Down another 1/2 pound today...or really a pound from my initial post yesterday! Tomorrow (hopefully!!!) I will dip down into new numbers! That will mean that I've dropped over 10 pounds. This is fun!
I just had lunch and it was grilled chicken strips and 10 grape tomatoes. I used Everyday Seasonings from Trader Joes and some sea salt. Have I mentioned how much I love sea salt? That stuff is GOOD!
It's day 14 and I have 10 days left. Not sure if 5 more pounds is doable in that time period but it sounds like a great goal to me. Today I just put on the maid of honor dress that I wore in my best friend's wedding...in 1996! Yes! Again, the damage done by my twins is evident to me but it's funny how clothes tend to hide all of that.
I can't believe it's been 2 weeks now! I have 7 more days on the drops and then 3 without. Day 25 I will venture into an unknown world...that of 1200-1500 calories and EVERYTHING except sugar and starch. Okay so I know that rules MANY things out but I can do it after the past 2 weeks!!! I can do anything.
Update: So I might have had a few bites of organic mac and cheese today. It just looked so yummy and oh, how I've missed cheese and pasta. It was SOOO good and even if I don't lose tomorrow it will have been worth it. Yum, it tasted good.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
You Take the Good, You Take the Bad
You take it all and there you have...the Facts of Life, the facts of life...
Okay, now that song will be in my brain all day. Where did that come from anyway? My friend ran into "Blair" at a local Starbucks a few months ago. She was in town for the Women of Faith conference. What a star siting.
So, why am I humming the Facts of Life tune? Hmm...well, the scale went up today. Yes, up.
Bitter is all I have to say about that. I'm trying to live by the first lines of my inspired 80's sitcom by taking the bad with the good. Seriously. I'm down 9 pounds. I should be over the moon. (Sticking with absurd phrases, just for fun). Really. That should be a happy thing.
I'm looking over yesterday and trying to figure out what would have brought me up. I promise, I didn't cheat. I wanted to. My mom brought Oreos AND those awesome store bought icing cookies. I wanted an oreo more than I wanted my left arm but I resisted. It really wasn't that hard to walk away.
I have a few theories on my 1/2 pound gain. First, I have the crappiest scale on the planet. It could be lying to me. Second, I forgot my HCG drops at 2PM yesterday. I was knee deep in First Grade VBS. Third, it could be my cheat from 3 days ago catching up with me. I really have no idea. I'm not concerned and so far I'm not really phased by the "gain". It appears to be a 1/2 pound on my scale but in reality it could be .02ish.
Time to roll with the punches and pop this circus tent.
UPDATE: Weighed myself again at 9:30am EST and I was down a 1/2 pound. That would put me at yesterday morning's weight. That means no gain or loss. Weird. My scale stinks.
Okay, now that song will be in my brain all day. Where did that come from anyway? My friend ran into "Blair" at a local Starbucks a few months ago. She was in town for the Women of Faith conference. What a star siting.
So, why am I humming the Facts of Life tune? Hmm...well, the scale went up today. Yes, up.
Bitter is all I have to say about that. I'm trying to live by the first lines of my inspired 80's sitcom by taking the bad with the good. Seriously. I'm down 9 pounds. I should be over the moon. (Sticking with absurd phrases, just for fun). Really. That should be a happy thing.
I'm looking over yesterday and trying to figure out what would have brought me up. I promise, I didn't cheat. I wanted to. My mom brought Oreos AND those awesome store bought icing cookies. I wanted an oreo more than I wanted my left arm but I resisted. It really wasn't that hard to walk away.
I have a few theories on my 1/2 pound gain. First, I have the crappiest scale on the planet. It could be lying to me. Second, I forgot my HCG drops at 2PM yesterday. I was knee deep in First Grade VBS. Third, it could be my cheat from 3 days ago catching up with me. I really have no idea. I'm not concerned and so far I'm not really phased by the "gain". It appears to be a 1/2 pound on my scale but in reality it could be .02ish.
Time to roll with the punches and pop this circus tent.
UPDATE: Weighed myself again at 9:30am EST and I was down a 1/2 pound. That would put me at yesterday morning's weight. That means no gain or loss. Weird. My scale stinks.
Monday, June 28, 2010
It's Good News My Friends!
I'm down another 1/2 pound under yesterday's total! That's 9.5 pounds GONE!!! Weird. 11 days and 9.5 pounds. I'm happy to report that I'm now down 1.5 from my pre Little Dude weight and only up 1.5 from my pre twins weight! Yep, 3 more days (hopefully!) and I'll be at my pre baby weight. I'm hoping to go down 4-5 pounds beyond that so I'd be at a total loss of 16 pounds in 24 days. We'll see what my body does over the next 12 days. Apparently the closer you get to the goal, the harder it is to shed the pounds so I really have no idea what to expect but 6 pounds in 12 days seems fairly realistic considering my adventure thus far. I'd really like to have a few pounds cushion as it might be easy to gain a few coming off of this. Also, I have the option to stay on this for as many as 40 days. I can't BEGIN to imagine that amount of time on this but it's allowed. I guess I could push it a few extra days if need be. Oh, that's asking a lot.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
So far So good!
