Almost back to normal.

Do I dare say it?  I think we're all almost completely well.  Hurray!  I slept for almost 11 hrs last night, but I still feel rather sluggish today.  It's dreary today and pretty windy.  Hubby has a lot of work he's trying to catch up on before he leaves for Seattle on Monday.  So while he's working the kids and I have been doing laundry, dishes and then we made up some homemade play dough.  They're having so much fun.  =) 

Yesterday was Amanda's last day of hcg drops.  She lost 17 lbs and 29 1/2 inches!  She's super excited about all the inches she's dropped.  I'm excited that as of Monday, she'll be eating phase 3 foods, which is pretty much like Atkins Induction food, so we'll be on the same page and can share and swap recipes.  =)

I hopped on the scale and am the same weight as last week.  I spose that's ok, esp since we've all be so sick. 

21 effing days

So I was looking back through my blog and saw the post when we all first started getting sick.  21 days ago!!!!!!!!!!!!  I know a lot of other people who have been getting sick too and it lasting 2-4 weeks.  Holy freaking cow!  I think I know what's been causing my nausea the last few days.  I believe it's from my ear infection.  vertigo is a b**ch!  I went up the stairs too fast this evening and ended up hugging the toilet for the following two hours.  Taking tums don't help because I'm not sick from something I ate, just sick from my head spinning.  Just trying to make it through the day has been a challenge, let alone trying to diet.   I want the last 21 days back......I WANT A FREAKING DO-OVER!

FREAKING UNBELIEVABLE!!!!

My daughter and I are feeling waaay worse today than we did yesterday.  My poor daughter has an ear infection and a horrible hacking cough.  I also have an ear infection.  Although my throat is no longer bothering me, my tummy certainly is.  I get these random waves of nausea that make me feel so ill I can't do anything but crawl into bed.  I'm so beyond exhausted from this BS. 

My friend Amanda who is doing HCG is almost done w/ her 6 week round.  Tomorrow is her last day of drops.  As of today she's lost about 16 lbs.  Far less than she wanted to lose, but heck, 16lbs is still great.  She never cheated and she ate strict protocol foods.  I'm really really proud of her commitment despite the results being less than she hoped.  She'll be taking 6 weeks off (3 weeks of phase 3 and 3 weeks of phase 4) and then the both of us will be starting up again. 

Bre, I'm glad you made it home safe and sound.  =)

MERCY!

We're all starting to feel better, but we are by no means well.
Yesterday I was a very very bad girl.  I had several slices of bread throughout the day toasted w/ butter.  I also had a bowl of spaghetti for dinner and a big slice of german choc cake after everyone was in bed.  I felt so freaking sick after I had the cake.  Ugh, why did I do that?  The food I had yesterday gave me a raging headache that I couldn't seem to get rid of.  I don't know what it was about yesterday that triggered some old bad habits.  Today I got up and got on the scale, it sooo wasn't pretty.  Today I'm doing a steak day to see if I can get rid of some of the damage.  I threw away the cake today and got rid of all tempting foods.  I also made a food list that I plan on sticking to the rest of this week.  Yummy, healthy, low carb foods.  I really want to stick to induction foods until Amanda's birthday weekend.  I plan on taking her to The Melting Pot.  Then a couple days later is my daughter's 4th birthday.  I'm planning on making her a homemade Hello Kitty cake, and by golly I plan on having a slice.  Then I will go back on Induction until I start HCG again.  I'm thinking I'll load on my Anniversary which is April 6th. 

Sick Sunday

I cannot believe we're all still really sick.  WTHeck is up with that?  We all were in bed last night at 7:15pm.  I'm the least sick of the 3 kids and hubby.  They all have horrible coughs and super sore throats.  I'm just really achy and have a constant migrane.  My dad invited us over to watch the super bowl.  We're going to pass and just stay home and eat chicken soup.  Booooooo!  The scale was the same as last Sunday......which is fine w/ me.  I've been eating more carby vegetables and some organic whole grain toast so I know I've been over on my carbs.  We're all drinking tons of water and taking our vitamins.  I sure hope this cold/flu is over soon!!!!!

Goals

Hubby is working from home today since he feels so icky.  My two youngest are coughing non stop.  I'm exhausted and achy.  My goals for today are once again cleaning all surfaces w/ bleach, washing everyone's sheets, boiling the toothbrushes to kill any bacteria, and making a bit pot of homemade chicken soup.  I'll be counting carbs again today.  I don't really have much of an appetite.  If I had a choice, I'd just go back to bed.  Unfortunately nothing gets done w/ mommy goes back to bed.  ;)

sickies

Despite washing all the sheets and cleaning bathrooms and the kitchen w/ bleach, we're all still passing around this awful cold/flu.  My daughter is feeling the worst.  She just layed around all day whimpering because everything hurts.  My husband came home from work and ate a bowl a soup and went straight to bed, he's finally gotten the sickness as well.  I felt ok for most of the day and now my skin is starting to become really sensitive and my stomach is a bit queasy.  ugh!  It's so very very frustrating.  I haven't been counting carbs the last couple of days because I've been so overwhelmed w/ sick kids and feeling icky myself.  Hoping and praying we all get well shortly.  I'm so very tired of being so sick and tired.  =(