138.4 Tried another steak day today.

I had a rest day today resting from all exercises. Instead I did house work and the dreaded bills. I made the mistake of asking the Hubby if he thought I was looking like I had tighter legs like in the past. Smart Man he would only say the he loved me no matter what and that I would never be 21 again.

Little guy ate lots again today. Of course I made the peanut butter sandwich with carmel chips so that he would eat it no matter what. He ate it all but the crust. Along with an oatmeal bar from my sisters house. I wonder if he tried new things at school today. Again used the hungry med, I think I will have to keep this up for a little bit until we get him into realizing the messages that he is hungry.

Oh ya I ate an apple and had my steak and lots and lots of water today and I am drinking tea before I go to bed. The teenagers at my house are having a get along battle and I sure hope they get it figured out soon so we can have peace again.

138.2 Killed by chilie, Steak day again.

I know I know it usually takes two days for a weight change to show up and here it is. It's not to bad but it's over two pounds again.
I had to study today to take my CDL test so I walked on the treadmill while reading my book and going over all the info I need to keep on my brain for the big test.
I also went to my closet and have to give away some of my cute long sleeved shirts because lets face it I now look like I am wearing a bag instead of trying to squeeze into these shirts. Such a crazy switch since last winter. I really like these shirts too but that's ok now I get to get some new things again.
Walking 2.5 miles while reading.
I ate my steak late in the evening and hope that there is a big drop. I am grappling with doing another round or waiting until after all the holiday's are over. I would hope that I could lose to my goal of 120 by Thanksgiving but do I risk the possible tangle that I have to work with over the holiday eats that are sure to be there to face. Especially when your supposed to restrict yourself from some many starches after the drops are done.

137 Just another lazy rainy Sat.

It usually turns into one of those very lazy days. I hit the alarm off instead of getting up and loved every sleep in sec.

Made the C boy go on my 3 mile run and 1 mile walk. He made fun of me again because he can walk almost as fast as I run but he still attempts to look like he is running with me so I do not get so bugged feeling. I felt great and ready to keep it consistent next time instead of breaking it up with the walk in between. At least I got my run in before the rain started to come down.

Nice long soaking bath my hip keeps hurting and its really buggy that it does that.

Not really a hungry girl today I ate almonds and a tiny bit of cheese and then went to dinner with the Hubby for a very good prime rib dinner. I think I might pop from such a good meal. Good thing I really didn't eat to much earlier in the day.

I could only manage a small bit of the steak and was full so very fast. More thirsty then anything today. I guess this could look like a steak day but I wasn't trying to make it that way. I did ask for tomatoes because I wanted them so much. Going to bed early while the Hubby goes to the movies with the teens so they can get extra credit at school. Secretariat what a great show.

137.8 EEEK thats it STEAK DAY ahead.

Why can't my body just sit and not fluctuate radically. That was not a very exciting thing to wake up and see on my scale reading. The rule is if your body goes over 2 pounds even if it is an ounce after being done with the HCG then you have to do a steak day with one tomato or one apple. So an apple and a steak today along with lots of water for me, not to exciting a day to say the least. But I snitched a half or two making a whole piece of turkey bacon while feeding the crew.

I am doing cross training today. I went on a little mountain hike, little because it was very wet from raining and my shoes quickly soaked because of the open breathing net on the top, should have picked differently. Came home to finish out with hip hop video and some crunches.
Ate my steak at about 1:30 ate my apple around 4:30 and felt very satisfied.

Last football game of the season hurray because I have been freezing all day and it was cold sitting there watching my C boy play.

135.8 So when do you decide that its the right weight?

This morning when I got up and stood on the scale it said 136.2. WHAT I was good last night!

I have noticed that when I stop the HCG then over the three days that you continue the protocol until all of it is out of your system then I creep up very slowly. Until I hit the spot that my body decides to stay set at. This buggers me because I wanted to stop at 135 and stay at 135 and its not working that way again. So today I am doing a steak day. Oh ya the nature call kicked in as I stood there so I sat the throne and yes there was a drop but I still do not like that I am doing the slow creep up but I will keep that nature call elimination as my scale reading for the day.

This means that I drink my correct water amount and only eat a steak and a tomato and that's it. Its not really a little steak it is very lean and I usually do it at lunch time not at dinner time like the Dr. says to do. Why well because then it burns off and I do not have a heavy steak meal sitting in my guts all night making me feel kinda uncomfortable. That's not to say I always do it that way but when I do a steak day I have usually done it this way. Of course the Hubby was put out that I didn't make him a steak but good grief bacon lettuce tomato sandwiches are super good too I told him. He became satisfied.

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143.2 Schooching slowly.

