Annette- info...

Ok, so Claudine has found some hCG online, you get 40 days worth for $23.99. Then you have to buy the sterile water to go along with it. Is anyone interested in getting it with her online. Here is the website if you want to check it out...
http://www.drugdelivery.ca/s47218-s-HCG-PREGNYL.aspx

I found the MCT Oil at Super Supplements for, get this, $18.00 for 32 oz. Its a huge jar... and that is like 1/10 of what we paid... If anyone needs more of that.

What was the verdict on giving Claudine the blog address? Yay or Nay? Do you guys know of anyone else who is going to do it yet? Claudine is on day 3 today.

I don't even know what day I am on.... Any idea Sun? I'm thinking like 32 or 34 or something like that. I am only down 1 pound since Friday. So it seems to be slow going this week. How about you Stace? After your slow week, is it going better this week? I was hoping to be down to 200 by our appointment next week, but at this rate thats not going to happen. I'm at 212 right now so I needed to lose a pound a day from Monday until next week. I'm not really sure what the hold up is. I bought a cleanse today, that I want to start tomorrow. But I don't know if I should do it while I'm on the hCG. Its a whole body cleanse, it says, colon, liver, intestines, etc. I feel so bloated still, every morning. I am hoping it will help. I keep reading that bloating is from buildup inside. Has anyone read or heard anything about doing things like that while on hCG? Ok, and speaking of insides... How are the bowel movements going. I go for a couple days at a time and don't have any, maybe part of the whole bloated thing.?. I wish I would've done it before I started. I dejunked my closet and got rid of a bunch of too big clothes. I can't wait to get rid of ALL of them and get new clothes! YEA! Maybe by Christmas!

So can I just babble a little? I am feeling so.... I don't know what it is. I think I need a "free day"... I feel so deprived the last couple of days. I am tired of going to things and parties and not getting to eat anything. For some reason it is really bothering me today. I want to stick with it for the next couple of months, but I don't know. I am afraid though, if I allow myself a cheat day, then whats to keep me from cheating more often? I guess we are on day, what, like 30 or something? Maybe I will allow myself one after a month. Then I would get one now, one at the end of November and at the end of December. I've really felt good up until this weekend. I did finally start my period this week, maybe thats what it is. But don't you usually get sad/upset before you start your period, not at the end of it? Sorry, this is totally random. I just feel off, I guess.

Sorry, Stace, that its going slow for you. I hope you have a better week this week. I so wish I was where you are Sun, with only 10 more pounds. You are looking sooooo hot! Maybe I'm just jealous. Is that horrible? I just wanna be done and thin, and actually be able to eat something. I gotta get out of this funk. Hopefully tomorrow I'll wake up and feel better. Sorry to be depressing.

Ugh... This is depressing (Stacey)

I'm totally frustrated right now. I have stuck to the diet 100% all week, and guess how much I've lost? Not 1 pound a day. No, not even 1/2 pound a day. Yup, you guessed it O.

I really can't believe that I've been working so hard this week and eating so little and haven't lost any weight. UGH.

Body Comp Appointment- Stacey

I went into the Clinic yesterday to try the lipotropic shot they finally brought for me. But because I had such poor results with the B12 HCG shot from last week I'm not expecting much from this shot. So unless something amazing happens I think I'll be done with the week long shots they offer.

While I was there Renae was just leaving and she asked if I had scheduled my body composition follow up appt. yet. I said I was thinking about doing it next week and she said if I waited until Wed, Nov 5th she would be back in town and could do it for me. I asked if you guys could come along and she said that would be fine just to give them a call back with how many of us will be coming. So who's in. November 5th at 10am. That's in 2 weeks.

If you want to go some other time I totally understand, just let me know.

I can't wait to see how far everyone has come and how much our measurements and weight have changed in the last month.

