R2P3D29- 1.3 loss

R2P2 Highest Loading Weight 165.3 Daily Loss 1.3 Saturday weight 142.4 Sunday weight 144 Current Weight 142.6 LIW 143.5 Under LIW .9 Food Tracker (pick June 27th) Exercise Tracker (yesterday): 1 hour walk with hubby and kids   30 Day shred Level 1 Day 1 Complete!  Have a training this morning, and its really hot outside so I don't really want to run,  so once all the kiddies and hubby left for their days, I popped in the DVD, ready to finally finish the 1st level.  Gotta admit that 1st set of exercises kicked my butt (jump rope, pushups), but the second two sets were pretty easy.  Once I get the 1st set down pat, I think Ill push on and see how tough the second level is.  What a difference not running before the video makes ;). Anyone know how many cals that 20 minutes is supposed to burn?  Im trying to put it in SparkPeople, but only found one of their videos comparable so Im guessing 130 calories?   This weekend was HOT!  We had a good time though.  Took my biggest with his friend to see Toy Story 3 on Sat, and we all loved it.  Then Hubby and I went for out for our usual Saturday day night to our favorite restaurant (1st time Ive been back since R1P4 in March), and dined on delicious food, and then ice cream for dessert.  Yesterday, since I was up 1.5 I decided to do a steak day, that morphed into a nut day, and then three hamburgers at a birthday party with tomatoes on the side and a piece of sausage day.  A little weird, and not as much loss as a traditional steak day, but it worked ok.  Im still shooting for the holy grail of below 140, and ultimately 130 or below, but for now, I look and feel good, and thats the important thing.    I just wish this heat wave would go away.  That reminds me, need to go water the plants before my meeting.    Have a great day!

Pic at 143 lbs

Just after yoga this past Sat morning...

R2P3D26- .6 loss

R2P2 Highest Loading Weight 165.3 Daily Loss .6 Current Weight 143.1 LIW 143.5 Under LIW .4 Food Tracker (choose June 24th) Exercise Tracker (yesterday): 40 minutes swimming (1300 m)   Working summer hours today so leaving in 7 minutes to run lots of errands before the start of the weekend, one of which is picking up doggie prozac for my Samantha.  Too much anxiety, poor girl.  More on that later.   Had a piece of ice cream cake again yesterday (stand alone, not at a meal) and still lost today.  I think food combining may be an issue for gain with me.  Ill have to test that theory.  Either way, Im back under LIW, and hopefully still on the downward slope.  I want to see that 140 again soon, and then even lower.    What about you...what are your short term goals for your weight and health?  Would love to hear an update.

R2P3D25- .7 loss

R2P2 Highest Loading Weight 165.3 Daily Loss .7 Current Weight 143.7 LIW 143.5 Over LIW .2 Food Tracker (pick June 23rd) Exercise Tracker (yesterday): 3 mile walk/run, 13min/ml pace (it was hot!)   So I ate a piece of the mint chocolate chip cake that a friend brought over for Hubby's party yesterday.  It was vanilla and mint chocolate ice cream loviness with chocolate syrup and a graham cracker crust.  Heaven on a fork (since it was pretty frozen).  I ate pretty well the rest of the day, and I really wanted a piece, so I had it, and two other sweets for the day, and really enjoyed every bite.      And today Im not craving it, even though its just sitting there minding its own business in the freezer.  Well, lets not think about that.  Today for lunch I have a cheese and bean burrito from Whole Foods, and for breakfast I had an apple with almond butter.  Yummy.  I also have some pulled pork in the frig, some more brussel sprouts, a salad with lots of veggies and goat cheese,  and some hummus.  Lots of good choices to eat today.  And I want to fit in a swim sometime, despite the thunderstorms that are supposed to creep up this afternoon/evening (and for which our Y pool closes at the first hint of thunder or lightning).  Im going to give my legs a break from running today, I think...   Today is Hubby's actual birthday, and he doesnt want to do anything.  I got him a few kitchen must haves for a present (things he wants that I wont mention til tomorrow in case he is reading).  I bought myself a present as well: a Ken Onion Shun knife set from woot.com that is gorgeous and I cant wait to try today.  The knives are supposed to be world class, extremely sharp, lifetime warranty...they are sold at William's Sonoma and other high end kitchen stores.  I have wanted one of those knives for a while now, but each one is between $100 and $300, and I couldnt really justify the purchase.  But now that Im seeing clients again this year, and can write the purchase off as a business expense under the guise of needing them for cooking classes, and because they were almost 1/2 price, I decided to get them.  And now hubby and I can both enjoy them.  I will actually be able to cut a tomato or a pepper without having to slice each section a million times.   Yay!  Small pleasures...so wonderful.   Off to the vet for a routine doggy check...have an amazing joy filled day.

