6 Weeks Pregnant

Good morning everyone! (As if anyone is actually reading my blog!)

Two weeks ago I found out I was pregnant and thought I would try to follow the foods of the hCG diet but just in greater amounts since I am making my own hCG. But then I had cravings for haystacks (no-bake cookies with coconut and oatmeal) so made a triple recipe of them. Also a week later I started feeling nauseous all day every day, so it became hard to eat anything at all. I have just been eating whatever is around when I actually feel hungry, which has been sausages, McDonald's fries, haystacks (I still have some left) and all sorts of crap.

Even though I feel nauseous still, I am once again going to attempt to eat only foods on the allowed list for phase 2. I won't be weighing myself every day, but I hope to blog every day to help keep me on track. I will probably weigh myself every Tuesday as that is when I turn the next week (so next Tuesday I will become 7 weeks pregnant).

Today when I weighed myself I weighed 146.4 lbs, when I weighed myself last week I was closer to 150, so I have actually lost weight since last week. Which is not good because like I said all I've been eating is crap so my body isn't really getting what it needs (except from my prenatal vitamins which I have been taking every night for the past two weeks)

My first step is to not eat any sugar this week. I did it for two months so I should be able to do it for a week right? I will try to remember to update you tomorrow.

P3 Day 5

So I stepped on the Wii balance board this morning and the Wii Fit said I had gained 0.2lbs! I thought, "are you kidding me?!" then I remembered that it didn't save my weight from yesterday and I actually lost 1.1 lbs because I am now 150.1lbs with a BMI of 28.35 (overweight) which is still above my LDW but within 2 lbs, but is still 1.3lbs over so we'll see how things go today. Kindergarten graduation is today with a BBQ and potluck, so maybe I'll just have 2 apples and 2 oz of cheese for lunch today and see if that helps me maintain today with what I'm sure will be a big supper.

P3 Day 4

So ya, I'm up again, which is a huge bummer because at this point I am ABOVE 150, which is definitely not where I want to be. Okay, I don't remember how much it said I weighed this morning exactly, and I apparently was so disgusted that I gained that I shut off the Wii before it could save, I'm pretty sure it said I was up 1.3lbs which would make me 151.2lbs with a BMI around 28.5 or 28.6 which is overweight. I finished my cream cheese/egg pancakes this morning and then found out about this apple and cheese day that I thought I would try, even though I had already eaten. So for lunch I had 2 apples and 2 oz of cheese, same for supper, we'll see how that goes. For the real day, you're supposed to have that for breakfast, lunch and supper, but I'm still hoping for a loss back closer to 148.8 lbs which is my last dose weight (LDW).

Anyway better get back to my paper that was due at 1:55pm.....

P3 Day 3

So I had a great birthday and made myself a starch free sugar free cake that was really ggod, but my husband cut me way too big a piece and I was stuffed from it for several hours. So today I have apparently gained 3.5 lbs in the last two days, but I'm not going to do a steak day, I just won't eat a ginormous piece of cake. Plus I'm walking to the park with my son's kindergarten class today so that should help I think. I haven't actually been doing any exercise yet and I'm pretty sure you're supposed to in P3. I was going to ride my bike yesterday for the first time this year, but it turns out it has no breaks, so I need new break lines and then I can ride it.

I was thinking I would get all caught up on my homework this week, but I am busy every single morning this week! This morning is the walk to Henderson, Tue, Wed and Thu I am scribing/reading for PAT's and Friday is the last day of kindergarten and we are all welcome to be there. If I don't go to kindergarten on Fri, I will be scribing/reading for PAT's that day too.

Anyway I am up to 149.9lbs with a BMI of 28.30 (overweight). I'm hoping I'll lose a little today and stay under 150, we'll see how that goes.

P3 Day 1

I'm sorry I haven't been on in a few days. I didn't manage to weigh myself until like 1:30pm on the 9th and I had gained 0.2lbs bringing me up to 148.8 with a BMI of 28.10 (overweight), and I didn't weigh myself yesterday (just too busy with cakes!), but today I did and I was down 2.4lbs to bring me to 146.4lbs with a BMI of 27.64 (overweight).

I made a Dora cake that was supposed to be standing but tipped over so ended up laying down for my neighbours daughter for her 2nd birthday, and my neighbour found out it is my birthday tomorrow and made me a cake. But I couldn't even eat it, I felt bad, but I really don't want to mess this up!

