P4 Here I come

Well, I've pretty much stablized at about 1.2 pounds over my LIW, which I can totally deal with. I go up and down but not over that 1.2 pounds.

Wednesday, I start on adding back my starches. I'll be at the County Fair with my son for 4-H so I'm not sure what I will eat. We stay down there in our motor home so I'll cook the majority of food there, but I might try a baked potato at the fair and see how I do. I didn't have any problems with potatoes or rice the last time, white bread is a no-no for me. But I can handle sprout grown grains like Ezekiel bread.

I have a ton of things to get done before tomrrow when we check in the animals, so I'll update after Labor Day as to how things are going.

Keep Smiling!!!!

Close but no Steak Day

I had a "No Sugar Added" Dilly Bar from Dairy Queen yesterday and then last night had some Carb Comfort Ice Cream. I was craving ice cream for some reason. And this morning was pushing the 2 pounds above LIW. I was a little nervous, but it is not over so I'm going to go have a chicken salad at lunch, I brought some hard boiled eggs for a snack later today and had two eggs with cheese this morning. I am going to make pork chops and some veggies for dinner, and lay off the extras right now. I didn't get in my 3 liters of water yesterday either, so that could be part of it, so I'll up my water to 3+ liters and see where the scale falls tomorrow.

Well I'm off to lunch. Everyone have a great day and Keep Smiling! Life is good.

Recipes

Here are a couple recipes that can be used in P3. One is a Chocolate Microwave Cake and the other is a Zucchini Carrot Cake.

Chocolate Microwave Cake:

4 Tlbs coconut flour
4 Tlbs sugar alternative
2 Tlbs cocoa powder
1 egg
3 Tlbs milk
3 Tlbs oil
splash of vanilla extract
1 Large Coffee Mug

Mix all dry ingredients in mug, add egg and blend thoroughly. Add milk, oil and vanilla and mix. Place in 1000 watt microwave for three (3) minutes. Do not cover mug. Cake will rise over top - do not be alarmed. Let cool and place on plate. Add a little whipped cream to top or carb wise ice cream.

Zucchini Carrot Cake:

1 1/4 C almond flour
2 eggs
1/2 C Oil
2/3 C Spenda
1/2 C plain yougart
1/2 C Vanilla flavored whey protein powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
3/4 C Shredded zucchini
2/4 C shredded carrot

Preheat over to 350.

Whisk eggs until well blended, all all ingredients and mix well. Add zucchini and carrots last.

Coat ring mold or bundt pan with nonstick cooking spray and add batter.

Bake for 45 minutes. Turn out onto wire rack to cool.

Cream Cheese Frosting:

3/4 C Heavy Whipping Cream
1 pkg Cream Cheese (softened)
1/2 C Splenda
1 tsp vanilla

Whip heavy cream until stiff. In separate bowl beat cream cheese until very smooth, then beat in splenda and vanilla. Mix in heavy cream at lowest speed until smooth. Frost cake.


Hope everyone enjoys the recipes. They are both very good.

P3 Day 13

Well I'm on day 13 of P3 and haven't had to do a steak day. I've been maintaining this round which is really nice. I don't know if my body likes this weight or if I know exactly what to eat to keep it here without any fluculations. Either way, I'm only 1 pound within my LIW which is a good thing. Since over the weekend where there was added food and alcohol temptations. I did have a couple craberry vodka but I made sure to drink plenty of water and I didn't eat anything that I thought might have sugar or any sort of starch. I had some meatballs, veggies, and some articoke/spinach dip.

Everyone kept saying, "oh, have a piece of cake, a little won't hurt you." Then I would explain why I couldn't and then all was good, but then they wanted to know more about the HCG and how I heard about it and how they could get it. With as many people asking about it, I could have started a small business right then and there. LOL!

Well, I'll post in a few days and keep everyone aprised of my journey into P4 for the second time and now for the last time. P4 I can now consider a life time phase. I'm so excited to go back to having a few more normal foods. Potatoes are my down fall but last time I enjoyed them and did fine, so again, everything in moderation. It is weird though that I don't have any cravings for anything. Cooking dinner is hard since I'm not hungry for anything, but when I finally do decide what to cook, it tastes good, I'm just not hungry anymore. I can eat a small portion and feel full and satisified without stuffing myself.

