Steak Day Results

I am down 2 pounds after yesterday's steak day, putting me at 143.8. So that puts me at 3.6 pounds over LIW. I am going to eat well today, and then go for another steak day tomorrow. (There is abosolutely NO way I could do 2 in a row!) Next Friday I will be begining injections again...that'd give me a break of just over 3 weeks. We are going camping that weekend, and it will be nice to enjoy smores on my load days!! My ultimate goal is to be fitting in a size 6 by the time we go to Disney Land in September!
Well I guess that is all for now. Have a great day!

Crazy Weekend

Well this weekend has been very eventful, and I am exhausted!! My weight this morning is 145.8....so today is a steak day. I am off to take a nap!! Happy Sunday everyone!

Steak Day Results

I am down 1.6 after yesterday's steak day. My weight is 141.6...and I am within 2 pounds of LIW!! Yippie! Today is me and hubby's anniversary...I am excited for a special night together!! We will be going out to dinner, so I hope my weight doesn't shoot up too high by morning.
That is all for now...toodles

Steak Day

This morning's weight is 143.2, so as you probably guessed today is a steak day. The only thing I can think of is that I ate too much peanut butter yesterday. So yeah...steak day today, and I hope it works! Tomorrow is me and my hubby's Anniversary. We have a couple from church taking the kids overnight for us.....we are so excited but we don't even know what we are going to do yet!!
Well, I guess that is all for now. Hope everyone is having a great day!!

Holding Steady

Today my weight is 142.0....so no steak day today!! yippie! Its looking like I may settle here at 142, and that is okay with me! I'd love to start my next round right at 142. I am very much enjoying phase three so far. I am not eager to start phase two again by any means, however the thought of actually reaching my goal weight is very enticing!!!
Well, that is all for now. Hope the rest of you are doing well!!

Dissapointed

My weight this morning is 142.2....exactly 2 pounds over my LIW. I am hoping that tomorrow it is no higher, because if it is, that means a steak day. I suppose that is all I have to report right now. Hope ya'll have a great day!

So Far So Good

Well this morning's weight is 141.2, so I am within the 2 pounds of my LIW (My LIW is 140.2) While I miss being in the 130's, I am happy that I am within the 2 pounds of LIW. I am also just happy to be on phase three, and not have that constant battle in my mind that I was having on phase two. I desperately needed a break. I won't be starting again until July 19th!! A 4-5 week break will do me good mentally! Will also be good for me to practice maintaining!
Well, I suppose that is all for now. Hope ya'll had a great weekend!

I am Feeling Awesome

Well, I am down 1.2 this morning, putting me at 137.0 and 3.4 pounds below my LIW. That gives me a good cousion to begin phase three with, as I normally flucuate quite a bit trying to figure out what works for me and what doesn't. I am determined to begin the next round where I am ending this one!!!!!
Well, gotta go...kiddies are waking up! Toodles for now!!

WOW!!!!

Okay, so yesterday was my last injection...today I woke up to a loss of 2 whole pounds!!! So that puts me at 138.2, and two pounds under my LIW. This definitly made me want to keep going, but I know that I need to stop, so yesterday was definitly my last injection, and tomorrow will be my last day on VLCD. I can't want to have eggs and sausage for breakfast on Saturday morning!! Hope everyone else is doing well!!

Last Shot

Okay, I have decided that today is my last shot. My LIW is 140.2!! I will stay on the diet today, tomorrow, and Friday, and then Saturday will start phase 3. I am determined to do phase 3 right this time. I intend to stay within the 2 allowed pounds, and not gain a bunch back! I so desperately want to begin the next round where I am ending this one!! I am taking 4-5 weeks off. I am planning to begin my next round on July 19th. So there ya have it....I will, of course, keep ya'll updated as to how phase three, goes for me this time.

Still Hangin in There

Today's weight is 140.2 (down .6)....I am thinking that either today or tomorrow, or Friday at the very latest, will be my last shot. I think I am gonna see how today goes and then decide. Depends on how many more days I think I can stick to the diet and end it right.
That's it for now....hope everyone has a great day!!

