I'm telling you, seeing a nice drop on the scale is ADDICTIVE!!
I had a small loss the following day, but this morning I woke up to another BIG loss. 3.8 pounds! Thank you stomach bug!! :P This unpleasant episode actually caused me to lose enough to get me to the magic number ~ 34 pounds.
After re-reading Pounds & Inches today, the guidelines are 40 injections, or 34 pounds is where you should stop your current round. I reached the 34 pounds in 38 days (not bad!) & so today I'm done with this portion of the protocol. I get to move on to CHEESE!!! I get to have that scrumptious fondue after all! :D Hello, Tuesday (& some of the funnest group of girls out there), here I come!
I feel like I've accomplished something big. I know I've said this before, but I'm really feeling it today. It's a big day for me! :D Though I know I won't reach my goal of losing 40 pounds by April 1st (when my little brother comes home from his mission), I'm very pleased with how far I've come.
3 comments:
great job shannon! why won't you lose your 40 pounds by then? i know you are stopping the injections, but you will still be eating a very reduced calorie diet right? so shouldn't you lose more weight during this next part, even if it isn't as fast as with the injections? it is only 6 more pounds. i bet you will have that off by april.
emily
Thanks, Emily! Because of the drastically fast weight loss, Dr. Simeons says we need to not lose any more than 34 pounds at a time otherwise you won't be able to stabilize & maintain the weight loss. If you go even two pounds over the last injection weight, you have to follow a certain protocol to get things back in order. It's supposed to take three weeks of this maintainence to reset the body's weight.
I will stop the very low calorie part of it on Tuesday. I can eat whatever I want from then on, except starch & sugar, for that three weeks of stabilization. After the third week, I'm able to slowly add the starches & sugars back in (within reason, obviously)without worry of putting the weight back on.
I'm not 100% convinced of all this, which is part of why I wanted to do it, so I guess only time will tell with that.
Shan
Great job! I'm so happy for you!
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