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    It's the hardest thing in the world for me to admit, but I can't do this right now. I thought after the wedding would be the perfect time to start this next round. It's not.
    * I have ZERO schedule going on right now. Kids in school, baby in therapy, working 2 jobs.
    * Still trying to clear all my crap out of the old house.
    * Trying to figure out how to be a wife again and manage 2 sets of finances.
    * Trying to figure out how to be a wife again and keep some sort of sturcture around the house. (Impossible)
    Not to mention my stress level is through the roof right now.
    I'm turning into this MAJOR stress eater, which I have never been in the past, and I need to get that under control and figure out how to manage it before I can successfully start and finish a round.
    Yesterday was VLCD 3. I wont even scare you with what I ate. I'm going to bow out gracefully for the time being. Get my life and my stress and my management skills under control and try again. Being my 3rd round, I never dreamed it would be this hard. But now is just not the time for it.
    Thank you all for the help, love, support, tips, tricks and advice. I will still be lurking and keeping track of recipes and tricks and things, but I can't actively participate right now. I'll try to stay on P3 foods as best as I can and keep whatever weight off that I can.
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    Thinking of you and wishing you well! Take a deep breath, take care of you, take control where you can get it. Don't beat yourself up about this, hcg will be ready whenever YOU are. ((hugs))
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    P2 is hard enough without adding a lot of additional stress, that's for sure. some suggestions? cut up some veggies and put them in the fridge right out in the open- so that when you're stressed and need something to munch on, that's the first thing you see when you open the door.

    paste this on the fridge- "if hunger is not the problem, eating is not the solution" If you're stressed, sit down and let yourself feel the stress. know that it won't kill you, it's only a feeling, and you can go ahead and feel it without trying to numb those feelings with food. good luck!!!
    • hCGDietAuthorLady Smart
    • TimeSep 10th 2010 edited
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    I admire you for listening to YOU! You'll come back to the protocol when you are ready and we will be waiting here with open arms ready to support you in any way we can. In the meantime you will continue to be in my thoughts and prayers as you figure out YOUR life.


    Jenni
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    This sounds like the right thing, honey. We'll be here when you're ready for another round. Enjoy being a newlywed!
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    Thanks everybody. You're making me feel a lot better about my decision.
    mgs- I really don't have a problem with snacking on healthy stuff, it's just that it's not P2 friendly. I don't crave the carbs and RARELY crave anything sweet anymore, but I have plenty of P3 recipes to curb that.

    My biggest problem is that every day of the week si an entirely different routine. There's no 2 alike. Until I get control of all of that and get used to this whole new program, I can't manage set mealtimes. Trust me, I try! But we've been broke, so it's hard to plan ahead and buy all my food, it's usually grab and go, etc. I just bought enough for 3 more rounds, so by gosh, I'm gonna use it! :) Just not right now.
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    "Thanks everybody. You're making me feel a lot better about my decision."

    I'm not going to sugar coat this but I think you were hoping we would all be ok with you quitting. I do this a lot as well and as long as everyone tells me it's ok then I don't feel as bad for stuffing my face. There is always going to mass stress and chaos. Life does not end depending on your diet. The food you eat is not gonna change how you deal with it for long term.

    Losing weight is hard and being fat is hard. Choose which hard!

    I say don't give up. You are allowing yourself the freedom that will eventually turn into more weight gain. Which will add additional stress and you will eventually give up all the hard work you put in your first 2 rounds.
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    wookey - I don't know if you are reading all of this word for word, but did you catch the part about how my problem is NOT stuffing my face with junk? I don't eat junk. I eat extremely healthy actually. always have. I am now only 10 pounds from my goal weight, I do not consider myself fat.

    "The food you eat is not gonna change how you deal with it long term" Ditto! That's exactly what I have said. I have to figure out how to deal with the current stressful situations before I try P2 again and set myself up for failure. If I can't get it under control, I will not be able to complete a round successfully. I know this as well as anyone. I have had major stressful situations for years. I finally got all that under control and had a routine and knew what worked and didn't. The differenceS with this round - New husband, new home, new job, new schedules, new routines, I could go on. I had everything down, regardless of the stress before, because I knew how to manage my life. I'm sorry if you think I'm "hoping you would be all ok with me quitting." This is actually MY decision, NOT anyone else's, and as I know my life a little better than anyone else, I think I'm more than capable of making said decision.

    I did not post this for sympathy, acceptance, etc. I posted it because I knew that at some point, somewhere, someone would be searching around on this forum in the same boat and would want to know if anyone else ever felt the same way. I wanted something here in writing, that just because you can't make it work right now, doesn't mean it's not going to work out EVER. Proof in point - I completed 2 very successful rounds. I'm not going to sugar coat anything either. I'm not going to post things on here for posterity making it look like this diet always turns out exactly as planned and NO ONE ever feels the need to take a frickin break.

    "Thanks everybody. You're making me feel a lot better about my decision." Yes, I do appreciate the support I got, but I would be choosing my own path regardless of the feedback I got from this forum. I'm going to stick with my healthy way of eating, but simply can not manage the strict structure of P2 under I get everything else under control. End of story.

    But thank you for your input.
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    Hang in there!
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    bs, I'm a firm believer that if your body is under stress, you will not be as successful on this program as you could be without the stresses. I just got over a bad cold, and even though I followed protocol to the T, I didn't lose an ounce. My body knew it had to retain all fat for fuel to fight the stress. Good luck to you and blessings on your new marriage!!!! Be happy! :)

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