Friday, November 30, 2007

November 30, 2007 - Day 5 of VLCD (Round 3)

R3P2 Starting Weight 193.2
Yesterday - 187.2
Today - 186.2
1.0 lb LOSS Overnight
1.2 UNDER LIW of Round Two
(187.4)
7.0 Lost Since Start of R3 (VLCD) 11/26/07
28.2 Lost Since Start of R2 (VLCD) 09/16/07
64.6 Lost Since Start of R1 (VLCD) 06/26/07

Here is my menu for yesterday.

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WOW! Again, another pound, I am just a fat burning machine this round.

There is a lot to be said, I tell you, from being in the RIGHT mind set with this protocol and the weight you lose. Please notice that I didn't freak about my gain, I am not focusing on the fact that it's only "1.2" under my LIW. I am THRILLED that I have lost 7 lbs so far, no matter what! WOO HOO!!!! I am GROWING UP!!!

The scale is my friend, not my enemy!!! Now I just need to remember that when the scale doesn't co-operate and I want to throw it out the window. You all have my permission to remind me that I said those words! hehe

An update on my son ... he lost 2 lbs on his first day. Keep in mind that he was already 4 lbs UNDER LIW when he started this round, AFTER load, and now he is 6 lbs under LIW. So he is doing just peachy.

What was my menu like yesterday. Coffee with milk in the morning, apple with lunch which was steak, lettuce, cilantro with braggs/vinegar dressing, dinner was shrimp, lettuce, cilantro, apple with braggs/vinegar dressing. Yes, I mixed my apple with my salad and it's definitely something I am doing again.

I seem to be stuck in the "lettuce" mode right now. No problems. Raw is good for you. I just wish I was eating more healthy lettuce.

I had a sort of rough night last night, so I got started posting a little late, so I am just gonna finish today with my commenter's:
Lili - Thanks hon, for the visit and the really nice words! I am so glad your store is doing well!

Mary - yes, you were correct, yesterday was a new day and it was a good one! I owe you a response on your email. Can you IM while your at work?

Amy - I left you the mustard chicken recipe on your blog, hope you saw it. Now if you were singing along with me, does that mean we are "around" the same age, cause that song definitely shows our age!

Crystal - I remember your experience with the family gathering ending you up in the ER - but this is precisely the reason I want to broach this subject. I haven't figured out my form yet, but I will sometime today and post it ready for tomorrow, or maybe hold off until Monday because I know alot of people read this while at work....hmmmm.

Larbsl - Maybe there are some helpful hints you can offer me with your editing skills!

Winston - I don't know if you know how much it means that you are a part of our little "community" of bloggers. It's good to have some testosterone in our midst. It's always good to get a male perspective from time to time. YOU keep up the good work you LOSER you! Almost 50 pounds!!! WOW!!!

Brooke - Our family actually saw him at Pleasure Island at Disney back about 10 years ago, ugh, he was NOT the man he was in the 70's when we saw him, but if you closed your eyes, it was the same guy! ROFL - Is this showing YOUR age as well???

Michaela - Shortened breaks ... I am still of the opinion that it is UBER necessary to give your body the 21 days after your last VLCD to "stabilize" - then another round can take place. What gives me that thought process even tho it's in direct contradiction to what the good doctor says? In my research of different clinics across the nation who have since did Dr S's protocol, it seems that the breaks were just a "theory" Dr S had. If I would have stayed with NHW my entire time, and not even known about Dr S, they would have put me on max 8 week courses with min 2 week breaks. But again, I don't believe in the 2 weeks, I feel you NEED, your BODY needs the 3 weeks to get stable and then you can start again. But again, this is just MY thoughts and how I continue to work my rounds.

Monica - WHERE YOU BEEN!!! Can we get an update on you???

Jennifer - See my post to Michaela above, pretty much sums it up. Thanks for the visit!

Becca - I didn't get to complete my form yesterday - it's not gonna go long, but I want to make sure I phrase the questions right ya know?
OK - I have to get a move on, already running late. Have a wonderful day everyone, full of sunshine and rainbows.

Miz Biz Whiz

Thursday, November 29, 2007

November 29, 2007 - Day 4 of VLCD (Round 3)

R3P2 Starting Weight 193.2
Yesterday - 189.2
Today - 187.2
2.0 lb LOSS Overnight
0.2 UNDER LIW of Round Two
(187.4)
6.0 Lost Since Start of R3 (VLCD) 11/26/07
27.2 Lost Since Start of R2 (VLCD) 09/16/07
63.6 Lost Since Start of R1 (VLCD) 06/26/07

Here is my menu for yesterday.

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That's the way, uh huh uh huh I like it uh huh uh huh!

Who would have THUNK it??? I certainly did NOT expect it, but it happened. It's Thursday and I am finally under my LIW! THANK YOU DR S!!!!

After the day I had yesterday? OMG! I thought the stress I was under yesterday was going to translate to the scale. AND boy oh boy, it fooled me! Could you all hear my screaming from here??? I am ON my way! WOO HOO for me!

Seriously folks, yesterday was one of those days you wish you would have never gotten out of bed. One thing after another kept going wrong. And let's add that to the fact that I was one big emotional piece of crud yesterday because of Aunt Flo and you get yourself a very volatile situation! ROFL

Suffice it to say, I am putting yesterday BEHIND me, yes sirreee Bob, it's done, it's over and I don't even want to talk about it.

I'm getting all excited again! There are some things being done "behind the scenes", one of which is that I am starting to put together a PODCAST! I am thinking that is how I am going to handle my FAQ's for the first few episodes, so I will be a busy little beaver behind the scenes getting that done! Also, some other stuff is going on too! I am so excited, but I can't post anything about it yet, but I certainly can build anticipation! WOO HOO!

What did I eat yesterday? Nothing out of the ordinary. Let's see, I had coffee in the morning with my 1 tbsp of milk, I ate my apple with my lunch which was cajun catfish over lettuce, and then dinner was mustard chicken over lettuce with cilantro and a cut up apple with a bit of hot pepper vinegar, boy I gotta tell you that was delish and I am having that AGAIN! What a combination of sweet and spicy! LOL

Have any of you gotten your book yet? I want to start discussing it, but not until you folks that are going to join me have it.

Oh, and there is this thing that is playing in my mind about "food/family/important gatherings" - I am just not sure how to frame the thoughts without sounding condescending. I don't want to come across as condescending to anyone, after all, this is all a very personal journey. But there are some things I just don't understand about some people's thought processes. Seriously, I am trying to wrap my head around how I want to discuss it, so bear with me.

How about this, let me set up a form and see what YOUR thoughts are on this. I will figure out some questions and post a form tomorrow. That will help me form my thoughts to share with you. I know, I am talking very cryptic, forgive me, but I don't want to go forward until I am sure of my own thoughts.

Oh well, that is all for this morning. I am finally at about 90% better. This cough is lingering tho and that isn't fun. Until tomorrow!

On to my commenter's:
Amy - YES! Back in the 180's, how sweet it is!!! Yeah, I am thrilled that there are three of us doing this together, it's so much more fun when you have someone doing this with you ya know? You don't feel so all alone! My son only ended up gaining .4 his WHOLE load! ROFL - what a metabolism. Yesterday was his first VLCD so I will be posting tomorrow how he did.

Crystal - That is way too funny to hear about your husband! He didn't know what stretch marks were??? OMG! I had to laugh!

CB - Every lesson you learn on this protocol makes you stronger and stronger. You will soon be spouting off advice left and right based on the experience you have gained trying this an doing that. I will be around your blog sometime this morning to see what you wrote.

Cheryl - well, hubby went to work yesterday, but he did call me about a million times telling me how miserable he was! ROFL - My nieces daughter went on the protocol earlier this summer, and she is only 15. They went thru a clinic, and they told her that any girl is fine to do this protocol as long as they are done with puberty. My grand-niece had an early puberty. If you need further information, I can get some for you!

BB - Interesting theories! I just LOVE theories. I love it when people give me their thoughts on why something works, or why something else doesn't work. It really helps me make informed decisions! I will think about yours...and girl? ANYTHING made with Sweetened Condensed Milk is AWESOME! My mom makes this "Pineapple Sherbert" with that this is KILLER!

Brooke - yeah, I cannot even imagine being 130 - my goal is only 150 - I remember being 130 in 11th grade and thinking I was FAT. I was running 7 miles every other days so I had THIGHS to die for! I look back on my pics and I am like, girl, what the HECK were you thinking??? You were FINE! ROFL

Tracey - NOPE! No laughing here! ROFL - oh wait, there is a laugh! Thanks for the visit!
Okie Dokie peeps! Have a WONDERFUL day!

Biz

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

November 28, 2007 - Day 3 of VLCD (Round 3)

R3P2 Starting Weight 193.2
Yesterday - 190.8
Today - 189.2
1.6 lb LOSS Overnight
1.8 lb Over LIW of Round Two
(187.4)
4.0 Lost Since Start of R3 (VLCD) 11/26/07
25.2 Lost Since Start of R2 (VLCD) 09/16/07
61.6 Lost Since Start of R1 (VLCD) 06/26/07

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Ok, ok, I can HOPE to be at LIW tomorrow, but in reality, don't think that is going to happen, based on AUNT FLO showing up it seems my prediction might take a wee bit longer. That's ok, it was still MIGHTY fine seeing something OTHER than a "1" and a "9" as the first two numbers on the scale. YES! That brought MUCH joy!

