Thread: Valentine Loading!!!Who's with me???

Originally Posted by LeLu

Morning all!

Down 1.8 this morning. I was hoping for more. I woke up tiny bit hungry. Having my coffee now, feeling better. Discovering all of my problems may be linked to hypothyroidism. I'm going to be making an apt. to get a blood test done. Hoping to get to the bottom of things...

Hoping you all had good losses!

Lelu, 1.8 is still great though, especially considering you have other interfering issues. Keep up the good work

Originally Posted by Emcee

Agree Lelu - I'd have been happy w/1.8 for sure. Anything over 1 will make me happy. I hope you get your hypothyroidism issues worked out. I can only imagine how frustrating it must be to have unanswered medical conditions.

Thanks @acoull - loving the loss. Hope I can keep it up. My HUGE goal would be 15 pounds but will be happy with 10 so I'm a bit freaked out that I will hit my "stall" or "plateau" early on if I lose at this rate. 2nd week usually is less of losses correct? Looking at your ticker you are SUPER close to your goal - that is wonderful!!

Ok a few notes to mention - I am eating "Mikes Chili" from the recipe board and OMG is it good. You MUST check it out! It's sooooo good. Also, I downloaded a great recipe book/pdf called "P2_hcg_recipes" and it has several home made sauces using tomato paste and tomato sauce...and some of them also include tomatoes as well. One even said 4 large tomatoes chopped + 3 tblsp tomato paste = serving size is 2 veggies. How is 4 tomatoes 2 veggies? I thought 1 tomato= 1 veggie? I really would like to use some of these recipes, I just don't want to blow it!



:-)
Em

Originally Posted by acoull

Lelu, 1.8 is still great though, especially considering you have other interfering issues. Keep up the good work

Thanks friends!!! So nice to have the support and encouragement. No surprise, won't be getting a dr. appt until well into March

Tomato's are a fruit. I would be cautious with that recipe!

Em that ticker was from my first round, I havent gotten around to changing it yet. I always set my goals higher than what I expect, it gives me something to reach for. I quickly found out that with HCG and my body, there was no reaching, I was only going to lose what my body would give up. I ended my first round at 150.8 and figured I would lose the additional 5 through diet and exercise. I am and always have been a curvy girl at 5'7 so that would be ideal for me. I stared exercising when I got into phase 4 and just couldnt lose. If I worked out hard I would gain. So I figured, I KNOW how to lose weight with HCG so why not do it. My plan is to lose what my body will give up and then tone whats left over.Im thinking I can lose 10 pounds total.
Weight loss did slow down in the second week for me, but I had a mishap with my spray pump so I wasnt getting all of my dose, once I corrected the problem it picked back up again. We will all cross that plateau bridge when we come to it though, no worries, plateaus were meant to be broken

So its funny with the tomato thing, my diet last time consisted mainly of tomato based soups and gigantic romaine salads, always with a protein and additional veg. I had no trouble at all, and I always had my two fruits each day. Its so person dependent isnt it!

Lelu- What a bummer So this round may be trickier for you, but im sure you will still be successful. Im sure it would be nice for all things to be equal while you were doing a diet this regimented

Originally Posted by acoull

So its funny with the tomato thing, my diet last time consisted mainly of tomato based soups and gigantic romaine salads, always with a protein and additional veg. I had no trouble at all, and I always had my two fruits each day. Its so person dependent isnt it

It really does depend on each person!

Originally Posted by thomygirl

Lelu and Acoull - great losses!!!! I never have big drops!!! Today down .4. It's in the right direction!!!!

Thanks~ Anything down is great I guess I was hoping to loose more of my loading weight. In the end, slow and steady wins the race! Just praying for no stalls. I literally started this round one day after TOM ended. So, hoping I can skate past that mess!



I'm seriously struggling with not having a glass of wine tonight! I am a stay at home mom to three amazing kids, 13, 10 & 4 and this week they are off school. I needed to unwind halfway through. Instead, I got a new book, (the second in, "The Hunger Games" trilogy) a cup of tea, and I locked myself in my room for an hour! Worked like a charm I usually cuddle up with a nice big glass of Merlot, and my bag of Guittard chocolate chips and sip my wine while I let the chips melt away on my tongue. It truly is my ONLY guilty pleasure~ Missing the chocolate chips too...

Can't wait to hear all of your amazing losses in the morning!

Thanks Thomygirl! So jealous of your frequent traveling, I hope to be able to do that when the kiddos are a bit bigger. Isnt it so nice to know that even if you gain, there is a solution to it!

@Lelu, I SO hear you on the wine, Im a malbec girl myself. It is such a trigger for me though, if I drink, I always eat. I have two little ones at home they are 2 and 5, very busy little buggers. As soon as my husband gets home I go upstairs and just take 10 minutes of quiet time, it really has been helping. Make sure your taking time for yourself everyday, not just when it gets unbearable. Stress is not our friend

I am down 1.4 this morning. I pretty happy with it. I had two huge salads yesterday, Im talking HUGE. I used one whole head of romaine lettuce in each of them. So I was a little scared that it would be too many calories. Last round I was meticulous, tracking everything I put into my mouth and adding my calories to a tee. It was pretty stressful, this round I have decided to go with the flow a bit more, and listen to my body. Well I hope you all have a great day!