Well, THAT milestone was short-lived... :(

Start Weight: 168 lbs

Goal Weight: 138 lbs
Weight after two loading days:  171.7 lbs (3.7 lbs total gain)
R2P2D34Inj27: 152.3 lbs  (-19.4 lbs gross, -15.7 lbs net)

1.3 lbs GAINED?!?!?  What the heck?!?!?  I'm truly puzzled.  Maybe I overdid it on the calories yesterday when I kept adding in the extra protein?  Perhaps the second hard-boiled egg added too much fat with the two yolks?  I was so hungry, though.  I feel pretty rotten today -- headache, and my sleep was interrupted several times last night.  The gain could be due to the measly 3-4 hours of sleep, but that seems like too big of a gain to chalk up to just a bad night's sleep.  Or, maybe the big losses of a couple of days ago may be catching back up with me?  Since I've been so hungry, maybe I lost some "normal" fat which I'm gaining back now.  I really don't know. :(

I hope that the hunger abates today, and I will try to stick more to protocol.  I'm going to list all my decaf fluid intake so that I can be sure that I'm getting enough in.  I will not play with my dose unless the hunger thing is still hanging on through Sunday.  If I am still struggling on Sunday, then I will plan to skip my injection on Monday and see if the hunger gets better.  Maybe now that I've lost weight I need a lower dose?  I will wait it out through tomorrow, and then make a decision.

Here's the menu:

9a:  22oz of water with lemon and Lemon Drop Liquid Stevia

1p:  32oz of water with lemon, ACV, and Lemon Drop Liquid Stevia

3:30p:  One hard-boiled egg

5p:  16oz of water with lemon, ACV, and Lemon Drop Liquid Stevia

9p:  One hard-boiled egg and 1/2 serving Asparagus Soup*

9:15p:  10oz of water with lemon, ACV, and Lemon Drop Liquid Stevia

10p:  Trader Joe's Bedtime Tea

*OFF PROTOCOL WARNING!!!

Reflection on the menu:  Okay, well, I sure didn't stick to protocol today by any stretch of the imagination.  As you can probably tell, I was (1) busy and (2) not hungry today.  So, hopefully, the "hungries" are behind me now.  THAT one thing will help me immensely, because being constantly hungry was really starting to wear on me.

Reflection on the day:  After a rough start this morning, my headache lifted and any hunger I had prior to my injection evaporated, so I ended having a pretty good day.  Although I was worrying a little over the gain this morning, I'm thinking that I'm "leveling out" a bit from my 7 lb nosedive the previous three days.  In other words, I'm trying not to stress over it because stressing isn't going to help my weight loss at all.


Reflection on the hair situation:  Unfortunately, I am sad to report that I am still having hair loss.  As I've said before, it looks like some people have this happen, and then some never have a problem.  (I am hoping that you are in the latter group! ;-)  I am taking BioSil twice a day, Biotin once a day, and trying to make sure that I get plenty of protein in.  From other reports I have seen, it looks like it can take a while to reverse it once it starts.  I started out with very thick hair, so I can stand to lose some.  However, it is now noticeably thinner to me.  If this continues to be a problem, I may need to consider cutting this round short.  I hope not, but then I don't want to go bald either! ;-)


Hopefully the scale will be kinder to me tomorrow.  'Til then -- later losers! :D