We visited my high school friend's church. He did an AMAZING job preaching and I so wish we could be there every week. It's just a little too far away to make our home church but I was mega impressed.
Anyway, the best part was it was Kid Jam Sunday (or something of the sorts) and they had a bouncy house, face painting, cotton candy, snow cones and HUGE bubbles. My kids had a blast and afterward they offered Chipotle to the adults! Whoohoo! I was pumped because I cracked open my tortilla (oh, it looked good!) and dug out the chicken, lettuce and tomato. It was super yummy and I wasn't tempted to eat the other awesome stuff in it. I did freeze the rest and will (maybe) be able to enjoy it in a few weeks. We'll see how it survives the freeze! Still down in my weight and living up to protocol. Take that temptation!
Anyway, the best part was it was Kid Jam Sunday (or something of the sorts) and they had a bouncy house, face painting, cotton candy, snow cones and HUGE bubbles. My kids had a blast and afterward they offered Chipotle to the adults! Whoohoo! I was pumped because I cracked open my tortilla (oh, it looked good!) and dug out the chicken, lettuce and tomato. It was super yummy and I wasn't tempted to eat the other awesome stuff in it. I did freeze the rest and will (maybe) be able to enjoy it in a few weeks. We'll see how it survives the freeze! Still down in my weight and living up to protocol. Take that temptation!
Wonders Never Cease (Day 11)
So I weighed myself this morning and wonder of wonders, 1/2 pound gone anyway! What? I can't believe it. Now that I've cracked I have a new resolve to get back up and run again. Well, not literally run. I don't have the energy for that. In fact they don't encourage any exercise during this phase other than maybe a 30 minute walk if you're up for it. Without carbs and sugars the energy levels are low and I'd hate to waste the little I have.
Today it's water and coffee for me this morning. We're visiting a friend's church that is having a kids' morning with sugar and donuts followed by Chipotle! This is my kind of church! I might allow myself a little bit (3.5 ounces) of Chipotle chicken but that's it. No rice, beans or tortilla! We're finishing out this 21 day thing flying high and doing it right. Hopefully I don't crack again but you know what, I really enjoyed those english muffins and cookies!
Today it's water and coffee for me this morning. We're visiting a friend's church that is having a kids' morning with sugar and donuts followed by Chipotle! This is my kind of church! I might allow myself a little bit (3.5 ounces) of Chipotle chicken but that's it. No rice, beans or tortilla! We're finishing out this 21 day thing flying high and doing it right. Hopefully I don't crack again but you know what, I really enjoyed those english muffins and cookies!
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Cheaters Never Prosper
This morning I was quite optimistic about this whole HCG protocol thing after reaching a weight I hadn't seen since before Little Dude. Well, the day got harder. And harder. I cheated. I really couldn't help it.
I made the kids pumpkin pancakes for dinner. Not a temptation for me. I don't like pancakes and I really don't like pumpkin pancakes. When they had each eaten their allotted pancakes they asked for chocolate chip pancakes. Yep. That did me in. First a bite, then another. Somehow the pancake disappeared before my eyes. It was sooo good I don't even have words.
And then I decided that if I'm going to cheat I'm gonna do it right. I then ate 2 english muffins (with lots of butter) and 2 chips ahoy cookies.
I'm not sure what went wrong today because previous to this I was only tempted one other time and I was able to get past it. Not tonight. Night 10 and whoosh. This is hard.
I plan to get back up on the horse tomorrow and do it all again. Looking forward to Day 11.
I made the kids pumpkin pancakes for dinner. Not a temptation for me. I don't like pancakes and I really don't like pumpkin pancakes. When they had each eaten their allotted pancakes they asked for chocolate chip pancakes. Yep. That did me in. First a bite, then another. Somehow the pancake disappeared before my eyes. It was sooo good I don't even have words.
And then I decided that if I'm going to cheat I'm gonna do it right. I then ate 2 english muffins (with lots of butter) and 2 chips ahoy cookies.
I'm not sure what went wrong today because previous to this I was only tempted one other time and I was able to get past it. Not tonight. Night 10 and whoosh. This is hard.
I plan to get back up on the horse tomorrow and do it all again. Looking forward to Day 11.
It's Day 10!
I am loving my scale lately. Haven't been able to say that in a while. My numbers went down a whole pound last night! I'm down 8.5 in 9 full days! This is Fun!
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