According to my calculations, I only have to lose an average of .71 per day in order to reach my goal of 15 lbs for this round. Today I am exactly 2 per day, so as long as my average keeps up I will be just fine. And really, even if it doesn't. I am fine either way.

What did I eat yesterday? Hmmm, I had an apple for breakky with some coffee and 1 tbsp of milk, steak and onions fajita style for lunch, cajun shrimp on lettuce with a bit of vinegar for dinner and grapefruit for desert. Seriously, this is the first time for me to try grapefruit this protocol. I don't know how anyone eats that stuff, it was WAY too gross. I am sticking to apples, oranges and strawberries.

Did I mention that my son is once again doing this protocol with us this round? He was originally going to wait until January to finish his last round, but him and daddy decided they wanted to join us for this short round. The boy (ok, so he is NOT a boy, he is a man at 17, but he still is MY boy) has confounded me the entire break in eating whatever he wants and maintaining WAY below his LIW. Monday he loaded, and between Monday and Tuesday he didn't gain an ounce. We shall see what today brings. I made his favorite last night, beef stroganoff, and he had more than one serving.

He ended his 1st round a week and a day ahead of schedule on Sept 20th - he was 189.8 - so he went 4 weeks and 6 days and lost 25.8 pounds. During the entire time since that date, he only had two days where he was ABOVE his LIW - all the rest has been below, at times as much as 7 pounds under. He eats what he wants, pizza, chips, desserts, breads, junk, you name it, he has eaten it, and he has never gone above. He would like to lose an additional 15 or so pounds, but the weight doesn't concern him as much as the body distribution, so he is hoping for more inch loss then weight loss this round.

Monday was his first injection, and his weight was 185.4 - 4.4 below LIW - Tuesday his weight stayed the same, and I will update you tomorrow what his first VLCD weight will be. I will post updates on him as I can.

I don't know what it is about this round, but it's very different than my 2nd round. I was 2nd guessing myself the entire time on my 2nd round. I don't know if I got cocky or what, but my 2nd round really was not a pleasant experience. This round is really easy so far. Ok, so I know it's only the third day, but I can remember my 2nd round it not being this easy even on the 3rd day. If you remember, I did a lot of 'experimenting' on my 2nd round to see what would work and what wouldn't. I found out that all that experimenting was not in my best interest.

If you remember, I tried, half and half, I tried mixing veggies, I tried pork, I had HORRIBLE protein cravings for almost 3 weeks. Don't know what that was about. But this round, I don't feel any of that. What is different? Why do I feel this way now and I didn't feel this way then? This is something I am thinking about deeply.

On to my commenter's:
Amy - Yes, a PodCast is something that you would be able to download and listen to on your computer, phone, iPod or whatever. I had a discussion with my hubby about it last night so we are gonna work on something. Did I ever mention that my husband is a musician? So he has all the right equipment right here at the house. The one sick boy went to school yesterday so that was nice, but the sick husband stayed home. Doesn't he know I need my ALONE time! ROFL

Crystal - I could never do a video, but I don't mind my voice being heard, southern drawl and all! ROFL - Aunt Flo is a PITA that is for sure. You lost 12 pounds in one day before? OMG - how is that even possible??? Go girl, wishing good loss vibes your way!

Brooke - Lili is kinda sweet that is for sure! Miz Biz Whiz! HA! That put a smile on my face. A whiz? Don't think so, experienced? Maybe. But I do know how to talk alot that is for sure.

Ewewho - So we are on this together! I think there is more than a few of us this time around. Hope you are posting your progress, I so love keeping up with everyone!!! I hope to need your 'services' again here soon. Gosh, can you imagine if I can get to 75 pounds loss this round???? THAT WOULD BE AWESOME!!!

Cheryl - I only started on Monday, so 2.4 was pretty good for one day eh? LOL - you poor dear, I know you were having issues with your links or something and didn't even know we were all updating our blogs over the weekend, it's so weird to feel so out of the loop. It's like we need this daily connection to keep us going. We are addicts, plain and simple! Whatever this is that my husband has, I surely don't want it. He was actually in tears at one point he was hurting so bad.

CB - Actually girlfriend, I have absolutely NO advice on diuretics as I have never used them. I don't have a real problem with retaining water, but I do notice that the lower I get in weight I do "know" when I have had too much salt. I have always just gone the next day and upped my water intake and lowered my salt intake and it usually takes care of itself. Personally, I always try to find something "natural" to handle issues before I resort to medication. I hear apples and cabbage are natural diuretics. What is happening Thursday if I may ask??? Is there something we all can do to help you battle this stress???? xoxo to you too!

Lili - You better get them to inscribe that in GOLD! ROFL - Girl, you told me, we are all in this together. We are all in the same boat, and Karma is a good thing ya know, when you use it for good that is! ROFL - I am really so excited for you!!!!
Ok, I have to remember to start my time posting a little better. I wanted to delve into this "family/food/social" thing, but I am running out of time today. I think I might need to do a podcast as I have THOUSANDS of words to say and I can't type as fast as I can talk. ROFL - you folks will get sick of me, I almost guarantee it!

Oh, and one more thing...there are a few new blogs I have added to my list up there on the left corner sidebar of my blog. If you haven't been there yet, I highly encourage you to add these to your regular reads. There is a wealth of information that can be gleaned from our experience, each one of us can offer something different to the whole plate of this journey, so the more the merrier.

Ok, off and running, have a great day people, and keep it full of Sunshine and Rainbows.

Miz Biz Whiz

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

November 27, 2007 - Day 2 of VLCD (Round 3)

R3P2 Starting Weight 193.2
Yesterday - 193.2
Today - 190.8
2.4 lb LOSS Overnight
3.4 lb Over LIW of Round Two
(187.4)
2.4 Lost Since Start of R3 (VLCD) 11/26/07
23.6 Lost Since Start of R2 (VLCD) 09/16/07
60.0 Lost Since Start of R1 (VLCD) 06/26/07

Here is my menu for yesterday.

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Ok, talk about DeJa Vu - guess who decides to come for a visit yesterday? Without warning, without even asking??? AUNT FLO!!!! OMG! She just appeared out of nowhere. Good grief. That is just not even funny. So, on top of a load, on top of not feeling 100% yet, I have to deal with this INSANE person. At the beginning of my LAST round she did the exact same thing. The first day of my VLCD she decides to rear her ugly head. OMG - I am SO OVER HER!!!

2.4 Pounds is respectable based on that alone. I will accept it. Altho it just MIGHT take me longer to reach that loss of my gain during R2P3.

My menu yesterday was an orange in the morning, steak and onions for lunch, a half a grapefruit for snack, and shrimp and asparagus for dinner. All in all about 470 cals, with 11 being fat, 43 being carbs and 53 was the protein.

Had fun making the rounds yesterday, feeling like I am getting back to my old self. The only thing that wasn't pleasant about yesterday was that I had two sick men in my house. My 2nd son didn't go to school, and my husband didn't go to work. I was really worried about my husband, thinking at first he had food poisoning, but it turns out he just had an old fashioned flu bug. Two men, sick. Can you imagine what my day was like???

Ok, I have to give a plug for a wonderful blogger out there. I cannot do the justice that she did with putting up a new blog, all I can say is that if you can find it in your heart to help this beautiful person out, the joy you will bring her will come back to you in spades. And seriously, we cannot let this atrocity happen to such a gorgeous soul! LOL

Please go and visit her, or you can click on the upper left corner of my blog to go directly to her Etsy store. Her stuff is really REALLY nice!

Ok, enough of the commercial interruption!

I have to say that it's very interesting to watch the different blogs and posters come to conclusions about this protocol. I am finding more and more this is such a personal journey, and the lessons we learn from this are too numerous to mention. It's so fun to watch it in myself when I come up with a light bulb moment, and even more fun to watch it in other people.

Folks, we are on an incredible journey to health. We are learning to listen to our bodies for the first time in our entire lives. Learning what works and what doesn't. Learning how to cherish this gift of a miraculous machine we have. Learning how to maintain it at optimum performance. Learning what happens when we put "regular" fuel in it instead of "premium". Geesh, what an experience!

Ok, enough of the existential stuff!

On to my commenter's:
Amy - You certainly did make headway to your LIW!!! 9 POUNDS???? In TWO DAYS??? I say that is making headway! LOL - thanks for the visit girl!

Crystal - Biziness, HA! I just LOVE it!!! Girl? 40 pounds is doable, but it might mean going thru the holiday break. You prepared for that? I need to talk about that in one of my posts. I have some strong feelings about the "socialness" of family and food. Let me put that in my notes...

Larbsl - with Aunt Flo paying me an unexpected visit, I would say I NEED those 170 vibes badly! Thanks!

BB - OMG! It was KILLER! I will get the recipe posted, but it's definitely a PHASE 4 ITEM! LOL

Lili - Big hugs right back!

B - It's good to be back! Thanks for the welcome! Your doing MAHVELOUS DAHLING! LOL

Tracey - I just gotta say girl, you disappear TOO MUCH! Inquiring minds and all. We are HUNGRY for information!!! I will be checking out your blog later on this morning, can't wait to see the update!
Folks, tell me what you think of my latest and greatest idea ... I am thinking about putting together a PodCast about HCG - something to run maybe twice a month or something? What do you think? Just an informational type thing about tips and tricks and questions and answers. Not that I am the FOREMOST authority on this, but something that could help people and guide people, and we could have some fun.

