P3~P4 SIMEONS PROTOCOL DECEMBER 2012

[pandora174]

Morning Ladies !! up +.02 only which is really good because I ate a lot yesterday. All P3 style but I did have 1 lt Heineken & at night I was starving so I had at least half a cup of shredded cheese So all that considering not bad only +08 over ldw.

Today want to eat super clean because vacation starts tomorrow !! Not worried too much about New Year's Eve because we'll be on the road in the morning and will take my P3 breakfast for the car ride. I will keep dinner & lunch my usual high fat "but" I will be having Champagne So taking my coconut water and going to drink tons of water this vacation and let's see what happens.

Pretty much ready for the next round as I am getting excited about seeing the vacation weight come off and then see the 120's show up on the scale.

[pandora174]

I really wouldprefer to do a 23 day round which I have never done. I've always done 35-40 day rounds. I had read somewhere that it's recommended to do a minimum of 30 days or stabilizing might be an issue. Any thoughts or was this bogus advice ?

I'm asking because I want to be securely 120 when I end my next round so if I end up 117 or 118 not worried since I normally stabilize 2 or 3 lbs over. So if I'm 131 today and let's say I end up 140 after loading (worst case) I will need to lose 20ish lbs next rounds. If this is the case I know I can forget about doing a short round but if I'm lucky and don't gain a lot loading then 23 days can get me to goal weight kwim ?

I was hoping I could get it done in a short round but if needed I can go 30 days to get to goal. Just worried about what I've read in other sites about 23 day rounds and then having a hard time stabilizing in P3.

[Jeanyyy]

Well, I had over 2000 calories again yesterday, including bread stuffing, nuts, full sugar cranberry sauce, full sugar salted toffee cheesecake pop, a LC tortilla, etc - and up only 0.3 lbs today. YayY!!

Tomorrow is NYE and Loading Day #1 for me for a new round!! The plan is to go out to visit a new low carb store here in town during the day, perhaps (if it has arrived) pick up my Nexus 7, and later in the evening, a nice dinner out.

[MOMMYONAMISSION]

Evening ladies I was 206.6 today, which is my ldw. I think I'm going to wait to load. Maybe Tuesday I will start. I Think I'm going to be up tomorrow, I only had a salad with chicken from Sonny's ,diet coke and some almonds.

[MOMMYONAMISSION]

Good morning ladies, I'm 206.6 today that's my ldw. I'm going eat clean I'm not ready to load yet.

[julieboolie]

Originally Posted by pandora174

I really wouldprefer to do a 23 day round which I have never done. I've always done 35-40 day rounds. I had read somewhere that it's recommended to do a minimum of 30 days or stabilizing might be an issue. Any thoughts or was this bogus advice ?

I'm asking because I want to be securely 120 when I end my next round so if I end up 117 or 118 not worried since I normally stabilize 2 or 3 lbs over. So if I'm 131 today and let's say I end up 140 after loading (worst case) I will need to lose 20ish lbs next rounds. If this is the case I know I can forget about doing a short round but if I'm lucky and don't gain a lot loading then 23 days can get me to goal weight kwim ?

I was hoping I could get it done in a short round but if needed I can go 30 days to get to goal. Just worried about what I've read in other sites about 23 day rounds and then having a hard time stabilizing in P3.

I'd play it by ear. If you're not where you want to be at the end of the 21 VLCDs then extend if needed. I don't lose well beyond that 21 day period so I usually end around there. Too much sacrifice w.o. losing makes me cranky!

Originally Posted by Jeanyyy

Well, I had over 2000 calories again yesterday, including bread stuffing, nuts, full sugar cranberry sauce, full sugar salted toffee cheesecake pop, a LC tortilla, etc - and up only 0.3 lbs today. YayY!!

Tomorrow is NYE and Loading Day #1 for me for a new round!! The plan is to go out to visit a new low carb store here in town during the day, perhaps (if it has arrived) pick up my Nexus 7, and later in the evening, a nice dinner out.

You really are stable!! So happy for you!! Enjoy loading!!

Originally Posted by MOMMYONAMISSION

Evening ladies I was 206.6 today, which is my ldw. I think I'm going to wait to load. Maybe Tuesday I will start. I Think I'm going to be up tomorrow, I only had a salad with chicken from Sonny's ,diet coke and some almonds.

That's wonderful!! Hope you're down even more tomorrow!!

I had a cookie and some fries yesterday (why can't I seem to say "no" anymore?). I am the same today, which is good, but still higher than I want to be. I can't seem to find my motivation to lose this weight. I think it's still that sense of being "done" after so many years of trying to lose all the time. KWIM? I will get these 5lbs back off, but not likely today. Going to a party tonight and will try to make good choices, but I am going back on the LC wagon pretty tightly tomorrow (tossing the leftover temptations in the morning!!) so I may allow some last hurrah type stuff tonight. We'll see.

