Monica's R4P2 Day 42 - Nakia's R3P4 Day 4

Monica - R4P2 Day 40 R4 Starting weight: 170.6 Yesterday: 150.5 Today: 151.7 +1.2 R4 Total -18.9 11.1%	Nakia - R3P4Day 2 Yesterday: 218.2 Today: 218.4 +.2 7.5 Below LIW Fitday menu
Monica - R4P2 Day 41 R4 Starting weight: 170.6 Yesterday: 151.7 Today: 151.9 +.2 R4 Total -18.7 11%	Nakia - R3P4 Day 3 Yesterday: 218.4 Today: 221.3 +2.9 4.6 Below LIW Fitday menu
Monica - R4P2 Day 42 R4 Starting weight: 170.6 Yesterday: 151.9 Today: 151.0 -.9 R4 Total -19.6 11.5%	Nakia - R3P4 Day 4 Yesterday: 221.3 Today: 219.9 -1.4 6 Below LIW Fitday menu

Yesterday's menu (Monica)
B: coffee with half & half, 1/2 allowed strawberries
L: steamed orange roughy, string beans & 1 melba toast
D: orange roughy creole & 1 melba toast with TJs strawberry spread
Lots of tea with truvia & water

I didn't get around to posting over the weekend, but I really meant to post yesterday, however the internet was down most of the day at work so I couldn't do it on my lunch like I normally do.

I'll bet you were thinking that I'd be under 150 by now right... so did I. My weekend of eating went horrible bad on Saturday night & I am kicking myself for it. I was done eating for the day on Saturday and we had friends over to watch movies and play cards, so of course I had to serve them something to snack on. At first I was determined not to eat anything. I was just going to have 2 glasses of white wine which would have been fine except I haven't had any wine on this round at all and it went to my head pretty quickly. I think that's what started the nibbling. Well... several nibbles later (tortillas, nuts & strawberries) I had completely ruined my losses for the weekend & gained 1.4 total over the next 2 days. CRAP!!! I was supposed to be getting under 150 this week! What the hell was I thinking?!! I am sooo angry at myself this morning & coming to the realization that my LIW in 2 days may not be under 150. ***sigh***

So... on to my new resolve. I will ROCK this P3 and stay 2 lbs below my LIW... I've never done that before, but if I do it this time I'll be in the 140s. Oh how those little digital numbers screw with me!

Nakia's P4 is starting out really well. He started out with a sweet potato the other day. He gained a bit the next day, but I think that was just because he went over his calories. He had another one yesterday and he had a loss today so I think he's handling the carbs very well.

In regards to my friend at work that's on P2... she took her last sublingual dosage last night and I think she has lost another 10 - 12 lbs this round which is awesome! I think she's done. She might do another round to lose a couple more lbs but she's really happy with where she is right now and I think she's content with this weight to get her through the summer. She looks great & I'm so glad that I was able to help her. So at least I can feel good about that this morning.

Biz - Thanks for that :) Those losses were awsome & even though I blew the weekend, I can still claim those :)

Mo2Lose - Magic Juice is my hcg of course! Couldn't lose this quickly without it! I'm going to end up wasting about half my batch, but I have a lot of it so it's cool.

Mary - Thanks girl! I felt great on friday... maybe a little too confident or maybe getting sick of P2???

Gina - I am still close huh & the day I had the best loss, I did have nuts...
We're still working in the starchy veggies. I think he's doing ok. He gained a bit the first day, but not much and he had another sweet potato yesterday and had a loss so that's a really good sign.... And you can hijack anytime ;-)

CB - HEY! So nice to see you again! Thanks for stopping by. Oh yes... I LOVE love love the raw diet. I'm not sure I've mastered it on P2 yet, but the food is fantastic and I will certainly be using it in P3.

