The countdown begins...

Drops until Sunday, 500 calories without the drops through Tuesday and then Wednesday - BACON and CHEESE! I'm just shy of the 11 lb. mark and I have to say that there is a very noticeable difference in how I look and how my clothes fit. I am however not swimsuit ready. Why can't the drops burn fat AND firm you up at the same time? Can someone look into that for me? ;) I'm a little nervous about going off the diet - I am scared that I will binge eat all the things I have missed. Good thing everyone around me is just going off the diet also and wont allow me to - right?! I am hoping to lose another 4 lbs before the whole thing is over and I am considering giving it one more shot when I get back from Hawaii. Anyone else thinking about it?

Next Phase Begins Wednesday!

Well, I am excited to have survived the three most difficult weeks, but disappointed that I didn't lose more weight and inches - particularly since I didn't cheat at all!

ANYWAY. . . Do I understand correctly that we are no longer allowed our Saltines, Melba Rounds, or Grissini for the next three weeks? Oh, carbs, how I miss thee. . .

Maybe starting a piece of cheese here and a macadamia nut there (I was heartbroken to discover I still can't have even a cashew!) will satisfy me and I won't dream of Grissini. . .

I worked out today and plan to give P90X a shot to see if I can bully off these last few pounds without another round of HCG. But, I'll do the HCG again if I must!

Where have all the bloggers gone...

Saturday morning stats: Dave down 30 1/2 lbs, Lori down 15 lbs - Dave down 5 1/2" in the belly, Lori down 3 1/4" in the waist & hips. Many more inches lost, but those are our biggest numbers, and fortunately where we wanted/needed to lose the most!

We enjoyed our first morning of the maintenance phase, had a nice omelet, a little 2% milk in our coffee with some english toffee flavored stevia, and actually neither of us could eat our entire omelets, so Bandit enjoyed the remnants! We decided that going forward, we will continue to have black coffee on the weekdays, saving milk for a weekend treat. We may or may not go back to flavored coffee cream after this phase..

How is everyone else doing?? I've had verbal updates from Sis & Mom, Jerry~ how 'bout some recipe ideas for the maintenance phase? And where oh where has my Em-me-leee gone?

Countdown to cheese...

Dave and I stopped drops as of last night, and started our 3 unassisted 500 calorie days this morning. Could be all in my head, but I was hungry for my morning fruit a little earlier than normal.. Our weight loss numbers are very good at this point, Dave has lost 28 lbs total, and I have lost almost 14. These are smaller numbers than our personal goals, but the visible results are beyond our expectations for those numbers!

I must say we are looking forward to breakfast Saturday morning, will likely fix a healthy, delicious omelet with more than 2 veggies and definitely some CHEESE!

I have another product endorsement to share, thanks to my health food shopping for this diet. Alba makes a tinted lip balm with sunscreen called Terra Tints. Ladies ~ these are the bomb, 70% organic, chemical free SPF, the colors are actually darker than most balms, they stay put and feel great!! Both Sunflower Market and Whole Foods carry them.

Power-LESS day

Just a quick recap on what I did today outside of STARVE. My first food was about two minutes ago and I basically inhaled 1/3 of a burger patty and spinach. Here's the basic run-down:

Blew all of the outlets in my office, strung four powerstrips together, electrucuted myself three times,swore three times (obviously) stole two power cords from various other people (shh...), oh and TRIPPED my CEO.

Yes, you can eat out....!

So I ate out twice this weekend and continued to successfully lose weight! My suggestion is to preface the ordering process by saying "I am on a very limited diet." I ordered a grilled steak salad on a bed of lettuce with cucumbers and lemon slices. I asked ahead of time to make sure that there were not any oils used on the grill. Next I ordered cottage cheese, tomato slices and a cup of strawberries. I asked if it was fat free cottage cheese - and since the waitress was a bit of a biatch - I never got a straight answer so I just ate less. I also asked to make sure the strawberries did not have any sugar or sweeteners on them, and they didn't. Other than that - when I go out, I just drink a lot of TEA! I lost another 2.5 lbs over the weekend. Yahoo! Still feeling great, hope all of you are having a great experience also. Think Thin!

Starting off the weekend with a bang...

Hey all ~ It seems that Aunt Flo's visit is a very short one, only set me back 2 days, so Dave is just going to extend the 500 calorie diet along with me :)

As reported earlier, we had both shifted to losing smaller amounts each day, were still losing inches and basically pleased with our results. Dave, however, decided to increase his protein, based on how much walking we are doing, some reading he did about protein quantities, activity and weight loss, and it is listed on the plateau breaker page.. His losses have been bigger the last few days. He then, unbeknownst to me, increased mine with dinner last night, and this morning he lost 2 lbs 2 oz, and I lost 1 lb 8 oz ~ Big day for both!! He knew he would have to show me to prove it, I am a bit stubborn :) Wanted to share this with any that may be having a similar experience....

Have a great weekend everyone!!