I had cheese today! Yum, I missed cheese so much. Not a lot of cheese, but it was nice none the less. At the BBQ for the 2 yr old's birthday there were bowls of cheesies and different kinds of chips and they made me a fruit and veggie platter instead so I could have something besides a beef pattie with cheese on top. I felt kind of bad not eating the cake and then having them go out of their way to accommodate me, oh well.

I am hoping to find time to make myself a cake that I actually can eat tonight for tomorrow. I need to clean my mixing bowl first though. I've cleaned up almost everything from making cakes, but I'm not quite done yet.

I'll see if I can add pictures later.

I am planning on having bacon and eggs for breakfast in the morning, possibly with cream cheese pancakes too! We'll see though, I might have to go buy more cream cheese. I'll try and get some laundry done tonight and clean up some more so I can wake up on my birthday to a mostly (or at least somewhat) clean house.

VLCD Day 37

I'm not sure if the drops will last past today, so it looks like I'll do tomorrow and Friday as my last two VLCD days without drops and start P3 on Saturday. That's fine actually because we're going to a BBQ on Saturday and it will be nice to have a variety of veggies at the same time and not have to watch my portions quite as closely (ie. weighing them).

Yesterday I was so busy making cakes that I didn't really have a chance to eat. I ate an apple at like 2pm, then had 100g of Halibut at supper and a cucumber in the evening. I don't think I even drank 500ml of water. So I did not do a great job yesterday and probably put my body into starvation mode... oops. I ended up losing 2 lbs, so I am now 148.6lbs with a BMI of 28.05 (overweight). But I don't think that will stay off if I eat properly today. Anyway, I need to have a shower and get my boys ready and make more cakes today (which sucks by the way when your house is filled with the smell of freshly baked cake and you can't even sample the trimmings).

VLCD Day 36

Um, ya, so I'm up again. But like I said I can't really be bothered about it right now, I'm too busy. I'm making a 3d bear cake and a 3d raccoon cake for kindergarten graduation (those are the two classes class mascots), I'm making a 3d frog cake for preschool graduation (their mascot is a frog), I'm making my own birthday cake which is just two round tiers with a mini 3d panda on top, and I just got convinced to make a 3d Dora cake for my neighbour's little girl who will be 2 on Friday. Oh ya, I also have lots of homework, papers and readings for school as well which is done two weeks from today and next week I am writing and scribing for Provincial Achievement Tests. So I am too busy to worry about gaining right now, I guess my LDW will just be higher than I intended.

I am up 0.5lbs to 150.6lbs with a BMI of 28.43 (overweight). I also barely had any veggies yesterday and I think I might have only had 3 water bottles of water (6 glasses) so I was short on water and I was high on stress. I'm hoping to lose tomorrow, but I can't be bothered to stress if I don't.

VLCD Day 35

Day 2 with the new drops and a gain... I do not understand, but I'll keep on keeping on until two days after the drops are gone. So I gained 0.9 lbs and I am at 150.1 lbs with BMI of 28.35 (overweight). But it also says my 6 yr old who is naked gained 1.8lbs since yesterday when he was wearing underwear, which I don't think is possible. So I'll just kind of ignore it and hope it shows a loss tomorrow. I really can't be bothered with stupid gains when I'm nearly done and I'm relying on a silly game board to tell me my weight. I think that next time I will actually buy a digital scale.

At least I'm hovering around 150, which is still a 17lb total loss (over 37 days including loading) and is still much healthier than I was before and I can fit into a bunch of my clothes again, which is nice. Plus my husband kept calling me his 'skinny wife' which is hilarious since I'm still overweight. He says he can't grab my 'back boobs' anymore because they're gone (they're not, but they are much smaller). I feel better than I did and that is important too.

VLCD Day 34

So, day one of different drops, normal protocol, with the exception of no grissini and adding about 2 Tbsp chocolate delight and 3 half peices of macadamia nuts. Guess what, I'm down 2.4 lbs, so 149.3lbs with a BMI of 28.18 (overweight)! I broke into the 140's and have 4.3 lbs to get to my goal. I know I'm only taking the drops for 5 more days (including today), but if I manage to lose around 0.9lbs a day for those next 5 days, I will actually make it to my goal by my birthday! What a great birthday present!

In case you're wondering about the actual food I ate, I had an apple before lunch, I had a shrimp/asparagus stirfry for lunch with Old Bay spice, salt, pepper and garlic powder, I had a little bit of orange while I was helping my son peel his orange in the afternoon and for supper I had meatsauce (while my family had pasta and meatsauce that I made seperatly so I could portion mine easier) with 100g extra lean gr beef, onion flakes, a clove of garlic, a chopped roma tomato, basil, thyme, oregano, around 2 Tbsp tomato paste, salt and pepper and I munched on a few cherry tomatoes at and after supper. Nothing unusual. I was actually going to have chicken for lunch, but because I had been doing a bunch of steak and cake days it had just been sitting in the fridge and had gone bad. I had to throw away 100g of stirfry chicken and a 100g chicken breast. I won't do a steak day again because I like veggies and I don't want anymore food going bad!

