S.C.A.M. Here

[1BellaDonna]

Yes that is Shelby, Cathy And Me!!

Doing a quick check in bc dear 4 y/o kept me up again last night. I will check our old thread for live bodies after I nap. ;-) Small kids plus loooong hair appointment=tired and hungry me. Started P2 today. Boo! 169.8. Double Boo! Havent had a thing to eat bc of hair appointment, phone call with agency, and my need to open this thread before my nappy-poo!

You girls better be looking for me! Lol How is the scale treating you guys today? Hugs!!!

[RedsSkinnyJeans]

Oh man! I thought this was about some South African country people trying to sell me cheap HCG! :-) No worries.

[shelbyla]

*RE-POST FROM OTHER THREAD*

Letitia - you bet that if I ever get down to SD that I'll look you up! We cougars have to stick together!

Re: the heels...I've found a few tips and tricks over the years, especially since my middle name is also "Grace." First, wedges are my friend, as are platform flipflops. The "heel" without the pain! On the wedges, I always get the ones that have a flexible, i.e. rubber, sole. Helps with the balance! Otherwise, over I go. (Hey! Where did that wall come from???) Anything with a plastic sole is very unstable if you have balance issues. Rocketdog makes awesomely comfortable tall flipflops--they seriously have like a 2-3 inch platform. The other trick, especially when wearing stilettos, is to lead with your hips when walking. And don't rush! I see women rushing around in heels and wonder how they do it. The whole point is to slow down so that those heels (and the accompanying sway) can be appreciated by others. It's also safer IMHO to take it easy when wearing a 4 inch heel. I actually have a couple of pairs of 5 inchers that I break out for special occasions!

In other news, painpainpain today from that dang yoga class. AND UP a little over a pound, damnit! I'm sure due to Vitamin C overload (dehydration) and inflammation (sore from the yoga class). At least the spacey is gone but I definitely kicked up some toxins yesterday--swollen lymph nodes, the whole nine-yards. Flushing more today and a massage tonight should help. Thank goodness for massage! (and young, cute massage therapists! )

I see we started the SCAM thread today!

[shelbyla]

Come join us, Red! Lots of silliness here too! I did post on our MP thread as well...just warnin' ya...

[1BellaDonna]

woo hoo!! you're here, shelby! now where is that crazy cathy? lol yes, red, you're welcome to join in all the hijinx, scheming, reminiscing, whining, and supporting! or if you want, i can try to sell you some homemade hcg at a super high-price. i'm african-american. does that count? :-)

so, shelby, i'm going to check out the shoes you told me about. i'm still skeptical about being able to pull it off. i swear i recall my ankles shaking when i'd wear heels. lol is there an exercise for chicken ankles? i want to own (and actually wear) a pair of stilettos before i'm too old to bother.

hope the massage works for you. i'm going in for a two-hour massage tomorrow. i know you're not supposed to on p2 but i forgot about that when i scheduled it and my back remains jacked up. my kids are surely not learning the techniques properly and their walking on my back is only slightly beneficial. sheesh! what underachievers! you'd think a 4 year old and 22 month old could figure out how to fix mommy's back by now!! ;-)

okay, so i'ts 8:07pm and i feel crappy as all get out. i was at my hair appointment during lunchtime and only got to eat crab meat, a sliced tomato, and an apple (for dinner) today. maybe it's caffeine withdrawal too? i only had some green tea this morning, not my normal coffee (espresso). :-( i've got a wicked headache, nausea, and shakiness. ooooooooh, how i wish i could just sleep through the next 48 hours of p2. boo! boo! boooooooooooooooooooo!!!

shelby, make me feel better. describe this massage therapist to me. (wink, wink)

[shelbyla]

Well...he's got great...(wait for it...)...HANDS! Seriously though, about 30 (maybe), about 6' tall, blond hair, goatee (I'm a fan of facial hair), nice arms. Good massage voice. And super strong. I need a good HARD massage to do me any good. That's what you get for chronic back issues for 20 years! This place does have seriously great therapists, including another yummy one who, unfortunately, sets my gaydar a ringin'...

Feel better Letitia...and enjoy your massage, P2 or no P2.

