Thyroid and Round 3

Today's Weight: 144.4 lbs


Round 3 Phase 1 (Loading Day #1)


I decided to do it. Go for another round even though I didn't stabilize well on Round 2 Phase 3 or 4. I'm not totally understanding why I'm not stabilizing or maintaining well but I have a feeling my foods are too high in fats or I eat too many calories. 


I loaded today. That's not difficult for me obviously and I tried to be somewhat careful because I don't want to spend the first 7 days trying to lose what I gained in 48 hours. I'm scared to get on the scale tomorrow. I know some people are lucky and the Diet Gods look kindly upon them and they even lose weight on loading days. I am not one of those people. I'm a sinner and the Diet Gods hate me. 


Yellow. That's the color that comes to mind when I think of Phase 2. I always get yellow. My liver goes wacky. You'd think all these things would keep me from doing the HCG diet but no, I'm stubborn. I will get healthy even if it kills me! Lol


I know some of ya'll (Texas thing) have asked about my thyroid. I also ask myself about my thyroid. It never tests as abnormal though I was diagnosed with a goiter and nodules. I took T3 medication but stopped when I started the HCG back in Feb. 


I haven't had my thyroid checked this year (2010) but my numbers were :
TSH 1.2 ( Normal Range 0.3-5.1)
Free T4: 0.85 (Normal 0.73-1.95)
Free T3: 4.2 (Normal 2.3-4.2)

The Free T3 was getting on the high side which is why I thought it better to get off the T3 medication. My doctor kinda lets me decide on course of treatment so I suggested thyroid meds and then suggested specific ones. Since I put myself on it I took myself off of it. Unfortunately I don't have a M.D. so practicing medicine on myself is very frustrating but I've noticed that doctors are not really into women's issues and hormones. 


I've decided that these 2 loading days I'm going to eat the things I miss the most on HCG. I ate dark chocolate and fried sweet potato chips. I ate an asparagus basil salad too. It's not all chocolate. I'm hoping I'll get sick of chocolate and I won't think of it any more during P2 and P3! Fat chance. Hahaha.... I made a funny.

The Versatile Blogger Award

Thank you Bunpoh from The Angry Inch: A Weight Loss Odyssey blog for the Versatile Blogger award! I love it. Peer recognition is always the best type of recognition. Since I'm new to blogging it was a nice surprise. I know blogging and having supporters out there has been a great way to keep on the right track.








The Rules of the Versatile Blogger Award are:
1. Thank the person who gave you the award.(see above)
2. Share 7 things about yourself
3. Pass the award along to 15 other bloggers that you've recently discovered and who you think fantastic for whatever reason.


7 Things about myself
1. My first love was Andrew McCarthy from the movie Pretty In Pink.
2. I thought the lyrics to Sting's song Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic were "I resolve from cholera 1000 times a day" instead of "I resolve to call her up a 1000 times a day". 
3. I can't say the word "passport" in English. I say pass-A-port.
4. I cry uncontrollably when I watch Disney's Bolt and read The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. (I teared up when I typed it.)
5. Family is the most important thing in my life. My mommy is my hero and I'm still totally infatuated with my husband of 16 years.
6. I always have to pee as soon as I step into the shower. Lol!
7. I think our ability as humans to make and enjoy fireworks is what separates us from monkeys. 


The next rule will have to be a work in progress and I will continue to list and notify the blogs/bloggers as I find them. 


My nominees are....drum roll....
15 Fantastic Recently Discovered Bloggers


...in progress