R2 LM D50...

Still +1.5 above LIW! That is so strange. I have been this weight for the last 5 days. Maybe this is just where my body is at with the swelling it is carrying. I guess that is not too bad. My old LIW was 151.8, so this is 4 lbs above that exactly. 2.5 lbs at least in implants and up to 1.5 of swelling. I can live with that. Tomorrow is the beginning of R3 P2!!!! I am so nervous this time :) I will be baking up my treats today for loading over the weekend. I would really love to hit 140, but will be happy with anything 145 or less. I am going to try using Fage this round as a protein. My friend just finished her round 3 and she used it with no problems. That would really help since I hate cooking :) Mostly I will do chicken, tilapia, jay robb shakes and fage. Cross your fingers for me...... :0)

R2 LM D49...

+1.5 above LIW! Definitely ovulating today. I am actually having cramps and pain. I decided that instead of doing a crazy load with sugar/starch stuff I am going to make a bunch of amazing almond flour recipes. Plenty of good fat and protein. I am going to make carrot cake with creamy coconut frosting, lemon bars, vanilla cupcakes with chocolate frosting, and cheesecake. They don't have any flour or sugar. Just a little agave nectar :)

Here is what I ate today:

eggs with cheddar

ezekiel english muffin with butter and honey

sf applesauce

1 sf coconut candy

fage with berries and coconut flakes, kashi dark chocolate oatmeal bar

string cheese, almond blueberry banana muffin

dill tuna on sesame almond crackers

1/2 apple

muffin with cc

2 sf candies

Went shopping for all of my P2 foods..... :( Not very exciting :) I hope these next 3 weeks fly by!

R2 LM D48...

Little better at +1.1 above LIW! I am thinking that this does not have anything to do with almond flour. It does not seem to be the problem. I think it has more to do with ovulation, head cold, and swelling. I have said this before that any major moves in weight have ALWAYS been cycle related, and that I just need to trust that things will take care of them selves. I have been ovulating on the 13th day of my cycle each month. Last month on day 11 I went up a pound, then day 12 dropped down a little, then day 13 was up +1.6, then it tapered back down over the next couple days. Looks a lot like right now, but I also have the swelling to account for.

Here is what I ate today:

almond biscuit, tea

egg, cheese, ezekiel english muffin

sf apple sauce

almond sesame crackers, string cheese

almond banana blueberry muffin

sf coconut candy

cheeseburger, 1/2 choc shake

almond fried chicken, salad, sf applesauce

almond banana blueberry muffin

sf pecan delight

R2 LM D47...

Same as yesterday! +1.5 above LIW! I wish I knew why it was up. I did get a lovely head cold yesterday which could be contributing to things. I am always about +1.6 around ovulation, which should be 2 days from now. But if I am already up then it might go way up, dang it!! Oh well, what can I do?? I am supposed to load Friday and Saturday. Not looking forward to that....

Here is what I ate today:

almond flour bisquit and tea

eggs with cheddar

2 slices ezekiel toast with butter and honey

sliced pears tossed in fage and coconut flakes

chicken breast

string cheese

apple

1 sf coconut candy

almond flour bisquit and 1 oz colby jack

rr club burger, cantalope slices, diet coke, 1/2 oreo shake :)

1 sf coconut candy

I am going crazy not working. The candy shoppe gets very slow this time of year, so I told her that she could take me off the schedule with my surgery and we would wait until things picked back up again. I only worked 2-3 days a week, but I am one of those people who needs to work or do something!! I applied at a physical therapy office yesterday. Perfect hours: 2 long days a week, no weekends! But they prefer someone who is going into PT. I hope they will still give me a shot.... so if anyone knows of a great part time job in Utah, let me know! :)

R2 LM D46...

Up +1.5 above LIW!! Holy Cow! I did not think it was that bad yesterday, but I did eat 3 almond flour snicker-doodles. I think I have been mistaken that just because it is made with almond flour I can eat as many as I want :) I also have been looking over my menus for the past couple of weeks and can see that I have been having more "treats" than usual and less vegetables. I can see old eating patterns here. Even though I am eating much better food, I am still starting to have treats at every meal or between, instead of just one or two. My weight has definitely been fluctuating way more than ever since surgery, but I also added the almond flour since then. I am considering completing my last round starting this weekend. Sucks to think about starting the whole process over again :)

Here is what I ate today:

eggs with cheddar

2 slices ezekiel bread with butter and honey

string cheese, almond flour sesame crackers, muffin with cc

cheeseburger, 1/2 choc shake

protein shake, almond flour biscuit

1 oz cheese, 1 sm macaroon

Got some stuff done today. Felt pretty good. Just wish that days when the weight goes up did not affect my mood so much. Also got a head cold today :(

R2 LM D45....