ETA: the other brand that I like for wedges is called "Me Too." Extra comfortable. I wonder if they would let me link a website here...hmmmm...don't want to violate the TOS... Yeah, just google Me Too Wedge and you'll see a ton of them. Hmmm...maybe too many...lol

[1BellaDonna]

Lmao!! Ahh, you made me feel like you were Barney
Stinson and I was Ted Mosby for a second there! Lol I hope you come down here one day, I'd love to be your cougar wingman! ;-)

I had a male massage therapist for a little while but wasnt so sure how much my hubby was liking it, although he never suggested that I switch. I just stopped bc I got more caught up in family time, work, and my back wasn't as bad. I've gotta look into my insurance to see if they will cover massages. I go for deep tissue bc I'm always in pain, sometimes my back is out all day. Plus I have tmj disorder issues that increase when my back is bad. When I win the lotto, I'm hiring a personal massage therapist!

Okay, my cruddy news- 159.8 again today. I pray it's bc I didn't
Drink much yesterday and I'm ovulating...and not a trend or sign of this round. Boooo!

[shelbyla]

Hey Letitia! Booo! BAD scale! BAD scale! <smacksmacksmack> Someone's gotta smack that scale around for you! Get your water in today, girl--see if you don't flush some of those pounds away! I was down a little today to land me right at LDW +0.5. Still sore as hell from that dang yoga class. Jeez oh pete, what did that guy DO to me?!?! I'm going back for more on Monday. Did I mention that my friend was trying to set me up with him? And he's tasty eye candy as well as being a great yoga instructor! Although he IS 40--a little old for my tastes!

Massage therapists, male or female, just don't care as long as they dig in. I mean use your elbows for pete's sake! If I'm not whimpering, it's not hard enough! I've got another appointment this weekend with my favorite lady therapist. I've had two back surgeries and have the c5/c6 and c6/c7 discs in my neck fused so I am all kinds of jacked up as far as back issues go. I also have a bulging one in my lower back--I was like Great! Upper spine in my 30's and lower spine in my 40's??? At least now that I have my hypothyroid condition under control, the lower back isn't giving me the (drive yourself to the hospital to get a shot of demerol) issues that it once was! Do you have any thyroid issues? Any thyroid test results (other than "normal" which doesn't mean jack unfortunately)? The reason I ask is that many back/spine conditions are due to inflammation which is directly related to thyroid levels. I definitely have a lot less pain than I did a couple of years ago.

If you have an opportunity, look for "neuromuscular" massage in your area. The technique works the pressure points and other connections between the muscles and bones and joints first then goes into the muscles. It's very different, very deep, can sometimes be painful, but that's the type that helps me more than anything else. Great for tmj too. My therapist actually bills my insurance for this type of massage as physical therapy so I am just responsible for my co-pay. Anyway, just something to look into...

Yoohoo...Cat...where are you?

Later girlies...

[1BellaDonna]

oh man, shelby, i have all kinds of craziness going on with my body. last year i went to a naturopath (the one who told me about hcg) and had labs done. they took 9 vials of blood and 2 urine samples only to tell me that my body is jacked up!! lol i had insulin resistance, borderline hypothroidism, SEVERE vit. d deficiency, pretty much ZERO testosterone, and some other out of wack levels. i had no clue about the thyroid-back/spine issues. like you, i believe "if it don't hurt, it ain't a massage" . :-) i've been using up all my massage envy massages and going weekly for 2 hour massages, and sometimes a 1-hr and a 2-hr in the same week. i'm feeling better than before bc now i don't have pain that travels afterwards (e.g., neck pain, then massage, then jaw pain). however, i go back to work next tuesday and know that my normal pattern of not getting massages until the next big break will return. i still have MANY MA?NY major knots, so I'll look into finally seeing a GP to get a referral for massages. I figure that if I can get a deal where I just pay a co-pay, i'm thrilled. I pay more than that in my tip. Drinking lots of water to get rid of the toxins and to, hopefully, drop some of this water weight. Hope it works...or at least you beating up on the scale!! ;-) Hope you're feeling better tomorrow! Perhaps this yoga instructor can work it out of you. (wink, wink) Of course, my mind went right to the gutter when you told me that you may be set up with him. LOL You better practice some poses.

CATHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHERE ARE YOU!!??!?!?!?!

ooh...almost forgot my accountability for today.
weight: 159.8
lunch: crab meat with sprinkle of Old Bay, 1 sliced to-mahhhh-toooo, 1 apple
dinner: will be filet mignon, onion, strawberries
green tea and lots of water (i'm floooooooooooating)

[shelbyla]

Nice little whooshy for me today--down 2.2 to land me just under 153, which is where I was right before vacation. I think the water retention from that dang yoga class is finally gone. Hopefully, next Monday's class will not kick my butt QUITE so hard! I am practicing my poses for sure, since even if he ISN'T interested, he's still cute and I always like to try and have the correct "form" around cute guys! hehehe

How's today going for you Letitia? Is your scale behaving? I'm sure if you were diagnosed "borderline" that you are probably hypo. Doctors are so behind in their thinking about hypo. What was your D level? Have you managed to get it up? I started with a D level of something like 25 and after playing around with my doses, I finally got it up to 80+ by taking 2 5000IU caps daily PLUS 5000IU in liquid form. Yes, 15,000 daily in 4 months got it up there. Another issue that LOTS of women have who have thyroid and D issues, is iron deficiency. Did you ever have that tested? I know that once I got my iron to a decent level a lot of stuff evened out for me, particularly the anxiety. I am also on E and T replacement therapy. Worked with a doc on that who wouldn't really give me the amounts I needed but that's a whole other story, not for this board. Let's just say that 10mg of T for a few months to replace what I was missing then about 3mg daily for maintenance and I feel like a new woman! The E is also helping night sweats. Ah, I could go on and on since I am replacing about every hormone under the sun anyway! If you want to know more, PM me...

Cathy, oh CAAATHY, where are YOOOOOUUUUU????

Did we lose Lildrew and Red too? May end up being just you and me, sista!

Working from home today because of the dreaded carmageddon here in LA... TTYL.

[Lildrew]

LOL. I am just being a voyeur!

I gained a pound, BLECH! But I did eat some VERY salty pickles last night and it's almost TOM, so I am just chalking it up.

On another note, I have some friends coming into town tonight which should be great, but I have to admit I kind of wish they weren't coming right now. Why couldn't they come after all my weight is off and they are left fainting in awe of my slim gorgeousness???? Oh well.

They are also some of my skinny friends that I doubt have ever dieted a day in their lives. I hate being the heaviest girl in the group. Which always seems to happen to me. I have been in a lot of weddings....by a lot, I mean TEN!!! And was the heaviest girl in 8 of them. So, I am hoping and praying I don't sabotage myself while they are here. I need to get onery and just be like "hell to the NO!, I won't mess up". Sigh....

Even if I did mess up this weekend, there is NO way I am giving up. I want this friggin' weight OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Friday ladies!!

[shelbyla]

Originally Posted by Lildrew

LOL. I am just being a voyeur!

I gained a pound, BLECH! But I did eat some VERY salty pickles last night and it's almost TOM, so I am just chalking it up.

On another note, I have some friends coming into town tonight which should be great, but I have to admit I kind of wish they weren't coming right now. Why couldn't they come after all my weight is off and they are left fainting in awe of my slim gorgeousness???? Oh well.

They are also some of my skinny friends that I doubt have ever dieted a day in their lives. I hate being the heaviest girl in the group. Which always seems to happen to me. I have been in a lot of weddings....by a lot, I mean TEN!!! And was the heaviest girl in 8 of them. So, I am hoping and praying I don't sabotage myself while they are here. I need to get onery and just be like "hell to the NO!, I won't mess up". Sigh....

Even if I did mess up this weekend, there is NO way I am giving up. I want this friggin' weight OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Friday ladies!!

#1 - i think "fainting in awe of my slim gorgeousness" wins the statement of the day!

#2 - "hell to the no" is right! you can DO it!!!!!