So now the scale wants to hold to the lovely steak day from two days ago. That much steak is not a legal when on HHCG unless the oz count would have been 3.5 and it most definitely was not I am still holding to the 143 read. Pickles going to make them literally this morning and then relax all day because its been a very long week. Hubby and I tried to drive up to see how far down the mountain range the wild fire has burned and this day they have shut the freeway entrances off during the middle of the day. Its is extremely smoky but at least today the wind is blowing it up and away from us.

Breakfast: warm tea I was freezing all morning.
Lunch: tolapia with yellow pear tomatoes and grissini sticks and strawberry's in a tiny bit of milk made into a smoothie.
Dinner:Asparagus and turkey breast ground and fried on the grill. Wasa crackers to make a bun and then a yummy cold orange.

143.4 See I told you so but I am making it.

Not bad but ya the scale went up. We had a lovely dinner at Steve's Steak house. I only had steak ends, 6oz worth and I couldn't tell where to cut it down to where 3oz would be but its ok for one night right. My partner in HHCG my little sis is back working to get off the rest of her pounds now. Its nice to have a buddy to share the rough physiological moments with, like your not hungry but you just want to eat it days. Long day of cabin cleaning and making beds but its going for a very good cause so it makes the work light. I am going to remind myself I am working hard to get on down the scale to finish my goal off reaching to 120lbs. I am making it I am.

145.8 Wow maybe it was because it was carrot cake!

Ya that's got to be the reason it was all made of a veggie and it somehow counters out all the sugar and flour. I was in total shock when I stood on the scale. 2 days of special occasion foods just gotta mess with the scales and when it didn't well I got off got on and got off and did it again.

I guess my body is maintaining well.

Steak day again because the boys want to tryout the new grill we inherited and they marinated them all night so they would be ready after church to grill up.

It was raining like crazy again so this morning I didn't try to go running again. This weather is being strange for around here usually it is dang hot.

145.2 YOWSIE I love that steak day.

I guess maybe your body has to burn hard to break up a steak but look at that drop. Good thing cause today there is a wedding dinner to go to and I want to stay low on the scale.
I walked 2 miles and ran 2.5 miles today. I seem to get going better if I walk the first mile. Like the old bones need warming up and the lungs need to be blown up a few times. After that I can run without gasping for air down deep in the lower bottom end.

Wedding meal was filled with lots of veggy selections which was so yummy and even a sweet pudding treat with all kinds of toppings that are very risky but I ate anyway.
Mini Job has morphed into maybe more then I want. I ended up changing 9 beds today and that wasn't at my house. Hmm rethinking if I want to do this for someone else or if my own house might be more important. They better pay me well or it's not going to happen anymore.

Family time in the summer

Sunday July 18th 151.4

I feel like catch up all around me. Two derailed days from run training. Sunday my hubby told me I should make it a real day of rest and not run in the cool hours so I wrote to lovely family members instead, I am related to three young men who are out serving the Lord and one who is serving our country and they all need to have a note that says us at the home front remember and care for them.

I did have a Sunday steak day because my hubby found a steak deep in the bottom of the deep freeze and told me and cooked it for me. I think he was hiding it since he is crazy for beef.

Did the scale work welllll not like I would have liked to seen but that's ok.

Monday July 19th 150.4 So thats a first cause the steak day didn't work this time at all wonder why??????????????????????????????????????

I had to go with the hubby at 5 am into work to get that dang truck that keeps taking my time. That dang truck better get itself back in order and stop taking my time up. If you can't guess it's the same truck that caused me two days of town sitting last week so that now I have to do house repairs from wild unattended summer lose boys left alone in the house. If I am going to be in town then lets get foodie finally and a crystal ball video. It focuses on simple ABS just what I need for the weakest part of my body. It's by Leslie Sansone haven't had a sec to try it yet but I'll let ya know if it's worth it.

The truck finally got done and gets to come home from the mechanic Doc. and the hubby got off early. So he has hair brain idea and we all went to the swimming pool to escape the heat of the day. That was a blast he never wants to swim so you know it has got to be really hot. He raced J and C and even dove off the boards with them. Dunked K and Mc and splashed with Z and Jer. I got a mini run in done under the water. After our swim the pretty girl had a horse drill team practise so over to there we went and watched, then early to bed since all were swam out tired.

My food today was to many breads and needs more vegetables but I am not going to stress it will work out in the end. Playing with children was lots more fun.

