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R5P2C4 Starting Weight 150.6
Yesterday – 143.6
Today – 143.6
0.0 lb LOSS Overnight
4.6 lb UNDER LIW of Round Five Cycle 3 (148.2)
7.0 lb Lost Since Start of R5C4 (VLCD) 09/02/08
107.2 Total Lost Since Start of Protocol (VLCD) 06/26/07

Goose egg.

Totally normal for me, so I am not worried.  Right now I am operating on about 3 hours of sleep – which would also explain the lack of poundage loss.  Let’s not negate the fact that 7 lbs for my first week is nothing to sneeze at, especially when you consider that I didn’t start too far off of my LIW.

My menu for yesterday – same as the day before:

• Coffee with 2% Milk – Hershey’s Unsweetened Cocoa
• Hamburger Grilled, with lettuce and tomato – just ate dinner – had a bigger portion of meat

Today has been mondo busy, but I said I was gonna update everyday while I am on this “cycle” so that is what I am doing.  Just to give you a heads up, the same thing will happen tomorrow.  Another busy day.  In fact, for the next few weeks, each Wednesday and Thursday will prove to be very involved for me offline, so bear with me while I get my schedule down.

I have some exciting things to discuss with my readers, they are all coming up, hopefully by this weekend, so stay tuned.

LIW – 162.0 lbs (02/17/08)
Today’s Weight – 163.8 lbs

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Here is my menu for yesterday. This is what I had:

I knew yesterday was supposed to be a day of my last 24 hours of VLCD – but it didn’t quite turn out that way. With traveling and all, it just wasn’t easy. I have a healthy respect for you that try to do VLCD while traveling. There is just too much going on.

In any case, this is what I ate: Coffee with cream, a couple of eggs with some onions cooked with butter flavored Pam for breakfast. Apple and peanut butter for snack. Ground beef for lunch. Dinner was a green salad with all the fixins (mushrooms, cauliflower, broccoli, carrots, eggs, onions, bacon bits) with blue cheese dressing and a hamburger patty with a bit of Heinz 57.

A total of around 1354 calories divided this way: 77 Fat, 51Carbs, 104 Protein

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Our FAQ Question this go round is the following, please spend some time if you can answering this survey:

Since we are on Phase 3 – let’s discuss those people out there that actually have a difficult time keeping weight ON during the Phase 3 portion of the Protocol. Yes, there are some out there with this problem. Remember that Dr Simeon’s said that it was just as important to keep the weight on as it was to keep it off! So please help out if you can!

Phase 3 – What If You’re Still Losing???

On My Way!

Today I leave for Cali – didn’t sleep well. For all my EFT tapping I did to get over the anxiety of flying, it pretty much hit me last night. But all is well. My fear of making my daughter scared out weighs my fear of flying so I will remain calm for her.

The hotel we are at gave us an upgrade, why, I don’t know, but we enjoyed it. My daughter had a good time going from room to room. She says, mommy, they have a refrigerator! Mommy, they have a microwave. MOMMY! They even have a clicker! OMG! Do you think my daughter is a bit sheltered??? This suite is absolutely lovely. Too bad we only were here for the night!

For some reason or another she insisted on Shoney’s last night. How could I resist??? We don’t eat out much, so I complied. Surprising, I don’t think I did too bad based on the fact that I was still on the last 24 hours of VLCD. For some reason or another I feel that the HCG leaves my body faster than other people, and by the last 24 hours I am hungry. Over the past two breaks on that 3rd 24 hours, I have always increased my protein to satisfy the hunger with no problem, but yesterday I just went a bit further with the salad.

All is well tho. No worries. Traveling will always do it to a person, no doubt. After I get a good nights rest (probably not until THURSDAY night) things will be back to normal and all will be better. So I will NOT stress about the weight but be sensible about my eating.

We have to leave the hotel at 6:30am, so I am going to finish this off. Take care people, and I will attempt to update tomorrow from CALI!

I can’t believe, I will be there in about 12 hours from right now!

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

Mary – HA! I actually thought about taking a picture of my purty toes, but I decided against it, I was like, who wants to see my purty toes??? ROFL – I will update, don’t you worry!!!

Lili – there is nothing like being pampered ya know? The good thing about Cali? I have lots of friends there in the salon business, so I will be getting gussied up, massaged, getting facials, all kinds of stuff and probably a new do! Take care my sweet!

Monica – Yeah! I got my ‘fix’ before I left! WOO HOO FOR ME! I just love it when a plan pulls together! Thanks for the well wishes.

Shelly – Yeah, it will be an experience to say the least about the plane seats. This should prove to be interesting. I am hoping they are gonna let me keep my liter water bottle on the plane, I swear, a 5 hour flight with only one liter of water??? OMG! That’s just not right!

Ed & Jenn – girl, sorry about last night, I was in a mood after ‘that’ happened. But you know what? It’s nothing but a thang, but when are people gonna realize that you don’t want to torque the Bizanator? That’s just wrong. I will handle, no worries.