I used to be an internet radio DJ, did I ever tell you folks that??? hehe - a part of my life I would just as soon forget, but I do have the knowledge of having a radio broadcast and I have been told I am entertaining at times. Oh well, it's something that is running thru my brain.

Ok, I gotta get this house party started, I wonder who will be going to work today, who will be going to school, and if me and Aunt Flo will have some SANCTUARY today! ROFL

Take care, and think RAINBOWS and SUNSHINE!

Miz Biz (thanks Lili, I like that one!)

Monday, November 26, 2007

November 26, 2007 - Day 1 of VLCD (Round 3)

R3P2 Starting Weight 193.2
Yesterday - 191.6
Today - 193.2
1.6 lb GAIN Overnight
5.8 lb Over LIW of Round Two
(187.4)
0.0 Lost Since Start of R3 (VLCD) 11/26/07
21.2 Lost Since Start of R2 (VLCD) 09/16/07
57.6 Lost Since Start of R1 (VLCD) 06/26/07

Here is my menu for yesterday.

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Be patient with my stats up there until I get to the point of where I want them. I don't know how to record this third round, going into all sorts of uncharted territory!

I am most definitely on the mend, altho I did lose my voice for a bit yesterday, but it seems to be back. Wow, this thing really took a hold on me ya know? Today, I hope to have enough energy to disinfect and clean all the ickys out of my house while the children are back at school. Back to normal routine again, ahhhh, this feels good.

Yesterday, I didn't eat much, but what I did eat was loaded with salt. I was SO over food the last two days! JPS, what a blessing she is, stayed with me the entire weekend while the guys were gone. I really couldn't have made it without her. But yesterday we joked the entire day about eating. We would just look at each other and laugh - we were both over food. I am glad the "load" is over.

Just to let you know what I ate yesterday, this in no way constitutes a "load" - but it filled me to capacity! Please keep in mind my portions were so small, seriously! And this was eaten throughout the day. I kinda snacked throughout the day.

1) Two slivers of carrot cake (one in the morning and one in the evening)
2) One sliver of lemon meringue pie (lunch)
3) About 6 corn chips and about 3 tbsp of guac
4) WonTon soup (only 3 wontons)
5) Steamed Dumplings (only 3)
6) Half a turkey sandwich (turkey, lettuce, mayo)
7) Donut (half a boston cream and half a glazed)
8) Turkey with a spoon of sweet potato soufflé

See there? UGH! I am so ready for today's 500 calories! Back to the norm!

Considering last Tuesday morning I was at 194.2 and today I am at 193.2 - after a LOAD no less, I don't think things are that bad at the start of this round. I truly did not do my R2P3 according to protocol, but it's nothing but lost time. I am HOPING that I will be down the 5.8 pounds within the first 3 days - interesting stat - during my first round I lost 5.8 in the first two days, and during my 2nd round I lost 6.2 in the first three days, so quite possible I could lose this excess 5.8 and be back to my LIW by Thursday, let's hope eh???

What is my goal this round? Let's think about this a minute. During my first round, I lost 20.4 lbs (8.13% of Body Weight) on my 21st day, during my 2nd round I lost 17.8 lbs (8.30% of Body Weight) on my 21st day - so I imagine that I can lose about 8% of today's weight in 21 days. 8% of today's body weight is about 15 pounds. Would I be thrilled with 15 lbs in 3 weeks, um, can you say NO BRAINER???

So that is my goal, 15 pounds. That will take me into the 170's - a place I haven't been in FOREVER, thank you very much!

Let me get to my commenters and then I will call it a morning. I do still have to acknowledge back posts, but let me just get these done this morning and I will work on the others later on during the day...

Lili - OMG - I have to write you an email about your "Hawaii" earrings, you will get something sometime this morning, but girl, you have NO idea! LOL - what a sweetheart you are!!! I just love your SHOP on ETSY! I so need a 'button' to advertise you on here sweetheart! GO GIRL!

Amy - thanks for the visit, and the well wishes, I will get to your blog today!

Tracey - I did! LOL - Resting was the order of the day this whole weekend!

Crystal - Can't wait to see how your weekend went!

B - Girl, almost a week down for you eh? I can't wait to see how you did!

Larbsl - Thanks for the well wishes, they must have worked, I am feeling better!

Becca - Positive thinking eh??? How neat! I did alot of that also this weekend, and I think it worked! Feeling better!
Thanks all for putting up with my sparseness over the last couple of weeks. I think things should be better here on out. Nothing in my future except my plans to go to Hawaii in March/April.

I am on PHASE 2 AGAIN! WOO HOO FOR ME!!!

Biz

Sunday, November 25, 2007

November 25, 2007 - Round 3 - 2nd "Load" Day

Last Injection Weight - 187.4
Today's Weight - 191.6
Yesterday's Weight - 190.4
1.2 lb GAIN
From Yesterday's Weight
4.2 lb Over LIW

Here is my menu for yesterday.

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Thanks for all the well wishes yesterday. I am feeling better than I have since Thursday, but still not 100%. Yesterday was a very rough day for me, but I rested all day and downed myself with lots of vitamins and liquids. My friend JPS went out and got some "Chinese" food for us (all the boys are out of town this weekend) and I had some good Won Ton Soup and some Steamed Dumplings. I am sure my weight gain is from all of that, after all, this is a "load".

I appreciate the thoughts that I should wait with the protocol until I get better, but since I am a SAHM I really don't have any "need" to get better quick. I will let this nasty thing take it's course and what better way to attempt 500 cals but when your sick. I can make soup all day and be happy ya know?

This will be another day of rest for me. I surely appreciate the visits - I feel so honored to have regulars on my blog. Please allow me one more day to get over this and I promise I will make my rounds once again.

I am ready for this upcoming round. Mentally.

Biz

Saturday, November 24, 2007

November 25, 2007 - Round 3 - 1st "Load" Day

Last Injection Weight - 187.4
Today's Weight - 190.4
Yesterday's Weight - 192.0
1.6 lb LOSS
From Yesterday's Weight
3 lb Over LIW

Here is my menu for yesterday.

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Not much today, as you can see I am even up late. Had a VERY rough night last night, temp up to 102 degrees, but I think I sweat most of it out last night, but feel like pure crud this morning.

As you can see, I didn't eat much yesterday and the scale reflects that.

I can hardly keep my head up, will chat later. Thank you for making the rounds on my blog yesterday, I really appreciate.

Today I am taking my first shot for Round 3 - I am supposed to be loading today. UGH - Food? Just doesn't interest me today, let's see how I do.

Until later, and until I feel a bit better.

Biz

Friday, November 23, 2007

November 23, 2007 - Day 3 on Phase 4 (R2)

Last Injection Weight - 187.4
Today's Weight - 192.0
Yesterday's Weight - 191.0
1 lb GAIN
From Yesterday's Weight
4.6 lb Over LIW

Here is my menu for yesterday.

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Ok, I am so not feeling good today. It's not the food I ate yesterday, I enjoyed what I ate, ate only what I wanted and skipped the rest. I can feel every grain of salt in my body that hasn't been released.

What I am feeling today is actual sickness. My throat hurts, my sinus' hurt, I slept horribly, I coughed up green stuff all night. This all started right after dinner last night and it hit me hard and fast. I am taking it VERY easy today, so that means it wont be a long post today.

Let's look at the menu:

Late Breakfast: Coffee with Half/Half, Omelet with Swiss and leftover RibEye steak and green onions.
Mid Afternoon Snack: Half a slice of JPS' outstanding Carrot Cake. OMG! It was to die for, but I was totally satisfied with a half a slice.
Dinner: Fried Turkey (white, dark and skin), Sweet Potato Souffle, and a green salad with french dressing
Dessert: Just a sliver of the carrot cake
All in all about 1800 cals. I ate a LOT of turkey. A LOT of salt. And only gained a pound. Quite frankly, I am very surprised. I made the sweet potato souffle, it was mashed sweet potatos, with a topping of pecans, brown sugar and coconut! mmmmmm

Ok, I need to go back to bed.

I will edit later with comments to my commenter's.

Send GET WELL vibes my way please.

Biz

Thursday, November 22, 2007

November 22, 2007 - Day 2 on Phase 4 (R2)

Last Injection Weight - 187.4
Today's Weight - 191.0
Yesterday's Weight - 192.0
1 lb LOSS
From Yesterday's Weight
3.6 lb Over LIW

Here is my menu for yesterday.

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Well lookie there!

Another pound? I must have really been full of water. OMG! I ate pretty much regular yesterday, even added just a bit of P4 foods, and still I lost. Maybe there really is something to this three week stabilizing thing!

Let me share my menu with you first:

Breakfast: Coffee and Half and Half
Mid Morning Snack: Leftover Porkchop
Lunch: Some leftover veggie soup (ground beef with mixed veggies)
Mid Afternoon Snack: Can of vienna sausages (I know that is gross, but I do love them!)
Dinner: Ribeye with a horseradish sauce, breaded onion rings, green salad with blue cheese dressing and some green beans in butter
Dinner was delish!

All in all, it looks like I will be starting my next round in the 190's. Oh well, all I hope to accomplish with this next shortened round is getting into the 170's. Geesh, this is something I haven't seen in such a long time. Like more than a decade ya know? I was 165 in August of 93 (after I had just lost about 55 pounds that year) - so the 170's will be phenom. And even if I might gain to 195 on load, that means I only have to lose about 16 pounds to get into the 170's - completely doable!!! Especially since I plan on doing things BY THE BOOK again, just like my FIRST round!

