Long Time no Post

I have been negligent on my blog lately.

I ended Phase 2 with a Last Dose Weight of 175.4, which is a loss of 21.2 pounds for Round 1 Phase 2.

I am on Phase 3 which is a maintaining phase. It's been over a week now and I have maintained within the 2 pound limit.

I went on a road trip to Maryland for a few days to a sculpting workshop with a fantastic artist, Katherine Dewey. The class was for 4 days, took 2 days to drive there but I drove home in one day. So that was a total of 7 days gone. I was determined to stay within my 2 pounds either way limit so I took most of my food. Of course I took my scales and weighed every day. I also took my blender so I would be able to have chocolate shakes if I got a chocolate craving. Plus I made coco bark, made oopsie rolls for sandwiches, and also made Parmesan cheese crackers to snack on.

I made sure my hotel room had a mini fridge so I could have my food available for me. I took cream, cottage cheese, fruit, cream cheese, a gallon of fresh blueberries, salad fixings, fresh home made salad dressing and some turkey for sandwiches. I also made sure I had my Zero calorie sweetener to sweeten anything I needed sweetened. I also took some almonds, macadamia nuts and Gouda cheese.

We went out to eat as a group once to a Mexican Restaurant. I did eat the tortilla chips and salsa, ordered a chili rellena, and a beef tamale for dinner. I did enjoy the meal and even had a light beer! I never drink so that was a real treat! That night I had a nightmare that when I weighed in the morning, the scales said 185!!! When I got up I was so nervous... but went PP and jumped on the scales. I had only gained .8 pounds and was still within my 2 pound limit!! I was so relieved that it had just been a nightmare!!!

I had run out of oopsie rolls for my trip home, well actually the last two got moldy so I had to toss them so on my way home, I had really nothing substantial to eat. I ate my nuts, some pork rinds, some cheese but was still 'hungry'. So I stopped at a McDonald's and got a burger, fries and diet Coke. I did eat part of the bun but not all of it. I did eat some fries but they were cold and needed salt so I only ate about a dozen of them. They weren't good/yummy so it was not worth the fear of gaining.

I ended up driving the whole way home in one day. I was exhausted from driving 600 miles but not hungry. On Tuesday I weighed and was still under my 2 pound limit. I was relieved but won't be testing those kind of carbs often!!!

This morning I got up and was .2 under my Last Dose weight! WOOOOHOOO!!! What a relief there too. LOL I have been so concerned about this maintenance but it's what resets our hypothalamus. We need to keep our weight stable throughout our P3 so it will stay gone!!!

Tonight I made lasagna for dinner. I did not use lasagna noodles, I used thin strips of zucchini instead of noodles. The rest was made in the normal way. My husband loved it and I sure did!! I am concerned however, about mixing cheese and meat but we will see what the scales say in the morning. Since I was under my last dose weight, I should be okay but we will see tomorrow:)

I will remain on P3 for another 2 weeks. The fair is coming up and it will be much easier for me to stay on protocol on P3. I may go into P4 for a few days at the end of the fair and then start back on hCG for my next Round of Phase 2. I will have several more rounds to do before I am finished. I plan to do a short round before Thanksgiving then break for a week, then do another short round before Christmas. Hopefully I will have another 25-30 pounds gone by the first of the year. March 2009 is my final goal date at 120 pounds.