VLCD Day #4

Current Weight: 164.4 lbs. (-0.0)

Dose: 150 i.u.

Breakfast: Yerba Mate & Rooibos Tea

Lunch: none

Snack: none

Dinner: Double ground beef with onions

Snack: Apple

Today I woke up with a slight gain early on in the day.  When I weighed a little later, it was down around yesterday's weight so that is what I'm recording because I can't get discouraged by a gain in the first week!  I know it is because I am retaining water from my sunburn but still, psychologically it is killing me!  I didn't really plan on doing a mini steak day today it just sort of happened that way.  We have to be to church by 1:00 pm so I didn't really have time to cook a whole lunch.  I was alright with it though, I wasn't that hungry at church.  When I got home though, I cooked my lean ground beef really fast because I was pretty hungry by that point.  It was about 4:45 when I finally sat down to eat.  I'll be happy in P3 when I can have an egg with the lean ground beef because that was my favorite go to breakfast last round.

I am trying really hard not to get discouraged about the scale this morning.  I keep thinking that I can do this diet but my brain keeps psyching me out!  I can't believe I am in week 1 of VLCD and I am already looking at P3 foods!  I think it's because I had the realization the other day that I have to give up junk food and that is really difficult for me.  I think all the comfort foods and stress eating is what gets me to this point so I am not surprised that I am having a hard time saying goodbye.  I just keep thinking back to how happy I was after the last round and how many compliments I got and how much energy I had.  Hopefully I can keep that in the back of my mind when those junk food thoughts creep in to my mind.

I keep hoping and praying that I'll go to sleep and wake up to a tan in place of this sunburn.  My left shoulder is really sore! I hope that it is mostly gone tomorrow.  The burning sensation is out of most of my body except my shoulders so I am hoping that by tomorrow, it will mostly be gone.  I learned my lesson about sunscreen, that's for sure!!

VLCD Day #3

Current Weight: 164.4 (-1.7)

Dose: 150 iu (SQ)

Breakfast: None

Lunch: Ground Beef (97% Lean) & Onions 

Snack: Apple

Dinner: Chicken & Romain Lettuce (Little mustard)

Snack: 1/2 Grapefruit w/ Truvia

Another good day! I got really sunburned yesterday so I was really worried the scale wouldn't show a loss.  I was pleasantly surprised! I am hoping that I'll continue to see losses for the rest of the week.  My goal is to get into the 150s by the end of 7 days vlcd.  I don't know if it's possible but I guess we'll find out soon! 

As far as hunger goes, it is pretty non-existent.  I am really loving my dose and brand of HCG.  It is working very well for me.  I continue to be surprised that I am eating so little and feeling so great with hunger only just before meal times.  It makes me think that I can actually do this the full 40 days!

We went swimming with the kids today again. (I know, I'm crazy!)  I made sure to put sunscreen on this time and we went later in the day so the sun wasn't as brutal.  We had so much fun and I was swimming and playing with the kids and it felt so good.  I haven't felt tired today and have had extra energy to get things done.   I hope this feeling continues tomorrow! 

VLCD Day #2

Current Weight: 166.1 (-1.8)

Dose: 150 iu (SQ)

Breakfast: None

Lunch: Shrimp and Cabbage curry

Snack: Grapefruit

Dinner: Scallops and Tomatoes with ACV and S&P

Snack: Apple

I cannot believe how I am not hungry.  It is blowing my mind that I am only eating around 450 calories (I cannot seem to get the other calories in without the milk and melba).  I was very tired today but I think that is because I had a big day.  We went to the pool for a couple hours.  It was fun BUT I got sunburned! Really bad actually!  I am sure it is going to affect the scale tomorrow and that makes me sad.  I have considered not weighing in tomorrow but I know that I couldn't go the whole day without weighing in.  If my sunburn is feeling better by the morning, I might do a detox bath in the morning before weigh in so that I can relieve my body of some of the water weight.  If not tomorrow morning, I will probably do a detox bath tomorrow night.

I was excited but also a little disappointed with the weigh in this morning.  Only because my last VLCD 2 was TWICE the weight.  I didn't know what was happening until I realized that TOM is in town so maybe that is why I am retaining water?  

Well, I am exhausted and ready to go to bed!  Keep your fingers crossed that my weigh-in tomorrow won't be too terrible!

VLCD Day #1

Current Weight: 167.9 (-0.5)

Dose: 150 iu (SQ)

Breakfast: Rooibos Chai Tea w/ Stevia drops

Lunch: Baked Flounder & Steamed Spinach with ACV and S&P

Snack: Apple

Dinner: Chili

Snack: ~7 Strawberries w/ Truvia

Today went very well.  My hunger was very manageable.  I am fighting the psychological hunger though.  It always feels as though I know I am full but I don't feel satiated without bread or sweets.  I made some neighbors dinner, a frozen lasagna, and it smelled very good.  I accidentally (habit) licked my fingers then spit out the taste!  Those little habits are hard to break!

Overall, it was a very successful day!  Looking forward to tomorrow's weigh in!

