Phase 3

Lost .8 lbs today....putting me a 1.2 lbs above my LDW.   Yay!  It's so much harder for me to drink my 4 liters of water on phase 3 than it is during phase 2.  Plus, now that it's getting cold outside the thought of drinking water just makes me colder.  Brrrrr! 

Mia will be here in 3 more days, yahoo!

Phase 3 Day # who the heck knows haha

I woke up this morning to a gain....putting me at 1.8 above my LDW.  Dang!  I'm not too suprised though.  I did eat some salty foods around 8 pm and probably had twice as much as I should've had.  I'm hoping that most if not all of that gain is just water weight.  I'll make sure I steer clear of salt today and drink my 4 liters of water.  I might even possibly take a detox bath.  I refuse to do another steak day.  Yuck!!  I read that a lot of people gain like 10 lbs during their maintenence phase......why is that happening?   I can only assume they're going back and eating the foods and such that they were before starting the diet.  I don't know, but it freaks me out.  I want to stay within my 2 lb bubble no matter what. 
It's supposed to rain and or snow for the next 10 days.  eww! 
ETA: TOM started today......that would partially explain the sudden weight gain.  I'm drinking my water like a crazy person. 

Yawn

I don't know what the deal is.  No matter how early or how late I go to bed I cannot seem to sleep in past 7am.  I suppose I really shouldn't complain.....but there are days when the thought of staying in bed a while longer sounds so good.  Ever since I started HCG I've slept better.  Even the days I only sleep a few hours....I still wake up feeling awake and refreshed.  I still battle w/ insomnia....but no where near as bad as before this diet.  So it's nice and annoying all rolled up into one.  lol

I woke up this morning to a 1.4 lb loss.  Yay!  It's odd to me though because yesterday I ate so much I felt like I was going to gain 17.69 lbs.  I had two eggs and two slices of ezekiel bread toasted w/ butter.  For lunch I had my "protein power" pancakes w/ butter and sugar free maple syrup.  For dinner I had a huge plate of spaghetti squash, chicken, and asparagus slathered in a homemade alfredo sauce.  YUMMY!  

I ordered 10 butter braids from a friend of mine's son who was selling them for his school.  I figured I'd freeze them and use a few as Christmas gifts and the rest I can use for the family.  I'll have to wait until Thanksgiving before I bake one up though.  I know if I bake one for the family I won't be able to stay away from it.  sigh     HURRY UP THANKSGIVING!!!!!!! 

On the other hand a week from today, Mia will be here and we'll be sitting in a salon getting our our mani's and pedi's done.  Woohoo!!!!! 

I took my measurements today and have lost a few more inches.  As of today I'm 46 lbs down and 51.75 inches gone!!!!!  9 inches off my hips and 6 inches off each thigh and almost 8 inches off my waist.  yahoo!!!!

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R2 P3 Day #6

I'm feeling SO much better today.  Pretty much back to normal.  I also lost the 2 lbs I gained yesterday, putting me at exactly 1 lb over my LDW.  I'll definitely take it!  Egg day went pretty good yesterday.  Last night after we went and voted my husband wanted to go to JB's for dinner.  He loves their chicken fried steak breakfast.  I was a good girl and ordered an omlet and substituted my hashbrowns and toast for a bowl of fresh fruit.  My dinner was delicious and I felt very satisfied.  I have also been great w/ not eating my kid's halloween candy.  I'm drinking lots and lots of water and am overall really rocking P3.  I'm starting to feel that itch again though.....the itch to start P2 and lose more weight.  =) 

R2 P3 Day #5

I woke up to a 2 lb gain today.  =(

I have no idea why.  I drank a tad over a gallon of water yesterday.  I also ate phase 3 foods.  Hmmmm  Could it be this cold is finally caught up with me?  sigh    I think I'll try an egg day today and see if that makes a difference. 

R2 P3 Day #4

Not much to report.  I am up a full pound from my LDW.  I'm not too suprised.  I ate 3 mini yorks yesterday and a couple handfulls of roasted pumpkin seeds. All things considered I behaved better this halloween than I ever have.  Today I'm 100% back on track and will be researching some yummy P3 recipes I can make.  Hubby is home sick and I'm still feeling a bit under the weather myself.  I have a slight sore throat and a slight runny nose.  My poor husband and children are super sick. 

The last few days I've been researching "super foods" and I'm in awe.  I want to know more.  They say knowledge is power.......I want to know as much about these foods as possible.  They're like miracle foods.  If I had my way I'd incorporate them all into our daily diets.  I did buy 5 of them the other day.  Spirulina, raw honey, kelp, goji berries, and cacao nibs.  I was thinking of stopping babysitting this December.....but now I think I'll keep watching Wyatt, it'll give me some extra $$ to buy some of these amazing super foods.