08/23/10 - 32 days post HCG phase 2
Day 1 weight 6/13/10: 184.8
Last dose weight 7/20/10: 159.2
Today's weight: 161.8
Feeling great!
Had a great protein steak day yesterday. 251g protein, only 41g carbs – now that’s a steak day!!!
My attitude and energy are both up – and I couldn’t be more pleased with my current situation!
I am currently reading “The Perfect Body Diet” by Cassandra Forsythe and “The New Rules of Lifting for Women” by Lou Schuler – and just realized that it is co authored by Cassandra Forsythe! No wonder the books agree so much! Duh! Sometimes my powers of observation escape me completely!!!
Anyway – I am enjoying all the diet part and dreading all the weightlifting part. I can’t wait for the resistance training/weight training to be as comfortable a part of my life as eating and running!
I have decided to do a second round of phase 2 in September after my half marathon. Actually I plan to start that day – after the race. I want to see what 140-145 looks like.
Besides, I bought a dress that my husband and I were oogling from Frederick’s of Hollywood online and should have gotten it in a large, not medium. I took it to work and tried it on in the bathroom – and got stuck. Seriously, I almost needed help getting out of it. So I figured, What the Heck – let’s see how she fits at 145?!?!?
Life Rocks! God is GREAT!!
Monday, August 23, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
8/19/10 - 28 days post HCG phase 2
08/19/10 - 28 days post HCG phase 2
Day 1 weight 6/13/10: 184.8
Last dose weight 7/20/10: 159.2
Today's weight: 161.2
Last Saturday, 8/14 we attended a wedding. I had planned to eat conservatively and it went pretty well until the cake was served. Instead of a traditional wedding cake, they served each table a selection of individual 3x3 cakes with 1/2 inch of frosting all around decorated in Snicker, Oreo, Andes' Mint, Turtle, Cheesecake, Death by Chocolate, Reese's Peanut Butter Cup and one more I cannot remember. How evil. My plan was to eat 1/2 of one piece but I ended up eating two pieces. Then just as we were preparing to leave they brought in pizza. And I don't usually give in to carbs like that but my "NO" button was broken.
Sunday I was up to 167. We were travelling home and I did not have a very clean day on Sunday either. Monday was 165.8lbs. So on Monday I did a steak day. Tuesday I was very disappointed that I had not 'recovered' and was still at 165. Now what??
Then I called my sis (my rock and resource). She said to do protein rotation days, steak day, egg day, chicken day, steak day . . . as needed until I was back in range. So Tuesday I did and egg day - 4 for breakfast, 4 for lunch, 6 for dinner and 2 later in the evening, plus a can of water packed tuna with 1tbsp mayo at lunchtime to break things up.
It helped . . . alot. Wednesday I was at 162.2 - 3lbs over LDW and one pound away from my 'maintenance range'. So I decided to do a clean P3 day on Wednesday. I had eggs/coffee for breakfast, a big salad with lots of protein and ranch dressing for lunch, and then tilapia, chicken, cauliflower and milk for dinner. After dinner I made individual sugar free pudding parfaits for everyone thinking they would be a low carb tasty snack. They were tasty but I ended up eating 43grams of carbs right before bed - over 1/3 of my total for the day. I thought for sure I would be even or up today.
Miracle of miracles - 161.2 today!!! So today I get to eat on my "LIFE" plan. Ezekiel bread, eggs, coffee for breakfast - a big salad with protein for lunch - and a balanced dinner. Now that I am officially past my 3 weeks of phase 3 I will try to eat on the "LIFE" plan to drop a few more pounds before the half marathon in mid-September.
The exercising is still going well. Still running 3 days a week and have weight training in sight. Have to skip this week since I have my 4 kids and 3 of my sisters - no way to get to the gym with 7 kids!!
Also - I am reading "The Perfect Body Diet" by Cassandra Forsythe. I am only 85 pages in but am really agreeing with what I am reading so far about eating a good balance of healthy carbs, fats, proteins. The book also discusses exercise and weight training but I haven't gotten that far yet. I hope to make this book my diet and exercise "bible".
See ya soon!
Day 1 weight 6/13/10: 184.8
Last dose weight 7/20/10: 159.2
Today's weight: 161.2
Last Saturday, 8/14 we attended a wedding. I had planned to eat conservatively and it went pretty well until the cake was served. Instead of a traditional wedding cake, they served each table a selection of individual 3x3 cakes with 1/2 inch of frosting all around decorated in Snicker, Oreo, Andes' Mint, Turtle, Cheesecake, Death by Chocolate, Reese's Peanut Butter Cup and one more I cannot remember. How evil. My plan was to eat 1/2 of one piece but I ended up eating two pieces. Then just as we were preparing to leave they brought in pizza. And I don't usually give in to carbs like that but my "NO" button was broken.