After 2 babies and almost 4 years, I'm back!!

Here I am again!  The last few years have been very eventful for our family and now I am back and ready to get rid of this baby weight once and for all.  Since my last round, I have had 2, count 'em, 2 babies!! And no, they are not twins, I just got a little surprise when my daughter was only about 7 months old.  My two littlest are only 16 months apart and I will say that having babies so close together without losing weight in between makes for a long journey for me this time around.  I really didn't want to do more than one round but I am going to do one long round and one shorter, stabilizing round once I hit my goal weight.

I will be posting every day like I did in my first 2 rounds.  I will post in the evenings with my morning weight, dose amount, and daily menu.  If you are on VLCD, beware because I will be posting my Load Day meals so I have it for those that are interested.  Tracking my progress through this method has been incredibly helpful to me.  It helps me stay accountable and helps me reflect on my day.  I encourage you all to keep some sort of journal as it has been invaluable to me!

Well, here goes nothing! I am not looking forward to loading like I did in previous rounds.  I hate seeing that scale go in the wrong direction, even if it is only temporary.

I'll be back around tomorrow!

-Katie

Phase 3 - Week #1 (R2)

P3 Week 1 Weigh Ins:

Day 1: 122.40

Day 2: 125.00

Day 3: 125.00

Day 4: 125.80 (cheated - DH b-day)

Day 5: 129.60 (steak day)

Day 6: 126.40 (detox bath)

Day 7: 124.00

I am going to try and keep better track of my menus from here on out but here is the last few days from this week:

P3 Week 2 Menus:

Day 5:

Breakfast and Lunch: Water

Dinner: 1.05 lb. ribeye steak

Day 6:

Breakfast: 2 eggs, protein shake

Lunch: Barbecue Pork loin and steamed spinach with butter and ACV

Snack: protein shake

Dinner: 2 eggs, 5 oz. ground beef with onions

Dessert: Mug cake with sugar free chocolate chips melted on top, sugar free ice cream

Snack: Diet Dr. Pepper

Day 7:

Breakfast: 2 eggs, protein shake

Snack: 1/3 apple

Snack: Diet Dr. Pepper

Lunch: Chicken Mango Salad with Ranch from Costa Vida (no rice/beans/tortilla)

Dinner: Protein Shake (huge) with Fage and fruit, Cinnamon Flax Bread with butter

Snack: Diet Dr. Pepper (BAD habit is forming!)

Overall, I am doing well. This week was kind of an off week because I had a big event on Saturday then I had Adam's (DH) b-day on Monday and DS's b-day on Wednesday. I was BAD on DH's b-day and ate lots of carbs, which DEFINITELY showed on my weight. Luckily, steak days work wonders for me and I don't really mind them. HOWEVER... I am going to try and avoid them from here on out because the whole point of this round is to stabilize at or below LIW. Currently, I am 1 lb. below my LIW and I am PRAYING I stay within range for tomorrow's weigh in. I am a little nervous about the salad today but I felt I did really well considering the tortilla, rice and beans were on the bottom of my salad and I didn't eat them. I just have to remember P3 won't last forever.

One thing though, I feel I might be a little less sensitive this round. I chewed SF gum all through P2 and I'm hoping that is helping with any sensitivities to sugar alcohols that I may have had last round. That means that I can enjoy my SF gum and diet soda once in a while. Not to mention desserts with sweeteners! :) That Cinnamon Flax Bread is the best. I am planning on trying some flax pancakes with SF (vermont brand) syrup tomorrow but I am also running 4.5 miles so I might see some scale fluctuation in the next couple days.

Well, sorry to post this novel after being MIA for the past couple weeks! Hope you all have a great night and a good weigh in tomorrow!

R2 Results - Pounds

Starting Weight (Load Day 1): 131.80

Load Day 2: 135.00 (+3.2)

VLCD 1: 134.80 (-0.2)

VLCD 2: 131.80 (-3.0)

VLCD 3: 130.00 (-1.8)

VLCD 4: 127.80 (-2.2)

VLCD 5: 127.80 (-0.0)

VLCD 6: 127.60 (-0.2)

VLCD 7: 126.40 (-1.2)

VLCD 8: 128.20 (+1.8)

VLCD 9: 133.20 (+5.0)

VLCD 10: 129.00 (-4.2)

VLCD 11: 127.00 (-2.0)

VLCD 12: 126.80 (-0.2)

VLCD 13: 124.60 (-2.2)

VLCD 14: 125.20 (+0.6)

VLCD 15: 124.40 (-0.8)

VLCD 16: 124.40 (-0.0)

VLCD 17: 127.80 (+3.4)

VLCD 18: 126.60 (-1.2)

LIW: 125.00 (-1.6)

No HCG 1: 125.00 (-0.0)

No HCG 2: 124.4 (-0.6)

P3 Day 1: 122.4 (-2.0)

Total R2 Losses from Day 1 to LIW: 6.8 lbs. (great for only 2.5 weeks VLCD with weekly cheats!)