Annette Day 26

Sounds like you are getting things worked out Stacey. Thats a bummer you didn't like the Power Shot, or that it wasn't very POWERFUL... I kinda wanted to try it like that... But I wondered if it would keep the cravings and hunger away. So, reading this book has me more excited... It sounds like doing this protocol is a temporary thing and then you can go back to eating normal foods. I was worried we were going to have to eat like this forever. But he says that once your body is working properly again you should be able to eat whatever you want, and you will just burn what you eat, when you eat, instead of storing it. So I am way excited about that. I don't think I could eat like this forever. I am hoping I will only need to do it through December and not for 4 months, like Donna did.

I think you are right on track Stacey... If Donna lost 60 in 4 months thats 1/2 pound a day too. Which, except for the first week for me, I have been at about the same. 1/2 pound per day. I only have lost 3 & 4 pounds over each of the last 2 weeks. So I was a little disappointed after hearing that we'd lose 1 pound a day, but at least we are going in the right direction.

I am down 20... 25 total with my 5 from the week before. I am at 215 and just dieing to get under 200. I keep thinking its only 2 weeks away, but probably more like 3-4...

I gotta tell you... I am pretty excited about the recipe book. It has tons of recipes... It has an apple thing that I tried... So you mix apple slices with cinnamon and stevia... it was sooooo good. It was like eating the apple pie filling when you get it all mixed together. YUMMY! Tonight I made the chili, with chicken. I haven't tried it yet, but it smells very good! I'll have to let you know how it is...

Stacey's Day 21

So it's been 21 days on the program for me. I'm down 11 pounds. So that means I'm losing about 1/2 pound a day instead of a pound a day. Over this 21 day time period I have cheated 5 times and maybe could be getting better results if I wouldn't have. I've had 2 days of indulging in some kind of bread product with a meal (I need to stop making homemade bread and rolls for my family) and 3 days of using protein bars instead of the shake (usually because I'm out of town or away from my house all day). After these cheat days I am always up 1-2 pounds and I fight to get those back off and continue on.

This week I am committed to sticking to the program 100%. Hopefully I'll have some great results!

I just got my box of products the other day. The nutritionist has motified my program a little so I will be taking Tri Magnesium for my headaches and also to help with going to the bathroom a little more. She has me on Bile Salts to help the liver break down the fat and get it out of my body. (I don't have a gallbladder so I guess that is a pretty important product to be on diet or not.) She bumped me up to 130grams of protein a meal and wants me doing 1 scoop of the shake before bed to help with headaches and blood sugar levels. I'm still on 20 of HCG. So there you have it, we'll see how it goes. My headaches are already easing up.

I went last Wednesday, to the Tri City office for the POWER Shot. It is a single shot that last for 1 week. It has HCG and B12 in it. I guess it is suppose to give you lots of energy??? But I was not feeling the POWER. I also had lots of cravings this week unlike when I'm doing my own shots daily. Was not impressed. I sure like the office staff here... Donna, Stan and their son but could do without Dr. Johnson from Seattle. I really hope they can find a Tri Cities doctor soon.

So I already let you know, in my last post all of the places I will be buying my products. Did all of those links open for you guys? Have you guys found anywhere cheaper to buy the products? Annette, was there any other links you wanted that I was suppose to put on there? Let me know! Sonja, Congrats on having 2 free days and staying the same weight! Yahoo! Keep up the good work ladies!

A little bit of info...

Here's some links Annette has been asking for also the places I think I will be getting my product unless you have found a better deal somewhere else.

This is the website link for the managers of the TriCity office. It just has a few before and after pictures and tells about how they have done so far on this diet. Both the husband and wife have been doing it continuously for the last 4 months. She has lost around 60 lb. and he has lost 95lbs. I think.
http://www.3rdwave.com/hcg/

So I think these are the places I will be buying my products....

MCT Oil-$20.00 for 16oz (We paid $9.95 for 4 oz)
https://www.professionalsupplementcenter.com/Search.aspx

Ultra Lean Chocolate Shakes- $33.85
http://www.nutriessential.com/search_results.asp?ct=All&site_search_qu=ultra+lean&storeID=7DF1736952024D7D905095869F15FB9C

(We paid $44.95+shipping in Seattle and on the website they are around $50 but if you buy 4 they'll give you one for free which makes each container cost around $48 a piece?????)

