R3P3D8 I like BAB

Round 3 Phase 3 Day 8
Starting Weight on 03/26/2012: 174.8
LIW: 159.8
Yesterday's Wt: 160.0
Today's Wt: 160.0
Today's LOSS/GAIN: +/-0.0
R3 Total Loss to Date: -14.8

It appears my body likes being at this weight which is completely fine by me. I'm really trying hard to get those BAB's in but work is sometimes uncooperative.  I mean I have to be there at 5am so I would have to wake up an extra 30 minutes early to eat here at home but that would mean I would have to get up at 3:30am the latest.  I may have to start doing that because I went to a training today to learn how to swipe in and out.  We did this many moons ago and they act as if we're morons and don't remember how to do it.  I understand that there's new employees that were hired recently and they don't have a clue on what to do but to drag all of us there, ridiculous.  So I didn't get to go shopping today because after that training, I got out of work later than usual and I did not feel like battling with anyone.  The drive home is stressful enough with every route I take is under construction.  I did stop at Walgreen's just to get one of my free Refreshers and I did.  The flavor I wanted I wasn't able to reach it so I got my regular flavor.

Okay, so today's BAB consisted of a humongous boneless pork chop and a whole avocado. I was afraid to take some brussel sprouts because some days, I just don't know how they are going to affect me, if you know what I mean.   Later I had an apple.  I sit here right now debating what to eat and what to cook for tomorrow's BAB.  I'm waiting for things like steak, chicken thighs and more pork chops, to defrost.  I have another cooked pork chop in the fridge but I don't know if I should eat now or save it for tomorrow.  I have plenty of eggs and asparagus to make an omelet for dinner instead but I just don't know.  As I sit here typing, I've enjoyed some dried plums and a few potato chips, yes potato chips.  I only had about 7-8 of them and quickly closed up the bag before I start mindlessly eating the whole bag.  Yesterday's dinner consisted of a huge steak, mushrooms cooked in butter, lard and coconut oil (same as the steak) and a huge salad. That salad contained Romaine lettuce, spinach, cucumbers, baby carrots, cilantro, a bit of Muenster cheese, sliced radishes, bacon bits, bleu cheese dressing and ground flaxseed sprinkled on top.  I can't have a salad today because I'm finally out of Romaine lettuce.  I have fresh spinach so that's an option too.

So that's all I have to report today, or at least this is all I can remember.

R3P3D1 Finally Phase 3

Round 3 Phase 3 Day 1
Starting Weight on 03/26/2012: 174.8
Yesterday's Wt: 158.8
Today's Wt: 159.2
Today's LOSS/GAIN: +0.6
R3 Total Loss to Date: -15.6lbs

I don't even know what to blog about, I'm just so happy to eat again.  I got home from work and cooked up a big ole chicken breast in lard and butter, spring mix salad with avocado dressed with olive oil and red wine vinegar, and brussel sprouts in butter sauce.  Needless to say, I didn't finish the chicken breast but everything else I did.  I don't think I'll have to eat dinner tonight.  If I do get hungry, that piece of chicken breast is there.  Now I just feel that I have to have that hand to mouth constantly.  I'm not hungry, I just want to put food in my mouth!!  I'm trying to do other things.  I also finally get to take my supplements since most are oil based.  The one I really like is the CLA capsules.  I also took some Mega Red and K2.  I have some garlic capsules but I can't swallow anymore capsules right now so I'll take those before I go to bed.  Hopefully I can turn in early today.  I always say that and I end up going to bed late.  I'm washing the towels a coworker brought me.  He stated he had excess amount of brand new towels so I asked him to bring me some.  I'm debating now to take the ones I purchased at Costco back for a refund.  The ones he brought me are from hotels that he's stayed in. He gave me six of them so I am washing them right now.  Not that they were dirty when he brought them but just for my peace of mind.  As I'm typing this, the UPS guy dropped off my package.  Apparently someone at UPS was curious to know what I had bought because my box was nearly open.  It was open enough to see the contents.  Boy, were they disappointed to see a bag of organic whole flaxseeds and 3 pounds of Chia seeds.  I am laughing my ass off right now.  I'm going to make me a hot cup of vanilla Chai tea since it is very cool, cloudy and rainy here right now.  It feels like Seattle.