Monica's R4P2 Day 39 - Nakia's R3P4 Day 1

Monica - R4P2 Day 38 R4 Starting weight: 170.6 Yesterday: 151.3 Today: 151.6 +.3 R4 Total -19 11.1%	Monica - R4P2 Day 39 R4 Starting weight: 170.6 Yesterday: 151.6 Today: 150.5 -1.1 R4 Total -20.1 11.8%
Nakia - R3P3 Day 21 Yesterday: 218 Today: 218.6 -.6 7.3 Below LIW	Nakia - R3P4 Day 1 Yesterday: 218.6 Today: 218.2 -.4 7.7 Below LIW

Yesterday's menu (Monica)
B: cashews & walnuts
L: romaine salad with mustard balsamic viniagrette
D: romaine salad with mustard balsamic viniagrette
S: strawberry banana smoothie, glass of firefly sweetea vodka with lemon jc, lime jc & truvia... mmm
Lots of tea with truvia & water

Yesterday's menu (Nakia)
Fitday menu
water & 4C Totally Lite 2 Go

I never got around to posting yesterday. Busy busy day at work, then went shopping last night & was pooped out.

Well, Nakia had a stellar P3 as usual. He seems to be maintaining at 7-8 lbs below his LIW which I would just like to SLAP him for... LOL. He's ready to move on to P4 but he's a little nervous because he still can't workout. his chest still hurts a bit & we found out that he must have strained a muscle in his chest a few weeks ago. Thank god it had nothing to do with his heart. So, either today or tomorrow he'll have a baked sweet potato to start with or maybe some corn or popcorn. I'm starting him out with high carb veggies instead of breads or pasta. I have mastered P3, but I've never done P4 very well so this time I have a plan and I'm using Nakia as my guinea pig ;-)

I am still having great losses and I'm so happy about that. I decided to do another raw day yesterday. Today is day 40 of my round and I've decided to add a few days to see if I can get into the 140s... plus I want to ride out these huge losses I'm having. I will have to mix another batch and I may waste some of the "magic juice" cus I'm only adding 4 or 5 days, but I think it's worth it to get into the 140s before I'm done. I have some 1500 iu vials so I'm able to mix small batches which gives me a little more flexibility.

This is for you Amie & everyone that stopped by to party with me the other day!


Amie - LOL... I just had to go find that :) I'm LOVIN this week! I just want to stretch this out for as long as I can stand it!

Mary - Thanks for coming by to party with me!

Blondie - Hey! Thanks for popping in! I'm looking forward to following your progress & once again... WELCOME to the HCG blogging community!

Biz - Yeah... me too. Thank you for blazing the trail as usual :) Kia is not all that interested in eating much raw... he's a hot food kind of guy, but you know what he eats most in his first week of P3? Cobb salad! He would eat 2 or 3 of those a day and cooked chicken. That salad is all raw & you see how he loses after P2. Something to think about eh?

Monica's R4P2 Day 37 {{30+ lbs lost!!!}} - Nakia's R3P3 Day 20

Monica - R4P2 Day 37
R4 Starting weight: 170.6
Yesterday: 152.4
Today: 151.3 -1.1
R4 Total -19.3 11.3%

Nakia - R3P3 Day 20
LIW 3/17/2009: 225.9 8.7%
Yesterday: 219.9
Today: 218 -1.9
7.9 Below LIW

Yesterday's menu (Monica)
B: coffee with half & half
S: warm TJs chunky applesauce
L: steamed tilapia with string beans
D: steamed tilapia with spinach & strawberry salad w/ strawberry vinaigrette dressing.
S: steamed spinach, melba toast with TJs strawberry spread, 2 chocolate almond meringues
Lots of tea with truvia & water

Yesterday's menu (Nakia)
Fitday menu
water & 4C Totally Lite 2 Go

Wow... I reached my other milestone already! 30 lbs total! PAAARTAAAY!!!!

