Jami: 141.4
OMG OMG OMG, So CLOSE!!! I am very excited about the full pound drop too! Yesterday was yet another perfect day of eating as well as a light workout. Today I even have on a skirt that I haven't been able to wear since college. Woohoo!!
Not a lot of time to post right now either. Office mate wants to spend the day teaching me how to do his job. Such an oxymoron; I already know and he doesn't do it right anyway. Should be a nice a frustrating day. At least I have plans to have a small dinner with an HCG friendly girlfriend. Wish me luck!
Pounds to Go:
Jami: 6.4
Monday, January 31, 2011
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Day 30: Down 2.6
Jami: 142.4
Phew! Only one day of being up. Thank goodness it hasn't been a long residual cheat. So I am happy about the drop, but not going to consider it significant since it barely washes away the tragedy of Friday night. And by tragedy, I mean unbelievable delicacies and indulgences. And HA! It worked to only eat that chicken. Woo hoo!
I am not looking forward to work tomorrow; it's payroll day. :( So I am sure I will have more storied coming by Tuesday.
Pounds to go:
Jami: 7.4
Phew! Only one day of being up. Thank goodness it hasn't been a long residual cheat. So I am happy about the drop, but not going to consider it significant since it barely washes away the tragedy of Friday night. And by tragedy, I mean unbelievable delicacies and indulgences. And HA! It worked to only eat that chicken. Woo hoo!
I am not looking forward to work tomorrow; it's payroll day. :( So I am sure I will have more storied coming by Tuesday.
Pounds to go:
Jami: 7.4
Day 29: Up 2.0
Jami: 145.0
I finally cheated. It's restaurant week and I haven't been out with friends in a really long time. So I limited myself to only eating the least bad food possible. I had a Caesar salad (of which I avoided the cheese and croutons successfully), blackened tilapia with seared tomatoes on top but covered in a butter sauce, and I only had 1/8 of my creme brulee. The rest is in my freezer (as well as some of other people's uneaten brulee). There was wine, but at least it was red and I only had the one glass. All in all, a mere two pounds isn't as bad as it could have been.
Of course, after a scary weigh in like that, I barely at anything the rest of the day. I drank plenty of water and tea and only ate my 100 grams of chicken. I actually wasn't hungry and my stomach was for sure mad about the banned ingredients. However, I will say that going to a kiddie birthday party (this being the second one on this round) is brutal. Yummy smelling and looking pizza, fries and beer is very tough to resist. A nice pat on the back to me for being able to. :)
Pounds to go:
Jami 9.0
I finally cheated. It's restaurant week and I haven't been out with friends in a really long time. So I limited myself to only eating the least bad food possible. I had a Caesar salad (of which I avoided the cheese and croutons successfully), blackened tilapia with seared tomatoes on top but covered in a butter sauce, and I only had 1/8 of my creme brulee. The rest is in my freezer (as well as some of other people's uneaten brulee). There was wine, but at least it was red and I only had the one glass. All in all, a mere two pounds isn't as bad as it could have been.
Of course, after a scary weigh in like that, I barely at anything the rest of the day. I drank plenty of water and tea and only ate my 100 grams of chicken. I actually wasn't hungry and my stomach was for sure mad about the banned ingredients. However, I will say that going to a kiddie birthday party (this being the second one on this round) is brutal. Yummy smelling and looking pizza, fries and beer is very tough to resist. A nice pat on the back to me for being able to. :)
Pounds to go:
Jami 9.0
Friday, January 28, 2011
Day 28: Down .8
Jami: 143.0
I keep noticing that right around the 1x3's I have a small stall. It might be timing, it might be mental, it might be lack of sleep. With yesterday being flat and me shovelling my own driveway while eating perfectly I expected a bigger drop. But I still have not been sleeping well. I am seriously thinking a new bed is in order sooner rather than later! Either way, I am hoping for a fairly significant drop tomorrow, pending good sleep tonight of course. By Monday I will be in the 130's!!! Holy Crap! Haven't been that weight since college.
Lauren was flat today, but she has been in a lot of pain from physical therapy. I personally think the therapy is wonderful, but floods her body with toxins and slows her weight loss a little. But the fun news is Lauren will be at my house this evening, which is chalk full of HCG friendly foods and liquids. :)
So I win today, score is Lauren - 12, Jami - 9. Still close!
Pounds to go:
Jami: 8.0
I keep noticing that right around the 1x3's I have a small stall. It might be timing, it might be mental, it might be lack of sleep. With yesterday being flat and me shovelling my own driveway while eating perfectly I expected a bigger drop. But I still have not been sleeping well. I am seriously thinking a new bed is in order sooner rather than later! Either way, I am hoping for a fairly significant drop tomorrow, pending good sleep tonight of course. By Monday I will be in the 130's!!! Holy Crap! Haven't been that weight since college.
Lauren was flat today, but she has been in a lot of pain from physical therapy. I personally think the therapy is wonderful, but floods her body with toxins and slows her weight loss a little. But the fun news is Lauren will be at my house this evening, which is chalk full of HCG friendly foods and liquids. :)
So I win today, score is Lauren - 12, Jami - 9. Still close!
Pounds to go:
Jami: 8.0
Day 27: Flat
Jami: 143.8
Not surprised. No sleep, no loss. And no internet at home, which is why you all get this post today. Lauren had a great drop though, down 1.2! Score is now Lauren - 12 and Jami -8. More on the next post.
Pounds to go:
Jami: 8.8
Lauren: 19.0
Not surprised. No sleep, no loss. And no internet at home, which is why you all get this post today. Lauren had a great drop though, down 1.2! Score is now Lauren - 12 and Jami -8. More on the next post.
Pounds to go:
Jami: 8.8
Lauren: 19.0
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Day 26: Down 2.3!!!!!!
Jami: 143.8
I KNEW it!!! Yesterday was totally a false read combined with lack of sleep. With Justin out of town I let Josie sleep in my bed with me. She is great! Snuggles for 10 minutes then tells me, "Mommy, you face that way, Josie is sleepy." and rolls over to her side. And she has Justin's body heat so she kept me warm all night too. :) JJ is not into sharing his bed, which is perfectly fine with me. He is a tosser. So Josie and I were asleep by 10 and awake at 5:30, perfect amount of sleep. And I had yet another perfect day with no cheating. This is working so well!!! By the end of next week I will take comparison pictures in the pink swim suit from round one and post the difference.
Work has been AWESOME!!! This will be day 3 of my office mate being out sick. I feel bad for him, but the peace and quiet has been glorious. The only bad thing is that he has missed so many days he'll be so far behind that there is a chance the important meeting about his 'career' will be postponed until he is in better shape. Can't hurt his feelings the same week he gets sick...Bleh. I don't intend to run my business based on feelings, it's counterproductive. Hence our 'accountant' doesn't understand the concept of payroll. I forgot to mention this tid bit: for our timesheet and payroll software we have been working on making sure we can have salary employees allocate hours for job costing. Since the basic ADP payroll module won't let you do that we had to get an integrated piece to bridge the gap. I have implemented this entire thing, explained EVERYTHING to office mate; the concept, the use, the functionality, and he still doesn't get it!!!! He has been pushing back his training on this bridge piece for over a month. Finally takes it last Friday (day before payroll, of course). Then he goes into the President's office to tell him about this great feature that we could be using from ADP. What is it? The bridge piece he just took training on!!!!!! He didn't comprehend that he was taking training because we already OWN it, he just needs to know how to use it. I wanted to shoot him, because it's not my fault that he didn't understand a) what the training was for, b) the concept, and c) that we already have it. Total idiot.
Lauren will be on in 30 minutes with her updates, so I will finish posting then. Or mush later, like now. Btw, I am stuck at home with nothing to do but play with kids...Call me if you are bored too!!! Ok, so Lauren was down .4 today, which means I won. :) After the last four days, the new tally is Lauren - 11, Justin - 2, and Jami - 8. Still a close race!
Pounds to go:
Jami: 8.8 (less than ten!!)
I KNEW it!!! Yesterday was totally a false read combined with lack of sleep. With Justin out of town I let Josie sleep in my bed with me. She is great! Snuggles for 10 minutes then tells me, "Mommy, you face that way, Josie is sleepy." and rolls over to her side. And she has Justin's body heat so she kept me warm all night too. :) JJ is not into sharing his bed, which is perfectly fine with me. He is a tosser. So Josie and I were asleep by 10 and awake at 5:30, perfect amount of sleep. And I had yet another perfect day with no cheating. This is working so well!!! By the end of next week I will take comparison pictures in the pink swim suit from round one and post the difference.
Work has been AWESOME!!! This will be day 3 of my office mate being out sick. I feel bad for him, but the peace and quiet has been glorious. The only bad thing is that he has missed so many days he'll be so far behind that there is a chance the important meeting about his 'career' will be postponed until he is in better shape. Can't hurt his feelings the same week he gets sick...Bleh. I don't intend to run my business based on feelings, it's counterproductive. Hence our 'accountant' doesn't understand the concept of payroll. I forgot to mention this tid bit: for our timesheet and payroll software we have been working on making sure we can have salary employees allocate hours for job costing. Since the basic ADP payroll module won't let you do that we had to get an integrated piece to bridge the gap. I have implemented this entire thing, explained EVERYTHING to office mate; the concept, the use, the functionality, and he still doesn't get it!!!! He has been pushing back his training on this bridge piece for over a month. Finally takes it last Friday (day before payroll, of course). Then he goes into the President's office to tell him about this great feature that we could be using from ADP. What is it? The bridge piece he just took training on!!!!!! He didn't comprehend that he was taking training because we already OWN it, he just needs to know how to use it. I wanted to shoot him, because it's not my fault that he didn't understand a) what the training was for, b) the concept, and c) that we already have it. Total idiot.
Lauren will be on in 30 minutes with her updates, so I will finish posting then. Or mush later, like now. Btw, I am stuck at home with nothing to do but play with kids...Call me if you are bored too!!! Ok, so Lauren was down .4 today, which means I won. :) After the last four days, the new tally is Lauren - 11, Justin - 2, and Jami - 8. Still a close race!
Pounds to go:
Jami: 8.8 (less than ten!!)
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Day 25: Up .6
Jami: 146.1
False read, I am sure of it. :) I got exactly 3 hours of sleep last night. Got up at 3:30am to work and 2 hours later had chugged 5 cups of tea. Then weighed myself...then weighed 5 cups of water...the water weighed 2.1 pounds. Lol, I REALLY wanted to just subtract that from my weight this morning, but I didn't. Just going to expect a much bigger loss tomorrow. Everything else was exactly on protocol, just couldn't get to sleep.
Why no sleep? No idea... Could be work, could be that Justin gave me his insomnia, who knows. All I can do it work on it.
In other interesting news (I want to say great news, but shouldn't); the guy who was my boss at my previous job has been asked to step down as President. He lost all their major contracts, bought a new office that cost 12 times what the old one did, and drove away all the good employees. Karma kicked his ass FINALLY. Total douche, had this coming to him.
Pounds to go:
Jami: 11.1
False read, I am sure of it. :) I got exactly 3 hours of sleep last night. Got up at 3:30am to work and 2 hours later had chugged 5 cups of tea. Then weighed myself...then weighed 5 cups of water...the water weighed 2.1 pounds. Lol, I REALLY wanted to just subtract that from my weight this morning, but I didn't. Just going to expect a much bigger loss tomorrow. Everything else was exactly on protocol, just couldn't get to sleep.
Why no sleep? No idea... Could be work, could be that Justin gave me his insomnia, who knows. All I can do it work on it.
