R2 P2 VLCD2 and dealing with the temptation of others

Wow! I awoke to a weight loss of 4.2 today! That makes me feel a lot better after being such a pig on our Disney trip! I figure by the end of the week I will be down to my LIW from R1. I am already feeling much better and just an overall cleaner feeling. My jeans I bought 2 weeks ago were loose yesterday. I am going to go broke buying new clothes. I may have to just wear yoga pants for a while and give up on buying new denim until the New Year. I was on the phone with my Mom yesterday who was asking what she should get everyone for Christmas and I told her that I wanted a gift certificate to a clothing store. Hopefully, I will have a reason to go out and get some new clothes! Another blogger brought up the topic of someone eating infront of her and the temptaions that it brought on. I thought I would share how I deal with that situation. When someone eats infront of me something that I can't have I find it helpful to imagine what that is doing to their body. For example, if someone was eating a cheeseburger infront of me I imagine how the grease and fat dripping off of it is sticking to the walls of their arteries and how that big lump of meat is sitting in their bowels giving them a bloated, painful distended belly. I know it sounds wierd but it works. I did it when I quit smoking 10 years ago and it really helped. The more graphic I paint the picture the better it works. Does anyone else do this?

Round 2 Load Day 2

After my trip to Disneyland and Southern California, I returned with an extra 5.5 pounds! I had been off the hcg for 2 weeks after a 25 day round. I was supposed to wait 3 weeks to start another round but I am so disgusted with the weight that I put on. I don't know anyone who has started another round so quickly but I am willing to take that leap to see what happens. I figure that this round will also be a short round due to concerns of immunity developing to the hcg. I will attempt to do a 23 day round but if I am still losing by then I think I may keep going.
I am amazed how terrible I feel now that I am eating regular food. My stomach is killing me! My belly is bloated and I have a general yuck feeling about me. I also noticed how much more my knee has been bothering me since I have gained back 5 pounds. I figure by next week I will be in ketosis again and feeling better. I spent the morning cutting up and grilling chicken and prepping veggies for my VLCD 1. Tonight we will go out for our last hurrah for the next month.
This is also the first time I am doing the hcg on my own and without using a clinic. I figure that if I cut the clinic out I save myself about $200. I really don't think that they did anything for me at the clinic. I actually only saw the doctor 2 times. Once at my initial visit and at one follow up visit. I did one weigh in with his office staff since he was out that day. I really don't need to pay $200 extra for that. The hcg that I am using for this round was from Pharmacy Escrow. I have not tested it but it is the same that others have used on the HCG board.

Half Way There!

I weighed 179.5 today! This is the half way point of my weight loss goal. I am super excited! My goal for this round was to get under 180 on P2. Today was my last vlcd on P2 and I start P3 tomorrow. I am excited and scared about starting P3 tomorrow. The worst part is that we are leaving town! In 5 days I will be at Disneyland. We will be staying at one of the hotels in the park. This means I will be exposed to every delicious little morsel in the park! I have a feeling that there will be a cheat coming in my near future. My goal is to stay in 3 pounds of LIW. I am already 1.5 under that. Please send good thought my way that my will power doesn't fade on me!

Day 26

This morning I weighed in at 180.5 and have lost 14.7 pounds this round. Yesterday was my last injection. I have 2 more days of VLCD. I am anxious to start P3 but I am also nervous about going outside of my small selection of foods that I normally eat. I will absolutely do another round of hcg. This is the easiest diet that I have been on. I still plan to lose another 35 pounds. Anything above and beyond that will be a bonus. My plan is to do the best I can to maintain my weight until Thanksgiving. My plan is to start another round the Saturday after that. My biggest challenge will be my trip to L.A. this weekend. I will be there for 8 days with my husband and 2 children. I have decided that I will do my best to maintain a low carb diet with a few cheats. I figure with all the walking that we will be doing I will be burning some extra calories. I guess I will give an update when I get back.

Day 18: VLCD # 16

Well... after having the flu for a week I have finally made a full recovery! Unfortunately, I fell off the program somewhat but I am working on getting back on track. I weighed 189.1 this morning which was a bit disappointing.

My goal at this point is to finish up with my injections on Friday, October16th. (That is as far as I am paid up with the med spa clinic) My family and I will be in LA from the 16th to the 24th. I decided that I am going to enjoy my trip and not worry about packing and flying with syringes of hcg. My goal for vacation is to stay within a couple of pounds of my finishing weight. When I return from LA I am planning on starting a new round for 43 days. That will put me in early December. I will follow P3 until after the first of the year and hopefully get in a third round before summer rolls around. I have already purchased my hcg for my second round. I am sure my hubby will want to do it again too.

I am really paying for cheating while I was sick. When I was first sick the doctor told me to just treat the flu. Well I did that my eating soup. I tried to be good and have only broth style soup with veggies and without noodles. I also ate crackers with the soups. We went to a party the first day I was feeling better and I had some pizza, chips and dips. I figure I was 188.8 when I got the flu so I haven't done too bad. I did get down to 185.5 with the flu but I was probably dehydrated also. Since I cheated I have been really hungry and do not have the full feeling I did before the flu. It has been a bit difficult but not unbearable. I keep drinking lots of fluids. Hopefully, tomorrow will bring better numbers on the scale.