Hope you all have a Happy New Year!! I need to call and see if I have to go in for Jury Duty today. I really hope not!! That's not how I'd like to end 2012!!

See you all next year!!

[LaraSuzz]

Loading day one...but i will take it easy until tomorrow when I can stay home and enjoy hom made bad foods lol although I am really craving KFC.

[pandora174]

Afternoon Ladies ! I don't know what got into me last night but let's just say I got into chips, cake and cookies I've been sick to my stomach since last night. I really don't know what made me do it but I did lol

Didn't even weigh this morning. All I've had today is coffee and a about an ounce of gouda cheese. Hopefully my stomach will be better for tonight that we were planning on eating at an Argentinian steak restaurant. Just checked into the hotel & going to enjoy myself. I did bring my scale but not sure if I should just put it back into our luggage since it's not like I'm going to do a correction or anything.

Need to relax !! Maybe a few glasses of wine will help Happy New Year Everyone !!

[Crazy PreK Teacher]

HAPPY NEW YEAR Everyone!!!!

I'm praying for a prosperous & healthy year ahead for all of us!!!

I am doing fabulous. I am -.4 below LDW...so very, very happy! I have to admit that I have had a BLAST eating yummy holiday goodies: PB fudge, cranberry/nut bread, & hershey kisses...and I owe it all to JUDDD And to top it off...I have not been doing it 100%...a few DD's have ended up being MD's, and I have had sugar/starches Those following days I do get a small bump-up, but it falls back off after 1-2 rotations...soooo awesome! I am trying to train my body that carbs are okay sometimes. I maintain well on some carbs, but I clearly do not lose well on having the carbs I am back to strict LC/JUDDD rotations since yesterday, and I truly feel better already. I get so sluggish, and the cravings for MORE when I'm eating carbs. I'm hoping to get down to 168 lbs. and maintaining 168-170 lbs. Right now I tend to be 173-175 lbs. which puts me too close to my TOPS max. leeway of 178 lbs. No wiggle room in an emergency situation, kwim? I am returning to the YMCA this week...starting with 10 min. elliptical for a week or two, then will slowly add more machines/classes later.

I see that many have checked in and it delights my heart to see the regulars starting to get back, and welcome to the newbies. I glance at all the new posts, but don't always reply. Hopefully my time gets more abundant. Seems like my schedule is slowing down now.

Also, my heart is abundant with gratitude to all of you (they know who they are!) who have helped me tremendously along this journey. I could NOT have done this with out everyone's support, information, scoldings, and encouragement. They have put up with me, which is hard enough b'cuz I am such an oddball situation, and my body isn't always like the norm. I tend to need/have to go against the grain in order for results...but I finally got there...and bound & determined to stay there.
THANK YOU SO MUCH

A new year = a new start!!!! You can do it!!!!

[tarheelkris]

Happy New Year everyone!!

[shelbyla]

Happy New Year to all!

Well, I'm finally over whatever the heck that I had that made me not feeling like eating. I basically just went with it until something sounded--or in my case smelled--good. Saturday, there wasn't much eating until evening then mostly LC goodies, champagne, and various meats, cheeses, and dips. At least I WAS eating, albeit lightly.

Woke up to a 0.3 gain from my low Saturday morning at 142 something and I was RAVENOUS! (Thanks goodness!) I went out to breakfast where I had potatoes along with my omelet, ended up test driving then BUYING a new car so was busy much of the day, and ended the day with a very late, VERY salty, not very good for me dinner of fried chicken wings (no breading--thank you Wingstop!) and yes, MORE potatoes. This morning, ONLY up 0.2 and still under 143.

Tonight, I'll be having some more wine (but not very much) and we'll see about dinner. A couple of gf's and I are going to a party so I'm not sure what they'll have there and how much I'll feel like eating. I DID eat a healthy sized salad for lunch with an apple so that should help get my eating back on track, in more ways than one. Still coughing a bit so I may hold off on exercise until the weekend.

Side note...I am heading into THIS new year right around 15 pounds lower than LAST new year. It may have taken me a couple of failed rounds and this may not be the end (if I don't stay on top of it I WILL lose control!) but it CAN be done!

May you all have a wonderful end to 2012 and may 2013 be the very best year yet!!! Be safe!

