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Thursday, February 28, 2008

Day 41 of VLCD Done! Last day of R1P2

LIW 2/26/08 161.7
Yesterday: 161.1
Today: 160.7
1.0 BELOW LIW

It sure did take me a while to take off that weekend weight I gained. I guess it Wasn't water weight. Whatever... I had a great time. I'm a little concerned that nothings moving south of the border though.... not since about 8-9 days ago. I've had chocolate smooth move tea 2 nights in a row, but it didn't work. I didn't drink any last night, but if something doesn't happen today, I'm just gonna take some Milk of Magnesia. I just feel heavy right now.

Here's what I ate yesterday
B: small slice of sweet potato pie
L: catfish creole, strawberries, 2 melba rounds
D: steak and caramelized onions
Lots of tea and 2+ liter of water

DH left a slice of pie on a plate on a counter when he left for work. It was just too much for me to take. Oh well.... I've settled for staying in the 160s for now. I was going to start P2 again on Apr 5th, but I just realized I'm going to Philadelphia to see Steve Harvey on Apr 19th, so I'm going to start P2 on Apr 21st when we get back, because we'll be eating out all weekend.

I took my final measurements and pictures for this round. I really don't see a difference in these photos, but I certainly feel a difference when I put on my clothes. Maybe it's because I always suck in my stomach when I look in the mirror and when I'm out. I must have strong abs, cus I hold m stomach in ALL the time, but I decided not to do that in my pictures. I wonder if anyone else has that "belly issue". Anyway, here are my pics & measurements:

Day 1Day 13Day 41CHANGE
NECK1514141.00
BUST4139.5383.00
UNDER BUST3635.534.51.50
WAIST3634.5324.00
HIGH HIP40.539382.50
LOW HIP4040382.00
UPPER THIGH25.2525.2524.251.00
LOWER THIGH22.2520193.25
KNEE15.51514.51.00
CALF1615.5151.00
UPPER ARM1413.5122.00
LOWER ARM1211.2511.250.75
INCHES LOST23.00


Images are clickable


Well, that's it. I'm hoping that working out over the next 7 weeks will help me tighten up a bit. I took some pics in a pair of jeans as well, but I haven't loaded them on the the computer yet. I'll get those up tomorrow.

I really want to say thank you to everyone that checks on my blog. Thanks for keeping me honest and offering so much encouragement and support. I couldn't have gotten through this round without that. I love all of you dearly. Now let's get this quite blogging town movin! I'm going to keep up with mine as much as possible through P3, and at least put up my stats as well as Nakia's if that's ok.

In response to yesterday's commentors:

Mary - I've never frozen uncooked sweet potatoes. I wouldn't think they would do well while still fresh. Let me know how they come out of the freezer. Sweet potato pie is my absolute favorite! I thought I could eat sweet potatoes in P3, but quickly realized that I can't so I made DH some pie's instead. He's using them for his load this week.

Ed & Jenn - LOL...You are too funny. Yup... that freezer is totally stocked for my next load :) I'm gonna have fun raiding it. For now, I just need to get through this last VLCD day. This is the longest 72 hours EVER!

Becca - The table that they normally put food on is right behind MY chair! I can actually smell it all day. It really makes you strong though. If I can resist that all day, I can resist anything. At least, that's what I tell myself. The real test will be P3 when I'm allowed more calories.
I know the sweet potato pie keeps really well in the freezer cus I freeze those all the time as well as the peanut butter pie, but I'm not sure about the cakes and breads. I'll let you know. Cake usually does ok in the freezer, so it should be fine.

Sunday, January 27, 2008

Day 13 of VLCD Done!

Starting weight: 186.2
Yesterday: 174
Today: 173.2
0.8 lb. Released Overnight
13 lb. Released Since Start of VLCD 1/14/2008
1.0 Avg Daily loss
6.98% body fat lost to date

Losses 2 days in a row. Love it, love it, love it.

Yesterday's menu was:
B: Yerba Mate tea with stevia
L: steamed shrimp with old bay & boiled cabbage seasoned with garlic and spices
D: baked flounder with essence & an apple

I had a pretty boring day yesterday, but it was restful. I got to clean my house a bit, and I'm really settling into my VLCD. I have committed the allowed foods to memory and I have a few meals that I enjoy that are easy to prepare. I've got a nice little comfort with it now. That's a good thing because today will be my first social test. It's one of my friend's birthday today & we always go to a brunch at a hotel in the area. I may go off the diet a bit for the first time. I've pretty much decided to get an egg white omlet made with onions and peppers. I know they're going to make the omelet with butter, but I'll tell them to go easy on it. I'll drink coffee and water. Hopefully they'll have an apple or orange that I can grab with that & I won't eat any other meat today. That's the plan, hopefully I can stick to it.

I've decided that every other sunday will be picture and measurment day so here they are.


Day 1Day 13CHANGE
NECK15141
BUST4139.51.5
UNDER BUST3635.50.5
WAIST3634.51.5
HIGH HIP40.5391.5
LOW HIP40400
UPPER THIGH25.2525.250
LOWER THIGH22.2520

2.25

KNEE15.5150.5
CALF1615.50.5
UPPER ARM1413.50.5
LOWER ARM1211.250.75
INCHES LOST10.5



I'm out of time for now. I will update this post with pictures later on today. I need to get ready for my brunch.
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Ok, I'm back from my brunch. I'll give an update on that tomorrow, but for now, here are my progress pictures:





Oh yeah... I did a hot oil treatment on my hair with baby oil yesterday. It worked great! It helped my hair to hold in moisture and it was much less brittle this morning. I also used the brilliantine today. I love it... it's just what I need for daily use & it smells nice too.

In response to yesterday's comments:

Biz - I know I'm all over the place & I know I need to just let the protocol do what it does, but it's hard to not speculate about what I might be doing wrong. I am going to lower my dosage though.

Jennifer - You are so right. It is loaded with salt & it's got MSG too. Thanks for calling me on that because I didn't check before, but just for you I went and found a recipe for homeade old bay online today. I'm going to try it and if it's good, I'll post it later. I need to get a few more spices first though.

maryg911 - wow... another eye twitcher? That's why I try to post all of my experiences. It feels good to have company in little things like that.

ewewho - I will definately be getting frozen shrimp from sams or bj's. They're probably less expensive that way. Thank YOU for the info.