[1BellaDonna]

yay for your whoooooooooooooooooosh!!!!! woot wooooooooooot!!!! i'm down to 158.2, so that makes a 1.6 loss. I'm happy bc my tummy is starting to feel less bloated at least. i'm trying not to think about how i was down to 155, two days after my ldw. :-( sigh. Sure would be nice to get down to 153 in a week's time. HA HA HA HA! i almost forgot my body doesn't have the same goals that i have! ;-)

wow. i need to look for my folder with all my labs. i was extremely low in d and was put on 10,000 iu/day and told i need to sit in the sun for 15 min/day. of course, i tend to avoid the sun bc this princess has burned one too many times. (yes, i know i'm black. i can't play basketball either! ha ha ha!!!) anyway, i have mild anemia too. however, i've been borderline anemic ever since i was a little girl. whoooa! night sweats!! i get those too. i keep thinking maybe i'm starting...sniffle, sniffle...you know. i had them really bad at one point and told my old nurse practitioner that i thought i was starting menopause. then i turned around and got pregnant with my first son about a month later. oops! lol

super hungry right now. boooo! i'm only on vlcd3 though. hope i can control my hunger enough so that my old enemy, bulimia, doesn't try to visit again. i hate dealing with that. sigh.

good luck with working from home. what do you do? i go back to work next week and am dreading having to get up early again. lol today, ds1 didn't come to wake me up until 6:30 and i got him to snuggle and hang out so i wouldn't have to get up until 7:15. (ugggh! speaking of ds1...he's here reading over my shoulder. nosy thing!! sometimes i regret his learning to read so danged early!)

[shelbyla]

Awesome loss girl! I hear ya on getting down to your lowest. I was down to 150.5 at one point, although as I found out my scale was going a little wonky cause the batteries were dying. For that VERY brief day, I was the actual weight on my driver's license! For the first time in oh, I don't know, FOREVER! You might get down to 153. You never know with hcg--it's entirely possible. Fingers AND toes crossed for you!!!!! Why are you hungry, do you think? Is it head-hunger or tummy growling hunger? I have found that hot broth or tea helps as does water with a slice of lemon and a little ACV if I am REALLY truly hungry and it's not just mental. Maybe you need to tweak your dosage? I know I need a little more than most people--12 drops sometimes instead of 10, 4 pellets instead of 3--maybe because I am tall/big? You shouldn't be hungry--that just sucks. And if you feel a bulemia thing happening, just post and I will talk you off the ledge!

Get your labs out and I will diagnose you! By self-treating with direction from some very knowledgeable lay-people (and basically ignoring doctors), I have fixed my Vitamin D, my iron, my thyroid levels, my adrenal levels, my estrogen and my testosterone. You should have seen me two years ago. I was a complete mess! 75 pounds overweight, anxiety to the point of crying at work twice a week, blood sugar issues, cholesterol issues, depression, skin problems, back problems, hair problems, digestive problems, pre-diabetic, night sweats, no sex drive, etc., etc. It's all fixable if you know who to talk to and where to look.

I am enjoying working from home for sure. And since the water main right outside my house broke last night, I wouldn't have been able to shower anyway so it's actually kind of good that I am home today. I develop software for a financial firm and need to be in to work by 7am or so. So I actually get up everyday at 4:30am so I can exercise. Gack! Today I got to sleep in til 6am and that was such a luxury! What kind of job are YOU going back to? Were you off on maternity leave? (Can't remember how old your kids are...)

btw, I'm 5'9 and can't play basketball either. People are always saying to me, "I'll bet you played basketball in high school." Um, yeah, no. Layup, wha?????

[1BellaDonna]

okay, shelby...time to show me you keep your pimp hand strong. i need a good slap! sigh. it's not a good last hour or so. i have been starving (not the mental kind bc i feed that with my beloved foodgawker) and felt tired and shaky. what did i do? super embarassed to say it but binged on trail mix and then purged. i feel like crap emotionally and physically. of course, i just realized that i hadnt taken my second dose! i usually do a 6/7am + 2 pm + 9pm doses. i'm so DUMB! maybe i wouldnt have felt so grumbly in my tumbly if i had remembered to take it! now i have to wait to take it bc i just had blech in my mouth. :-( so disappointed!! i'm doing a combo of drops and pellets since i bring the pellets to work with me (speech pathologist). i'll be glad when summer break is over and i can get back to my work schedule, so i don't forget dosing! duh! duh! duh! (btw, ds1 is almost 4 1/2 and ds2 is going to be 2 in august.)

