Just checking in. I had TOM from hell this month so I put off loading until yesterday. I do attribute this to the HCG. I NEVER have periods with terrible cramps and bleeding for 5 days. My cycle is 2 days shorter as well.
I intended on trying Corion and I was really excited about it until I opened my box yesterday and discovered that I had Ovidac instead. So apparently I am trying Ovidac and I will let you know if I think there is any notable difference from Hucog.
I am sticking to healthy fats for loading and just adding extra fats by cooking and roasting everything with coconut and olive oil. Yesterday I had- Breakfast: 3 eggs in coconut oil with avocado, black beans and salsa. Lunch: chicken salad with spring mix, roasted eggplant, blackberries and a nutty dressing I made with cashew/almond flax butter. Dinner: ribeye with roasted asparagus, portobello and purple onion. I did eat a cheeseburger the other night - which I never do anymore. I think it is the 4th one since August 09.
Eating a bunch of junk just makes me break out in eczema, get headaches, joint pain and make my gallbladder flare up. It isn't fun for me so I am avoiding that.
This week I will be writing a summary of my first round and posting round 2 starting measurements and a pic - sans head! Just not in a bathing suit because that is my hang up on the pics.
I intended on trying Corion and I was really excited about it until I opened my box yesterday and discovered that I had Ovidac instead. So apparently I am trying Ovidac and I will let you know if I think there is any notable difference from Hucog.
I am sticking to healthy fats for loading and just adding extra fats by cooking and roasting everything with coconut and olive oil. Yesterday I had- Breakfast: 3 eggs in coconut oil with avocado, black beans and salsa. Lunch: chicken salad with spring mix, roasted eggplant, blackberries and a nutty dressing I made with cashew/almond flax butter. Dinner: ribeye with roasted asparagus, portobello and purple onion. I did eat a cheeseburger the other night - which I never do anymore. I think it is the 4th one since August 09.
Eating a bunch of junk just makes me break out in eczema, get headaches, joint pain and make my gallbladder flare up. It isn't fun for me so I am avoiding that.
This week I will be writing a summary of my first round and posting round 2 starting measurements and a pic - sans head! Just not in a bathing suit because that is my hang up on the pics.
Yesterday I was barracuda cranky! First thing in the morning my 2 year old (fit) kicked over my entire (first) cup of coffee on the carpet. I got to use the new bissel steam cleaner...then scrub with oxyclean....then bissel.....scrub..etc
During my 2 hour clean up she peppered me with a slew of requests, can you change my diaper?...can I have some food?...can I watch Dora????....mama what are you doing????? It took every ounce to keep it together. I snapped a couple of times and she booked out of the room.
We had "The Talk" about how it wasn't an accident if it occured because of a fit and "appropriate behavior" and we hugged and made up and moved on. Soon after I noticed TOM showed up and I thought she was lucky to have survived the incident!
We went shopping for lots of meat and some new red wine to try. (Still Cranky and the lack of food didn't help because I had already commited to a steak day.) I have been looking for a red wine I love that isn't expensive so I can drink it for my 1 or 2 glasses a day and buy by the case.
Blowing off steam, we shop in toys and clothes and then she poops her diaper so we go back out to the car, but, I decide to purchase the clothes and toys first. She announces to everyone in line she went poo poo! I laugh hysterically.
We return to the store with toys and I spend a lot of time shopping and getting peppered with more 2 year old demands and comments while reading labels and shopping for the wine I want to try next. I'm totally ready to snap or cry from a ton of anxiety but I buck up and carry on.
In the wine section I am scanning for the wines I have researched and Lauren says for the 20th time, "mama can we go home?", I respond...."as soon as I have enough wine in this cart we can go home sweetie!". I bust up laughing because it was better than crying at that point. I spin around to face a woman (with toddler) who's expression reflects that of utter shock and disgust in response to my wine comment. (I make a mental observation that she and I would NEVER be friends and wheel away towards the ribeye steaks.)
