Thread: Lovely Losers 2020 - NO NONSENSE in November!!

Good morning all, hope everyone made it through Halloween unscathed!
Started the VLCD yesterday but was up 0.2 lbs today. Yesterday was like a hell day at work. I did not have a chance to eat, drink or pee and had 11,700 steps by the time I got in my car to go home at 2:15 pm. Today is much slower so I am going to make sure I get my water in and eat my lunch.

I bought a sous vide machine a few weeks ago and finally used it Friday to cook my chicken and oh my goodness! If you can afford one financially/cabinet real estate wise highly recommend. I cooked frozen chicken too.

Hope everyone is ready for another month!

Originally Posted by emilyc88

Good morning all, hope everyone made it through Halloween unscathed!

I bought a sous vide machine a few weeks ago and finally used it Friday to cook my chicken and oh my goodness! If you can afford one financially/cabinet real estate wise highly recommend. I cooked frozen chicken too.

Hope everyone is ready for another month!

My dad used to do wonderful things with the sous vide. Seemed like a lot of effort to me, though. Glad it's working for you!

I made it through Halloween unscathed because I simply kept the candy out of my house. It was a good choice, though I did feel a little guilty seeing the littles walk on by. But then I thought, candy is terrible for them too!! Anyway. Unscathed. Yes.

I think Wednesday will be my last injection, but I'm not entirely sure. Weight was up a bit today, but again, bathroom issues. Not concerned.

Food has been a bit meager for the past couple of days because of the move. I had food prepared, but not enough, so I've been undereating somewhat for the past two days. Yesterday was strawberries, chili, and shrimp, but no veggies other than the tomatoes in the chili. Friday was chicken and cabbage, forgot fruit!

Oh well. No worse for wear, really. However, I did mostly get my kitchen unpacked this morning, and I picked up some groceries yesterday, so after the painters leave, I'm going to cook myself my first of many delicious meals in my new house! Might actually cook a few: some orange roughy and fennel packets as well as a pot of red cabbage. Looking forward to it. I'm hungry!

Walked my new neighborhood last night at twilight and discovered the loop is about half an hour. So I did it twice. Haven't been getting as many steps as I used to pre-COVID. Yesterday I made it past 12,000 (my daily goal). Very happy with that.

Cheers to November, friends! Looking forward to discovering my LIW and giving P3 a go. . . .

Good morning!

Happy November!!!

I came through Halloween unscathed! Lots of candy and cookies on our table (still!), and passed on a cocktail, drinking tea instead, but totally fine with it. Resisting the bacon the day before was much harder! Oh, how I would have loved to just lick my fingers! But I didn't! Only on HCG do I have this restraint because I know it's a plan and I just stick with it.

We just had neighbors come over and pick and drop off goodies at each others' houses. Distanced and safe. Then one of our neighbors is single and lives alone so we plan on adding her to our pod so we can enjoy some holiday celebrations together. She brought the cocktails. We just sat on opposite ends of our dining room table. We have all been pretty cautious.

DivineMissM: Red cabbage is delicious with apple! I add a little nutmeg and cinnamon. Mmmm. Great work on the steps!

Emily: Dehydration does a number on us for sure! You'll probably be down soon! We bought a sous-vide and returned it LOL Too much work, hahaha. Glad it works for you!

Have a lovely remainder of the weekend!

Maybe I have a different kind of sous vide? I filled a stock pot with water, clipped it to the side and set the temperature then put some chicken breast in ziplock bags threw them in the water and set a timer. It took awhile to cook (like an hour and a half) but I always overcook my chicken and dry it out so it wasn't terrible.

Originally Posted by emilyc88

Maybe I have a different kind of sous vide? I filled a stock pot with water, clipped it to the side and set the temperature then put some chicken breast in ziplock bags threw them in the water and set a timer. It took awhile to cook (like an hour and a half) but I always overcook my chicken and dry it out so it wasn't terrible.

Maybe it was the length, yeah. I had bought an Instant Pot insert. I just don't have that kind of time when I can cook it in the IP so much quicker with juicy results!

LOL, I just had half of what I thought was a grapefruit! It was a BIG orange so I quickly had the other half

Morning, all. So grateful to be starting a new week in my new house. I'm so happy to wake up every morning here.

T1ghtwad and Maggie, good to see you here! I guess we're all keeping on keeping on in our own ways.

Today my weight was its lowest ever: 145.2. I still have two more days of injections I think, though it looks like I have more than that left. Not sure it's wise to go beyond the however many days it's been. I've lost count. But I'm talking to the gal at my doc's office who administers HCG tonight to discuss P3 and beyond, so I'll see what she has to say.

OK, so real talk about my body. I've never achieved or maintained a weight this low in my life. I'm thrilled that my smallest clothes fit, and I'm thrilled at how HCG and P2 have changed my relationship to food and hunger. I don't know how that will change once I'm no longer injecting, though I'm anticipating increased hunger, of course, but also hopeful there has been some kind of reset in terms of my metabolism and leptin and insulin responses. Time will tell.

However, what I'm noticing is my body is still flabby. I'm at the top of my healthy BMI range (which I know we all know is bunk), but I can't tell if I need to lose more fat--mostly from my belly and thighs--or if exercise will continue to help reshape and strengthen my body. Again, I guess time will tell, and another round is always possible. Just wondering what your experiences have been, especially with continuing shifts through P3 and P4.