Planned Interuption

Well I'm on a PI, last drops were yesterday noon.  I was starving all day long, so I've decided to stop the drops until my patches arrive.  I hope that they arrive so this is only a PI and not a P3, but we'll see what happens, either way, I'm doing 30 days on the patches when they arrive, it'll just be a question of whether I load or not lol.  I cheated quite a bit yesterday, but was only up .2 today, so still not too bad.  I am hoping to hover around the 175 mark for my PI, but if I drop below 174 I will be thrilled lol, that is my next goal so it's great. 

I picked up some pork and things for my PI, some avocados too.  I will pick up a few things at Costco next weekend if I need to, depends when the patches arrive.  I think the PI will be about 10 days, which is perfect. 

I am still pretty happy with my results, about .6lbs lost per day, that's crazy isn't it?  I mean it's quite high compared to every other diet I've done in the past.  I am sure I'll continue on to get to my goals, just need to work at it a bit more.  And get over this little hunger hump. 

I think the hunger is from ovulating.  I'm not temp charting right now because I think HCG can mess that up, but I am pretty sure it's ovulation time, according to my FF tracker any way.  I also think it was that time when I started and had hunger issues then. So for me hunger comes now rather than at TOM.  Strange but true!  At least knowing this I should be able to do something about it the next time, even if it means upping my protein quite a bit. 

Here's to pork chops! :-)

Still on it

I'm still going.  Though I've upped my calories a bit because of being hungry so often.  I am eating a bit closer to 600 or so, broken into 3 meals with protein and veggies the added calories, and cutting out a fruit and the melba's unless I really need something crunchy.  As of today I'm down 16 pounds.  Crazy, that's .6 or so each day so far... insane!  Who loses weight that fast?  And healthily!  That might not be a word :-)

I'm still waiting for the patches to arrive, I'm hoping they get here around my birthday which is Feb 7th, I plan to do a small PI during that time, a bit before to a day after I think.  If the patches are here to get started back on again.  Then another 30 days before P3 & P4, which I should be in at Easter which is the important thing.  Then another 30+ days after that. 

It is strange that I have lost as much as I have, I put on a pair of pants I haven't worn in 8 years, and they were so close to fitting. It's scary.  My top is much changed after having a baby, as is my middle lol.  So after this long round I will be starting to exercise in P4, and keep that up throughout the next rounds if at all possible.  I'm not talking much here, 20 minutes 3 or more times a week, plus walking the dog when the weather gets nice again.  He's getting fat too lol.  My parent's said they can tell (over videochat) that I have lost weight, I find that strange.  Only one person at work has said anything, but he knows I'm losing and how much I've lost.  He hasn't said anything about how I'm doing it but I haven't been entirely honest with him.  I told one more person at work because I told her about the pants and how much I've lost and she thought it was too fast, so I told her what I was doing, sort of. 

It's interesting to me that this works, not I guess that eating so little results in weightloss, more that I am able to do it.  I'm not so very good at doing things like this. But I do find when I am told what I can eat, when, I do better.  It worries me a little for P3, but not too much, I will be following a Primal style of eating to a certain extent, I do plan on eating things that aren't on there (like cheese) but in moderation.  So far, I'm doing well, and liking it. 

Decisions decisions

I've ordered my patches, and they have shipped.  Normally things from the US take 2 weeks or so to get to me.  I think I am going to do one more week of the drops, hopefully lose 3 pounds to put me at "overweight" instead of "obese" and then do a planned interruption for hopefully only 1 week before the patches arrive, and I switch to them for 30 days.  Then I'll do a proper P3/4 and do another 30 day round.  As long as I am on P4 at Easter I will be ok I think. 

I'm not losing as fast as I had hoped, but of course my drops are giving me issues, like hunger issues, which is why I ordered the patches.  I don't want to give up at this point, or do P3/4 right now because I'm worried I won't stabilize if these aren't as real as they could be.  I do not want to gain any of this weight back. Ever. 

I got my haircut, as a reward for getting to my first goal of losing 10 pounds, and it's cute and fun, and I like it.  It is a good reward, and for my next one I think I'll get a manicure.  But we'll see.  Next goal is 174 pounds, which puts me at overweight. 

I did have another loss this morning, down to 177 even.  Today has been rough though, I've been hungry so I doubled my evening meat, and am way over in calories.  It helped the hunger, but it is frustrating when so many others on this diet have no hunger.  I guess if I had managed to get the real stuff I'd be one of them, I hope I would any way.  But we'll never know.