EDIT:
It's Sunday again and I finally bought a real measuring tape (this afternoon)! I went to Walmart and had to buy a sewing kit to get one, but I have one now so I can give you my actual measurements:

Right Thigh: 25 1/4 inches (1 1/2 inch loss)
Left Thigh: 25 1/4 inches (1 3/4 inch loss)
Right Arm: 12 1/8 inches (3 1/4 inch loss)
Left Arm: 12 1/2inches (2 5/8 inch loss)
Waist: 37 3/4 inches (5 1/4 inch loss)
Hips: 43 inches (1 1/2 inch loss)

VLCD Day 33

Great, I gained 0.2 lbs on a steak and cake day, so now I am 151.7lbs with a BMI of 28.64 (overweight). I also used up the last of my drops yesterday. However I was at my friend's house and her husband is done so they have some extra drops that should last me until the 9th. Maybe my drops got too hot and stopped working and maybe these ones are still working, so hopefully I will start losing again...

I think maybe next time I'll just do the 23 days, because it seems like I only lost for about 20 days so it almost seems like a waste to go longer than that. That means that next time it will only take a little more than 6 weeks to get to P4, so I might do it sooner than September, we'll see.

VLCD Day 32

I am definitely running out of drops and there is no way I will make it to June 9 (so that the 10th and 11th would be VLCD without drops and the 12, my birthday, would be my first day of P3). I stayed the same today, so I'm still at 151.5lbs with a BMI of 28.60 (overweight), which is better than a gain, but I am for sure not getting to my goal of 145lbs. I still have the chance to get down to 150 though, so I'm going to do another steak and cake day and see if I can get down to 150. I am going to try to make the cake differently or mix the ingredients better or something, because I didn't love the cake, but it seemed like it could have been good if I had mixed it better or something.

I'm kind of bummed that all I have lost in the last 11 days is 3lbs, but it is still an average loss of 0.28 lbs a day, and I have still lost overall right? Overall things have turned out okay. I'm wondering if the problem is with my hCG, because it stayed in the car the whole time we were camping over the long weekend, which was pretty warm. For my next round (which won't be until September) I will make sure to keep it in the fridge or a cooler the whole time to make sure that it doesn't get too warm.

I'll keep going until I'm out of drops, then do the VLCD for 2 days after that then move on to P3. I have been trying to find lots of good recipes and info about P3, but it's so much less strict that it's almost easier to find a list of not allowed foods than a list of allowed foods, which makes me a little nervous because I think it will be harder to stick to since you might unintentionally eat something you shouldn't. I guess I'll start by eating a little more of the allowed P2 foods (with the exception of grissini or melba toast because they have starch) and mixing my vegetables. People keep saying to double your protein, but the Canad food guide says that a female adult should have 2 servings of protein a day where a serving is 75g, so that means that really I should be eating less protein doesn't it? I don't think I'll increase my protein, but I will increase my vegetables and add oil and different proteins that I'm not allowed now (like pork).

Anyway, we'll see what happens.

VLCD Day 31

So I am down again, but my graph of my weight looks like a zigzag still. I am down 1.8lbs to 151.5 with a BMI of 28.60 (overweight). I am also running out of drops and I don't know if I will make it until the 9th, but I guess we'll see. I'm kind of assuming I will not be achieving my goal of 145 lbs, which sucks, but I guess what I have lost is better than nothing. I have been wearing stretchy pants (think yoga pants) for nearly a year because none of my pants fit anymore and I actually put on a pair of jeans yesterday and that was an awesome feeling.

I am just going to follow protocol again today, with the exception of adding some chocolate delight. It can't hurt because I've normally been gaining around two pounds after a loss of around 2 pounds anyway, so the most it will do is make me actually gain 2 pounds instead of nearly 2 pounds, but hopefully it will help me lose...

VLCD Day 30

Okay, now I am angry... Apparently I'm up 1.5 lbs again today and I stuck to protocol exactly yesterday, I didn't eat until lunch, I drank all my water, I didn't have coconut oil, I had a full 8 hours of sleep, I also had like 3 BM's yesterday, which I hadn't had for 2 days. I don't understand why I didn't lose. I checked my ketones and they are at 15, so lower than yesterday, but still there, so I should have lost!

