Simeons HCG protocol--August 2010 - Page 10

MellaBella · 08-04-2010, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by mybigbutt

oh yeah. 197.6! Firmly in the 100's.

Snookie68 · 08-04-2010, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by mybigbutt

oh yeah. 197.6! Firmly in the 100's.

Congrats!!!

walkingwoman · 08-04-2010, 08:38 AM

MBB! Congrats on hitting Onederland today!!! go! go! Go!

Morning everyone

I'm down another .5 for a total of 15 pounds in 15 days!! 5 pounds to my goal weight!!! I can't even believe it! I'm so excited. My bf is back in town next week and I'm rather looking forward to our reunion

Here's todays menu on R1P2VLCD16:
Grilled steak in marinade (this is my staple lunch these days) with grilled spinach, sliced apple
Sauteed spinah with chopped chicken, garlic, Braggs Amino with sliced strawberries.

Hopefully today dinner will sound good. I have zero hunger. I actually woke up this morning sort of dreading food

Not sure why actaully since I love to eat

I'm doing more house work today so that will keep me busy. Today is senioir discount day and my grocery card was my dh's so it qualifies

so I may have to hit my Fry's and get a thing or two or twenty with the ten percent discount on the card. Perfect time to get the rest of my round's groceries that can be frozen.

torister · 08-04-2010, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Kimberli33

Yes,but to already have lost 109lbs

.Wow.WTG

That had to take ALOT of effort on your part.

Thanks. I love Low Carb...Atkins specifically! I just hit a wall last fall and then gained eating the way I had all along the way. It feels so good to be losing again! After so long....I thought that this was it for me. I am sure hoping that HCG is what gets me to a normal weight!

torister · 08-04-2010, 09:00 AM

Congrats MBB! That is awesome!!

BlueMonday · 08-04-2010, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by walkingwoman

MBB! Congrats on hitting Onederland today!!! go! go! Go!

Morning everyone

I'm down another .5 for a total of 15 pounds in 15 days!! 5 pounds to my goal weight!!! I can't even believe it! I'm so excited. My bf is back in town next week and I'm rather looking forward to our reunion

Wow, I'm kinda jealous. That is a lb a day!! I am on R1VLCD16 and I am no where near your total. Eeeeked down another .2 today. That is certainly better than a gain or no loss at all, but I really wanted to get to the low 150s by the end of this round and at this rate I won't get there.

Congrats to all the releasers and stabilizers!!

My menu for today:

Chicken breast w/ sliced tomatoes (lunch)
Shrimp w/ sliced cucumbers (dinner)
Lots of green tea and water

torister · 08-04-2010, 09:08 AM

Funny thing. Last night, just for the heck of it used one of my ketostix to see if I was in ketosis. I sure *AM*!! I am drinking tons of water and still the stick is darker than it has been while I was following Atkins. Weird, huh? Also, I enter my food every day into ******...force of habit...and I am getting a lot more carbs than I ever did on Atkins and I am losing! I never upped my carbs very much over 20 for fear of gaining. Just a couple things I noticed.

Did I mention how much I love HCG!?!?!?!

I never would have thought I would be able to do the injections (big needle phobe), but they are essentially painless...subq in the belly.

Have a great day everyone!

RenoMom · 08-04-2010, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by mybigbutt

oh yeah. 197.6! Firmly in the 100's.

Big congrats!!!

dawnyama · 08-04-2010, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by torister

Funny thing. Last night, just for the heck of it used one of my ketostix to see if I was in ketosis. I sure *AM*!! I am drinking tons of water and still the stick is darker than it has been while I was following Atkins. Weird, huh? Also, I enter my food every day into ******...force of habit...and I am getting a lot more carbs than I ever did on Atkins and I am losing! I never upped my carbs very much over 20 for fear of gaining. Just a couple things I noticed.

Did I mention how much I love HCG!?!?!?!

