Thread: new guy here - starting over on a new journey

Down to 245.8 this morning. Slight loss but likely due to playing tennis yesterday.

Really feeling the lack of calories today however.

244.8this morning. 9 more dose days, 11 more days of vlcd. Already starting to plan the P3 diet.

244.4 today. Small loss. Disappointing but not a surprise. Spent the entire day doing yard work. Was sore all over so I am sure my body is holding water. Should be more tomorrow.

Thanks. I should end up somewhere between 20 and 25lbs when it is done. I am looking at this as a kickstart. Once I get out of P3 I will be hitting the gym and tennis courts hard. Will eat clean with the hopes of dropping another 10 lbs over the summer the old fashioned way.

244.2 this morning. Last 3 days I have been doing strenuous yard work, basic landscaping and crushed granite driveway work. About 5 hours per day of hard work. Or at least hard enough considering the calorie intake. Prett sore at night. My belly felt a little bloated last night so I am probably holding a little extra water right now. Back in the office today with no exertion, so I bet the losses catch up tomorrow morning. Not stressing out. My plan is to do last dose on Wednesday so I will finish VLCD next Friday and begin P3 on Saturday. Here is the catch though. I am travelling the following week from Sunday to Friday. That is a difficult way to begin P3 with a bunch of restaurant meals, so i will have to be vigilant. I will either pack my scale or buy a new one when I land and check every day. Then I will be travelling most of the next week too. Difficult, but no way around it.

16 days of VLCD and 18lbs down from preload weight. I will take it. 7 more days of doses. I have averaged .7lbs lost the past 7 days. I would imagine that would be a reasonable pace for the rest of the way. So a LIW 239 would be cool.

Biggest regret is that I didn't take measurements at the beginning. Those reading please heed this advise. I am noticeably thinner but not as dramatic as past rounds. I am two belt loops tighter. I began being a 38/40 waste on pants depending on mfg. Now I fit comfortably in size 38 and can feel the difference in my pants. But not dramatic. That's okay.

Pretty flabby in my upper body from not working out. Really ready to hit he workouts to tighten things back up. I am confident that my muscle loss is from now working out instead of lack of calories. No real hunger so I am confident that the HCG is working.

thanks. I will look for the cheese chips at Wal Mart. P3 at restaurants isn't too hard. Especially coming off of P2.

243.4 this morning.

played tennis last night. Usually my weight is stable the morning after. This morning? 241.4, a 2lb drop. Officially passed the 20lb mark for this round. Officially 20.6lbs below pre-load weight. For those who count post-load, it is 22.2lbs lost. 5 more wakeups until I tally the LIW.

Another thing to note that this week has been extremely easy. Basically coasting through. Lots of energy. Not hungry at all. Don't really care about food. I feel like I could go on much longer with this and if I didn't have a business trip the week after next I probably would.

I have stopped trying to get creative with vegetables in an effort to make them taste good. Just eating raw celery or tomatoes. For protein, basically either baked cod with "Slap yo Mama" cajun seasoning (lots of cayenne), grilled Argentinean red shrimp (tastes like a cross between shrimp and lobster) or grass fed steak.