Grrr, my weight is now 153.2 with a BMI of 28.93 (overweight). I guess I'll do another steak and cake day (and actually have the cake this time, if I can find my kitchen scale that seems to have disappeared...) I don't know what else to do.

VLCD Day 29

Okay, so now I'm down to 151.7, so I'm down 2.4 lbs with a BMI of 28.64 (overweight). I'm not getting my hopes up though. At least my ketone strip said I'm somewhere between 40 and 80, which is way better than yesterday. Maybe tomorrow I will actually lose again instead of gaining like my pattern has been lately...

VLCD Day 28

So you can tell that I don't want to post when I don't post until 5pm...

I don't know what happened besides me only getting 5 1/2 hours of sleep, but can that really make me gain over a pound? Anyway, I weighed myself and was totally bummed and ate 3 chocolate delight's. Then I thought I would do a steak and cake day (from HCG Besties, but originally from stephsuniverse), but the cake is made with coconut oil, stevia and cocoa which I already ate this morning as chocolate delight. The other ingredients are 1/2 oz. macadamia nuts (ground into powder), an egg and 3 Tbsp of heavy cream (whipping cream). So I measured out the 1/2 oz. of macadamias to eat through the day, had steak for lunch, steak for supper and made the egg and heavy cream into a yummy omelette. I'm not sure if it will really work the same, but I'm going to try it out and see if it helps. Also I bought ketone testing strips and forgot to test first thing, so tested 2nd thing this morning and it ended up at the trace amounts (5) (not negative though...)

Anyway, I guess you want to know how much I gained hey? I'm up 1.8 lbs to 154.1lbs with a BMI of 29.09 (overweight). Um ya, good thing I lost 2 lbs yesterday so I could gain 1.8 today... I'm mad. I hope I have a big release tomorrow, but I guess I'll have to wait and see.

EDIT:
Oh ya, I forgot to add that the tea I drank yesterday was decaf, and all I have been drinking before is herbal tea, so I'm not sure if that made a difference, also I drank most of my liquid within a few hours of going to bed because I didn't get around to drinking for most of the day. So today I made sure to drink 500mL in the morning, then around lunch, then in the afternoon and I'm finishing my last 500mL right now, so spread out through the day. Also all I am drinking today is water, plain water without even adding lemon juice to it (yuck, I hate plain water) so I'm hoping that will help. I'm getting bummed that I keep going up then down then up then down and not really getting anywhere at all in the process. I have less than two weeks left to get to my round 1 goal of 145lbs and I did think I was going to make it, but now I'm not so sure. I really am bummed.

Also I was looking back, and when I got back after the long weekend I weighed 154.5, and right now, 6 days later, I weigh 154.1, which means I've lost a total of 0.4 lbs over 6 days. I think that could be considered a plateau or a stall couldn't it? I'm hoping my steak and (deconstructed) cake day works out for me...

VLCD Day 27

Okay, I do not understand what is going on here, I just lost 2 lbs! Which I guess is only a net loss of 0.7 over the past two days, but still... I was going to do a steak and cake day today and now I'm not so sure, I'm pretty hungry right now and I want my grapefruit. Oh, I guess I better give you my stats: I'm at 152.3 lbs with a BMI of 28.76 (overweight).

Ya, I'm too annoyed right now to not eat anything at all (even though I know you're supposed to fast in the morning anyway) I like to eat my citrus in the morning (orange or grapefruit) and then strawberries or an apple in the afternoon or evening. The only thing is it's hard to figure out how many strawberries I'm allowed exactly, so I tend to eat an apple more often. If I'm just going to eat the apple, I'll eat a Gala, but if I'm adding it to salad (like last night) or baking it or trying to make cookies with it, I'll use Red Delicious because it has a stronger flavour.

Anyway, I'm going to go eat my grapefruit and some chocolate delight, not eat my grissini today and make sure to eat my fruits and veggies and drink all my water (I missed one cup yesterday and at least two the day before) and see if that keeps me on track. I only need to lose 7.3 more lbs to be at the 145 I was before I had kids, and I want to do it by my birthday which is in exactly 2 weeks from today. Oh ya, and I'll do some measurements today too since I'm finally home on a Sunday again. I'll post those later :)

EDIT:
Yikes, I nearly forgot! I still don't have a proper measuring tape, so again I used a power cord and measuring tape (the kind for building stuff, not measuring people) and I have come up with:

Right arm: 13 1/2 inches (1 3/4 inch total loss)
Left arm: 12 3/4 inches (2 3/8 inch total loss)
Right thigh: 25 7/8 inches (1 1/8 inch total loss)
Left thigh: 25 1/4 inches (1 1/2 inch total loss)
Waist: 37 inches (6 inch total loss)
Hips: 42 inches (1 1/2 inch total loss)

So my total loss in inches is... 14 1/4 inches, doesn't really seem like it though.

