Round 3 Phase 2 Day 1

The releasing has begun.
Down 2.5lbs this morning. Almost down the load weight. Sitting here sipping on a protein shake. I have to teach a class today and wont get lunch until around noon.

Todays menu

Breakfast: shake
Lunch: chicken breast and salad
Snack
Dinner

May or may not get a workout in today. Depends on what time I get home.

Here we go!

Well. It's Day 0 of Round 3 Phase 2.
Starting weight for this round. 200.7
Goal 21lbs in 21 days, by May 28th,

Today is my job related annual physical. I'm still beat from yesterdays mud run. I won't be working out today. I really need to give my hamstring a rest. Tomorrow I teach, so no workout again. I'll resume my walks on Wednesday.  Then I work a double shift on Thursday. Then my long weekend. Yipee!

Menu for the day

snack: apple
Lunch: shake
snack: grapefruit
dinner: shrimp and asparagus

Loading Day 2

Good Morning. My first load day didn't go so well. I had a busy day and jusdt wasn't into eating.

Breakfast sausage and cream cheese pancakes (trying to get rid of P3 foods in the house)
Ate a few fried chicken wings
Ordered Chinese food for dinner (but only ate half)

Not the best load day. Today I have the mud run, so it'll be a light energy filled breakfast and afterward I will fill up on greasey, cheesey goodness.

It's 5am. I didn't sleep very well. Too excited for this morning. Sitting here warming up my hamstring. It's still a little sore. I'm ready to rock this run.

I'm hoping to get some pictures to post later.

I DID IT!

this photo was after we had been hosed down!

My Crew-Pre Race

I conquerred the mud run. I didn't place, but I finished and that was my goal. My poor hamstring though. I am sittig on a pillow of ice as we speak. And I am exhausted. It was a blast and I will definitely do it again next year. I am challenging myself.

I stopped on the way home and got a bacon cheeseburger and some onion rings from Burger King along with an oreo pie. Unfortunately, that and a protein shake very early this am is all I've eaten today. Not a very good load. I have some leftover chinese I will try to choke down after a while. We'll see what happens tomorrow. I have to be up early again for my physical. Which is really going to throw off day one of  VLCD.

Here We Go

Today is day 1 of my load for the next round. First injection down. and I just chowed down some breakfast sausage. I will pay for it later, I'm sure.

Again, I am hoping to lose another 21lbs on this next round if I just stick with the 21 day round. I recieved my hcg drops in the mail, so if I am still losing weight at day 21, I will continue with the drops. My goal weight is 160 (or a size 8, whichever comes first).,.....my goal date is July 4th. That gives me 58 days to lose 37lbs or 3 jean sizes. I think I can do this.

I went out last night and drank pelligrino and had tuna sashimi with cucumber and seaweed. I could have fudged since I was loading today, but I didn't.

I'm not sure what I'm going to do today. Should I get in one more jog or just relax and hit the beach. hmmm...what to do,, what to do.

Tomorrow I need to be up early for the Mud Run. The orthopedic said I can do it, but it's gonna hurt. I'm okay with that. I just need to finish the race.

Working on some jewelry today too.

Have a great day everyone.

Then end of a Phase

Good morning, today is the last day of phase 3 on round 2. Tomorrow I begin loading for Round 3. I'm so looking forward to it. Not the loading, but Phase 2 again.

Today I will be going shopping and perhaps pre-cooking some foods. This round, I am going to stay super POP, except for my shakes. I am also going to use "water veggies" in between meals.

I know that keeping the calorie burning furnace fired up is very important.

I cant believe that I'm saying this, but I really don't feel like eating much anymore.

This morning I am going to the orthopedic doctor for my little hamstring injury. I'm hoping that it is just a pull and not something more serious. It actually feels better this morning. I intend on going for a walk after the doctors appointment.

I need to mix up my HCG injections for tomorrows load. I hope I get this right, it'll be the first time I mix this myself. Yikes!

I reieved my HCG drops in the mail yesterday. So when the injections are done, I will continue on those. I will make the decision whether to do a long round or more short rounds, depending on how well I am losing. I would really like to be bathing suit ready by July 4th. My Independence Day!

Round 2 Phase 3 Day 23

Well, as of today, only 2 more P3 days. Saturday I start loading for Round 3. It's later in the day and I forgot to weigh this morning. Yesterday, I injured my left hamstring while working in the yard. I was replanting a small palm tree and when I went to pull it out of the ground, I felt something rip. A familiar feeling. I detached my right hamstring back in 1997. This isn't as bad, but still painful. I spent the rest of yesterday nursing it, epsom salt soak, anti-inflamatories, compression wrap and a pillow of ice. It was still very sore this morning. I was scheduled for a 16 hour shift, but cut it short as sitting is bothersome.

I'm more worried about my mud run this Sunday. I have been training hard for it. Go figure, I don't get hurt training, but working in the yard.

I will continue to nurse it until sunday. The Mud Run will not go on without me, even if I have to walk it instead.
Here are some of my challenges I will face.



I am very excited about participating. AND I WIL FINISH!

Menu

Lunch Shrimp salad with spinach, cucumber, avocado,
Dinner: pork chops and asparagus
Snack: gouda cheese

Round 2 Phase 3 Day 21

Today is 21 days of P3 on my second round. I'm up 1.2 today. I'm not very worried about it. I have been training hard and building muscle. I've done this for many reasons.
1) I'm training for a5k Mud Run thiscoming weekend.
2) Toning up and building some muscle for general health
3) more muscle burns more calories.

I'm very sore this morning from a rigorous workout, so I know that there is some inflamation which causes water retention.

I will admit that I wish I had lost weight on P3. I know that I have reached an old set point in my weight. I remember being stuck at this weight for a long time in the past.

I really am chomping at the bit to get back to P2. I have about 40lbs I would like to lose. I'm hoping to get another 21 off on the next short round.

I have a busy 2 weeks coming up. And my schedule will be really wonky. Just hope that it doesn't affect my weight loss.

I have a doctors appointment this morning with the HCG doctor. I'm still within 2 lbs of lidw, so I'm not worried about that. I will be working out after the doctors appointment. It's supposed to rain again, so it willl most likely be an indoor workout. Then off to work at 2:30.

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