Exciting days!

So much has been going on lately that I almost don't know where to start!

I believe in the Omnitrition products that I take for my weight loss, that I've become a distributor for them! If you're interested in weight loss, or even just general health products, see my sales page at:

https://www.omnitrition.com/helencarey

I've also become an affiliate for two places that I purchase from. One is Capella Flavor Drops. Capella makes awesome drops that you can put in water, or yogurt, or coffee, or food, or where ever you want flavor! The water drops are sweetened with stevia. I use their New York Cheesecake in my greek yogurt with strawberries. OMG, so good!

The other place I've become an affiliate for is Vitacost.com which is a nice website to buy any type of supplement, and flavored stevia.

I hope you'll check them both out :)

As to the weight loss, being in Phase 3, I should not have been losing weight, but I have been. This week has been up and down tenths of a pound, but I'm currently 185.4. I begin loading for Round 2 on Friday and can't wait! I'm hoping this next round will get rid of the remaining 35 lbs I need to lose. If not, I'll happily do one more round after that.

Finally, I created a Facebook group for hCG droppers. If you'd like to join, please feel free to contact me on Facebook and I'll send you an invite.

189.0

Blah. Up today, but that's fine, because you know, I had my hair down today for the first time in a long time. I usually keep it in a braid, day and night, because it's been just a mess since the lapband surgery. Was falling out in big handfuls...for years. My hair has thinned by half, I'm sure.

Amazingly, being on Omni stopped that! I've noticed it during periods that I had it down, that it's softer, not as brittle and doesn't fall out in unsual amounts anymore, just your typical few strands during brushing. I don't know if its the hCG drops, or if it's the fabulous vitamins by Omni.  But with hair almost down to my waist, having it look good healthy again is sure a nice side effect!

188.4

5/4 - 189.0 -1.0
5/5 - 188.4 -0.6

Wow, I'm surprised. I never expected to lose this kind of weight during maintenance! I keep reviewing my food logs to see if I'm doing something wrong, but I'm not. Everything there that should be (or should NOT be!) I was way under calories yesterday, only 864, where I should be 1200, so I think that accounts for the 0.6 loss this morning. Or, maybe I'm slowing down. We'll see tomorrow.

I want to make note here that I am exactly 13 lbs from my lowest weight with the lapband (175.4). I still have the lapband, and still have the .8 fill (I'm assuming. I haven't had it removed or adjusted). Oddly, I never vomit anymore, where I was vomiting nearly daily before starting the hCG.

My husband says he's so proud of my determination to do this. "Doing this" doesn't seem to be a problem. "Maintaining this" seems to be the problem. If I can start wrapping my head around that right now, hopefully I will keep it off.

190.0

4/27 - 191.4 - R1P3D1 - Maintenance -.2
4/28 - 191.6 +.2
4/29 - 192.6 +1
4/30 - 193.0 +.4
5/1  - 193.0 -
5/2 - 191.0 -2
5/3 - 190.0 -1

As you can see, the past week has been a little up and down. I'm hoping the downward trend continues and that tomorrow I'll finally break that barrier into the 180s! I've struggled a little with actually getting my calories UP to 1200. I have no problem staying under 1200, but I'm supposed to be between 1200 and 1500 per day.

I think the bumps up in weight were because of a couple of things.

One, our annual BBQ was on April 29...and I took a couple of bites here and there of rogue food, including a sliver of birthday cake, and STILL struggled for 1200 calories!

Second, and probably most importantly, it just took a bit for my body to adjust to not having the drops, and to adjust to the increase in calories. Down 3 lbs. in the past two days...wow!