I went shopping again today, of course, but I finally found my frozen dark cherries at Albertson's.  They're BOGO free this month so I'm gonna try and stock up.  I love cherries, I love them so much, I have a tattoo of one.  I'm trying to stock up on potato chips since I have coupons for them and they are not for me.  We have our BBQ at work coming up so I'm taking the chips.  I just noticed my coupons expire on Saturday, so I'm gonna hafta go to 10 different stores tomorrow and Saturday, LOL.  I had gone to Big Lots during work  to purchase some soap they have on sale.  I had purchased some yesterday and tried it and I liked it, so I'm gonna stock up on that too.  Sadly, the other store overcharged me or this store just has the discount entered differently, so I'm going back to this store tomorrow.

It's trash day today, so I'm off to collect it and kick it to the curb!!

R3P2D38V32 Sunday Morning

Round 3 Phase 2 Day 38 VLCD 32
0.25ml (125iu) HCG SQ injection #31
Starting Weight on 03/26/2012: 174.8
Yesterday's Wt: 161.2
Today's Wt:161.0
Today's LOSS/GAIN: -0.2lb
R3 Total Loss to Date: -13.8

TOM must be lurking or I'm retaining water from being so sore from yesterday or even both.  I was really debating about my injection today but I just did it, since there should only be 10 days left in my vial, technically 9 now.  I just hope if TOM is lurking, he better show up quick because I don't want it around when I retake my test.  I forgot I had bought some avocados at Costco yesterday so I will have to keep watch on those.  I may need to freeze them if I don't finish my injections in time.  After my fall yesterday my ear looks pretty bad.  I thought it was just red but it's actually bruised.  I have several bruises in strange places but that's to be expected. I may need to invest in a new pair of running shoes too.  I went to bed early last night, after reading a few chapters of The Hunger Games, since I was exhausted from my morning torture.  My cat kept crying at my door every hour on the hour.  I finally gave in at 5am to see what the fuss was about.  Turns out they were out of water.  Oooops, I gave them some water and she finally left me alone.  I weighed myself at that hour out of curiosity and it read 161.6.  I was no, I don't like that number so I fell back asleep.  When I finally awoke at around 8am, I weighed myself again and got that zero at the end.  I was surprised since I did hurt myself yesterday.  Also I ate too much. I had forgotten that I had eaten an apple between my meals and for dinner I had tomato again.  I pretty much repeated my lunch for dinner forgetting to omit the tomato.  I may have eaten an extra WASA cracker but I don't recall.  Oh well, I needed the extra nutrition for nearly killing myself yesterday.  I managed to water my poor palm trees this morning.

I looked over the newspaper this morning briefly and noticed they're some pretty decent coupons.  Can you guess what I'll be doing tomorrow?  That's right, shopping!!  That's all I have to report this morning so let's see what the rest of the day holds for me besides cleaning this hellhole I call a home.

R3P2D63 48 Hrs Done, Stats Only

Round 3 Phase 2 Day 63
No Injection
R3 LIW: 161.4 04.02.08
Yesterday's Wt: 161.0
Today's Wt: 160.8
0.2 lbs LOSS from yesterday
0.6 lb under LIW

Let me start by saying I am very upset right now. My father calls me on my cell as I'm driving to work at 4:55am, to tell me to tell my daughter to take the bus. Uhhh, a little late notice. I asked him why he couldn't take her and he simply stated he got permission. I asked permission for what? To go fishing is what he answered. Thanks Dad, I'm glad I can count on you to help me because I work such early hours that I myself can not drive her to school!! Now, if I try and call my daughter, she won't answer the phone, she can't even hear it plus she doesn't know where her phone is in her room!!! Now I have to try and figure out what to do.

I shall update a bit later after I cool off some so I'm just posting my stats for now!!

Also, let me apologize to everyone that I told to watch Paul McKenna last night, it is actually on tonight, sorry my peeps!!