Hangin in There

I am down 1.2 after yesterday's apple day, putting me at 140.8. I tell ya, I am so ready to be done for awhile...I've been up and down with these same 4 pounds a few times now. I am finishing out this round, as I said before...I'd love for my LIW for this round to be 135 pounds! Well, I hear screaming kids, so I better run!

Roller Coaster

Okay, so here I am: an up and down roller coaster. This morning's weight: 142.0. I have decided to go ahead and finish out this round, so that I can get back down to 135-137, and then end it the right way. Today is an apple day. I am definitly looking forward to a lonnnnnnnggggggggggggg break!! Tammy is sending me more hcg so it should be here by the time I am ready to start again. (thanks again Tammy, and DrugDelivery!!!) Hmmmm....not much more to say right now, I suppose, so I will bring it to and end. Have a great day!

Ready to be DONE!

I am sooooo peaved. I cheated again tonight. I think I just need to be done for a while. I am gonna take a full 6 weeks off, and today will be my last injection. My LIW is 137.2. Which will already be way higher tomorrow as a result of cheating today, so I don't know what I'm gonna do. I will send Cindy an email and ask her. I'm at the point where it just doesn't make any sense to keep going with this round, because the hunger is unbearable, not to mention the cravings, and I'm convinced the hcg is having no effect on me. I need to quit for a full 6 weeks and then go at it again. Sorry to dissapoint those of you who are following my blog. I will, of course, keep blogging and keep ya'll up to date.

Keepin it Movin...

I am down 1 pound this morning, putting me at 137.2!!! Each day is getting harder and harder to stick to the diet....I am definitly counting down the days til phase 3 starts!!
Well, I am off to take a nap before we go back to church tonight... Have a great day!

Yeah!!

Today showed a loss of 1.2 pounds, putting me at 138.2. I am going to make this short today...hubby and I are going to Water World, and I am psyched!!! Last summer I was 100 pounds heavier and wouldn't be caught dead in a swimming suit. So this is really huge for me!!!!
Hope everyone else has a great weekend!!!

Little Bit

Well, today's loss was .6, putting me at 139.4. I am almost done with this round, and this time I am taking 5 weeks off before I start again! I hope to get as close to 130 as possible....then not gain it all back during phase 3 this time!!! Me and my hubby are celebrating our 4 year anniversary on the 27th of this month. By that time I will be on phase three, so I will be able to enjoy a night out with him a little better than if I were on the VLCD. We are having a friend from church take the kids over night so that we can enjoy eachother! Then we are going camping the last weekend in July....I am super excited....I will be on phase 4 at that time, so should be awesome! lol. When we get back from camping I will do my next round.....and then hopefully I am looking awesome by mid September, because that is when we go to Disney Land!!!
So there ya have it....the long-term over look. Right now I am just going to focus on where I am right now, and hope to get close to 130 by the end of this round! Gotta run for now....toodles.

Apple Day Results

Well after yesterday's apple day I am down 1.8 putting me right at 140.0. I am so dissapointed in myself for cheating. I know I need to get over it, but its hard to. I was doing so good, then BAM had to screw it up. Grrr..... ok ok I will get over it, really I will.
Also, I have decided to put the scale away, except when I weigh in the morning. I'm not going to weigh throughout the day anymore....cause it messes with my mind too much.
Allright...gotta run....toodles for now.

Screwed Up

Okay, well yesterday evening everything finally caught up to me and I gave in.... and gave in a lot!!! This morning my weight is 141.8 and I feel absolutely terrible. I feel like I have let everyone down, including myself, and it totally sucks to be in the 140's again after I worked so hard to get below that. So, to all of my readers, I'm sorry....but at the same time, there ya have it...the truth. This is so hard, and sometimes harder than other times. Anyway, I have to get myself beyond this and pick up and keep going. I am doing an apple day today...hopefully I see a decent loss in the morning. Since I am doing a long round this time, I still have quite a few shots left, so I am really hoping to maybe still see 130 by the time this round ends.