+0.3 above LIW! At least that is going back down a little. After all of the magnesium and smooth move, things definitely started "moving" again ;)

Here is what I ate today:

bacon, egg, cheese ezekiel english muffin.

pear slices

snickerdoodle

Chili's mini corn tacos with rice and beans

snickerdoodle

fage with berries, coconut flakes and macadamias

muffin with cc

snickerdoodle

I can see from the above that I am going a little overboard on the almond flour stuff :) I need to reign that back in and just have a little at a time.

R2 LM D44...

Same at +0.7 above LIW! When I woke up I was +1.7! But finally the smooth move kicked in and I was back to yesterdays weight :)

Here is what I ate today:

egg, cheese, bacon ezekiel english muffin

pear slices

almond flour snickerdoodle

dill tuna salad on almond flour sesame crackers

pear slices

snickerdoodle

trio bar

cobb salad, 1/2 apple crisp, diet coke

1/2 snickerdoodle

Not a lot going on today. Went to see "When in Rome'. Not quite as funny as I thought it was going to be, but still really good. Came home and ended up crying on my husbands shoulder. I am still fighting with feeling fat, and adjusting to the new body. It is so strange that my feelings change so drastically from day to day. One morning I will wake up and think they look great, and I feel thin and sexy. Then the next day I think they don't look good and I feel fat! What is going on?? They still feel a little foreign and hurt in places, but neither of those is very bad anymore. I am hoping this is all normal. I have wanted these for at least 15 years. It was not a sudden decision. Let's hope tomorrow is a better day....

R2 LM D43...

Up +0.7 above LIW! WTH?? Don't know what caused that. I did have 1/2 slice pizza late last night and am having bathroom issues after antibiotics :( That's the only thing I can think of....

I am going out to Honeyville Grain with a friend today, to buy our 25 lb bag of almond flour!! We are going to split it. So much cheaper that way.

Here is what I ate today:

bacon, egg, cheese, ezekiel english muffin - YUM!!

1/2 apple

1/2 apple, string cheese, kashi dark choc oatmeal cookie

curry chicken salad, muffin with cc, coco almond bark

1 1/2 almond flour snickerdoodles

double cheese burger in lettuce, 1/2 choc shake

Still no restroom. Drinking smooth move tonight. Went to pick up the almond flour and now they no longer carry the 25lb bag! You can only buy it in 5lb bags for 25.00. That is still cheaper than online and no shipping. I made the sesame crackers and the snickerdoodles. Both were great. Family even ate them.

R2 LM D42...

Down at -0.3 lbs! I have a question for all of you. I have definitely noticed that since I have not been doing any excercise for a while, that I am "soft". Has anyone else noticed this? I need to start excercising more and get some muscle tone back :) I keep going back and forth about doing another round. Managing my weight is so easy now, I love my food, and I like my clothes. My husband thinks I don't need to do another round, but I know I definitely have another 10-12 lbs I could lose. I just don't want to risk not stabilizing again as well as I have now. I have read so many stories about people who have done multiple rounds and even though they stabilized great in the first rounds they really have a lot of trouble after rounds 4 and 5, with some having trouble after round 3. This would be round 3 for me. My friend who did the first 2 rounds with me, just finished her round 3, so I will be interested to see how she does. What do you think??

Here is what I ate today:

protein shake, ezekiel english muffin with butter and honey

chicken, muffin with cc, odwalla super food drink

triobar

taco salad, pear

1/2 slice pizza, string cheese, mini coconut ice cream sandwich

R2 LM D41...

+0.1 above LIW! Nice :) Feeling good this morning after getting to sleep in a better position!

Here is what I ate today:

eggs with cheddar

pear

ezekiel english muffin with butter and honey

club burger, diet coke, 1/2 oreo shake

triobar

chicken

apple

muffin with cream cheese

coconut almond bark

sf pecan delight

Feeling better every day. Husband is definitely loving the new additions :)

R2 LM D40...