I'm pretty sure eating raw last week jump started my metabolism because I have NEVER had 1+ lb days on the end of my round before. Right about now I'm usually scrambling for every .2 I can get. This is pretty cool :) That's more than 3 lbs in the last 3 days. I'm beginning to wonder if I really want to add a few more days to my round or not. Saturday was going to be my last day, but I had decided to extend it a few days to get below 150. If I get below 150 by Saturday I may just make that my last day so I don't have to mix another batch of hcg. I guess I'll just decide that morning. Right now I'm just so happy to see this number! I don't think I've seen it since my senior year of high school! Do I dare to get back to my freshman year weight of 140? Ok... I might be talkin' crazy now. LOL.

Month of Zen - Thanks for commenting :) I do I do love it! All of the clothes in the small part of the closet either fit perfectly or are too big. It's nice to find "new" old clothes in your own closet.

Biz - Feelin good... can you tell? :) I think there's something to my raw week don't you?

Dawn - This is unheard of for me this late in a round of P2. I'm just enjoying the ride. I'm still getting pretty anxious to get to P3 though.

Monica's R4P2 Day 36 - Nakia's R3P3 Day 19

Monica - R4P2 Day 36
R4 Starting weight: 170.6
Yesterday: 153.6
Today: 152.4 -1.2
R4 Total -18.2 10.7%

Nakia - R3P3 Day 19
LIW 3/17/2009: 225.9 8.7%
Yesterday: 219.9
Today: 220.1 +.2
5.8 Below LIW

Yesterday's menu (Monica)
B: coffee with half & half
S: 1/2 allowed strawberries
L: chicken with mustard dressing & string beans with Mrs. Dash
S: 1/2 allowed strawberries
D: tilapia breaded with half & half and italian seasoned melba toast crumbs with hot sauce & an apple
S: 2 chocolate almond meringue
Lots of tea with truvia & water

Yesterday's menu (Nakia)
Fitday menu
water & 4C Totally Lite 2 Go

Wow! That's cool... 2 lbs in 2 days :)

I'm going to have to go shopping pretty soon. All my belts are on the last hole or just too big and none of my dress pants fit without a belt... hmmm, an excuse to go shopping! Oh the horror! ROFL. I can't believe that I'm this close to my goal. I would just continue on P2 until I get there, but I have a running session starting at my gym that I don't want to miss out on. I know I won't have enough energy to do it if I'm on a P2 diet. I think the running will work off any extra weight I might have. I know it may not be abnormal fat that I lose and Dr S. most likely wouldn't approve, but I'm cool with it & I've got HCG left so I can do a "redistribution" round in the future if need be.... probably after the summer.

Nakia has been doing ok, but having small gains for the past few days. If he gets above 222 I'm going to have him do a correction day. I know he's nowhere near his LIW, but I think he's an exception to the rule because he losses so much after his last injection without really trying.

My kitty, Cocoa seems to be doing better today. (Funny I pick the name "Cocoa" with TOM around... Coincidence? I think not!) I woke to find that the newly placed litter box was greatly appreciated. She was also much more playful and seems to be adjusting very nicely to our home and our rules... ie "cat's aren't allowed on the sofa". My older cat, BooBoo is still being a pill but that's to be expected for a few more weeks.

Biz - LOL, I've certainly heard that before. Cat's sure do have their tudes, but I was blessed with a very lovable and affectionate cat. Hopefully we can groom the little one to be just as agreeable.
Thanks for the congrats...You know where I came from. I used to have a huge problem with deviating, basically on a daily basis... what happened to that girl?

Amie - Thanks a bunch! Oh good! I miss my Amie when she's gone :) Now get that cheese outta my face! ROFL!!

Mary - Woot is right! I'm on a roll this week!

Gina - Congratulations to you too! Next goal is 30 lbs lost total... maybe tomorrow!