I ended up grabbing a bottle of Ménage à Trois Red because I have heard on 4 separate occasions from complete strangers that it is good and cheap. Let's face it....you won't forget the name of that one either.
Driving home I watch Lauren in the rearview mirror while repeatedly chanting in my head "please fall asleep" and I have a fleeting thought about how I might start drinking the Ménage à Trois if I could suck the cork out of the bottle. Uh- hem, that's illegal and wrong (have I mentioned I'm married to law enforcement???) so I stick with the Theo chocolate. Lauren falls asleep, I get a well deserved break.
At home I waived my steak a couple of times over the foreman to warm it up. I had 2 glasses of wine. I liked the wine- juicy blackberry chased by pepper and good aftertaste. I'm no expert but that is what I like. The last wine I tried before that sucked - Ruggero Di Tasso Nero D'Avola.
It was more like rubbing alcohol followed by an old shoe aftertaste. My cousin gave it to me commenting on how expensive it was. I decided to look it up to see if it got good reviews or if it was considered a good wine and why???? and maybe my pallet was off??? I had a much needed laugh - Trader Joe's $4.99. She is a funny cookie!
I dropped 1 lb from steak day and today I am doing a chicken day.
During my 2 hour clean up she peppered me with a slew of requests, can you change my diaper?...can I have some food?...can I watch Dora????....mama what are you doing????? It took every ounce to keep it together. I snapped a couple of times and she booked out of the room.
We had "The Talk" about how it wasn't an accident if it occured because of a fit and "appropriate behavior" and we hugged and made up and moved on. Soon after I noticed TOM showed up and I thought she was lucky to have survived the incident!
We went shopping for lots of meat and some new red wine to try. (Still Cranky and the lack of food didn't help because I had already commited to a steak day.) I have been looking for a red wine I love that isn't expensive so I can drink it for my 1 or 2 glasses a day and buy by the case.
Blowing off steam, we shop in toys and clothes and then she poops her diaper so we go back out to the car, but, I decide to purchase the clothes and toys first. She announces to everyone in line she went poo poo! I laugh hysterically.
We return to the store with toys and I spend a lot of time shopping and getting peppered with more 2 year old demands and comments while reading labels and shopping for the wine I want to try next. I'm totally ready to snap or cry from a ton of anxiety but I buck up and carry on.
In the wine section I am scanning for the wines I have researched and Lauren says for the 20th time, "mama can we go home?", I respond...."as soon as I have enough wine in this cart we can go home sweetie!". I bust up laughing because it was better than crying at that point. I spin around to face a woman (with toddler) who's expression reflects that of utter shock and disgust in response to my wine comment. (I make a mental observation that she and I would NEVER be friends and wheel away towards the ribeye steaks.)
I ended up grabbing a bottle of Ménage à Trois Red because I have heard on 4 separate occasions from complete strangers that it is good and cheap. Let's face it....you won't forget the name of that one either.
Driving home I watch Lauren in the rearview mirror while repeatedly chanting in my head "please fall asleep" and I have a fleeting thought about how I might start drinking the Ménage à Trois if I could suck the cork out of the bottle. Uh- hem, that's illegal and wrong (have I mentioned I'm married to law enforcement???) so I stick with the Theo chocolate. Lauren falls asleep, I get a well deserved break.
At home I waived my steak a couple of times over the foreman to warm it up. I had 2 glasses of wine. I liked the wine- juicy blackberry chased by pepper and good aftertaste. I'm no expert but that is what I like. The last wine I tried before that sucked - Ruggero Di Tasso Nero D'Avola.
It was more like rubbing alcohol followed by an old shoe aftertaste. My cousin gave it to me commenting on how expensive it was. I decided to look it up to see if it got good reviews or if it was considered a good wine and why???? and maybe my pallet was off??? I had a much needed laugh - Trader Joe's $4.99. She is a funny cookie!
