grits

I'm still going to try to monitor how much I read so I don't get discouraged but I'm happy to report I've lost 5 lbs WITH NO GAIN since Sunday!

After a consultation with Dr. Google that lasted hours and hours I determined I needed to deviate from Dr. S's protocol. I've added 50-100 grams of extra protein. Since I trained bootcamp style for so many years it is likely I have tons more muscle than Dr. S's original patients or others that do hCG. Because of my muscle mass I *need* more ...

Shrimp & asparagus. No fruit, no melba.

I hesitate to mention my history with being underweight because when I do people online draw the conclusion that I do not need to lose weight.

So to put it all on the table:

1. I am overweight. Before starting IVF I was on a medically supervised diet. My dr. would not have accepted me as a patient if I did not need to lose weight. It is true: he did not agree with how much I wanted to lose and he said once I hit his goal for me I would be happy and he would release ...

Up 1.6 lbs

Yep.

Not on my diet!

On my scale sabbatical. I weighed. And...guess what?

I'm down 2 lbs! Yay! I know everybody else has lost a ton more in their first week but I'm very excited about this little victory!

As for my diet I was totally rogue yesterday. Cut out the fruit and ate extra protein (gasp!). But...it worked!

It's getting hard to not talk about hCG. Everybody always watches everything I eat so when I'm eating a few stalks of asparagus and 7 pieces of shrimp is inciting alarm.

I've told people that I am eating several mini-meals a day but in an 8 hour work day it is evident that I'm not. Boo hiss. I don't want to have to say "hCG" because it's nobody's business. It's getting frustrating being questioned about my starvation diet (made worse, I'm sure, by the loud growling of my ...

Not much to report today. Yesterday I ate shrimp, asparagus and oranges. My hunger was okay. I am going to try the same dosage again and avoid apples.

This is going to be a long week without weighing! Can I do it?

Drumroll please...


-1.2

Well. Alrighty then.

This is all so absurd I didn't even cry this morning. I laughed. Really. It's funny at this point, isn't it? 5 days of eating 400-500 calories and I lose 1.2 lbs. Ha!

Wow.

Okay, as suggested I've listed what I ate yesterday:

4 cups tea
Granny Smith apple
100 g grilled chicken
Asparagus
4 cups tea
100 g steak
Asparagus ...

Not sure if it is a happy new year yet. I'm so grateful for my family and all the love in my life. So I'm a little bit disappointed in myself for being so disappointed in myself. I weigh tomorrow and suffice it to say there is no way I'll have more than a 2 lb overall loss considering I gained 2 lbs. So...for right now I'm not sure how I feel about hCG. I mean, I was losing 2 lbs/week on 1,000 calories and working out. And I feel better overall when I workout. I will, of course, finish this round. ...