VLCD Day 26

Um ya, it's quarter to nine at night, my paper was due YESTERDAY and I have 4 pages written... I've taken notes on a bunch of great articles and all I have to do is actually put the darn thing together but I just don't WANT to...

I wasn't going to post today. I gained. I can't tell you how much though because I don't precisely remember and I'm at the university right now... uh... writing my paper... Actually I have to go home pretty quick so hubby can head to work his dumb night shift. He has to work every single night for the next 3 weeks straight, which will mean he will have worked a total of 27 nights in a row when he's supposed to work 2 weeks of days, two weeks of graveyards and then two weeks of afternoons (2pm-10pm) and he's supposed to have weekends off. This is why I can't get a job, because they are always screwing around with his shifts!

I will update you on my stupid gain when I get home and I can check what it was. When I saw that I gained (over a pound) this morning, I immediately went to the freezer and grabbed 3 pieces of chocolate delight and ate them. But at least I haven't had any the rest of the day and at least it wasn't the bag of Cadbury mini eggs that I have hiding on my shelf for me to snack on occasionally once I'm in P4. Still, emotional eating is something I'm trying to get out of and that didn't help this morning. It's just such a bummer to gain when I'm trying so hard to release it all. I think I might do a steak and cake day tomorrow and see if that helps (I'll tell you what that is later if you don't know). I'd better gather my things and head home right now though.

EDIT:
So I gained 1.3 lbs bringing me up to 154.3 lbs with a BMI of 29.14 (overweight). Today I didn't eat any grissini and I didn't finish my salad, but it had my apple and my veg so I ate half of my second veg and half of my second fruit. I did come home to a disgustingly messy house though and felt angry and ate probably 3 servings of chocolate delight and 2 salted macadamia nuts... I don't actually care right now, I'm just annoyed that my paper's not done and I can't find the motivation to finish it and I'm angry that my house is a mess and no one is cleaning up and I can't because I have so much homework to do...

VLCD Day 25

Okay so I don't have much time since I need to go get the boys from school soon (ya, I know it's late...) I still have like 11 pages of paper to write, but the due date4 online says June 1, so I'm going to try to clean my house in between writing today.

So today I am down 0.9lbs to 153 lbs with a BMI of 28.89 (overweight). Yay, I finally got my BMI below 29! Anyway, I am going to grab a grapefruit to eat on the way because I haven't eaten yet, or had any water and I'm, kind of hungry (yes a whole grapefruit, they are tiny grapfruit's!).

EDIT:
Okay, it's 7:30pm and I have about 2 pages written of my paper... I am just not into writing a 12 page paper and it is due today! I got so many dishes done though and my kitchen is kind of sparkly (and it was really gross before).

So this afternoon while I was buying a few groceries I also bought some macadamia nuts because I heard those can help too. I meant to by ketone testing strips, but I forgot, maybe I'll get some tomorrow. Anyway, I've had some of my chocolate delight (about 3 Tbsp I think) and I've had 5 macadamia nuts. TOM is still here, but on his way out and I'm hoping that I will lose a decent amount today. Yesterday I didn't have my supper veggies or my 2nd fruit because I spent so much time preparing meat for the next few week that supper was late and by bedtime all I had eaten was my stur-fry beef for supper and I was full. It probably didn't help that my beef was SO YUMMY! You wanna know what was on it? Salt, pepper, garlic powder and it was fried in a tiny bit of coconut oil. Wow, super good. This afternoon I fried my tilapia in the same pan without cleaning it first (with salt, pepper and garlic powder again) and it was FABULOUS!

Anyway, I better get on with my paper. It's an interesting subject, I just don't feel like writing it right now...

VLCD Day 24

Good morning everyone, so last night I had several small broken off pieces of the 'chocolate', but then read I should only have about 2 Tbsp of it, and I'm pretty sure I had at least 3, so I stopped, even though I had wanted more. Well, apparently those 3 Tbsp were a good number for me, because I lost 1.5 lbs today! Even with TOM! So now I am down to 153.9 lbs with a BMI of 29.05 (overweight). It sure takes a long time to get that BMI down, geez, I was so excited to be under 30, but I still haven't gone below 29 yet!

