Staying Healthy and stress free!

Well, I don't know what I weigh and I actually don't care! (don't get scared)

I log all my calories and eat healthfully, I don't deprive myself if I feel like I need an indulgence- as long as I have the calories to spare. I workout an minimum of an hour a day- 6x per week. And guess what? I feel really really great! I measure almost every day so other than than being a bit bloated on occasion, I really feel like I am still right around 137ish. For the last few weeks, I was so obsessed with getting to 135 (since that was my original goal) and the scale was my worst enemy! I realized that if I am trying to lose still, it also makes it really hard to not gain! My body needs to just maintain for a while. I decided I really just want to be healthy more than being a few pounds thinner. 

Plus I also remembered that I look better than ever and should be happy with how far I have come. I put on a "goal bikini" last week for the first time ever since I bought it 3 years ago! I was  actually beaming at myself in the mirror. My husband went nutty when he saw me in it. 

 I don't really care what I weigh anyway, I just want to lose 2 inches off my waist ( I have said that so many times I sound like a broken record) so that is my ultimate goal. So along with a lot of fun and different types of cardio, I have been doing some great core workouts to help with that. 

In conclusion, I am going to keep making smart decisions, and not letting the scale control my emotions. I feel more sane now than I have since being off the hcg in p2. Maybe in a month or so, when I measure smaller, I will see what I weigh just out of curiosity. And if I weigh 145 I won't even care- as long as I like what the mirror tells me- I don't care what the scale tells me. I like not obsessing over the scale or food or dieting and just focusing on things in my life that make me happy!

Weekends can be Tricky! 137.5

I am still within my 2 pound range which is good, but ideally I would like NOT to gain. I gotta try to be positive though. I checked my food logs, and I had 1000 mg more sodium than normal yesterday. I also had a pint of beer which I normally never have- I hear that make you bloated as well.  Anyway, this week I plan to be careful again all week. I am not going to weigh every day anymore. I don't enjoy the obsession that comes with it. My sisters and I have weigh-ins with each other every Monday and Friday so I am sticking to that. What I have ALWAYS cared most about is my waist and love handle measurement since that is my stubborn problem area. My goal is to lose 2 inches off my spare tire. I know once I do- I will be completely happy with my body! That being said- I put on a swimsuit yesterday, and my husband went nuts so I know I look good- I just wanna tighten it all up.  

My will has overcome my body! 137

After 4 days of eating very low calories (less than a 1,000) I am finally back down to what I was a week ago. MAN! My body is hell bent on keeping me out of the 130's! I know I stabalized for the last half of p3 (cuz i checkd my blogs), but apparently that wasn't long enough. Did I already say that in my last blog? I am just so floored by what is happening! Has anyone else heard of people having this much trouble maintaining?

Tara and I are back on p3 to see if we can do it right this time? But I honestly don't feel like I did anything wrong. I guess for me, the 4 steak days that I did have in the first ten days are what messed me up. We are convinced that after 3 weeks within our 2 pound range, we will FINALLY stabalize. I am hoping that will happen. I AM SO SICK OF DIETING! However, if it takes longer than three weeks, so be it! I won't let all this hard work go to hell. I like my body so much and I don't wanna go back to that before picture *shutter*. I am gonna do one more low calorie day today- just to be safe, and then just really try and maintain over the weekend. I am freaking nervous though because last weekend, I had just 1 day of overeating (even though I exercised those extra cals off), I gained 4 pounds. NOT NORMAL! So I guess I really gotta be careful with the calories. I am nervous my body will set at like 1200 calories and if I ever eat over that, then I gain. That would suck beyond words.

People keep telling me that the weight gain is because I am working out. Which is great and fine but my measurements aren't different. I would not care about weighing more if my love handles wern't still there! I have said that a hundred times I feel like. I wish I could just rub some cream on them and they would turn to liquid and slide down into my butt! HA HA! Okay, is this post depressing? I am just keepin it real! Hopefully my struggles will help someone else through theirs.

SO FRUSTRATED!!!!!!! 141 lbs.

Okay so I don't get why I can't keep this weight off!!!  Friday, I ate a lot- I will admit it BUT I also worked out like a freak and burned 800 calories. In myfooddiary, It still says that I didn't eat over my daily allotment to maintain (factoring the workout). But Saturday morning I was +4 pounds! WTF? It's not like it was a load day! That is how much I gained while loading. I have been really good and careful Saturday and Sunday, but I am still rockin the 140's. I guess I did something wrong so today I am doing a correction day ( low cal - high workout) It works every time. And I gotta go back on p3 I guess and try to do it right? So that is the news. I don't get why my body is so hell bent on being fat but I won't let this stop me from doing everything I can to be the weight I deserve! 

P.S. if you must comment- I require it to be a positive one! 

No- I am not dead! 136.8

Well I needed a break from blogging. After two months of almost every day I felt I deserved it. ALSO-Last weekend I wasn't as careful as I should have been and gained! Can't jump head first into carbs and sugar- my metabolism hates it! 4 pounds in two days! I guess I really didn't stabilize? Anyway, I am back down today. I reeled it in this week and it seemed to have worked. I also started exercising and that is helping. I really gotta figure out my maintenance calories so I joined a site called myfooddiary.com.  You enter in the foods you eat and in logs them all for you and tracks the calories. Really great site- I was on it to lose weight before my wedding. Anyhow- I am doing that this month just to reacquaint myself with the nutritional value of things and to help keep a mental track when I do put something in my mouth. I realized that I am the personality that when I hear I can't have something- that is all i want!! So, going off p2 and then again going off p3- I overdid it on all that stuff I was depriving myself of.  I feel normal and happy now and am glad that I didn't let that two bad days ruin my whole diet. I plan to continue with the working out since I need to tone my midsection but other than that- I am confident that just like when I was in p3- after about a week and a half- I will get it figured out.  

This is Life Now! 136.8 :D

It is obvious that I have stabilized! Down to the decimal point! I am so so so so, really really happy! I was scared about my weigh in today because I was hungry all afternoon and kept snacking and then after dinner I was so full and bloated I looked pregnant. THEN around 10 pm my hubby and I busted out the drinks. I finished a whole bottle of wine by the end of the night and from counting the caps, he drank a 12 pack of beer. SHEESH! He didn't eat hardly anything yesterday so I was all nervous that I ate too much. Counting in my head, it wasn't more than 1500 cals at most (not counting the wine).

ANYWAY- I am excited about being on p4! I am doing a video later to sum up my experience on the whole plan so watch for that. Best of luck to everyone- you can stick it out! It's so worth it! 

Last Day of Diet! P3 Day 21 ~136.8(+.5 over LIW)

Well this is it folks! The last "official" day of p3 and of Simeons Protocol. I am glad I made it through and did so great! I feel like I had some awesome success and that I am set up for even more awesome lifelong success! I am at a desirable weight and would be happy here for the rest of my life. I feel attractive and happy. I feel very grateful that after 10 years of dieting, I finally found something that actually works! I had a rough 2 months at times, but I wouldn't trade it for anything. Knowing how the plan worked so well for me, I would do it again in a flash- even if it took twice that long. It took me the better part of a year to lose just ten pounds before my wedding, and it was right back on me in three weeks! So- three weeks after injections and I am still at this weight- makes me really happy and optimistic for my life of lean! Best os success to everyone and anyone who is on the plan. And if you know someone who could use something like this, don't keep this great secret to yourself!