R2P3D24- .2 loss

R2P2 Highest Loading Weight 165.3 Daily Loss .2 Current Weight 144.4 LIW 143.5 Over LIW .9 Food Tracker (pick June 22nd, though not completely filled in) Exercise Tracker (yesterday): 3.3 miles running at 12:30pace Still so exhausted, another bedtime before 8pm last night.  This morning I felt refreshed, though, so I think Im finally catching up.  Ran in the heat again yesterday, but my legs were tired, so I walked a few blocks more than the day before.  Tried to donate blood, but 1) my HGB was too low (12.3 and rechecked 11.9-have to be 12.5 to donate), and I don't qualify to donate double red cells anymore since Im under 150lbs.  That was so funny!  The last time I donated was in October before my HCG journey, and it obviously wasnt an issue then, so they probably didnt even mention it to me.    All that extra water consumption for naught...   Today Im hoping it wont be too hot to exercise at lunch.   Its supposed to be in the mid 90's and that might be a little much for me, though at least my muscles would be easily warmed up.  Yesterday I finally broke out the Jillian 30 Day Shred video, but quit after 15 minutes because the intro was so long and I had to leave for an appointment.    Im going to try again tomorrow (since Im in the office today)....are any of you guys doing it?  Do you like it?  I couldnt do it all (the 15 minutes, I mean) since I had just come back from my run and was really tired.    Enjoy yourself today, ladies!  Its going to be a beautiful day...

R2P3D23- 1.1 loss

R2P2 Highest Loading Weight 165.3 Daily Loss 1.1 Current Weight 144.7 LIW 143.5 Over LIW 1.2 Exercise Tracker:  4.16 miles jogging at 11:16 min/mil pace   Still totally exhausted from the weekend.  Planned on going to Masters Swim last night but fell asleep before 8pm and woke up at 6am. Today I am busying doing training for my new position, and I also plan to run at lunch, if my belly starts feeling a little better, that is...it seems to be annoyed at me for consuming 2oz of nuts and succumbing to the 16oz monster Diet Mountain Dew this morning.  I dont do well with aspartame, but I seem to fall privy to its charms every so often (hubby is going to have to start hiding it again).    Later I will have a lovely massage and donate lots of double red cells-it is much better to donate those since they can use everything in its donated state, even though the donation takes an hour instead of the normal 20 minutes and you cant donate again for 3 months.  I urge you to donate if you can, esp O neg peeps.    Little disappointed about only losing 1.1 from my steak day (since I lost 3 the last time), but I guess the protocol is right...you have to do it exactly the day after, or the affect is greatly minimized.  I just hope this extra 4.7lbs come off this week...Im going to refer to my correction days ebook to see if there is anything in there I can try.  Originally I thought a nut day would work today, but not if my belly isnt going to cooperate.  So maybe Ill do that tomorrow...   And just to let you know, no dishes or the dishwasher was harmed in my mad dash to clean for the party.  All of the dishes are now residing in their proper place (yes, the drying rack), and the box in the basement has been inventoried and emptied.  MGM, I definitely would have used the dishwasher as a store all, but it didnt have enough room ;)!  I did find a few pens in there though !?!>!?!>!>!?!?!?    Heres hoping your day contains lots of good and interesting surprises...like maybe Ill finally get a chance to read your post today! Love to you all...