Keep smiling!

Hanging in there

Sorry, I haven't posted for a while, but on Thursday night I got very sick and was sick throughout the weekend. I lost 6 pounds from Friday until Sunday morning, not a good thing. I was very dehydrated. So I pumped up my protein (hard to do on a ishy stomach) and started pouring the water in again. I gain back 4 of those pounds on Monday morning which I knew was all water anyways. This morning I work up back at my LIW which is all good. I had a lot of nuts yesterday, so I'm going to back off of those for awhile and stablize out a little more before eating those again, but it was the easiest snack when you don't feel very good.

Other than my being sick, nothing has happened.

I'll check in tomorrow, have a lot to do this week.

Keep smiling.

Still below LIW

Well I had two hard boiled eggs yesterday afternoon, and two trips to the salad bar last night with lettuce, tomotoes, black olives, cottage cheese, cheese, cucumbers, sunflower seeds, oil/vinegar dressing and the toppings off of a meat/cheese pizza.

This morning I had two eggs with mushroom, tomatoes and a little cheddar cheese. I had my cup of tea and then it is raining here today so I had a latte with sugar free white chocolate and heavy whipping cream. Now I'll be starting on my water consumption. I'm going out to lunch today, so I'm going to have a chicken caeser salad with extra chicken and the dressing on the side. I brought a hard boiled egg and some sliced roast beef for a snack later.

So far so good, I'll check in tomorrow.

Keep smiling everyone. It gets easier and the food gets more enjoyable. It is so worth the sacrifies you are making right now.

(-1.0 lb.)

Strange thing this morning. The scale read -1 lb. In my two previous rounds, after my LIW, I always stayed the same weight for the 3 days following. This is the first time I actually lost any weight after the shots. I was surprised this morning. I did have extra water, and tried to finish the water earlier in the day and not have so much water at night right before bed, so I don't know if this is the reasoning, or not.

Today, I brought 2 hard boiled eggs with me along with my apple, cucumber and chicken, as this afternoon will be over the 72 hours from my last injections, so I thought I jump start my protein increase this evening. I'll have a salad tonight for dinner with some sort of meat, but didn't want to have problems with the protein dificiency issues and have that water retention, so extra protein.

I'll also make sure I'm getting in plenty of water today as well. Tomorrow is the first official day of stablization or as some refer to it as P3. It will be good to be there again and then be able to move on to maintenance for life. I'm looking forward to making a zucchini lasagne this weekend since it is the season for zucchini. I'm also going to make a zucchini cake with almond flour for myself (although my family likes it as well) with cream cheese frosting. YUMMY! I'm making myself hungry just thinking about it. I haven't had any hunger pains yet, but I'm thinking by this afternoon those will probably start as all the HCG will be out of my system.

Well, hope everyone has a great Wednesday. Til' tomorrow.

Holding Steady

Okay, today is my second day of the last three VLCD days. Tomorrow is Wednesday and tomorow evening I have to go to a birthday party for my niece. I'm planning on a nice chef salad for dinner, but don't know if they serve them at the pizza place we are going to. I'm contemplating bringing a couple hard boiled eggs with me for a late afternoon snack depending on how I'm feeling and the menu. I'm going to call the place and see what they have to offer. I might just make an appearance and then go home and make a nice steak with sauted mushrooms and a salad. Still unsure, but I'm looking forward to having eggs back in my diet. I've sure missed those as well as the cheese. Thursday's menu is looking something like this:

Breakfast: 3 egg omelet with ham, cheese, mushrooms, green pepers and tomatoes.
Lunch: 6 oz. chicken breast with salad and oil/vinegar dressing.
Snack: 2 hard boiled eggs
Dinner: 6 oz. of meat (not sure yet), fried zuchini (with egg)
And of course lots and lots of water.

I'm soooooo glad to be done. First, to get rid of this excess weight I've struggled with and second, I'm really ready to resume eating real food again.

