Congratulations to all HCGers

Today's Weight: 140.6 lbs
Yesterday: 140.4 lbs

Round 2 VLCD #21

I did better during the day yesterday but still ended up eating a yogurt, apple, some toffee peanuts and chocolate chips at night. I felt I did better during the day though because I felt I didn't pick at food throughout the day as much as I have been. I also keep spotting heavier but no TOM. I have endometriosis and cysts so I tend to have bad hormonal surges every now and then. I'm sure the HCG and TOM issues have something to do with it. Last night I was ready to throw in the towel. I just wanted to get off the diet and forget about losing weight. I have had a more difficult round this time around and I started at a higher dose. I think that might have had something to do with it. I'm getting leg cramps at night and feel exhausted. It's ok though. I'm committed again today. I have roller derby practice tomorrow evening and might skip it again. I think that helped on Sunday. I skipped it because I just felt outright weak.

Even with all that said I think having HCG and the diet has provided me with a great opportunity that I didn't had before to lose weight. All that exercise and food restrictions with nothing to show for it. I've only lost a total of about 6 pounds for these 21 days being that I really started to "mess up" about a week ago. Again I keep telling myself it's ok. Each round is going to be different and each person is different. For those of you out there that are not having as much success due to "cheating" on the diet tell yourself it's ok and keep going. There is nothing "wrong". There are so many factors that can alter your success rate. The potency of the HCG, the delivery method, hormonal changes, TOM, and stress to name only a few. So even though I love to read everyone's blogs and am happy to read your success stories I have to admit I secretly feel a bit sad that I haven't been able to lose as much or keep as committed. It's easy to fall into a state of negative thinking and feel helpless and hopeless. So for those of you out there who have the same issues... it's ok. Your 6 pounds is not someone else's 16 pounds but it's YOUR hard fought 6 pounds! :) Re-focus and re-commit. Forgive yourself for the handful of chocolate chips and let it go. It's pretty awesome that you have committed to such a huge life style change. So to everyone out there congratulations and let's all keep on losing! I'm gonna go have a cup of hot tea now.