I hope that I will be able to do this now, lose what I want to by the end of May and then maintain all summer and fall.  If I do that I think I will be all set, able to handle anything. 

Still at it

I'm still at this.  I've lost 14 pounds so far, not too bad for the time involved.  I hope to lose more of course.  I do think I've finally lost a few inches but won't know for sure until Saturday when I do my measurements.  My pants are fitting looser and I am sure my tops are going to be loose soon too.  It's kind of nice.

I got a great haircut yesterday and it feels good. It's short, but I like it, so much easier than the long hair.  My boss told me I look 19 instead of 25!  Ha ha ha, I'm 36 btw :-)  It was still funny of him to say. It makes me smile lol.

I've been a bit hungry today, mostly in mid-afternoon.  I think I wasn't drinking enough water, but I am also thinking I will take my fruit to have mid day instead of in the evening, that might help.  Lunch was really good, I put a little mustard on the chicken, mixed with ACV and topping my salad.  Almost don't miss salad dressing.  Almost.

I'm still getting over a bad cold and cough.  I am assuming that because my kid was told it's just a cold, that mine is as well, but I haven't been to a doctor for it.  I do wonder if I should, but then I think I'll feel better soon.  I'm sure this diet would be easier if I was healthy.  I guess I'll find out soon?  I hope so any way. 

I am still hoping to make it to the 60 day mark.  I plan on ordering the patches this week, provided my finances work out.  I am going to take advantage of the buy 2 get 1 free.  Then I can do this for 3 more months if I need.  Hopefully not of course!!

Big fat 0

No lose today.  No gain either so I guess that's ok.  It's still rather frustrating.  I was very spot on yesterday with what I ate, and drank lots of water, even had a decent sleep.  I don't know.  Maybe TOM is finally going to appear? Tomorrow will be interesting.  I'll be having to weigh in early, which will likely mean a small loss, if I don't gain.  And then I have work all day.  I'm not too worried about that, I know I can do the food etc, as long as I'm prepared, which I will be.  But it's still a little disappointing.  And worrying. 

Had to pick up a few more veggies, got some Swiss chard which looks nice, and that'll be for dinner tonight with some steak.  Wednesday is pay day so I'll be picking up more veggies, some biotin and some probiotics for the baby, he's having some stomach issues that are not pleasant.  I am also planning to get my hair cut, and done nicely.  I'm getting sick of it lol, it's so long and takes forever to wash, comb and dry.  Never mind I can't do anything with it. 

I'm getting a bit frustrated with my slow losses, I mean I know I've lost close to 12 pounds in a little time, but it's annoying to see others doing so much better.  Makes me worry I'm going to gain all the weight back too, that I'm not really losing "abnormal" fat.  I cannot gain the weight back.  So it's frustrating me.  I hope it gets better soon or this will end up being a short round instead of a long one, and I'll have to figure out what to do next.  I'm not worried at this point about P3/P4, I have a plan in mind for both, and numbers I hope to end up being able to eat to stabilize.  I just wish I wasn't hungry, like I'm not supposed to be. That's what bothers me.  I'm like one of the few people this won't work for or something.  Messed up so badly even this won't work. That's me! 

Ah well.  I have at least a few more days before I can do anything about it all.  So we'll see.  Maybe I'll have a big loss in a few days, or some inches will drop away. Crossing my fingers!

Quiet day

Today I was down another .8 lbs.  So far I've lost almost 12 pounds.  That's pretty impressive.  I will admit I sometimes wonder if I'm screwing myself this way, because I still have some hunger I worry that I'm doing it wrong.  I am anxious to get the patches if I can, hoping they will cure that part of it for me.  Wondering if I should lower the dose instead of raising it where it is... who knows what to do any more.  I know I'm still losing so that's a good thing.  I'm not sure if I can do a whole 60 days without something changing.  But we'll see.  I am still enjoying the food I do get to eat, so that is a nice thing for me.  I just wish there was MORE of it lol. 

I have the cough from my kid too, that is not helping, makes drinking water important, and of course with that comes lots of bathroom breaks. 

Need to go get some more greens to last a few more days, I have enough for tomorrow I think but not Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, which is pay day so after that it's golden. 

Monday will be interesting, back to work, I hope I can stick to it then.  I was doing ok except I got too hungry and lost it, and haven't actually been back to work since.  Strange.  Oh well. Bedtime soon!  Sleep is helpful with all of this. 

