~~ Rogue/Alternative HCG/hHCG plans for week of 8.26.12~~

[ReBecca Tu]

CherylB...I think I love you...lmao!! I happen to have just passed my 40th birthday on August 12th...though I am told I dont look it!
As far as the cpr...it wasnt done by the nurses. I was at a family gathering with my girlfriend/parnter and I stopped breathing. Her and her sister did cpr on me. My partner is cpr certified but has never actually had to use it. They also had to do cpr on me for 20 minutes while they waited for the ambulance to get there, and I stopped breathing twice with no heartbeat during that time, and then once again in the ambulance. I was in ICU for two days before they stabalized me and put me on an acute pain ward for the ribs and then treated me intravenously with antibiotics for the pneumonia. My partner wouldnt let me return to dieting right away, after I got out...hence the 3 week interm. I am feeling better but the ribs and sternum are still painful, but I feel like I have most of my strength back. Mostly...lol

[pendragginp]

Oh jeez Rebecca I just realized that I posted to you on the old thread! But it was just to say I'm so sorry you went through that!

<going to try to find my brain now. I know I had it here somewhere>

[CherylB]

Originally Posted by ReBecca Tu

CherylB...I think I love you...lmao!! I happen to have just passed my 40th birthday on August 12th...though I am told I dont look it!
As far as the cpr...it wasnt done by the nurses. I was at a family gathering with my girlfriend/parnter and I stopped breathing. Her and her sister did cpr on me. My partner is cpr certified but has never actually had to use it. They also had to do cpr on me for 20 minutes while they waited for the ambulance to get there, and I stopped breathing twice with no heartbeat during that time, and then once again in the ambulance. I was in ICU for two days before they stabalized me and put me on an acute pain ward for the ribs and then treated me intravenously with antibiotics for the pneumonia. My partner wouldnt let me return to dieting right away, after I got out...hence the 3 week interm. I am feeling better but the ribs and sternum are still painful, but I feel like I have most of my strength back. Mostly...lol

OMG, honey. You are lucky to be alive right now. It took 20 minutes for the ambulance to arrive? That's criminal! Thank God they knew how to perform CPR to keep you going or you'd have been in a lot more trouble than just pain. Is this the first time in your life that you've needed to be revived? That must have been one hellish case of pneumonia!

We're all so glad you are with us! (And no; you don't look like you're 40. I would have guessed 30.) I hope you stick around. We're a good bunch of crazy ladies.

As for me, I'm up some today but we all know the reasons why. I'm proud of myself for only eating and drinking what I did. I could have done so much more damage and spent money I didn't have to spend. The bump-up on the scale will be gone really fast.

I got invited to go to the Big E fair in Massachusetts this Monday. Long story short, I got someone to take my place at the farm and then it hit me: these things cost money! So I said no to my sister about the fair and asked to do my Monday at the farm again. If I went to the fair, I know I would have gone off P2 and I don't want to do that again. Too much too often is too bad!

I'm supposed to be at the gym this afternoon. I called the Vet about the job (again). Got tired of being patient and I wanted to remind them I'm still out there, waiting and hoping. And I called my attorney, who is supposed to be calling me right back when he's finished with another client. At least he's around! I hope he can tell me what's up with this "we will be changing the locks in a few days" notice.

I'm going to spend this weekend getting ready to open the doors for the moving sale. It's time. It has to be done and I am clearly running out of time. I can't do it all today. There's too much to do, including making signs and arranging things in the house for people to see as they walk through. But I can get either the signs done or the house set up.

When I grasp things with my right hand (especially to write) my whole hand goes numb. It's not carpal tunnel, it's some other pinched nerve. I had a test done and they didn't tell me what it was, just what it wasn't. The story of my life, basically. So I will keep the signs very basic and only put them out on the main road at the street that leads to my old abode. I'll use a brightly colored sign and make arrows. And I'll put a backing on them so they won't curl. (I hate when they do that!)

Now all I have to do is get my @$$ out of this bed and get busy! See you later, people.