anyway, other than the "obstacle", i've eaten filet mignon+onion+1 apple. Dinner will probably be chicken+cabbage...if we have some broth in the pantry. i forgot to look for some at henry's yesterday. dessert, if any will be strawberries.

re: all those issues you listed, i pretty much was told i have probs in those areas. i'm going to dig through my paperwork and report to you...that low libido part is THE worst of it all since i DO care to keep my cub happy. lol

God bless you on getting up to work out. i'd rather eat 2 calories a year before working out. i just do NOT like sweating or exercise. i looove to dance, so i'm hoping i can figure out how to get some dance lessons (Salsa) in for the stress relief, fun and exercise. also i would like to start my pilates for dummies dvd again. the ole tummy was never that great to begin with but now i really want to at least de-jiggle it.

okay, i'm feeling better just babbling on to you. plus i can hear my hubby teaching ds1 how to play hide-and-seek at the park behind our house. lol ds1 is super intelligent but boy, he's definitely a blondie. ;-) (i say this as a woman who was blonde as a child, book smart and ditzy!! lol i tell people my roots are still blonde.) alright, next time i feel desperate to B & P, i'm going to try to write you first. i'll also consider the possible need to up my doses (my drops say 10 per dose and pellets say 4 per dose). i'm thinking i may need the increase bc i do have a tendency to want to B/P during P2 bc i'm hungry in the pm.

ooh, better run. the family is back from the park. HUGS!!!!!

[shelbyla]

Ok babe---you asked for it...SLAP! Now here's a for you. So sorry that you are feeling crappy. So not head hunger for sure. Do try upping the pellets/drops. It sure doesn't seem like DECREASING them helped--lol. I know that for ME, 12 worked better than 10 or 8. I tried decreasing (just cause I'm cheap that way!) and was starving that day. Also, it's not an old bottle right? And you haven't touched the dropper to your mouth or put pellets back in the bottle that you've touched right? Not keeping it next to electronics? I accidentally deactivated my drops last round but as soon as I started a new bottle the hunger went away. Also, a couple of friends have had better luck with more frequent dosing. One girl, every 4 hours, like 6am, 10am, 2pm, and bedtime. One girl 6x per day. Any time I can help, I sure will!

Happy to help also with any labs. What I would need would be is if they were taken fasting or not, on meds or not, how old they are, and what the "normal" ranges are for any results. Also, if you can remember, for sex hormones it's useful to know the time of the month they were taken (i.e. how many days after your period started).

p.s. how weird is THIS, but my Mom is a speech pathologist--or was before she retired. She taught speech path/audiology at EIU in Central Illinois.

[1BellaDonna]

(rubbing cheek)...wow. i needed and deserved that, shelby! ;-)

trying to remember where i put my info from the doctor...may need to get back to you on that next week when i return to work bc i may have it in my desk drawer. lol may testosterone was pretty much nonexistent and the cream i was given did NOTHING.

i'm going to try to up my dosage and see how that works. i just really don't want to be down to the end and run out. lol it would be my luck to have 3 days left and run out. i lucked out with my hhcg order (ordered like 4 liquids and 1 vial of pellets). i was given a site by another member and when i checked them out on my iphone it was like 19 dollars for the 40 day liquid vial. i wanted to see the site better and went to my computer and the price had gone up JUST then to like $49!! (i came back to hcg after the famous dr. oz show). luckily, i hadn't closed out the page on my iphone and was able to order them for the $19. now i'm being cheap bc i don't want to pay the higher price.

anyhooo, i keep them from electronics (to the point where i hate p2 bc i am so careful where i place my purse (with the pellets) and carry my iphone in my hands all the time. also, i pour out my pellets into the lid and never touch the extras (just saw that other thread. lol) or touch my mouth with my dropper.

ooh gotta skeedaddle. the husband is going to try to help get some of these horrible knots out of my back. i don't get why i'm still so knotted up. :-( today my tmj has been bugging me (feel like my jaw is misaligned) and i'm feeling beat up from my massage yesterday (Stiff and sore). i have the heating pad on my back right now, actually. i also have a lump at my nape and am praying it's just another knot. i don't need any real crap to deal with. uggh!!

talk to you tomorrow! hope you have a great night and carmageddon isn't affecting you.