It all adds up

I'm only down .2 today, but I'm ok with that.  I know TOM is coming, and I was good yesterday so it's just a week 2 slow down.  I will get the results I want.  I mean in less than 2 weeks I have lost over 10 pounds... that's crazy!! All the little .2's will add up. 

I'm still a bit hungry but it's not intolerable really.  I mean I'd feel like this on another diet too.  I am going to get the patches as soon as I can.  Hopefully they will cure the hunger, and make this easier.  But the results are still worth it.  I've done pretty well today, had my water, ate what I'm supposed to and nothing more, we'll see what the scale says tomorrow.

I have caught my son's cough, and it hurts!  But no fever thank goodness.  Hopefully I don't get one.  All the water plus all the coughing, is not a good combination, but I'll manage.  Back to normal Monday, hopefully!!  He's healthy again, and actually ate quite a bit this evening, thank goodness.  It is hard to make him pasta, rice, pizza, toast etc and not eat or taste any of it myself.  That is quite difficult, and when he's trying to force cereal in my mouth, or get me to have some pasta too... well it's hard because he doesn't understand and I don't really want him to.  I'd like for this weight thing to get easier and be done, and then when he's older I won't have to worry about what I'm eating, or what he's eating, we'll just be healthier because this diet is resetting the way I eat and cook and plan.  It's hard, but so worth it in the end! 

Oh, and I love Brussels Sprouts!!!  I knew I did but I never make them cause they seem like a lot of work and effort but I bought some and wow do I love them.  I will eat them more even when this is all over.  I'm discovering foods that I like, and enjoy, and it's nice.  Not that I won't also enjoy adding back in buns for my burgers, cheese for my omelette's, more veggies and fruits, different meats, salmon!  But I can do this for 30 days, or 40 or even the 60 I have planned. 

Another day...

A big fat 0.  But better than a gain!  And I know I ate too much yesterday, too many calories.  Not enough water and not enough sleep.  Kiddo finally seems to be feeling better, in time for a storm to drive to work in tomorrow... but it does mean I might get some sleep tonight.  He's still coughing, and keeping me up, and now I'm coughing too, and that worries me, but I'm eating healthy and have no issue taking whatever I need to to get by. 

Today was better, in terms of eating, I'm below calories.  Strawberries were on sale so I bought some. They were really good.  Still some left for tomorrow :-)  This time of year they can be very pricey and not very good, so I was pleased these ones were actually pretty good. 

Tomorrow is another day, another loss I hope! I am still thrilled with the results, less than two weeks of VLCD and I'm down over 10 pounds... come on now, what other diet gives those kind of results?

News on the other drops I had paid for through a daily deal site, they disappeared from the website the voucher was for, so I emailed both places and the deal site is refunding my money.  Will take about a week, at which point it's pay day again, and I can order patches.  I only hope they still have their buy 2 get 1 free deal so I can take advantage of that... Looking forward to trying them out, less to remember, and I've read good things about them, including no hunger.  Some don't believe in them, because they are basically homeopathic, but I get things like that, and believe in it lol, even though I'm a scientist by training (not what I do for a living though).  So we'll see what happens! 

Either way, I have 3 more bottles of drops plus the one that's open. And that should be enough to last me 60 days of this round (unless I get the patches first) and that is the important part of this for me.  Have to see how the money works out, and what happens with the 3 for 2 deal. 

Embrace the bland?

I'm down .8 today, so smashed that first goal!  Woo hoo!  So motivating to see that after less than two weeks.  I am thrilled with this diet.  And will keep going for awhile longer lol.

One of the people on a message board I read says to embrace the bland during P2, I disagree. I am learning here, learning to love these foods, and eat healthier items.  Learning to cook in healthier ways, and to enjoy healthy foods.  Yes we have a very limited diet of a handful of items that are approved, but there is no reason they have to be bland or boring!  I am using new spices, cooking in new ways, and eating healthy things that I can carry over to P3 and beyond.  The difference with P3 will be more freedom, I will be able to add in things that I can't now, but those same cooking lessons will apply.  Otherwise I will fall back into old habits that got me here in the first place, convenience.  I am learning to enjoy cooking and making homemade meals, to cook for myself and my son.  I think that's a very important lesson of P2.  Yes there are days that I chop chicken and throw it on some lettuce with lemon juice, but then there are days like today where I mixed ground beef with chili spices and had that over lettuce, and it was so good!  I can do that at work, take that to work and keep on plan, even when I'm on on P2.  Yes I might add some avocado or cheese to it then, but even without it, I'm happy!  And I need to be happy eating what I'm eating or I won't keep going.  And yes, I know I mixed vegetables, and I will continue to mix tomatoes and onions with other foods, but I don't mix much else beyond that. 