In other interesting news (I want to say great news, but shouldn't); the guy who was my boss at my previous job has been asked to step down as President. He lost all their major contracts, bought a new office that cost 12 times what the old one did, and drove away all the good employees. Karma kicked his ass FINALLY. Total douche, had this coming to him.
Pounds to go:
Jami: 11.1
Monday, January 24, 2011
Day 24: Down .5 and 1.1ish
Jami: 145.5
Justin: 190.?
The red wine may have had a residual affect for two days post, so I am not disappointed. Still a loss, still on track, still feeling incredible!
More later: So I have been exercising more as well. Finally found the pin to our weight machine that allows me to have more than ten pounds of resistance! Slowly working up the poundage for my legs, which I think are looking quite nice. :)
Justin heads to UT today, he is going to be eating some might fine food while away. He is excited for the small break, tons of exercise, and the renewed fortitude to be strict on the protocol when he returns.
Pounds to go:
Jami: 10.5
Justin: 190.?
The red wine may have had a residual affect for two days post, so I am not disappointed. Still a loss, still on track, still feeling incredible!
More later: So I have been exercising more as well. Finally found the pin to our weight machine that allows me to have more than ten pounds of resistance! Slowly working up the poundage for my legs, which I think are looking quite nice. :)
Justin heads to UT today, he is going to be eating some might fine food while away. He is excited for the small break, tons of exercise, and the renewed fortitude to be strict on the protocol when he returns.
Pounds to go:
Jami: 10.5
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Day 23: Down .9 and Up 2.5
Jami: 146.0
Justin: 192.7
Another nice drop, cannot complain. :) I skipped dinner because I had my friend Blair over last night and I knew we would want to drink. Turns out, the Merlot (Barefoot) was crap and the Riesling isn't allowed so I only had 3 sips (for show). I was super hungry when I went to bed, but squelched it with 3 cups of yummy hot tea. And I feel rewarded today. :)
Justin is super excited about his trip, I am happy he's excited! Two more days and he'll get to spend 4 glorious days on the slopes in Utah.
Oh, something fun, we went shopping today and I got some of those Step-N-Tone shoes. First few steps and I could already feel them working. They just make your walk a little bouncier. Pretty cool!
And work will be fun tomorrow. Office mate spent, no joke, ALL DAY setting up his new desk and hanging up his calendar. That should mean he will be even more distracted and behind, therefore asking me more stupid questions. Oh well, at least I have a job and love it!!!
Pounds to go:
Jami: 11.0 (So Close!!!)
Justin: 192.7
Another nice drop, cannot complain. :) I skipped dinner because I had my friend Blair over last night and I knew we would want to drink. Turns out, the Merlot (Barefoot) was crap and the Riesling isn't allowed so I only had 3 sips (for show). I was super hungry when I went to bed, but squelched it with 3 cups of yummy hot tea. And I feel rewarded today. :)
Justin is super excited about his trip, I am happy he's excited! Two more days and he'll get to spend 4 glorious days on the slopes in Utah.
Oh, something fun, we went shopping today and I got some of those Step-N-Tone shoes. First few steps and I could already feel them working. They just make your walk a little bouncier. Pretty cool!
And work will be fun tomorrow. Office mate spent, no joke, ALL DAY setting up his new desk and hanging up his calendar. That should mean he will be even more distracted and behind, therefore asking me more stupid questions. Oh well, at least I have a job and love it!!!
Pounds to go:
Jami: 11.0 (So Close!!!)
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Day 22: Down .8 and .7
Jami: 146.9
Justin: 190.2
Justin is dying with this 190 barrier, poor guy! It's his hump, he'll be over it by the end of the weekend I am sure. Thankfully we don't have to lay insulation or any other laborious stuff. It's going to be a nice and relaxing weekend.
Yesterday was another perfect day of eating for me, flavored coffee and all. Given my results I am refusing to give up the flavored coffee. Let me tell you, Justin got me a Keurig coffee maker for Christmas and some of their holiday blends too. The Golden French Toast, Butter Toffee, and Spicy Eggnog taste like candy for breakfast.
One thing I have been thinking about is reevaluating my goals. I have had 135 as a weight goal in my head for almost five years now. It's the pinnacle weight from college. But, as I think all of you know, I bought fake tits 18 months ago (BEST purchase EVER). They weigh 5 pounds total. My tits in college might have weighed a pound total. So maybe 140 is a more realistic goal. Honestly, I am just 7 pounds away from that, and I can see that I don't have 12 pounds to lose. Matter of fact, my 'skinny' jeans slid on no problem this morning. I am even sporting a belt to keep them up, AND no muffin top! Justin says don't change my goal... Hmmm, I guess for now I won't. I'll decide next week.
It was an insane week too! Worked late every night. Good news is, I am back on track - close enough anyway - and my boss saw me booking the overtime. That's good because with Justin going skiing next week, I will have to have shorter days Wednesday - Friday. Did I mention I LOVE my job? My boss is so great and flexible. And he knows I am running circles around my office mate. Which reminds me to tell you all what happened when I stayed late Thursday. I finally had my meeting with the CPA. Back track, the CPA is part time acting CFO and the closest thing that office mate and I have to a Supervisor. No one else in the office wants anything to do with numbers, they just want their reports on time and accurate. So, the CPA comes in once a week to work with office mate on the accounting stuff. No joke, he spends ZERO time with me. He reviews my invoices and recons and such via email and I hardly ever have any issues. He spends about 8 hours each time 'teaching' office mate what he is doing wrong...over and over and over again. So all these months the CPA has been helping omtk (office mate the kink - nick name) with all his work. What he didn't know about were all the mistakes omtk makes that affect my work. And it's stupid stuff, the same coding errors over and over. Honestly, I can forgive that. His duties are beyond his comprehension and he is overwhelmed by that. What I cannot forgive is his attitude. Every time anyone finds a mistake of his he has a quick excuse and an instant refusal to fix it. So, the CPA had no idea the amount of mistakes nor that I spend half my time fixing them. All in all, it was a very productive meeting. The CPA is still giving omtk a chance to improve (I guess I would have to royally f*** up to lose my job) but at least now there are specifics he can improve. Phew...man I wish I could just hire my own payroll specialist! Lol, omtk had to take some more payroll training yesterday too. He is relearning AGAIN how to run payroll - because all the pieces I handle before he clicks the 'Run Payroll' button is still over his head. It was so painful to hear him ask questions. He literally does not understand the difference between pay groups and employee types. Still...after almost 3 years! So sad.
Anyway, it is time to go grocery shopping. As for the race: Lauren - 9, Justin - 2, Jami - 6. Lauren was down a good 2.0 yesterday, and is in NC for the weekend.
Pounds to go:
Jami: 11.9 (Total lost this round: 17.0)
Justin: 15.7
Justin: 190.2
Justin is dying with this 190 barrier, poor guy! It's his hump, he'll be over it by the end of the weekend I am sure. Thankfully we don't have to lay insulation or any other laborious stuff. It's going to be a nice and relaxing weekend.
Yesterday was another perfect day of eating for me, flavored coffee and all. Given my results I am refusing to give up the flavored coffee. Let me tell you, Justin got me a Keurig coffee maker for Christmas and some of their holiday blends too. The Golden French Toast, Butter Toffee, and Spicy Eggnog taste like candy for breakfast.
One thing I have been thinking about is reevaluating my goals. I have had 135 as a weight goal in my head for almost five years now. It's the pinnacle weight from college. But, as I think all of you know, I bought fake tits 18 months ago (BEST purchase EVER). They weigh 5 pounds total. My tits in college might have weighed a pound total. So maybe 140 is a more realistic goal. Honestly, I am just 7 pounds away from that, and I can see that I don't have 12 pounds to lose. Matter of fact, my 'skinny' jeans slid on no problem this morning. I am even sporting a belt to keep them up, AND no muffin top! Justin says don't change my goal... Hmmm, I guess for now I won't. I'll decide next week.
It was an insane week too! Worked late every night. Good news is, I am back on track - close enough anyway - and my boss saw me booking the overtime. That's good because with Justin going skiing next week, I will have to have shorter days Wednesday - Friday. Did I mention I LOVE my job? My boss is so great and flexible. And he knows I am running circles around my office mate. Which reminds me to tell you all what happened when I stayed late Thursday. I finally had my meeting with the CPA. Back track, the CPA is part time acting CFO and the closest thing that office mate and I have to a Supervisor. No one else in the office wants anything to do with numbers, they just want their reports on time and accurate. So, the CPA comes in once a week to work with office mate on the accounting stuff. No joke, he spends ZERO time with me. He reviews my invoices and recons and such via email and I hardly ever have any issues. He spends about 8 hours each time 'teaching' office mate what he is doing wrong...over and over and over again. So all these months the CPA has been helping omtk (office mate the kink - nick name) with all his work. What he didn't know about were all the mistakes omtk makes that affect my work. And it's stupid stuff, the same coding errors over and over. Honestly, I can forgive that. His duties are beyond his comprehension and he is overwhelmed by that. What I cannot forgive is his attitude. Every time anyone finds a mistake of his he has a quick excuse and an instant refusal to fix it. So, the CPA had no idea the amount of mistakes nor that I spend half my time fixing them. All in all, it was a very productive meeting. The CPA is still giving omtk a chance to improve (I guess I would have to royally f*** up to lose my job) but at least now there are specifics he can improve. Phew...man I wish I could just hire my own payroll specialist! Lol, omtk had to take some more payroll training yesterday too. He is relearning AGAIN how to run payroll - because all the pieces I handle before he clicks the 'Run Payroll' button is still over his head. It was so painful to hear him ask questions. He literally does not understand the difference between pay groups and employee types. Still...after almost 3 years! So sad.
Anyway, it is time to go grocery shopping. As for the race: Lauren - 9, Justin - 2, Jami - 6. Lauren was down a good 2.0 yesterday, and is in NC for the weekend.
Pounds to go:
Jami: 11.9 (Total lost this round: 17.0)
Justin: 15.7
Friday, January 21, 2011
Day 21: Down .8 and Flat
Jami: 147.7
Justin: 190.9
It's all quickly melting away and I am loving it! Today is day 21, so that means I have officially made this a habit. It even feels like routine, definitely like it's what I am supposed to be doing. And how fast is this working?!?! In 21 days I am down 16.2 pounds. That's significant! So really, all I have to report is that I still haven't cheated. The worst thing I have done is stash some chocolate covered cherries in the freezer at work for a treat when I am done. :)
As for work, I had a great meeting with the CPA last night, who was finally clued in to all the crap that office mate has been doing. Of course he softened the severity with lots of 'he's sensitive, easily distracted, a people pleaser, tries really hard, has a good heart...' excuses, but in the end there is a ten item list of Way To Help Him Improve. Thank goodness, I am not in charge of teaching him anything. I still have to manage all the projects he touches, but with less direct authority now. Phew, who wants to manage an unmotivated 40 year old slob? Not me.
Pounds to Go:
Jami: 12.7 (I am crushing Justin!)
Justin: 15.9
Justin: 190.9
It's all quickly melting away and I am loving it! Today is day 21, so that means I have officially made this a habit. It even feels like routine, definitely like it's what I am supposed to be doing. And how fast is this working?!?! In 21 days I am down 16.2 pounds. That's significant! So really, all I have to report is that I still haven't cheated. The worst thing I have done is stash some chocolate covered cherries in the freezer at work for a treat when I am done. :)
As for work, I had a great meeting with the CPA last night, who was finally clued in to all the crap that office mate has been doing. Of course he softened the severity with lots of 'he's sensitive, easily distracted, a people pleaser, tries really hard, has a good heart...' excuses, but in the end there is a ten item list of Way To Help Him Improve. Thank goodness, I am not in charge of teaching him anything. I still have to manage all the projects he touches, but with less direct authority now. Phew, who wants to manage an unmotivated 40 year old slob? Not me.