+0.5 above LIW! That makes a little more sense. My new LIW is 154.3, but right now I would normally be about .4 below. So right now, that would make me like +0.9 above where I would normally be. I can see the swelling and have to at least have the equivalent of a cup of water in each breast. I am guessing even a little more. So being about a lb over should be right :)

Here is what I ate today:

eggs with cheddar

left over fruit salad

ezekiel english muffin with cream cheese

scone, string cheese

chicken, 11 oz odwalla superfood drink

chicken, muffin with cream cheese, coco almond bark

fage with banana, berries, coconut flakes and macadamias

muffin with cc

mini coconut ice cream sandwich

pecan delight

Had my 1 week visit. I don't have to wear the ace bandage anymore. I have to start doing my massages. I still have to wear a bra night and day for 1 more week and then only during the day. Still can't go in the hot tub for a week or 2 which is killing me!! :) But they said it was looking good and 70% of the swelling should be gone by the 3 week mark. Most exciting is that I can now sleep on my side which should really help my back!

R2 LM D39...

+0.3 lbs above LIW! I knew that would come since I have swelling that I can see :) People asked me last week if it felt like I had foreign objects on me. I did not think so. Well, I take that back. This week they definitely feel foreign and the pain just enough to be annoying! I keep wanting to say "could I just take these out for like 15 minutes?" I just need a break to stretch out my back and feel like I can breath normally :) Overall, the pain was less than I had anticipated which is good. It is just a big change that takes a while to get to the point they feel normal, look normal, and you feel normal. I do feel a little bit bigger in clothes, but my husband says this is not the case. And it is nice for clothes to actually fit on top now :) I have my one week check up tomorrow.

Here is what I ate today:

eggs with cheddar, 1/2 apple, ezekiel english muffin with butter and honey

1/2 apple, scone, string cheese

double cheeseburger, diet coke, grapes

1 sf coconut candy

almond flour fried chicken- YUM!

chopped salad

fruit salad tossed with yogurt, cinnamon, and coconut flakes

1 sf candy

I am really loving the almond flour recipes!! I thought that I had just not been feeling well after surgery and having nausea. But I figured it out yesterday that it is the ibuprofen that is making me sick. I will have to talk to the dr today about that. I have my one week post op today. I keep feeling "fat" and swear that I am gaining weight, but my clothes fit the same. I am sure it is just the mental thing of having something on top where I usually have nothing, so I see it as mass. I did try on a regular bra for a few minutes with some clothes and that helps tremendously. The bra you wear after surgery is so not attractive and makes things look horrible in clothes. And once they are softer and move normally that will make a big difference as well ;)

R2 LM D38...

Down -2.6 with the steak day! My new LIW is 154.3 with the 2.5 added for the implants. This morning I was 154.0! I know that will go up a little since it always drops with the steak day below LIW and then comes back up. But that is pretty good since I know there is swelling at this point! :)

That being said I am definitely a little emotional this week. I know it's because I have been cooped up and had no life :) My back is killing me from only being able to sit and sleep in certain positions. I am not very patient and want the girls to look less swollen and more round and dropped. I guess it is starting to wear on me a little and just want life to feel back to normal :)

Here is what I ate today:

fage with berries, banana, coconut flakes and macadamias

ezekiel english muffin with butter and honey

Chilis: mini tacos, with black beans, diet coke, 1/4 molten :)

2 almond flour choc chip scones- YUM!

protein shake

I tried my first almond flour recipe. Chocolate Chip Scones. They are awesome. I really like the taste of the almond flour, but it is very filling! Can't wait to try some other recipes.

R2 LM D37...

Up +4.8 lbs! I know I said I was not going to weigh for a few weeks, but I could not help myself :) I weighed yesterday and was up +5.6 lbs. Not too bad for a few days out of surgery, and TOM arrived :) The implants weigh 2.5 lbs and there is swelling right now. I always gain 3 lbs the day TOM arrives so this is right where I would have assumed I would be if not a bit higher for the swelling. I was almost down a pound from yesterday so that was nice. I am doing a steak day today and hoping to take off a few more pounds. My LIW is 151.8 so if I add the 2.5 for the implants my new LIW should be 154.3 with no swelling. I usually am under LIW though, so if I can stick pretty close to that with a little swelling I will be happy :)

First Pics.... no socks this time :)

Here is a pic today. Felt so nice to have a shower :) I am going to go to lunch with my hubby who has been so good to me thru all of this. I will try to take some better ones as the week goes on. I can't believe that is me :)

My First Peek....