[pandora174]

Morning Ladies ! Hope everyone had a Happy New Year. Here is my update Woke up today to a 10 lb gain, yes I wrote it our right not a typo. Last night I didn't even get into the Champagne. I did have a binge Fri. night which I told you guys about so I didn't weigh in yesterday. Well yesterday other than coffee and cheese and yes a muffin. I had 2 Heineken lights and then we went to a Mexican restaurant for the 31st. I had a frozen Margarita, chips and salsa and some steak/chicken tortilla. No dessert at the restaurant.

Oh well. Today we are headed to Universal Studios so lots of walking and will make sure to drink a lot of water. At this point I'm only hoping the 10 lbs is inflammation and it will settle down if not I think I'll finally break the record of the person who gains the most while on vacation in the history of mankind.

and I still have 5 days to go on vacation including my husband's b-day which I ordered him a strawberry shortcake to arrive tomorrow when we check in to our Disney hotel. At least I know I will lose this weight when I do my round but I was hoping I would gain 10 lbs by the end of the vacaition, not the beginning !!

I think I am going to put the scale away like my husband suggested. I really am depressing myself constantly weighing myself

[MOMMYONAMISSION]

Happy New Years all!! This was the best one ever! I am 106lbs lighter and on the right path. I will not give up. I will still strive to be even smaller next year.
Well yesterday I didn't load. I'm going to do a cd today. I'm not going to weigh in I had a doughnut last night. And a very late steak dinner. I ate low carb, steak and salad. I did eat a few fried shrimps. :/ My stomach is killing Me today.

Pandora maybe its water retention from the chips too. You will be fine.

[LaraSuzz]

Happy New Year!!!!!!!

OMG Shelby what kind of car did you get!!!!

[keepingcupsfull]

Mommy wow congrats to you! I'm impressed. Way to go.

Bee

[C'Marie]

I have eaten enough to feed a small army. Since my last checkin I have kept almost gluten-free, the only exception was some coconut shrimp at a restaurant (my favorite!) but I have eaten tons and tons of carbs and sugar (gluten-free cake, and lots of dark chocolate!). I am NOT weighing. Strict low carb today, have a bad headache almost like a hangover. All the sugar is going into the freezer until I get ahold of myself. I have discovered that I can eat potatoes, fries, chips, etc as long as there is no wheat and I don't get inflamed in my joints - well, kinda good, so I can have a potato now and then, but NOT GOOD when I decide to sit down with a bag of potato chips and eat more than half the bag at one sitting. UGH.

It feels REALLY WEIRD to not be loading and doing a P2 round. I have done one or two every January 1 since 2010. I am still not convinced that I shouldn't, but I didn't order any rx and I have no pellets, so LC and JUDDD will have to do for now. Still trying to keep the adrenals happy and keep off the anxiety attacks and get enough rest, all of which seem to get whacko too easy these days with menohell hormonal changes. Feeling like I'm in left field and all alone.

[MOMMYONAMISSION]

Thank you bee

[shelbyla]

Originally Posted by LaraSuzz

OMG Shelby what kind of car did you get!!!!

I got a 2013 Honda CRV. A very very dark chocolate brown. I think the color is called Kona Coffee.

[MOMMYONAMISSION]

Good morning ladies I start to load today!! I'm 205.4 today... I ate gy yesterday, then I got into some chocolate chip cookies last night. I think I'm stabilized and ready to start.

[pandora174]

Originally Posted by shelbyla

I got a 2013 Honda CRV. A very very dark chocolate brown. I think the color is called Kona Coffee.

Congrats on the car !!

[pandora174]

Originally Posted by MOMMYONAMISSION

Good morning ladies I start to load today!! I'm 205.4 today... I ate gy yesterday, then I got into some chocolate chip cookies last night. I think I'm stabilized and ready to start.

Congrats Mommy !

[pandora174]

Morning ! Checking out of one wonderful hotel & getting ready to check into a Disney property for 4 nights to celebrate my husband's birthday.

I didn't listen to my own advice and got on the scale this morning. After walking 2 theme parks yesterday I still continue to gain. Total of 14 lbs. Today I am leaving the scale in the trunk of the car because it's seriously depressing me and I'm not enjoying myself like I should. Oh well...hopefully it comes off in P2

I have never gained so much before on vacation.

[Jeanyyy]

Hello, everyone. Today is the start of a new P2 round. I gained 3 lbs loading over 2 days with about 4000 calories each day, heavy on the fat. I am actually still 0.1 lbs below LDW from my last round. Unbelievable!! Start weight: 206.7... off we gooooooo...!!

Is there a P2 thread for January?

[shelbyla]

New year, new thread for us trucking along in P3/P4... Come join me!

P3~P4 SIMEONS PROTOCOL JANUARY 2013