Pounds to Go:
Jami: 12.7 (I am crushing Justin!)
Justin: 15.9
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Day 20: Down 1.1 and .7
Jami: 148.5
Justin: 190.9
Bam!!! Rocking like a rock star. :) I know I have mentioned before, when I get sick, it's never a sore throat or anything like that, it's explosive ass syndrome. So it is no surprise that I am down over a pound today, I couldn't keep any fluids in my body at all yesterday. Gross, but honest. Justin is having the scale issue that I was having; it thinks he is one weight, then it gets me, then it decides he isn't as heavy as he was 2 minutes ago. Both yesterday and today he didn't have a loss the first time on the scale, but did have the .7 losses after I weighed in. Still love this scale, totally accurate I think.
Lauren was AMAZING yesterday too!!! Wasn't hungry after work, so she had her grapefruit and called it good. Down 2.0 today!!! Woo hoo. :) Which means she wins today. New scorecard: Lauren -8, Justin - 2, Jami - 4. And I totally thought my 1.1 would win today...Love the competition!
Big day at work today, must concentrate. More gossip to follow tonight.
Pounds to Go:
Jami: 13.5
Justin: 15.9
Justin: 190.9
Bam!!! Rocking like a rock star. :) I know I have mentioned before, when I get sick, it's never a sore throat or anything like that, it's explosive ass syndrome. So it is no surprise that I am down over a pound today, I couldn't keep any fluids in my body at all yesterday. Gross, but honest. Justin is having the scale issue that I was having; it thinks he is one weight, then it gets me, then it decides he isn't as heavy as he was 2 minutes ago. Both yesterday and today he didn't have a loss the first time on the scale, but did have the .7 losses after I weighed in. Still love this scale, totally accurate I think.
Lauren was AMAZING yesterday too!!! Wasn't hungry after work, so she had her grapefruit and called it good. Down 2.0 today!!! Woo hoo. :) Which means she wins today. New scorecard: Lauren -8, Justin - 2, Jami - 4. And I totally thought my 1.1 would win today...Love the competition!
Big day at work today, must concentrate. More gossip to follow tonight.
Pounds to Go:
Jami: 13.5
Justin: 15.9
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Day 19: Down 1.2 and .7
Jami: 149.6
Justin: 191.6
Finally! Goodbye 150's forever. :) And I didn't mean to, but I ended up missing my grapefruit last night. Justin has been diligently creating an amazing database that even retarded office mate will be able to use, so we were both super focused last night. I am still faithfully eating my green chili concoction (can't waste food) and drinking flavored coffee's so this drop makes me happy. Also continuing on the nightly light weight lifting. Feels great. One note, no matter what, do not drink coffee after 7 pm. I was WIDE awake until at least midnight and the rest of the night was terrible sleep.
Lauren's stats to post soon. :) And the daily winner is; Jami! Lauren ate some salmon, turns out it is a very watery fish and makes you retain water as well. No salmon folks. Lauren - 7, Justin - 2, Jami - 4.
Pounds to go:
Jami: 14.6
Justin: 16.6
Lauren:
Justin: 191.6
Finally! Goodbye 150's forever. :) And I didn't mean to, but I ended up missing my grapefruit last night. Justin has been diligently creating an amazing database that even retarded office mate will be able to use, so we were both super focused last night. I am still faithfully eating my green chili concoction (can't waste food) and drinking flavored coffee's so this drop makes me happy. Also continuing on the nightly light weight lifting. Feels great. One note, no matter what, do not drink coffee after 7 pm. I was WIDE awake until at least midnight and the rest of the night was terrible sleep.
Lauren's stats to post soon. :) And the daily winner is; Jami! Lauren ate some salmon, turns out it is a very watery fish and makes you retain water as well. No salmon folks. Lauren - 7, Justin - 2, Jami - 4.
Pounds to go:
Jami: 14.6
Justin: 16.6
Lauren:
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Day 18: Down .2 and .4
Jami: 150.8
Justin: 192.3 (I think)
Gick, down .2 after up .8? To be expected, I added in some light weight lifting and refuse to not eat the green chili stew. I am confident I will break the 150 barrier by tomorrow. :) Justin is also working out still, to get ready for his snowboarding trip in a week.
Work is insane, I am putting together a Management Plan for my office mate. His antics are beyond ridiculous and I no longer have time to accept them. I'll post more later.
The more later I promised is this. It felt really good to do the light lifting yesterday. And I do mean light, we can't find the weight pin to add additional weight, so I am confined to 10 pounds of resistance. Lol, not a lot and I can feel it today. That is a little shameful, but I gotta start somewhere. Also, even though my loss was minimal, I can really see the difference!!! My abs are back, I thought they had left forever.
Back to the work thing; so ironic that I started working on a Management Plan this morning. Why ironic? Because my VP sent me an email today telling me to put together a list of things that needed improvement in my department, specifically all the things that office mate needs to improve. It felt so good to write her back and say I had an improvement plan drafted already and would be more than pleased to share it with the CPA on Thursday (as she suggested in her email). Basically, everyone is getting frustrated that they can't get anything from him, and can't ask me for more stuff because I am managing so much of his work. I am going to revise my resume to reflect the management aspect too, since my annual review is next month. Already a year, I can hardly believe it!!! And I still love the actual work itself. It's going to be a great career year for sure. :) Lots of restructuring I am sure. And I might still be green and inexperienced, but I am dancing circles around office mate's learning curve and production ratio. The only person who seems to not notice is the CPA who keeps saying "he needs a chance to learn." HOW LONG??!!? It's already been 2.5 years and he still can't do payroll correctly, let alone understand the concept of payroll. Today I snapped at him; I was on the phone and he started asking me questions. On The Phone, Dude! He was asking me the same question he always asks about part time people. Then our boss called...to tell me that office mate needs more help and I am fully in charge of making sure payroll gets done correctly. I already make all timesheet corrections needed, fix all errors, and prime everything for him! So I handed him my payroll to do list, which I keep for each payroll. Have to, it's impossible to remember who all sent in new forms or had some other informational change, so I list it. I printed that out, along with the issues to watch for when previewing payroll, and gave it to office mate. He got pissy with me!!! "What is this? I do this all the time, I don't need a list." Ugh, egotistical prick. So I took it back. Low and behold, he messed up payroll and had to do it over again. Oh well, just one more thing for him to fix tomorrow. I wonder if he knows he spends more time fixing what little work he does do than he does actually doing the work.
So, Lauren is back with us. After the long weekend she is back on track and ready to go! She's so close to her ending weight of last week, probably will be there tomorrow. Go Lauren!!!
Pounds to go:
Jami: 16.0
Justin: 192.3 (I think)
Gick, down .2 after up .8? To be expected, I added in some light weight lifting and refuse to not eat the green chili stew. I am confident I will break the 150 barrier by tomorrow. :) Justin is also working out still, to get ready for his snowboarding trip in a week.
Work is insane, I am putting together a Management Plan for my office mate. His antics are beyond ridiculous and I no longer have time to accept them. I'll post more later.
The more later I promised is this. It felt really good to do the light lifting yesterday. And I do mean light, we can't find the weight pin to add additional weight, so I am confined to 10 pounds of resistance. Lol, not a lot and I can feel it today. That is a little shameful, but I gotta start somewhere. Also, even though my loss was minimal, I can really see the difference!!! My abs are back, I thought they had left forever.
Back to the work thing; so ironic that I started working on a Management Plan this morning. Why ironic? Because my VP sent me an email today telling me to put together a list of things that needed improvement in my department, specifically all the things that office mate needs to improve. It felt so good to write her back and say I had an improvement plan drafted already and would be more than pleased to share it with the CPA on Thursday (as she suggested in her email). Basically, everyone is getting frustrated that they can't get anything from him, and can't ask me for more stuff because I am managing so much of his work. I am going to revise my resume to reflect the management aspect too, since my annual review is next month. Already a year, I can hardly believe it!!! And I still love the actual work itself. It's going to be a great career year for sure. :) Lots of restructuring I am sure. And I might still be green and inexperienced, but I am dancing circles around office mate's learning curve and production ratio. The only person who seems to not notice is the CPA who keeps saying "he needs a chance to learn." HOW LONG??!!? It's already been 2.5 years and he still can't do payroll correctly, let alone understand the concept of payroll. Today I snapped at him; I was on the phone and he started asking me questions. On The Phone, Dude! He was asking me the same question he always asks about part time people. Then our boss called...to tell me that office mate needs more help and I am fully in charge of making sure payroll gets done correctly. I already make all timesheet corrections needed, fix all errors, and prime everything for him! So I handed him my payroll to do list, which I keep for each payroll. Have to, it's impossible to remember who all sent in new forms or had some other informational change, so I list it. I printed that out, along with the issues to watch for when previewing payroll, and gave it to office mate. He got pissy with me!!! "What is this? I do this all the time, I don't need a list." Ugh, egotistical prick. So I took it back. Low and behold, he messed up payroll and had to do it over again. Oh well, just one more thing for him to fix tomorrow. I wonder if he knows he spends more time fixing what little work he does do than he does actually doing the work.
So, Lauren is back with us. After the long weekend she is back on track and ready to go! She's so close to her ending weight of last week, probably will be there tomorrow. Go Lauren!!!
Pounds to go:
Jami: 16.0
Monday, January 17, 2011
Day 17: Up .8 and .9
Jami: 151.0
Justin: 192.7
Lol, all I can do is laugh. :) I don't consider it cheating, but I did add green chilies to my stew concoction yesterday. I guess chili is a high water retaining veggie, like carrots and broccoli. Oh well, I am still eating it and still expecting results. I don't think I had the right water to tea ratio last night either. Josie was a little sick, so she was needier than normal and I had to neglect some of my stuff. Justin was up late and made himself some popcorn. And I don't think he had enough water either, but that was a product of his not feeling well (still hung over).
But some good news, Justin and I got our weight machine fully put together again (how sad, we've lived here almost four months and it is just now getting done...). We both plan to use it for low impact cardio/strength training for the next couple of weeks. I know I am introducing a new piece to the equation, but I had a wonderful chat with Cat last night, and she helped me remember that my goal should not just be a number, but also toning and sculpting. It's true, I am losing inches, but my legs aren't any more defined than they were before (which tells you I never really had that much muscle on them to begin with). Honestly, I am afraid to add in exercise of any kind. I have been having such great success dropping the weight - minus today of course - that I don't want to mess it up and have something to over analyze/throw me off track. It is a really big accomplishment that I haven't cheated AT ALL this round. There have been temptations, but I am really learning to love the foods that are healthy for me. For example, last night I put pre-cooked shrimp in lemon juice with some salt and pepper and cooked it until the liquid boiled. Then I steamed some asparagus and dumped the shrimp 'sauce' on top of it. It was Delicious!! Who knew those few ingredients could taste so good. Of course it still isn't a lot of food, but we all know that gourmet restaurants don't serve the best quantity of food, it's about the quality. On the flip side, I still don't like flavorless chicken. But Justin discovered a way to make it UNBELIEVABLE: in a skillet, cover it in lemon juice (our save-all ingredient) and pepper. That's it. So simple yet tastes like it should be forbidden. Oooops, now you all know my secret to success this round - lemon juice makes everything taste better. :)
Last note about food, it is killing me to be feeding JJ my latest loaf of fresh banana bread. I can smell it and feel the yummy sugar on my fingers. Ugh, total torture.