-hugs!

ps- see?!? you're mommy's an slp?! we ARE related!! lol

[1BellaDonna]

okay...yesterday - lunch= apple, steak, onion.... dinner=chicken, cabbage, strawberries
today's (p2d4) weight = 156.6 and yesterday's weight was 158.2!!!

today, i increased my morning drops to 12 but was still starving. :-( for lunch= part of an apple (my ds's are such little beggars! lol), a sliced tomato and 4 bites of crab with old bay....the crab tasted really mushy and seemed off (although smelled okay and isn't supposed to expire for a long time). tummy is really gurgly right now though. Hmmmm.

cathy, where aaaaaaaaaaaaaare you????? (don't make me have to private message-stalk you!!!)

shelby- what's doin'? which phase are you in exactly? lol any good carmageddon stories going around up there?

[shelbyla]

EXCELLENT loss Letitia! That's awesome!!!!

I am in P4 right now and toying with the idea of a short 3rd round. I am really getting comfortable with 150-155 though so I'm not really sure my head is in it right now. And if I'm gonna do 500 calories, my head has GOT to be in it! The only real reason that I am even thinking about it is because I want to start some semi-serious weight training and I KNOW the scale will jump up both from water weight and muscle weight and I think mentally I will just be happier if I START the process around 145-150. KWIM? Went out to a bar for a charity event with a gf last night. Had a lovely dinner first--very P3 correct! BUT had some alcohol--my weight nemesis! I was up 1.3 this morning but still cruising at +1 below LDW so it's all good. Just finished up a nice sweaty workout to get some of this vodka out of my system. I also finished up some <insert decadent P3 food here because it would be too cruel to describe to my P2 LCF!> although I don't usually eat before working out. Just a touch of a hangover makes me want salty AND sweet! ugh Anyway, the workout is done--now on to errands! As for carmageddon, this has been the biggest overhyped thing since Y2K. There is literally NO ONE on the streets of LA. It's kinda bizarre...

p.s. listening to REO Speedwagon right now... "I believe it's time for me to fly..."

[1BellaDonna]

Lol!!! REO Speedwagon?? Um I have no clue who that is. (wink, wink)

Ok my head is not in the game very well right now. I'm hungry all the time and it's making me do the bulimia thing a lot!! :-( Yesterday I ate some bad crabmeat and had a horrible tummy prob BUT I also was so hungry that I binged and purged still!! I've sent the last ten min going over my calendar to see I'd I could quit and restart yet still be off of P2 for our trip to IA (P3 will suck there bc I'm sure everything will be old school Midwest). I'm so torn but I'm not even a week in and I'm miserable. :-( I just want to eat p3 at this point. I feel so frustrated and lost right now. I'm only 8 lbs from my orig pre-preg/size 4 weight. What's wrong with me??? :-(. Btw, what DID you eat? I'm curious now! Lol

[shelbyla]

Oh honey! I'm so sorry you're going through this! Maybe you SHOULD go to P3?? If you're feeling lousy and hungry and that's causing the B&P, you might be better off just trying to maintain for right now. Do another round AFTER Iowa? It's just a thought... In any case, chin up, girl. Whatever you decide to do, I'm here to support ya...

(Not to torture you but I ate fudgey coconut peanut bars and bacon... )

[1BellaDonna]

oh me oh my! please tell me that the bacon was part of the fudgy coconut peanut bar! ;-)

trying hard to have a better attitude today but we shall see. ive had coffee and a large cup of hot green tea and my tummy is groooooooooooowling like mad. i was down to 155.0 today, what i was on my very last day of p2 (not ldw) on the last round--my lowest. i'm trying to keep motivated by thinking about this and how close i am. also, i'm trying to tell myself that if i'm good, maybe i'll reach my goal early and won't have to go the full round. HA!! we'll see how that works! ;-) i go back to work tomorrow and won't be around other people's food (eg, my kids' and hubby's!!), so i think that will help too. we'll see. i'm going to try to take it day by day. however, if i keep binging (bc i am ravenous) and purging, i need to seriously consider not doing this until i can get my head on straight. if i start another round after iowa then i'm going to be in p3 for our family vacation to florida. i really do not want that. how's the scale treating you today, my friend?