I never would have thought I would be able to do the injections (big needle phobe), but they are essentially painless...subq in the belly.

Have a great day everyone!

I love hcg too!!

This is a hard thing to wrap your head around. I know as I had been low carb for 11 years prior to starting this Hhcg!!!! When you start this, you have to absolutely re-orient your mind. This is a low calorie/low fat plan. Definitely not low carb!!! And to be losing---how awesome!!!! It is like magic!!!

torister · 08-04-2010, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by dawnyama

I love hcg too!!

This is a hard thing to wrap your head around. I know as I had been low carb for 11 years prior to starting this Hhcg!!!! When you start this, you have to absolutely re-orient your mind. This is a low calorie/low fat plan. Definitely not low carb!!! And to be losing---how awesome!!!! It is like magic!!!

I would prob still describe it as low carb in addition to low fat/cal. I mean, I only had 43 (31 net) carbs yesterday. That is not a whole lot! I guess it would depend on the fruits/veggies eaten. No complaints here!

Yes...you sure do need to work at getting your head wrapped around it especially when you have been doing a plan like I had for such a long while.

Potaty · 08-04-2010, 09:47 AM

Congrats on onederland MBB!!!!

I am on VLCD10 and down 13.8 lbs and am experiencing some major fatigue. Tired and muscle weakness. What have you ladies found helpful on those days? I took a potassium tablet this morning but maybe I need something else because it hasn't made a difference.

walkingwoman · 08-04-2010, 09:56 AM

Potaty, I take a multi,potassium and just added biotin yesterday and I seem to have my ups and down days with being tired and then energetic. I may add the B-12 too

just to see if that makes a difference. Luckily I live alone and don't work so it doesn't impact anyone around me aside from my fellow grocery shoppers

on my grocery store walk each day

Blue, you don't eat the fruit? I never really cared for apples until I started doing this plan. Now I can't get enough of them. I'm weird in that I'd actually like to do an apple day but haven't hit a plateau so it isn't necessary so I'm not going to until (or if) I do.

I'm an idiot by the way. I'm actually down a full pound. I should log into my ****** acct before I post here. Duh. I swear I'm losing so quickly that I can't even remember what I weighed the day before! this is nutso.

and I'm thoroughly enjoying it! So, down 15.5 in 15 days! 4.5 to my goal weight!

sassy_red · 08-04-2010, 09:59 AM

I'm curious: when you guys tally your lost pounds do you subtract from your highest load day or from pre-load? (not counting those of you who lost while loading

)

walkingwoman · 08-04-2010, 10:04 AM

Pre-load for me. I didn't gain doing my load

and I didn't really push myself to load heavily but to do it again, I would

If I do another round I surely will

MellaBella · 08-04-2010, 10:08 AM

Just had my first meal:

3.5 oz. chicken, tomato, 1 Garlic & Herb Grissini (when I took it out of the package I thought "what's the point??

But it was tasty & I enjoyed it).

I'll have an apple a little later, I don't need it right now.

For dinner I was planning on having tilapia, but I don't have any in my freezer! Will need to go buy some. So, for tonight it is:

3.5 oz chicken, spinach sauteed with garlic, 1 Grissini, 1/2 grapefruit

Green tea & water throughout the day.

So far, so good!

catzrule · 08-04-2010, 10:09 AM

MBB, that's fantastic! Doing the happy dance for you!

walkingwoman · 08-04-2010, 10:16 AM

MB, your menu looks great

hollyree · 08-04-2010, 10:17 AM

Well, I just took my "Before" pictures just for myself to have something to reference by. Let's just say that was an experience I would never like to have again.