Have I mentioned yet that it feels so good to be home???

Today will be busy - so not much time to post and comment, but I will do my best to get to everyones blog today! I missed half of you yesterday, but grabbed you all this morning before I started my post.

Ok, let's go to my commenter's:

CB - Your advice DID NOT stick out like a sore thumb yesterday! It was SOUND advice. And girl? I have been on the internet LONG enough to be able to read the tone of people. I look at context of posts rather then them standing on their own ya know? You are just trying to find your way just like everyone else.

There was a post I posted yesterday on the HCG2 board with a similar subject - I have copied and pasted it and made a PDF of it here:

Post #8082 at HCG2 YahooGroup

Please read it and let me know if that might answer your question as to why I feel I can "stray" a bit from the protocol and still remain a "purist" at heart. I have always said, when all else fails, go back to the beginning - and the beginning is strict Dr S protocol because that will each and every time work. Let me also share this CB:
If a meal is skipped on the day in which a gain is registered in the morning, this brings about an immediate drop of often over a pound. But if the skipping of the meal - and skipping means literally skipping, not just having a light meal - is postponed, the phenomenon does not occur and several days of strict dieting may be necessary to correct the situation.
Please notice what I have highlighted in BOLD - so in essence, the way "I" interpret this, is that there will be occasions that doing a "steak" day the very same day of weight gaine will not be possible, and he took that into account and told is that if we can't do it that same day, then it can be corrected but it will take "strict" dieting. Unfortunately, the "strict" dieting is up to interpretation - this is where we have to rely on ourselves to figure it out. And this is exactly what I did. So in essence again, I was a purist. I really hope that helps!

Lili - I so understand what your saying. I haven't read the entire book yet, but I don't think he is talking about congenital diseases. What I think he talks about mostly is our minds power to make things "worse", if you know what I mean. I feel what he will be telling us in the book is that we can get a 'cold' but the way we think about it will either make us better faster or keep us sick for a week. I don't claim to know a whole lot about medical procedure, but I do know that keeping a positive outlook, even when it comes to sicknesses of any sort, will let you get better much quicker. And that if you wallow in your sickness it can last forever. Anyhoo, keep watching my blog, I will be starting something on it soon!

Wendy - I just love your attitude, do you know that??? OMG! People, if you haven't been to Wendy's blog yet, you need to go there and see her pictures! I for one am totally inspired to hang on to goal because of these pics! OMG!!! Did I say that already??? Keep using those metaphors Wendy! Keep me on my toes! LOL

Brooke - Another new reader! WOO HOO FOR ME! LOL - I just love reaching out to people, and then I just love MORE when they are reaching out to me! LOL - I am so selfish. I am a people hoarder. OMG, I crack myself up! OMG! "The weight might be a perk" - OH GOODNESS BROOKE! I want to use that as a tagline, can I??? I will so give you credit for it - it's perfect because that is exactly what I am thinking as I lose this excess weight. It's only a perk for what is really happening! Thanks for speaking up and becoming a part of this little community!

Larbsl - I saw your results! WOO HOO FOR YOU!!! I think we will be having some very interesting discussions with this book, that is for sure! Will be looking forward to what everyone has to say about it.

Cheryl - HA! No kidding! A new reading blog for something else Dr S did, what a blessing this man was eh? He was a genius. I wish so bad that he was alive today to ask questions of ya know??? And girl? Feel free to blog on my blog. This is how we all learn! This really is such a personal journey, even tho we are sharing it with the world, still, it's our own minds and bodies that we go to bed with every night and in order to sleep at peace, we have to be at peace with ourselves.

It's funny that you say that about your husband Cheryl. My husband is the same way! I have been looking closely at his eating habits while I have been on this protocol, and finding out how "skinny" people think. I am learning new things all the time!!!

Crystal - I sure would like to learn more about what your nutritionist taught you. That would be interesting to see that is for sure! The discussion of this new book will be interesting! I can't wait!

B - I am really beginning to not like restaurants ya know? You never know what they have put in their food and so you cannot be sure what you are putting in your body. You think you did something right and then BAM something throws your weight off and it was most likely the food you ate at some restaurant! UGH! Hey girl, we got the answer don't we???

Amy - So true, so true! Thanks for the visit!!!

Ok peeps, I have to get off this thing now - got lots to do today! Keep the good comments coming! I just LOVE doing things this way ya know? It's so much fun and it keeps me on my toes!

Biz

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

November 21, 2007 - Day 1 on Phase 4 (R2)

Last Injection Weight - 187.4
Today's Weight - 192.0
Yesterday's Weight - 194.2
2.2 LOSS
From Yesterday's Weight
4.6 lb Over LIW

Here is my menu for yesterday.

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I told you all not to panic! Lookie there! I lost 2.2 overnight, just keeping myself careful!!! I laid off the salt, packed in the water, and only ate when I wanted to eat. Didn't get much cals in yesterday, only about 1300, but honestly, I was NOT hungry. My body obviously wanted a break!!! Today, I want to do the same - just very easy ya know?

In reality, my P4 was supposed to start today, but I never gave my P3 a shot, so we wont even bother! But since it was SUPPOSED to start today, I am just gonna mark it as such. I know, I know, I am SO crazy! LOL

Last night my husband made an apple pie, it smelled divine, but not enough for me to even want a slice. I was truly and actually OVER food yesterday. Let's take a look at what I ate:

Breakfast: What else but Coffee and Half/Half
Lunch: Leftover pork chop and small salad with blue cheese
Mid Afternoon Snack: Deviled Eggs (I made 4, and ate them thru out the afternoon, I was really just craving them, I make the SMACK deviled eggs! LOL)
Dinner: Vegetable Soup - made with ground beef, frozen mixed veggies, stewed and diced tomatoes.
Dessert: Yup, you guessed it! MORE COFFEE with Half/Half!!!
That was it! And believe me people, that is all I wanted. Like I said, that came out to about 1300 cals, 82 fat, 36 carbs, and 85 protein.

I wanna thank everyone for stopping by and giving me some truly excellent advice yesterday. I took each and everyone of your comments to heart. Seems to me that this little group is becoming "symbiotic" - isn't that sorta awesome? Us "bloggers" and "readers" are becoming one line of thought regarding this protocol - truly amazing. We all thought the same thing. And what is really quite extraordinary is that I didn't know you were saying these things when I was making my decision to not to an egg/steak day. When I made that decision, somehow I just knew that all of you would be united! You folks are the greatest! Did I ever tell you that???

It is so past awesome that I am back home and back into my routine. I just love getting up and getting my weight, writing my post, checking out blogs, and looking over posts at HCG2 - what a fab routine to keep me motivated! And I owe it all to YOU!!!

Let me consider some comments now:
CB - HA! Girl, I think we figured out that stress doesn't work well with this protocol! Let's not stress and see how this works. I learned something very valuable from someone I met in Baton Rouge this past week. She said some VERY simple words to me ... "What's the worst that could happen?" - I know that is a very simple statement, but one that to me is very PROFOUND. Seriously ... tack that question on to any decision you have to make and you will be amazed at the answers that come up. So I asked myself, "What is the WORST that could happen if I don't fight to get this off by my next round in a few days?" - My answer was, "I could technically be over my LIW 10-12 pounds when I start my next round." Then I said to myself, "Well, self, people have come back and lost their gains PLUS more going back to P2 - some have taken a week to lose it, some a bit more, but they have LOST it PLUS." So the worst case scenario didn't look so bad for me. I told you, I am seriously not stressing about this anymore. I have been on this long enough to know that IT WORKS!!! xoxoxo - You know I luv ya CB!

Lili - Hey GIRLFRIEND! I so enjoyed chatting with you in REAL TIME yesterday for a bit! What a complete RIOT you are! I just love your disposition! Thanks for watching my back. And here is to you making your $4000 for NEW TEETH! LOL - I will talk about this "new" book after I handle the comments!

Crystal - Isn't it quite amazing the thought processes we are now making towards food? Geesh, who would have thunk eh? Thank goodness for Dr S for making this kind of thing possible! Thanks for the visit! Oh, and I will talk about this new book for awhile, but I will introduce it after these comments.

Toracanada - Why hello there! A new commenter! I just love having NEW people! Do you have a blog? I just love new blogs too! ROFL - Thanks for the OH SO KIND WORDS! The key to this whole protocol is to NOT stress. Really, don't stress about this. As you can see, I am in a whole new and unchartered territory for myself. This non-stress thing. I have ALWAYS stressed about food ... no longer. Nope, not gonna do it. I don't see my SKINNY husband and SKINNY son stressing about food. They just eat food to live. Me? I am gonna do the same. Just eating food to live.

Cheryl - Pounce? LOL - no way, you folks could never POUNCE on me! I enjoy helping, just giving back what I was given, and still am given. I am glad you came to a healthy decision and I wish you the best of success!!! Let's all send good losing vibes to Cheryl! Ring out the next 10 days with a BANG!

Regina - It's so GOOD to be home! Thanks for the warm welcome back!!! My sister and I try to see each other once a year. This year we squeezed in twice. We usually live on opposite ends of the coast, so it's hard to see each other, especially since I am so over flying! LOL Anyhoo, it was nice to be there with her, and to spend some quality time with her, but it's also good to be home, back to my element! Don't be sorry for rambling! I LOVE RAMBLING! I do it all the time! Thanks for the great advice, that is exactly what I did and will do today as well. And so far it worked!