UPDATE AT 8:15AM
My little crisis from this morning is over. I guess I made my dad feel bad or something so he got his step son-in-law to give her a ride. I would have taken her myself but he must have had a guilty conscience and decided to remedy the situation.

So yesterday I was starving in the morning and had a few almonds to curb my hunger, I say I ate about 5-7 of them and it helped. I'm usually not hungry in the mornings till about 9, but yesterday it started at about 7. I went straight home after work and fixed my dinner. I did indulge in a bit of dessert and I was done for the day.

I'm so glad it is Friday and P3 starts tomorrow. Who am I kidding, I'm just as confused as everyone but I will be officially on P3 starting tomorrow.

Yesterday's Menu:
B: 16 oz. coffee w/milk & Splenda, 2-12 oz. black coffee, 5-7 almonds
L: South Beach Living Garlic Herb Chicken w/green beans almondine, 1 c. edamame
D: skinless rotisserie chicken breast w/salsa, 7 blue corn chips, 1 Smart Ones mint chocolate chip sundae

For all inquiring minds that want to know, I'm not going anywhere. I use this blog daily now to vent and pretty much journal everything going on in my life!! No matter what I'm doing, I'll be here, grouch and all!

CB, Yes, I think I'm officially done for this round and you did awesome girl!!! Yes, sometimes, I feel like I'm the only one here and it just reminds me that I don't have a life. At least not yet!!

Becca, yes R3 is finally over!! This was my longest round ever!!! I'm still trying to figure out how long of a break I'm going to take since I have such a hard time getting back into the groove of P2. I may take a couple of weeks because summer is already knocking at our back door. Of course, it's pretty much here for most of us since we live in the southwest.

Jennay, Haaaa, eternal R3 it was!!! I have been wanting to try them for some time but they confuse me because they look like pea pods and I want to eat it whole. I read the box and it said the pods were NOT edible. My fingers are sore today from squeezing all the pods. I need to open the "I don't care it's Friday" card to get me in better spirits today!!

Biz, It was a long and confusing round for me as well, but I'm done!!!

B, Ahhh, avocados, if I could plant a tree in my backyard, I would!!! I love them on everything from omelets to brisket. I loved them on sandwiches but no bread allowed so I'll just eat it with everything else. I found a recipe for a chocolate avocado smoothie that I would like to try. Girl, I'm not going anywhere. Keep us posted on your P2 progress!!

R3P2D62 24 Hours Done!!

Round 3 Phase 2 Day 62
No Injection
R3 LIW: 161.4 04.02.08
Yesterday's Wt: 161.4
Today's Wt: 161.0
0.4 lbs LOSS from yesterday
0.4 lb under LIW

Okay, so I'm a dork. I got home yesterday and withdrew what was left in the vial. It measured 0.8ml and I thought, that's not enough so I squirted it into the sink. Of course, after I did that, I realized, hey that was still enough for a lower dose, duh, but it was too late. So yesterday was my last injection day and Saturday, I will be on Phase 3 (again). Besides, its better to start P3 on a Saturday rather than a Sunday, right? At least for me it is.

I think I hit immunity as well for this round. Yesterday I was starving all day and I'm feeling the same way this morning. So I'm ready for my scolding Mama Biz!!! I really deviated yesterday so I was expecting a gain this morning. My magnesium tablets finally kicked in last night, thank goodness!!

I went to Sam's after work yesterday to fuel up and since I felt really tired, for reasons unknown, I bought a rotisserie chicken and some more avocados. The price on them fell about a dollar from the last time I bought them. That was the other reason I was so happy I found out you could freeze the avocado meat. I bought some edamame as well and my half and half for the weekend. After I got home, I pretty much just vegged and my daughter didn't get home till 6:00pm. Here we go again. I didn't get upset with her, I'm just glad she was okay. My friend text me when I was getting ready for bed and asked if my daughter could babysit on Friday and Saturday for a few hours each day and my daughter agreed. Lucky for me I get a few hours to myself both days, yea!!!