Wendy – AH GIRL! You came out of hiding! I sure do miss you. If you wanna chat, you know my email. I am always there for you. Hopefully you can get back into the swing of things. Don’t let the man get you down ok?

Biz

R4P2 Starting Weight 184.4
Yesterday – 174.2
Today – 174.0
0.2 lb LOSS Overnight
1.4 lb UNDER LIW of Round Three (175.4)
10.4 Lost Since Start of R4 (VLCD) 01/22/08
76.8 Total Lost Since Start of Protocol (VLCD) 06/26/07

Here is my menu for yesterday. This is what I had:

An apple and a half a grapefruit. Lunch was Chicken – Fajita Style. Dinner was a Creole Chicken (Cajun Chicken and Tomatoes)

A total of around 447 calories divided this way: 3 Fat, 46 Carbs, 53 Protein

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Thanks goes to Mariel for answering the survey. Any others willing to approach this subject?

Foods on Phase 2 – Do Some Work Better Than Others?

It Was a Good Run!

I knew it had to slow down, a body can only do so much in just 6 completed days! Not gonna over analyze it, I am WAY more than half way to my goal and I am just gonna let the HCG perform it’s magic.

The numbers don’t lie:

Day 6 (Complete) – Round 4 = 5.64% Body Weight Loss
Day 6 (Complete) – Round 3 = 4.97% Body Weight Loss
Day 6 (Complete) – Round 2 = 3.54% Body Weight Loss
Day 6 (Complete) – Round 1 = 3.35% Body Weight Loss

Want to hear something interesting? On Rounds 1 and 2 on Day 7 I stalled. On my 3rd round that didn’t happen, but I feel it’s interesting to note that it did on my first two rounds! Is my body this consistent???

Do You Dream About Your Weight?

I just so happen to have been woken up this morning in the middle of a dream. My husband was looking for something and had to wake me up to find it. It was some medicine that he needed to be able to sleep the rest of the morning.

Since I am not one to remember my dreams very often, I forced myself to stay awake so that I could remember this one. It was a good one! It involved a scale. And yes, I loved the scale and the scale loved me.

I tell you where this came from. For the first time since starting this protocol, I have gotten into this weird habit of weighing myself at different times during the day, just to see what is going on. And so since it’s becoming sort of a habit, I guess it has gotten into my subconscious mind and now I am dreaming about it.

My dream was about me stepping on the scale and it reading back 128 – now where did THAT come from??? I have NO dreams about being that small!!! I have my theories on where that came from, and it was YOU JENN! I remember talking to my sister yesterday on the phone and I was like, there is this girl that has a blog that is your height and she is like at 128 or so – that means you can get there too! I told my sister that this girl started at almost the same weight as she did, and that this was her third round (which my sister was about to embark on too) and that she has already gotten down to this weight after being around 140 to start. My sister was just thrilled!

So anyway, having this dream made me think about dreaming and sleep and such so I did a little research this morning and I found this article:

The Dream Diet – Losing Weight While You Sleep

Most interesting this article is! It has pretty much confirmed a lot of things that JPS have talked about extensively, that you need your sleep in order to lose weight. Some of the article spends time on sleep apnea, which is a different topic all together, but what I focused in on was the fact that these two hormones, “leptin and ghrelin” can be responsible for our ability to lose weight during the day.

Evidently, they are discovering that these two hormones are produced while we sleep, and these have the ability to control our appetite. They feel there is a relation to having a lack of sleep and obesity – if we don’t allow these hormones to be produced while we sleep, then while we are awake our appetite soars and we start eating more things to help us ‘get energy’ and to stay awake.

Wow, what a vicious cycle this is eh?

Another article that was interesting in this regard was this:

If You’re Planning to Lose Weight in the New Year, Experts Say “Think Sleep”

In this article, it’s basically telling us sure everybody has a New Year’s Resolution to lose weight, but they do nothing to help them sleep better which is a big factor in our ability to lose weight. But what I found most interesting is when it tells us that lack of sleep can contribute to lack of the “Growth Hormone” being produced which is needed for adults to regulate the proportion of fat and muscle.

Hmmmm

I didn’t get GOOD sleep last night. Baby girl is sick and I spent the night with her and with all her coughing and sneezing keeping me up, and then hubby waking me up to find medicine, my sleep was interrupted all night. Hmmmm, could this be the reason for the small .2 loss?

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

Mariel – What name do you go by on the discussion board??? I have two dressing in my sidebar that I use pretty much extensively. With the mustard dressing I have switched now to using Dijon and have enjoyed it MUCH more! Thanks for the nice words!

Mary – Thanks girl!!!

Ed and Jenn (Gotta add Ed in there now, knowing that he looks over your shoulder) – Added protein? Hmmm, I have had more than the amount allowed on several occasions with no harm done, but would I recommend it??? Not all the time, no. I get all my oriental stuff from the local Asian Market, I am sure there is one in almost every big city!

Monica – I think you have a plan, just make sure they don’t throw any sauces on it and you should be just fine! Thanks girl, and LOOK AT YOUR PICS!!!

Becca – Thanks girl! Loving life at the moment!

Take it easy, Biz