144.8 Wehoooo back down for a sec I am afraid.

Well that is a number that has been allusive for a bit. I hope it will stick but I am not sure that will happen. Steak days are so strange I just really wish I could understand what makes a body drop back just because of that 1 steak and 1 apple or tomato. I even ate a huge piece of steak. Well today was crazy so I hope that it has some stick power because I only ate turkey sausage, eggs and peppers for a mid brunch and then dinner was some hummus and rice crackers and cheese sticks. It was so hot that a body didn't want to eat. Late in the evening I could not resist some homemade brownies by my little Z guy made so I ate and will just have to bear, it no offending a budding cook on my part.
Miles: 4.11 jogging and .89 walking. It was so humid and muggy that I just could not do any of the hills today so I walked them.
I had so hoped that we didn't have to hook up the swamp cooler but I think that hope is about out the window.
Later in the evening I did a major trip over a chair and had a stick cut my big toe just before the chair landed on it and bruised the whole area. I have been training to do my first 5K not sure what might happen now. Sitting with ice on it.

149.4 or is it 148.8?? Whatever it is it's for sure a steak day tomarrow.

Steak day again!

I think that the carrot cake and the popcorn and no running has caught me today. I slept in and loved it since it's been the first sleep in for about a week. Getting groceries, repair work and doing laundry is the order for the Saturday.

What a great article this is, I so agree with it. When my boys wrestle the first thing they quit eating is sugar and white rice their coach is all over them about no fried foods or french fries either. This article talks about those same evils in all of our diets for the last few years.

It was a rather productive day, fixed a closet rod that boys keep knocking down and got ready to put a screen door on the front door with the help of my wonderful Dad. While the Hubby kept all the boys out in the field hauling the last of the hay of our side of the farm and then starting the irrigation which is always wet fun.

147.8 Hospital Food YUCK.

My yesterday meal choice was a double cheese burger with the bread gone and the tomato in between the patty's. The only other healthy thing to pick form was a bag of raw cashews, cheese sticks and some salad. Not much in the healthy category except a salad and I wasn't in the mood for that. I survived sleeping on a big hospital bed with little guy who had a rough night but we made it through and finally got to leave. That Jer would tell them to get the blood pressure cuff off because it was done and he knew it. The nurses sure got a laugh out of that we had to bribe him to keep his hands off the IV and the o2 sat monitored that where attached to his little feet and hidden inside his socks except for the tubing which he was always trying to pull. Bribery paymentL: A diesel truck that looks real is what he wanted and got when we left the hospital because he left the stuff alone pretty much.

My Hubby just realized that for me to return to a set point then I have to eat a steak. He is thrilled with the idea so of course that's what lunch turned into with a really nice salad at Sizzlers. I did cheat with a tiny ice cream cone ( I haven't had one in forever). It was a long ride home and all kids were thrilled to see the little guy. I will post a pic when it's all healed and looking sweet because right now lets face it Steri strips are just not that pretty.

148.4 WHAT THE HECK GIVES!!!!!!!!!!

20 crunches

20 leg lifts

4-H competition today took my run time away.

So I ate hummus and butternut squash yesterday and what do I get an increase again. The only two things that could have bumped me that high were the hummus and squash which really means danger for me later or maybe the Aunt is coming to visit???? All I know is this up and down is so so crazy. I can handle 2 pounds but more ugggh. So you know all day hungry and the steak and apple for dinner. Really the strange thing is that I was never hungry the whole day. I am doing a steak day again tomorrow not to lose but because the family is having a get together with barbecue for the day.

Maybe my body swells like crazy after I go 5 miles in a run and that's why this happens? Well all I can say is I sure am looking forward to another losing round in the late fall.

My biggest struggle with this whole idea of this diet at the beginning was how much water I had to drink and the run to the throne, but I have noticed now that if I do not take in my 3 liters I feel so dry and I start tanking up in the late evening. This has happened 3 times to me when I forgot my water to bring so now it's like caring my purse it's just part of the travel bag.

How much water are you drinking daily?

148.4 Well it's lower rather then higher.

So I am doing a steak lunch today but I am eating some almonds too.

I have started a morning mini workout to tone my gut. 30 crunches and 30 leg lifts both sides today.

Miles: 5.18 mile (11'149 steps) running and 1 mile walking (that's 4'047 steps). I think I can now do a 5K and live to tell about it. Other steps today. 2'667 over the rest of my whole day.

I found a google pedometer and was able to map out my runs with a aerial view. My C boy was helping me and we had a good laugh when we realized that one of the other maps that we started using had the canal as the road that I would have been trying to run. Boy was the miles off on that site. It made it so nice to be able to see right where I was going to try to run since some of the area is not passable with a car only ATV which I do not have but I sure have feet. Google a pedometer if you do not live on city blocks and need mapping tools.

Night all, going to try dragging pretty girl on a 2 mile run tomorrow. She told me she was glad to see that I had lost weight and was running. It meant that she could to someday if she got to heavy she knew she would be able to lose and run. I told her you have to start now not later and make it a habit forever or it will sneak up on you and kick you in the pants. So here's to making a lifetime habit for me now.

