R3P2D43V37 New Decade!!

Round 3 Phase 2 Day 43VLCD37
0.25ml (125iu) HCG SQ injection #36
Starting Weight on 03/26/2012: 174.8
Yesterday's Wt: 160
Today's Wt: 159.4
Today's LOSS/GAIN: -.06
R3 Total Loss to Date: -15.4

Whoo hoo!! I finally awoke to see that magical number on the scale!! I'm in a new decade and I hope to stay there and continue going downward.  I drew out the last of my solution yesterday which yielded me 4 injections.  The last 2 syringes I filled had a bit more solution that the first two because I wanted to get every drop out.  So as of this morning I only have 3 more injections to go and I can take a planned interruption for 2 weeks?? then start on sublingual.  This will be my first time ever to use HCG sublingually so we'll see how that goes.  If I got the correct math for the sublingual, I should be able to stay on another 30 days after my PI.  I really am anxious to stay on the HCG till I get as close to my "real" goal.  My body has adjusted to the VLCD and once I start to eat normally, it proves to be difficult to go back to VLCD.  The scale number may not look that great but I do. It has become more noticeable and people I know, have noticed.  Last night I did something a bit different.  I filled my usual water glass (32 oz I believe) and added some Bragg's Organic Apple Cider Vinegar with the mother, granted it wasn't all that pleasant to drink, but I did.  It was pretty diluted but you could tell it was in there.  I drank it before I went to bed.  I just did it to get some benefits from the vinegar but I don't know if it helped or not.  My goal last night was to go to bed early, very early but I finally got in bed at 9pm.  I did all my chores early too.  That was earlier than the last 3 nights but I awoke at 3am.  I managed to fall back asleep for another hour.  I can feel TOM trying to make an entrance today but so far, it hasn't shown itself.

I need to keep a better food diary but I've just been to busy to write anything down.  Since I was so tired yesterday, I ended up not cooking my chicken.  I washed the pan I was going to use but that was about it.  On my way out the door, I grabbed a packet of sweet n spice tuna.  I know tuna isn't allowed but that was the only thing I could grab so I could avoid going through a fast food restaurant.  I haven't been hungry and I probably could have just skipped lunch till I got home but I've eaten tuna before without any problems.  I didn't have a fruit with my tuna because the tuna had sugar in it, so I skipped the fruit.  It was actually pretty tasty for being flavored tuna.  Now I have a new idea to make tuna salad with a kick.  I saw it contained sugar, chili powder and paprika so that doesn't look difficult at all.  Of course, I won't be using sugar but my stevia.  I have plenty of the liquid and packets. Hmmm, I may try that combo of spices on a piece of my chicken.

I went to Wal*Mart after work today, I found some coconut milk without sugar.  I've been looking for chocolate pudding made by Great Value but I didn't find it at the Supercenter when I was there yesterday.  Luckily this store had it.  I want to bake cakes and sell them.  I just don't know how much to sell them for, LOL.  Of course, I had found some new coupons online so I had to put them to good use, LOL.  I also price matched some chicken thighs I can eat next week.  I bought some more water that I price matched too.  I found some dog biscuits at this store that I couldn't find at the Supercenter as well.  I may have to go back and buy what's left of them because I noticed they made the new package smaller (4 lbs vs. 5lbs) for the same price.  Like I wouldn't notice.  My dog likes the beef basted ones so I got her some.  I found the peanut butter biscuits but they're making that package smaller too.

I'm gonna go cook my chicken now but I want steak for dinner.  What a conundrum.

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.

R3P2D37V31 Darn, Darn, Darn!!!

Round 3 Phase 2 Day 37 VLCD 31
0.25ml (125iu) HCG SQ injection #skip
Starting Weight on 03/26/2012: 174.8
Yesterday's Wt:160.8
Today's Wt:161.2
Today's LOSS/GAIN: +0.4lb
R3 Total Loss to Date: -13.6

