** HCG Alternative Plans, week of August 8, 2011 **

[CherylB]

I don't see one and it's already mid-day on the east coast, so here it is! Come on over to the wild side, all you roguers!

[catjrow3]

Yep, I looked this morning too and did not see one, so thanks for starting it Cheryl!

[CherylB]

I was shocked that there wasn't one going already. I should have started it last night so the picture that was posted in the last few posts didn't get lost in the shuffle. I will try to remember to do it on Sunday evenings. It just seems to be more seemless, ya know?

I hope we all have a wonderful week, regardless of what plan we are following right now. May we meet our personal goals, be they little or large! And may we have wonderful health as well as sexy bodies. AMEN

[Doing It Right]

Amen sista!

[minimonkey]

Happy new week everyone!!!

I am down another .4 today Honestly, it looks like I've lost more than 1.4 lbs, too -- I'm visually a lot leaner, and I can feel a difference in my clothes.

This is truly hard, but it is working, and that makes me happy. Now, if I can just do it for another 2 weeks and 3 days, I'll be very proud of myself.

I have a lot of second day soreness in my chest today -- I want a good workout, but it needs to be very lower-body concentrated.

We are going to do some work on the gym today -- getting it set up a bit better and such

[CherylB]

You're doing marvelous, Mini! So excited for you!

[MrsPat]

Marking my spot.

[dazygyrl]

hi, there!

p4 going well. not sure of my weight as i am on vacation right now and didn't bring a scale. basically just eating lc with random bites of carbs here and there.

will be loading for R2 on the 13th. i thought it would be a short 23 day round, but may do 30....haven't totally decided. a new addition....dh is joining me. he is terribly fit and muscular, but would like to slim the tummy down a little and drop 10lbs. he's very active (he's a landscape contractor). i think i will start him at 800 cal and higher protein.

[paulabob]

OK, TMI I'm sure, but bernice has visited 3 times, and I've fallen asleep twice today? So tired...

I'm already down to this morning's weight, so I know this yogurt day is going to yield me great results tomorrow (plus whatever's wrong with me). Hope I will have more pep tomorrow...just making it a lazy day here with my DD.

[minimonkey]

Hope you feel better soon, Paula -- that sounds a bit like the evil flu I had all summer... I really hope not!!!!

Looks like TOM is starting for me, so perhaps I will see a good loss on the other end of it -- also might explain the hunger and cravings.

In any event I am pleased with my progress so far.

[mdolph]

HI guys! I'm trying to get myself talked into another round of hhcg. I've gained 8 pounds since I hit goal on July 3rd. Mainly it's been over the last week or so with work stress. My body also seems to like 155 and I get down there then I bounce back up. I was going to start a round today but this is training week at work and there's no way I can do this when they feed us daily so I've decided to just wait it out another week then restart. My goal is to get below 150 again and stablize there instead of bouncing back to 155! I'm going to hang out though if you don't mind~

[catjrow3]

Originally Posted by mdolph

HI guys! I'm trying to get myself talked into another round of hhcg. I've gained 8 pounds since I hit goal on July 3rd. Mainly it's been over the last week or so with work stress. My body also seems to like 155 and I get down there then I bounce back up. I was going to start a round today but this is training week at work and there's no way I can do this when they feed us daily so I've decided to just wait it out another week then restart. My goal is to get below 150 again and stablize there instead of bouncing back to 155! I'm going to hang out though if you don't mind~

Welcome back Melanie, I am just back again too! VLCD day 1 for me again today!! I am going to shoot myself I dont make it work this time!! LOL Will look for you next week then!!

[mdolph]

Ugh I know Cathy! I can't do this AGAIN! I keep trying over and over again lately but I think my problem is lack of a good set schedule as we're all over the place right now at work. I'm not even sure if next week will be a good starting point as we've got training again, but I can't keep seeing the scale stall or go up! I'm just going to keep plugging away low carbing hoping that I can at least get my weight stablized. It'll also help that it's cooling off so I should be able to run more regularly!

I'm also fighting my family who thinks I've lost too much and that I'm getting too thin. They held an intervention last week, lol! I really think 145 will be perfect for me so I'm not going to listen to them! At least my clothes havn't gotten tight...yet. I think I've been lucky to have some reshaping and shrinking skin!

[catjrow3]

Love the new photo Melanie! Very nice!!

[CherylB]

Hey, Mel! I love your new Avi, too. What did your family do for an intervention? Were they serious? Why do they say you are too thin? That's amazing that you lost from the 280's and your skin is tightening up. Woohooo! Of course you can hang around! I'm not on hcg right now yet I'm always here; like a ghost, haunting y'all. I'm glad it's cooling down finally!