[shelbyla]

Hey girl! Hot damn on getting to your lowest!!!!! Wootwoot! Excellent news! I do think going back to work will help. I know my worst times are when I am at home by myself and I'd imagine that while B&P is POSSIBLE at work, it's probably not as frequent and maybe not as tempting? At work, as long as I bring my lunch, I don't have any issues staying on plan because I am just too darn busy to even think about eating! You'd be in P3 but not P2 for your family vaca? Is P3 challenging for you to stay away from carbs? I feel like I am so much less restricted on P3 that it seems like a cakewalk (pun intended! ) compared to P2, but maybe that's just me? It seems like you can get a decent salad almost anywhere these days...

I am up a bit today (1.3) but there was just a little too much eating late in the day yesterday and too many of those coconut bar thingies. I think I ate like 8 of them! :blush: They're so damn tasty though! I only have 4 left so that's only one per day if I skip today until the weekend when I'll make another batch for a party I'm having. So I am 0.2 above LDW but I am ok with that since today will be a day of light eating. Late yoga class tonight with the cute instructor so probably some yogurt for dinner or something. Hopefully I'll be back into the low 150's tomorrow. We'll see.

Take care of you, ok?

[catjrow3]

I AM HERE... I AM HERE

Girl, when you start a new thread, post the link on the old one, so I know you all just did not just disappear!! I had a crazy weekend and a crazy Monday, and yes, you had to PM me to tell me you started a new one!!

I did turbo camp all day on Saturday, 9-5 of exercise!!! Lordy! It felt good though, but....bad part... was sooo hungry from all the exercise that we went out to eat and then ate bad on Sunday too, and just got my butt back on track yesterday. And of course, being me, when I eat bad, I can gain 10 pounds in a day, and to top it all off TOM visited this morning....so I was bloated and swollen from that too! UGH.... .another day in my own **** but thats okay, as usual, still battling the battle and will get it back together. I am not sure what I would do in life if not obsess with my diet and weight!!

Sounds like you are both doing well (did a brief read through to post) and I have this one marked now, so I will be here!!

Letitia, you are in P2 now right?? Which day? How are you handling it??

Hey Shelby, you are such the poster child for HCG!! Stable Mable, thats you...WTG girl!

[shelbyla]

THERE she is! Cathy! Sorry to hear that diet is challenging you right now and that your body is holding onto that weight again. I know that you really really hate that. That turbo camp would kick my booty too!

I was up again a little this morning but I couldn't log food yesterday because I ate out for lunch. This is where my inner control freak comes out! I can't stand it when I don't know what is in sh%& that I eat!!!!! I also took that yoga class again last night (with the yummy instructor--oh PLEASE adjust my pose! PLEASE! ) and ended up eating later last night and probably NOT the best food--4 slices of bacon, 3 oz blueberries, a small protein shake. When I got up this morning, I also realized that I hadn't taken my vitamins yesterday which can seriously eff with my water retention. Slamming the water today and extra vitamin C! (plus lemon and ACV to try and help)

Here's a NSV to make you guys smile. Pulled out ANOTHER pair of "wish and a prayer" pants today (you know the ones that you buy thinking "when I lose another 10 pounds these will fit great...). I think these are a UK size 10 which equates to a 6'ish US. They fit GREAT, even though I am at 155'ish today and not 152 (which I would highly prefer--hehe).

Anyway, you girls have a fantastic day. Check y'all later...

[1BellaDonna]

Ahhh! I feel sooooo much better now that I have all my chickadees back in the nest! lol

Cathy- I'm so glad you responded to my private message and didn't think I was crazy for hunting you down...even though I *AM* crazy. I am very impressed that you did that turbo camp. I think I'd pass out just filling out the paperwork! Sheesh! Sorry, you're battling still but I know you'll have more good days than bad.