So with work, I am actually sad that today is a holiday! I have so much work to do, a very short time to get it all done, and I hate spending the day wishing I were eating. The trifecta stresser. And being that it is winter, all my possible playdates have sick kids (as do I), so we are basically quarantined to the house. I guess it is time to get back in the attic and finish laying the insulation. Bleh, manual labor sucks.
So, pounds to go:
Jami: 16.2 (Still winning!!)
Justin: 17.1
Justin: 192.7
Lol, all I can do is laugh. :) I don't consider it cheating, but I did add green chilies to my stew concoction yesterday. I guess chili is a high water retaining veggie, like carrots and broccoli. Oh well, I am still eating it and still expecting results. I don't think I had the right water to tea ratio last night either. Josie was a little sick, so she was needier than normal and I had to neglect some of my stuff. Justin was up late and made himself some popcorn. And I don't think he had enough water either, but that was a product of his not feeling well (still hung over).
But some good news, Justin and I got our weight machine fully put together again (how sad, we've lived here almost four months and it is just now getting done...). We both plan to use it for low impact cardio/strength training for the next couple of weeks. I know I am introducing a new piece to the equation, but I had a wonderful chat with Cat last night, and she helped me remember that my goal should not just be a number, but also toning and sculpting. It's true, I am losing inches, but my legs aren't any more defined than they were before (which tells you I never really had that much muscle on them to begin with). Honestly, I am afraid to add in exercise of any kind. I have been having such great success dropping the weight - minus today of course - that I don't want to mess it up and have something to over analyze/throw me off track. It is a really big accomplishment that I haven't cheated AT ALL this round. There have been temptations, but I am really learning to love the foods that are healthy for me. For example, last night I put pre-cooked shrimp in lemon juice with some salt and pepper and cooked it until the liquid boiled. Then I steamed some asparagus and dumped the shrimp 'sauce' on top of it. It was Delicious!! Who knew those few ingredients could taste so good. Of course it still isn't a lot of food, but we all know that gourmet restaurants don't serve the best quantity of food, it's about the quality. On the flip side, I still don't like flavorless chicken. But Justin discovered a way to make it UNBELIEVABLE: in a skillet, cover it in lemon juice (our save-all ingredient) and pepper. That's it. So simple yet tastes like it should be forbidden. Oooops, now you all know my secret to success this round - lemon juice makes everything taste better. :)
Last note about food, it is killing me to be feeding JJ my latest loaf of fresh banana bread. I can smell it and feel the yummy sugar on my fingers. Ugh, total torture.
So with work, I am actually sad that today is a holiday! I have so much work to do, a very short time to get it all done, and I hate spending the day wishing I were eating. The trifecta stresser. And being that it is winter, all my possible playdates have sick kids (as do I), so we are basically quarantined to the house. I guess it is time to get back in the attic and finish laying the insulation. Bleh, manual labor sucks.
So, pounds to go:
Jami: 16.2 (Still winning!!)
Justin: 17.1
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Day 16: Down 1.0 and 3.0
Jami: 150.2
Justin: 191.8
BAM! Emeril style today! Actually no, mine was from perfectly harmonious protocol eating, but Justin's is from drinking his weight in liquor and losing his dinner to the toilet Gods. Lol. Weekends are the toughest. There aren't as many 'don't think about food' distractions, your kids need food every hour, and if you have friends over or drinks, everyone else is eating/drinking something that smells incredible. The toss up for us is this; have friends over who are going to eat and drink in front of us (while also bringing their kids to play with our kids) or be home all day with just our kids, who are still going to eat every hour. At least with playdates we get to talk about adult stuff and the kids are fully entertained all day. Kind of ironic, that is about the one time we don't really feel like we need a drink, yet we drink most often on playdates. :) It's also a great time to make really good food. Our friend Brendan, who has two boys that are 3 and 4, also enjoys eating delicious food. Yesterday's spread was veal scallopini (sans the flour breading for me) with sun dried tomatoes and capers, cucumbers sprinkled with dill, salt and pepper, and fresh banana bread (also not for me - didn't even taste the batter). The boys spent the evening drinking mojitos, rum and cokes, and rum and sprite's. I, on the other hand, spent the evening drinking vanilla caramel tea, honey vanilla chamomile tea, and water (pats self on the back). Oh, and Justin made a killer mostly cheese mac and cheese for the kids. I am not sure if it is fortunate or unfortunate, but most of the mac and cheese is still in the fridge. Cross your fingers that my kids eat it all today. :)
So, since this is the end of two full weeks on the VLCD, I figure it is a good time to summarize our stats.
Pounds lost from the top of the gorge:
Jami: 13.7
Justin: 11.9
Pounds lost to date:
Jami: 22.6
Justin: 38.0
Pounds to go:
Jami: 15.4
Justin: 16.2
Awesome! Totally on track, nice and average. :) Everyone, this is how it works, about a pound a day. And as you can see, Justin and I should both hit our goals in the next two weeks. TWO WEEKS! Really?!?! Talk about instant results.
And for Lauren, she has already had great success while in Philly this weekend with her dad and brother; she has ordered salads at restaurants. That really is the hardest part; being out with people and avoiding temptation. We all know this, it's why we schedule rounds on Phase two for when we don't have plans to go out for business lunches, dinners, and such. I am sure tomorrow we will have a full update on Lauren's weekend.
For now, it is peace out time. Justin will be recovering for most of the day, it's cold outside, and tomorrow is also a holiday. I predict that I drink no fewer than 14 cups of hot tea and/or coffee to stay warm. I think the kids are going to be low key as well, they both sound a little under the weather. OK, enough blabbering, can't wait to see how everyone else is doing!!!
Justin: 191.8
BAM! Emeril style today! Actually no, mine was from perfectly harmonious protocol eating, but Justin's is from drinking his weight in liquor and losing his dinner to the toilet Gods. Lol. Weekends are the toughest. There aren't as many 'don't think about food' distractions, your kids need food every hour, and if you have friends over or drinks, everyone else is eating/drinking something that smells incredible. The toss up for us is this; have friends over who are going to eat and drink in front of us (while also bringing their kids to play with our kids) or be home all day with just our kids, who are still going to eat every hour. At least with playdates we get to talk about adult stuff and the kids are fully entertained all day. Kind of ironic, that is about the one time we don't really feel like we need a drink, yet we drink most often on playdates. :) It's also a great time to make really good food. Our friend Brendan, who has two boys that are 3 and 4, also enjoys eating delicious food. Yesterday's spread was veal scallopini (sans the flour breading for me) with sun dried tomatoes and capers, cucumbers sprinkled with dill, salt and pepper, and fresh banana bread (also not for me - didn't even taste the batter). The boys spent the evening drinking mojitos, rum and cokes, and rum and sprite's. I, on the other hand, spent the evening drinking vanilla caramel tea, honey vanilla chamomile tea, and water (pats self on the back). Oh, and Justin made a killer mostly cheese mac and cheese for the kids. I am not sure if it is fortunate or unfortunate, but most of the mac and cheese is still in the fridge. Cross your fingers that my kids eat it all today. :)
So, since this is the end of two full weeks on the VLCD, I figure it is a good time to summarize our stats.
Pounds lost from the top of the gorge:
Jami: 13.7
Justin: 11.9
Pounds lost to date:
Jami: 22.6
Justin: 38.0
Pounds to go:
Jami: 15.4
Justin: 16.2
Awesome! Totally on track, nice and average. :) Everyone, this is how it works, about a pound a day. And as you can see, Justin and I should both hit our goals in the next two weeks. TWO WEEKS! Really?!?! Talk about instant results.
And for Lauren, she has already had great success while in Philly this weekend with her dad and brother; she has ordered salads at restaurants. That really is the hardest part; being out with people and avoiding temptation. We all know this, it's why we schedule rounds on Phase two for when we don't have plans to go out for business lunches, dinners, and such. I am sure tomorrow we will have a full update on Lauren's weekend.
For now, it is peace out time. Justin will be recovering for most of the day, it's cold outside, and tomorrow is also a holiday. I predict that I drink no fewer than 14 cups of hot tea and/or coffee to stay warm. I think the kids are going to be low key as well, they both sound a little under the weather. OK, enough blabbering, can't wait to see how everyone else is doing!!!
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Day 15: Down 1.0 and 1.1
Jami: 151.2
Justin: 194.8
YES!! Big victory, perfect motivation for the long weekend. Phew, I am so pleased with that weight loss. Last night was a girl's night out for me. So I skipped dinner and my grapefruit and allowed myself ONE glass of red wine. Of course, I had 5 glasses of water and two glasses of Truvia-sweetened iced tea as well. It should have been hard, but it really wasn't. We went to La Tasca in Alexandria, a wonderful smelling tapas place. My friends ordered a couple of dishes including buttered shrimp, creamed spinach salmon, and grilled eggplant stuffed with Roma tomatoes and goat cheese. I still didn't even taste it, didn't even consider it. It was easy to keep my glass of wine in my hand and pretend to drink it all night. Now the only challenge is being perfect today so I don't see any residual effects of last night tomorrow.
Justin beat me as far as a drop, which I don't like because he was up the day before, but I'll still give it to him. He has been working hard too. :) Today we are heading to Marshall's to get him some thermals and something else he needs for his snow boarding trip. Should be fun, his trip is a mere 10 days away and he is super excited. Well, who wouldn't be (except me, who hates snow)?
Yesterday at work was an utter nightmare. I really thought I was going to lose my cool in the afternoon. Thank goodness Josie soiled her clothes at school and I had to go pick her up early. I would NEVER say it's a good thing to leave my job early, especially as far behind as I still am, but it was a blessing in disguise. I am sure everyone knows, when you are that busy and/or behind, a good way to get left alone is to put on some headphones, jam out, and not make eye contact with anyone. I went one step further, "Office mate, I am going in my hole now, I can't hear anything and I will be focused, ok? Thanks." Now let me back up a little and tell you the details of how things are divided up in the Finance office. I do invoicing, contracts, cost proposals, and everything office mate can't do. He is in charge of payroll, cutting checks, and bank recons. He doesn't do them well, but those are his tasks that I have been forbidden from taking over and/or fixing. Anyway, we just accumulated ten new hires that had to be in ADP (timekeeping/payroll system) by yesterday afternoon. Office mate has run payroll 76 times and still never gotten it right. So ten minutes after I tell him to leave me the eff alone, I hear, "Jami...Jami...Can you come over here and look at this?" WTF?!?!? I just told you I won't be moving!!! No I cannot come over there, what the hell do you need??!?!? What was it? "Jami, all these new hires are just employees right? I have an option to put them in a manager pay group, but all their paperwork says employee, is that right?" ARE YOU EFFING KIDDING ME!?!?!??! Do what the paperwork says! He has entered no fewer than 20 new hires in the last year into this system, and he is still asking me how to code employees? He should be shot. This happened ALL morning. Every little thing he asked me about. Interrupted me, asked me to take my head phones off and go to his desk for shit he is supposed to know how to do after the 76th time. So after I answered all those ridiculous questions, he spent the next 4 hours attempting to assemble his new desk. When I left, it still wasn't done. What I don't understand is how this guy still has his job. I understand loyalty, but he is a moron. I can't wait for him to be gone. Not that it is in the works, but I can still fantasize.
Anyway, time to get everyone ready and go food shopping. Have a wonderful weekend everyone! Lauren is in Philly, so I doubt she has access to an accurate scale. We are suspending the daily wins game until she gets back. See you all on here tomorrow. :)
Pounds to go:
Jami: 16.4
Justin: 19.2
Justin: 194.8
YES!! Big victory, perfect motivation for the long weekend. Phew, I am so pleased with that weight loss. Last night was a girl's night out for me. So I skipped dinner and my grapefruit and allowed myself ONE glass of red wine. Of course, I had 5 glasses of water and two glasses of Truvia-sweetened iced tea as well. It should have been hard, but it really wasn't. We went to La Tasca in Alexandria, a wonderful smelling tapas place. My friends ordered a couple of dishes including buttered shrimp, creamed spinach salmon, and grilled eggplant stuffed with Roma tomatoes and goat cheese. I still didn't even taste it, didn't even consider it. It was easy to keep my glass of wine in my hand and pretend to drink it all night. Now the only challenge is being perfect today so I don't see any residual effects of last night tomorrow.