Anyway, I'm going to have a bit of chocolate throughout the day today and see how that treats me tomorrow. I'll try to keep it to around the same amount as I had today. I've heard adding some macadamia nuts throughout the day can help too (they are also off protocol) so I might pick some of those up later this week.

In case you are wondering I haven't gotten much done on my paper. I need a specific book Reclaiming Youth At Risk: Our Hope For the Future, and the University library has 3 copies of it, two are taken out and aren't due back until June and September (a professor must have that one) and the other is a reference copy that cannot be taken out but I cannot find it anywhere. So I took out the videos that go along with doing a program for it, but my VCR isn't working and by the time I found those (they were sitting on a random table in the library where someone left them) and got a TV and VCR set up, the library was about to close, so I didn't even get to watch them! I'm going to try again this morning after all the boys are at school/daycare and see if I can get through it all before I have to pick them up at 11am. I can't find the length though, so I don't know if I'll get through it or not.

VLCD Day 23

Sooooo, I don't know if it's TOM's fault or the pancakes or the olive oil (I guess I should just stick with the protocol while TOM's here so I know for sure), but I gained 0.9lbs today. That means I'm 155.4 lbs with a BMI of 29.34 (overweight). I'm bummed, but at least my BMI is still under 30 and my weight is under 160. There is still a chance of me getting to 145 by my birthday...

EDIT:
So I'm not any hungrier than usual, but I am having cravings, for cookies and donuts and chocolate... I just found out I have a 12 page paper due in two days (that's what you get for not checking your online class assignments in enough detail) and all I can think about is chocolate and cookies...

EDIT:
So I know I said I wasn't going to go off protocol until TOM was gone, but I couldn't help it! I found some recipe's for chocolate using coconut oil that lots of people have had success with so I had to try it! The recipe I used turned out not very good, too much cocoa was the main culprit, but it was still decent enough to eat, like 3 times. Next time I make it I will make some adjustments and let you know what I think works the best. We'll also see what happens to my weight tomorrow. But whatever happens may just be a result of my visiting friend, not the bitter chocolate stuff. I'm hoping to lose tomorrow though.

VLCD Day 22

So over the weekend I had an entire cauliflower, blueberries and a whole egg plus 3 whites which are on my friend's list of foods, but are not on the original protocol so I was concerned about my loss, but I wanted to eat as close as possible to what my friends and family were eating, without going completely off protocol, so I figured I would deal with whatever the results turned out to be. Oh ya and TOM came yesterday, so I thought that might stall me too.

Anyway, I am down 2.2 lbs over the past 4 days (which isn't much on average, but at least it's down!) so I am 154.5lbs with a BMI of 29.18 (overweight). I'll try to stick with only foods on the protocol and wait until P3 for the cauliflower. But if you're on P3 you should check out Your Lighter Side she has lots of amazing recipes with cauliflower and zucchini for pizza, breadsticks, chips, lasagna and all sorts of yummy stuff! I can't wait for P3! Actually I can wait until I lose about 10 more pounds, or until my birthday, whichever. I have to be off P2 by my birthday so I can make myself some P3 chocolate cake! It's my 30th birthday, I have to have cake!

EDIT:Okay, I am going to try something that I hope will be delicious and okay for supper.... pancakes! I found that one egg and one scoop of protein powder has the same protein as the other protein servings so if you mix them together with a little water and maybe some cinnamon and stevia.... I'll let you know haw they turn out!

EDIT:
So I used 1 scoop of vanilla protein powder, one egg, 1 Tbsp of skim milk a dash of cinnamon and a sprinkle of stevia. I cooked them like pancakes. They were a little dry and could've used more stevia, but were still tasty. Next time I would flip them the second bubbles begin to form. Now I just need to figure out my veggie for supper. Maybe some salad, hmm, lettuce or spinach...

EDIT:
Okay I never made a salad. I found this recipe and am waiting on my spinach chips right now to eat while I watch the Glee season finale. I'll let you know how they are when they come out. It's starting!

EDIT:
So Glee was kind of a bummer, but the spinach chips were soooooo good. I know that olive oil isn't on protocol, I just sprayed a bit on and sprinkled on salt, paprika and garlic powder. They were so good I made them again without the oil and they didn't end up as crunchy. Apparently coconut oil is okay and I'm not sure what I used way back a few weeks ago was coconut oil, but apparently you can buy a coconut oil spray, so I might try to find that next time. Anyway, better head to bed!

VLCD Day 18

Um, ya, so I think there might be something wrong with my Wii... it says I lost 8.4 lbs, which is highly unlikely. So it says I weigh 147.7 lbs with a BMI of 27.89(overweight). Now that is awesome, but like I said, I highly doubt I lost 8 lbs in one day, so I think I'll restart everything and try one more time...