Monica's R4P2 Day 35 - Nakia's R3P3 Day 18

Monica - R4P2 Day 35
R4 Starting weight: 170.6
Yesterday: 154.4
Today: 153.6 -.8
R4 Total -17 10%

Nakia - R3P3 Day 18
LIW 3/17/2009: 225.9 8.7%
Yesterday: 219.2
Today: 219.9 +.7
6 Below LIW

Yesterday's menu (Monica)
S: 1/2 apple with cinnamon & truvia
L: chicken with mustard dressing & broccoli
S: 1/2 apple with cinnamon & truvia
D: creole catfish with fresh basil, strawberry sorbet
S: 1 chocolate almond meringue
Lots of tea with truvia & water

Yesterday's menu (Nakia)
Fitday menu
water & 4C Totally Lite 2 Go

I almost didn't get to post today... It's been a really busy day for me, plus I've been extra bitch most of the day because of TOM I guess. I was just in a general bad mood for no good reason, but here I am right before bed. We have a new addition to our home... A 6 week old dark calico kitten that we've named Cocoa. She's so cute, but she's having a little difficulty getting the whole litter box thing down. She uses it most of the time, but I think she gets so scared of my other cat that she doesn't want to go find the box. That pissed me off more than it normally would too, but I'm going to put a litter box closer to her comfort zone to see if that helps.

Wow... I lost 10% of my weight this round! That's really REALLY good for me. This has been my best round ever by total weight lost & percentages... here are the numbers
P2R1D35 - 12.9 lbs - 7.09%
P2R2D31 - 11.1 lbs - 6.40% (did a short round)
P2R3D35 - 14.0 lbs - 8.09%
P2R4D35 - 17.0 lbs - 10.0%

I did that with only losing 1 lb this past week! I'm very happy with that. I think I've gotten something right this time around. This round has certainly been much easier than the others. I have a rhythm that's really working for me, meaning when I eat. I've found that eating half my fruit late morning and the other half about 2 hours after lunch really helps my metabolism somehow. I'm hoping to get to 20 lbs lost this round and since I'm adding another 4 or 5 days, I just might make it.

Mary - I think people either love or hate ceviche. I had never thought about it on P2 before trying the raw diet though. It makes a nice addition. As for the eggs, I decided not to do that today because I did have a decent lose, but I actually cook my scrambled eggs in the microwave. They come out nice and fluffy too. I don't like reheating them though. They get rubbery.

Amie - Yup, I'm definitely gonna do another raw day. Maybe saturday when we go out with some friends. That way I can have a salad at dinner without worrying too much. It does give me more flexibility.... and yes TOM is a BIOCH!!!

Dawn - And you know what you need to build muscle right? Protein! Get plenty of that. I'm glad I could help. I've been through that same thing before and it's amazing how your diet can really help you have enough energy and recover quicker. Happy excercising babe!

Biz - You know, for some reason I didn't even make that connection. You're probably right. Maybe being on the raw diet at that particular time gave me an "excuse" to give in. hmmm, something to think about.

Monica's R4P2 Day 34 - Nakia's R3P3 Day 17

Monica - R4P2 Day 34
R4 Starting weight: 170.6
Yesterday: 153.9
Today: 154.4 +.5
R4 Total -16.2 9.5%

Nakia - R3P3 Day 17
LIW 3/17/2009: 225.9 8.7%
Yesterday: 218.4
Today: 219.2 +.8
6.7 Below LIW

Yesterday's menu (Monica)
S: strawberries with truvia
L: shrimp & cod ceviche with salsa & sliced tomatoes
S: spring mix with orange vinaigrette & canned mandarin oranges with splenda
D: shrimp & cod ceviche with salsa, spring mix with orange vinaigrette & canned mandarin oranges with splenda
S: 2 chocolate almond meringues
Lots of tea with truvia & water

Yesterday's menu (Nakia)
Fitday menu
water & 4C Totally Lite 2 Go

TOM is always coming around and wreckin house! I surely did NOT want to see a gain today, but there it is.... and there's also the bloating and cramps that come along with it. Oh well, such is a woman's life. So, as you see, yesterday was another raw day, except for the meringues (oops)... I just figured I might as well use some of that ceviche that I made. Since it mixes cod and shrimp, I thought it was a good idea to eat the rest of my food raw as well. I'm sure I would have had a loss today if TOM hadn't showed up. I'm back to cooked food today though. I like the idea of alternating.