Sunday I was up to 167. We were travelling home and I did not have a very clean day on Sunday either. Monday was 165.8lbs. So on Monday I did a steak day. Tuesday I was very disappointed that I had not 'recovered' and was still at 165. Now what??
Then I called my sis (my rock and resource). She said to do protein rotation days, steak day, egg day, chicken day, steak day . . . as needed until I was back in range. So Tuesday I did and egg day - 4 for breakfast, 4 for lunch, 6 for dinner and 2 later in the evening, plus a can of water packed tuna with 1tbsp mayo at lunchtime to break things up.
It helped . . . alot. Wednesday I was at 162.2 - 3lbs over LDW and one pound away from my 'maintenance range'. So I decided to do a clean P3 day on Wednesday. I had eggs/coffee for breakfast, a big salad with lots of protein and ranch dressing for lunch, and then tilapia, chicken, cauliflower and milk for dinner. After dinner I made individual sugar free pudding parfaits for everyone thinking they would be a low carb tasty snack. They were tasty but I ended up eating 43grams of carbs right before bed - over 1/3 of my total for the day. I thought for sure I would be even or up today.
Miracle of miracles - 161.2 today!!! So today I get to eat on my "LIFE" plan. Ezekiel bread, eggs, coffee for breakfast - a big salad with protein for lunch - and a balanced dinner. Now that I am officially past my 3 weeks of phase 3 I will try to eat on the "LIFE" plan to drop a few more pounds before the half marathon in mid-September.
The exercising is still going well. Still running 3 days a week and have weight training in sight. Have to skip this week since I have my 4 kids and 3 of my sisters - no way to get to the gym with 7 kids!!
Also - I am reading "The Perfect Body Diet" by Cassandra Forsythe. I am only 85 pages in but am really agreeing with what I am reading so far about eating a good balance of healthy carbs, fats, proteins. The book also discusses exercise and weight training but I haven't gotten that far yet. I hope to make this book my diet and exercise "bible".
See ya soon!
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
8/11/20 P3D20 morning
08/11/10 P3D20
Day 1 weight: 184.8
Last dose weight: 159.2
Today's weight: 160.2
On Friday 8/6 I did a steak day to recover from Wednesday nights beer/popcorn binge that brought me up to 164.4. It worked. On Saturday morning I was at 161.2 - exactly 2 lbs over LDW.
Saturday we had a massive birthday party for my sis, sis in law, 2 nieces, my 5 year old and my twins that just turned one. Thing I shouldn't have eaten include, cheezy poofs, tuna salad with noodles, cake, ice cream, and a few potato chips. So Sunday I was back up to 164 = another steak day. On Sunday I had only coffee until 5:30pm then had a 15oz round steak with a huge tomato.
Monday morning I was back down to 161.0. Gotta love a good steak day. Monday I got in a good run too. 25 min at 7.3 mph (keep in mind that I think my treadmill is off and I think that speed is actually about 6.5mph) then 5 one-minute intervals at 10.0 mph. I love that routine! I ate pretty clean the rest of the day. My only 'illegal' food was a few crackers around dinnertime. Otherwise it was eggs, cheese, melon, banana, peanut butter, a huge salad, chicken, veggies and my staple almonds.
Total calorie intake for Monday 8/10/10 was around 2400. After the 550 I burned with the run my net calories was around 1850 - and I think that is a great number to aim for right now.
My desire is to eat reasonably for the rest of the week and creep back down to the 157 range before a wedding we are attending this weekend so I can be comfortable in the killer dress I want to wear!!!
Have a great Tuesday everyone!!
Day 1 weight: 184.8
Last dose weight: 159.2
Today's weight: 160.2
On Friday 8/6 I did a steak day to recover from Wednesday nights beer/popcorn binge that brought me up to 164.4. It worked. On Saturday morning I was at 161.2 - exactly 2 lbs over LDW.
Saturday we had a massive birthday party for my sis, sis in law, 2 nieces, my 5 year old and my twins that just turned one. Thing I shouldn't have eaten include, cheezy poofs, tuna salad with noodles, cake, ice cream, and a few potato chips. So Sunday I was back up to 164 = another steak day. On Sunday I had only coffee until 5:30pm then had a 15oz round steak with a huge tomato.