Justin beat me as far as a drop, which I don't like because he was up the day before, but I'll still give it to him. He has been working hard too. :) Today we are heading to Marshall's to get him some thermals and something else he needs for his snow boarding trip. Should be fun, his trip is a mere 10 days away and he is super excited. Well, who wouldn't be (except me, who hates snow)?
Yesterday at work was an utter nightmare. I really thought I was going to lose my cool in the afternoon. Thank goodness Josie soiled her clothes at school and I had to go pick her up early. I would NEVER say it's a good thing to leave my job early, especially as far behind as I still am, but it was a blessing in disguise. I am sure everyone knows, when you are that busy and/or behind, a good way to get left alone is to put on some headphones, jam out, and not make eye contact with anyone. I went one step further, "Office mate, I am going in my hole now, I can't hear anything and I will be focused, ok? Thanks." Now let me back up a little and tell you the details of how things are divided up in the Finance office. I do invoicing, contracts, cost proposals, and everything office mate can't do. He is in charge of payroll, cutting checks, and bank recons. He doesn't do them well, but those are his tasks that I have been forbidden from taking over and/or fixing. Anyway, we just accumulated ten new hires that had to be in ADP (timekeeping/payroll system) by yesterday afternoon. Office mate has run payroll 76 times and still never gotten it right. So ten minutes after I tell him to leave me the eff alone, I hear, "Jami...Jami...Can you come over here and look at this?" WTF?!?!? I just told you I won't be moving!!! No I cannot come over there, what the hell do you need??!?!? What was it? "Jami, all these new hires are just employees right? I have an option to put them in a manager pay group, but all their paperwork says employee, is that right?" ARE YOU EFFING KIDDING ME!?!?!??! Do what the paperwork says! He has entered no fewer than 20 new hires in the last year into this system, and he is still asking me how to code employees? He should be shot. This happened ALL morning. Every little thing he asked me about. Interrupted me, asked me to take my head phones off and go to his desk for shit he is supposed to know how to do after the 76th time. So after I answered all those ridiculous questions, he spent the next 4 hours attempting to assemble his new desk. When I left, it still wasn't done. What I don't understand is how this guy still has his job. I understand loyalty, but he is a moron. I can't wait for him to be gone. Not that it is in the works, but I can still fantasize.
Anyway, time to get everyone ready and go food shopping. Have a wonderful weekend everyone! Lauren is in Philly, so I doubt she has access to an accurate scale. We are suspending the daily wins game until she gets back. See you all on here tomorrow. :)
Pounds to go:
Jami: 16.4
Justin: 19.2
Friday, January 14, 2011
Day 14: Down .4 and Up .9
Jami: 152.2
Justin: 195.9
The results are in, stay on protocol and you will have consistent losses. :) .4 is ok with me, remember I am back to only expecting half a pound a day. My body is REALLY trying hard to keep the extra insulation for the rest of the winter. Justin went up because he is retaining water in preparation for working out. After tonight's workout he'll have a nice drop tomorrow. :) I can see how much skinnier he looks too, it's just that his muscles are getting beaten up and trying to recover from it.
Lauren has a tough weekend ahead of her; going to Philly with her dad and brother. They are not unhealthy eaters, it's just the nature of the beast to eat out when on travel. Good luck Lauren!
I win the weight loss contest for today too. Lauren - 7, Justin -2, Jami - 3. And I am going out with some girlfriends tonight. To a tapas place. Good thing I already know I am not eating or drinking off protocol. Should be tough, but fun, and hopefully I will be greatly rewarded for the effort. :) You'll see tomorrow.
Work is insane, so call me for the details.
Pounds to go:
Jami: 17.4
More accurate readings for Justin and Lauren tomorrow.
Justin: 195.9
The results are in, stay on protocol and you will have consistent losses. :) .4 is ok with me, remember I am back to only expecting half a pound a day. My body is REALLY trying hard to keep the extra insulation for the rest of the winter. Justin went up because he is retaining water in preparation for working out. After tonight's workout he'll have a nice drop tomorrow. :) I can see how much skinnier he looks too, it's just that his muscles are getting beaten up and trying to recover from it.
Lauren has a tough weekend ahead of her; going to Philly with her dad and brother. They are not unhealthy eaters, it's just the nature of the beast to eat out when on travel. Good luck Lauren!
I win the weight loss contest for today too. Lauren - 7, Justin -2, Jami - 3. And I am going out with some girlfriends tonight. To a tapas place. Good thing I already know I am not eating or drinking off protocol. Should be tough, but fun, and hopefully I will be greatly rewarded for the effort. :) You'll see tomorrow.
Work is insane, so call me for the details.
Pounds to go:
Jami: 17.4
More accurate readings for Justin and Lauren tomorrow.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Day 13: Down .8 and 1.7
Jami: 152.6
Justin: 194.4
YAY! Love it when it works consistently. :) My success story from yesterday is this: My office ordered Chinese food, courtesy of my fantastic boss. I had a meeting with the boss after it arrived, so I was subjected to the ever-alluring scent of orange chicken. I resisted AND even took home some pizza from yesterday for the kids. Still haven't even tasted anything not on protocol. And I think I am being rewarded too. My friend Becca, whom you may have heard me call my 'reverse doppelganger' said something to me that stuck and has worked, "I can eat the same thing every day for a couple weeks, no problem. It's easy if it's to look the way I want." And she is right, I can totally eat the same thing several times a week because the results are there. And let's be honest, aside from the occasional tasteless chicken, the food is really good and satisfying.
Justin's loss was a bit of a surprise to him though. He has been working out intensely on our Wii since we started HCG in preparation for a snow boarding trip he is going on in 11 days. I think that is why his weight loss has been more erratic than expected. I had him add an egg in for breakfast for extra protein and he has popcorn as a snack at night. Doesn't seem to have affected anything though. :)
Now for the stellar news: Lauren is down 2.8!!!! HOLY CRAP, right? :) So proud of her! She is going to physical therapy almost daily, so you all can imagine the pain she is in even afterwards. For her to not eat her pain away is strength; we all know women tend to do that (I for sure am guilty of that! Hello Aunt Flo's bi-monthly bag of Hershey Hugs...). Anyway, Lauren is killing us with 7 wins to both Justin and I having only 2. Watch her win tons of money from the scratchers too.
Work is swamped, back to the grind. :)
Pounds to go:
Justin: 19.4
Lauren: 32.8
Jami: 17.6 (Woot!)
Justin: 194.4
YAY! Love it when it works consistently. :) My success story from yesterday is this: My office ordered Chinese food, courtesy of my fantastic boss. I had a meeting with the boss after it arrived, so I was subjected to the ever-alluring scent of orange chicken. I resisted AND even took home some pizza from yesterday for the kids. Still haven't even tasted anything not on protocol. And I think I am being rewarded too. My friend Becca, whom you may have heard me call my 'reverse doppelganger' said something to me that stuck and has worked, "I can eat the same thing every day for a couple weeks, no problem. It's easy if it's to look the way I want." And she is right, I can totally eat the same thing several times a week because the results are there. And let's be honest, aside from the occasional tasteless chicken, the food is really good and satisfying.
Justin's loss was a bit of a surprise to him though. He has been working out intensely on our Wii since we started HCG in preparation for a snow boarding trip he is going on in 11 days. I think that is why his weight loss has been more erratic than expected. I had him add an egg in for breakfast for extra protein and he has popcorn as a snack at night. Doesn't seem to have affected anything though. :)
Now for the stellar news: Lauren is down 2.8!!!! HOLY CRAP, right? :) So proud of her! She is going to physical therapy almost daily, so you all can imagine the pain she is in even afterwards. For her to not eat her pain away is strength; we all know women tend to do that (I for sure am guilty of that! Hello Aunt Flo's bi-monthly bag of Hershey Hugs...). Anyway, Lauren is killing us with 7 wins to both Justin and I having only 2. Watch her win tons of money from the scratchers too.
Work is swamped, back to the grind. :)
Pounds to go:
Justin: 19.4
Lauren: 32.8
Jami: 17.6 (Woot!)
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Day 12: Down .4 and 1.1
Jami: 153.4
Justin: 196.1
Yup, as expected. :) Cat, you are right, I am really pushing my body hard to lose the last 20 pounds, so it is perfectly reasonable to think I will lose it at a slower rate. My new expectations are at least a half a pound a day average. Boo that this will take me longer, but a loss is a loss!
I know I posted yesterday about half the day, but I want to reiterate to myself that I did awesome in the face of a gourmet buffet! So proud. :)
And Lauren had an appointment this morning, so she sent me a teaser text letting me know she couldn't wait to tell me her stats, but I have to wait until later this morning. I hope she won again!
The results are in: Lauren is down 1.6!!! Another win for her, takes her to 6, Justin 2, and me 2. She had a strong chocolate craving last night, resisted, and was amply rewarded. Go Lauren!!!
Pounds to go:
Justin: 21.1
Jami: 18.4 (still winning!)
Lauren: 35.6
Justin: 196.1
Yup, as expected. :) Cat, you are right, I am really pushing my body hard to lose the last 20 pounds, so it is perfectly reasonable to think I will lose it at a slower rate. My new expectations are at least a half a pound a day average. Boo that this will take me longer, but a loss is a loss!
I know I posted yesterday about half the day, but I want to reiterate to myself that I did awesome in the face of a gourmet buffet! So proud. :)
And Lauren had an appointment this morning, so she sent me a teaser text letting me know she couldn't wait to tell me her stats, but I have to wait until later this morning. I hope she won again!
The results are in: Lauren is down 1.6!!! Another win for her, takes her to 6, Justin 2, and me 2. She had a strong chocolate craving last night, resisted, and was amply rewarded. Go Lauren!!!
Pounds to go:
Justin: 21.1
Jami: 18.4 (still winning!)
Lauren: 35.6
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Day 11: Down 1.4 and 1.0
Jami: 153.8
Justin: 197.2
Ha! Take that plateau! I knew I would conquer you! Strict eating prevails again. :) Actually, my first hop on the scale this morning made me choke: 158.3! "UP 3.3! HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?!?!?" Well, then Justin got on, and I got on 4 more times. I guess after the scale figured out how much Justin weighs it decided that it was wrong about me. The last 4 were all 153.8. Maybe it was just our eyes messing up the 8's and 3's first thing in the morning. Note to self: focus on getting more sleep.
I do want to give myself a little extra pat on the back too: I had meetings in downtown D.C., where I was not allowed to bring my own food. We had lunch at a Sizzler Express, which is a deli of gourmet foods (crab cakes, salmon fillets, and a sushi bar) to buy by weight. It was unbelievably hard to locate the plain (and tasteless) chicken, and only fill my plate with lettuce, spinach, tomatoes and cucumbers. But I did it, covered it all in lemon juice and pepper, and ate is happily. I was also the only person not yawning in the meeting afterward. Go Jami!
Lauren also had a good day, down 1.0. Great loss, but I managed to win today. The score is now Lauren - 5, Justin - 2, and me - 2. Unfortunately, Lauren has been afflicted with the trauma of a finicky scale. She had more than ten different readings and had to go with the most common reading. It wouldn't be so bad except those readings had more than a five pound min and max. We've all been through this, and the challenge now is sticking with the finicky one or get a new one and risk that your old one was so off you'll feel more behind. Even with that risk, it is more peace of mind to have the consistency than to possibly have an extra pound or two to lose. Go for it Lauren!
