VLCD - and the direction is still good

Sweet.... 288.8. I like the downward trends... i am getting hungrier in the evening than before i need to figure out what to do with my meals to make that work better. Perhaps I just need to go to bed earlier....

:)

VLCD 3 - Back in business

Ok, so not as low as I would have liked to be but 290.1 is a good chunk lower than 294. So, I woke up down 3.9 pounds from yesterday. I still feel bloated, my body is still trying to have a period, and at least I only work 12 hours today :) I would love some feedback on the whole TOM thing, I don't know if I should stop taking my BC and let TOM come, or if I should stick to the BC and treat it like breakthrough bleeding... I am using HCG from DD.ca this time and it doesn't feel the same as the HCG from NHW... in that I've felt hungry more... I'll wait and see if this changes over the next few days. I'm eating the same food as I was the first go around. So we shall see. Hope all is well with everyone...

Today's Menu:
Coffee, Splenda (2 packets) for breakfast
Blackberries, am snack 9:30
melba toast, no-fat cottage cheese, and mixed salad greens for lunch 1:00pm

Blackberries, melba toast, chicken breast, and mixed salad greens for dinner. 3:40

Round 2 VLCD 2

Argh!!!! Ok so this morning, I weighed myself a couple hours earlier than yesterday... I was up 2.2 pounds to 294.0. I vaguely remember something like this from round 1, and that afterwards I dropped a nice amount. I am however not trying to get frustrated. I could feel the bloating in my belly, so I at least know that it is water...

Today's Menu:
Breakfast: coffee, black with splenda
Morning Snack: A handful of blackberries (10:00 am)
Lunch: A handful Blackberries, 4 slices turkey breast no-fat, 1 cup mixed organic greens (1:00pm)
Dinner: No-Fat chicken broth, 100 grams grilled chicken breast, green onion

I am trying the blackberries because they are on the Native Healing Ways approved fruit list. My calories should total for the day 443.

Glad to be back in the game....

Pack for Round 2

Greetings all... as I approach my 31st birthday, I feel it is the right time to set some resolutions. One of mine is to keep my blog updated despite the intensity of doctoral study! I just finished my two load days and am one day 1 of VLCD. My post load weight was 291.8 this morning. I was maintaining at 283, until I got sick. I think that caused my body to retain some water and my weight was bouncing all over the place. I am curious to see how this round progresses. I feel as though I am starting it with a better mindset. I have been looking forward to starting and feel as though the structure of my schedule should help me stay on track. I've already brought Protein powder to the office in case I forget to pack my lunch. I am also fortunate that there are two grocery stores near campus.

I need to take my measurements latter today... but so far so good, 1 grissimi, salad greens, and 3 0zs of lean meat for lunch :) Now I just need to get in my apple :D

Sorry for the absence

Well ladies and gents I did my last injection for round one on Friday. I will enter P3 on Wednesday. I am really looking forward to bacon and cheese :) The last few weeks have been crazy with travel and with the spring semester starting. The best thing about this protocol is that it is very forgiving. I mean that in the sense that I went way off plan in week five. I really didn't keep myself from having what I wanted... and though my weight went up a little with water retention, it came right back down when I got back on plan. I can honestly say, with no diet or lifestyle change have I had the ease of returning to the plan or the response from my body. My body was happy to go back to 500 calories, my weight immediately corrected. So I know the bad thing is that I probably would have lost another ten pounds this round, but the good news is that I still have lost more weight in 6 weeks than I ever have before. I am actually looking forward to round 2 which I hope to begin March 21st.

Glad to be back.... Load 307, Current weight: 283.

VLCD 19 - 288.6

Greetings! It is a lovely rainy day here in the DC area. All I can say is wow what a snowstorm this would be if it was cold enough! This has been another slow week, but after incorporating the snack style meal plan things definitely picked up. I also am feeling like I have more energy. I want to get back to work and off of holiday. I feel like I need to get active. I do have some muscle fatigue when I climb a few flights of stairs and I have noticed that different muscle groups feel tight on different days.

My mom and I will be getting together latter today and I will finally be able to see how she is progressing with her hcg protocol. I am hoping that I will be able to help her out a bit while I am staying in her house next week by making some food and packing her lunch. She has been having trouble finding time to do those things for herself. I also need to schedule definitive boundaries around my schedule for the spring so that I can stay on top of my work. Perhaps it is that new year enthusiasm, or maybe I am realizing that as I am changing my living habits I can change all of the living habits that cause me problems. Obviously, not all at once.... but developing a vision of how I want to structure my life, handle stress, provide balance, etc... seems to naturally all flow together.

So thus far: 307-288.6=18.4

VLCD 16 -290.6

It feels so much better to see that whole pound drop :) The things I changed yesterday: eat every couple of hours, starting from within a half hour of rising; drank 3 liters of water; and added meditation and visualization. I read the Soul, Mind, Body Healing book and have added some of the healing meditations. I have worked in massage and with energy medicine in the past and it feels right to add it in. I am following these three additions today.

One thing I noticed as I follow protocol is that I am more expressive with my emotions. I am not "swallowing" them the way I normally do, and I don't mean by eating as much as by suppressing them. I think this might be part of the emotional side of healing my obese self. In eastern medicine, when you have feelings that you do not acknowledge it leads to imbalance and dis-ease within the body. I have recognized for some time that I take on the burdens of others without caring for myself. I cannot continue to live my life this way if I want to be nurtured and healthy. Perhaps that is one reason why my body believed it was starving, because it was energetically.

I also noticed as my ex-fiance let me down once more, that I coincidently have his exact body weight to lose... Talk about serendipity :) It seems like cleaning house on the physical, mental, and spiritual planes is part of this journey to health, at least for me.