I'm just popping in to say goodnight. I will catch you all again tomorrow.

[mdolph]

Cheryl, they actually (my parents and sisters) sat me down and told me they're worried about me losing anymore weight that I'm already plenty thin and that the more I lose the more they see my personality change. That I'm being mean to my husband (that's a whole other story, we're on the rocks but I won't go there) and that I'm more demanding with the kids and that I am spending too much time with my friends who they feel are bad influnces on me. That was b/c I decided to go to Chicago with a few for the weekend. Anyway, imo I think I could lose a few pounds. My fight with my husband has nothing to do with weight. He's at his goal and looks great. It's b/c he's being irresponsible with money and I've had it. I've actually felt like I've settled for him for years. My parents guilted me into dating him and then staying with him when I wanted to break up with him before college then guilted me again when a few months before our wedding I tried to back out. He's a great guy but again not what I had invisioned. As for my friends, I need them right now. I need them to keep my sanity at times. Right now is one of them. As for my issues with my husband I've already told him I'm not going anywhere. That my children's happiness and future success means more to me than my own and I couldn't give them that on my own. Pretty sad, huh? He continues to go to my parents and talk about our issues and that bugs me.

Anyway, they pretty much said they're not going to support my weightloss efforts and that they think I'm slowly killing myself. Guys, I weigh 155 and I'm 5'8! I'm not too small! I ended up telling them that I'm going to go to 145 and reevaluate it unless I loose my boobs before then which then I'll stop, wait until I can afford a boob job then start up the weightloss train again, lol! That shut them up, sort of!

Anyway, life's complicated here. I'm ok with it though. I'm sure my husband and I will get through this. We've been together for nearly 20 years now (married over 14) and we're bound to have our bumps in the road. I'm sure that all of this is aiding to my weight gains, but again, it'll pass, just need to work through it!

Thanks for the avi compliments! That picture was take 2 weeks ago, whatcha think, do I look too famished, lol!

[minimonkey]

Melanie!!!!!!!!! You look wonderful, and we've missed you. Welcome back

Your family intervention sounds awful.... I'm proud of you for listening to yourself on this one, and refusing to settle for less than what you deserve in general. Good for you!

Several of us are doing another round -- I am just finishing day 5 of a mildly rogue p2 -- we can do this! I want this to be my final round, and I want to be done with hhcg. (I actually gained on purpose so I could gain muscle, but I won't be doing that again... I hate dieting.)

Glad you are hanging around!

[minimonkey]

I'm coming in somewhere in the 900 calorie range today -- I've been hungry all day, so I ate a little bit more this evening... going to get a good workout in tonight. As long as I stay under 1000, I am keeping to the goal I set for myself.

Not sure if TOM is starting, or if that was a false alarm... but I am due for it any time.

[julieboolie]

back Mdolph!! Good to see you. you look lovely!! Sorry for all the family involvement. How about a bit of respect and space? I'm sure they mean well! Hope you have a successful round. I' was shotting for the same goal weight, 145, but after a 12lb load I didn't even get back to my LDW from the last round . So, watch the load!! You can do it!! I'm doing P3/P4 then gonna' try calorie LC cycling to get 5lbs off. Eventually!

Mini-glad it's going well!! Hope it keeps up. Good job eating when you need to and keeping up the exercise

Cat-hope you do well!! So proud of you!! It's hard to get back to P2!!

I'm doing an egg CD today. I dined out yesterday and the onion soup and cobb salad bumped me 0.2 lbs out of my window. Decided to do a full CD to get closer to LDW. I hope it works!! I'm full now, 11eggs in all today, some butter and mayo t/o the day. I can say I'm looking forward to my P2 chili and GY tomorrow!!

[mdolph]

Thanks guys! I've been following here and there, just too busy to post!

Julie, that sucks! I don't normally load. Bad I know! I usually eat 1 day of good fats (nuts, avocados, steak, butter, cheese) and call it good! I gain too easily from loading! I think this weekend we're hitting Red Lobster for our back to school celebration and I know I won't be able to resisit one biscuit so that'll be it for loading! I'm hoping for 12-15 pounds total, we'll see! I've also been running 4 nights a week and yoga on the other nights. I'm hoping to stick that out as well!

[minimonkey]

Aaaargh... I am so irritated at my SO right now... just had to vent. At least I now have a home gym where I can work this frustration off... at this rate I am gonna be one buff chick!

