August Summary

Today's Weight: 139.0 lb
Yesterday's Weight: 136.8

Difference: +2.2 lbs

Round 3 VLCD ? (unsure how to count it after adding in a 2 week break)

Yesterday was our last roller derby bout of the year so we had brunch and I ate a lot of cereal in the morning. I'm glad I did because I played a lot! We were short players and I was playing almost constantly. I was loving my cereal and carbs. I think the HCG helped a lot also. I didn't feel tired and I felt I could keep going forever. It's been a different HCG experience after taking the 2 weeks off, eating carbs during the break, adding a few more calories to my VLCD (I guess it's really just a SlightlyVLCD- about 300 calories more) and eating breakfast. My breakfast has been 2 egg whites and a small bowl of gluten free quinoa/corn/flax cereal. Like before I'm hoping to phase out the cereal but only if I'm not overly grouchy or extremely light headed. I continue taking the potassium/magnesium supplement also. I've noticed the loss has been about the same if not a little less than with the strict VLCD on Phase 2 but it hasn't been as stressful and painful. It seems my body is adjusting much better this time because I would have really packed on some pounds if I had taken a break, even for just a day, on HCG before.

Unfortunately I think some of it has to do with me not eating nut, gluten or milk products during the break. I love milk. Nothing has tasted the same to me. Soy milk (not too good for you from what I hear), coconut milk, goat milk, or hemp milk. Almond milk is a no no of course. They are all good and I've learned to like the taste but it's not the same with cereal. It's the cereal that gets me.

Summary of last few weeks:

August 2010
Phase 2 VLCD (limited my roller derby to light contact and took tons of breaks at practice)
8/1- VLCD 14: 139
8/2- VLCD 15: 139
8/3- VLCD 16: no weight taken
8/4- VLCD 17: 139.6
8/5- VLCD 18: 139 Light TOM
8/6- VLCD 19: 139.8 Light TOM
8/7- VLCD 20: 137.6
8/8- VLCD 21: 136.6 (was naughty and ate a lot that night)
8/9- VLCD 22: 137.2
8/10- VLCD 23: 135.8 TOM and LIW for Round 3

Phase 3 and Phase 4 mix- took in some carbohydrates/starch/sugar maintained lactose free/supplement, gluten free, and nut free diet. Threw myself into roller skating without limitations on contact or duration.
8/11- VLCD 24: 135.6 TOM- no injection
8/12- VLCD 25: 134.8 no injection
8/13- Phase 3 & 4: 134.0
8/14- Phase 3 & 4: 137.7
8/15- Modified Steak: 138.6
8/16- Phase 3 & 4: 139.4
I say I switched to phase 4 but it really was a lot of free eating, heavy on the alcohol, particularly gluten free pear cider or Crown/diet coke. No nuts, limited/modified dairy, no gluten. Yum yum gluten free cheesecake and pastries.
8/18- Phase 4: 140.0
8/19- Phase 4: 141.8
8/20- Phase 4: 139.4
8/21- Phase 4: 139.6
8/22- Phase 4: 140.4
8/23- Phase 4: none taken eat freely (with the diet restrictions mentioned above)

Started HCG again without loading (Dr. S mentioned if an interruption was necessary injections could be resumed within 2 weeks of last injection weight without reloading.) Kept TBS of carbs in my diet, quinoa/corn tortillas/cereal/some brown rice, but continued to roller skate.
8/24- VLCD 26: 143.8
8/25- VLCD 27: 141.2 (-2.6)
8/26- VLCD 28: 138.4 (-2.8)
8/27- VLCD ?  or not so low 29: 138.4 (0) ate quinoa tortillas, cheese, cereal, large pickle snow ball, med. sugar free coconut snow cone, and small sugar full horchata snow cone. Street skated up and down hills for about 1.5 hours.
8/28- VLCD 30: 137.8 (-.6) eating a bit more carbs than usual, quinoa spaghetti, preparing for our game on Sunday.
8/29- VLCD 31: 136.8 (-1.0) Our final roller skating bout (game), Mexican style brunch with rice/beans/grilled fish tacos on corn tortillas, chips. VLCD used in a very loose terms... ok in totally imaginary terms.
8/30- VLCD 32: 139.0 (+2.2) 2 egg whites, small bowl gluten free cereal.... lunch unknown yet

Over all I'm super happy.