Thread: Accountability Group for April 2013

Originally Posted by sl1mntr1m

today weigh in is the same as past 2 days. I'm now at a 3 day stall. Getting a bit worried

Don't get worried, you will have your big loss! I just know it is so hard not to get down when the scale doesn't move. Have you taken your measurements lately? Stalls are one reason why I have thought about not weighing for a whole week. The other is because when I do well I think I have more wiggle room. NOPE!

Any progress today?

Originally Posted by ny2013

Thank you for the encouragment. I had a 2lb loss today!!. I'll give the lemon juice a try also..

See, your patience and persistence payed off! Great job!

Originally Posted by sweetpeasocal

yeah i had a huge headache the first day or two as well. Glad you worked through yours! Yeah being hungry is really hard since i go to school and work full time.

Also, just tried talapia (fish) today and it's delicious. Tastes very buttery. Just putting it out there as a recommendation to anyone looking for good protein options.

The headache is a killer, isn't it? I wish I could spend those two days in bed! I haven't had to work full time and go to school on this diet but I have had that schedule before - no fun - can't imagine it while on this diet. I have talapia in the freezer that I need to try; I am just hestitant because I don't really cook and I know it is going to turn out terrible! :/

Originally Posted by corrylinn

i'm so proud of everyone! It is difficult sticking it out when the scale might appear to be on a hiatus. today is vlcd1 and i'm cycling this r3. Sadly, it was a stressful weekend. We were 5 hours away from home helping my fil move from his home of 25 years, the last 15 of which, he was a bachelor. With a 4 yo and 8 yo, i felt like i was juggling a lot. I had planned this knowing that the move was this weekend but gained 8 lbs! I know that i was coming home to a gain but this was depressing! I have a big glass of water to start my day and some chicken baking in the oven before leaving for work. I'm hoping for a big loss tomorrow...

For those who feel that they are losing slowly, remember that the protocol is to reprogram the way that your brain controls your weight. It isn't a fad diet where there are quick results, even though the beginning feels like that. Once you've completed p2, you will maintain that weight for 6+ weeks before beginning again. So stick to the mindset that this isn't a quick fix, but a permanent fix! Hang in there.

I'm sorry about your FIL having to move out of his house, especially without his wife. It was stressful, for sure, I can relate to trying to actually DO something with kids running around (I have an 8.5, 7 this month, and 2.5 year old). You end up just watching the kids and trying to keep them occupied and out of everything. Very difficult! With your constant moving around I wonder if some of the weight was water retention?

Originally Posted by kar

those of you who have been discouraged by an immobile scale might find this section from dr simeons' pounds and inches encouraging:

the weight registered by the scale is determined by two processes not necessarily synchronized. Under the influence of hcg, fat is being extracted from the cells, in which it is stored in the fatty tissue. When these cells are empty and therefore serve no purpose, the body breaks down the cellular structure and absorbs it, but breaking up of useless cells, connective tissue, blood vessels, etc., may lag behind the process of fat-extraction. When this happens the body appears to replace some of the extracted fat with water which is retained for this purpose. As water is heavier than fat the scales may show no loss of weight, although sufficient fat has actually been consumed to make up for the deficit in the 500-calorie diet. When then such tissue is finally broken down, the water is liberated and there is a sudden flood of urine and a marked loss of weight. This simple interpretation of what is really an extremely complex mechanism is the one we give those patients who want to know why it is that on certain days they do not lose, though they have committed no dietary error.

hang in there!

Thanks, Kar! This is always so hard to remember; I think we get spoiled knowing it is possible for the scale to go down every day and when it doesn't we get discouraged. I am not sure there is a way around that other than to remember what you posted here. Thanks!

AFM - I must have retained a TON of water that week of splurging before this round because I really expected not to wake up to a loss. TOM started and I was feeling bloated. But you know, I hear everyone say they have issues when TOM comes around, but I never have. I wonder if it has anything to do with the way my body deals with the extra hormones because I never have PMS either. Questions - do you normally have PMS and do you normally gain or stall at the onset of TOM?

So, I was down 1.4 and this close to saying goodbye to the 160s forever (how many times have I said that before, though?)! I'm ready to say goodbye to the 140s - chop chop 140s! Get here quickly and leave just as quickly!

Hope everyone has a great day!

Ok confession time after I only had a .2 loss followed by zero loss in week one, the next day I started taking the Garcinia Cambogia (my friend gave me one of her bottles to try out, guess I was her guinea pig). Next moringing I loss 2lbs, next day 1lb, and now today another 2lbs. So this is my 3day experience on it. And I have not given up my diet cokes. I drink four a day. They are the only thing I do that is off protocall. I plan on completely cutting them out, just can't seem to make myself do that yet. I don't know if three days are enough to say it is the Garcinia Cambogia helping out with the HCG, but I am going to keep taking it....