Mel -- I never loaded before this round... this time I did a little mini-load. I think it helped.

[Lbibclc]

We had really strong storms come through Sunday. Busted my computer. I had it turned off but not unplugged. Supposed to have someone come look at it Thursday but they didn't call today like they said. I drug out an out laptop to use for now. I will mostly be lurking at this point. I am doing the P3 for now and trying to hang on.

Lets have a good week, OK!!

[paulabob]

Originally Posted by mdolph

Guys, I weigh 155 and I'm 5'8! I'm not too small!

Wow, you are going thru some rough stuff! I also have a 5'8" sister I think she is 140 or so...looks plenty good and healthy! Your family is crossing so many personal boundaries. No advice, but lots of hugs.

[Lbibclc]

Originally Posted by mdolph

Cheryl, they actually (my parents and sisters) sat me down and told me they're worried about me losing anymore weight that I'm already plenty thin and that the more I lose the more they see my personality change. That I'm being mean to my husband (that's a whole other story, we're on the rocks but I won't go there) and that I'm more demanding with the kids and that I am spending too much time with my friends who they feel are bad influnces on me. That was b/c I decided to go to Chicago with a few for the weekend. Anyway, imo I think I could lose a few pounds. My fight with my husband has nothing to do with weight. He's at his goal and looks great. It's b/c he's being irresponsible with money and I've had it. I've actually felt like I've settled for him for years. My parents guilted me into dating him and then staying with him when I wanted to break up with him before college then guilted me again when a few months before our wedding I tried to back out. He's a great guy but again not what I had invisioned. As for my friends, I need them right now. I need them to keep my sanity at times. Right now is one of them. As for my issues with my husband I've already told him I'm not going anywhere. That my children's happiness and future success means more to me than my own and I couldn't give them that on my own. Pretty sad, huh? He continues to go to my parents and talk about our issues and that bugs me.

Anyway, they pretty much said they're not going to support my weightloss efforts and that they think I'm slowly killing myself. Guys, I weigh 155 and I'm 5'8! I'm not too small! I ended up telling them that I'm going to go to 145 and reevaluate it unless I loose my boobs before then which then I'll stop, wait until I can afford a boob job then start up the weightloss train again, lol! That shut them up, sort of!

Anyway, life's complicated here. I'm ok with it though. I'm sure my husband and I will get through this. We've been together for nearly 20 years now (married over 14) and we're bound to have our bumps in the road. I'm sure that all of this is aiding to my weight gains, but again, it'll pass, just need to work through it!

Thanks for the avi compliments! That picture was take 2 weeks ago, whatcha think, do I look too famished, lol!

you look great!! Wow, that's terrible that he goes to them to talk about you. That would drive me mad! I understand your staying for your kids. As mothers and women we do what we have to do. Sounds like everyone is used to your putting yourself last. losing weight is one thing that puts you first.

Who cares if you boobs get smaller? Like you said that can get fixed or you can use pads. They are much better now days. Get a note from your dr regarding your weight, lol. I think you need to do an intervention with them regarding what is personal business.

Hang in there!

[minimonkey]

Originally Posted by Lbibclc

I think you need to do an intervention with them regarding what is personal business.

Hang in there!

Can I help. please??? Seriously -- they have no business trying to control your life like that...

Funny how the more we feel okay in ourselves, the less cr@p we are willing to take from others.....

[minimonkey]

My legs look like water balloons or sacks of jello tonight...lol. I noticed this while rebounding... jiggly jiggly jiggly! That may be from TOM about to start, or maybe I am about to see a good loss --either way, its pretty funny looking.

[jules57]

Hi all, just found the new link and I must confess.....I had a very off P2 weekend and am up 1.7#. I had company and we had our friend who is an executive chef come over and make us the most wonderful dinner you could ever imagine. I asked that he make chicken which he did but the rest of the stuff is what got me. It was wonderful but costly. Uggghhhh. I am back on track now. I am hoping that by tomorrow I will be back to my last low weight.

Hi to Mel...I have been where you are right now. It is funny how there comes a time in a womans life that we pick our heads up look around and start to realize that we have been living our life for everyone else not for us. This is not to say we should not keep others in mind when we making choices it is just to say that we should keep our needs front and center too.

Cheryl it sounds like what you are doing is working for you and honestly I cannot wait to get to the P3ish eating. The pizza you had sounded wonderful.

Mini you are rockin it out with your workouts! I wish you could send a little of that enthusiasm my way.