In non-HCG news: I was subjected to two very painful meetings today at the client site. We are getting ten new hires on a contract and they had to be hired and put through the orientation process today. All ten new hires were great, it was the Ghetto HR Girl who sucked. She told them all about all the benefits then read the Policy and Procedure manual OUT LOUD to everyone! Unbelievably insulting, for one, for two; SHE CAN'T READ WELL! Too many 'ums' interspersed with many mispronounced words. I was embarrassed for the company. Here's hoping no one else noticed.
Also, if you want to hear my 'You might be a Redneck if' story, let me know. :)
Pounds to go:
Justin: 22.2
Lauren: 37.2
Jami: 18.8
Justin: 197.2
Ha! Take that plateau! I knew I would conquer you! Strict eating prevails again. :) Actually, my first hop on the scale this morning made me choke: 158.3! "UP 3.3! HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?!?!?" Well, then Justin got on, and I got on 4 more times. I guess after the scale figured out how much Justin weighs it decided that it was wrong about me. The last 4 were all 153.8. Maybe it was just our eyes messing up the 8's and 3's first thing in the morning. Note to self: focus on getting more sleep.
I do want to give myself a little extra pat on the back too: I had meetings in downtown D.C., where I was not allowed to bring my own food. We had lunch at a Sizzler Express, which is a deli of gourmet foods (crab cakes, salmon fillets, and a sushi bar) to buy by weight. It was unbelievably hard to locate the plain (and tasteless) chicken, and only fill my plate with lettuce, spinach, tomatoes and cucumbers. But I did it, covered it all in lemon juice and pepper, and ate is happily. I was also the only person not yawning in the meeting afterward. Go Jami!
Lauren also had a good day, down 1.0. Great loss, but I managed to win today. The score is now Lauren - 5, Justin - 2, and me - 2. Unfortunately, Lauren has been afflicted with the trauma of a finicky scale. She had more than ten different readings and had to go with the most common reading. It wouldn't be so bad except those readings had more than a five pound min and max. We've all been through this, and the challenge now is sticking with the finicky one or get a new one and risk that your old one was so off you'll feel more behind. Even with that risk, it is more peace of mind to have the consistency than to possibly have an extra pound or two to lose. Go for it Lauren!
In non-HCG news: I was subjected to two very painful meetings today at the client site. We are getting ten new hires on a contract and they had to be hired and put through the orientation process today. All ten new hires were great, it was the Ghetto HR Girl who sucked. She told them all about all the benefits then read the Policy and Procedure manual OUT LOUD to everyone! Unbelievably insulting, for one, for two; SHE CAN'T READ WELL! Too many 'ums' interspersed with many mispronounced words. I was embarrassed for the company. Here's hoping no one else noticed.
Also, if you want to hear my 'You might be a Redneck if' story, let me know. :)
Pounds to go:
Justin: 22.2
Lauren: 37.2
Jami: 18.8
Monday, January 10, 2011
Day 10: Up .2 and up 1.4
Jami: 155.2
Justin: 198.2
WFT?!?! My will is being tested, BUT I WILL win. I am still fully committed and this will not set me back. My plan now is that if I am still on this plateau tomorrow, I will be doing an apple day. I am being strict as could be except for flavored coffee. I am even skipping out on Truvia and Stevia in my tea. Man, my body is really fighting me to get past this weight! But Justin, being the wonderful husband he is, told me this morning, "that doesn't make sense, you even look thinner again today." So sweet and encouraging.
I will have to agree with Cat on the dreams thing too. It might be that for once I am super swamped at work, but I have been having a hard time getting to sleep and when I am asleep I am having very vivid dreams. Not nightmares, thank goodness, but bright and colorful dreams no less. So I feel great, don't look tired, but remember my dreams well enough to think I might not be getting the best sleep. Last night I was playing basketball in high school (and I still sucked)...
So, it is really cool to be doing this at the same time as a couple other people. Lauren just gave me her stats, no loss/no gain again. Again, she had a massive drop after being sick and that is still affecting her weight loss a couple days later. But she still won the daily loss contest: Lauren - 5, Justin -2, Me - 1. Lauren is killing us! I will sneak up though... :)
It's going to be another perfect day of eating. :) Good luck everyone!
Pounds to go:
Jami: 20.2
Justin: 23.2
Lauren: 38.2
Justin: 198.2
WFT?!?! My will is being tested, BUT I WILL win. I am still fully committed and this will not set me back. My plan now is that if I am still on this plateau tomorrow, I will be doing an apple day. I am being strict as could be except for flavored coffee. I am even skipping out on Truvia and Stevia in my tea. Man, my body is really fighting me to get past this weight! But Justin, being the wonderful husband he is, told me this morning, "that doesn't make sense, you even look thinner again today." So sweet and encouraging.
I will have to agree with Cat on the dreams thing too. It might be that for once I am super swamped at work, but I have been having a hard time getting to sleep and when I am asleep I am having very vivid dreams. Not nightmares, thank goodness, but bright and colorful dreams no less. So I feel great, don't look tired, but remember my dreams well enough to think I might not be getting the best sleep. Last night I was playing basketball in high school (and I still sucked)...
So, it is really cool to be doing this at the same time as a couple other people. Lauren just gave me her stats, no loss/no gain again. Again, she had a massive drop after being sick and that is still affecting her weight loss a couple days later. But she still won the daily loss contest: Lauren - 5, Justin -2, Me - 1. Lauren is killing us! I will sneak up though... :)
It's going to be another perfect day of eating. :) Good luck everyone!
Pounds to go:
Jami: 20.2
Justin: 23.2
Lauren: 38.2
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Day 9: No loss and up .6
Jami: 155.0
Justin: 196.8
This is the pain of any diet, down, down, down, plateau, plateau, big drop, plateau... I know this is working for other reasons though, so the weight loss stall is not an issue. For one, I can see where the 9 pounds has come from: my belly, my hips, and my upper thighs. For two, there have been other amazing things happening. Anyone who has done HCG notices that their teeth feel clean all the time. It is almost like nothing you eat sticks to your teeth, making them gross. Then today, I had a related, but new, discovery: my teeth are actually WHITER! Here I am, two weeks away from a dentist bleaching tray molding fitting, and my teeth are whiter than they have been in years! How is that possible?!?! Seriously, I drink coffee and tea all day. Yes, I drink as many cups of water as I do coffee and tea, but those are still very acidic and stain-causing liquids. It doesn't make sense at all...but so cool! :D
Justin is up for good reason, he went out for a friend's birthday party last night. He did really well, only drank vodka-cranberries, as we figured those were safest on the diet. DC clubs don't exactly serve red wine (which we heard was acceptable if you do drink while on HCG). So, after another day of insulating our attic, he should have a decent drop tomorrow. I should too, really. I ate really well yesterday, still haven't even tasted anything off protocol. Though, Justin did feed me tuna salad and asparagus yesterday. I don't recall those being on protocol. So for all my HCG veteran friends, please feel urged to analyze what I might be doing wrong, if anything, and tell me your thoughts! Thanks!
Over to yesterday, Lauren had no loss and no gain. That was to be expected, she had such a large drop the day before. She is doing stellar. :) In fact, today she is down .8 and "can feel the fat just melting away." With these stats, Lauren is solidly ahead in the daily wins contest; Lauren 4, Justin 2, and me 1. Close contest, we'll see who wins. :)
Another thing I wanted to comment on is our recently acquired new scale. Justin and I were getting upset that we were getting so many different readings and sometimes incredibly drastic differences in a matter of seconds. So I found a scale at Bed Bath and Beyond and we have been super happy with it. As a matter of fact, it has yet to give me a different reading in the morning, no matter how many times I step on it. That gives me confidence that it is accurate.
Otherwise, it's going to be another great day. I have never been so committed to not cheating on HCG. Though I have plans for a girls night out this Friday, everyone going already knows I won't be drinking or eating with them, and I know it too. :)
Pounds to Go:
Jami: 20.0 (Still beating Justin!)
Justin: 21.8
Lauren: 38.2
Justin: 196.8
This is the pain of any diet, down, down, down, plateau, plateau, big drop, plateau... I know this is working for other reasons though, so the weight loss stall is not an issue. For one, I can see where the 9 pounds has come from: my belly, my hips, and my upper thighs. For two, there have been other amazing things happening. Anyone who has done HCG notices that their teeth feel clean all the time. It is almost like nothing you eat sticks to your teeth, making them gross. Then today, I had a related, but new, discovery: my teeth are actually WHITER! Here I am, two weeks away from a dentist bleaching tray molding fitting, and my teeth are whiter than they have been in years! How is that possible?!?! Seriously, I drink coffee and tea all day. Yes, I drink as many cups of water as I do coffee and tea, but those are still very acidic and stain-causing liquids. It doesn't make sense at all...but so cool! :D
Justin is up for good reason, he went out for a friend's birthday party last night. He did really well, only drank vodka-cranberries, as we figured those were safest on the diet. DC clubs don't exactly serve red wine (which we heard was acceptable if you do drink while on HCG). So, after another day of insulating our attic, he should have a decent drop tomorrow. I should too, really. I ate really well yesterday, still haven't even tasted anything off protocol. Though, Justin did feed me tuna salad and asparagus yesterday. I don't recall those being on protocol. So for all my HCG veteran friends, please feel urged to analyze what I might be doing wrong, if anything, and tell me your thoughts! Thanks!
Over to yesterday, Lauren had no loss and no gain. That was to be expected, she had such a large drop the day before. She is doing stellar. :) In fact, today she is down .8 and "can feel the fat just melting away." With these stats, Lauren is solidly ahead in the daily wins contest; Lauren 4, Justin 2, and me 1. Close contest, we'll see who wins. :)
Another thing I wanted to comment on is our recently acquired new scale. Justin and I were getting upset that we were getting so many different readings and sometimes incredibly drastic differences in a matter of seconds. So I found a scale at Bed Bath and Beyond and we have been super happy with it. As a matter of fact, it has yet to give me a different reading in the morning, no matter how many times I step on it. That gives me confidence that it is accurate.
Otherwise, it's going to be another great day. I have never been so committed to not cheating on HCG. Though I have plans for a girls night out this Friday, everyone going already knows I won't be drinking or eating with them, and I know it too. :)
Pounds to Go:
Jami: 20.0 (Still beating Justin!)
Justin: 21.8
Lauren: 38.2
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Day 8: Down 2.1 and 3.1
Jami: 155.0
Justin: 196.2
I knew we were due for a big drop! :) This makes me super happy. Even better, I never lost faith in the system and was rewarded for that faith. Actually, I was thinking about it yesterday, and I remember that in previous rounds I have had plateaus around 155 pounds. That was the weight my body stabilized at after college. Though it is a satisfactory weight, I still have 20 pounds to go. Three more weeks and I will be there!
The only thing I changed yesterday was eliminating non-approved veggies (squash) and eliminating flavored coffees. That part isn't fun though. I really LOVE my spicy eggnog and french toast flavored k cups that Justin got me for Christmas! Of all the sins possible though, flavored tea and coffee is not one I can resist long. So today will be another perfect food day, but definitely adding good coffee back in. :)
It's time to jet to the store, so when I get Lauren's stats I will post them. Until then, Justin has secured himself a tentative 2 daily wins. We'll see if Lauren can beat him.
Pounds to go: (Being readjusted for actual goal weight versus pre gorge weight loss goals)
Jami: 20.0
Justin: 21.2
Lauren: ?
