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In my last post, I was getting set for a steak day. I had okay results with that, but the rest of the week was family get togethers. The day I wanted to start HCG was the first day of my TOM. This past week has been just short of a week-long load.

I knew I was going to say goodbye to a lot of foods I like for a long time. So I went ahead and ate them. And I didn't weigh myself all week.

As a result, yesterday morning my starting weight was 148. I started HCG and loaded. My weight this morning was 149. It's not where I want to be, but it's where I am. I just have to move forward.
I'll do a third load day tomorrow.

The countdown begins

I change my mind so many times it's not funny. "If I don't get down to 137, I'll wait to start HCG." Remember that? Now I think that if I don't start HCG, I'll never see 137 again. Not without lots of time and difficulty.

My husdand's two sisters are here, so we got together yesterday. I stayed away from the sugar, and with 3 kinds of pie to choose from--apple, pumpkin and chocolate--that was tough. I made the best choices from what was available and brought my own snacks. My reward? Up 2.6 pounds this morning. Man, I shoulda had that pie.

Of course lunch was ham, with leftovers for supper. Way too salty. Most of that weight is water, I'm sure. I'm doing a steak day today, so that should knock most or all of that weight off. Still ... time to fess up ... I'm at 147.4 this morning. I'll be lucky to be 143 by Friday--10 pounds over my last dose weight.

Holidays and my birthday messed me up--just like Beb. That won't be an issue this round.

I'm going to start HCG Friday--doing 3 load days instead of the 2 I was planning on. My sister's birthday is Sunday, so I'm keeping that as my final load day. We might go to a Chinese buffet, so I'll have my choice of plenty of fried foods.

Oh, for crying out loud!

How many foods can one person be sensitive to?

I can't keep my weight steady. I've regained almost everything I've lost in the last 10 days. Because I haven't yet eliminated everything I'm sensitive to. Because I keep discovering new things.

Latest on the list. Chocolate.

And I'm a person who has to seriously consider if life is worth living without chocolate. Hmmm... don't we crave what we're allergic to? Sigh. I'll adjust. I'll move on. But I have to do some serious grieving over this one.

Another reason I can't wait to start HCG. I can get all these foods out of my diet, and then reintroduce them one by one--I'll wait until after P3--to see if I'm truly sensitive to them. My list of suspects so far:

Grains. All of them.

Sugar

Dairy

Peanuts

Chocolate

Plugging away

I'm happy to be eating again. Fasting wasn't too bad until the evening hours when hunger really hit. I couldn't have lasted more than two days, though. I was lightheaded this morning.

I dropped 3 pounds, but that wasn't really the point of the fast. I'll gain some of that back because half of it was lean mass.

Now I just have to continue eating carefully and continue the other things I'm doing to detox. As I said before, I'd like to be 135 before starting HCG again. And I decided that if I'm not at least to 137, I won't start HCG on the 24th. Besides, it looks like that date will be right around the start of my TOM. So what's another week to get things started right?

Juice fast

It's hard to say how my detox is going. I've lost some weight, but not any amazing amounts. Wasn't expecting amazing, just something. But how can anyone tell if their body is really detoxifying? (Unless I get my detox rash again.)

I'm going ahead with a juice fast today and tomorrow. Vegetable juice--namely celery and cucumber. Not my idea of a taste sensation, but it's not the worst. I've done a five-day juice fast in the past. I'll never do that again. The hunger was intolerable by the end. But two days I can handle.

Giving your digestion--and your liver--a break with fasting is an excellent way to clean out the toxins. And the vegetable juice ensures that you're getting nutrients. The food I ate over the holidays was pretty shameful. This isn't quite a redo button, but it's close.

My HCG arrived on Monday, the 5th. It's so tempting just to go ahead and start, but my body needs this cleansing. Plus I want to lose the weight I gained before I start--or as much of it as I can. That way I'm making forward progress, not just re-losing the same weight.

Starting my detox

I didn't gain any weight during my overnight trip, which really surprised me.

I chose to have dessert that night. It was a buffet with dessert included in the price, and I couldn't resist the tempting display. I kept it small, though. The next morning I didn't have a choice but to eat a donut and a small bowl of cereal. My sister and I were very hungry and we knew that a real breakfast was a couple of hours away. So we hit the motel's continental breakfast.

I did a steak day Saturday that brought my weight down a bit. Yesterday I started with the routine I already mentioned that will help my body detoxify. I'm avoiding sugar, dairy and wheat. Otherwise my diet will be normal. I'm playing with the idea of doing a two-day juice fast Thurs and Fri. That would really detoxify and help with weight loss.

I'm putting a lot of time and effort into this detox, so I hope it pays off. I want my weight back down to where it should be by the 24th.