Til tomorrow. Keep smiling and stay strong.

(-.4 lbs.)

Okay, Sunday was my last shot and this morning I woke up .2 lighter. I have today, tomorrow and Wednesday of the VLCD before beginning stablization (no sugar/no starch phase). I've very excited to be so close to my goal weight. I'm about 2 pounds above that, so all in all it was a good round.

I'm going to go shopping for some new pants again, because when I went to put on my size 6 dress pants, they were too big. YIPPEEE!!!!! Size 4 here I come!!!!

Had a good weekend. Went to my in-laws' house for my mother-in-law's birthday on Saturday. They had all kinds of goodies, including the apple-crunch cake that I made and brought. Unfortunately, I didn't get to eat any of the food. It was very hard, but I managed. I'm just glad, I only have a couple more days and I'll be able to enjoy more food choices.

Til tomorrow.

(-.2 lbs.)

Two more shots and then 72 hours of limited eating. I was thinking of a chef salad, but an omelet wtih mushrooms, peppers, tomatoes, and a little cheese is sounding better yet. Wednesday night is when my 72 hours are up and I can eat, I'm really dreaming of food right now. I'm 3 pounds from my goal, not too bad. Thought about going for a couple more days on the shots to get to that goal, but I'm mentally done. The family had veggie pizza last night and it the smell almost killed me. I was sooooo tempted to cheat I literally had to go the the other room where they weren't and where I couldn't smell it. Later I came back and was fine, but that first initial smell was too much for me. That's when I knew I was mentally done. Whatever my body gives up in fat on the next two days will be fine with me. I can live with being a pound or two above my goal, because I feel great, I look great and my health is GREAT!!!!!

I'll check in on Monday with my stats for the weekend. In the meantime, stay strong and keep smiling.

(-.8 lbs.)

The scale was good to me this morning. I try not to let the scale dictate my mood, but sometimes that's hard when the scale is slow to move. All I can say is that I'm glad that the scale is moving again. I only have three shots left and I'm hoping to make it to my goal. I thought about going a few days more to get to that goal, but mentally, I know I'm ready to be done no matter where I'm at on the scale. So next Thursday I'll be having a nice chef salad. Then I can have some eggs as well. I'm really looking forward to something different to eat.

Using HCG has been an amazing journey to a healthy lifestyle no matter what sacrifices I've made they all have been soooo worth it.

Til tomorrow. Keep smiling.

(-.4 lbs.)

Yesterday the scale didn't move, but today I had a .4 drop which is a good thing. I only have 4 shots left and three more days after that of the VLCD. I'm pretty sure I'm not going to get to my goal, but I'm darn close, which is fine by me. I'll have to do my inches again, because I know I've lost there as there was a pair of pants that I couldn't button a month ago and now they fit fabulous.

I can say that I am really ready to enjoy a good sald with mixed veggies with a little oil/vinegar dressing. This round has been the hardest mentally for me, but I did not waiver and cheat. I stayed strong and stuck it out. I had a few days in there where I was ready to just quit, but I knew I couldn't live with myself knowing that I quit something. That's just not in my nature.

I finished reading Jillian Michael's Making the Cut book and it makes a lot of sense as does her Mastering your Metabolish. I'm going to be making some major changes in my lifestyle in regards to eating more organic and taking a good multi-vitamin and others to balance out my hormones that run my metabolism.

Well til tomorrow. Keep strong and keep smiling. Life is good.

(-.4 lbs.)

Well this weekend wasn't much to shout about, but I'm still down so that's a plus. I have 7 more shots and three days after of VLCD, so I'm hoping to drop at least another 3-4 pounds, we'll see, my body is just holding on to that last little bit. And I'm getting a little frustrated with it. I'm going to really down the water today and see if I can't get things moving again. I'm losing inches, because new pants from the back of my closet are now fitting when they didn't a month ago, so that's a good thing, so the numbers on the scale shouldn't be my focus, although that is very hard to do.

Well, hope everyone had a good weekend, and the week goes well for them. Stay strong and keep your head up no matter what as the end results are the most favorable.

Keep smiling.