I dropped 1 lb from steak day and today I am doing a chicken day.
I am still here and learning lessons. After I went to Seattle my weight had spiked up a couple lbs but I didn't want to do a correction day (stubborn) and I was hoping to just do clean eating and it would go back down....like it did in P3....but oh no, uh uh. So I am very puffed up and PMS is here!
I am close to being able to start round 2 and I already have my kit. I am going to try Corion this time. I know I haven't been as disciplined as I should and so I need to get back on track. I need to spend this week doing correction or I will start at over 160 on my next round. I don't really want to do that. :( I'm really worried it won't come off now.
Allergies are part of the problem and I have noticed weight spikes with retention following high dairy days. I am also breaking out in eczema again and having abdominal pain from new food I have introduced. I miss P2 because of this.
Last week I was busy enrolling Lauren in preschool. I am excited for her to start but I am sick with worry. It has been such a luxury and a blessing for me to be able to stay home with her. She is going to start with 2 short days a week in July and when I go back to work in the fall we will bump up her time there up to 4 days a week. I am purposely doing this so she has some adjustment time.
Hope you all have a great week!
I am close to being able to start round 2 and I already have my kit. I am going to try Corion this time. I know I haven't been as disciplined as I should and so I need to get back on track. I need to spend this week doing correction or I will start at over 160 on my next round. I don't really want to do that. :( I'm really worried it won't come off now.
Allergies are part of the problem and I have noticed weight spikes with retention following high dairy days. I am also breaking out in eczema again and having abdominal pain from new food I have introduced. I miss P2 because of this.
Last week I was busy enrolling Lauren in preschool. I am excited for her to start but I am sick with worry. It has been such a luxury and a blessing for me to be able to stay home with her. She is going to start with 2 short days a week in July and when I go back to work in the fall we will bump up her time there up to 4 days a week. I am purposely doing this so she has some adjustment time.
Hope you all have a great week!
Friday I took the train to Seattle with a girlfriend. It was a well deserved break and my own Mo's day celebration. First time Lauren spent the night with daddy - or the first time he took care of her all night since she was born. They figured it out just fine....knew they would. I packed a ribeye salad with blackberries and balsamic and a bottle of wine for the train. (Note to self - vinegar not good for travel. Makes the train smell like a big douche!)We spent the night at the Hyatt Olive 8 which I loved. It is brand spanking new and is the first LEED hotel in Seattle. We were able to walk everywhere from there. We went shopping then to Tini Bigs Martini Lounge - anti climactic! The Space Needle was awesome at night. Munched on late night happy hour at Urbane and ate mac and cheese - stomach killed me all night and I seriously considered making myself throw up. I am not doing very well adding dairy back in.
Arose early on Saturday morning and walked to Pike Market before the crowds showed up. I got a couple of great gadgets at Sur La Table - a zester and tea infuser. We went to the Chocolate Box - so fun because they sell unique chocolates from local chocolatiers - Theo's chili chocolate is becoming a new vice for me. Love that after burn! Yummy. Theo is the first organic fair trade chocolate factory in the country.
Lush was the best and I found an incredible natural body butter bar that melts on contact with your skin. It smells like heaven - honey and cocoa butter. I'm thinking it is a great skin conditioner right now especially with the weight loss. (Lauren keeps following me around sniffing me after I put it on.)
Anyway, I had a little mad money so I spent without guilt. Hubby even commended me on my self control because he had checked the accounts. I loved when they picked me up at the train station and Lauren was so happy to see me. She was jumping up and down SCREAMING mama, mama!
Sunday we just went to lunch for Mother's Day because my husband had made no plans and didn't get me a gift or card, nada. I was crushed. I'm glad I did my own celebrating because it seemed to take the sting out and I bit my tongue instead of ripping him a new asshole!
Current Weight: 156.8
+/- LIW: (+1.2)
Weight was down today after eating a billion mini muffins yesterday???? And then there's agave....