[EmBee]

Hi Everyone!!! Today's loss was only .6 but I suppose after a 3 pound loss yesterday I cannot complain. Cheryl I LOVE my Aqua Zumba class..it is my favorite! I hate to miss it ever. You are more free to move like you want cause you are underwater, where no one can see you...LOL

Rebecca...so glad that you are okay!!! Don't worry you will regain (lose) the ground (weight)...hahaha never mind you know what I am trying to say.

Spent the morning making a huge batch of P2 chili with lots of kick....Froze some of it for later. Of course I am alway rogue - ing it up somehow. Today I did venture and have a 1/2 cup of plain butternut squash, well see what that does. I feel good to finally be back on the losing track for a bit !! Happy Friday everyone!

[CherylB]

Mmmm! Butternut squash! I love the winter squashes. I saw them at the store yesterday and started to drool. 3 lbs yesterday??? I'm so sorry I missed that! WOOOOHOOOOO! I was thinking the same thing about the Aqua Zumba class. I'll have to give it a whirl someday soon.

I've been shopping online for some moving sale signs and colored arrows. I'm going to have to make my own. Too much money and the signs aren't big enough. I'll just go out and buy the materials and get busy. I'm thinking of using stencils and spray paint. That would be the best thing for my right hand. Off to see what I can accomplish!

[ReBecca Tu]

Cheryl...yes that was the first time I'd ever had to be revived. It took so long for the ambulance because we werent in the city, we were at a family gathering about 20 minutes or so outside of the city. I had double pneumonia...and I am a heavy smoker...in addition to having had 2 glasses of wine. It slowed my respiration down and oxygen couldnt get into my lungs. It was very scary...more so for the people around me who had to witness it.
Well...I stepped on the scales and had a 3 pound weight loss for yesterday. I did pretty good but totally rogue. I had a can of chicken breast with sea salt (65 calories) for breakfast, for lunch I had half of a fat free diet lasagna ( 200 cals) and that really filled me up until about 9:30 last night and my girlfriend wanted mcdonalds...and we conveniently have one right across the street from us. lol...anyway I got a fish sandwich (303 calories)...and thats all! Oh and a bite of bacon that my g/f made for her breakfast. I have started today off good so far. It is 10am and I had about 75 grams of baked skinless chicken breast with salt and a teaspoon of hotsauce. My partners bday is in 28 days and I hope to lose right around 30 pounds before then.
Thanks for all the well wishes everybody...I really am feeling almost back to normal. The doctor had me on antibiotics through the IV while in hospital and then also sent me home with another 5 day round. Now if I could just manage to sneeze without feeling like my ribs are breaking all over again, I'd be quite content. lol

[CherylB]

Oh, man. I once had a bruised rib (at least that's what I thought it was. It could have been fractured) and I remember how terrible that was. I really feel for you (is it Rebecca or Becca or what?)

Have a lovely night, ladies. Catch you again tomorrow. I got a lot done as far as preparing for my moving sale. I went shopping and bought signs and stencils and markers and big yellow arrows and I have it all figured out. I had enough stencils to write out three words at one time and tape them to the board all at once:

Moving Sale Today. That's all it says, but the big yellow arrows will point the way. And the last big yellow arrow will say, "Come on it!" and point straight at my house.

Night

[pendragginp]

Good luck tomorrow Cheryl.

[ReBecca Tu]

It's ReBecca, Becca or Bex...just not Becky. lol

[CherylB]

Okay. ReBecca it is! My sister adopted a mut from Tennessee and her name is Becca. She's incredibly smart and very silky soft, so Becca is a name close to my heart.

I'm not doing the moving sale tomorrow, just getting my ducks in a row. I am going to do the farm for my first Saturday ever. At least there will be no program going on. For that, I am thankful. We shall see how the other girl and I get along. I am hoping it goes well.

I love the horses so much. I just wish someone would give me a pitiful little part time job there. Anything would help! Ya know?

Night.

[EmBee]

Hey GOOD MORNING!!!.... 2 pound loss this morning puts me into NEW ground wooo hooo!!! I blogged about it...but here is the short version 226!!!! Woohoo!!

[CherylB]

Yahooooo! Embee!!! New numbers are the best, aren't they? 2 lb drops are, too.

I've been bad but I vow to be a good girl from now on. Drinking beer at home is a tough habit to break once broken. But I'll break it once more.