Hopefully, those will be a thing of the past and I won't look like that in a few weeks! Today is going better, I was starving all morning but waited until 11:30 to eat my chicken, romaine lettuce, melba toast, & 1/2 an orange. I think the orange may be helping with the fatigue I was having earlier. So things are pretty good so far! I would love to try to nap this afternoon but I will (again) have three boys with me and I'm taking them to Jumpzone (its a bunch of jump houses inside a big building) so I will have to deal with screaming kids all day

geez. A least maybe it will keep my mind off eating!

mybigbutt · 08-04-2010, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by sassy_red

I'm curious: when you guys tally your lost pounds do you subtract from your highest load day or from pre-load? (not counting those of you who lost while loading

)

Pre-load. I only gained those lbs in preparation for the diet, so I don't count them.

BlueMonday · 08-04-2010, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by torister

Funny thing. Last night, just for the heck of it used one of my ketostix to see if I was in ketosis. I sure *AM*!! I am drinking tons of water and still the stick is darker than it has been while I was following Atkins. Weird, huh? Also, I enter my food every day into ******...force of habit...and I am getting a lot more carbs than I ever did on Atkins and I am losing! I never upped my carbs very much over 20 for fear of gaining. Just a couple things I noticed.

Did I mention how much I love HCG!?!?!?!

I never would have thought I would be able to do the injections (big needle phobe), but they are essentially painless...subq in the belly.

Have a great day everyone!

Interesting. I also checked the Ketostix just to see and have observed exactly the opposite -- no color. And I always had good color on Atkins, no matter how much water I drank. And I do not eat the grisini or the fruit on this protocol, so I am consuming well under 20 grams of carbs.

However, I am taking the hHCG and it sounds like you have the Rx injections. Given that my losses are becoming more and more disappointing, I am certainly going to switch the next round. I'm not trying to say that hHCG doesn't work for everyone, but in my case I am wondering if it has much of an effect and what losses I have had are possibly due to the drastic lowering of calories much more than the HCG depositing fat stores into my bloodstream for availability.

Still, I am going to complete this round, finishing a short P2 and then doing P3 and P4, and then do R2 with the Rx stuff.

BlueMonday · 08-04-2010, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by walkingwoman

Blue, you don't eat the fruit? I never really cared for apples until I started doing this plan. Now I can't get enough of them. I'm weird in that I'd actually like to do an apple day but haven't hit a plateau so it isn't necessary so I'm not going to until (or if) I do.

Nope. I am so accustomed to not having fruit or any "sweet" stuff that I'd rather not open that can of worms. I would rather have a little more veges. I have also knocked off the Diet Coke, which I used to have almost everyday.

Kimberli33 · 08-04-2010, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by sassy_red

I'm curious: when you guys tally your lost pounds do you subtract from your highest load day or from pre-load? (not counting those of you who lost while loading

)

I lost 5lb loading so it is confusing for me.

i guess that would be pre-load

lubbockbelle · 08-04-2010, 11:06 AM

Ya'll are probably going to get tired of me and my questions here soon, but here I go with more anyway.

What are ya'll using for body lotion, face lotion, foundation, makeup in general, shampoo/conditioner, body wash? I would hate for my normal beauty routine to mess up this awesome diet for me!

I'm still waiting on my drops and doing what I guess ya'll refer to as "pre-loading". Basically, I've been doing low carb for long that I only know how to either eat low carb, or pig out! But I'm soooo ready to just get my drops and get my loading done with so that I can move on to watching those numbers fall!

Also is there anybody on here that goes on dates regularly? Strangely enough, considering how fat I currently feel, I've been asked on a couple of dates this week. I would like to go, but don't know how to handle the actual date. Any advise?

mybigbutt · 08-04-2010, 11:10 AM

Body and face lotion: I switched to Lubriderm
Foundation: Estee Lauder Double Wear
shampoo: Neutrogena Clarifying something
Conditioner: Suave - my hair isn't doing well on this plan! I am still looking for something better
Body wash: Dial - check the different scents to be sure no oil

Sorry, I don't know what I'd do about the date situation. Maybe suggest a non-food activity.

Kimberli33 · 08-04-2010, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by lubbockbelle

Ya'll are probably going to get tired of me and my questions here soon, but here I go with more anyway.