HCG Shots-$119 for a one month supply
http://www.hcgslimagain.com/index.htm
(go to members, scroll down to member login. Username:weightloss /Password:hcgslimagain) You'll find the info there.

Hopefully these links work. Let me know.

So a few more things...

Ok, so a few more things. First off, I ruined my whole month supply of hCG, that I just got. CRAPPY!!! $200.00 down the toilet. Don't ask... I'm an idiot... anyway, so I went to the clinic today to get some more. I met Donna, she seems really nice and much more informed then what I've seen so far. She said a few things.

I asked about taking a break. She said because we take one day off a week, we don't do the 3 week breaks between. I'm kinda glad about that. I don't think I'm ready to go off it yet.

She also said that you should almost never take more than 15cc's. She said when people aren't losing weight they often decrease the amount, not increase it. I told her when I left the clinic I was under the impression that we could or should up it, or something, so she called and talked to the clinic they said to not do more than the 15... So I guess I'm going to go back to the 15cc's and see what happens.

I also bought the cookbook. It was $25. and it has tons of recipes in it. If you want to look through it and make copies of any of the pages or anything let me know. I am ready for some different food options. Although what I've been doing has been super simple its getting quite boring... So feel free to come browse it if you want.

I think thats it...

Day 24- Annette

So its day 24, I think... I only lost 3 pounds last week, which I keep telling myself is still good, just not as quickly as I'd like. I am down 18 from when we started and 23 total. I made it through the weekend without gaining any, so thats good. I just stayed the same all weekend. I am hoping to get down closer to 210 this week. I am definately feeling it in my clothes. Alot of them are getting too baggy. I got Sun's jeans on, they are very tight, but I got them all the way on, so that is something, I guess. Maybe next week I can wear them. Everyone else seems to be noticing. Which is good. I've actually heard the words, "Annette and Skinny" in the same sentence. Not that I'm skinny by any means yet, but at least I'm heading in the right direction.

So my sister was telling me in the Kevin Trudeau book he says you can go on for 6 weeks, then take 3 weeks off, then 6 weeks again. So if thats the case, I have about 3 weeks and then try to go off for a few weeks and you are just supposed to maintain during that time. That would put me through the end of November. Then go 6 weeks again through December, and hopefully be at my goal by then. I wanted to email those local people and find out how they did it. Do you have their blog Stace? Maybe you could post it on the sidebar or something.

I am curious to see how you weekend went Sun, with doing your whatever days. Did you stay the same or go up? I am afraid if I did that I would gain alot back in those two days. Let us know how it worked. Were you off the shots then too?

I just started reading that Kevin Trudeau book and am excited to see what it says. I'll let ya know what I learn, if anything different then what we were told. I wasn't real impressed with the clinic or staff up there, so I'm hoping to get some more information from the book.

More Questions???

So I'm thinking of doing the online special for the shakes. It is buy 4 get one free. Does anyone need some shake mix? Maybe we could split the order. Have you guys been buying your HCG online for $119 a month instead of $140?

Now that it's been 3 weeks are you guys adding exercise or any of the foods listed on the website. If so, what are you trying?

To answer Annette's Question I am doing 200 HCG. And I'm going in for my Lipotropic B12 shot tonight. I'll be doing 1 a week. I've talked to the lady in Seattle a few times and she keeps recommending I do them for energy from my thyroid stuff and helping my liver break down the fat and toxins because I'm 1 gallbladder short:) Anyway, I'll let you know if I notice a difference.

I've been doing the shots and diet for about 15 days and have lost 9 pounds. So that's about .6 lbs. a day. Not quite the 1 pound a day I expected but defiantly enough to make me happy.

Day 19- Annette

Is it 19 or 20? I just can't keep track. So is anyone else slowing down as time goes by? I have only lost 1 pound in the last two days. I'm down to 217.5, but its been slow... I thought I'd be 215 this week and down to 210 by the end of the week... I am quite a ways behind that. I am down 17.5 pounds total. I'm really hoping to be down under 200 by the end of the month. I guess we'll see.... How is everyone else doing? How much are you guys taking?