EDIT:
Ya, I didn't think I lost 8 lbs, now it says I gained 9.7 lbs, which means I gained 1.3 lbs...ouch. So 157.4 lbs with a BMI of 29.72(overweight). So I guess zucchini is a no go until P3. Bummer. Oh so the problem was there was a tiny little action figure under the board so it couldn't go down as much as it otherwise would. I'm kind of bummed that I gained so much, it almost makes me want to check one more time...

EDIT:
So I'm thinking maybe I should get a real scale and just calculate my BMI. I just checked again and now it says I'm down 0.7lbs, so I only gained 0.6lbs (which is bad enough, but I feel better about 0.6lbs than 1.3lbs). Anyways, I'm going to go with this one as my actual weight for today. So I am back up to 156.7lbs with a BMI of 29.59(overweight).

We're heading to the lake today and so like I said, I won't be back on here until Tuesday morning. I'm definitely not eating zucchini like I had planned though, and no mixing veggies at all!

VLCD Day 17

I'm still going down, and at a pace that I was expecting finally. I drank almost 8 glasses of water yesterday and I think that might have made all the difference. I lost 1.1 lbs today so now I am at 156.1 lbs with a BMI of 29.47 (overweight). I have to lose 25 more pounds for me to be in the healthy weight range, but at least I'm on my way.


Now my concern is this coming May long weekend. We're going to my mom's lake lot and I'm not sure how I'm going to follow protocol while camping. I'm thinking maybe I should make a bunch of food for the weekend today (if I can find a spare moment). Maybe I can roast a chicken breast on a stick while everyone else is roasting smokies. I'm sure I'll figure something out. This once again means I won't be home all weekend so I can't be measuring myself or posting anything. And because it's a long weekend, I won't be back on until Tuesday morning. Hopefully, if I can take better care and drink lots of water I will lose a few pounds over the weekend instead of gaining like I did last weekend. It will be harder to stick to because my mom is there and my 'other mom' (my mom's best friend) and I'm not sure whether they'll approve. Oh well, I guess I'll find out soon...

EDIT:
I'm chowing down on my 'spaghetti' and meatsauce and my kids keep trying to steal some! It's super good, but I'll find out in the morning (again) how the zucchini 'noodles' affect my loss. If it keeps going good I think I might have spaghetti and meatsauce several days a week! I keep adjusting the recipe, I'll post it when I think it's perfect ;)

VLCD Day 16

I know I didn't write much yesterday. Things are a little more hectic now that I'm back in school and I have less time to devote to the blog (and to the protocol...) Anyway, yesterday I had a spinach and chicken stirfry for lunch and meatsauce on zucchini 'noodles' for supper. It was good, but all I had to cut it with was a spiral cutter and I need a spiral grater to make the zucchini look like spaghetti. I couldn't find one at Walmart or Superstore, but if I have time today I'll check a few other places.

Well today I lost 0.7 lbs, so now I weigh 157.2 lbs and my BMI is 29.68 (overweight). I was worried I wouldn't lose with the zucchini since it's not on the original protocol, but I lost more today than I have lots of other days, so I think the zucchini is okay. I didn't drink enough yesterday so I'm going to try to do better today. As I was falling asleep I was thinking I should make tea before I go to bed and stick it in the fridge for me to drink in the morning. Maybe I'll do that tonight. I'm really struggling getting enough liquid when I can't stand water and I'm not allowed to have juice. I keep meaning to make lemonade, but I never feel like I have time to sqeeze lemons and I'm worried if I make a bunch my kids will just drink it and I'll miss out on some of what I'm supposed to have.

Anyway, I'm still going down so I'm happy about that :)

VLCD Day 15

Today I lost 2 lbs! So really only like 1 lb since I gained a lb over the weekend, but still... I am 157.9 lbs with a BMI of 29.8 (overweight). Yep, that says overweight, not obese. I am out of the realm of obese and hope to never go back there. I will try to drink more water today, even though I'll be a scribe/reader for PAT's this morning and I have class this afternoon I will try my best to drink more water and eat enough.

VLCD Day 14

Good morning and happy Monday! So I thought we sang very well at contest, but we ended up getting 28 points lower than we did last year and placed 13th out of 17 choruses. Ouch. So we didn't win most improved and we didn't win a medal. Kind of disappointing. Speaking of disappointing, I gained 0.9 lbs over the weekend. I mixed vegetables, didn't drink very much water, had a piece of lime in my water once, ate some shiritaki noodles, didn't get much sleep and used tomato sauce that has sugar in it when I made my meatsauce last night because it was late and my tomato paste was no where to be found (I guess I need to buy some more). Other than that I stayed on the VLCD to a tee. I thought I might stall, but I didn't think I would gain and am pretty disappointed.

