38th Day

Still terrible at updating this blog... still struggled with breaking through a certain weight point, until today!

The banquet I had to attend last Friday was pretty fun. I decided I was going to participate in the festivities, but would try not to get too crazy. This resulted in me drinking a number of vodka/club sodas, which I opted for based on calorie intake. It also resulted in eating the buffet food. I consider it a success that I even put salad on my darn plate :) I had two very small (appetizer sized) plates of food. Salad, corn bread, some small crab cakes, chicken Chesapeake, and a few little ravioli's. I thought for sure I'd be screwed the following morning when it came time to step on the scale, but much to my surprise I had only gone up one tenth of a pound! Partial dehydration from the booze could account for this, but I don't care. As long as the scale didn't slap my hand too hard. I had also fasted for much of the day leading up to this event, so maybe that helped. This only solidifies my belief that carbs are the devil.

I've only got a few days left until it's time to wrap things up with the old HCG. I'm going to cross my fingers that I can get rid of 5 more pounds and then I'll have to focus on actually doing phase three, which to this day I have not truly been committed to...

Results to date:

Weight lost: 29.2lbs

Day 30.

I'm terrible at updating everyone.... My work/personal life has been chaotic over the last couple weeks. All good stuff, just chaotic. But here I am on DAY THIRTY already!!!

So here is the "quick & dirty" on this round of HCG. Overall I'd say that I've still been inconsistent on eating according to protocol. Sometimes I don't eat everything I'm supposed to, sometimes I've been cheating and having a cracker here and there.... I'm human people! haha!

I have been doing P90X over the last two weeks, and it has been killer. I'm hoping it's just the first couple weeks that kick your butt and leave you sore as all get-out. In between P90X, work, and every day life, I've also been playing volleyball. Every Thursday, and then all day tournaments on the weekend. On this particular morning, I'm sitting here writing this while I lament my old age, aching back and sore muscles! I love it though :) I'll be playing volleyball until I'm scooting through the aisles of Walmart on my Hover-Round :)

Results to date:

Weight lost: 25.7lbs

I've noticed more definition in my arms and stomach already. I attribute this completely to P90X. Hopefully I can stick to Phase 3 regulations and continue the workout regime. My team plans to play in the National Tournament at the end of May and I need to be in really good physical condition if I want to hang ;)

Upcoming challenge - My division celebration Feb 18th. Open bar, dinner, and awards at the Westin... I have to attend, but in terms of an eating strategy I'm not sure what to do yet :/

Day 13...Updates for the last week

Sticking 100% to protocol has been up and down with me this past week. Not that I've eaten terrible, or eaten things that are considered "banned"... There has just been no consistency to my days. I think there was even one day this week where I didn't eat anything until about 8pm... I mean, that's not good and despite the fact that you think it might help you drop weight faster, it doesn't. To be perfectly honest I have been having a few organic crackers the past couple days. In the past these haven't effected me, but maybe I need to consider cutting them out all together for the near future.

I got off easy this week in terms of exercise. I was supposed to have volleyball practice on Thursday, but because of the snow it was canceled. I may start implementing a workout this weekend though. I have to get serious with this volleyball stuff because my team recently decided to attend Nationals, which means I'll be playing a different position than what I'm used to...which means I need to get into better shape!

Overall here are my results:

Weight lost: 15.3lbs

Eh...I'm not all that impressed with myself to be honest. I think I should be doing better than this...

Oh! And there is a potential hurdle on the horizon! My team is being formally turned into our own division with the company. This means our CEO would like us to have a big party to celebrate, and of course they have selected a date within my hcg timeline...February 18. We're talking open bar, buffet style, sundae bar type extravaganza. I think I might just have to budget this one into the schedule. I have little, to no confidence in me being able to attend and not participate.

Thoughts?

The much awaited "update"!

Ok, so I said I was going to start again on January 17th, and I did... It was a holiday from work so it was nice to spend the whole day gorging :) This gorge was definitely not as impressive as those past, but I guess it got the job done.

I had an offsite office retreat on the 18th and 19th, so i was able to gorge one of those days and then get on protocol the other. I thought there may have been some problems with this initially since I was anticipating office mates wanting to eat together. It wasn't though, so I'm thankful for that.

First day of actual weight loss I was down 6.3lbs. That's right ladies and gentlemen....six.... (insert smug smile here) That pretty much took care of a good chunk of the gorge weight I had put on. Next day, weight loss of 3.9lbs. And that brings us to this morning with a measley loss of 0.6lbs. I ate perfect every day with the exception of the third where I was sneeking a few crackers.

Today I had a volleyball tournament, and I was unusually nervous about playing an all day tournament while sticking to the protocol. I think I did pretty well though! I had my morning coffee and apple, arrived to play my first match of volleyball, ate another apple before my second match, chowed down on my 100grams of chicken before the third. After the third match I was feeling light headed, and pretty weak. I could feel my legs no longer wanting to do what I told them... I had packed some emergency food in case something like this happened. Sticking to protocol is one thing, but I also play all the way around on my volleyball team. In laymans terms, I don't get subbed out of the game. I play front row, back row, serve, defense... I wasn't ever permitted to do this in college because I was considered a "front row specialist". That being said, my team depends on me, and if I felt my game slipping today because I had no energy I wanted to be able to address it, and under my terms. So I packed some organic trail mix and a few crackers. I ate some of both, and it really gave me the strength and energy I need to play the fourth match and then ultimately playoffs. So overall it was a pretty slim menu that supported 12 games of volleyball! (1 match = 3 games to 25 points)

Tomorrow it's back to the grocery store and back to the protocol!

Weight lost: 10.8lbs

Waiting....and waiting....

Tick tock, Tick tock....

I'm ready to start the HCG, especially after reading everyone's blogs! But I really need to wait for the date I picked to start otherwise I'll be setting myself up for disappointment.

*sigh*

Everyone keep posting so I can live vicariously through you all!!

Round 4 (Coming soon to a theater near you)

Hm. Well, it's unfortunate that I couldn't get myself squared away in less than FOUR rounds.... but I guess that is my reality and I'm just going to work with it :)

The Goal:
Lose additional 40 pounds in 45 days.

The Plan:
Begin Round 4 January 15.
Follow the darn protocol and don't cheat!
Be skinny by February 28.
Celebrate by wearing bikini to work on February 29.

:)

Phase Three!

My first day of phase three :) It feels good.... :)

Now all I have to do is try to maintain this for the next couple weeks. Hopefully I can make good food choices while I'm in Hawaii ;)

Current Weight: 232.6
R3 Weight Lost: 25.7
Total Weight Lost: 56.4