Justin: 196.2
I knew we were due for a big drop! :) This makes me super happy. Even better, I never lost faith in the system and was rewarded for that faith. Actually, I was thinking about it yesterday, and I remember that in previous rounds I have had plateaus around 155 pounds. That was the weight my body stabilized at after college. Though it is a satisfactory weight, I still have 20 pounds to go. Three more weeks and I will be there!
The only thing I changed yesterday was eliminating non-approved veggies (squash) and eliminating flavored coffees. That part isn't fun though. I really LOVE my spicy eggnog and french toast flavored k cups that Justin got me for Christmas! Of all the sins possible though, flavored tea and coffee is not one I can resist long. So today will be another perfect food day, but definitely adding good coffee back in. :)
It's time to jet to the store, so when I get Lauren's stats I will post them. Until then, Justin has secured himself a tentative 2 daily wins. We'll see if Lauren can beat him.
Pounds to go: (Being readjusted for actual goal weight versus pre gorge weight loss goals)
Jami: 20.0
Justin: 21.2
Lauren: ?
Friday, January 7, 2011
Day 7: Up .2 and 1.6
Jami: 157.1
Justin: 199.3
Boo! Not cool. Must be the squash. Actually, anything that I could have been doing wrong, like flavored coffee or too much Truvia is all being eliminated today. And if that doesn't work, tomorrow is an apple day (didn't have enough apples to do it today and want to isolate the problem too). Really, though, .2 is a fluke. I just hope that super duper strict diet today will help. All is all, I have already seen a loss of inches. My love handles in particular. And I am looking forward to seeing the cellulite on top of my thighs go away (gross, huh? Even 'thin' girls get that).
Justin, on the other hand, just plain old ate too much. He did also eat the squash, but I have a feeling today is going to be better for him. Well, I hope so, he is at home with a coughing little boy and subjected to more temptations with having to feed JJ normal food.
And while I am drinking it, let me tell you that chocolate flavored Smooth Move tea is down right disgusting. Bleh, have to choke down some more then I am getting yummy black tea. Barf.
So, our amazing friend Lauren is still amazing. :) She still had a .2 loss today after her stellar day yesterday. She has pulled ahead with 4 wins to Justin's 1 and my 1. Now I am really gunning for her. Lauren just sent me a correction on her pounds to go, in case anyone notices the discrepancy from yesterday's to today's.
Pounds to Go:
Justin: 24.3
Lauren: 39.0
Jami: 23.1 (back in front!)
Justin: 199.3
Boo! Not cool. Must be the squash. Actually, anything that I could have been doing wrong, like flavored coffee or too much Truvia is all being eliminated today. And if that doesn't work, tomorrow is an apple day (didn't have enough apples to do it today and want to isolate the problem too). Really, though, .2 is a fluke. I just hope that super duper strict diet today will help. All is all, I have already seen a loss of inches. My love handles in particular. And I am looking forward to seeing the cellulite on top of my thighs go away (gross, huh? Even 'thin' girls get that).
Justin, on the other hand, just plain old ate too much. He did also eat the squash, but I have a feeling today is going to be better for him. Well, I hope so, he is at home with a coughing little boy and subjected to more temptations with having to feed JJ normal food.
And while I am drinking it, let me tell you that chocolate flavored Smooth Move tea is down right disgusting. Bleh, have to choke down some more then I am getting yummy black tea. Barf.
So, our amazing friend Lauren is still amazing. :) She still had a .2 loss today after her stellar day yesterday. She has pulled ahead with 4 wins to Justin's 1 and my 1. Now I am really gunning for her. Lauren just sent me a correction on her pounds to go, in case anyone notices the discrepancy from yesterday's to today's.
Pounds to Go:
Justin: 24.3
Lauren: 39.0
Jami: 23.1 (back in front!)
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Day 6: Down .6 and .9
Jami: 156.9
Justin: 197.7
Crazy day = finally getting to my blog. :) It was a great day though, in spite of a measly loss. A loss is a loss. And Justin had a decent one this morning too. BUT..Lauren takes the cake being down 3.4!!!! Poor girl has been sick as could be these last couple days, which I am sure is contributing, but I give her major kudos for being able to stick to the protocol while miserably sick. Go Lauren! On the daily loss contest, Lauren is racing ahead with 3 to Justin's 1 and my 1. Time to ramp it up! Can't get beat every day...
Cool oddity; Justin and I have been craving dill like no other. Tonight our yellow squash was covered in it, so yummy! This is odd because I usually don't like dill, really have to be in the mood for it. Anyone else ever experience that?
Everything else is going well, another perfect day on protocol for me. Justin has been eating at least twice what I have, which only time will tell who wins. I am sad he pulled ahead and has fewer pounds to lose as of today, but not by much! :)
Pounds to Go:
Justin: 22.7
Lauren: 30.0
Jami: 22.9
Justin: 197.7
Crazy day = finally getting to my blog. :) It was a great day though, in spite of a measly loss. A loss is a loss. And Justin had a decent one this morning too. BUT..Lauren takes the cake being down 3.4!!!! Poor girl has been sick as could be these last couple days, which I am sure is contributing, but I give her major kudos for being able to stick to the protocol while miserably sick. Go Lauren! On the daily loss contest, Lauren is racing ahead with 3 to Justin's 1 and my 1. Time to ramp it up! Can't get beat every day...
Cool oddity; Justin and I have been craving dill like no other. Tonight our yellow squash was covered in it, so yummy! This is odd because I usually don't like dill, really have to be in the mood for it. Anyone else ever experience that?
Everything else is going well, another perfect day on protocol for me. Justin has been eating at least twice what I have, which only time will tell who wins. I am sad he pulled ahead and has fewer pounds to lose as of today, but not by much! :)
Pounds to Go:
Justin: 22.7
Lauren: 30.0
Jami: 22.9
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Day 5: Down .7
Jami: 157.5
Justin: 198.6
Not sure what happened with Justin yesterday, must be a fluke. He didn't cheat or anything. Or maybe it is the sleep thing; we still didn't get to bed before 11 and were up at 6. That must be why 8 hours is heavily suggested.
Ug, woke up with a headache today too, that was awful. Had to take Tylenol twice today, just couldn't work with that distraction. But I don't feel any hungrier than normal, so I hope it doesn't effect my weight loss. Also added a cup of smooth move tea to my drink list today. If you haven't tried it, make sure you only do so when you have free ability to run to the bathroom at a moment's notice. It may be called Smooth Move, but it is definitely not smooth, it would be more appropriately named Explosive Move. LOL. But I hope it helps make up for the lack of a pound loss for me today.
Fortunately, work has been EXTREMELY busy today, so this is a short post. What you need to know:
Lauren won today, down 1.0, and is now in the lead 2-1-1.
Today is/has been another perfect day of eating.
Tomorrow will be a great loss and another busy day.
Wins: Lauren -2, Justin - 1, Jami - 1
Pounds to go:
Justin: 23.6
Lauren: 33.4
Jami: 23.5 (I knew I would start winning this race!)
Justin: 198.6
Not sure what happened with Justin yesterday, must be a fluke. He didn't cheat or anything. Or maybe it is the sleep thing; we still didn't get to bed before 11 and were up at 6. That must be why 8 hours is heavily suggested.
Ug, woke up with a headache today too, that was awful. Had to take Tylenol twice today, just couldn't work with that distraction. But I don't feel any hungrier than normal, so I hope it doesn't effect my weight loss. Also added a cup of smooth move tea to my drink list today. If you haven't tried it, make sure you only do so when you have free ability to run to the bathroom at a moment's notice. It may be called Smooth Move, but it is definitely not smooth, it would be more appropriately named Explosive Move. LOL. But I hope it helps make up for the lack of a pound loss for me today.
Fortunately, work has been EXTREMELY busy today, so this is a short post. What you need to know:
Lauren won today, down 1.0, and is now in the lead 2-1-1.
Today is/has been another perfect day of eating.
Tomorrow will be a great loss and another busy day.
Wins: Lauren -2, Justin - 1, Jami - 1
Pounds to go:
Justin: 23.6
Lauren: 33.4
Jami: 23.5 (I knew I would start winning this race!)
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Day 4: Down 1.4 & 1.9
Jami: 158.2
Justin: 198.6
Another day over a pound down, AWESOME! We are both feeling great and loving these results. Justin and I didn't go to bed on time last night, so tonight will be a catch up evening of sleep. :) We LOVE how amazing the sleep is while on HCG, though still don't know really why. Our best guess is you are not flooding your body with chemicals. That might be the same reason why we don't have gas and our teeth feel cleaner. Crazy coolness.
For those of you about to start; Woohoo! This is great! Can't wait to hear about your results! Also, Lauren isn't really a blogger, but I got her permission to post her stats on mine. Lauren was down 4.6 in the first 2 days and down another 1.0 today. She is doing an fantastic job and agrees that having a friend doing it with you is more motivating than doing it alone. :) Actually, we just decided to do a mini contest, daily, between us (Lauren, Justin, and me). Whoever has the biggest drop each day 'wins' and whoever has the most wins at the end gets a prize. Now aside from getting daily recognition in the blog and the final winner announced, the real prize is that the two losers have to throw in $5 each and buy the winner scratch off tickets. So fun!
The personal stuff: Josie was much better at school this morning. Let me back up, last night she totally broke my heart. When I got home I asked her why she was crying yesterday at school, and she said, "Yeah! Josie cried 'Momma, Momma' and you left me!" I felt like the world's WORST mom, even though I know we all go through that. So today Josie still cried, but I think she just didn't get enough sleep and will be perfectly fine tomorrow. I explained to her that Mommy has to work, but that I love her and will see her at home tonight. I really hope it gets better...
Wins: Pounds to go: Weight loss goal:
Justin: 1 23.6 28.1
Jami: 1 24.2 29.9
Lauren: 1 34.4 40.0
Justin: 198.6
Another day over a pound down, AWESOME! We are both feeling great and loving these results. Justin and I didn't go to bed on time last night, so tonight will be a catch up evening of sleep. :) We LOVE how amazing the sleep is while on HCG, though still don't know really why. Our best guess is you are not flooding your body with chemicals. That might be the same reason why we don't have gas and our teeth feel cleaner. Crazy coolness.
For those of you about to start; Woohoo! This is great! Can't wait to hear about your results! Also, Lauren isn't really a blogger, but I got her permission to post her stats on mine. Lauren was down 4.6 in the first 2 days and down another 1.0 today. She is doing an fantastic job and agrees that having a friend doing it with you is more motivating than doing it alone. :) Actually, we just decided to do a mini contest, daily, between us (Lauren, Justin, and me). Whoever has the biggest drop each day 'wins' and whoever has the most wins at the end gets a prize. Now aside from getting daily recognition in the blog and the final winner announced, the real prize is that the two losers have to throw in $5 each and buy the winner scratch off tickets. So fun!
The personal stuff: Josie was much better at school this morning. Let me back up, last night she totally broke my heart. When I got home I asked her why she was crying yesterday at school, and she said, "Yeah! Josie cried 'Momma, Momma' and you left me!" I felt like the world's WORST mom, even though I know we all go through that. So today Josie still cried, but I think she just didn't get enough sleep and will be perfectly fine tomorrow. I explained to her that Mommy has to work, but that I love her and will see her at home tonight. I really hope it gets better...
