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    • hCGDietAuthorErecca
    • TimeNov 5th 2009
     # 1091permalink
    Brandeline -- like colleen and the queen always tells us. Just because you have a weight stall doesn't mean you aren't losing inches! Hang in there! Count your blessings it wasn't a gain! ;)
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    From reading all these posts, all of you are doing a GREAT job in losing pounds and inches!!..:-) I think we all have measure our success by what we weigh or inches we have lost at the end of the phase. To date, I have lost 16 lbs in 19 days and 4" off my waist line. I see this as a personal success and not based on what others have lost in this time frame. Sure it's nice to see that many others have lost more weight than me but again I'm happy at the progress I have made. There will days where I will stall, lose weight or gain for that matter. If there are big gains it's because I let myself down and not the other way around. Physiologically we are all not built the same and weight loss varies from one person to another. Hang in there, stay motivated, stay strong, and keep your realistic goal in mind!!
    My two cents...
    DocVertigo
    • hCGDietAuthorNutshell
    • TimeNov 5th 2009
     # 1093permalink
    Sands - Thank you for the prayers they are really appreciated! As for Thanksgiving, I think I may have it at my house this year so that I have better control of what I eat! I can still make everything for my family, but I can also manage what I need to do for myself :o) I will be halfway through P3 if I stop P2 at 23 days so I will have plenty of choices to keep me happy at that time. I have read through lots of recipes for P3 & I am excited to start them!

    Lis - Good question on which day you use. I hope someone can give us an answer!!!

    Txn - Thank you for the prayers I can use all I can get right now :o) Keep up the great job on the weight loss!!! That is another amazing weigh in for you!!

    Nita - I haven't tried any seafood yet I have been to scared, but I think just as anything else everyone is going to lose & gain differently with different foods!! Now you know what may slow you down!! Keep up the great job :o)

    Strawberry - Thank you for the prayers!!!! Good luck as you start this journey - you will thank yourself for a long time to come!!!

    Brandeline - That is awesome to be able to not only put them on but sit down & be able to breathe!!!! Congrats on such an awesome job :o)

    Erecca - Don't be so darn hard on yourself look at how much you have lost so far!!! Just consider this a little bump in the road & move on :o) You are sooooo close!!! Drink lots of water & if you haven't gone to the bathroom in a few days drink some tea for that as well & I bet you will have a decent loss tomorrow :o) Don't let this get you down girlfriend you CAN AND WILL DO THIS!!!! I HAVE A LOT OF FAITH IN YOU!!!!
  2.  # 1094permalink
    You're so sweet Nutshell!! Take care of yourself too kay?
  3.  # 1095permalink
    Nita, every time I ate seafood I gained and my weight wouldn't go down for 2 days, the fish was ok though, so I suggest you stay away from the sea food.

    Erecca baby don't stress so much, you're doing great already, we all have little setbacks, like I said before I had gained weight while dieting faultlessly, it happens, the weight will come right off, I did an apple day when that happened to me the first time and my weight didn't even change, don't bother with that, I also read on Dr. Simeon's protocol that the apple day is for psychological reasons only because your body will catch up and keep losing weight regardless and you don't really need the apple day.
    • hCGDietAuthorErecca
    • TimeNov 5th 2009
     # 1096permalink
    I had a total and complete emotional break down tonight. Everything set me off and I lost it. Saturday is MY birthday and I don't want to celebrate yet. I want to wait until I am in P3 and can celebrate with a mug cake and dinner out with my husband and friends. When I can relax and not be so stressed out with making sure I ate the right thing and weighed my food right etc. I know I still need to watch what I eat and I am not talking about waiting so I can fill my face, but I do want to enjoy it. But my "friends" all keep pushing me to just celebrate it on Saturday. I don't want too and it is making me mad that they all decided together that it was too bad, because that is when THEY wanted to do it so that is when it is! I feel serious anger towards all of them right now. I really don't like this time of year. I never have and no one seems to care what I am feeling. To make matters better, my husband needed me on short notice at his office today to help with some stuff so I left my kids here with a babysitter. Not only did I not have my chicken with me so I had to have a piece of some from a Wendy's ceasar salad, but I get home and my son had just pour an entire gallon of milk on himself and the baby. I would be annoyed at the sitter except that my son go the milk out of the fridge himself when she had told him to wait while she cleaned up from my other son peeing on the floor. GRRR I am so mad and frustrated with everything!
    Sorry I just needed to get that out! feel free to ignore it! Sure wish I could! ;(
  4.  # 1097permalink
    Erecca, just put your foot down and tell them you're not going. Make some other plans or just simply be firm that you're not going to do it. People will walk over you only if you let them. If they get mad at you, then they aren't very good friends. I'm sorry you've had a rough day, hon. :-(
    Colleen
  5.  # 1098permalink
    Erecca, stick up for yourself. Just tell them that you cannot do it that night, and give them the other dates that are available! Sorry things are bad right now, we all need a "poopy" day everynow and then, to just feel sorry for ourselves! Hang in there, we're all rooting for you!
    • hCGDietAuthormvmaxson
    • TimeNov 5th 2009
     # 1099permalink
    Happy Birthday, Erecca! Tomorrow is my birthday too! Only I am WAY old---56! WooHoo! We started P3 yesterday, so while I am dining out, I will SO be watching what I eat. Having all those choices isn't always a walk in the park! I am a bit anal about not gaining back any of this lost weight before going back for round 2!
    Keep Smilin', Vicki
  6.  # 1100permalink
    Thanks Nutshell and Erecca for the encouragement. I'm not actually feeling too bad about the scale taking a pause on the way down. I'm sure it will break loose some more soon. The jeans were just such a treat anyway. I have really missed wearing jeans. Stretch pants get so old after a while.

    My mother has diabetes and I'm a lot like her, including certain aspects of my overweight figure. I can remember her wearing stretch pants all the time since I was a kid. Eek. My younger sister is even more like her and has already succumbed to diabetes also. I'm hoping if I can lose the weight I won't be next. I already feel more healthy on the diet, though I have needed naps since I started with this. I was still running into hungry patches during the day, so I've started splitting my drops up into 10drops 6x day. That seems to be keeping me on a more even keel.

    Hey Erecca, if you are finding the stress a little heavy to bear right now, you might think about doing something to support your adrenals a little more. I saw my doctor today and we discussed me being on the diet, and he reminded me that some people need a little more support of that organ so if I saw issues like lack of energy or emotional swings, I should add some things in to help combat that. Some things the adrenals need for proper function include Vitamin C, and B-5. I think Vitamin C is allowed on the protocol, isn't it?