Any way.  On other news. I watched Bigg est Lo ser last night, and was surprised. They had such small losses, which is normal for week 2 but I've never really paid attention before.  I know I am not doing as well on HCG as others, and I had a cheat.  I am also not as big as the people on the show are, but if you compare, I have lost over 5.5% of my weight, in less than two weeks... and it was a heck of a lot easier!  I don't have anyone yelling at me to work harder, I don't have to workout 5 hours a day, and while I am eating mini portions of food, I am not that hungry any way! 

Now don't get me wrong, I am happy they are learning to be healthy, but they are not really resetting their metabolisms, and if they eat normally again, they will likely gain a bunch back. And I have nothing against exercise.  You can see the start of my journey here, where I was working out daily, and not losing anything.  I will exercise when I get to P4, though I may wait until after round 2, at which point it will be more about building muscle and sculpting my body the way I'd like it to look, thinner but fit and firm.  I have a plan in place for that once I get there.  And I'm looking forward to it.  With my new love of healthy foods, I should be better able to maintain my fabulous new body, and I'm loving it :-)

VLCD and the "cheat"

I am down 1.6 pounds today... only .2 from my first goal of -10 pounds.  Crazy.  last night I was hungry and craving so I made up some cocoa coconut oil crack stuff, and it was soooo good.  I might have more tonight.  I'd kind of like to see if it's why I had such a good loss.  Nothing else was different, well I had some egg whites for breakfast, also a cheat.  So who knows. 

I'm seriously considering getting the HCG patches, I keep seeing how amazing they are, and how you are never hungry on them. That sounds lovely to me.  I am not trying to be a martyr or something, but I do want to make sure I am doing this right, and not just starving myself, I won't stabilize if I am, and that scares me more than the starving does.  I'm a little broke this month though, so will plug through and see how it goes.  I have a bunch of car stuff I'm paying for, so can't afford anything extra, but if I can't get this to work a little better with the hunger, I doubt I'll make it through 60 days, and so will order the patches, at least if I know they are on the way I can keep going.  And they will be handy for round 2 in April. 

My small goals are pretty simple.

181 lbs (10 lost)

174 lbs 29.9 BMI (overweight instead of obese)

165 lbs (25 lost)

155 lbs (35 lost)

150 lbs R1 end goal

145 lbs 24.9 BMI (normal weight)

135 lbs happy goal

125 lbs fantasy goal

The bolded are the big goals.  And I am only .6 pounds over the 181.  So that is great.  This diet is so amazing and I can't say it enough.  It would have taken me a month to lose this much weight, and it hasn't even been two weeks... crazy!  Once I reach goal, or P4 at least, I will add in workouts, to tone up what I have left, give me definition and all of that. 

I'm so happy to be doing this and getting such great results.  Really, it's amazing!!

Another day

Another pound lost!  Crazy.  I was a little surprised by that once since I ate way too many Kale chips yesterday, but better than potato chips I guess lol.  I was glad to see the loss for sure, and happy to keep going!  Still trying to figure out the drops, what I need to take that works. That really takes the hunger away.  Hopefully I get it soon, or I'm in trouble!

Home with a sick kiddo today, so life is easier, though I tend to not drink as much water.  I've been really trying to get it all in, but it is harder at home for some reason.  I will get to have a nap though, which is nice too :-)

Watching What Not to Wear, and working on getting some tips for when I'm at goal, or at least close enough lol. I am saving some money every month towards a new wardrobe in May, hopefully I'll be at a healthy weight by then, so far it seems like I can do it.  I'm also checking out a lot of websites for ideas on what to get, classic things, you know "10 pieces 10 ways" type of stuff, to get an idea so I can make the money I manage to save work well for me.  Hopefully I'll be able to get some good sales too lol.

Today is so far going well, had a great lunch of leftovers, and fish is thawed in the fridge to cook up for dinner. Probably have some bok choy again, I have a bit of it as I got some at Costco... Need to put something out to thaw for tomorrow's lunch, but that should be ok.  And dinner tomorrow as well.  It's all cooked and ready lol, so much easier!  I'm glad I did the cooking on the weekend, all I need to do is mix up veggies and add the protein!  I can make the proteins more exciting when I add it to the veggies too, I have plain chicken and browned ground beef, waiting to be a taco salad or chili or whatever!  I'm excited about this plan, I'm doing so well cooking!!