Mary - Depending on tomorrow's results, I might just do another egg day tomorrow. It'll be a little harder trying to do that at work. I would have to scramble my eggs in the microwave or hard boil them, but I guess that's not so bad. Thanks for checkin on me.

Biz - Wasn't it? The consumtion of meat and sugar seems to coincide with the obesity doesn't it. Not surprising one bit. Makes you think though.
Yes, I figured I needed to make a plan this time cus winging it doesn't seem to work for me.

Monica's R4P2 Day 33 - Nakia's R3P3 Day 16

Monica - R4P2 Day 33
R4 Starting weight: 170.6
Yesterday: 155.9
Today: 153.9 -2.0
R4 Total -16.7 9.8%

Nakia - R3P3 Day 16
LIW 3/17/2009: 225.9 8.7%
Yesterday: 215.8
Today: 218.4 +2.6
7.5 Below LIW

Yesterday's menu (Monica):
Modified Egg day
L: 1 egg & 2 egg whites scrambled with minced onions and tabasco
S: 1 egg & 2 egg whites scrambled with Mrs Dash, tabasco & salsa
D: 2 eggs & 2 egg whites scrambled with Mrs Dash, tabasco & salsa
S: 2 chocolate almond meringues
Lots of tea with truvia & water

Yesterday's menu (Nakia)
Fitday menu
water & 4C Totally Lite 2 Go

Ok... now that's what I'm talkin about! Back to the grind people... Today I'm working it out on P2, but I guess I will be kinda eating raw today because I have all this ceviche in my fridge to finish. I love that stuff so I can't wait till lunch :) It'll taste a little different without the avocado, but I'll put some fresh herbs and salsa on it though. Yesterday was a modified egg day so I had mostly egg whites with a few yolks. I couldn't get through all of them though and I ended up with about 420 calories worth of eggs.

Food food food... it's such a big part of our lives while we're on this protocol. I had a discussion with Nakia yesterday about how we are REALLY going to maintain when we get to goal... hmph, I'm saying "when" now instead of "if". We've learned alot while on this journey together & we're both so close to our goals that we really need to start thinking about a plan of maintenance. How are we going to maintain this weight for the rest of our lives? P3 isn't scary anymore but that sure is! Well, this is what we came up with. Neither one of us is willing to give up biscuits & gravy or full fat ice cream for the rest of our lives so we made some rules:

Our lifetime maintenance rules

1. Exercise 5 days a week. (we were doing this already)
2. Portion out snack food before eating them.
   
3. Have beef twice a week at the most, not including our "anything day" (below)
4. Have fish at least twice a week.
5. Have a vegetarian meal at least twice a week.
6. If all of the previous rules have been kept, we get 1 "anything day" where we can eat whatever we want. For example... football Sundays & I just found out that the Giants are gonna be playing thanksgiving day... WOOO HOOO!!!
   
7. If the "anything day" causes a gain, the next day will be a correction day.
   

That's the beginning. We may think of some more "rules" later, but we thought that was a good start.

Biz - Yeah I am... I feel different biz. I have this feeling that my life is about to change in a big way & it must be because I'm so close to my goal. Food, including meat was in abundance at our house, but my mom did make us play outside a lot and participate in a lot of sports, therefore we weren't overweight growing up. I think she was so generous with food for us because her mom had to make food stretch the way you described and she didn't want us to feel deprived like she did growing up.
I just looked at that link. That is fascinating. I was curious to see what an obesity map might look like up against those maps and I found this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:World_map_of_Male_Obesity,_2008.svg

Amie - HEY! Thanks A! I think we should both use this correction day as a fresh start. Treat the rest of this P2 with the same excitement as when we started the round & we'll both be ok.