What are ya'll using for body lotion, face lotion, foundation, makeup in general, shampoo/conditioner, body wash? I would hate for my normal beauty routine to mess up this awesome diet for me!

I'm still waiting on my drops and doing what I guess ya'll refer to as "pre-loading". Basically, I've been doing low carb for long that I only know how to either eat low carb, or pig out! But I'm soooo ready to just get my drops and get my loading done with so that I can move on to watching those numbers fall!

Also is there anybody on here that goes on dates regularly? Strangely enough, considering how fat I currently feel, I've been asked on a couple of dates this week. I would like to go, but don't know how to handle the actual date. Any advise?

This was hard for me.I have extremely dry, extremely delicate, skin.

I have been suffering because their are No products here where I live.
toothpaste-hydrogen peroxide and baking soda

deodorant-nothing:blush:

(I cant find Crystal)I just wash 2-3x daily and pray it works

Face cream/lotion-Aveeno(it looks ok and I CANT go without it-19lbs in 16 days so I think it is ok)

makeup-Bare minerals
Shampoo-Neutrogenia
Conditioner-none

sassy_red · 08-04-2010, 11:25 AM

I use Alberto V05 shampoos and conditioners. You can say I'm lucky because I don't use make-up or lotion, but my favorite hair conditioner had coconut oil in it so can't use it.

My hair is a frizzy mess (a few months ago I combed out dreadlocks, my hair hasn't been the same since) but it'll work for three weeks. I hope.

As for dating, check out this thread: Dating Updates Gang Whole bunch of help available, right here on LCF!

torister · 08-04-2010, 11:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sassy_red

I'm curious: when you guys tally your lost pounds do you subtract from your highest load day or from pre-load? (not counting those of you who lost while loading

)

I count from preload. I agree on

for those that lost on loading days.

That just ain't right!

Kimberli33 · 08-04-2010, 11:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by torister

I count from preload. I agree on

for those that lost on loading days.

That just ain't right!

Might not be right but it sure felt gooood

Kimberli33 · 08-04-2010, 11:41 AM

Decided to measure my waist today...Down 3 inches in 16 days!!

mybigbutt · 08-04-2010, 11:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kimberli33

This was hard for me.I have extremely dry, extremely delicate, skin.

I have been suffering because their are No products here where I live.
toothpaste-hydrogen peroxide and baking soda

deodorant-nothing:blush:

(I cant find Crystal)I just wash 2-3x daily and pray it works

Face cream/lotion-Aveeno(it looks ok and I CANT go without it-19lbs in 16 days so I think it is ok)

makeup-Bare minerals
Shampoo-Neutrogenia
Conditioner-none

Oh, yeah forgot I had to change my deodorant too. I use the crystal kind. They have a roll-on that I use. Kimberli, where do you live that you can't find it? Want me to send you some?

Toothpaste: switched to cinnamon crest

08-04-2010, 10:17 AM	#288
hollyree Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Razorback Country Posts: 150 Gallery: hollyree Stats: Ugh/Yikes!/Nice:) WOE: hhcg	Well, I just took my "Before" pictures just for myself to have something to reference by. Let's just say that was an experience I would never like to have again. Hopefully, those will be a thing of the past and I won't look like that in a few weeks! Today is going better, I was starving all morning but waited until 11:30 to eat my chicken, romaine lettuce, melba toast, & 1/2 an orange. I think the orange may be helping with the fatigue I was having earlier. So things are pretty good so far! I would love to try to nap this afternoon but I will (again) have three boys with me and I'm taking them to Jumpzone (its a bunch of jump houses inside a big building) so I will have to deal with screaming kids all daygeez. A least maybe it will keep my mind off eating! __________________ Holly

