P3 Day 1

P3 DAY:1

LIW : 164.4

Date of LIW: 12/22/08

Today' weight: 163.8

# above/below LIW: -.6

# gain/loss from yesterday:+.4

Here we go. I am really concerned about all the counting. I know that I can get the low carb but to get 1684 cals 60% fat 25% Protein and 15% Carb. That takes alot of work. We'll see.

Day 47 and 48

Lost -.2
Lost -.6
Total Lost 30.5

-.8 from LIW I hope I get more wiggle room tomorrow.

I am making a TON of preparation for tomorrow. I have made several kinds of SF candies. I am cooking SF pumpkin cheesecake today.

Menu for tomorrow
Turkey
Waldorf Salad
SF Mashed Sweet potatoes
Special GB Casserole
Cauliflower Au gratin

Dessert-
SF Pumpkin Cheesecake

I CANNOT WAIT!!!!!

Day 46 LIW

Lost .-06

Total Lost round one 29.7 Close but NOT 30!

So I lost "about 30". It is just a number . It is interesting how important numbers become to us. Our age...our weight... our tempersture.. our BP...our income they are all numbers. That is why I decided that I was not going to let the number 30 OWN me. So today is my last LIW even though I didn't reach 30. So next round I will reach the 30 and the 40 and maybe even 50 so there!

So on witht he show!

Day 44 and 45

Day 44 = 0
Day 45 = -6

Total loss 29.1

It looks like I may not make it to 30. We'll see I still need to BM. Maybe that will push me over. MY water % keeps rising! 49.2%. I hope that is because all the little fat cells are being replaced with water and that was is yet to be released!

Tomorrow is the deciding day if that will be the LIW or not. I want so badly to be on the low carb for Christmas. I even began to buy some things I could eat and recepits that I want to try. It I don't hit 30 I may just tell people that I lost close to 30. I know people will ask when I go home.

The funny thing is many people on the forum have said how much inches they lost. Well I really don't think I have lost very many. I may have only changed one size. I do carry all my weight in my hips and thighs.

I measure tomorrow.

Day 41,41,43

Day 41 -1.2
Day 42 +.6
Day 43 -.4

Total Loss 28.5

Things are finally settling down. Tom got the staples out yesterday. We discussed his digestion problems with the Dr. and we have a plan. I missed my luch yesterday and stopped at the grocery at about 3 and got an apple and some celery.

Yesterday was supposed to be a non injection day but I took the injection any way.

I am REALLY wanting to hit the 30 lb mark before the end of this round. My original plan was to take the last injection on the 21st. I would be on Phase 3 for Christmas and could try out some cool reciepts.

OR..... I could take the last injecton on the 23rd wold be on VLCD on Christmas and would make me on phase 3 the day we leave for Ohio on the 27th. We will be there 3 weeks. I cannot decide what to do.

Day 40

Lost -.2
Total lost 27.5

My water percent is up to 48.8. WOW if I could shed some of the water weight that would be great.

Day 39

Lost -0.8 water % 48.7 up .6 Fat % 39.2 down .6
Total lost -27.3

Well some how my days are messed up again. Today is day 39 on the weigh in sheet.
I'm hoping for another loss tomorrow.

Day 38

Loss -2.2
Total Loss= 26.5

WOW Check that out....
Here are some things that I have discovered.
1. I can eat eggs - 4 whites and 1 yoke
2. SQ injections work as well or better than IM
3. The lower 140IU works better then the 185 IU that the dr had me on.
4. I can eat Albacore Tuna packed in water
5. I can eat fruit and my grissini

My water % is still up 48.1% was 47.5%

My fat % is down from yesterday 39.8% was 40.1% the day before and 40.5% before that.

I hope it keeps moving . My stats show that I lose than I have a fat goose egg for a few days. I am hoping that the change in the amount of hCG and the place of injections will kick me off to daily losses. I like daily losses even if they are small.

Day 33-37

Total Net Loss -.8
Total loss 24.3

This week has been very tuff and stress full. DH has had several rough nights! We are in the process of seeing what he can eat. Things were getting better yeaterday was his best day. Then last night he was up again in the middle of the night. (3:30) I feel hopeless when there is nothing I can do to help him. He was having indigestion. He was us again early.

I see that others are losing consistantly and I am not.

I did switch to SQ at 140 IU. The Dr had me on 185 IU IM. I am ging to try it for one week to see if it helps.

Day 32

Loss -1.2
Total -23.4

Today I finally had a loss!! Cool. The odd thing is for the last few days the keto stick have shown. Light and not the moderate that they have been showing. I have done the cranberry drink for the last 3 days maybe that is why the ketosis sticks have changed.

Tom is coming home from the hospital today. Yeh! PTL!

Day 30 and Day 31

Day 30 Loss -0
Day 31 Loss -.2

Total Loss 22.2

Hi things are much better for me. My husband is doing much better. We are hoping he can get home tomorrow or the next day.

It is hard is keeping up on the cooking and cleaning and staying with my husband at the hospital from 8 or 9 am to 8 pm.

Hope I will loose more tomorrow, I have been on a stall for 4 days.

Day 28 and 29

Loss both days = Loss 0
Total loss - 22 lbs.

The good news is that I didn't GAIN! So much stress. I took lunch to the hospital each day but not supper. That was a problem. On day 28 I didn't eat supper. It was 11:00 PM by the time I got home from the hospital. Last night I did eat but it was at 9:30 to 10. TOO LATE TO EAT, but I didn't want to go another day without supper.

Today I brought food for BOTH lunch and supper.

DH update- He is better yesterday. The path results came back. They will NOT need to do Chemo! We Praise the Lord for his answers to our prayers.

Day 26 and Day 27

Day 26
Loss +.2
Day 27 -1

Total lost 22.0 pounds

Well, Tom is in SICU. Yesterday I was in the hospital from 6:00 Am until 8:00 Pm ( when they kicked me out)

Today I got in at 8:00 Am or so and I will leave Tom when they kick me out.
Today was stressful , Tom has been combative and one time even pulled out his tubes. It will be interesting what tomorrow brings on the scale. I brought my food to the hospital.

It will be interesting if tomorrow brings a weight gain.

Day 25

Lost 0
Total lost: 21.3

You know one thing that was really interesting . My water % and the fat % was exactly the same. Well tomorrow my hubby goes in for a colon surgery for cancer. I am lifting him up and trusting God for a speedy recovery.

The stress could make my weight out of control. I will be taking my prepared lunch and supper. I will stay on the protocol. More tomorrow.