Wendy - Madonna! LOL - OMG, you crack me up, I just love your "YOU CAN DO EET" - LOL - a girl after my heart, I love ANYONE that can make me laugh! Thanks for the advice, and that is what I am gonna do! LOL

B - It was totally great "chatting" with you on Yahoo yesterday! WOO HOO! You are on your way sweetie!
Ok, one thing I forgot to mention - it has to do with the 'different mindset' that I have been granted since being on this protocol. Most other times I have been on a so called "diet" - anytime that I started gaining weight by diviating, I would throw my hands up in the air and say, OMG - it's started again, this is all for naught and then just keep on eating the wrong foods. You all know that slippery slope thing we do ... this time? Not so much. No, let me correct that and say, NOT AT ALL. This time I am not taking that path of "once I have cheated, I am just gonna give up" - it's not an option. Now it's, ok, I have deviated, so what, get back up on that horse and continue on your journey. And there is no stressing about it.

This mindset is truly a miracle. TRULY.

Ok, this "other" book of Dr Simeon's. Dr S wrote another book called "Man's Presumptuous Brain" - I got a copy off of Amazon for like $5, which included shipping. In it's time, it was deemed a very controversial book. Dr S believed your mind played a role in the health of our bodies, and he wrote this book in response to that belief. It has some stuff that is pretty OUT THERE - but it's interesting reading none the less. There is a very short review about it here - and it's an OLD one at that!:

Review

I know I am not alone in my thinking that this whole protocol is not based solely on some scientific chemical reactions to foods and such in relation to how this worked with the HCG, but that Dr S mingled in some retraining of the brain to produce the guaranteed results. I am of the firm belief that this protocol is so much more than just food and HCG - it's a reworking on our minds in regards to food. The mere fact that he chose time frames of 3 weeks for things (3 weeks min on P2, 3 weeks no starch and sugar) shows that this man was ahead of his time. The world has learned since Dr S' time that it takes 3 weeks to develop a habit. I believe he already knew that and incorporated that into his regimen.

So that being said, I am reading this book. I will be posting thoughts and comments from it as I read ok? I will go chapter by chapter in it. Wouldn't it be terribly fun if all of us got a copy of this book and had like a study group on it??? OMG! What do you think? Can you folks handle $5 to get this book and we could all read it together???

Ok, I have been on this post for 1.5 hours! OMG! I have chatted way too long!

Thanks again everyone for yesterday, and until tomorrow...

Biz

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

November 20, 2007 - Day 21 on Phase 3 (R2)

Last Injection Weight - 187.4
Today's Weight - 194.2
Last KNOWN Weight (Nov 10) - 187.6
6.6 Gain
From Last KNOWN Weight
6.8 lb Over LIW

Here is my menu for yesterday (actually from Nov 10th).

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I'M BAAAACCCCCCKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!

Geesh! What a trip I had! But now I am back to my OWN element! YES SIRREE BOB! I had a good time with my sister, bil and friends, but now, it's time to get back to the everyday routines of my life. WOW! I didn't realize how much I depended on routines until I was away from them for awhile.

OK! I don't want ANYONE to panic! I haven't panicked - so if I don't then I don't want YOU all too either, you hear me? I estimated that I would have gained about 6 pounds while I was gone for 10 days, and I was off about .8 lbs! Today I have to say I feel FULL of water. I am swollen from HEAD to TOE! I am assuming that MOST of this is excess water from my trip home. 14 hours in a car will produce these kinds of results.

Not to mention the CHINESE food I had on Sunday night in the hotel! I ordered out, and even tho I ordered SENSIBLY, I am SURE it was CHALK full of sodium. And both days, my savior for the trip was a bag full of trail mix. And we all KNOW that trail mix is SODIUM FREE, ya right, that's the ticket! And my water intake? How can you keep drinking water on a drive unless you want to spend every possible minute in the restrooms along the way???

I just know this is water. And I am not concerned, I told you all that I was in a different mind set, and I mean it. Things just clicked with me while I was gone. This is NOT a race. This is a lifestyle change. My jeans, that I took with me on the trip and wore yesterday on the way home still fit the same, so I am really not too concerned.

I am home now, I am in my element. I am not beating myself up for the gain. I am not even sure I am going to concentrate on getting it off over the next couple of days? Why would I do that? I am starting back on shots on Saturday! I will have to think about this a minute or two, I haven't fully thought about it because I really didn't know where I was until I stepped on the scale today. This will take some thought process...what do you my readers think? Should I concentrate on getting it off??? Should I just do Atkins the rest of the week? Should I do an egg day? Just curious to hear what you all would do in my situation?

Did I mention it feels so good to be home? Seriously!

Thank you ALL for keeping up with me while I was on my trip! What a group of LOYAL readers I have! I will be able to visit each and every one of you today, but sometime during the day. As you can imagine, I came home to a not so clean house so I will be busy doing cleaning and running some errands I need to do before the break this week.

Also, for all my readers, I will be working on my "FAQ" page this week. I have a really cool idea about the "FAQ" page that I hope you all will like!

I will also be starting listing my menus once again - Keeping you all up to date on my eating habits! ROFL

Now to address my commenter's from my last post:

Tracey - No doubt. It's really something you cannot explain, it's something that just happens! And when it happens you know it. Thanks for the visit!

B - I will be able to come and pay you a visit today! Hope your doing ok!

Cheryl - It will happen, honest, it may not be immediately, but it WILL happen. When you take your break, make sure you give it some time to happen. For some, it's immediate, for others, it takes a WHOLE three weeks.

Crystal - Isn't it wonderful when you get into a mindset that is not about fear? I am reading Dr Simeon's OTHER book right now and he spends a whole chapter on the fear response and how it applies to obesity. Did I ever mention that this man was a GENIUS??? GEESH! I wish he were alive today.

Lili - HA! You are SO invited! I will be making REAL plans after the 1st, will keep you in the loop!

Wendy - Yeah, the goodbye was hard, but I gotta tell you that I am HAPPY to be home! Can't wait to stop by your blog to see how your doing!
Ok peeps! Gotta get started on my day! Don't cry for me Argentina (huh? where did that come from???)

Biz

Sunday, November 18, 2007

November 18, 2007 - Day 19 on Phase 3 (R2)

Good grief, in typing the title to today's post, I am in disbelief that I am almost 3 weeks into my R2P3 break! A week from tomorrow I am gonna start my R3P2!!! Actually, after this week? I am most certainly READY to start.

I wrote something to my good buddy Ju this morning, I am gonna repost it here - just to preface, we were chatting a bit about the maturity learned while on this protocol:


I sure understand about maturity on this thing. This week has taught me a lot about making wise decisions about my foods. And like you, yes, I want it off, but I want this to be a life long change also so now my expectations are a little different. I have a means that has never before been available to me to lose this weight, somewhat easily I must add, so my mindset has changed a bit.

I have made sensible decisions about my eating this week. Things I would never do in the past. I watched myself purposely last night at this large bbq we went to. I only went thru the line once ... not like me ... I looked at each of the dishes and asked myself, do I really want a taste of that ... again, not like me ... instead of my plate being heavy with foods, it was just a sample of this and that ... one more time, not like me ... and what is even more spectacular is that I didn't even finish what I had on my plate ... HA! This is the NEW me!
I really feel like I have grown, and this week has especially proven it. This is no longer a race to see how fast I can get it off. It will come off, I know it. No more worrying about it ya know?

Well, I can't stay long, I am packing up and heading out today. It's gonna be emotional for me and my sister. Oi vea, I hate this goodbye part. But we are supposed to see each other again in March/April to go to HAWAII! And I should be SKINNY MINNY by then! WOO HOO FOR ME!

Anyhoo - let me comment to my commentors before I head out:

Crystal - Isn't it funny how our view of "snacks" have changed? Just yesterday, I saw a "Smoothie" shop, and on a whim I asked my sister, do you want a smoothie??? LOL - ME??? A SMOOTHIE??? Where the heck is the chip and dip? French Fries and MILK SHAKES???? HA! Who is this alien in my body? HA! Try banana's and peanut butter girlfriend, even BETTER!

Amy - It takes special kinds of people to do what these people are doing. It's truly amazing. And banana cream pie? Had my fill! I am so over banana cream pie now! ROFL

Regina - Thanks for the visit darlin'! I think the closer you get to goal, the more your cravings change. Really, I am serious! Look at me wanting a SMOOTHIE! ROFL

CB - Like I said to Regina, I am sure things change the closer you get to goal - give it some time, this was a long time coming for me!

Cheryl - Believe me when I tell you that things do change. You just wait! It's really quite amazing! Another thing I realized at the BBQ last night was the fact that I took MUCH longer to eat than normally. It used to be that I scarfed things down, like I was afraid someone was gonna steal my food. Now I enjoyed the company, the conversation, and yeah, the food too, but it wasn't the focus, KWIM???

B - Yes darlin'! I miss ya'll too! I am so happy you have started, today should be your first VLCD eh? Keep the faith! You will do WONDERFUL!

Ok, here I go! Next time I am with you folks, it will be in Tallahassee!!!

