Well, HI!!!!.....

I am so sorry to my faithful followers that I have not posted in quite a while!

So, here's the deal-yo...

I am NOT doing HCG! I LOVE that diet, but for my busy lifestyle it's just not doing it for me at this time....maybe when things calm down HA! I am doing a diet that I did right after highschool called Protein Power. Basically, you eat meat and veggies and 30 net carbs a day. Easy, convenient and I dont have to think ahead about what I am going to do for dinner if I am not at home. Some fast food faves that I have are: Hardee's low carb burger...it's a hamburger patty wrapped in lettuce with cheese, onions, pickles, mayo, ketchup and mustard...; McDonald's grilled bacon ranch salad...the bacon makes this salad!....; Sweet Peppers chicken salad on deli greens...my FAVE...Those are just a few. At home, I just eat the meat of whatever I fix. Tonight is "fend for yourself night" so I ate Buddig turkey and cheese on lite bread with mayo and mustard.

So far I have lost about 10 lbs...which is good, don't get me wrong, but for the 2 weeks I have been doing this diet I can't help but think about how much more weight I could lose with HCG....BUT like I said, it's just not fitting with our lifestyle.

So, that's that...I will check in probably once a week and give updates on weightloss.

Thanks for reading!

WE

I'M BACK!

....WOW is all I can say about these last couple of weeks. I kinda fell off the wagon, got back on, fell off again, and then the last couple of days I have been half on, half off...:)

Today, I am leaving for KY with one of my most precious friends, Laura. Laura and I (and I know this is going beyond the "diet blog") met when we were both selling Premier. We hit it off immediately and, at the time, were both SAHMs with little kids so time allowed us to grow closer and eventually be very much like sisters. Well, needless to say, when you are both working full time and now have kids in school, an hour and half distance (she lives in Pelham) and busy schedules makes for a year (almost) going by without laying eyes on one another except on Facebook. So, today, she and I will drive 5 hours to KY to see our faves on the SYTYCD tour and then drive 5 hours back tomorrow....we are thinking we may not shut up! :)

Anyway, since I will be travelling, today and tomorrow will be my two gorge days for this round of the HCG diet. I am totally ready to tackle this round with full force. And this time, I have a partner in crime! My sweet hubby!!! With him eating the same foods I am, I am praying that this round will go quickly and that we can be support for one another! I will post only about me, unless of course he wants me to share HIS weightloss :)

Please, if you are supporting me by following my blog and keeping me accountable, continue to do so, adding lots of prayer. It's getting down to crunch time before Disney and there is no room for cheating or failing this time! Gotta get all the way back up on the wagon and stay there for the next couple of months! Thanks in advance for prayers and encouragment! It means so much!

God bless you and thanks for reading!!! I gotta go GORGE! ;)

K

I have LOST my focus....

How can a person be doing so well and losing weight and then totally lose focus that quickly? I know it's Satan all up in my biz, but I gotta get back into control! PLEASE pray for me. I am not doing badly, I just have not really stayed completely on plan. Anyway, hoping that there will be some loss after today's cheat.

BTW, my gain was 4 lbs, which is not as bad as I thought it would be.....I did not weigh until this morning...Our mornings have been NUTS! Homecoming week and trying to dress up everyday has thrown our morning routine off like crazy!

Anyway, please say a prayer for me. I am struggling this week!

Seriously???????

This is what I was asking myself after I went to the CFA drive thru today and ordered not a salad, but a Chicken sandwich and FRIES! I am not sure what is going on with me! Ok, let me back up and give the rest of the ridiculous story. I started my injections back today and packed a pre-measured baggie of beef (I pat it out and cook it in my microwave at work....saves time at home), cherry tomatoes and an apple for lunch. When I opened my lunch tote at lunch time, a HORRIBLE, NAUSEATING smell erupted and I realized that my beef had been in the fridge a little too long. So, needless to say, I couldn't eat that. Well, Plan B should have been either eat the apple and the tomatoes and forget the meat OR go thru a drive thru and order just a grilled ck patty and eat it with my tomatoes and apple. BUT NOOOOOOOOOOOO....I used that as an excuse to "wait til tomorrow". That phrase is part of the reason I am where I am. UGH!!!! Anyway, tomorrow IS going to be better because I am cooking food tonight for the rest of the week. I did not get on the scales this a.m. due to lack of time and I just plain forgot but I will tomorrow and I will report the sad news. BUT, back on track, I hope to re-lose what I have gained and keep it up for the next 7 days. Thanks, J.H., for your (in your best disappointed voice) "KAREN....." this afternoon. It shamed me and that is a GOOD THING! :) Hoping to get back on track tomorrow with food that does NOT smell like something DEAD! :)

Thanks for reading!

....I am human!

I finally got my monthly visitor on Thursday night. Friday I did very well with eating the protein/no sugar, no starch. Saturday, I BLEW it!! Today I am kinda back on track but tomorrow starts the 500 calories again. I hate messing up because tomorrow morning there is no telling how much weight I have gained. I gain FAST! Anyway, I am hoping to be back in my right mind after TOM is GONE for a while! I have one more week of 500 calories and then off a couple of days. I am going to re-start on the 23rd and then go thru a full 23 day round!

still waiting........

Well, I was thinking that TOM was RIGHT around the corner...apparently not! However, I was getting so hungry the past couple of days, even with the injections, that I decided to go ahead and come off injections, maintain and then as soon as TOM comes and goes, I will go right back on injections and 500 calories. So far, so good on the maintenance...we shall see. Today I had a grilled ck salad with ranch, but I am hoping that doesn't make me gain.

More later...I am EXHAUSTED!