I've got my TOENAIL in a new decade!!!

Start Weight: 168 lbs

Goal Weight: 138 lbs
Weight after two loading days:  171.7 lbs (3.7 lbs total gain)
R2P2D35: 149.9 lbs  (-21.8 lbs gross, -18.1 lbs net)

2.4 lbs released, and I have finally reached the 140's and the water feels GREAT!  I hope I can stay here!  Boy, I don't know about this roller-coaster, though -- it is driving me nuts.  I remember getting frustrated at the slow losing: .6, .4, .2, etc, but now I kind of miss the consistency of it!  This lose two pounds, gain one, is really playing with my brain.  I guess there is some water weight in play now, too. Not sure what the deal is there -- I'm drinking tons of water. I'm just going to keep it up. That's all I know to do.

12 injections and 12 lbs to go... I'm keeping my eyes on the prize!

On to my busy day menu:

8:30a: 20oz water with lemon, ACV, and Lemon Drop Stevia

2p:     20oz water with lemon, ACV, and Lemon Drop Stevia

3p:     1/2 serving Asparagus Soup*

6p:     Apple

7p:     Honey Vanilla Chamomile Herbal Tea

8p:     Organic Egg White scrambled with

          Spinach and Onion* and garlic and topped

          with Frank's Red Hot sauce

          20oz water with lemon and Lemon Drop Stevia

9:30p: Trader Joe's Bedtime Tea

*OFF PROTOCOL WARNING!!!

Reflection on the day:  I am SO over food right now.  The HCG has kicked in and I'm LOVING it!  Trying to do this very limited diet while hungry is so difficult, and when you hit HCG nirvana it is SO MUCH BETTER!  Keep this is mind you first-weekers...  It WILL get better. You have to find your dose, and it takes about a week before the hungries die down.

Okay -- are you ready for this???  It just dawned on me that I forgot to take my shot today.  I still wasn't hungry -- not one bit.  It's weird because I was hungry right up until yesterday morning, so I would think that I was on the teetering/tottering edge of the HCG level I need. I don't know what this means. I will resume my injections tomorrow, of course, and just count this as a normal weekly "skip day" that Dr. S describes in his protocol for anyone taking the 40 injection course. Since my injections have been interrupted so much with TOM and my planned break, I WAS NOT going to skip any more injections. But -- guess I will!  For today only! ;-) One thing that is interesting -- this DOES extend my injections out one more day. Who knows? Maybe this extra day will give me enough time to reach my goal!

*** LATE BREAKING EDIT ***

MOST of the day I was not hungry at all, but starting around 6p I felt the hungries creeping up.  Very, very interesting...  I can certainly tell any HCG nay-sayers out there that HCG does work, because I was not hungry at all for most of the day so I know that the HCG was releasing fat into my bloodstream.  I can also say that your dose DOES matter, and that the HCG needs to reach a certain level in your body to be effective.  I had achieved a good level that kept me going until tonight, and as soon as it dipped below that level I could tell a BIG difference!  Believe me, I will JUMP on that injection in the morning.  'Til then -- later all you wonderful losers! :D