 07/14/08
97.2 Total Lost Since Start of Protocol (VLCD) 06/26/07

2.8 NEEDED TO LOSE TO REACH 100 POUNDS

6.8 loss so far – .6 more to LIW of Cycle 2 – 2.8 lbs more till I reach 100 lbs lost!

Loving life right about now. These numbers are too unreal – dare I say it? It is topping MY FOURTH ROUND – I am quite frankly AMAZED – no joke. 6.8 lbs in 3 completed days. I am gonna get into the 140′s before the week is up if I keep this up!

But seriously, I haven’t really wrapped my head around being in the 150′s and now already I am gonna have to deal with the 140′s??? What is up with that?

WOW

I had a really rough day yesterday (just really weak), and now today my back is hurting – I have come to the conclusion that something is going on with my body, it’s shifting or something – funky things are happening. I have not been this weight since the early 80′s – and something weird is happening to my muscles in my back.

During the first round, I lost an incredible amount of inches from my thighs and they were in a constant state of aching while on protocol. This time, I think I am dealing with back fat or something cause since Tuesday morning, some strangeness is happening back there – and now I am in bed, this is the 2nd day. UGH

Oh well, interesting to see what the future holds for me. Pictures should be interesting this round that is for sure.

I am short on time, so this is my update for today!!!

Let me go back to answering my commenters from yesterday:

Trudi – thanks for the wonderful words!  We have all been given a great gift, it’s up to us to use it wisely, give of it freely.  Thanks for being a part of my journey!  BTW – YOUR PICS ARE AWESOME!

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R5P2C3 Starting Weight 160.4
Yesterday – 156.8
Today – 155.0
1.8 lb LOSS Overnight
2.0 lb OVER LIW of Round Five Cycle 2 (153.0)
5.4 Lost Since Start of R5C3 (VLCD) 07/14/08
95.8 Total Lost Since Start of Protocol (VLCD) 06/26/07

4.2 NEEDED TO LOSE TO REACH 100 POUNDS

Well there it is! Another good loss, but today, I am walking around like a zombie – I feel very weak today – it is the third day, the worse of the protocol on average, so I will just chalk it up to normal detox stuff and live it thru.

Not hungry whatsoever.  In fact, I had so much Mexican food this past week that I am not even desiring it, which is usually my craving for the first few days.  What I am feeling is that inkling that TOM is on it’s way.  And right on schedule I must say, if you can call it a schedule???  My TOM’s have been all over the place on this protocol, I am wondering if they are now gonna start coming right on time.

No matter, it is what it is.

I wish I could think of more to say, but alas, I am not processing information well right now.  Tomorrow has to be a better day.

Let me go back to answering my commenters from yesterday:

Loretta – Thank you for such kind words.  I just write it as it happens.  Sometimes it’s good things, and sometimes, well it’s those times everyone finds out that I am human too.  Girl, 8 lbs isn’t so bad, try being 18!  LOL – oh gosh, I am so far removed from that now, how cool is that?  I miss you Loretta, thanks for being a loyal reader for all these months.

Jude – I already sent you an email but I wanted to say it here too – I don’t know where I would be without the support you gave to me in the beginning.  Really Jude, you were with me day in and day out thru my journey last summer – you were laying the foundation with me, we learned so much by chatting with each other so I thank you for that from the bottom of my heart.

Ok – that is all I can do for today – hopefully, tomorrow will be a better day.

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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!