New Scale???

Okay, so I have a confession to make.... I know we are supposed to weigh ourselves in the morning, and thats it....well....I have a habit of getting on the scale several times throughout the day (particularly after I eat or pee)....crazy, I know, but I can't help it. Anyways, today I got on it, and it made a cracking sound. I think I broke it...LOL... cause now it seems to be off (and on the high side of course). I'm thinking about going and picking up another one exactly like it, but am reluctant because I don't know if it will show my weight the same as what the other one would have. hmmmmm Should I go get one and then just go by what ever that one says in the morning? Anyone else ever had to get a new scale in the middle of round two? Anyways, from what I could tell earlier before I broke it, it doesn't seem like my weight is going down any today. I even cut out my morning fruit serving. I guess we will see what the new scale says in the morning. I am getting very discouraged and am wondering how many more days my weight is going to linger around what it is at. Allright...gotta run...will let you all know what happens in the morning.

Perplexed

My weight is the same this morning. No loss and no gain. I am super upset, as I have not cheated...not even a bite. And have done nothing different as far as what I put on my skin (or my diet for that matter). I am going to do everything just as I normally would today, and see what happens tomorrow, then if I don't have a decent loss tomorrow I am gonna try an apple day to see if that gets things going again.
I will keep ya'll updated!

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Inching Along

Well today's loss was only .4, so that puts me at 137.4 and makes my loss so far this round 17.2 pounds in 16 days. I must say that when I lose the smaller amounts, it is much harder to stay motivated, but I have a pair of size 6's in my room, and I look at them everyday to help keep me motivated! Thank you guys for reading my blog and for your comments....when I woke up this morning to a loss of .4 I was a bit discouraged, but then I came down and read your comments, and now am in much higher spirits! So thank you very much!!

Paying Off

Okay, so last night me and my hubby took the kids to "Granny and Grampa's" house....and what did they have for dinner?!?!?! Famous Dave's BBQ....MY FAVORITE!!!! My absolute favorite thing to eat ever!! I ate before we went, and touched nothing while we were there. I was so proud of myself, and it did pay off. I am down .8 this morning, putting me at 137.8 and making my total loss for 15 days 16.8 pounds. This round has really been the best one for me so far, as far as sticking to it and not giving in....and it honestly is getting easier!! I hope I continue on like this....before I know it I will be hitting the 120's!!!! Oh my word will it be a day of celebrating when I see that scale read 120something!!
Okay, well, I am going to hop off here for now.... Have a great Sunday!

Playing it Safe

So this morning I stepped on the scale, and it read "137.8". Stepped on it again and the same thing. Then the next time it read "138.6", and every time after that, it read 138.6. So just to be safe and avoid dissapointment tomorrow, I am going with the 138.6. So that would mean a loss of just .2, and a total loss of 16 pounds in 14 days. I am hoping to see a decent loss tomorrow morning.
Last night I was at a birthday party....there was cake and ice cream as you can imagine...... and I had nothing!!! I ate before I went and didn't cave in to temptation!! I was SO proud of myself!!! (only to wake up and lose barely anything)...but I guess that's just how it goes. lol We'll see what the scale reads tomorrow.
Well, my hubby and kids are all napping, so I am going to enjoy the quiet!!

Going Steady

Another loss of .8 this morning, putting me at 138.8, and making my total loss for 13 days 15.8 pounds. I drank some Smooth Move Tea before bed last night to get things moving again, and it worked.
I am getting a lot of comments from people that are just amazed at "how good" I am looking. It is very encouraging to hear. My victory day will be the day that my size 6 stuff fits!!!
As of now, I am still feeling great...no problems keeping the diet, and no weakness or lightheadedness, so I am happy. It is soooo motivating to be losing weight I've not lost before and seeing a brand new number on the scale every day. I love it.
Well, I gotta run for now....these kids keep me busy!!