Biz

Saturday, November 17, 2007

November 17, 2007 - Day 18 on Phase 3 (R2)

Well, goodness, my trip is winding down. Tomorrow I leave for home - I actually made reservations to stay a night on my way home, I really don't think I can make it all the way home in one day. That was a kick butt long drive for me. Tomorrow night I will be in Tallahassee, Florida. I will have internet connection there, supposedly anyway, and since I will be by myself, in a town that is unfamiliar, I will be able to do some CATCHUP with all my blog friends. As it stands, with this connection I have, it's hard to get connected to the blogs without them creating a major headache on my part! LOL

Let's see here, what was on the menu yesterday? My sister and I started off later than normal so we ate here at the house for breakfast. And all breakfast consisted of was leftovers. I had my final piece of crawfish pie - HA! I do think I can tell you that I have sufficiently had my fill of crawfish pie now. It's over. LOL - we also snacked on our leftover Gyro plate from the other day. Also, I forgot to mention that while we were down in NOLA that there was this tangerine tree we picked a ton of tangerines from, as well as a pink grapefruit tree. So we munched on those as well.

For lunch, I visited my husband's cousin that lives in Baker, LA - lunch was a Greek Salad, mmmmm, and a fruit salad for dessert. Right up my alley!

Dinner was some chicken gumbo and salisbury steak. Took a bite of some cornbread, which I usually LOVE and wasn't interested, so didn't take another. Ate half a serving of some fruit jello. Again, just wasn't interested after tasting it, so why eat it?

That is one thing I am quite pleased with myself on. I am finding that if I don't like something, I mean, REALLY like something, it's not worth finishing it. Any other time of my life, I would eat it just cause it's there. Now? Not so much. Even with the deviations I am taking on this trip, anytime that I think I wan't to try something, I do, but if it's not "DA BOMB", it's history. This is a new a different mind set for me. Simply amazing for me. I am liking it tremendously in fact!

Gonna start doing something new and different with my posts. At the end of my posts I am gonna start commenting on my comments that I get the previous day. I feel like it's gonna make things much easier for me to make sure I acknowledge my commenters. So with that being said...

Cheryl - What is this about crawfish sucking heads? Um, I don't know about that? LOL - and if it's true, then by all means, I don't WANT to know about that! I love crawfish, crawdads, or whatever the heck they call them! ROFL - don't give me the bad news about them! hehe

Crystal - DANG the scales! Well, seriously, it's my own fault for not bringing my own. But hey, what is the WORST that can happen? I gain 10 pounds? So what??? And now, I haven't gained 10 pounds!!! I tried on the jeans I wore down here and they fit the same so things are not TOO bad! ROFL

Amie - HA! Mardi Gras! LOL - I tell you, NOLA is a fun place! You can get into trouble there. I am actually wanting to get back into my routine, I feel so out of sorts here without my family and my home and my routines. HA! But that didn't stop me from having fun, but you know? I am ready to go HOME!

Amy - Yes, my sister and her husband are part of a Disaster Relief effort here in Baton Rouge. It's still ongoing. They officially live in California but have been invited to stay on. The relief center here is being used as a "prototype" to build 9 different ones across the nation. They are beefing up things so that they can have immediate response should anything like this every happen again. The problem with Katrina quite simply is that they were not prepared. With this prototype relief center, they will be able to start things in motion immediately.

I do have allergies to milk, but mostly the reaction would be a migraine. This time, it's totally sinus related. In fact, as I write this, my nose is running and stuff at the same time! I am wondering if it's the combination of the flour/milk/cheese thing. In other words, milk and cheese are ok, but add the flour in and it becomes a nightmare.

B - I wish I could get to other blogs. It's a pain just to get on my own! I will be able tomorrow night to visit. I cannot WAIT to see how your start is going! I am so excited that you finally have your stuff and you can START!!!

A couple of shouts to some people that made my day a bit easier to bear yesterday.

First to Martha ... thanks for saving my sister's hyde and sending us the bottles and mixing syringe, geesh, what a pal you are. Words just cannot express...but I think you know how I feel!

Lise - HA! Thanks for helping out a panicking woman yesterday, to the point of STOPPING your car to concentrate on what I was asking! HA! So true Lise, we are all in this together and we are there to help each other out. Well girlfriend, you certainly helped this math dunce out yesterday! LOL - and thanks for the words about our good buddy, eases my mind a bit!!!

And to Ju - I miss you! I am not on my regular computer so I have no idea what your email address is and so I haven't been able to drop you a line all week. I sure am looking forward to chatting with you again soon. If you have time, drop me a line, you know my email, and that way I can write you back! I wanna know where you are today! I feel so out of the loop!!!

Ok, I think that just about covers everything. Tonight we are having a huge get-together with lots of bbq type food, what a great way to end my little vacation! Good company! Good food!

Have a good one peeps!

Biz

Friday, November 16, 2007

November 16, 2007 - Day 17 on Phase 3 (R2)

I just completely skipped yesterday didn't I? You have to understand something about my sisters internet connection, it pretty much is the pits. Sometimes it's there, and sometimes it's not. Well, yesterday was one of the days it was not. So I couldn't post, sorry about that.

I have made a decision to not worry about the scale the rest of the trip. My sister showed to me yesterday that her scale is not that accurate! LOL - oh well. My eating isn't all that bad, so I am not gonna worry about it. I am going on another round starting on the 26th so whatever is gained while I am here, if anything will be lost immediately on that round. Que sera sera.

Let me post some of the things I have been eating since we last 'spoke'.

Let's see, Wednesday I was still in NOLA and the woman whose house we stayed at woke up and made homemade bisquits and local honey. OMG - had to have ONE! Then we went out for some Greek Food for lunch, had a Gyro Plate, again, leaving more than half on my plate. Had hummus for the very first time in my life. Interesting stuff! LOL - so then we came back to Baton Rouge that day, and all I ate that night was a little leftover chicken the Relief Center had and a piece of some leftover crawfish pie that I had brought home from NOLA.

Yesterday, had some eggs for breakky with a small piece of pumpkin pancakes, which ended up tasting like cardboard, so I didn't bother eating what was put on my plate. Then OMG, we went to this restaurant for lunch, Sammy's Grill in a little town called "Zachary" and it was FABULOUS! I had grilled catfish and etouffe! With a little side of Cajun wings! It came with a salad that had a dressing that was to die for, green onion garlic parmesean. Geesh! These Louisiana people sure know how to eat some food! LOL - Last night it was another piece of crawfish pie (can you see a pattern here???) and some cheese and wine. I made some feta avocado salsa for my sister and she was in heaven, and had some of that too.

To go back to the scale thing again, I stepped on it like 5 times today to see what I weighed, and 5 times it came up with something different. So, we are not gonna even go there. This is my vacation. I am eating things I never EVER get to have where I live in Charleston, SC and I am not worrying about it. I have a cure for weight loss that I have never had before in my life. And even if I gain 20 pounds for some unknown weird reason while I am here, I have faith in knowing that I will be able to remove it again. And then next time, my P3 will not include a trip to NOLA! ROFL - I am not gaining 20 pounds mind you. I stepped on the scale today and of the five times I used it, the highest weight was only 4 pounds more than I first used her scale on Monday morning. So - all things considered, it's not all that bad. Keep in mind that last night I didn't eat until after 9pm - this eating late thing is really for the birds I gotta tell you!

I do have to say this though, and this is quite interesting. I notice that after consuming non P3 items, like rice, milk, flour and such, I am developing sinus issues that I have not had since before I started this protocol in June. I am having a lot of mucus, sniffing and snorting, and yesterday, I had a slight headache all day. Before this protocol, I used to rely on Ibuprofen three or four times a day! So what does this tell me??? I am not going to be able to eat like this in the future. Food like this will become special occasion stuff only. My body has really started to talk to me in complete sentences! ROFL - I actually don't WANT to eat like this if this means I feel like this! My body is craving GOOD food! Not to say that what I have been having is not GOOD food, but you all know what I mean ... don't you???

Well, it's time for me to go. I hope everyone is having a wonderful time. I have to say that I do miss everyone! I can't wait to get back to my regular routine!!!

Biz

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

November 14, 2007 - Day 15 on Phase 3 (R2)

Quick post today!

Wow, what a bittersweet day yesterday was. OMG - I have so much to write, but so little time to write it. Suffice it to say that people around the world need to know that NOLA has not recovered from Katrina. Boy does this city need help. I have seen so much devastation, STILL, two years after the storm.

My sister and I did have a wonderful evening tho with a friend of hers located in "Terry Town" - she is truly Cajun and had a terrific meal all ready for us when we got here. I begged the car group during the tour of the city that I just wanted a chance to sit down somewhere in the French Quarter to have something to drink and listen to some live music, even if it was for 15 minutes. Well we ended up going to the "Cafe De Monde" and do you know that I completely stayed away from the beignets, but had myself a cup of Cafe Au Lait and listened to this cute three piece band play some 70's music, jazz style! ROFL

But I didn't do such a good job of resisting the rest of the day. Oh goodness, for starters, at the Relief Site before we left, it was TOUR OF THE WORLD day, and it was MEXICO on the menu! So there was this Mexican dish for breakfast that I had to just have, but it was made with corn tortillas, so I had a bit of that for breakfast with some true homemade salsa. Hardly ate the rest of the day except for some nuts, and some bites of apple and my water.

Then when we got here to this house, I already told you that I had a bona fide Cajun meal waiting for me! Seafood Gumbo with Rice! Crawfish Pie! Roasted Pork with Dressing! I did resist the garlic bread, but I sure had some of everything else! AND THEN??? Here in NOLA they have what they call "Drive Thru Drinks" - yup! You can drive thru, get yourself a drink and take it home!!! OMG! I had, a Kahlua and Cream Daiquiri! Oh, and a taste or two of a Cajun Eggnog Daiquiri, oh yeah, and another taste of a Crawgater Daiquiri! My resistance was WAY low last night. But I had a BLAST! It was so fun sitting with this friend of my sister's and listening to her stories, what a great story teller she was!