Oh, by the way, I told Dr. Kris about it yesterday. He is ok with it. He said it's really not safe to loose that much weight so quickly, because usually when you do you start loosing important tissue and muscle and stuff. But he said we'll keep watching and see how things go... So I guess we'll see. I am thinking I might stick with it through the holidays. I really don't want to go off it and then gain a bunch of weight back over the holidays. It will suck, but I want to... I kinda feel like if I can stick with it through the holidays, I can do it anytime. Did I already say all of this? I get my two blogs mixed up.

Keep up the good work, Ladies.... Everyone is looking so good! I say we plan a night out around Christmas and get all dolled up in fancy dresses and be HOT!

Questions???

Anyone use those keto strips yet? I've done them two different times now and it looks like the lowest one or lower. What did yours say?

Do you guys know if the Tri Cities Office opened yesterday? Do they have a phone #?

If you don't mind me asking, Has being on these shots, shakes and diet changed your bathroom habits? More? Less?

Anyone have Chocolate shake they want to trade for vanilla? I probably used 5 scoops or less out of it and just can't take it. I need chocolate!

Goodbye 20's, HELLO teens!

Stacey here... I just made it under 220 this morning. Yahoooooo! Goodbye 20's, HELLO teens! I wish my scale said 199 this morning and I was saying goodbye to the 200's but I'll take this small achievement for now. It always feels good to get into a new set of 10 bracket.

P.S.

P.S.- Sun, I am wearing your Victoria Secret pants you gave me, today, and they fit! Unlike 2 weeks ago when they didn't. Guess I didn't need to buy the bigger size. I only wore them once. I had no idea it would work so quickly! Wanna go ride today? I'm ready for an easy ride, aren't we supposed to start excercising this week?

Day 18- Annette

Ok, so I think I am on day 18... is that what everyone else is on? I am down 16.5 pounds, so I'm starting to fall below the 1 pound a day. I feel like its not coming off as easy, but so far so good. I'm hoping it doesn't start to slow down a bunch. I really want to stay at 1 a day... I was thinking today though, that I may just committ to sticking with it through Christmas and till the end of the year. Every year, in the fall, I loose 10 or 15 pounds, and then I gain it back from Thanksgiving to Christmas. And I REALLY don't want to do that this year. I think for me its easier to not have ANY of it, then fool myself into thinking, "I'll just have one bite, that can't hurt..." and then two pumpkin pie blizzards later.... You get my drift. How crappy though to have to go through the whole season without all the yummy treats. But I guess thats why I'm in this spot in the first place and I am ready to be out of it. If I could go through the whole season without it, why would I ever need it again. I mean if you can stick out Christmas, the rest of the year should be a breeze, don't ya think? Or am I being way too ambitious? It kinda feels like it. Maybe I better get through this month and see. Although we are 3/4 of the way through the first month and it really hasn't been that bad.

How is Tammi doing, Sun? I'm so curious... Any word on the clinic here? Stacey thought tomorrow, but I haven't heard and when I asked last week they didn't have a for sure date yet. Will Rene just come down a couple of times a month or what? Anybody have any idea? I was thinking that we set a shopping spree date for sometime when we think we'll all be where we want and head up to do some shopping. Maybe Tammi can meet us and we can celebrate all our hard work...

Keep it up. Everyone seems to be doing great, even Stacey who probably had one of the worst weeks of her life in the middle of all of this. I feel like this is really going to work, for ALL of us!

Blog it up!

So I mentioned to Annette today that I need to hear from you guys more. I want you guys to post more on the blog. Everyday? Every other day? Good or Bad. Annette looked at me like I was crazy, probably thinking "you're one to talk, we didn't hear from you at all last week." But I'm pretty sure that even with my week off I've still posted more than anyone on this blog. I want to hear about how you guys are doing.