08-04-2010, 11:25 AM	#296
sassy_red MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Central California Posts: 1,482 Gallery: sassy_red Stats: 230/192.2/145 - 5'8" WOE: HCG/Simeon's Protocol Start Date: 23 July '10 (R1P2) ~ 7 Sep '10 (R2P2)	I use Alberto V05 shampoos and conditioners. You can say I'm lucky because I don't use make-up or lotion, but my favorite hair conditioner had coconut oil in it so can't use it. My hair is a frizzy mess (a few months ago I combed out dreadlocks, my hair hasn't been the same since) but it'll work for three weeks. I hope. As for dating, check out this thread: Dating Updates Gang Whole bunch of help available, right here on LCF! Last edited by sassy_red; 08-04-2010 at 11:27 AM..

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08-04-2010, 08:38 AM	#273
walkingwoman Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Sunny Arizona Posts: 19,122 Gallery: walkingwoman WOE: maintaining 124-128 range Start Date: 2/1/13	MBB! Congrats on hitting Onederland today!!! go! go! Go! Morning everyone I'm down another .5 for a total of 15 pounds in 15 days!! 5 pounds to my goal weight!!! I can't even believe it! I'm so excited. My bf is back in town next week and I'm rather looking forward to our reunion Here's todays menu on R1P2VLCD16: Grilled steak in marinade (this is my staple lunch these days) with grilled spinach, sliced apple Sauteed spinah with chopped chicken, garlic, Braggs Amino with sliced strawberries. Hopefully today dinner will sound good. I have zero hunger. I actually woke up this morning sort of dreading food Not sure why actaully since I love to eat I'm doing more house work today so that will keep me busy. Today is senioir discount day and my grocery card was my dh's so it qualifies so I may have to hit my Fry's and get a thing or two or twenty with the ten percent discount on the card. Perfect time to get the rest of my round's groceries that can be frozen.

08-04-2010, 09:00 AM	#275
torister Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,345 Gallery: torister	Congrats MBB! That is awesome!!

08-04-2010, 09:08 AM	#277
torister Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,345 Gallery: torister	Funny thing. Last night, just for the heck of it used one of my ketostix to see if I was in ketosis. I sure AM!! I am drinking tons of water and still the stick is darker than it has been while I was following Atkins. Weird, huh? Also, I enter my food every day into ******...force of habit...and I am getting a lot more carbs than I ever did on Atkins and I am losing! I never upped my carbs very much over 20 for fear of gaining. Just a couple things I noticed. Did I mention how much I love HCG!?!?!?! I never would have thought I would be able to do the injections (big needle phobe), but they are essentially painless...subq in the belly. Have a great day everyone!

08-04-2010, 09:47 AM	#281
Potaty Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 7,039 Gallery: Potaty Stats: 219 highest/193 now/135 goal WOE: hhcg + exercise Start Date: R1: 19.4 lost	Congrats on onederland MBB!!!! I am on VLCD10 and down 13.8 lbs and am experiencing some major fatigue. Tired and muscle weakness. What have you ladies found helpful on those days? I took a potassium tablet this morning but maybe I need something else because it hasn't made a difference.

08-04-2010, 09:56 AM	#282
walkingwoman Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Sunny Arizona Posts: 19,122 Gallery: walkingwoman WOE: maintaining 124-128 range Start Date: 2/1/13	Potaty, I take a multi,potassium and just added biotin yesterday and I seem to have my ups and down days with being tired and then energetic. I may add the B-12 too just to see if that makes a difference. Luckily I live alone and don't work so it doesn't impact anyone around me aside from my fellow grocery shoppers on my grocery store walk each day Blue, you don't eat the fruit? I never really cared for apples until I started doing this plan. Now I can't get enough of them. I'm weird in that I'd actually like to do an apple day but haven't hit a plateau so it isn't necessary so I'm not going to until (or if) I do. I'm an idiot by the way. I'm actually down a full pound. I should log into my **** acct before I post here. Duh. I swear I'm losing so quickly that I can't even remember what I weighed the day before! this is nutso. and I'm thoroughly enjoying it! So, down 15.5 in 15** days! 4.5 to my goal weight!