No scale today, so I have NO idea what damage has been done, but I am NOT sweating it. Nope! I don't do this very often, I didn't eat in excess, I actually left quite a BIT of food on my plate when done. So unlike me. I ate till I was not hungry anymore which didn't take much. Did I mention it was GOOD??? It was actually quite freeing yesterday to not fret about food. Just to enjoy the moment.

Well, can't stay long. I am on a satellite internet service that is charged by the minute here, so I can't visit or reply. Please know that I am thinking about you all! I am wishing I could be around to visit and check out everyone's progress.

Take care!

Biz

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

November 13, 2007 - Day 14 on Phase 3 (R2)

Yesterday's Weight - 188.4 (remember, my sister's scale!)
Today's Weight - 189.4
Gain of 1.0

WOW!

Thanks out to all of you that continue to read my little ramblings while I am on vacation! I still cannot get my own laptop to work with the wireless here so I am kinda lost working on someone elses computer, so please again, bear with me.

I am feeling SO OUT OF THE LOOP! I want to read everyone's progress, but I am so enjoying my time away from the computer at the same time! I tried to get to a few blogs yesterday morning, but my sister and husband get started so early with this volunteer business, I had to pack it up and GO!

I played cheauffer for my sister yesterday afternoon. My sister suffers from an eye disease called "Fuchs Dystrophy" - it's slowly making her completely blind. She is legally blind now and cannot drive, but she still can see a bit. But she mostly sees in double and triple. It's a hard thing she is dealing with. She is getting it taken care of with cornea transplants and such, but it is a hugely long process. So anyway, we went galavanting all over Baton Rouge yesterday - and can I just say that Baton Rouge is completely HUGE! OMG! This city is for miles and miles! We handled alot of errands that she doesn't usually have time for so that was nice that I could help her.

At the volunteer site, they serve breakfast, lunch and dinner. And usually it's quite a spread. We ate breakfast and lunch there, and then dinner at home. Dinner wasn't until after 8pm, so I am sure that is the reason for the weight gain. But here is my menu for the day:

Breakfast: Eggs, bacon, cheese, mixed fruit with nuts and coffee and
milk
Lunch: MOUSAKKA! (OMG! This was DELISH!), salad from the
salad bar with all the fixins! and ranch dressing
Midafternoon Snack: Strawberries
Dinner: CAJUN SHRIMP!!! I kinda went overboard on the shrimp
last night, OMG, they were so delish! And spicy! And my regular
salad with my regular dressing. Oh yeah, and a BEER!

I am over estimating, because there is NO way I can accurately count what I ate yesterday in FitDay, so I am gonna say I had about 2000 cals. 120 was from fat, 92 was from carbs, and 110 was from protein. I really didn't eat large portions, all except for the shrimp, I kinda gorged myself there! ROFL

Ok, I hear them stirring in there, that means my time is done for today. Again! Thanks for continuing to be a part of my life while I am on vacation.

NOLA TODAY! WOO HOO FOR ME! Did I mention we are SPENDING the night there??? HA!

Take care everyone! Until next time, have a beautiful day!

Biz

Monday, November 12, 2007

November 12, 2007 - Day 13 on Phase 3 (R2)

Good Morning!

Well, first I have to tell you hat I am an hour behind in time zone from where I usually am, so my posts will be a bit later this week.

2nd, can I say it was an incredibly LONG trip to get here - I was in the car 11 hours yesterday, so you can imagine I about DIED when I got here!

3rd, the reveal with my sister went SPECTACULAR! We were both reveling in our skinnyness!!! And her husband too!

4th - couldn't get the wireless hooked up with my computer, so I am doing this from my sisters laptop, and well you all know, it's just not the same!

5th - you already know I forgot my scale. So I am doing a baseline weight from my sisters scale, I don't know if her scale is higher or lower than my scale at home, I will just have to have the faith that it is similar.

6th - my eating yesterday, as you can well imagine, was not the greatest because it was on the road.

Breakfast - coffee and a cheesesteak omelet from Waffle House
Snack for the day - Mixed Nuts and Breve Latte with s/f Caramel from StarBucks
Lunch - Chicken BLT Salad from Wendys with creamy ranch dressing
Dinner - OMG! My sister made this chicken / eggplant / squash thing that was to die for.

I really have no idea, but I think my cals were about 2000 for the day. That is a guesstimate, so bear with me there!

So my baseline weight while I am here is 188.4 - this is according to my sisters scale. This will be the weight that I go by while I am here.

Did I mention I am going to NEW ORLEANS??? This will be tomorrow, so wish me GOOD VIBES!!!

Until tomorrow,

Biz

Sunday, November 11, 2007

November 11, 2007 - Day 12 on Phase 3 (R2)

Ok, just short and sweet, because I want to get out of this house by 4:30am and it's 4:00am now.

1) I forgot my scale! Can you even believe it??? OMG! How dumb can I be? And my SIL has one, but it's in their master bath and I am NOT waking them up just to weigh myself so I am weightless today (don't I wish!).

2) Convention was spectacular! I did get a lot of oooo's and ahhhhh's - passed out alot of cards I had made up so that people could contact me if they were truly interested in this miracle.

3) I forgot to update my PDF printer before I left and I don't have time to do it now, so I will just have to tell you what I ate and post it later.

4) I am missing you all already!!!!

This is what I ate:

Breakfast: Coffee and Half and Half with Banana Cream Pie
During Break: STARBUCKS! Breve Latte with S/F Caramel - OMG!!!! This was DELISH!!!
Lunch: My regular salad with regular dressing - couple of leftover pork ribs
Dinner: My regular salad with regular dressing - few of the leftover port ribs
Dessert: Half a serving of the Banana Cream Pie
Not quite sure of the calorie count of the Latte, so I am going on the assumption that my cals were around 1800 for the day with 146 fat, 71 carbs, and 51 protein. UGH! I know, I know, I need to do better. I will, starting tomorrow!!!

Hopefully I will be able to catch up a bit tomorrow!

Biz

Saturday, November 10, 2007

November 10, 2007 - Day 11 on Phase 3 (R2)

Last Injection Weight - 187.4
Today's Weight 187.6
Yesterday's Weight 188.0
0.4 Loss From Yesterday
0.2 lb Over LIW

Here is my menu for yesterday.

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Gotta first of all thank all the wonderful people out there that post comments to my blog, to my tag board and also that email me, plus the ones that chat with me on Yahoo Messenger! You people are all just too wonderful! Even when I am LESS then active you all are out there motivating me to the HILT! THANKS GOES OUT TO ALL OF YOU!!!

Have I mentioned:

I AM IN THE ZONE????

UM YES! I am! Yesterday was crazy busy for me getting ready for my trip! I was out of the house with the kids at 7am and didn't get back in until after 1pm - and then crazy busy again packing and repacking the car, getting the last few things done to the car so that my trip will be safe and fun because I am traveling by myself. I left the house, thank GOODNESS with a huge mug full of coffee and my liter bottle of water, and didn't eat until I got home!!! AND I WASN'T HUNGRY!

Ok, I lied, I was at Wally World picking up some groceries and I was at the deli and I snacked on a piece of ham, and a piece of roast beef they had on sample but that was it! The water and the coffee WITH TONS OF HALF AND HALF kept me set all day. I know, I know, that wasn't good, but it was just that kind of day!

And then, do you know what I ate when I got home? A slice of my banana cream pie! ROFL - ok Biz, this is NOT a healthy day for you - but it had protein I say to myself, but not enough the Nazi part of me says, so then I go grab an apple and PEANUT BUTTER! So I am sitting there, thinking to myself, I really am over meat for some reason, let me just have MORE peanut butter, so I ended up with quite a bit!!!

The day is moving along. I figure I just have to eat more protein, and so I grab some cheese. Dinner time comes around. I fix my Jalapeno Chicken for the family with some rutabagas and sugar carrots and rice, and I am like, seriously, I don't want this. So I made my regular salad and dressing, and after that I was entering stuff into FitDay and the Nazi came out on me again and said HAVE MORE PROTEIN! So for dessert I ate some of that Cottage Cheese / Strawberry thing! HA! What kind of day was that??? Was I trying to be a VEGETARIAN??? So I downed a Chicken Wing, thinking that would bring my average up? UM NO! I only got 75 grams of protein yesterday, well thank goodness it was OVER the "protein deficient" thing. UGH

I promise people, I will do better. It was just so crazy busy and I was for some reason SO NOT INTO MEAT yesterday! How do you veggies do it? How do you make sure you get enough protein? I can't see myself drinking those powder shakes, ugh, they are gross.

Anyhoo to sum up this was what I ate:
Breakfast: Coffee with half and half - small piece of ham and roast beef - cheese
Lunch: Banana Cream Pie, Apple with Smuckers Peanut Butter - cheese
Dinner: Salad (lettuce / tomato / avocado / onion) with Hubbie's Dressing, Chicken Wing - cheese
Dessert: Cottage Cheese / Strawberry thang!
Total cals 1634 - Protein 75 grams - Carbs 76 grams - Fat - 117

Ok, just to let you know where I am over the next 8 or 9 days. I am going to a convention today, right from the convention I am leaving for Georgia, trying to get my first 3 hours of the trip out of the way. I will be getting online tonight and hopefully have some time to answer emails and such. Tomorrow I will be driving to Louisiana and will be there until Sunday the 18th. My sister has internet, but I don't know how good it is. I will be able to post updates and such, but I don't know how much I will be able to visit people.

