Last Injection Weight – 187.4
Today’s Weight – 194.2
Last KNOWN Weight (Nov 10) – 187.6
6.6 Gain From Last KNOWN Weight
6.8 lb Over LIWHere is my menu for yesterday (actually from Nov 10th).

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I’M BAAAACCCCCCKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!

Geesh! What a trip I had! But now I am back to my OWN element! YES SIRREE BOB! I had a good time with my sister, bil and friends, but now, it’s time to get back to the everyday routines of my life. WOW! I didn’t realize how much I depended on routines until I was away from them for awhile.

OK! I don’t want ANYONE to panic! I haven’t panicked – so if I don’t then I don’t want YOU all too either, you hear me? I estimated that I would have gained about 6 pounds while I was gone for 10 days, and I was off about .8 lbs! Today I have to say I feel FULL of water. I am swollen from HEAD to TOE! I am assuming that MOST of this is excess water from my trip home. 14 hours in a car will produce these kinds of results.

Not to mention the CHINESE food I had on Sunday night in the hotel! I ordered out, and even tho I ordered SENSIBLY, I am SURE it was CHALK full of sodium. And both days, my savior for the trip was a bag full of trail mix. And we all KNOW that trail mix is SODIUM FREE, ya right, that’s the ticket! And my water intake? How can you keep drinking water on a drive unless you want to spend every possible minute in the restrooms along the way???

I just know this is water. And I am not concerned, I told you all that I was in a different mind set, and I mean it. Things just clicked with me while I was gone. This is NOT a race. This is a lifestyle change. My jeans, that I took with me on the trip and wore yesterday on the way home still fit the same, so I am really not too concerned.

I am home now, I am in my element. I am not beating myself up for the gain. I am not even sure I am going to concentrate on getting it off over the next couple of days? Why would I do that? I am starting back on shots on Saturday! I will have to think about this a minute or two, I haven’t fully thought about it because I really didn’t know where I was until I stepped on the scale today. This will take some thought process…what do you my readers think? Should I concentrate on getting it off??? Should I just do Atkins the rest of the week? Should I do an egg day? Just curious to hear what you all would do in my situation?

Did I mention it feels so good to be home? Seriously!

Thank you ALL for keeping up with me while I was on my trip! What a group of LOYAL readers I have! I will be able to visit each and every one of you today, but sometime during the day. As you can imagine, I came home to a not so clean house so I will be busy doing cleaning and running some errands I need to do before the break this week.

Also, for all my readers, I will be working on my “FAQ” page this week. I have a really cool idea about the “FAQ” page that I hope you all will like!

I will also be starting listing my menus once again – Keeping you all up to date on my eating habits! ROFL

Now to address my commenter’s from my last post:

Tracey – No doubt. It’s really something you cannot explain, it’s something that just happens! And when it happens you know it. Thanks for the visit!B – I will be able to come and pay you a visit today! Hope your doing ok!

Cheryl – It will happen, honest, it may not be immediately, but it WILL happen. When you take your break, make sure you give it some time to happen. For some, it’s immediate, for others, it takes a WHOLE three weeks.

Crystal – Isn’t it wonderful when you get into a mindset that is not about fear? I am reading Dr Simeon’s OTHER book right now and he spends a whole chapter on the fear response and how it applies to obesity. Did I ever mention that this man was a GENIUS??? GEESH! I wish he were alive today.

Lili – HA! You are SO invited! I will be making REAL plans after the 1st, will keep you in the loop!

Wendy – Yeah, the goodbye was hard, but I gotta tell you that I am HAPPY to be home! Can’t wait to stop by your blog to see how your doing!

Ok peeps! Gotta get started on my day! Don’t cry for me Argentina (huh? where did that come from???)

Biz

Good grief, in typing the title to today’s post, I am in disbelief that I am almost 3 weeks into my R2P3 break! A week from tomorrow I am gonna start my R3P2!!! Actually, after this week? I am most certainly READY to start.

I wrote something to my good buddy Ju this morning, I am gonna repost it here – just to preface, we were chatting a bit about the maturity learned while on this protocol:

I sure understand about maturity on this thing. This week has taught me a lot about making wise decisions about my foods. And like you, yes, I want it off, but I want this to be a life long change also so now my expectations are a little different. I have a means that has never before been available to me to lose this weight, somewhat easily I must add, so my mindset has changed a bit.I have made sensible decisions about my eating this week. Things I would never do in the past. I watched myself purposely last night at this large bbq we went to. I only went thru the line once … not like me … I looked at each of the dishes and asked myself, do I really want a taste of that … again, not like me … instead of my plate being heavy with foods, it was just a sample of this and that … one more time, not like me … and what is even more spectacular is that I didn’t even finish what I had on my plate … HA! This is the NEW me!

I really feel like I have grown, and this week has especially proven it. This is no longer a race to see how fast I can get it off. It will come off, I know it. No more worrying about it ya know?

Well, I can’t stay long, I am packing up and heading out today. It’s gonna be emotional for me and my sister. Oi vea, I hate this goodbye part. But we are supposed to see each other again in March/April to go to HAWAII! And I should be SKINNY MINNY by then! WOO HOO FOR ME!

Anyhoo – let me comment to my commentors before I head out:

Crystal – Isn’t it funny how our view of “snacks” have changed? Just yesterday, I saw a “Smoothie” shop, and on a whim I asked my sister, do you want a smoothie??? LOL – ME??? A SMOOTHIE??? Where the heck is the chip and dip? French Fries and MILK SHAKES???? HA! Who is this alien in my body? HA! Try banana’s and peanut butter girlfriend, even BETTER!