VLCD Day 10

Down 1 pound today, which is so great!  That's 7.2 pounds lost since I started this.  I am quite happy. Still hungry.  Did more reading on the drops though and have upped my dosage.  I was pretty good today until about 3 ish.  I think that will be better tomorrow as I tend to drink more at work, and do lunch instead of breakfast. 

I did cheat a bit today.  I made these kale chips which are so awesome, not on my meal plan for the day, and I've eaten a bunch of them.  They are so tasty! tonight I'm having meatloaf and brussels sprouts.  I did a big grocery shop yesterday and cooked up enough meat for 53 meals.  Most have enough for the baby as well but not all since he doesn't need lunch like I do.  He eats at daycare.  So this will hopefully last awhile.  I do eggs on the weekend, which helps as well.  And it all smelled so good while cooking, though I did manage to not eat any of it!  The fish I didn't cook, just cut up in portions and froze, so thatll require more work than the rest but still be tasty.

I'm trying to plan and eat well, and learn from this to make foods I enjoy the taste of and that are healthy.  I want to keep my taste buds fresh.  There are some who look at it as only fueling your body during this diet, but I disagree, I love food!  I love the taste of it and the filling feeling of eating it.  So I plan to enjoy my food during this.  As I have a plan to do 60 days, that would be a long time to be unhappy with what I'm eating.  I do think P3 will be awesome... I mean I'll be able to have bacon and cheese again!!  It is kind of funny, but I feel like I'm doing well so I want to keep up with this and get to where I want to be.  I hope to get to 145 this round, but we'll see what happens as I go along.  I need to get my dose right for sure, or I'll never make it that far, and be burning the wrong kind of fat, and gain it all back in the end any way.  I do not want that!!

VLCD 7

I think it's day 7 any way.  Something like that :-)  Yesterday was a big fail, my does must be off because I was starving, and ended up cheating and that led to being up .6 lbs, which isn't as bad as it could have been.  We'll see how tomorrow goes.  Today was better though.  But I was home so it was easier to stay the course, and catch up on sleep which I'm sure helped with the hunger.  Hopefully tomorrow it will be right on track!  I love the results too much to give up but it's hard to get the numbers right.

Eating was good today, I got my Braggs order so that made it a little more exciting, and I made fish for dinner which I haven't had yet.

Tomorrow is big shopping day, and cooking too.  I'll be getting everything I need to last at least two weeks, and cooking a bunch of it in advance.  Hopefully that will make it easier. 

If the hunger issue can't be solves easily with this adjustment to drops, I might up the calories to 800 a day and hope that helps.  I imagine it will affect my losses but I don't see how I can do 60 days, let alone 30, feeling like this.  I wish I could get the patches and people seem to be having better luck on them, with no adjustments required, but they are pricey and I have a bunch of the drops... hate to have wasted that money without giving this a good try.

Gosh, anyone reading this is gonig to think this diet sucks lol, hopefully that gets better over the next week or so!  And next time, I load properly.

VLCD Day 6

Another day, a big loss!  186.2, down 1.4! Nice :-)  I think tomorrow will be another good one too, but we'll see what happens.  I was a bit hungry today, nothing unbearable, and except for being tired from a bit of a rough night, and my drops were messed up a mid-day again.  I guess I'll have to take my bottle with me to work and do it that way, a pain but oh well... do what you have to!

I had a few good meals today, I am mixing vegetables which is not on protocol but makes salads so much nicer. Today I had tomatoes and ground beef over romaine lettuce. It was sooo good.  Then for dinner I was traditional, steak with steamed spinach and my melba toast, which I have not always been eating.  Trying to get the last bit of water in today, and hoping for a good sleep.  I will be very happy when this cold is gone!!

I was happy to see I've lost just over 5 pounds from my starting weight as of today, that is a nice thing to see.  I am hoping for 45 pounds this round, but will see.  I know 38 or so is what's recommended not to exceed but I'm anxious!  I want to do two rounds, so we'll see how this one ends up and then what happens with round two.  I have things planned so that the end of my 6 weeks stabilization leaves me at Easter weekend, to start round two right after, and be goal by May. We'll see if I need a round 2 though, I may get to a place I'm happy with. Or decide to do the leptin reset after HCG.  Who knows!  This is hard but not unbearable. It's hard because I have to feed my son and he's obviously not on a diet, he's 2!!  So tonight I made him fries and he loved them, and I was so good and didn't even have one... and it was so hard!!  I am used to picking at what's left after dinner, eating it instead of putting it away.  Tonight the dog got the extra fries... he's gonna get fat lol.  Ah well, I am donig well and happy with my results so far, be happier when I get to -20 or something though lol. 