I changed the background, but it won't hurt my feelings if you guys want to change it to something else. We could change it every week if you want, I just wanted something other than white. Getting back to Annette's idea of posting before and after pics... I don't want my before pic on here until I've lost the weigh and have the comparison picture to go with it but I was thinking of putting my dream body picture on here. Maybe for a little humor :) I'm going to take a picture of my face and put it on my dream movie star body (a little cut and paste) and then either post it or have it run down the side of the blog for motivation. What do you think? If you want to send me a face picture of yourself I'll make one for you guys too.

So, this weekend was tough to get through but I made it, losing a pound a day.Yeah! There were many things to be resisted this weekend and I would like to name a few of the hardest ones for me...

Friday Night Linda came over to let the kids play and do a craft with me while our husband's were out of town. She showed up with 2 large pizzas, cheesy breadsticks, cinnastixs, and pop for the kids of course but it was just sitting there on my counter tempting me!!! Just said, NO!

Saturday morning Ky was snack person for his soccer game. He was dying to bring doughnuts and a certain kind of drink. So I got them for him. After the soccer game I resisted eating the 3 leftover doughnuts that rode around in my car all morning with me.

Saturday Night it was cold out and I wanted to make something warm for this cold fall day so I made a big pot of homemade creamy chicken noodle soup, the best homemade buttery rolls ever, and some homemade jam. The kids loved this meal, I was so tempted to cheat.

On Sunday I held 2 young women presidency meetings at my house and wanted to make some treats for them. I borrowed Otis Spunkmeyer cookie dough from Annette and made a couple trays of cookies. I told the ladies they had to eat them all because I didn't know if I could say no to one late that night when nobody was watching. They ate almost all of them and then a friend took the rest home to her husband. It took all of my will power to not sneak one in my pocket for later.

So now you all know how lame I really am. I was able to make it through this weekend though and I'm getting close to my first small goal of being under 220, so that's exciting.

How's everything going for you guys. Did Annette make it under 220lbs? Sonja, how did your period affect your weightloss and cravings? How's everyone doing???

Love the new look!

So whoever did the background.... love it! Thanks... it looks much better. So, I totally feel you Stacey. I do envy the two loading days that you got to do again, though. I think it will be at least 2 months before I get to have a "whatever" day... I have been having a lot of the same thoughts. I think this is definately the hardest time of year to loose weight, however, that probably means its the most important time of year to loose weight, if that makes any kind of sense. I keep feeling like I just don't want to do anything that could tempt me to cheat. I actually really wanted to cancel the Tastefully Simple thing all together because it will suck to not get to eat anything. But, oh well. I was able to go to my parent's house for dinner and I took my chicken and put it on salad. I went to a baby shower this week and was able to get through the whole thing without eating anything at all. I took a shake with me, just in case. I took the kids out to Chicos tonight for dinner and was able to not eat anything. I haven't been brave enough to order pizza or anything yet though. I don't think I'm quite ready for that. I just want to try and figure out how to keep living and doing things I enjoy and stick to the program.

Well, its day 15 I think, and I am down 15 pounds, plus my 5 from before! Yea! I hit 20 pounds this morning., in the last month. I am finally starting to be able to tell in my clothes. My way too tight jeans from that jean party were almost loose on me today. Which probably means I just need to wash them, but they felt great. Only a week or two before I'm in the ones you gave me Sun! I am at 220 right now. I can't wait to get under 200... a few more weeks is all I hope.

Glad that you are back with us Stace. I missed you but didn't want to be pushy or anything. Where are you at Sun? I haven't heard for a few days...

Will I ever be able to loose weight and have a social life?

K, so I redid my 2 loading days and I'm on my 2nd day of my 500 calorie diet. I'm down 5lbs. from my starting weight so hopefully it will be a pound a day from here on out.

I'm having a really hard time being able to socialize when I'm eating like this. I keep getting invited to different activities, and to me it always feels like it revolves around food.