Hope everyone has a nice weekend! I have my first Saturday farm shift around 4. It will be so nice because there won't be any lessons going on and all things should be calm and normal.

[minimonkey]

Whoa, ladies -- I have missed a TON of postings here!

ReBecca -- thank goodness your partner knows CPR! (and wow, that woman must be pretty strong!) I am so sorry to hear you've been through so much pain, and I am wishing you lots of healing.

Cheryl -- whoa! That is a heck of a situation with the house! I've heard lots of that kind of stories... seems the foreclosure process is a huge, disorganized mess for the most part.

I don't have time for a lot of personals this morning, but did want to check in. I got another TOM (oh, joy!) -- but I am going to keep plugging with the hormones, and trust that my doc is right and this will eventually regulate things.

The diuretics are finally starting to work - I'm encouraged on that front -- this is a pretty gentle diuretic, which is probably good. I'll be on it for a while, since it is a hormone regulator, and we are working from the premise that the problem is with my aldosterone system (I believe this is true.)

Plugging along ... down a hair on the scale, and so long as the losses continue, I'm changing nothing. I'm pretty much IFing -- one good meal early in the day, and repeat the next day -- trying not to eat in between. Coming in around 800 - 1000 calories daily, more or less, and so far that's fine.

Wishing you all lovely and successful days!

[TerriMM]

Good Morning All,
Finally made it into my decade 129.2 today! Crazy thing is DH wanted a couple drinks on his last day of the week Thursday. And since it was an especially hard week, I'd been doing well on my weight loss I decided a stall day would be worth it. With wine I can usually get away with a couple glasses, lose a little or just stay the same. Two days might bite me in the butt. We'll DH didn't want wine and knew beer would negate his loses so he opted for VO and diet coke. I almost hate to admit it, but I've had some of my best loses of the round.
Thursday 2 drinks down .50
Friday 5 drinks down 1.4
Saturday 5ish drinks down 1.2
Otherwise I've stuck to the diet coming in 607/1004/1089 calories.
Crazy huh?

[CherylB]

Hahahahaha! Terri, that's some testimony! Glad it's working for you. Back in 1998, the year I first did Atkins, I drank Vodka and Crystal Light every dog-gone day and lost an average of 10 lbs per month. That was living!

Mini, goodness gracious! TOM city over there! I feel for you ladies who are still in your reproductive years. I can't even remember the last time I had a TOM. I only had then if I took some kind of HRT or was on the pill (not to keep from getting pregnant, but to regulate and cause me to have a TOM.) But I realize that my situation was not the norm. Thank GOD cause otherwise the human race would die out!

The foreclosure thing is truly a mess, as you say (Mini.) The fact that they are so terribly back-logged with all the houses on the market is what's kept this from going through long before now. So that lulls you into think you have plenty of time to finish doing what needs to be done. That notice they stuck on my window has set me into a tailspin. I haven't been on-plan since that evening. I will get it back, but it won't be happening today.

The strange thing is that nothing I eat tastes good. It's kind of like after you brush your teeth and then eat something too soon. Everything is "off". Takes all the fun out of cheating.

I got my stuff in the mail (the Seal a Meal and other things I ordered.) I don't know if I can now freeze things like ground beef without them becoming crystallized and ultimately soggy. Does it suck enough of the air out to prevent that little effect? I wonder. I bought a family-sized container of ground beef and need to weigh out 3.5 oz "meatballs" and freeze some. I don't think they would last that long in the refrigerator even if they were vacuum-sealed.

Well, that's what's going on here. I did the Saturday farm stuff and met the girl (and I do mean "girl") who does each Saturday pm. She's a Junior in High School. I find it hard to relate and talk to children, never having had any of my own. She was following my lead the whole time, though she's been doing the same things there for as long as I have. I will have to become accustomed to that roll. I hope having me with her is not spoiling her experience. She's used to being just alone with the staff lady.

A very weird thing happened yesterday as I was grooming one of the Mares. I got to a place on her inner thigh area that she seemed to like and so I kept brushing in that spot. Suddenly she started to fall over toward me! I thought she was going to land on top of me. I jumped out of the way and tried to figure out what just happened. She kept that leg tucked under her in such an odd way that she looked off balance so I pushed on her butt to get her to change her position.

