Day 26

Now me and the scale are getting along!!! I hope this continues but I'm sure it won't.  Down another 1.6 pounds to 158.2 pounds!!!  That's 2.8 pounds in 2 days or 3.4 pounds in 3 days!!!  I can get used to this rate, it's like the beginning days all over again.  I may get out of the 150's before ending this round after all!

I tried on the bridesmaid dress I wore last June and remember losing weight to fit into it, well I got it on today with less troubles than a year ago... still a bit snug but I know now I'm right where I was or a little less than I was last June!!!  Another 15 pounds and I'll be where I was when I first moved back to Missouri 3 years ago.  I have decided to do one more bottle after I finish this one to lose the most I can and then I will go into the maintenance phase and then slowly add the other foods and will be going back to the gym and hope to lose any additional amount on my own.  If after my birthday I haven't gotten there yet, I will do another round so I have lost the weight by around Thanksgiving.

Went to the golf course with Bob this morning to the driving range and hit some balls with him, I have to say, that's more physical work than you'd think and the most I've probably done since starting this diet.  I need to start doing my abs again to make sure that if/when this stomach fat goes away, there is muscle definition underneath (only downfall of seeing not as big of gains)!  I've had 10 glasses of water (5 bottles) so I treated myself to finally having my Gold Peak Tea!  It's my first one or my first drink not water in over a week.

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Stats:
Weight: 158.2
Waist: 158.2
Chest: 35.75
Hips: 38
Thigh - Left: 22.5
Thigh - Right: 22.5
Calf - Left: 14
Calf - Right: 13.5
Bicep - Left: 11
Bicep - Right: 11

Day 25

Yay!!!! Finally broke 161's and skipped all the way to 159.8!!! Down 1.2 pounds... I guess drinking the water pays off.  I'm currently on my 5th bottle for the day so hopefully I see just as good results tomorrow.

I had a chicken taco salad for lunch and spicy chicken chili for dinner tonight.  I keep "cheating" and sneaking a few baked cheetos in place of one of my melba toast, so far they haven't hurt me so I continue to do it... shhhh! :)

Well other than I'm down 15.2 pounds since beginning the HCG drops, I don't have much else to say...

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Stats:
Weight: 159.8
Waist: 30.25
Chest: 35.25
Hips: 38
Thigh - Left: 22.5
Thigh - Right: 22.5
Calf - Left: 14
Calf - Right: 13.5
Bicep - Left: 11
Bicep - Right: 11

Day 24

Well, the damn scale wasn't as great as I wanted it to be but I did drop another 0.6 pounds from yesterday so I'm down exactly 14 pounds and at 161.0!!! Hopefully tomorrow it's under 161!!!!

I had beef for both meals today so I'm hoping that won't be a big issue when weighing in the morning, but I am on my 4th bottle of water already... Debbie motivates me at work to keep the drinking of water up as she was getting ready for bottle 6, I think, when we left.  I was only on bottle 3.

I have asparagus grilled up to have with my roast for dinner tomorrow or lunch on Saturday.  I'm going to do a chicken salad for lunch tomorrow with the ground chicken I cooked up last night.  Hopefully salsa as my dressing will taste okay.  I'm going to attempt to mix lettuce and tomato again tomorrow but won't do but 1/2 of a small tomato plus what's in the salsa.

I CAN DO THIS!!!

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Stats:
Weight: 161.0
Waist: 30.5
Chest: 35
Hips: 37.5
Thigh - Left: 22.25
Thigh - Right: 22.25
Calf - Left: 14
Calf - Right: 13.75
Bicep - Left: 10.75
Bicep - Right: 11

Day 23

Well I missed another day on the blog.  Sorry about that! 

I wasn't too happy with my progress yesterday as I woke up gaining 1.0 pound.  I was back down to 161.6 today and I swear I better be at 160.something or lower tomorrow!!! I've been in the 161's since last week!  I don't want them or anything higher any longer!!!

I decided to try the ground chicken breast for dinner tonight.  It was odd but good for chicken... I'm a beef girl not a chicken girl.  I mixed it with some tomatoes and salsa and made it as a taco using lettuce leaf.  It wasn't bad with some fajita seasoning as well.

I forgot also yesterday to take my pictures for the start of week 4 so I took them today.  I'm going to load them all to a folder on my computer so I can actually see the difference from week to week.  I will let you know when I decide to actually post them, it may not be till the after, after pictures!

I still need to decide if I want to end this next week and take the 6 weeks off then do a 23 day cycle and end on my 30th birthday, I would guess based on how I'm doing so far I'd be down about another 2-3 pounds by next Tuesday and then I'd lose maybe another 13-14 during the 23 days of the next round which would put me roughly around 145 pounds at the end of the 2nd round.  I want to lose more than that so if I continue on to the 40 days, I should drop about another 8-10 pounds off putting me about 150 pounds roughly.  I'll then do my 3 week maintenance and then slowly add the sugars and carbs and then after a few weeks of that, actually try to lose more on my own and hope to get another 10-15 off by the middle of October.  That gives me the average of 2-3 pounds a week for healthy weight loss on your own so hopefully I can do it!  If I don't get to 130 by the time of my birthday, I'm going to start another round on my birthday and go the 23 days and end around Thanksgiving unless I'm doing good losing on my own by then.... Hmmm, decisions, decisions...

I CAN DO THIS!!!!

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Day 21

Sorry, for the delay... I wasn't around my computer to update my blog since Thursday.  I ran out of the drops and did not get them in yet, according to the tracking, they should be here tomorrow so that will be a relief.  I've managed to have one gain day Friday to Saturday, only 0.2 pounds.  I cheated a little over the weekend starting with a beer on Friday so I'm guessing part of the 0.2 pounds is from sodium as I had quite a bit of sodium on Friday night.  Since then though I've lost 1.2 pounds and today am finishing my 3rd week and have lost a total of 13.8 pounds and 20"!!!!

I realized with my cheating that there are a few things I can still eat and not gain that I enjoy and as long as I keep my water intake up when having so much sodium I should be good after this diet is over.  Friday night I had a beer, hotdogs (fat-free, turkey) and some baked cheetos.  Saturday, I went out to eat and ordered lettuce wraps and kept the amount I ate at the sitting to about a serving and didn't eat the rice noodles.  The rest of the day I was good.  Sunday, we had a BBQ to go to and I had pork (the only meat option), I only ate a small portion, about an 1/8 of a cup of potato salad, corn on the cob, pineapple, grapes, cherry tomatoes and cucumbers in sauce.  During the day though, I had a few Wavy Lays potato chips. 

Today, I had a few baked cheetos and the rest of my lettuce wraps.  Friday, I only had 507 calories, Saturday I was at 479 and Sunday, even with all the other foods, I only had 578.  I know since I'm out of drops I should be increasing higher than that, but I'm not overly hungry nor starving.  Starting tomorrow, especially with the drops being back, I will be back on the no carbs.  I've not had the Melba Toast since I was eating the chips or baked cheetos.

I got some more meat from Whole Foods on Saturday and some more veggies from City Market on Saturday as well. 

Well that's all I have that's been going on the last few days so until tomorrow...

I CAN DO THIS!!!!

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Stats: (Monday, July 4th)
Weight: 161.2
Waist: 30.75
Chest: 36
Hips: 38
Thigh - Left: 22.5
Thigh - Right: 22.5
Calf - Left: 14
Calf - Right: 13.75
Bicep - Left: 11
Bicep - Right: 11