Hey, I believe the replay of Paul McKenna's show, I Can Make You Thin, is on tonight, so check it out if you can. Very interesting, if I do say so myself.

Yesterday's Menu:
B: 16oz. coffee w/milk & Splenda, 2-12oz. black coffee, 1 Krispy Kreme, 1-100 calorie pack Grasshopper cookies
L: Smart Ones garlic herb chicken w/zucchini & red peppers(2 tiny pieces), 5-7 grapes, 3 pecan halves
D: skinless rotisserie chicken breast w/salsa, 1 WASA light rye crisp, 2 SF Russell Stover coconut candies

Becca, yes, I have the lack of motivation to be here this week but since I haven't won or played the lottery, guess I'll have to keep working. Yes, I'm glad I looked it up, I don't know how many I have thrown out because they've gone bad before I could use them all up.

Mama Biz, yes, I've been very lazy the last few weeks to cook so I opted for an easy way out, frozen dinners. I chose the South Beach ones since they have lower carb contents than the regular dinners. I'm sure you'll slap me around some more till Saturday since I will have to cook myself some decent breakfast, lunch and dinner for P3.

Jennay, I enjoy reading your blog even if it has nothin' to do with HCG, you're a really sweet person and funny to boot! Yes, I am so happy I looked up that info on the avocados. I check on them daily and they didn't turn brown as I expected them to. Guess I added enough lemon juice so it wouldn't while it froze. Mama Biz is back and I'm scared, I'm hiding in the corner!!

Amie, well hello!!! Thanks for stopping by!!! I know it looks like I was on P2 for a very long time, but I did take many, many breaks and now I'm finally done just with Round 3.

B, I'm rootin' for ya!! I am so ready for this P3!!! Believe me this decade was hard for me but I really need to get my head back into the game, hence my new nickname, The Deviator!!

R3P2D61 Short & Sweet, Like Me

Round 3 Phase 2 Day 61
1ml HCG (166.6 iu) Injection #25
R3 LIW: 162.0 03.19.08
Yesterday's Wt: 161.0
Today's Wt: 161.4
0.4 lbs GAIN from yesterday
0.6 lb under LIW

Oh the early morning weigh ins get me every time. Since I got to weigh in later yesterday, I saw that 0.4 lb. drop and this morning its back. No sweat. Judging by my vial I should have my last injection tomorrow morning and I'm off to P3 on Sunday. I plan on only taking 2 weeks off since I seem to have such a hard time getting back into P2. I will only do a short round. Hopefully TOM will show up during my break so I can continue.

I didn't get to finish everything yesterday and this morning I was drying a load of clothes from last night. So today I'm back at work and dragging. Not exactly thrilled to be here.

Hey, I found a website explaining that I can actually freeze avocados. I'm glad I looked it up because during my little break I had bought some and didn't get around to enjoying them all. I was able to scrape all the meat out of the avocados, mix with some lemon juice and freeze in plastic bags. Awesome!!! I didn't have to give them away or throw them away. I have them in my freezer for next week, whoo hoo!!

Yesterday's Menu:
B: 1 Starbucks venti Bold w/cream & Splenda
L: South Beach Living Supreme Pizza on Harvest Wheat Crust
S: 6oz. yogurt w/2 tsps. of ground flaxseed
D: 2 tilapia fillets, 4 blue corn chips w/salsa

Biz, yes it has finally caught up to me and I think my TOM is lurking now!!

Becca, I guess I should just get a job there since all my money seems to go there, eh? Watch if you can, I found it very intriguing.

B, yes finally under LIW, hopefully I can stay there. The 160's have been tough for me especially with all my deviations, he he!! Yes, try and watch or check out his website, I have the link on the right sidebar. The comic has been my favorite and I have it posted on the fridge, decided to following in your footsteps and post it here.

Jennay, how the heck are ya?!! You scared me there for a while. All these bad thoughts started to swirl in my head but I'm glad everything's okay. Tomorrow will be my last injection for this round and I'll probably have to wait another 2 weeks before I see them 150's. Yes, she's back at school and let the drama begin, I will definitely need more wine, haa!! Love ya, take care!!