I guess I found a spot that I will never again scratch on her! Too freaky. I did tell the equine manager, who was also there at the time, just in case something like that happens again. It sure seemed like something neurological.

Otherwise, there wasn't much to keep us busy yesterday. Next Saturday it won't be the equine manager, but the other staff girl. We'll have more to do.

Hoping you all have a lovely Sunday! I've got no plans so will try and finish up the moving sale signs or do something else constructive around here.

[minimonkey]

Hi, Ladies!

Re: Alcohol -- the first time I did Atkins, years ago, I also drank Vodka pretty much every day, and lost really well. Now, if I drink, it messes me up something fierce ... in many ways. Anyhow, glad the off-plan weekend treated you so well, Terri!

Weird about the mare, Cheryl -- I wonder why that happened? Glad you didn't end up smashed! (Terri got smashed, but in a different way, lol!)

I had a nice little whoosh yesterday -- down 1.4 today I'm finally feeling like the edema is leaving in earnest -- and man does that make a difference! I'm supposed to stay on the diuretic for a while, so I will definitely be doing that.

It's business as usual today -- I'm happy enough with my rate of loss this round, even though it's slow. I figure I'll keep doing what I'm doing as long as I am feeling ok and losing well -- and I will take a week or two maintenance break if I need it before hitting goal, if I get dragged out, or losses stop altogether, or what have you.

Wishing you all a great day!

[pendragginp]

Well when I weighed yesterday I was down almost half a lb, so I was happy.

Today I haven't stayed on plan much, but it's unavoidable, so I'm not stressing.

I may stay on the drops a few extra days instead of ending tomorrow and then doing the two days VLC without and starting P3 Thursday. Hmmm.

Yay for everyone who's losing!

Really is strange about the mare, Cheryl! (Honestly all that occurs to me is ******)

edit: Well that's strange! The word I typed meant - um, physical satisfaction.

[CherylB]

Originally Posted by minimonkey

Weird about the mare, Cheryl -- I wonder why that happened? Glad you didn't end up smashed! (Terri got smashed, but in a different way, lol!)

You're a trip! Yes, it was very weird. I don't know what it would feel like to have a pony (technically she's a pony) teeter over and land her hips and butt on your body, pinning you to the ground. I'm guessing it wouldn't be pleasant. WTG on the whoosh!!!

Originally Posted by pendragginp

Really is strange about the mare, Cheryl! (Honestly all that occurs to me is ******)

edit: Well that's strange! The word I typed meant - um, physical satisfaction.

Yep. Whatever you said wasn't cool. But I won't be giving her that sort of pleasure again. None of them seemed to be enjoying the curry comb yesterday. Maybe they knew it was the weekend and they were just "over it". I guess we all need a day off now and then.

My sister called me as I was heading out the door today, to do more things that aren't on my eating plan. I just said I was heading out but I'm sure she heard in my voice that I wasn't on top of the world. Well, I wrote her a text and told her where I was and what I was doing. We went back and forth and I said this all started the day I found that "Notice" posted on my old abode's window, saying that the locks may be changed in a few days. She asked me why I thought that happened and I said I'd been trying to figure it out.

Then it just came to me. It might not be the answer but I think it's close. Instead of attacking the problem head-on, I went into numbing-mode and into avoidance behavior. I fell back into the old, worn-out, comfortable routine of self-soothing. Like a baby crying for its bottle of milk and its favorite blanky, I went back to the food and drink that sooth me.

I see it now. It didn't take years of psychotherapy to figure it out, just a momentary bit of insight. It might be more involved than that, but it could be this simple. But I see it now and I'm going to meet the challenge head-on. I'll push through the discomfort and get things taken care of, once and for all.

I hope all of you are having a nice Sunday.

[pendragginp]

Good insight, Cheryl, good for you!

What I said 'wasn't cool'? It was the o word, which is honestly what crossed my mind as a possibility; I wasn't just being salacious. (Really not my style.) However I do apologize if I offended.

