Monica's R4P2 Day 43 - Nakia's R3P4 Day 5

Monica - R4P2 Day 43
R4 Starting weight: 170.6
Yesterday: 151.0
Today: 150.7 -.3
R4 Total -19.6 11.5%

Nakia - R3P4 Day 5
Yesterday: 219.9
Today: 217.8 -2.1
8.1 Below LIW

Yesterday's menu (Monica)
B: coffee with half & half
S: 1/2 allowed strawberries
L: steamed chicken with boiled cabbage strips
D: orange roughy creole with cilantro
S: warm melba toast and applesauce with cinnamon, cloves & truvia on top
Lots of tea with truvia & water

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

Well... 150.7... not exactly what I was hoping for but still, I'm actually very happy with that number. I thought about it and decided that having my LIW be right around 150 would be good incentive to stay below that threshold. In lieu of that, I'm going to make today my LIW. That way my last VLCD day can be Friday and I can have a nice P3 breakfast before going to workout on Saturday morning. I can also get my hair done on that day without worrying about the oil they put in my hair. Yes... I'm definately ready to move on to P3 & get my excercise on!

This has been a really great round for me. Even with my experimenting towards the end, I have still lost more weight than in any other round. I'm about 20 lbs lighter than I was 2 months ago & all my size 8s are too big, which means I'm probably a 4 or 6 right now. I really need to go clothes shopping. That feels really good to say. I'm not sure if I'm going to do another round or not because I'm very content at this weight and if I can tighten up my muscles from here, I think I'll be just fine. I'm a pretty muscular person already and it's always been easy for me to build muscle tone.

To my commentors: Thanks for all of the encouragement! It means so much to me :)

Mary - I'm trying... I'm really just done though. I've been in that situation before on this round and I was able to resist. My willpower is just about gone so that's a good sign to move on to P3.

Biz - You are so right with that one. The big losses coupled with the loss in willpower... plus the wine... all a recipe for sabotage. Oh well... I got upset about it for a minute. Now it's time to move on & get ready for VEGAS BABY!!

Mo2Lose - I know what you mean! Summer is so close! I'm looking forward to all the summer fruits and veggies from our local farmers markets. I sure have changed. That wouldn't have even entered my thoughts before hcg!

Dawn - I feel the same way. I'm so grateful to everyone that comments on my blog. It keeps me accountable & I really feel a part of a group. The support is invaluable and I really appreciate you and everyone else. Thanks again.

CB - Thank you so very much! You helped me to remember how well I've done on this round. Now... on to have my best P3 ever!

Michelle - Hi.. thanks for stopping by :) Nakia was taking 175 ius... all of his stats are to the right. Dr. S states that everyone only needs 125 ius. Because of KTs book I decided to start Nakia off with 150, but we found that was too low for him because he was complaining of a lot of hunger. After I raised it to 175 ius he was ok, but he still needed a little extra protein & he can handle more calories than normal. He continues to lose weight on a 600 calorie diet so I gave him the option of raising his calories with protein when he felt he needed it. He used it at first, but after a while he didn't need it anymore.