R3 P3 D6....First Steak Day :)

Well, I was really good yesterday. I exercised for 45 minutes, and ate well. But still this morning was +2.2 above LIW! I was actually excited to get on the scale because I thought for sure I would be down. BUT- ovulation should have been sometime in the last couple days, I exercised for the first time in a long time yesterday (legs are sore), and I ate dinner really late. So, I guess I will do a steak day. I really want a date pecan muffin right now, but I guess it will have to wait until tomorrow:) I was not going to do steak days this round when I know the eating was okay, and if I knew there were things like ovulation or exercise involved. I want to get my body used to correcting itself without drastic measures. But I decided that because I was a little nuts my first few days that I would do one and see if the weight drops. After doing 3 rounds I have learned so much. Many people have said their steak days don't do anything for them. My theory on that is this: if the weight is water it will come right off. If it is from over eating, there will be a small drop, but not the big ones like the book says. It will take several days of clean eating, with fewer calories to correct itself. My guess is that I did over eat a bit, but with the ovulation and exercise it will be interesting to see how much comes off. This is the first time I will be doing a steak day that is not on the day of or before TOM starts. I have only done one steak day each round on that day. Kind of a bummer, but also a chance to learn more about my body. I have not stayed at one weight yet this round so I have no idea where my body is wanting to lock. With ovulation being right in the middle of it, it is hard to say. In past months I gain about 1.6 to 1.8 with ovulation for a few days. Here goes nothing!! :)

Here is what I ate today:

tea with cream

1 oz cheese

1 lb steak with onion and mushroom, apple

1 oz cheese

3 liters of water!

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 :)

R2 LM D9...

Still up! +2.4 above LIW! Christmas morning I ate breakfast casserole, cinnamon roll, sausage in a crescent roll and orange juice. The rest of the day was left overs from Christmas Eve and of course a few treats too :) I guess +2.4 isn't so bad for 2 days of holiday eating and being on TOM. I am doing a steak day today. Hopefully it will still do the trick even though I waited to do it until today!

Here is what I ate today:

Tea with cream

2 huge chicken breasts

apple

1 oz cheese

Come on steak day..... work your magic :)

Phase 4 begins......with a steak day!

Okay, I am very surprised to be +2.6 above LIW! I really did not eat badly at all! I did have the agave pumpkin cheesecake, and the tiny pieces of pumpkin pie and apple crisp. I use agave already, but not as much as what I put in the cheesecake. Also, like I said before I should be gaining for TOM. I am a little disappointed for such a gain with a very small cheat, but not knowing how much is TOM makes that hard to tell. Oh well, it is what it is :) Steak Day today!

Here is what I ate today:

tons of chicken breast!

apple

And of course after dinner TOM ARRIVED!! I knew it. So that would explain it. I always gain about 3 lbs right before I start. I probably could have just done a high protein day and been fine, but thats okay. Steak days are a good reminder once in a while :)

R1 P3 D8....

Sorry it's been a crazy weekend so I will back track.  Woke up today at +2.8 over LIW!!  I was so ticked.  I hadn't really eaten anything different than I had all week.  BUT, it was now 32 days since last TOM.  Feel PMS.  I know I am trying to start and body is having a hard time.  Also day 5 of no restroom.  Have taken tons of magnesium, and 3 doses of smooth move!!  Either way, that makes today a steak day.

Okay, steak days suck.  The strange thing is I was not hungry.  But mentally it was a nightmare.  I was so upset not knowing what caused it.  Even though my friend kept telling me that between the TOM and not going to the bathroom, that would account for 2.8# if not more, I just was MAD!  I was witchy, and irritated, annoyed and short tempered.  Didn't I just describe PMS?? :)

I had to attend a church craft day called super saturday.  Everyone gets together and makes tons of crafts for the holiday and brings great food!  I was fine until they put the desserts out.  Brownies, cookies, cakes, chocolate trifle........ for the first time since I started HCG I thought I was going to fall off the wagon.  I was so emotional.  I actually wanted to cry.   How sad is that.  I told myself that I needed a just one free day to have what I wanted.  I had that argument with myself for about an hour.

Then I told myself that I did not come this far, just to go back to old habits of eating for my emotions.  Today was a steak day, and that was all there was to it.  I did not have to like it, but I would DO IT.  I walked away from the dessert table and went home and had my husband grill me the biggest steak we could find.  He even took a picture of it, because it was so huge.  I had that and an apple.  Wanted to crawl into bed at 5:30, but made myself put on my excercise clothes and go walking for 45 minutes!  

Learned alot about myself today.  Old habits run deep.  But the new me won out in the end.  Now if only my TOM would start so I can quit being such a witch... ;)  Also, went to the bathroom after my walk......