So onward with a positive note! It's Day 29, and I'm still losing weight! Yeah baby! Down to 191.6 today! I have lost a total of 16.2 pounds and 27.25 inches! I had gotten kind of stuck in a seesaw phase for three days where I'd lose it, put it back on....felt like a yoyo! That kind of threw my psyche for a loop (think walk the dog here...). However, I'm pretty sure that I know what happened.
I got myself in a pickle when I didn't keep up with my organization. This resulted in my having BEEF THREE meals in a row. Not a good thing and it goes against the protocol guidelines. In addition to it violating the protocol, I also know that according to the Blood Type Diet by the D'Adamo's, beef is not my friend being an A blood type. I didn't see these types of results when I minimized beef, and I followed the protocol strictly.
I have to openly admit that this last week has wreaked havoc on me mentally. Now, that's not necessarily attributable to the HCG protocol, and more to life's stresses at the moment. However, I have found that the stress has undermined my best intentions to stay organized and keep my meals planned. The stress has knocked off my sleep patterns, which in turn has moved me away from my "usual" time of administering my dosage of HCG. I don't know if these things are directly correlated with my having in-between hunger or not. But it was a force to reckon with this week. I've also seen myself make "tiny" cheats.
I'm not going to say that cheating was OK... BUT...I did manage those cheats, knowing that if I really just let myself go, I would undo EVERYTHING I've worked so hard to commit to during the last 30 days. Wow, 30 days! I had hardly thought about the length here until just now. So we are two-thirds down the journey here for this first segment.
Oh back to those cheats....it started with SIX little french fries...ok...they were the longer ones in the bunch, but you know! I found myself out to a meal with my family, and I was unprepared. I hadn't taken my HCG with me, stress was high, and I found myself incredibly hungry! And....I wasn't going to be back at home in order to rectify either of those situations within an hour. And...we were at In and Out Burgers. Not exactly a healthy fare, but I think their french fries are probably a bit healthier than some other fast food restaurants!
Most of the time if I know we will be out during a meal, I would have taken my meal with me or I plan to go to a location that I know I can modify something on their menu. For example, yesterday I chose to go to Wendy's because I know I can get a chicken salad there. Now, I had to skip out on most of the ingredients in the salad (and again, have to be honest injun here ....I did nibble on the blue cheese and dried cranberries ...just a little....and again....I only lost 0.6 pounds since yesterday...so that nibbling may have just been to my detriment of not seeing a healthier downward trend...just sayin!).
Speaking of seesaws, I think that my trend has been just that with the loss of inches. It seems that my body has redistributed the fat in a very seesaw-like manner. Much of that from early on I suspect was due to my adding in additional measurements in order to calculate my body fat and lean muscle mass percentages. But even still towards the end of that graph above, you can clearly see the same type of pattern. I'm just hoping the swing is up tomorrow!
And with that....I had better get that menu planned for this week! Where's the beef? Somewhere between Monday and Saturday ....just not three days in a row!
'Til next time ...Just letting go .....Edna
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