O Agave how I love you....let me count the ways (or not). You guys scared the crap out of me yesterday - as my brother would say, "what??? we can't give up all of our vices". His vices started way further up on the vices hierarchy (up near the ones you light on fire and smoke). He made that statement after he gave up all his vices and his coffee was threatened. I am with him on the coffee....don't f*in go there!!!!
Interesting read on the Agave. Apparently if you use the Organic Raw Blue Agave you are better off. It is processed without chemicals at 118 degrees so it is not as refined. I was using this type purely by accident but I am glad to know this. Of course there is the "M" word again - MODERATION!
There is so much to consider when using sweeteners and it really depends on the status of your own health and your own concerns and risk factors. I still hesitate with honey because Lauren has had such a battle with allergies and her immune system and possible bacteria is a concern for me. Yesterday she got diarrhea from eating 3 dried apricots. She is so sensitive.
On the other hand if fructose and liver disease or blood sugars are a concern in your family you may make another decision. Different sweeteners have a different impact on insulin and blood sugar levels or weight loss.
As always, there are no easy answers but I'm glad you made me think about it! Maybe I'll stop taking shots straight from the agave bottle.....maybe.....
+/- LIW: (+1.2)
Weight was down today after eating a billion mini muffins yesterday???? And then there's agave....
O Agave how I love you....let me count the ways (or not). You guys scared the crap out of me yesterday - as my brother would say, "what??? we can't give up all of our vices". His vices started way further up on the vices hierarchy (up near the ones you light on fire and smoke). He made that statement after he gave up all his vices and his coffee was threatened. I am with him on the coffee....don't f*in go there!!!!
Interesting read on the Agave. Apparently if you use the Organic Raw Blue Agave you are better off. It is processed without chemicals at 118 degrees so it is not as refined. I was using this type purely by accident but I am glad to know this. Of course there is the "M" word again - MODERATION!
There is so much to consider when using sweeteners and it really depends on the status of your own health and your own concerns and risk factors. I still hesitate with honey because Lauren has had such a battle with allergies and her immune system and possible bacteria is a concern for me. Yesterday she got diarrhea from eating 3 dried apricots. She is so sensitive.
On the other hand if fructose and liver disease or blood sugars are a concern in your family you may make another decision. Different sweeteners have a different impact on insulin and blood sugar levels or weight loss.
As always, there are no easy answers but I'm glad you made me think about it! Maybe I'll stop taking shots straight from the agave bottle.....maybe.....
Anyhoo, I have been enjoying baking again. I did a spring clean on my pantry and went to Ikea for a new set of glass pantry canisters for my gluten free ingredients. I also hit the bulk Bob's Red Mill flour section. Applying what I have learned about gluten free flour by being able to purchase from the bulk bins (so cheap!) was a tremendous reward (I picked up some black bean flour for my brownie bites). Upon going gluten free I didn't have a clue about discerning quinoa from millet, etc. I have come a long way since September '09.
This weekend I made a couple batches of mini brownies and muffins. (I love my mini cupcake pan because it helps me with portion control.) Inspired by a black bean brownie recipe I saw, I made a batch of brownies with black bean flour and also a batch of oat, lemon and blueberry muffins too. I have learned to appreciate raw organic blue agave (complex carb that doesn't spike blood sugar levels) and coconut oil (full of omega 3's) in baking. I am enchanted and amazed that using a combination of bean and rice flours makes a complete protein when baking gluten free treats. All of these ingredients metabolise differently and offer numerous health benefits in sharp contrast to traditional baked goods and ingredients.
Finally, I found the most amazing farmer's market a couple weekends ago and thus started a little mini organic lettuce and kale patch out in my half wine barrels. Easier to contain, manage and for me - kill off and swiftly dispose of. I am an A.D.D. gardener and I have a brown thumb. I was surprised to find my lemon thyme and oregano lived through winter! Stubborn little buggers were awesome on my sweet potatoes!