Shelby- Glad you got your "poses" adjusted. lol Sorry that you were up a little but I'm sure you'll be back down with all the adjustments you're making. I understand how you feel about the control freak thing. I feel like I have to be a food **** or I just don't want to deal with it (that's when the weight comes on). I'm sooo type A (if you couldn't tell). Congrats on getting into those "wish and a prayer" pants! LOL I love that name. I started work today and a lot of my old stuff is too big. I have 6 big crates of my old skinny clothes that I'd like to check out but I'm kind of scared to even start trying on things bc I don't want to feel discouraged and that I need to do TWO more rounds, when I was hoping that this one would do the trick.

Today I'm only down .2 lbs (154.8) but it is wonderful to see that number. I'm on Day 7 of P2. Pre-prego weight was 148 (6.8 to get there!) but I'd really like to see 143, so I can give myself a 2 lb window. Say a prayer, folks!! ;-)

[shelbyla]

Saying a prayer here...

On the pants, I think we should just call them WAAPPs... lol

[catjrow3]

Shelby is your instructor a guy? I think I missed this conversation for sure!

Letitia, great job girl on the numbers. You will be there in no time at all!! Turbo camp for me is so much fun. I love TKB and spending the whole day with it, great.. except the after effects of the severe hunger and giving into my baser baby urges!! Someday I will learn!! I swear it. But being me, I jumped right back on the horse on Monday and was down almost 5 again this morning, and TOM visited, so Its going to be a week from hell!! Hopefully all will be good next week!

(and your not crazy!!) LOL

[1BellaDonna]

LMAO!! I love that "WAAPs". Hey, I came across my labs! They're so pitiful that I have to laugh. lol Trying to find a doctor out here and the one that my friend's hubby likes has had AWFUL AWFUL AWFUL reviews online. I could see the naturopath who did my labs and introduced me to hcg but I am still not sure how I feel about that. I'm old school and feel like I should be given 1 to 2 strong CHEMICAL pills to fix me instead of the 50 bottles of natural stuff I was sent home with. lol I just can't keep up with taking THAT many pills. I am pretty (not always) consistent with taking my vit. D, Biotin, and magnesium. I prob. could only tolerate doing 2 more pills. Then again, filling up on supplements and vitamins could probably help me with my hunger issues!! ;-)

Oh yeah, please note that I used the shift key for my last two posts. ;-)

[1BellaDonna]

ha! cathy, i am crazy, indeed. just ask my poor hubby. lol still, it's more of a good kind of crazy...except during TOM. at that time, i'm pretty psychotic, to be honest. ;-) good for you on keeping this up! i hate exercise so much. it's so sad. :-( i just hate the idea of sweating and really only feel the need to exert myself for (MAYBE) something competetive. you'd think i never was active but was a huge volleyball player (not huge in the "fat" sense) back in high school. now...well, [sigh].

well, off to see if i can find a good doctor. i have a lump in the back of my neck and i'm so paranoid about it now bc it's not going away and it's been since aprilish. :-( i go to my denial-side and ignore it, telling myself that it's a muscle knot (i have some severe knots in my back that are not going away with my deep tissue massages) or a lymphnode. however, my realistic and paranoid self tells me "if it's cancer, you sure will hate yourself if you ignore it and it's too late...nobody who gets cancer expected that they would get cancer...blah blah blah." sigh. hopefully it's absolutely nothing. keep you guys posted...if i ever find a doctor!

shelby-what is the recipe for those delish sounding bars?? i can't wait for p3. it IS like heaven after p2. i want my hubby's omlettes, roasted meats, VEGGIES, etc. --It's possibl on vacay BUT we will be at a wedding and rehearsal dinner for a couple, where the only "vegetable" that the bride eats is corn and the groom (bro in law) drinks a ton of mt.dew and eats crap. i can only imagine what they'll serve. my hubby told me that at his sister's reception (at the local vfw) they had cold cut platters to make your own sandwiches etc. I shouldn't be snobby but i totally grew up a cosby kid and am sooooo out of my element with them. sigh. well, i better skedaddle!

Hugs to you both!!!!!!!!!