R2P3D22-1.8 gain

R2P2 Highest Loading Weight 165.3 Daily Gain 1.8 Sunday Gain 4.0 Saturday loss 2.0 Current Weight 145.8 LIW 143.5 Over LIW 2.3 Exercise Tracker: Friday: working out in garden 2 hours, lots of housework Saturday: running around getting everything ready for Hubby's surpise birthday party Sunday: cleaning up after said party   So I threw my husband a surprise birthday party on Saturday night, and somehow I actually pulled it off.  It was so hard not to post all of the trials I had while planning it and keeping it a secret (hiding the party food, making up a visit from a distant friend, not telling my oldest,  getting the help of friends to store beer, pick up ice and food trays, etc).  It was exhausting.  But he was so surprised, and every one seemed to have a great time.    Friday was spent trying to attend to the last minute details and making sure the landscaping out front and back was done.  I had a beautiful rock garden done in the front, and we ran out of rocks, so I had to climb under bushes in the side yard to get more out of hiding (why put rocks under bushed where they cant be seen, I wonder of the old house owners?).  I was so busy, I forgot to eat, and ended up only consuming about 5oz of mixed nuts throughout the day followed by ham steak covered in horseradish cheddar dip for dinner.  And I lost 2 lbs!  I got down to 140 on Sat (unchartered territory).  Wow.   Saturday was crazy...I had my in laws pick up the kids 5 minutes after Hubby left for work (8am), and went crazy getting all the furniture, food, etc out.  At 2pm, when everyone starting arriving, I had NO food made, had just finished throwing all the dishes in the dishwasher-on top of clean dishes already in there-and I took a box and threw everything still on the coffee table and on the counter in it, with no regards to what is was (mixed nuts, gift cards, a shoe, books, and paints were some of the contents).  Some of my friends volunteered to help, and I readily accepted.  By 2:25, some of the food was cooked, the tent was up, the lights outside had batteries, Mark was on his way, and I was happily enjoying my first drink.  Gotta love it.    The best part of the whole weekend was that I didn't throw any tantrums, didn't get completely mentally overwhelmed like I normally do before parties, and I didn't dwell (much) on the things I forgot to do, or didn't have time to do, such as putting up the happy birthday banner I made (for all the guests to sign and give to Hubby as a gift)-AND the second best thing was  that my hubby knows how much he is loved.    Now I have to figure out what to do with myself.  This whole party has so consumed me that I feel a little lost not having to plan or pick up anything up.  Though I guess I still have a lot of stuff to return still, and the basement shelving needs to be put back in order, and I still have to see what, if anything, lays broken shoved at the bottom of the dishwasher.  And I start my new position today and have lots of training to do, and information to absorb...in addition to losing that 5.8lbs I gained over the weekend.   I'm up 2.3 over LIW, the highest Ive been in all of P3 (which is why I doing extra P3 days this round).  I really should've have done a steak day yesterday with that 4lb gain, but darn those leftovers were SO tempting (and I was still only .5 over LIW-dont you love my excuses?).   I know Im going to be tempted once Im off protocol (I guess that will be starting this week) and going into lifetime maintenence, so Im grateful I have the tools to get me down quickly.  And I know too that my plan is to weigh only weekly, and have one day a week when I can let loose...so this is ok.  This gain is only temporary.  I'm going to run and swim today in addition to eating lots of steak.  And tomorrow I have a massage scheduled and will do high protein, high fat, and no carbs...in addition to donating blood (that should get me down, right?).  So Im not worried.  I want this great new body to stay that way, and Ill work hard to achieve it, while not driving myself too crazy.    Now that Im down, the mental work I will start doing will keep me here.  And get me that 15-2o more lbs down that I want to be.   How about you....any big plans for the week?