P3! And...a long-awaited update...

Okay, so I stopped writing in here for a few reasons:

1) Didn't want to spend the entire time whining about being stalled :D

2) I got VERY busy. VERY.

So...sorry about that!! I'm back, and here's my update.

To break the stall, I did a few things:

1) Waited it out

2) Removed all the fruit and starches and replaced with extra protein

3) Ate an additional 100-200 calories daily

Will this work for everyone? Probably not, but it did for me! After about two weeks or so after my TOM, I was rewarded with a four pound drop! That's twenty-four pounds lost in total (including the load days weight).

My current weight is 126. Six pounds is certainly not enough to do another round of hcg, nor do I feel the need. I plan to burn it off with P90X! I'm just crazy like that. ^_^

I'm currently on day 4 of P3, and finding it a bit harder than P2. P2 is more regimented, you know what to eat and how much of it to eat. Not so much with P3, and EVERYONE is different so it's hard to say how your body will react to what and how much. I'm trying to do my best to just eat clean, avoid carbs and sugars when I can, and only get them through my daily fruit intake in my breakfast smoothie but it's nerve wracking! :O

I'm up about two pounds or so, and in spite of the fact that I HAVE dropped additional inches and it's likely to be water retention, I'm doing a protein day today anyway. Better safe than sorry! A protein day for me when I eat nothing but low or no carb sources of veggie protein. Given I'm doing P90X (yes I'm crazy!) this isn't necessarily a bad thing for a day! Also making sure to drink lots of water and green tea.

So that's it from me! Yes, all you naysayers--I managed to be vegan AND lose the weight on hcg, and watch me keep it off. You go on and gnash your teeth, I'll be here in my size two jeans. *mwah*

Also, one quick note...I really do love P90X. Tony Horton has a really great sense of humor and he cracks me up. I love him! Smile when you do those workouts and it hurts less. :D

HCG Day 20, 21, and 22

Wow, what a busy week! Sorry for the delays in writing.

I'm currently stalled on my weight loss so I'm just hanging in there, getting in as much water as I can and taking my protein in the form of powder with soups. It's so cold out (brr!) that I really don't mind the hot meals.

Last night I made my tomato and basil soup in advance, brought in my protein powder to work, heated up the soup in the microwave then added the powder. Delicious! I should do that more often. ^_^ I had it with a handful of strawberries and a breadstick.

I'm wearing more jeans than I could before. I'm not quite to wearing EVERYTHING I own yet, but I have an "almost" pile. I definitely look different, especially from the side. My profile is so much leaner, clothes that were previously tight on me are now very loose and I have two pairs of jeans I can take off without unbuttoning. :D

Tonight is Indian style soup with tomatoes and the protein powder. Not sure what my fruit will be just yet, but thinking a grapefruit would be lovely.

Current weight: 130
Goal weight: 120

HCG Day 19

Another pound bites the dust! :D

Just 10 more to go...

Breakfast: detox tea with stevia

Lunch: meatless soy crumbles, cucumber and dill salad, 1 handful strawberries, 1 breadstick

Snack: Melba toast

Dinner: tomato and basil soup (with a liiiittle too much red pepper, oh dear) with protein powder, 1/2 grapefruit

Current weight: 130
Goal weight: 120

HCG Day 17 & 18

Did an apple day yesterday as I had some bloating going on--which I should've recognized as a symptom of mild dehydration but didn't, and found myself paying the price for not having had enough water the day prior. Got VERY sick, went away with fluids and lots of rest. But I persevered! I'm now down another pound and feeling much better.

Please please please learn from me: you need a LOT of water on this diet, and I naturally need a lot of water to begin with. I'm okay now, didn't need a hospital trip or anything. But you need fluids, lots of them, especially if you go for long walks like I did yesterday and out dancing like I did the night before.

Breakfast: detox tea with stevia

Lunch: 1 serving steamed tofu with onion, garlic, and ginger with Bragg's liquid aminos, cucumber and dill salad, 1 handful strawberries.

Snack: 1 Grissini breadstick

Dinner: tomato basil & protein soup, 1/2 grapefruit, lemonade made with stevia and juice of one lemon.

Snack: 1 melba toast

Current weight: 131
Goal weight: 120

HCG Day 16

Down a whole pound! YES!

I even tried on some jeans I haven't been able to wear in years. They fit.

I'm so happy I'm crying. ^_^;;

Breakfast: Detox tea with vanilla stevia

Lunch: 1 serving lite silken tofu with 1 serving with kale, steamed with ginger, garlic, onion, and Bragg's liquid aminos, 1 handful of strawberries with chocolate stevia

Snack: breadstick

Dinner: soup made with water, basil, onion, garlic, oregano and a dash of paprika with the protein powder, asparagus cooked in red wine vinegar, garlic, oregano, and basil, 1 orange.

Snack: 1 melba toast

Current weight: 132

Goal weight: 120

HCG Day 15

Down another .5 pound! I can't wait until my TOM is over, lalala...

Oh I know. I'm being impatient. Where else can I lose half a pound a day and I'm COMPLAINING! I will hush, and continue my good work.

Breakfast: detox tea with stevia

Lunch: 1 Boca burger with spicy brown mustard, cucumber and dill salad, 1 handful of strawberries, one melba toast.

Dinner: I went Indian this time! Red curry, cumin, corriander, ginger, garlic, and onion with tomatoes, cooked as a soup with the Garden of Life protein added after. Yum. 1/2 grapefruit, homemade lemonade with stevia, 1 breadstick.

Going out dancing tonight! Yay.

Current weight: 133
Goal weight: 120

HCG Day 14

The weight loss has definitely slowed down, but I'm not officially over with that whole female monthly thing yet, either. Hoping once I am there'll be a nice drop!

I am drinking a ton of water, but with allergy season upon us I need to drink even more. That might also help! ^_^

Breakfast: detox tea with stevia

Lunch: 1 serving meatless crumbles, cucumber and dill salad, 1 handful strawberries, melba toast

Dinner: the usual tomato and basil, but I added some oregano and red pepper flakes for a bit of a kick! 1/2 grapefruit, lemonade with juice from one lemon, lemon stevia, and reg stevia. And oh, a breadstick.

Current weight: 133.5
Goal weight: 120