I am not going to lie, last night was pretty tough :) So much pressure and pain. But it seems to get better and better little by little. I went back to the doctor today and they took off the bandages, so I saw them for the first time. I was prepared for them to be huge, swollen, oddly shaped and generally unattractive. But I actually really loved them! They looked really good even with the swelling. I can't believe I was so stressed out about the size. My first thought when I looked at them was, I hope they don't get too much smaller when the swelling goes down!! Can you believe that! LOL! I am so happy and can't wait to see them when they drop into place and lose the higher swelling. I did not like seeing the swelling in my belly though. It is normal, and the nurse said that would go a way soon. I can shower tomorrow and will hopefully be off the pain meds and onto motrin by saturday. It has not been too bad. I have only had to take one Lortab every 4-6 hours so far. What a crazy adventure! Could not have survived without all your support :)

My Best Size Estimation....

Okay, so I was so nervous I stuffed my bra with socks until it was the size I remembered at the Dr.'s office, took pictures, and then sent them to my family to see if they called me freaking out saying "what are you doing????" But they all said what are you freaking out about, it looks great, and fits your body shape. You can see the comparison to the picture at the top of the blog on the right. Also, what little is there in the purple shirt, is "bra magic" :) Wheeew! I feel alot better now :) Of course, they will look much larger for the first little while :) Here is my best estimation...

R2 LM D32...

Up at +0.6 above LIW! I did have the cheesecake at lunch, but I don't think that was the cause. When I had it last week I had it at dinner with other cheats and did not gain anything. My guess is that TOM is supposed to arrive on Friday. When I look at the weigh ins for last month this is the day I was exactly +0.6 and it stayed above until TOM arrived. Tomorrow will be my last weigh in for a week or two. Don't want to stress myself out when there is so much swelling. I will just do a steak day on the day TOM arrives. Those are the only steak days I have ever had to do and the charts always show about a 2.8 gain the day TOM starts. Then I do the steak day and I go back below LIW the next day. This is probably one of the hardest parts of getting this surgery is accepting that my weight will be higher. The weight of the 2 implants is between 2.5 to 3.0 lbs. I will just have to add that to my LIW and go from there once the swelling is down. The hard part is the swelling can hang around for up to 3 months, but most should be gone in the first 3-4 weeks. Can't believe tomorrow is the big day......

Here is what I ate today:

eggs with cheddar

blueberries and cherries

ezekiel toast with butter and honey

cheeseburger, diet coke, and a kashi dark chocolate oatmeal "cookie"

string cheese, muffin with cc, sf pecan delight

egg salad in lettuce leaves, apple and orange slices

1/2 cup haggen daaz five ice cream, 1 square dark chocolate

TOMORROW IS ALMOST HERE.......... :) I hope I can sleep ;)

R2 LM D31....

Right at LIW! Thought I would be over today with the oreo shake last night, but all is good :)

Here is what I ate today:

eggs with cheddar

ezekiel toast with butter and honey

cherries and blueberries

string cheese, coconut almond bark

double cheese burger, 1/2 slice red velvet cheesecake :)

triobar

fage with berries and coconut flakes

muffin with cream cheese

sf pecan delight, 1 sm piece dark chocolate

Went and picked up a few extra pillows to help me sleep upright. Got a little nervous again....

R2 LM D30...

-0.6 under LIW! Well now I have 3 days to get the housework done, shopping done, and be prepared for Tuesday! I picked up the almond flour cookbook from Barnes and Noble, and ordered my almond flour. I am excited to try some new stuff in the coming weeks!

Here is what I ate today:

organic pumpkin flax granola cereal in coconut milk

scrambled eggs with cheddar

flax ball, sf pecan delight

string cheese, muffin with cream cheese, flax ball, cherries

red robin club burger in lettuce, cantalope, and 1/2 oreo shake :)

coconut almond bark

I went crazy and had actual cereal for the first time since august! It was pretty good. Still anything out of a box tastes different than real food. It was my older sons 17th bday so we went to dinner and to the auto show. Good times :)