Phase 3 Day 1!

Height: 5'9"
Weight:
Dec 16 __ 174.8 __ Pre-Load Weight (Load)
Dec 17 __ 176.0 __ (Load)
Dec 18 __ 179.8 __ Post-Load Start Weight (start VLCD)
Dec 19 __ 175.2 __ (-4.6) yes!
Dec 20 __ 172.4 __ (-2.8)
Dec 21 __ 170.0 __ (-2.4)
Dec 22 __ 168.0 __ (-2.0)
Dec 23 __ 167.0 __ (-1.0) I CHEATED big time this day
Dec 24 __ 167.0 __ No Gain!! Whew!! :D
Dec 25 __ 165.8 __ (-1.2) Merry Christmas to me! hehe
Dec 26 __ 165.8 __ (-0.0)
Dec 27 __ 164.6 __ (-1.2) (TOM)
Dec 28 __ 163.4 __ (-1.2) (TOM)
Dec 29 __ 163.2 __ (-0.2) (TOM)
Dec 30 __ 163.4 __ (+0.2)
Dec 31 __ 162.2 __ (-1.2) Cheehoo! Broke the plateau!
Jan 01 __ 162.6 __ (+0.4)
Jan 02 __ 161.8 __ (-0.8)
Jan 03 __ 161.8 __ (-0.0)
Jan 04 __ 161.2 __ (-0.6)
Jan 05 __ 160.8 __ (-0.4)
Jan 06 __ 160.4 __ (-0.4) fasting/ate one apple
Jan 07 __ 159.0 __ (-1.4)
Jan 08 __ 159.8 __ (+0.8) What??? I even skipped dinner last night :(
Jan 09 __ 158.4 __ (-1.4) cheehoo!!
Jan 10 __ 158.6 __ (+0.2) oiaue~
Jan 11 __ ????? __ didn't have a scale this day
Jan 12 __ 156.4 __ (-2.2) (in 2 days)
Jan 13 __ 157.4 __ (+1.0) what the heck... maybe cuz i ate 2 oranges
Jan 14 __ 156.0 __ (-1.4) back on track
Jan 15 __ 156.4 __ (+0.4) :(
Jan 16 __ 156.0 __ (-0.4)
Jan 17 __ ????? __ no scale
Jan 18 __ 156.0 __
Jan 19 __ 155.2 __ (-0.8) yay a little extra last minute loss! ^.^
Jan 20 __ 155.0 __ (-0.2) MY LIW!

Jan 21 __ 155.2 __
Jan 22 __ 155.6 __

PHASE 3
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Jan 23 __ 155.4 __

Total Loss: 24.9 lbs
Loss per day Average: 0.75 lbs ~~ Not Bad! ~~

Here we go! Phase 3!! :D Cheehoo! My LIW was 155.0, so that means during phase 3 I should stay between 153 and 157. Hopefully I won't have to do any steak days but if I do, at least there is such a thing as steak days to fix it! :) Today was my first day off the VLCD, and I was excited about it! For breakfast I cooked myself an omelette with cheese, chicken, tomatoes and onion. It was good!! For lunch I had some tuna with a little bit of cheese on miracle noodles (that may sound weird but Ashley and I always used to eat tuna and cheese on rice, so I cut up the noodles to sub as rice). I also had some strawberries this morning and an orange this afternoon. I know I should be careful with the fruits. If I have a gain tomorrow, the first thing I will change will be to try having only 1 fruit a day. I want to make sure I'm eating 1500 calories a day so that my hypothalmus doesn't reset my body to want just 1000 a day, which is some advice I read on one of the online forums. I feel so full though. I had breakfast at 9am, strawberries at about 12, I didn't want lunch until about 3:30 but then I had the tuna mix and an orange together, and now it's 5:15pm and I'm still feel really full (probably some thanks to the miracle noodles). I'm not sure if I got enough protein today. And I have no idea how many calories I ate today either. I don't want to eat too much since I feel so full, but I think the lunch I just ate was about 400 cals total... I doubt my omelette was more than 600 cals, so I'm probably still under 1000 but I really don't know. I should become more educated on how many calories different foods have in general so I don't have to look it up every time I eat (because I won't). Maybe tonight I'll scramble another egg and have it with some organic salsa or something, to make sure I'm getting enough protein. I've heard that enough protein and water, and low sweet fruits, are the keys to an easy phase 3. I was even thinking about getting a protein powder supplement. I'll see how it goes, and how difficult it seems for me to get enough on my own.

I was so excited to use CONDITIONER and HAIR CREAM and LOTION this morning!!! hehe... made my day. I have gone without them for nearly 6 weeks! It's good to know the hcg is out of my system and I can use them again!! Woo hoo!

Life is good. I'm SO GLAD I DID THIS PROTOCOL. I feel great about myself, started the new year RIGHT, and since I feel good in general I feel better about all aspects of life. I'm taking more initiative in my life and I'm HAPPY! :D I even met someone and am in a new relationship, and he's AMAZING and it could turn out to be a life-long thing! :D Wow thank you Dr. Simeons!