VLCD Day 5

Well it was a bit of a disappointing loss today, only down 0.2lbs.  I think lack of sleep and water contributed, but who knows for sure!  Hopefully tomorrow the scale is kinder, I was right on plan today, though I think I lost a drop or two for my mid-day dose, it was a bit tricky getting it to work, I'm wondering if I should take the whole bottle back and forth, I just don't want to lose any potency by doing so.  Ack.  I'll have to figure something out I guess! 

I bought some extra lean ground beef and had a great supper.  It was so nice to not have chicken!  I'll have the last bit tomorrow for lunch and then chicken for the rest of the week.  Saturday will be my big shopping trip, I'll get lots of ground beef then and do something with some of it.  I was thinking of making little meatloaves using the Melba toast, and then brown little packets of it, in the right size, to freeze.  I can turn those into "chili" and other things.  Chicken too, if it's not too expensive.  I also need the usual stuff for baby, milk, milk and more milk lol, bread, eggs, and greens for me.  Then oranges and apples too.  He's been asking for grapes too so we'll see about that.  A few little things to pick up on top of that, but it shouldn't be too bad, I hope!

I was hungry today too, quite a bit. Not sure why, except the lost drops at mid day.  That could have been it, not sure.  There really isn't another way to do it though, I need to take a dose there, or I'd be even hungrier!  I am still sick too, so that doesn't help.  My throat is sore, my tonsils I think, I wish I'd get better because it's really annoying not being able to totally tell if I am just sick or if it's part of the HCG diet.  Ah well, tomorrow is another day!

VLCD day 4

Woke up to a 0.6 pound loss, not too bad I guess, considering my cheat last night, but not as great as I'd like of course.

I am feeling better now, less hungry, but I still have a cold or something because my head is full of cotton and my throat is sore now.  Hopefully it all gets over and done soon!!  I guess I finally figured out the drops?  I do find it funny that when I do eat, I end the meal hungry where I might not have been before it.  Oh well.  I'm sure it'll all work out soon. I hope so any way!

I had hoped to be down 5 pounds for tomorrow morning, which would require 1.4 tonight.  So not likely to happen but we'll see.  I have been very good today and right on plan.  Just finishing off my little oranges, and might have a bit more water before bed.  Though that will lead to many wake ups... course I am any way when I can't breathe, so it doesn't matter too much.

Tomorrow is back to work. Should be interesting.  Hopefully my hunger is under control.  I have my apple ready to go, and will get the water in the morning.  I have some tea I'm taking in, and will have to remember my drops, that'll be the hardest part, but shouldn't be too bad since I have to take them first thing.  I took some advice I read about using a contact lens case, they are leak proof and about the right size, so I've got two of those to use.  I'll need to remember an ice pack for it, better to keep it cold.  Should all work out I think.  I'll let you know tomorrow :-)

VLCD Day 3

Well weight wise I'm good, down again, 3 pounds from my starting weight.  I think however that I didn't load well enough because I'm hungry and tired and feel like icky crap.  It could be a cold, my mom who was visiting over the holidays is also sick.  So there is that on top of the rest.  But the hunger, that is from poor loading I think, or poor drops, which I hope is not the case.  I'm going to keep going a bit longer, and see how it goes, from my reading it could be a week of this before I feel better, all because I didn't eat enough the first two days, which still makes no real sense to me... but I'm doing my best here!

The food is not bad, what I can eat any way lol, and I'm drinking more water, which makes sleep fun since I then have to pee a bunch over night.  And naps are great, helpful.  It will be hard going back to work if I feel like this.  Not sure what to do really, I could try doing the drops 6 times a day, split them up more, that might help, or eat more, which could mean failing completely or taking longer than I want to take.  Maybe I upped the drops too much, who knows for sure.  I do wish I could have gotten my hands on the real deal instead of homeopathic drops.  That way I would know it was working, but ordering to a box in the states and bringing it back across the border would be very tricky.  I hope I don't have to go to that trouble. 

So my weight is down, which is nice, and it's not entirely unbearable, but it's harder than I thought it would be. I forgot about getting off caffeine and sugar, and how hard that is.  I am drinking tea which helps, but man I'd love a coffee chock full of cream and sugar... mmm... or even the salmon I made my little guy for supper lol, thinking about it makes me hungry! :-)


Tomorrow is another day.