So that means I am 159.9 lbs and have a BMI of 30.18 (obese), bummer.

VLCD Day 11

Wow, blogger's been down for awhile. I thought I was never going to get to post today! So it's almost 2p.m. and all I've eaten are a few mini cucumbers because I haven't had time to eat. I have one hour left to make all the meals I need to make for the weekend or I will be stuck with eating hotel food or restaurant food... but I thought I should post since I won't be home all weekend. Looks like it will be pointless to take my lap top since internet at the hotel is about $30 a day, ouch!

So this morning when I weighed myself it says I am down 0.2 lbs, so 159.0 lbs with a BMI of 30.01 (obese). Can you believe it, I need my BMI to drop 0.02 and I will be overweight, but I am still obese today. Grrrr. I don't think I'll have time to post again until Sunday afternoon when I get home because like I said I still have to make my meals and I also still have to pack! I also have to leave in a little over an hour... I will talk to you in two days :)

VLCD Day 10

Okay so today I am down 0.9 lbs, that means I am finally in the 150's with a weight of 159.1 lbs and a BMI of 30.05 (obese). Once I'm under the 30 mark I will be overweight instead of obese, which will probably be tomorrow so long as I lose today. I can't weight! (Lol, I'm so punny!)

VLCD Day 9

Okay, this morning I am down 0.9 lbs, so 160lbs with a BMI of 30.22 (obese). So tomorrow I should finally be in the 150's and once I'm below a BMI of 30 I will be overweight instead of obese. This is definitely taking longer than I thought it would. I drank lots of water yesterday and ate everything I was supposed to and nothing extra. I miss the day that I lost 2.5 lbs, I want that again....

VLCD Day 8

Sooooo, today I lost 0.3 lbs. This is getting frustrating. Maybe I should have one of those apple days or something... Anyway, I am now 160.9 lbs with a BMI of 30.39 (obese).

Yesterday was kind of a stupid day, I ended up not eating supper because everything said and done I didn't get home until 9:30 and I just didn't want to make supper that late, I just wanted to go to bed. So I did. That could have effected my loss, I think if you don't eat at least 500 calories it is a problem and I think I ate less than 300 yesterday with the not eating supper. I'll make sure I eat all my meals today and see if that helps for tomorrow.

EDIT:
So I just made an apple vinaigrette and had it on some iceburg lettuce and it was super good! I think I put in a little too much vinegar so I will put in less next time. I'll post the recipe once I have it perfected.

EDIT:
So my lunch was okay, it was pretty much the same as my snack, only with Chinese Five Spice coated chicken (like last Tuesday, only with apple dressing instead of pieces of apple). I ate half and took half to school with half an apple so I would have food and wouldn't be tempted to buy anything.

My supper was okay as well. It was the burrito wrapped in lettuce, but because I ground steak for it instead of using extra lean ground beef like last time it was a lot dryer. I won't cook it like I cook ground beef next time, I'll throw everything in together and see if that works better.

I'm gonna microwave the other half of my apple with a little stevia, cinnamon and nutmeg and see if I can make an 'apple pie'. Then I'm going to bed!

VLCD Day 7

So I know that it's nearly 2:30 in the afternoon... I just didn't have time to post this morning, but I did weigh myself. I lost a whopping 0.4 lbs so now I am at 161.2 with a BMI of 30.43 (obese).

I'm happy that I lost, as opposed to yesterday, but I was hoping to be losing like a whole pound a day. It feels like it's taking forever. I know, pretty impatient hey? But at least my hunger is under control today, when I feel slightly hungry I eat one of the things on my menu plan for today and I'm fine. I've eaten an apple and some cottage cheese salad (tasty, but needs some adjustments for next time) and had some tea today. I might eat one of my grissini's before I pick the boys up from school, but we'll see.

I was kinda hoping I'd be in the 150's by now, but it should happen in the next few days (3 days if I keep losing only half a pound...) It will be nice because it's been awhile since I was down there. But once I'm there I know I'll be aching for the 140's. Actually I can't wait for the Wii to tell my that I'm overweight instead of obese, that will be a celebration lol. How many people do you know who can't wait to hear that they are overweight?

Anyway I had better go and get the dresser and bookshelf out of my van so that there is room for my kids when I pick them up. I'll update more later.