[minimonkey]

Plum -- I think Cheryl meant "wasn't cool" with the auto-censor, not with her. And yes, the O word is one of those words that gets censored, which is really silly on a board that deals with health issues.

I thought about that too, with the mare -- seems like a real possibility. Either that, or she just took the weight off that leg and it felt like she was about to fall, when she was just leaning a lot. Who knows? In any event, I'm pretty sure no one was offended, except the auto-censor.

[minimonkey]

Great insight, Cheryl -- its amazing the ways we revert to the need for comfort as if we were much younger -- and we all do it, but realizing it and making it conscious is the first step to changing it, so KUDOS to you for doing that!

[CherylB]

How could I be offended by a row of ******? I hope you weren't serious, thinking I took offense. Nothing could be farther from the truth. If anything we say gets censored, it's "not cool" for the one posting. Been there!

Thanks for backing me up on the insight theory. I'm going to charge ahead tomorrow. Put my head down and put it in drive. If I have to close my eyes and hold my breath until I get past the uncomfortable stuff, so be it.

Hope you are all having a lovely Sunday evening. I'm going to try and get to bed early tonight so I can start Monday off right. Peace, my friends.

[CherylB]

PS: I just watched the cutest movie on Netflix tonight. Queen Latifah in, "Last Holiday." I love her! It was so adorable. LOL kind of movie.

Also, I put Cisco out a while ago and instead of doing her thing, she stood in the yard barking. All I could think is there might have been a deer or bear or something in the back yard. ? I had her come back in because clearly she wasn't getting anything accomplished.

[Crazy PreK Teacher]

Originally Posted by minimonkey

Hi, Ladies!

Re: Alcohol -- the first time I did Atkins, years ago, I also drank Vodka pretty much every day, and lost really well. Now, if I drink, it messes me up something fierce ... in many ways. Anyhow, glad the off-plan weekend treated you so well, Terri!

Weird about the mare, Cheryl -- I wonder why that happened? Glad you didn't end up smashed! (Terri got smashed, but in a different way, lol!)

I had a nice little whoosh yesterday -- down 1.4 today I'm finally feeling like the edema is leaving in earnest -- and man does that make a difference! I'm supposed to stay on the diuretic for a while, so I will definitely be doing that.

It's business as usual today -- I'm happy enough with my rate of loss this round, even though it's slow. I figure I'll keep doing what I'm doing as long as I am feeling ok and losing well -- and I will take a week or two maintenance break if I need it before hitting goal, if I get dragged out, or losses stop altogether, or what have you.

Wishing you all a great day!

Mini...you are rockin' it KUTGW!!! So happy for you

[pendragginp]

Oh, I didn't think Cheryl was offended, but I didn't know it was an auto censor; I thought it was one of the mods who had been squicked out, so I apologized. Thanks for letting me know.

Cheryl I've seen Last Holiday and agree, enjoyable movie.

[minimonkey]

For the longest time, we had to write c0cktails when describing alcoholic beverages....lol. I think that one was finally removed from the list of censored words.

Whoohoo PreK on your whoosh, too

I'm getting to bed really late tonight, so I don't know if the scale will be very kind tomorrow, but I guess we'll see...

[pendragginp]

For the longest time, we had to write c0cktails when describing alcoholic beverages....lol.

lolol!

[sparkysarah]

woohoo I'm down 11ish pounds in 13 days! I hope I can keep this up...I'm loving the losses so far. It is hard eating salad every day.

Saturday I had the best frozen crab cake from Kroger (190 cals, 9 g carb I think). It was definitely rogue but I still lost the next day. Even eating the forbidden broccoli with it LOL.

The grocery store better not run out of these things b/c they are going to be my treat at least once a week for dinner

[sparkysarah]

about the alcohol...I'm drinking 1/4 cup vodka mixed with crystal light lemonade a couple times a week. So far it hasn't messed me up but if you drink too much it could.

I think 1/4 cup vodka is equivalent to 2 shots but I really don't know lol.

[minimonkey]

Hi Sparky! Nice to see you here, and congrats on your great losses!

I am down another .6 today, so I really can't complain at all right now.

Oh, how I'd love it if this continued at such a nice clip for a while