Thread: LOVELY LOSERS 2023 - "Jammin' & Joyful" in January

Hello, everyone!
Pearly, thanks for always entertaining us! Don't consider the whole week a bust. Remember, when your HCG is good and you're following protocol, good things are happening, even if you can't see any outward signs yet.
I was planning to start P3 next Saturday, but expecting to reach goal in time would be unrealistic. Unless some miracle happens early this week, I'm extending so P3 starts a week from tomorrow (Monday, Feb 6). 2 more days should at least get me closer. I have set my menu and procured all ingredients for the duration of VLCD.
Mo, enjoy your yummy breakfast tomorrow!
I hope everyone has a great day.

You got it, Mo! That's what I was talking about. My number was 526 and I can use a tsp of oil a day and a tablespoon of milk. I don't use the milk and I rarely use the oil, but sometimes a super short squirt of olive oil Pam stuff on a pan that everything sticks to. But even that is very occasional.

Well, this is no dang fun. No, I didn’t get a Sunday woosh. I am UP 1.2 pounds. I know! I thought yesterday was letter perfect. I hit all my marks for 2.0 and I’ve been doing 2.0 successfully for 7-8 years.

Yesterday, my protein calories were 520, my carbs were 19g and fat was 23g. I think I’ve had one day where carbs were 33, but the rest were in the 20’s.

I would just quit and go have a donut if I wasn’t on this thread, I think. This has been the toughest round ever. I had one once where I just didn’t lose, ended early and re-started with fresh hcg and did fine the next time. I’ve also had a couple where my head just wasn’t in it and I cheated so much, I stopped and waited a bit. Next round after was fine.

I was losing fine, so that’s what’s so tough. My gain came BEFORE I added any exercise, other than mild snow shoveling. Believe me, I SHOVE more than SHOVEL, and it is very much the same effort as my usual yard work through the summer, so not really ‘added’ or new.

So, I am determined not to be a quitter. I have to check my mailbox but my hcg may have arrived late yesterday. (I hate those community mailboxes! I only check it once or twice a week because it is the wrong way from my usual route when I leave my house so have to make a special trip just to get a handful of junk mail.)

But, I will dose today and tomorrow and do a good transition and enjoy a P3/PI for at least 10 days. I will see how it goes. I will be back on P2 tho. I found a box of needles in the back of a drawer so I don’t even have to order those.

Oh, and I completely get what you are saying about proximity to the littlest room making you hurry. I notice that particularly when I come home from somewhere. I am fine until I walk in the door, and then woah! Hurry! Whot?

Onward!

wOW. I WENT TO EDIT THIS AND LOST THE WHOLE DANG THING. NEVER MIND

LAST DOSE DAY!

Waaaaah. I'm only down .2 today. Tomorrow I transition. I am still 2 pounds above what I was before The Gain. No idea. All I can do is all I can do. I know there may be some out there who are thinking, maybe she's drinking! Maybe she is sneaking in a Snickers bar before bed. Maybe she is not even really on this diet and is just a confused troll. I swear, I am for real and no idea what is going on.

I'll be with you all during my PI and back into P2. I'll try to keep it brief as I know I can go on and on...

Next round:
1. I'm upping my dose a bit. I usually use the 22 mark but for some reason thought the 20 mark was a better idea this time around. I was pretty starving in the evenings so maybe that will be a help. I can always squirt out a bit and get back down.

2.I will watch the fat grams. I kind of think at 20 or so, they were too high. Runs in my mind I should keep to 10, but lean protein has fat, so not sure how to do that. At least, try to keep under 20.

3.Cut out the eggs at least to start. I know they were fine on other rounds. I used to just have black coffee for breakfast in P2, but what I liked about 2.0 was that there was that extra serving of protein to have for breakfast. I'll add back in P3.

So, keep me on the straight and narrow, Lovelies. Share! Let me know what YOU are doing. Don't leave me hanging out here as the only one posting! LOL

Onward!
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Good morning, Lovelies!
Mo, I think a stable weight going into P3 is a good sign. Glad you enjoyed breakfast!
Pearly, the higher fat and lower protein sound like they could be culprits. Have you considered just egg whites for your P2 breakfast? I buy a carton of Bob Evans egg whites and skip the "one whole egg + 2 egg whites" standard.
AFM, I was down 0.2 today, so after playing bounce-a-pound last week, I'm net 0 the last 6 days. Whatever. I see more sagging tummy skin in the mirror, instead of plump skin, so there's that.
It's doubtful I'll land at goal unless the whoosh fairy has really been holding out on me, but I'll still count the round as a success. Along the lines of what Mo was saying about stabilization, I'm also cognizant that if the whoosh fairy's antics hit on the day of my last dose weight, that tends to artificially understate my target weight for the 2 pound window. An understated target weight makes for a miserable P3, to say the least.
Hope everyone has a great day!

Hello, Lovelies!
No change in the scale for me. I caught myself audibly saying, "oh, COME ON!"
I am the exact same weight as I was 7 days ago. Something has got to give soon, but as I said yesterday, a possible end of P2 whoosh concerns me because I don't want to enter P3 with an understated LDW.
ONWARD

Good morning, every buddy! Keep up the good work, and even more of a challenge, the good attitudes! Brave Lovelies!

I'm transitioning today and I have to admit I was dreaming of a big woosh. Four pounds would have been nice. Two pounds would have been very rewarding. Down .4. Point four. I am really ready for a P3 break, as I am getting more and more tired of weighing and tracking my food.

To be clear, my proteins have been baked (i.e. DRY) chicken breasts, a 93% lean ground beef and 1 egg a day. My looking forward to P3 is HWC in my coffee. I have only had black coffee, that is ANY coffee maybe twice as I just cannot abide it without HWC. I am thinking Bullet Proof Coffee or Farmer Coffee during my PI (BPC has coconut oil, Farmer uses butter). Can not wait. But I will.

I think my biggest change in my eating habits the last 10 years was eating breakfast appropriately. I've never been more than a toast on the run out the door girl. This diet--- not the P2 part--- but the learning to maintain part, has made me eat a healthier, protein based breakfast. Eggs and sausage, or plain yogurt and berries or a protein waffle made of egg and cream cheese. But everytime I start to lose it, I start skipping breakfast or going back to toast. Which is why I like having a poached egg on a slice of tomato for breakfast in P2.0. It keeps --or takes me back to --- a healthier schedule.

Ah well. Onward.
Leez asked me to start the February thread so will post that link tomorrow. Any suggestions for the name? F_______ February? Hmmm. That took a unexpected turn....

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Pearly,
Fuming and Frosted in February?
Fraught and Furious?
Frumpy and Frustrated?
Famished and Faltering?
Fluffy and Flabby?
Hee hee. Kidding. But that was fun.
A few “friendly” F- words: Ferocious, Feisty, Fervent, Flexible, Fierce, Focused…