08-04-2010, 09:59 AM	#283
sassy_red MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Central California Posts: 1,482 Gallery: sassy_red Stats: 230/192.2/145 - 5'8" WOE: HCG/Simeon's Protocol Start Date: 23 July '10 (R1P2) ~ 7 Sep '10 (R2P2)	I'm curious: when you guys tally your lost pounds do you subtract from your highest load day or from pre-load? (not counting those of you who lost while loading )

08-04-2010, 10:04 AM	#284
walkingwoman Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Sunny Arizona Posts: 19,122 Gallery: walkingwoman WOE: maintaining 124-128 range Start Date: 2/1/13	Pre-load for me. I didn't gain doing my load and I didn't really push myself to load heavily but to do it again, I would If I do another round I surely will

08-04-2010, 10:08 AM	#285
MellaBella Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: NJ- where it looks like the Garden State! Posts: 3,622 Gallery: MellaBella Stats: WHAT!??/That's better/Now you're talkin'!	Just had my first meal: 3.5 oz. chicken, tomato, 1 Garlic & Herb Grissini (when I took it out of the package I thought "what's the point?? But it was tasty & I enjoyed it). I'll have an apple a little later, I don't need it right now. For dinner I was planning on having tilapia, but I don't have any in my freezer! Will need to go buy some. So, for tonight it is: 3.5 oz chicken, spinach sauteed with garlic, 1 Grissini, 1/2 grapefruit Green tea & water throughout the day. So far, so good!

08-04-2010, 10:09 AM	#286
catzrule Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Connecticut Posts: 6,247 Gallery: catzrule Stats: 153.8/139.6/128 (5'3") WOE: Simeon's protocol - HCG Start Date: November 20, 2002	MBB, that's fantastic! Doing the happy dance for you!

08-04-2010, 10:16 AM	#287
walkingwoman Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Sunny Arizona Posts: 19,122 Gallery: walkingwoman WOE: maintaining 124-128 range Start Date: 2/1/13	MB, your menu looks great

08-04-2010, 11:06 AM	#293
lubbockbelle Junior LCF Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 50 Gallery: lubbockbelle	Ya'll are probably going to get tired of me and my questions here soon, but here I go with more anyway. What are ya'll using for body lotion, face lotion, foundation, makeup in general, shampoo/conditioner, body wash? I would hate for my normal beauty routine to mess up this awesome diet for me! I'm still waiting on my drops and doing what I guess ya'll refer to as "pre-loading". Basically, I've been doing low carb for long that I only know how to either eat low carb, or pig out! But I'm soooo ready to just get my drops and get my loading done with so that I can move on to watching those numbers fall! Also is there anybody on here that goes on dates regularly? Strangely enough, considering how fat I currently feel, I've been asked on a couple of dates this week. I would like to go, but don't know how to handle the actual date. Any advise?

08-04-2010, 11:10 AM	#294
mybigbutt Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 7,323 Gallery: mybigbutt Stats: 224.6/215.8/120 WOE: hcg Start Date: 8/22/11	Body and face lotion: I switched to Lubriderm Foundation: Estee Lauder Double Wear shampoo: Neutrogena Clarifying something Conditioner: Suave - my hair isn't doing well on this plan! I am still looking for something better Body wash: Dial - check the different scents to be sure no oil Sorry, I don't know what I'd do about the date situation. Maybe suggest a non-food activity.

08-04-2010, 11:41 AM	#299
Kimberli33 Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Montana Posts: 7,497 Gallery: Kimberli33 Stats: 200 /166/149? 5ft 6 1/2 in. Age 42 WOE: LC-My Way start 1/27 then JUDDD on 3/12 2 171.5lbs Start Date: Jan 27,2013 at 199 for the LAST time!	Decided to measure my waist today...Down 3 inches in 16 days!!