The Good Times AND the Bad

Okay, I am going to respond to Merry's post about the email she got from someone saying that we always post the good things making it look like a breeze.
I just want to say that, in my experience, I have had both good times, and devastating times. I've had days (and weeks) that I went totally crazy, and gave in several times, only to lose the same weight over and over again. This is definitly the hardest "diet" I have ever done in my life. But it is also the most promising, and effective!! This is absolutely NOT "easy", as some of my friends are now finding out. It is not an easy way out, and it takes more dedication and self-control than anything I have ever done.
There are, however, those good times. I am having an awesome time right now, and definitly don't take it for granted, because I know how hard this is.
I thought it was kinda ironic how I recently started posting about how good this is going for me right now, only to find Merry's post. Anywho, just wanted to say that my posts are 100% honest. I post about my hard times, and I post about the good as well. The diet does become easier when you are disconnected from food. And that is where I am right now. How to get there, I couldn't tell ya....it just happened for me.
Anyways, I hope I am making sense....any other challengers understand what I am saying?? What are ya'll's thoughts about this?

A New Decade!!

Well I had a loss of .8 this morning putting me at 139.6, and making my total loss for 12 days 15 pounds. As you can imagine, I am VERY happy to see the 130's!!!!!! YESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am still feeling great. I am extremely surprised at how good I feel, concidering my prior problems with lightheadedness and weakness. I'm not taking any potassium pills or any other vitamin right now. I feel the best that I have so far, which to me, is amazing. I haven't had any temptations to cheat, or quit, like I did in my other rounds. Really, I am perplexed, but I'm not complaining....this is WONDERFUL!! Maybe it's the fact that I am getting so close to my goal that it is keeping me super motivated.... anywho, whatever the reason, I am very thankful!
Better get back to my kiddos....Have a great day!!

Current Pictures!

Okay, here are my before pictures and then pictures of me taken today! Check out the difference! The pics of me in the white and black were taken when I started with the HCG Challenge. I am happy with my progress so far, but still have a ways to go.

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Getting O So Close!!

Today was a loss of .6, putting me at 140.4, and making my total loss for 11 days 14.2 pounds!!! I am soo sooo close to that next decade! I am hoping to see it tomorrow, but will not be overly dissapointed if I don't because the last two times I got to 140ish that is where I stalled....have yet to see 130 anything!! I still have plenty of shots left in this round though, so I KNOW I WILL see it this time.... hopefully tomorrow!! lol
Well, that is it for now...this kids are waking up, and I need some tea and water in my system, oh and my shot!! lol Toodles

Another Pound!!

Today I am down another pound putting me at 141.0 and making my total loss for 10 days 13.6 pounds. I know I say this a lot, but I am SOOO excited to enter the 130's!!! Only a couple more days and I should be there!! I am so happy. I am feeling great. No hunger, no cravings, no weakness, no lightheadedness, and I haven't been having to take any potassium pills either. I cook for my family every night and have not taken even a single bite. I finally have the mindset I need to get me through without wanting to cheat. It's great. I finally feel disconnected from food, which for me, is the key to not giving into temptations.
Well, once again, I have a house full of kids that I need to get back to, so this is it for now. I plan to post some photos maybe tomorrow when my hubby is back in town and can snap some pics of me. Oh, and one more thing real quick...I am wearing a jumper today....size 8 and I haven't worn it since before I was pregnant with my first!! Maybe I'll wear it for the pics tomorrow! Very exciting (and motivating!!!) Not too much longer before I am back in my size 6 wardrobe (and my sis's clothes!)

Yippie!!!

This morning's weight showed a loss of 2 whole pounds, putting me at 142.0 and making my total loss for 9 days 12.6 pounds!!!!! I am getting VERY excited to see that new decade!....it's right around the corner!! Well I have a lot of kiddos this morning, so I better get off of here! Hope everyone has a great day!

On a Roll

I showed a loss of 1.4 this morning putting me at 144.0 and making my total loss for 8 days 10.6 pounds. I'll take it! Well, I am cutting this one short....gotta get out the door to church. Hope everyone has a great day.