Day 21 of Phase 2

Day 23 of a 42 day program
Weight: 205.4

Happy Easter everyone out there in the vast reaches of the internet. I sincerely hope everyone had a day to reflect on what Easter means to everyone individually - even if it is just another day for non-Christians, I still hope it meant something.

My Easter turned out to be pretty darn good and from an HCG diet standpoint, it was a great day of will power and perseverance. I say this because instead of cooking a traditional Easter dinner, my family (parents, brother, son, husband) all decided to go to a fantastic seafood restaurant for brunch. This restaurant also happens to be one of my most favorite in town, so imagine my great difficulty not ordering what I would normally.

Typically, I would order She crab soup to start, shrimp and grits as the main course, a fantastic slice of cheesecake drizzled with strawberry sauce and topped with cream, and to wash it all down a large glass of southern-style sweet tea. Wow, even just typing it out makes my mouth water with desire! Guess what though, NONE of that is allowed on the HCG diet - well at least not in Phase 2 - so with every ounce of will power I could summon, I ordered 1/4 Lb peel and eat shrimp and asked for a lemon slice and 2 stalks of celery. 1/4 Lb is 4 oz, so for good measure, I gave a shrimp to my brother. I am assuming that was as close to 3.5 oz I was going to get. There was no way I was going to tote my scale with me to the restaurant, so that was just going to have to work. I even ordered a non-sweet tea, and given Stevia is not available at this particular establishment, I used some of the lemon to add a bit of flavor and voila, my Easter brunch meal was created.

My parents didn't say a word and I think I surprised the hell out of the waitress when that was all I ordered. When we got home, I ate my Melba toast and an orange and my husband expressed to me how proud he was that I stuck to my guns on this. That made me feel pretty damn proud of myself and my choice.

Now, tonight was another story....

Dinner was fine. I had fresh tilapia seasoned lightly with Mrs. Dash and some Asparagus sauteed in lemon juice and garlic along with my Melba toast. That was the easy part and it was really good. The problem came with dessert. My son and husband both dove into the Easter candy and that sweet smell of the sugars hit me like a train going 100 miles an hour. I desperately wanted some. As a matter of fact, I wanted something so bad that I actually went into the kitchen and figured out the caloric intake of a single marshmallow peep! Then I tried to think of how much time I would have to spend on the treadmill to work off the one peep and by the time I had just about convinced myself it would be ok, it was time to get my son to bed. Talk about saved by the clock! I can just imagine my guilt had I gone through with it. After all, remember the camping trip? It took me 3 days and a trip to the Dr. to get over that little instance of cheating!

I still have my fruit that I need to eat tonight, and seeing as I am getting this entry done early tonight, I think I will be able to get it in and not have to forgo it. An apple cloud very well be the answer to my sweet tooth issue tonight. We shall see.

I'M OVER 1/2 WAY DONE!!!!

As I was recoding my weight, injection time, and injection location time in my HC log this morning, I realized that I am now over 1/2 way though this program. What a great feeling to know that I have stuck with it for over 20 days. This is no easy task and frankly I am very proud of myself for this accomplishment. That goes for everyone other there (Esp. you Kemi) that are right there with me in this journey. We Rock!

My weight today was down, although not as much as I would have liked it to be. I have some suspensions as to why I am not dropping like I was, but I want to do a little research into it before I post my suspicions. I still am not convinced that I have totally left the plateau yet either. If the weight lower again tomorrow, I will officially call it over, but for tonight, I would say I am still teetering on the edge.

My goal for this week is to be in the 100s by this time next Sunday, or at lest right at 200. That may be a really tough thing to do given how weird my losses have been over the last week and a half, but it is only  about 5.5 pounds away. I really want this! It will just mean that I have to be extra strong and not go looking for way to justify cheating.

Here's to a good week!