Wins: Pounds to go: Weight loss goal:
Justin: 1 23.6 28.1
Jami: 1 24.2 29.9
Lauren: 1 34.4 40.0
Monday, January 3, 2011
Day 3: Down 1.6 and 1.5
Jami: 159.6
Justin: 200.5
Great day yesterday, a lot of "Mmmm, that looks good!" followed by, "Nope, I want to be thinner more than I want to taste that right now." Very good will power day, though really, the temptation wasn't great. I think it just helped me establish a healthy self talk regimen. I do need to get some more teas though, for variety and because I don't actually have any yerbe mate right now. Otherwise, everything is right on track. :)
Side note from the personal life; Josie broke my heart this morning when I dropped the kids off at school. She started crying hysterically! She never does that...might be that she was under the weather over the weekend or that the woman who greets people is a total b**ch. I am talking no nonsense, strict, might not like her job type of woman. When we dropped the kids off for one day last week she threw a fit that JJ's nose was a little running. Seriously?!?! It wasn't green and happens every time they go inside from the cold. And I made it very clear to the director that a running nose does not equal sick in my book and that my job is super important, that I cannot be calling out to pick up a kid with the sniffles. When I was growing up the rule was 'you go to school until you throw up.' And you know what that taught me? You can work even if you aren't feeling 100%. Too many kids in the generation after mine think that a slight ache or pain means takes a sick day. So dumb. Anyway, I hate to see Josie upset, I was really hoping she would like school more than this. What I did like, though, last Thursday, was how tired the kids were. They were in bed and asleep at 8, so nice.
Alright, time to look busy with real work. It's going to be an interesting day. My office mate (OMTK - Office Mate The Kink) has been out for two weeks (= total memory loss), payroll is today (= OMTK wasting all day doing it), and the CPA is coming in (= OMTK throwing a hissy fit and making excuses). I'll post tomorrow how it goes. :)
Pounds to go:
Jami: 25.6 (really going to pass him up tomorrow!)
Justin: 25.5
Justin: 200.5
Great day yesterday, a lot of "Mmmm, that looks good!" followed by, "Nope, I want to be thinner more than I want to taste that right now." Very good will power day, though really, the temptation wasn't great. I think it just helped me establish a healthy self talk regimen. I do need to get some more teas though, for variety and because I don't actually have any yerbe mate right now. Otherwise, everything is right on track. :)
Side note from the personal life; Josie broke my heart this morning when I dropped the kids off at school. She started crying hysterically! She never does that...might be that she was under the weather over the weekend or that the woman who greets people is a total b**ch. I am talking no nonsense, strict, might not like her job type of woman. When we dropped the kids off for one day last week she threw a fit that JJ's nose was a little running. Seriously?!?! It wasn't green and happens every time they go inside from the cold. And I made it very clear to the director that a running nose does not equal sick in my book and that my job is super important, that I cannot be calling out to pick up a kid with the sniffles. When I was growing up the rule was 'you go to school until you throw up.' And you know what that taught me? You can work even if you aren't feeling 100%. Too many kids in the generation after mine think that a slight ache or pain means takes a sick day. So dumb. Anyway, I hate to see Josie upset, I was really hoping she would like school more than this. What I did like, though, last Thursday, was how tired the kids were. They were in bed and asleep at 8, so nice.
Alright, time to look busy with real work. It's going to be an interesting day. My office mate (OMTK - Office Mate The Kink) has been out for two weeks (= total memory loss), payroll is today (= OMTK wasting all day doing it), and the CPA is coming in (= OMTK throwing a hissy fit and making excuses). I'll post tomorrow how it goes. :)
Pounds to go:
Jami: 25.6 (really going to pass him up tomorrow!)
Justin: 25.5
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Day 2: Down 2.7
Jami: 161.2
Justin: 202.0
Boo, I was hoping for a much larger drop for the first day of the vlcd. I guess I can't complain though. :) 2.7 is a lot of weight.
So my strategy is still eating as little as possible, though I am making sure to eat at least some of everything we're supposed to. I missed my grapefruit last night, just forgot until it was too late. The grapefruit is magic, so I won't be forgetting tonight.
Question for the followers: Do you think the blog keeps us more accountable or gives us a reason to over analyze what we are doing? Or both?
I still feel great about what I am doing, though I seriously need a new bed. Even before this round of HCG I have not been sleeping well. Just cannot get comfortable. Hopefully when annual increases come around we'll make it a point to get a new bed, and an expensive one at that.
I shouldn't say, "I told you so!" but I was right about Justin's lack of commitment yesterday. He was down just over a pound, which is not normal for the first day after the first day of the vlcd (too many of's...). Today he said, "Ok, today is my first real day." Unfortunately, I predict he has a slower loss in the beginning and gets frustrated earlier than the rest of us. I hope not, but that is my honest opinion.
Back to happy stuff. :) Tomorrow is going to be super busy at work, and therefore, super distracting. It is so much easier when you aren't thinking about the food you cannot eat.
Off to take a nap.
Pounds to go:
Jami: 27.2 (I'm going to pass him up tomorrow!)
Justin: 27.0
Justin: 202.0
Boo, I was hoping for a much larger drop for the first day of the vlcd. I guess I can't complain though. :) 2.7 is a lot of weight.
So my strategy is still eating as little as possible, though I am making sure to eat at least some of everything we're supposed to. I missed my grapefruit last night, just forgot until it was too late. The grapefruit is magic, so I won't be forgetting tonight.
Question for the followers: Do you think the blog keeps us more accountable or gives us a reason to over analyze what we are doing? Or both?
I still feel great about what I am doing, though I seriously need a new bed. Even before this round of HCG I have not been sleeping well. Just cannot get comfortable. Hopefully when annual increases come around we'll make it a point to get a new bed, and an expensive one at that.
I shouldn't say, "I told you so!" but I was right about Justin's lack of commitment yesterday. He was down just over a pound, which is not normal for the first day after the first day of the vlcd (too many of's...). Today he said, "Ok, today is my first real day." Unfortunately, I predict he has a slower loss in the beginning and gets frustrated earlier than the rest of us. I hope not, but that is my honest opinion.
Back to happy stuff. :) Tomorrow is going to be super busy at work, and therefore, super distracting. It is so much easier when you aren't thinking about the food you cannot eat.
Off to take a nap.
Pounds to go:
Jami: 27.2 (I'm going to pass him up tomorrow!)
Justin: 27.0
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Day 1 VLCD
Jami: 163.9
Justin: 203.1
Phew, I only gained just over two pounds from gorging. Pam commented that that is the fun part, and I agree, getting one last taste of the crap you crave that isn't good for you, but for me, the extra pounds become a nuisance at the end. So I focused on eating very fatty foods, but not everything in sight. We will find out in the next few days if that was smart or not. *Fingers crossed*
Another new strategy I am implementing is eating as little as possible in the first week on the vlcd. Why? Because that isn't the time when the diet is hard; you don't miss anything, you don't crave anything, you aren't bored with the food, you are just hyped up on initiative. So why not take advantage of that extra will power, and eat as little as possible when it's easiest to do it? Again, we will see in the next few days if it works or not.
I will comment, again, that one of my favorite things about this diet is the instant results. Not only do you drop weight right away, but you can actually watch the pounds melt away. It's crazy, but I have seen my love handles just disappear. So wonderful.
So back to my current 'eat very little' strategy (ok, ok, ok, so this is just where I get to do the dumb girl thing and list out everything I ate today...if you don't get the reference, watch How To Lose A Guy In Ten Days). Today I had three cups of coffee sweetened with Truvia (our Wal-mart just got Truvia, no Stevia in sight), two cups of tea, half a cucumber, 100 grams of steak, and a handful of cherry tomatoes. It was really delish and I wasn't thinking about food all day. It also helps that I got a wonderfully long visit with the gorgeous Catherine Corso and Machaela, Justin's friend Brendan and his two boys (3 and 4), and we had a Chuck-E-Cheese birthday party too. The party was easy, just kept my hand on my unsweetened iced tea and played with the kids. All diets are much easier to do if you don't lack things to think about other than food.
Now Justin had a little bit of a tough time today. Let me preface his story with noting that he hasn't been hungover but maybe 3 times in his life. Today was one of those days. Since he doesn't get hangovers, he isn't accustomed to the cravings that go with them. All day he kept saying he was really craving greasy meat and more greasy cheese. He even snuck several slices of pepperoni off the kids' pizza. At the birthday party, he also ate two giant plate fulls of salad, including bacon bits and a couple teaspoons of balsamic vinaigrette. I also believe there were restricted veggies on there too, but I am not 100% sure. Lol, it is super easy to make Justin's confessions for him. :) But I am sad to say that these confessions do not give me confidence that he will have a significant drop in the morning. What I am happy about, though, is that he has a day of labor planned; installing insulation in our crawl spaces. I am not looking forward to helping and watching the kids...
So, at the end of the day, I feel great and am jazzed with anticipation of the day one drop I'll see tomorrow. Can't wait for everyone else to jump on the wagon! Lauren, if you are reading this, you should start a blogspot blog for your progressions for the rest of us to read. :) Thanks Love!
Happy New Year Everyone!
Pounds to go:
Jami: 29.9
Justin: 28.1
Justin: 203.1
Phew, I only gained just over two pounds from gorging. Pam commented that that is the fun part, and I agree, getting one last taste of the crap you crave that isn't good for you, but for me, the extra pounds become a nuisance at the end. So I focused on eating very fatty foods, but not everything in sight. We will find out in the next few days if that was smart or not. *Fingers crossed*
Another new strategy I am implementing is eating as little as possible in the first week on the vlcd. Why? Because that isn't the time when the diet is hard; you don't miss anything, you don't crave anything, you aren't bored with the food, you are just hyped up on initiative. So why not take advantage of that extra will power, and eat as little as possible when it's easiest to do it? Again, we will see in the next few days if it works or not.
I will comment, again, that one of my favorite things about this diet is the instant results. Not only do you drop weight right away, but you can actually watch the pounds melt away. It's crazy, but I have seen my love handles just disappear. So wonderful.
So back to my current 'eat very little' strategy (ok, ok, ok, so this is just where I get to do the dumb girl thing and list out everything I ate today...if you don't get the reference, watch How To Lose A Guy In Ten Days). Today I had three cups of coffee sweetened with Truvia (our Wal-mart just got Truvia, no Stevia in sight), two cups of tea, half a cucumber, 100 grams of steak, and a handful of cherry tomatoes. It was really delish and I wasn't thinking about food all day. It also helps that I got a wonderfully long visit with the gorgeous Catherine Corso and Machaela, Justin's friend Brendan and his two boys (3 and 4), and we had a Chuck-E-Cheese birthday party too. The party was easy, just kept my hand on my unsweetened iced tea and played with the kids. All diets are much easier to do if you don't lack things to think about other than food.
Now Justin had a little bit of a tough time today. Let me preface his story with noting that he hasn't been hungover but maybe 3 times in his life. Today was one of those days. Since he doesn't get hangovers, he isn't accustomed to the cravings that go with them. All day he kept saying he was really craving greasy meat and more greasy cheese. He even snuck several slices of pepperoni off the kids' pizza. At the birthday party, he also ate two giant plate fulls of salad, including bacon bits and a couple teaspoons of balsamic vinaigrette. I also believe there were restricted veggies on there too, but I am not 100% sure. Lol, it is super easy to make Justin's confessions for him. :) But I am sad to say that these confessions do not give me confidence that he will have a significant drop in the morning. What I am happy about, though, is that he has a day of labor planned; installing insulation in our crawl spaces. I am not looking forward to helping and watching the kids...
So, at the end of the day, I feel great and am jazzed with anticipation of the day one drop I'll see tomorrow. Can't wait for everyone else to jump on the wagon! Lauren, if you are reading this, you should start a blogspot blog for your progressions for the rest of us to read. :) Thanks Love!
Happy New Year Everyone!
Pounds to go:
Jami: 29.9
Justin: 28.1
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