-My parents invited us to come out to where they are camping this weekend to have dinner with them. My dad wants to show off his mad dutch oven cooking skills. He described the menu (some kind of meat in a cream sauce, homemade buttery rolls, triple berry cobbler which uses a cake mix, butter, and a few cups of brown sugar and lots more)
-Annette's Tastefully Simple/Taste of Home?? Party which is all about sampling dips and trying foods. Then buying the stuff to make yummy fattening foods.
-Terry's birthday party. Lots of food.
-Enrichment- Holiday entertaining and baking. Bring your favorite holiday dessert and recipe.
-3 pampered chef party invites.
-Date night eating out and movies
-FHE Night holiday cookie plates
And the list could go on and on...

I know, I know I could go to these events and just not eat, bring my own food, or eat before I go and will power my way through it. But sometimes I feel like I would just rather stay home than go to the activity where there is a whole bunch of food and people eating food. I can tell this time of year is going to be really hard.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not that hungry. I do feel satisfied, it's just habit I guess. I'm so used to eating to have fun and right now it feels like everything that goes on revolves around food. AHHHHHH!

How are you guys handling the day in and day out of eating chicken, salad, apple. Chicken, cabbage, strawberries. Chicken, cucumber, grapefruit. etc. ? And how's your social life going?

Stacey's-Day 12

Day 12 or should I say day 6. I did the first 5 days and lost 7lbs. Hailey's accident happened and I didn't bring the shots with me up to the hospital. I didn't eat or sleep for the first 24 hours in Spokane but then the rest of the week I was eating cafeteria food. I wasn't pigging out but I was probably having more than 500 calories a day. When I came home I was up 3lbs. Dang it!

One other factor is that I started my period. FINALLY. I've been waiting almost 2 months since my miscarriage for that, so that could have contributed to some of the weight gain?? I was wondering if being off the shots for those days was what allowed or help me start my period. So maybe it was a blessing. Don't really know??

Anyway, now it's day 12 for you guys, but I'm just getting back on track and starting with my day 6 shots today. With all that's going on I decided to start all the way over and give myself 2 more loading days :) Try not to be jealous ladies. I'll think of you when I'm having a pizza and a smoothie tonight :)

Seriously though I am going to get back on track and catch up with you guys. Sounds like you're both doing great! I would love to see more progress reports from both of you and I've still been wondering how your friend in Seattle is doing? Let me know.

Annette- Day 12~

Man, where did the last 5 days go??? We are almost halfway done, ya know? At least with the first month. I really think I will be able to go for 2 months and hopefully lose all I want to. Thats my plan. I ordered more stuff today, to get through the next two weeks, until this local clinic opens. Has anyone found any hCG locally? A couple of people have mentioned they know of someone who got it locally, but not sure who from. Anyway, I'd love to compare prices. I think I found the protein powder for $35. instead of $45. but I can't tell if its the exact same one. It says it is and then when I link to buy it, it shows a different one.

So, after staying the same on Friday and Saturday, and gaining a pound on Sunday and staying the same on Monday, I was finally down again today. 2 pounds! Yea! I really want to get under the 200 pound mark. I was at 222 today. When I got pregnant with Kennedy I think I was at 217, so I am almost back to that prepregnancy weight, now if I could just get back to the prepregnancey weight before my first pregnancy!!! Well at least I've lost 18 pounds that I will never see again...

Hope everyone else is doing good. Hey Sun, how many more to your 50? I'm down 28 from that bet we made, but I think you are much closer to your 50 than I am...

Annette- Day 7

Well its Day 7... How is everyone doing? I almost forgot that we weren't supposed to do the shot today. I'm glad I remembered. I have definately slowed down from my first few days. I have only lost 1 pound each day, over the last few days. I am down a total of 11 pounds. (16 since I started a couple of weeks ago) YEA! But I feel like I'll be lucky to keep losing 1 a day. And, its the weekend. Not that we'll be going out to dinner or anything, like usual. I'm sure that will help. I usually gain back all of the weight I lost during the week on the weekend. Well, one week down! What does everyone think of it so far? Do you think it will work??? Are we supposed to measure every week? Does anyone know? It doesn't seem like you could lose much on a weekly basis, but maybe... Have a good weekend!