Struggling

Well, I have finally gotten back down to where I was before the conference, but I am really struggling with cravings. I have almost given up on trying to follow protocol, go back onto a P3 diet and do a Candida cleanse. I dont want to give up though, so maybe I will talk to Victoria and get on the Candida G which is P2 friendly, my biggest problem is the money right now. I am kinda strapped due to unexpected bills coming up. I will survive this too... I had better run. I have to go and license the car and get some things done around the house.
until next time, take care

Well, I am back

I have been to a conference this week, so I haven't been checking in. It was a lot of fun, but the options for food weren't the best. I am sad to say that I didn't do as well as I had hoped, but I still didnt gain too much. I took a break for 4 days from the Hcg and I was going to start up again this morning but I had Aunt Flo drop in for a visit. So I will be starting up the injections again Sunday morning. And at only 5 lbs up from where I left off. Not bad considering that everything they served us for 3 days had a lot of starches and I am sure sugars, and also I am assuming that some of the gain is from water weight due to TOM. I did limit myself to not eating everything that was offered and instead of the juices and punch that was offered I drank water. I ate like I was on phase 3 for the most part. So now the goal is to lose the conference weight (again) and begin again toward my downward journey. I hope everyone's week was a good one. This week has been a long one with all that has been happening. I had a birthday, and my horse had to have stitches in her leg, not once, but twice, and then the conference on top of it all.....Needless to say, it has been a very busy, stressful week and 5lbs is really not that bad in the scheme of things. Yes I am trying to make myself feel better for gaining at all, but I did the best I could with what I had to work with. So I have to lose that 5 lbs again, but it could be worse.......it could be all of it that I have to lose again.......and the best part is, the inches don't come back as fast as the lbs do..........I am still smaller than I was a month ago.......that alone should be worth it........IS WORTH IT
until next time, take care

VLCD #3

Today has been an interesting one. Let me start off with saying........so far 2 days on low calorie, (with a major oops) and I am down 7.2 lbs. I was excited about that. My oops was, we were going to eat dinner at a friends house, (she is vegan and so salad was on the menu) and we had to leave early.....well, we ended up not getting something to eat until very late (10:30ish) and because I didn't plan on eating at home, I didn't go to the store. I was planning on going the next morning. So I had to find something to eat for my P2 protein.......no eggs, or cottage cheese, no protein powder shakes or anything else. Only had some "natural hot dogs" They do not have any preservatives in them and seem to be ok except they have some cane sugar. Being left with no other alternative, I ate one and just figured I would count it as another load day. Much to my surprise, I got up to a 5.4 lb loss! I was hoping that I could keep that up. Well, then the next day happened, I am injecting, and for some reason it looked like there was a big air bubble in my syringe, so I pulled it out, and it was just a trick to my eyes I guess, because there was no air bubble. I wasted about 1/3 of that injection, because I didn't want to re-stick myself. and let me tell you, I was very hungry. I will not make that mistake again. So that is 2 lessons learned very early on in this my r2p2
Hope everyone has a pleasant day,
until next time, take care

Day 2 Load day

Today is load day 2 and I am sooo stuffed. I had a blueberry shake, and some stroganoff. A couple of cookies and some milk. My starting weight for this round is up about 10 lbs from my liw. I am not happy about that, but I will deal with it. I did so well, and I still have not figured out why I ended up gaining 7+lbs overnight last Wed. I didn't cheat, but we did go out and the only thing that I can think of is maybe MSG? Something in the food that shouldn't have been there. I don't have the answer to that. It seems so trivial, all the little things, but I have found that they really do make a big difference. So now to start on R2P2 I am almost at the point that I started the last round. One thing I am grateful about is that the inches that were lost, are still gone and I am still fitting in the smaller sizes. So even though my actual scale weight is higher, my size is smaller.

Yesterday, I went shopping with a friend. She was so funny. We got me a whole new summer wardrobe. I hate trying on clothes still, but I tried them on and she picked them out. (it was thrift store shopping) but it still cost almost $50. I got 2 skirts, 2 pr of Capri's, and 6 or 7 blouses. It was fun. Then we went to the Whole Foods market. It was a nice girls night out, after a long hard day of putting up fences, and corralling the horses again. They got out while we were in town....my dad called and said the the horses were out. So we hurried back home.

This morning, I have helped my brother, pulled weeds in the garden, watched my son with the horses, made lunch and I am now watching the Nascar race. Well, that is all that is happening in my world. Hope everyone has a great day.
Take care

What Gives?

Today when I got up, I was up 7.5 lbs up over yesterday. After I got my hubby and son off to work, I did go back to bed, and my weight was a little less after I got up, but not enough. I didn't feel well all day yesterday, but I thought I got in all the proteins and everything I needed. Will you gain if you don't get enough food? I know that I was cold all day and I felt like someone had sucker punched me in the back. It hurt to breathe, and I have been coughing too....and I have a sore throat....It doesn't help that one day it is 90 degrees and the next will be 50 if we are lucky. At least I can say that it hasn't been so unbearably hot yet. Is it possible to gain that much overnight? Well, I guess it is. But I just wonder why so much so fast. I didn't even cheat.....that is what sucks about it. I have felt better today, but not wonderful. It has been cold and rainy all day.
I am starting injections and load days on Saturday. That was planned all along, it is not something new. I was just a little freaked out when I stepped on the scale this morning and saw that my weight was up 10 over LIW and I was doing so well keeping it right at the 2 lb mark. Wow what a setback.......Tomorrow will be better. I have made sure that I got in all my calories and water so I am hoping for a loss. Maybe I didn't get all my water in yesterday..........I don't know. I slept a lot of the afternoon. I don't know what I did, to gain but I do know that I am frustrated.
I just keep telling myself that tomorrow will be better..........

Life and Goals

Yesterday my day was crazy. I started early cleaning my house, we had an insurance guy out at 10. My son got up and let the dogs out....well, one of them got out to the road and got hit. She is ok, but she has a really bad case of road rash. No broken bones and such. At 2 I had a Scentsy party to do. We went into the city and did the party, then went to Costco, and then came home. At that point, we went over to the Farm equipment store and bought some fencing to keep the horse in. I still have to finish mowing the lawn, get the garden tilled and get it planted. I got a bunch of tomato, bell pepper, honeydew, zucchini, and pumpkin plants from the school greenhouse, along with a bunch of flowers and other shrubs to plant. They were just getting rid of them. At least when I get them in, I will have some color in my yard.
I still have maintained my 2lb leeway for LIW. Yesterday, with everything that was going on, I didn't get to eat like I should have, so I am at the top of the 2lb. I am going to be going back on P2 this week. It will be 3 weeks on Thursday for P3. I was going to cut it short, but from everything I have read, it is not really a good idea. So I have stuck it out and am finishing like protocol suggests. So next Saturday I will do my first load day. My biggest challenge will be the 17 - 20 of June I have a conference that I have to go to, and I don't know how well I am going to be able to maintain injections and VLCD. I haven't worked that out yet. Still figuring that one out. My goal is to be down to under 200 by the September. That gives me two rounds of P2 and one of P3. I am thinking that if I lose 20-25 lbs each round, I should be able to make that goal. That is hoping that I don't have another 2 week stall. I also have another Conference near the end of July that will also be out of town but I should be back on P3 by then so it wont be as hard.
Anyway, enough of me rambling.....gotta run and get hubby's haircut....I am also thinking of coloring my hair. Better do it before I get back on P2.
Until next time, take care