I wasn't expecting a gain this morning since I got to sleep in later than my normal work week.  Must have been those extra WASA 7 grain crisp and light crackers.  I did have a couple extra and that was my only cheat. They have the same calories and carbs as the Melba toast, but these are more like cereal since they're so light and airy.  After looking at the numbers, it really isn't that bad.  I believe TOM is going to try and rear his ugly head soon, I can feel it.  My side was hurting yesterday, ovarian pain.  Felt as if I had a huge gas bubble stuck in my gut on my left side.  It's not intense but just bothersome.  This morning my nerves were all worked up because of my test.  So my body decided that I needed to have a BM before I left.  It wasn't much but glad I did it because I did not want to have to go during the test.  I did have to pee during my test but I had to hold it.  I managed to fall over a 4 foot wall and cut my ear, hit my head on the metal frame but I got up and kept running.  The running part of the test sucked because my time was slower than the last time.  Sheesh, what the hell?  So as I sit here typing, I can feel soreness coming over different parts of my body.  I cut the underside of my elbow so I'm unable to rest it on the arm rest.  So to reward myself for doing so poorly on my test, I went to Costco to spend money.  That always makes me feel better of course, my bank account doesn't appreciate it.  Since it's Saturday, surprisingly enough, it wasn't packed but it was 10 am.  I found what I needed and left.  I dropped off some items with my daughter.  I got her some pita and pretzel chips for her hummus and some roasted seaweed chips for her to enjoy at school. I left and went to Albertson's on the west side of town.  I love that store because it is always well stocked compared to the one by my house on the east side of town.  Since the west side is the ritzy part of town, that store caters to the rich so they have an extensive variety of items I don't find at mine but I just hate the drive over there.  From there I went to the International Market.  That store is freakin awesome.  I found a huge jar of tahini paste, turmeric powder in many different sizes, and relatively inexpensive, garam masala powder, sesame seeds and my Goya seasoning packets in the economy size.  That store is just awesome but again, it is out of my way. Now I will be able to make my own hummus since I have the tahini paste and the garbanzo beans were on sale at Albertson's.   I finally made my home by 12:30pm.  I was somewhat hungry when I finally arrived home so I made me some coffee (since the Keurig demo wasn't ready yet at Costco), a hamburger patty, Romaine lettuce, sliced tomato and a bit of red onion.  My mock burger, oh and some yellow mustard for flavor.  I know we are not suppose to mix veggies but to me, onion doesn't count for a veggie nor tomato.  Tomato is a fruit so I haven't had an apple or strawberries.  I did skip my injection today but I'm not sure if I'm ready for a planned interruption.  If I calculated it correctly, I should have 10 injections left but my test retake is in 2 weeks.  I may take my interruption next week just so I can have more food during the retake and hopefully TOM doesn't show up during that same week.  After my injections are completed, I will switch to sublingual.  I need to get this weight off as quickly as possible and get my butt in gear and in shape if I want this career change.  I know I didn't become overweight overnight, so I shouldn't expect it come off that quickly.  This protocol does help tremendously though and it works quicker that any diet or exercise program I've tried before. Enough of my ranting, I need to go work on my kitchen faucet.  I purchased a new one at Costco, so now I need to install it.

Ding, Ding, Ding Round 3

Round 3 Phase 2 Day 3
0.25ml (125iu) HCG SQ injection # 3
Starting Weight on 03/25/2012: 174.8
Yesterday's Wt: 172.2
Today's Wt: 174.8
Today's LOSS/GAIN: +6.2 lbs
R2 Total Loss to Date: ???

Today is my official VLCD 1, obviously I did a good job of loading. I did such a good job of loading that I managed to gain all my weight back that I lost during Round 2!! Friday I purchases some tacos that I knew would be off limits while on protocol and had plenty of Oreos!! Yesterday, I ate Mexican sweet bread, 2 Carl Jr.'s six dollar burgers, another order of tacos, Doritos, Fritos with sour cream. Doesn't look like I ate a lot but I feel like a beached whale.

After mixing my new batch of HCG for this round, I calculated it to be 40 injections worth. I'm hoping after I complete the injections, I can switch to sublingual and continue for another 20 days. I recently applied for our local police department (again) so I hope I make it this time. I psyched myself out the first time around so let's see if I don't self sabotage myself again.

Wish me luck everyone both on my journey through the protocol and through this process of joining the academy.

****UPDATE****

After much debate and realizing I will be doing 40 days, I decided to load an extra day. I feel it will be necessary. So I've polished off a bag of leftover double stuf Oreos and some Birthday Cake Oreos. I had a kefir strawberry smoothie this morning because my grains revived quickly after being shipped in the mail.

First VLCD Of The Year 2009!!

Round 4 Phase 2 Day #3
1.0ml (156.25iu) HCG IM injection # 3
Starting Weight on 08.18.07: 197lbs
R3 LIW: 161.4
Starting R4 Wt: 185
Yesterday's Wt: 183.8
Today's Wt: 185
Today's LOSS/GAIN: +1.2
R4 Total Loss to Date: ???

Saturday I tested a batch of HCG that I had in the fridge and it is still good!! I had it wrapped in foil (amber bottle), stored in a thermos toward the back of the fridge where it gets very cold but not frozen, and the magic potion is still good!! There probably about 10 injections left so I'll use it up before mixing a new batch. Maybe my new batch will be sublingual so I can stay on as long as possible before taking a break. What do you think? I'm really starting to hate the injections but I know they're more effective but I might just try the sublingual. I haven't tried subcutaneous, just intramuscular. I'll cross that bridge when I get there.

Its good to see everyone starting off the new year on HCG. It seems many of us fell off the wagon but now we are all getting back on!!! I need to do this people, my life depends on it. It depends on it physically, emotionally and financially!! It sounds strange but I need to step up my game employment wise because of the economy. I'm not able to get back to school yet because of finances not to mention the holidays just came and left and I am even more broke that before the holidays. (Income tax refund here I come!!) Oh yea, I forgot we are going to Las Vegas here very soon, April I believe, and I need to look for that as well!!

Well, I wasn't able to finish everything in the fridge so I'm debating on doing a 3rd day of loading. I plan on going in for the long haul since there are really no celebratory holidays, food wise I mean. I don't have much time to think about this because it is already 10am!!!

Hey CB!! I have to use my blog because I am just soooo busy, I'm not able to hang out on the forum for much time. Keep me posted if you do update your blog!!

Everyone take care and WE CAN do this!!!