Load weight is almost gone...

[Jody100467]

Hi Everyone...

I am just excited and wanted to share. This morning I weighed in at 173 pounds. Last Saturday and Sunday were my load days which took me up to a post load weight of 178.4 pounds (my pre-load weight was 172.6). I guess I am just excited because I know that I will wake up in the morning with my first day of loss that will take me below my pre-load weight (at least that is what I expect). So I guess I feel like it's time for the round to really begin. Now I will get to start seeing results. I know that it will really take a few weeks to start seeing results in inches and in my clothing but seeing the number go down gets me where I need to be mentally to stay motivated and excited about the protocol. I am one who takes measurements EVERY WEEK (on the same day) so that I know what is going on and I track it so I have total inches lost vs. total pounds, etc. There is a direct correlation between pounds and inches...when my weight loss slows down I watch my inch loss and they are coming off when the weight doesn't drop. If you don't track your inches weekly you really should...especially if it gets you down when the pounds stop moving. It's a great reminder and motivator that will remind you that you ARE still seeing results when the pounds aren't moving like you want them to.

Part of why I am so geeked up about this round is because: 1) I know that I will have success and 2) this round will take me down into the low 150's at least. I low carbed my way down to about 150 pounds about 3 and a half years ago and I felt and looked amazing...then my dad got really sick and a year later he passed away. It was a really tough time for me and I gained back some of the weight. I tried and tried to lose it with low carb again but I just couldn't do it. Then over the last year or two I gained more weight back...I actually got up to just 4 pounds short of what my beginning weight was before I lost with low carb/atkins. I was pretty devastated about that and I was feeling really hopeless. But now I have found HCG and I am going to be at that low weight again and SOON! That really has me excited because I know this works...and if I can continue to lose weight, I will FINALLY GET TO MY GOAL.

Now I have to be honest...I really wasn't able to let myself dream about getting to goal when I was on Atkins. On lowcarb I set a goal of getting to 150 or below but I could never pick another number below that because I was afraid to hope that I could really get there. I guess I was being gentle with myself and I figured I was older and didn't know if I could ever really get back into the 120's range. Anways...when I got to 150 lbs my Dad got sick and passed away and I gained my weight back. So I never really felt like I was a success. I mean...I knew that I had been successful but I wasn't at a weight that felt right yet. I knew that there was a lower weight I wanted to get to but because I barely made it to 150 pounds I never had a chance to even try to get to a lower weight. Over the last year or so of trying to make low carb work for me...I lost all hope.

Well now I actually have hope! I truly believe that I will get down to a really true goal weight and I am finally ready to set a goal and I am going to name it...125 pounds. There! I said it! I have a goal weight. I truly know that I can get there. 150 is right around the corner...I should be there (150) by the end of this round or at least very close. Last round was 43 days and by the time I hit the the end of my P2 I wasn't ready to stop...I wanted to keep going. So this time I am going with it...if I need to stop at 21 days I will...but it I get to 43 days and I want to keep going I will do that too. So that is why I am so excited and I wanted to share. I have a goal... a REAL goal. Not just somewhere below 150 pounds...and I know that I will get there. 125 pounds is very realistic for me...I am 5 ft 2 inches tall with a smallish frame (although I have pretty big boobs...I have never been smaller than a full c cup...even when I was really skinny..LOL). So I know 125 will work for me and I expect it to be easily maintainable. So to me...this round will take me to my next round which will truly get me to goal. I felt attractive at 150 pounds so I am really excited about getting there but I know that this round takes me to the next one which will get me to GOAL. So I am just geeked up about that.

So that is why I am so excited today. I just needed to tell someone about what I am thinking and dreaming about today. I am thinking that I may go get a custom made bikini this year but it will be too big for next year...I wonder if they are able to be taken in...do any of you know?

Thanks for reading my LOOOOOOONNNNNGGGGGG post!

Jody

[chicamala]

I had also lost quite a bit of weight doing low carb just before my mom passed away after a half a year of being very sick her second round of cancer. The week before she passed I weighed in at TOPS as 199.8. I had finally made it to onederland! I had been very active and busy caring for mom and my kids, so I didn't really eat or have trouble losing a little each week. After she passed, I began gaining it all back. I got to just 7 pounds under my previous high weight.

I'm so glad you have found hope again and can dream about your future. I have been very pleased with hHCG so far and am looking forward to a lighter future as well.

[Jody100467]

Hi Chicamala,

Thanks for responding...I was a little disappointed that no one responded to me pouring my heart out...LOL. But I know how that goes.

It's nice to know someone else has been there. It's so hard to lose a parent. I'm sorry about your Mom and that you gained your weight back too. At least we have found something that works and it feels good to have hope again.

I woke up this morning to 172 pounds so I was happy about that. I have been a bit hungry in the morning so I have been drinking a cup or two of chicken stock/broth in the morning to keep that hunger at bay. It's not as bad as my first round so I know that I can get through it. After 8 to 10 days it pretty much completely goes away.

Have a great day...and thanks for commenting. (and for reading my super long post...hehe)

Jody

[jabbok]

Keep going Jody the weight will go down. I am 5'3" as well and my weight was 190.0 last Oct. so we have similar stats and goals, I want to get to about 125.

I am on R4, I wasn't going to do another round until the fall but I couldn't stabilize in P3 and gained almost all of it back again so here I am again losing the same weight from R3.

[Jody100467]

Hi Jabbok,

Thanks for the support - I really appreciate it. It will go down...I totally believe it. It's nice to have faith again. And I am so excited about losing it. Woohoo!

I'm sorry about your R3...how did that happen? Do you know why you couldn't stabilize? This is one of my fears so I would like to know what/how it happened. I hope that you don't mind my asking. My P3 and P4 were both really easy to stabilize but this was my first round. I do worry that losing weight so fast could lead to craziness for my body...so I just wonder why you couldn't stabilize.

Jody

[jabbok]

Originally Posted by Jody100467

Hi Jabbok,

Thanks for the support - I really appreciate it. It will go down...I totally believe it. It's nice to have faith again. And I am so excited about losing it. Woohoo!

I'm sorry about your R3...how did that happen? Do you know why you couldn't stabilize? This is one of my fears so I would like to know what/how it happened. I hope that you don't mind my asking. My P3 and P4 were both really easy to stabilize but this was my first round. I do worry that losing weight so fast could lead to craziness for my body...so I just wonder why you couldn't stabilize.

Jody

I couldn't pinpoint it but it may have started when I was over my window I didn't do a correction day that same day I was over.

I also was looking at the ingredients in some of the things that I always ate and found some of it had added sugar. This next P3 I will be writing down everything that I was eating to see how I react to it.

[Jody100467]

Oh...well that makes a lot of sense. I can only imagine how much sugar would throw you off track...then once you get out of your window I can see how hard it would be to get back on track. Especially if you weren't able to do a correction day right away. I'm sorry to hear it happened but I'm sure it was a great learning experience. Good for you for getting back on track and keeping at it.

Jody

[jabbok]

Originally Posted by Jody100467

Oh...well that makes a lot of sense. I can only imagine how much sugar would throw you off track...then once you get out of your window I can see how hard it would be to get back on track. Especially if you weren't able to do a correction day right away. I'm sorry to hear it happened but I'm sure it was a great learning experience. Good for you for getting back on track and keeping at it.

Jody

Well I know when I move into P3 this time I will be watching and tracking everything I eat so this way I will know what is causing the gain but I am hopeful that I won't have to do that and that I will have a stable P3 and P4.