[CherylB]

Julie, I hope your CD works for you! Mini, Sorry for the jigglies. I hear that means the fat cells have been emptied and refilled with water, in the process of the cells being metabolized.

Originally Posted by mdolph

Cheryl, they actually (my parents and sisters) sat me down and told me they're worried about me losing anymore weight that I'm already plenty thin and that the more I lose the more they see my personality change. That I'm being mean to my husband (that's a whole other story, we're on the rocks but I won't go there) and that I'm more demanding with the kids and that I am spending too much time with my friends who they feel are bad influnces on me. That was b/c I decided to go to Chicago with a few for the weekend. Anyway, imo I think I could lose a few pounds. My fight with my husband has nothing to do with weight. He's at his goal and looks great. It's b/c he's being irresponsible with money and I've had it. I've actually felt like I've settled for him for years. My parents guilted me into dating him and then staying with him when I wanted to break up with him before college then guilted me again when a few months before our wedding I tried to back out. He's a great guy but again not what I had invisioned. As for my friends, I need them right now. I need them to keep my sanity at times. Right now is one of them. As for my issues with my husband I've already told him I'm not going anywhere. That my children's happiness and future success means more to me than my own and I couldn't give them that on my own. Pretty sad, huh? He continues to go to my parents and talk about our issues and that bugs me.

Anyway, they pretty much said they're not going to support my weightloss efforts and that they think I'm slowly killing myself. Guys, I weigh 155 and I'm 5'8! I'm not too small! I ended up telling them that I'm going to go to 145 and reevaluate it unless I loose my boobs before then which then I'll stop, wait until I can afford a boob job then start up the weightloss train again, lol! That shut them up, sort of!

Anyway, life's complicated here. I'm ok with it though. I'm sure my husband and I will get through this. We've been together for nearly 20 years now (married over 14) and we're bound to have our bumps in the road. I'm sure that all of this is aiding to my weight gains, but again, it'll pass, just need to work through it!

Thanks for the avi compliments! That picture was take 2 weeks ago, whatcha think, do I look too famished, lol!

That would not fly with me. (Him talking to your parents about your marriage when you are not around.) That is being "unfaithful." I'm really sorry you are going through all this. I'm guessing that you are now the fittest and leanest member of your family. Am I right? That always threatens people for some reason. I think it makes them uncomfortable in their own skin, seeing someone who used to have a big weight problem that has overcome it.

I settled in my relationships in life, too. I always had self-esteem issues so I didn't feel like I was worthy of more. Anyway, I'm sorry you have these feelings to deal with. But I would definitely draw the line at him talking about you and your marriage to your own family.

Originally Posted by Lbibclc

We had really strong storms come through Sunday. Busted my computer. I had it turned off but not unplugged. Supposed to have someone come look at it Thursday but they didn't call today like they said. I drug out an out laptop to use for now. I will mostly be lurking at this point. I am doing the P3 for now and trying to hang on.

Lets have a good week, OK!!

Liz, I'm really sorry your computer got damaged by that storm. It must have been a wicked one! Keep us posted on what the repair guy has to say on Thursday.

Originally Posted by minimonkey

Can I help. please??? Seriously -- they have no business trying to control your life like that...

Funny how the more we feel okay in ourselves, the less cr@p we are willing to take from others.....

I think you're right-on, Mini. When we value ourselves, we expect to be valued by others. It goes back to the "settling" idea. Why settle for manipulation and harassment?

I am still fighting the rash on my face, neck and chest. I have gotten a script for triamcinolone cream but if it doesn't start improving rapidly, I'm going to go see the Dr. This has been over a week now and it's spreading. It's up behind my right ear, too! If I didn't know any better, I'd think I got into some poison ivy. But that doesn't jive with the hives and eye bags it started out with. It was so itchy last night that I woke from a sound sleep at 0300 to apply lotion to my neck.

[CherylB]

Jules, that pizza wasn't part of my plan but it was good! I was feeling frustrated about family matters and the fact that my face had been blowing up for nearly a week and my food supplies at home have been dwindling didn't help the matter. I just didn't care anymore and went for it.

I'm forcing myself to go shopping today and I'll do my best not to be looked at. How I'll manage that, I don't know. But it will be a very rapid-fire shopping trip.

[dazygyrl]

i am bummed. i don't think dh and i can load on the 13th (ds's birthday) i just ordered our pellets last night and i don't think they'll make it to us by fri so we can start dosing on sat. i should have thought it thru better. BUT you can bet we WILL be saving some cake form the birthday!! i'll get tracking info later today so we'll see for sure then when we'll get them.