I feel horrible about that. I love visiting your blogs, I really do, but I just don't know what kind of time I will have. I happen to love my sister more! I want to spend each and every available moment with her that I can! But if anyone REALLY NEEDS me, please contact me at my email, I will ANSWER email ok?

bizadventure at comcast dot net

Everyone, stay the course, have faith in the program. And please, send good vibes my way today. I go to my convention and am pretty nervous about the "Reveal" today! I gotta go get ready. I leave you with another one of my fave musicians from Hawaii - listen to the words people, this is how I feel about all of you out there! FRIENDS!



Have a WONDERFUL day full of SUNSHINE AND RAINBOWS!

Biz

Friday, November 9, 2007

November 9, 2007 - Day 10 on Phase 3 (R2)

Last Injection Weight - 187.4
Today's Weight 188.0
Yesterday's Weight 188.4
0.4 Loss From Yesterday
0.6 lb Over LIW

Here is my menu for yesterday.

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Would you look at that??? Did I mention I was in the ZONE??? I felt it again yesterday. NO pressure about food, just eating what I wanted when I wanted. It felt GOOD. I am BACK people! Back to where I was last P3 - and the weight is showing it. There is something about that "feeling" - where you just KNOW that your there. Do you want to know another reason how I know I am in the ZONE??? I am now ready for P2 again! ROFL!!! HA! But I am giving it the three weeks, and a few days after that for a taste of P4 and then for a shortened round 3!

You know how else I know my body is in the Zone??? I could have BANANA's again! Yup! I made an semi low carb Banana Cream Pie last night, and I gotta tell you, it was DELISH! Chock full of calories mind you, but a small slice just put a great end to a great day. I posted the recipe to the left.

So what was my menu yesterday???

Breakfast: Coffee with Half and Half, and some Harvarti Cheese - I'm out of Pumpkin Serniki's :(
Mid Morning Snack: Leftover Ground Pork Burger with a bit of catsup and hotsauce
Lunch: Large Salad (lettuce, tomato, onion and avocado) with my regular homemade dressing
Mid Afternoon Snack: OMG! Ricotta Cheese with a dollup of Spaghetti Sauce, mmmmm
Dinner: Hubby's Chili
Dessert: Banana Cream Pie
All in all, about 1700 cals separated into 105 fat, 93 carbs, and 97 protein. Still not enough protein, ugh. I gotta work on that one.

Thanks for all the comments yesterday on my "confession" - I need people to remember that this is MY journey, and that I only have to answer to myself, just like each and every one of you do. I make mistakes, I push the envelope, but in the end, I have to defer to what the good doctor says. So bear with me people as I take this journey, mistakes and all. Realize that I too am human and that I am prone to indiscretions. I am not perfect. And I admit to not adhering to this protocol perfectly. But then again, I am doing this on my own, and not with a doctors supervision, so I am figuring it out as I go along. With the help of all you wonderful people out there, I am figuring out what works for me, I hope you all do the same. Sometimes I feel like I am letting some people down by telling all the gory details of my journey, but I feel all must be said, warts and all. So again, please bear with me when I make mistakes.

That being said, and since I am again running out of time (geesh, I really talk too much) please take a look at this website:

Fear of Success

According to this article, there are 5 reasons why people have a fear of success, where do you fit? I find myself fitting into the #1 category. Where do you find yourself? I feel that I have been overweight for most of my life, that being thin means that I will be a different person ... a person I don't know how to be. A person I am not familiar with. And here at 45, how does one change the mentality of a "jolly overweight" person and translate that into a "thin who knows what I will be like" person.

Is it stereotypical to consider all overweight people to be jolly? I thought of myself as jolly, did you? Was being the funny one in the crowd a veil I wore to hide my obesity? Like if I was funny, people wouldn't notice that I was fat, or if they did, they would love me anyway because I was funny? What will I use to hold peoples attention when I am thin? Will I want to hold peoples attention when I am thin? Will I become invisible because I don't want people to realize that I was once fat, and that I am thin now? How should I act? These things plague me.

What will I talk about if I can't talk about food? Or weight issues? Do I have to become more versed on other subjects? Do I have to appear smart to be involved in conversations when I am thin.

I know these things sound very shallow, but again, I haven't been really THIN in my adult life, I honestly don't know how to act. What to say, how to hold a person's attention. These are things that cross my mind.

Which one do you fit in? Again, you can either use my comment box, or my Tag-Board of if you don't feel comfortable discussing this in the open, feel free to drop me an e-mail at bizadventure at comcast dot net.

Ok, peeps, I really have to go, this has taken WAY too long to write.

Did I mention I am going to see my sister on Sunday for a week? Over the next few days, I will be posting, but will be scarce.

Bear with me! UGH

Biz

Thursday, November 8, 2007

November 8, 2007 - Day 9 on Phase 3 (R2)

Last Injection Weight - 187.4
Today's Weight 188.4
Yesterday's Weight 188.8
0.4 Loss From Yesterday
1.0 lb Over LIW

Here is my menu for yesterday.

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First things first, what was my menu like yesterday? Let me start this by saying that I really, REALLY felt in the ZONE yesterday, first day in a LONG time (like almost three weeks) that I didn't have unreal protein cravings, in fact, I felt no hunger all day, felt like I did my first P3 round, which was a nice feeling. I ate what I wanted, when I wanted, and it was a very nice feeling.

My menu:

Breakfast: Coffee with Half and Half and a Pumpkin Serniki (WHAT ELSE???)
Mid Morning Snack: Leftover Grilled Pork Ribs
Lunch: Cauliflower Casserole (Recipe Posted on the left!)
Mid Afternoon Snack: That Strawberry/Cottage Cheese thing! OMG! I LOVE THIS!
Dinner: Salad made of Lettuce / Tomatoes / Avocado / Onions with a dressing of Vinegar / Oil / Soy Sauce / Pepper
Dessert: Apple with Peanut Butter (Smuckers Natural)
Total cals about 1750 separated into the following: 116 Fat, 77 Carbs and 108 Protein - Ok, I did better on the protein yesterday than the day before, but I need to bring it up a bit more. Will concentrate on that today.

Ok, where did I leave off yesterday? Questioning my decision about using half and half during the P2 portion of the protocol. Oh yeah!

Why would I now question what I felt was a sound decision for me to make? The decision was made with lots of thought and I even was prepared to suffer the consequences. Well, I had to keep thinking to myself, what makes this 2nd of my P2 and P3 different then my 1st round. Is there anything to glean from the two rounds and how I did them and relate them to how this one is going?

Looking back, I did everything BY THE BOOK on my first round. Everything. No deviations and I had a stupendous P2 round and an even more stupendous P3 - I basically flew thru P3 with no issues. In fact, if you look back, I was not wanting to eat, not hungry, food was uninteresting and I was just eating to live on my P3. What was different?

Was it the half and half? Could that have been the one thing that would lead me to believe that would make my difficulties in this round different? So, being REAL, I really started to look at my R2P2 - I did more than just add half and half to my day. I rationalized that since I could do half and half and still lose, why couldn't I add a piece of pork and still lose? If I could add that piece of pork, why couldn't I add tomatoes to my lettuce (and fool myself into believing that it was a piece of fruit). If I could add tomatoes, why couldn't I add onions to that same salad, and then fool myself even more to add some store bought "natural" salsa to that same salad because hey, they were all made of the same stuff.

So in other words, because I allowed myself that one thing, half and half, did it lead to letting me add more and more things? The last two weeks of my R2P2 were horrible for me. Seriously, I had these unreal cravings for protein that were just overpowering. I don't know where they came from, but they were there. I started eating beef two times a day (not a good idea) and then not eating my fruit and using tomatoes as a fruit ... my losses the last two weeks of my R2P2 were 2.8 and 2.4 - still respectable mind you, but not in comparison to my first four 7.6, 6.2, 4.0 and 4.0 - relationship? I don't know, but it sure is worth considering.

Now let's forward that to my R2P3 experience. Last round, I continued to lose after my last injection for five days. This round? Sitting the same until I started eating normal food and then gain, gain, gain until I needed a Steak Day - then an Egg Day. I may be over analyzing this thing, but I believe that there is some relation to my P2 experience and my P3 experience. Did I allow my "diencephelon" to rest properly during my P2 so that my P3 would work better? I don't think I did, with all my 'deviations'.

I know that I will stabilize this P3 - but how long will it take? Will it take the entire three weeks this time? I don't know, like I said before, I felt different yesterday, different than I had in three weeks. So is this the stabilizing stage, that moment that you know your body has finally listened to you and said, ok, this is the new set point for now, not that "other" weight, but this one.

Hmmmm, I hope I made some sense, most likely this is a let down from yesterday, it's just my thoughts tho, what I think might have happened to make my P3 experience what it is. I can tell you this with ALL certainty, I am going to do my NEXT P2 "BY THE BOOK" - no deviations, no strays, just like the Dr ordered. At that point we will really be able to see what is what.

Ok, let me wet your appetite for tomorrows post ... let's delve into this 'Fear of Success' thing a bit more. That will be the subject of conversation tomorrow.

Until then people, have a really good day. It's COOOOLLLLLDDDD here, well, cold for US in the SOUTH! It's 37 degrees out there! That is ridiculous for South Carolina!!! But it is SUNSHINY!!!

Biz

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