149.8 GRRRRRRR Seriously

I am trying to remember that the scales is not the only indicator that I am getting in shape and be all right with the number game. I am as bouncy off the drops this time as I was on the drops. With one huge exception I can run miles. It was so easy the first round I did the drops that it is really frustrating to have the scale going up and down this time. I really should be doing a steak day today but its been a really very wild day and I have not had water to cook with (not that you need it for steak but washing hands would be good). and Fathers day treats is havoc.

Brunch: Yogurt, almond, flax seed, milk, peach, shake.

Lunch: Cake and ice cream. The ice cream was supposedly sugar free but it tasted sweeter then the regular ice cream that I got for the kids. I couldn't even eat it so I put it away for another day.

Dinner: Grilled chicken with broccoli and dip.

Miles: 3.5 mile walk with my C boy.

The day started with a nice walk to discovering two boy horses that got out and fought till stuck in wire fencing and at least we found them early enough before the one had the circulation cut off in his leg. Next a cracked pipe leaking a stream of water down the basement. So we shut the water down until we could find plumbing glue and get it fixed. The poor Dad didn't even get breakfast in bed because me and C boy had rudely awaken him to hurry and rescue the dumb horse by" bringing us wire cutters please" what a way to wake up on FATHERS DAY.

Catch up but not the kind u eat.

Thur. 147.2 1 mile very fast on treadmill.

Fri. 149.0 3.5 mile walk fast on treadmill.

Sat. 146.0 4 mile run and 1 mile walk out in our valley.

It's been wild around here. Cub Scout Day camps and 4-H competition and a fundraiser extreme horse ride for a local cop who was killed. I even bailed out of going to pick up my C boy from Leadership scout camp this morning and left it up to his leader. I just cannot get in the truck and drive anymore hours. I will fall asleep at the wheel if I do. I also want to run and not be stuck in terrible eating spots when I am trying to get my weight to become set. I want to keep running miles and eat veg, protein and fruit but keep getting into bread bread and more breads at every turn for lunch. The weight is evidence that I have not been very careful and I have got to get back on track.

I did a steak day yesterday which worked but didn't come clear back to the 144.0 end point when I stoped my drops for this round. Also I am so sunburned from two days out in an arena and cub scout camp and that's taking it's toll on me. I have also only gotten a bit of working out done over the last 3 days. It is defiantly easier to have the school schedule rather then this summer horse competing schedule that I have to deal with.

My sister in law called and said come try on levies that her Dad usually sells on eBay. HOLY SMOKES I fit into a 9 but couldn't yet zip without a struggle. I got to keep 8,7,and 6 out of a big bin of brand new Levi Strauss jeans for the day when I finally get down in size. That was an amazing experience that I never thought would happen to me again in this life time.

I have jeans and my hubby is going to go nuts when he starts seeing me wear them instead of old stretch pants or old maternity pants.

Meal today: Omlet with onions, flax seed ground, cream cheese. I never even had a hunger pain and made myself eat some chicken and an apple.

I wonder what the scale will say in the morning.

147.0 Steak Day already.

I was prepared for that rise after family dinner yesterday. I hoped with my run I would have had enough calorie burn but I guess not so my meal plan all day is fasting and then a steak. Should be a yummy one because I haven't had one in a long while.

I ache today so I am doing Pilate'sssssss this morning so that I feel stretched out more. I am sure it's from my super duper run yesterday. Now if I can just get my speed up more I would look more like a I am running.

That steak was wonderful and the tomato with it yummy. Early to bed because I do taxi service for a summer job (heeee just kidding).

A tiny bit up AGAIN!

If I could put my finger on what it is that makes me go so up and down it would be nice. My body loves to bounce around with the 160 .8 spot a lot. I had been 158.6 yesterday after a steak day the day before, which was down from the last LSW (Last Sub lingual Weight). So I am just going to eat like I normally do and see what happens tomorrow. Oh I am pretty much doing the Atkins Induction diet right now so I can stay in control of what weight it have lost so far.

I am getting excited to start Round 2 of P2.

ONE more week to round 2 for me!

So I finally got the steak day in yesterday. Even though I was down again I want to be back at the point I ended the first round that I did on the protocol. So I went from 161.8 yesterday to 158.6 today. The steak I ate at around noon because I knew I wouldn't get time to cook later that evening with a Prom date showing up to take my girl out. I ate an avocado and half a tomato with my steak. So I am not sure if its the protein that takes so long to break down and more fat is burned or what but it worked to go actually lower then what I ended at so I am happy.

158.6 is where I ended today 159.2 was the end point back on APRIL 1, 2010 so its a few ounces down even.

I ran and walked some 4 miles yesterday too and it feels so good to get that exercising in.

I hope my oven gets fixed before I start my next round because I really would have liked to make that Cauliflower Pizza that heard was so good.