Monday morning I was back down to 161.0. Gotta love a good steak day. Monday I got in a good run too. 25 min at 7.3 mph (keep in mind that I think my treadmill is off and I think that speed is actually about 6.5mph) then 5 one-minute intervals at 10.0 mph. I love that routine! I ate pretty clean the rest of the day. My only 'illegal' food was a few crackers around dinnertime. Otherwise it was eggs, cheese, melon, banana, peanut butter, a huge salad, chicken, veggies and my staple almonds.
Total calorie intake for Monday 8/10/10 was around 2400. After the 550 I burned with the run my net calories was around 1850 - and I think that is a great number to aim for right now.
My desire is to eat reasonably for the rest of the week and creep back down to the 157 range before a wedding we are attending this weekend so I can be comfortable in the killer dress I want to wear!!!
Have a great Tuesday everyone!!
Friday, August 6, 2010
08/06/10 P3D15
08/06/10 P3D15
Day 1 weight: 184.8
Last dose weight: 159.2
Today's weight: 164.4
Hello All!
I apologize for the days of no commenting but have had a wonderful 5 days alone with my husband, no kids or computers (not decent ones anyway).
On Saturday 8/31 I weighed in at my low of 157.2. Sunday was about the same. Sunday night we were camping. I had a big salad for lunch that day and we grilled out steaks & veggies for dinner. I also had two Miller lites. Monday I was up to 159.8. I went for a nice run Monday morning and we golfed 9 holes that afternoon. We had beef stew over the campfire for dinner (I avoided the potatoes as much as possible). Tuesday morning I was down a little at 159.4. Tuesday we packed up camp and moved to a nice hotel to pamper ourselves for two days. We got all dressed up for dinner. I had lamb, veggies and a salad, but also had several glasses of wine and a cocktail. Damage was minimal, Wednesday’s weight was 159.6. I had a GREAT run Wednesday morning and we golfed another 9 holes. We went to Hooters for dinner where I had a philly steak sandwich (threw out the bun) but did indulge in some onion tanglers and fried pickles. I had one cocktail and one or two pints of beer at Hooters.
Then came the evil! We decided to stop at a local corner bar before heading back to the hotel. I had 2 more beers . . . . and too much of the greasy popcorn the bar had available, not to mention that we were eating it til 1am.
Damage: Thursday’s weight was 164.4.
I opted to NOT do a steak day to see if I could bring it down with ‘clean’ eating but we were picking up the kids and heading home and I didn’t eat as clean as I wanted to while we traveled.
So I was still at 164.4 today. So today is a steak day. I have had my coffee with a little sugar free creamer but no other food today. I will have my steak and tomato for dinner and will report my findings in the morning.
. . .and stay away from the greasy popcorn . . . :)
Day 1 weight: 184.8
Last dose weight: 159.2
Today's weight: 164.4
Hello All!
I apologize for the days of no commenting but have had a wonderful 5 days alone with my husband, no kids or computers (not decent ones anyway).
On Saturday 8/31 I weighed in at my low of 157.2. Sunday was about the same. Sunday night we were camping. I had a big salad for lunch that day and we grilled out steaks & veggies for dinner. I also had two Miller lites. Monday I was up to 159.8. I went for a nice run Monday morning and we golfed 9 holes that afternoon. We had beef stew over the campfire for dinner (I avoided the potatoes as much as possible). Tuesday morning I was down a little at 159.4. Tuesday we packed up camp and moved to a nice hotel to pamper ourselves for two days. We got all dressed up for dinner. I had lamb, veggies and a salad, but also had several glasses of wine and a cocktail. Damage was minimal, Wednesday’s weight was 159.6. I had a GREAT run Wednesday morning and we golfed another 9 holes. We went to Hooters for dinner where I had a philly steak sandwich (threw out the bun) but did indulge in some onion tanglers and fried pickles. I had one cocktail and one or two pints of beer at Hooters.
Then came the evil! We decided to stop at a local corner bar before heading back to the hotel. I had 2 more beers . . . . and too much of the greasy popcorn the bar had available, not to mention that we were eating it til 1am.
Damage: Thursday’s weight was 164.4.
I opted to NOT do a steak day to see if I could bring it down with ‘clean’ eating but we were picking up the kids and heading home and I didn’t eat as clean as I wanted to while we traveled.
So I was still at 164.4 today. So today is a steak day. I have had my coffee with a little sugar free creamer but no other food today. I will have my steak and tomato for dinner and will report my findings in the morning.
. . .and stay away from the greasy popcorn . . . :)
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