Day 20-21

   Yesterday I weighed the same as the day before. A mini plateau? I guess. From what I can see logging my food intake, every time I go OVER 500 calories, I either plateau or gain a bit of weight. I'm being more watchful now. As a result, today I've lost 2 pounds. And the best part? I lost a pant size finally!!! Can't remember if I mentioned before...I've also lost inches!!!
   I hate some of the meals I've made. When I was in Utah for the U2 concert, Russ was nice enough to make a day trip to Dad's. (Russ is my sweetie!). Karen gave me a bunch of food she wasn't going to eat. I didn't care for the Beef Tips. It was semi-Oriental in flavor and wasn't bad overall, I guess I just didn't pick the right veggies to go with them. Also, some of the food was REALLY spicy. I mean whoever put these packets together overdid it on the cayenne and paprika!
   Today I am missing bread and cheese. I could really go for a slice of extra sourdough French bread with a piece of sharp Cheddar and a Golden Delicious apple. And a beer. I saw that Mark had a Harp in his fridge the other day. I so wanted to drink it. But I didn't. I was a good girl!
   Today I weigh 173 lbs.

Days 11-19

   Wow. I hadn't realized how many days I'd skipped in my blog! I've been a busy girl! So let's see if I can catch myself up...
   I worked my butt off the 19th-21st since I was going to be off the next four days. But, according to My Food Diary, I'd eaten OVER my 500 calories. And that was part of my 5 day plateau at 179.6 lbs. I was 224 calories over on the 19th, 121 over on the 20th and 100 over on the 21st. ("Grr" to myself!!!) Happily, on the 21st I discovered I'd lost 1.2 lbs. And it kept going down until the 24th when it went back up to 175.6 lbs. Ack! 
   I knew I wasn't going to have computer access to track my food intake from the 22nd-25th because Russ and I were going to Las Vegas to see U2 (who, btw, is the MOST awesome band!!!), but I made sure I took my scale. I have no idea how many calories I consumed from the 22nd-25th.
   On the 25th I was up to 176.2 lbs. and then plateaued for the 26th-27th at 176.8 lbs. Oh...my...gawd! So...I needed to take action and fast. I made sure my calories were not over 500 yesterday. In fact, they were only 464. Today I've already laid out my menu for the day. Total calories for today will only be 493. Happily, I appear to be back on track. If I'm paying good money for this diet solution, I want my money's worth, dammit!
   Today I weighed in at 175 lbs.! YESSSS!!!

  

Day Ten

So I weigh the same today as I did yesterday. Argh! It's okay...I can handle it, but I'm 179.6 lbs. again. And that's 4 days in a row.

Day Eight

   Looks like no Renaissance Faire today (so no more visits for this season...sadly), but I guess that's a good thing regarding my diet. It's really hard to pass up the yummy wheat bread and cheese with a nice, cold Harp! Not to mention wanting to eat the other yummy food they have there. I could go alone since it appears nobody else can (or wants?) to go...but I dunno if I can do it alone.

   And even though a warm day means losing a pound or so while sweating in a tightly cinched bodice, I guess I'm better off staying home and trying to get some work done on my Jacquard painting for school...and other school projects I need to work on.

   I weigh 179.6 lbs. again today. I'm at a small plateau again.

Day Seven

   Success! Another 1.4 lbs. off my bod! Wasn't sure how that would work out last night since I had a glass of champagne at 9:30pm. Around 10pm I was craving Wheat Thins. But I was good! I drank water instead and within 10-15 minutes the craving was gone.

   Today I weigh 179.6 lbs.

A Blog Name Explanation

   What are those numbers in my blog name, you ask? Well, the first number is my starting weight, the second one is my current weight and the last one is my goal weight.

   Simple enough? :^)

Day Six

   I've hit a plateau! :^O But it could be that last night after school I had a taco at Picante and I shouldn't have. Sadly, their tacos are super yummy. The good part about my slip is that I only had one when I could have had three!!!

   Today I weighed in at 181 lbs...AGAIN. But I'm not letting that get me down...I can do this!

Day Five

   As of this morning I have lost 4.6 lbs. I feel pretty good. No weird side effects. Not overly sleepy or anything like that. (Though the first two days I was sleepy, but that may have just been because Christine and I were TRYING to sell stuff at a craft fair and it SUCKED cuz we didn't sell one single damn thing, plus it was tiring sitting there all day.) I was expecting them to taste bitter; so it was a pleasant surprise when they weren't and THAT in itself is a blessing because who wants to taste bitterness 6 times a day??? That alone could make someone quit the diet. I'm not killing myself trying to follow this thing to the letter though. Screw the no lotions, no make-up thing! What the hell? I made some of my meals ahead and that's really helpful (thanks Sheri!). Makes it less of a pain to get ready to eat. Especially when you're alone --- which is MUCH easier than having someone there munching on peanut brittle or Monkey Chip cookies (YUM!!! I'll tell you about these later.) in front of you --- not flaunting it, but you can still see them being eaten. I did slip a little yesterday though. I had a corn tortilla with a bit of margarine at 9:30pm. I wanted to have two, but put one back. Then I drank a half bottle of water and I was fine. My slip was partly boredom, partly craving.
    BTW...Monkey Chip cookies are Chocolate Chip Banana cookies. The banana is NOT a real banana...it's banana PUDDING!!! Not sure how it was incorporated into the recipe, but we had them at the craft fair and they were DAMN GOOD!
   I weigh 181 lbs. today.

Day Three

   I did fairly well on the protocol today. I may have had a bit more food than I should have, but feel pretty good about what I've eaten. I did eat a couple scraps off Russ' plate, but only because it was filet mignon.

   I weighed 184 lbs. this morning.

Day Two

   I missed last night's last round of drops because what I ate for dinner was making my stomach queasy. Too much Frank's Hot Sauce I guess.

   I took most of my drops today. Will probably miss the last one tonight as I'm super tired and it's already 9pm and I just took the 5th round at 8:30. There's no way I'm staying up till 11:30 to take more. I'm sure it'll be fine.

   Sadly, I didn't get to do the food shopping I was hoping to do today; so I'm not sure how I'm going to do tomorrow. I need to get the food list and see if I have anything in this house that will work for the day. Either way, I'm excited to do this! With Becky's success, I'm sure I can do it, too, and once again, I'm looking forward to A Skinnier Julee!

   My weight today was still 185.6 lbs.

Day One

   I started the drops today. 6 under the tongue at 6:30am. It says 6 drops 6 times a day; so I guess I'll be doing this every 3 hours. The drops didn't taste bad. That was a good thing because I was worried they'd be bitter.

   I am logging body changes in weight and measurements and food intake on My Food Diary. My weight today is 185.6 lbs.

Day Zero

   I just got home and found I have received my HCG drops! Excellent! I get to start tomorrow. I won't be doing Phase 1 as I had NO IDEA there was even a Phase 1. But that's fine. And it's perfect because tomorrow and Sunday I will be at a craft fair and eating will be horrendous! Tonight I'm going to the Docent Dinner and I expect that will be quite filling as well. I can't wait to see some weight loss. I feel like absolute CRAP and can't wait to feel skinnier and better.

   Later tonight I need to go pick up the scale from Mark. Off I go! I'm looking forward to A Skinnier Julee!