Amy – It takes special kinds of people to do what these people are doing. It’s truly amazing. And banana cream pie? Had my fill! I am so over banana cream pie now! ROFL

Regina – Thanks for the visit darlin’! I think the closer you get to goal, the more your cravings change. Really, I am serious! Look at me wanting a SMOOTHIE! ROFL

CB – Like I said to Regina, I am sure things change the closer you get to goal – give it some time, this was a long time coming for me!

Cheryl – Believe me when I tell you that things do change. You just wait! It’s really quite amazing! Another thing I realized at the BBQ last night was the fact that I took MUCH longer to eat than normally. It used to be that I scarfed things down, like I was afraid someone was gonna steal my food. Now I enjoyed the company, the conversation, and yeah, the food too, but it wasn’t the focus, KWIM???

B – Yes darlin’! I miss ya’ll too! I am so happy you have started, today should be your first VLCD eh? Keep the faith! You will do WONDERFUL!

Ok, here I go! Next time I am with you folks, it will be in Tallahassee!!!

Biz

Well, goodness, my trip is winding down. Tomorrow I leave for home – I actually made reservations to stay a night on my way home, I really don’t think I can make it all the way home in one day. That was a kick butt long drive for me. Tomorrow night I will be in Tallahassee, Florida. I will have internet connection there, supposedly anyway, and since I will be by myself, in a town that is unfamiliar, I will be able to do some CATCHUP with all my blog friends. As it stands, with this connection I have, it’s hard to get connected to the blogs without them creating a major headache on my part! LOL

Let’s see here, what was on the menu yesterday? My sister and I started off later than normal so we ate here at the house for breakfast. And all breakfast consisted of was leftovers. I had my final piece of crawfish pie – HA! I do think I can tell you that I have sufficiently had my fill of crawfish pie now. It’s over. LOL – we also snacked on our leftover Gyro plate from the other day. Also, I forgot to mention that while we were down in NOLA that there was this tangerine tree we picked a ton of tangerines from, as well as a pink grapefruit tree. So we munched on those as well.

For lunch, I visited my husband’s cousin that lives in Baker, LA – lunch was a Greek Salad, mmmmm, and a fruit salad for dessert. Right up my alley!

Dinner was some chicken gumbo and salisbury steak. Took a bite of some cornbread, which I usually LOVE and wasn’t interested, so didn’t take another. Ate half a serving of some fruit jello. Again, just wasn’t interested after tasting it, so why eat it?

That is one thing I am quite pleased with myself on. I am finding that if I don’t like something, I mean, REALLY like something, it’s not worth finishing it. Any other time of my life, I would eat it just cause it’s there. Now? Not so much. Even with the deviations I am taking on this trip, anytime that I think I wan’t to try something, I do, but if it’s not “DA BOMB”, it’s history. This is a new a different mind set for me. Simply amazing for me. I am liking it tremendously in fact!

Gonna start doing something new and different with my posts. At the end of my posts I am gonna start commenting on my comments that I get the previous day. I feel like it’s gonna make things much easier for me to make sure I acknowledge my commenters. So with that being said…

Cheryl – What is this about crawfish sucking heads? Um, I don’t know about that? LOL – and if it’s true, then by all means, I don’t WANT to know about that! I love crawfish, crawdads, or whatever the heck they call them! ROFL – don’t give me the bad news about them! hehe

Crystal – DANG the scales! Well, seriously, it’s my own fault for not bringing my own. But hey, what is the WORST that can happen? I gain 10 pounds? So what??? And now, I haven’t gained 10 pounds!!! I tried on the jeans I wore down here and they fit the same so things are not TOO bad! ROFL

Amie – HA! Mardi Gras! LOL – I tell you, NOLA is a fun place! You can get into trouble there. I am actually wanting to get back into my routine, I feel so out of sorts here without my family and my home and my routines. HA! But that didn’t stop me from having fun, but you know? I am ready to go HOME!

Amy – Yes, my sister and her husband are part of a Disaster Relief effort here in Baton Rouge. It’s still ongoing. They officially live in California but have been invited to stay on. The relief center here is being used as a “prototype” to build 9 different ones across the nation. They are beefing up things so that they can have immediate response should anything like this every happen again. The problem with Katrina quite simply is that they were not prepared. With this prototype relief center, they will be able to start things in motion immediately.

I do have allergies to milk, but mostly the reaction would be a migraine. This time, it’s totally sinus related. In fact, as I write this, my nose is running and stuff at the same time! I am wondering if it’s the combination of the flour/milk/cheese thing. In other words, milk and cheese are ok, but add the flour in and it becomes a nightmare.

B – I wish I could get to other blogs. It’s a pain just to get on my own! I will be able tomorrow night to visit. I cannot WAIT to see how your start is going! I am so excited that you finally have your stuff and you can START!!!

A couple of shouts to some people that made my day a bit easier to bear yesterday.

First to Martha … thanks for saving my sister’s hyde and sending us the bottles and mixing syringe, geesh, what a pal you are. Words just cannot express…but I think you know how I feel!

Lise – HA! Thanks for helping out a panicking woman yesterday, to the point of STOPPING your car to concentrate on what I was asking! HA! So true Lise, we are all in this together and we are there to help each other out. Well girlfriend, you certainly helped this math dunce out yesterday! LOL – and thanks for the words about our good buddy, eases my mind a bit!!!

And to Ju – I miss you! I am not on my regular computer so I have no idea what your email address is and so I haven’t been able to drop you a line all week. I sure am looking forward to chatting with you again soon. If you have time, drop me a line, you know my email, and that way I can write you back! I wanna know where you are today! I feel so out of the loop!!!

Ok, I think that just about covers everything. Tonight we are having a huge get-together with lots of bbq type food, what a great way to end my little vacation! Good company! Good food!

Have a good one peeps!

Biz