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This morning, I weighed 151.4#, down 1.4# from yesterday. That made up for yesterday’s gain and then some.

I called my sister last night to talk to her about the food for Saturday’s anniversary party. She said she would accommodate me. I told her what I needed, and she agreed to provide it. Problem solved. I will stay on protocol.

Today, my body took back part of yesterday’s large loss. My weight this morning was 152.8#, up 0.8# from yesterday.

I am still thinking about whether I want to take a planned break or not. I need to decide by tomorrow morning. Perhaps I should call my sister and see what is planned for my parents’ 50th anniversary party this Sunday. With all of the choices in “THE HCG DIETERS GOURMET COOKBOOK,” there’s sure to be something close to what they’re having. Then I could just bring my version and eat that while everyone else eats the regular food.

Hubby took off for Europe yesterday. He invited me to go with him, but I really wanted to get started with hCG. It was either do the diet now or buy new bigger clothes, and I did not want to do the latter. I’ve got so many cute things in smaller sizes that I really would rather get back into those. I’ve already been to Zurich and Venice a couple times already, anyway. I lost 6.2# in the last 11 days. I see no reason why I could not do that in the next 11. Maybe by then I will be able to put my diamond wedding ring back on. Right now, I am wearing a cheap 2mm 10K band that I got for “fat” days. That is yet another reason not to take the planned break. Hmmm…. It’s looking more and more like I shouldn’t do it….

I took another full set of measurements yesterday. I was down 4½” overall since the last set. I saw the greatest change in my chest above and below the breasts. I lost a little off the abdomen. The waist still isn’t changing much, though. Hopefully, that starts changing soon.

This morning, my weight was 152.0#, down 1.6# from yesterday. I put another paperclip on the chain. I was just 0.2# shy of being able to add a second one.

I went to my daughter’s college graduation in San Diego yesterday. I brought my lunch to eat before the ceremony. I had not planned on staying afterward. The family decided that they wanted to go to a restaurant after the ceremony, and they wanted me to go with them. I told them that all I would have was iced tea, and they said that was fine. We went to Roy’s, a very nice upscale restaurant with a Hawaiian fusion theme. As I drank my iced tea and watched everyone else eat, I did not feel any real hunger. I did decide, though, that I would put Roy’s on my list of restaurants to try later. The meals that the family ate were fairly low carb, consisting of mostly fish or meat.

My parents will be having their 50th anniversary party next week. I had originally decided to do a planned break for it. As I was sitting there at the restaurant, though, I thought perhaps I really did not want to do that and lose my momentum. Today’s reduction had me feeling that way even more so. I’m thinking of calling my sister and finding out what they will be serving. Then I could bring an hCG diet version of what they are having and have that instead. I have until Wednesday morning to make a decision on that since that is when I will need to stop taking hCG in preparation for the break.

This morning, I weighed 153.6#, which is down 0.6# since yesterday and 10.2# net since I began the hCG diet.

Yesterday, I had Abondigas Soup with Tomato (Mexican meatball soup) from “THE HCG DIETERS GOURMET COOKBOOK.” It was delicious! Just about everything I’ve had from the cookbook has been fabulous.

Today, I will be attending my daughter’s college graduation in San Diego. I will need to bring a lunch with me. I decided to take the Arugula Salad with Chicken and Grapefruit since that had packed so well last time.

This morning, I weighed 154.2#, down 2.6# since yesterday. That reverses yesterday’s gain plus 1.0# more. It also earns me another paperclip on the chain. I guess yesterday was something of a blip.

I remembered after I had written yesterday’s blog entry that I had gone to the gym Thursday morning. While working out can lead to weight gain, I still suspect the Zevia. This is because my pants were a little tighter Thursday evening, and I had not worked out my abdomen. Besides, sugar alcohols such as the erythritol in Zevia can contribute to candida problems, and I’m fairly certain candida has been a problem for me.

I was looking at myself in the mirror this morning and noticed that I looked slimmer than just a couple days ago. I spot-checked the waist and abdomen measurements and discovered that my abdomen had shrunk 2” since just three days ago. I really do like this diet!

My weight this morning was 156.8#, up 1.6# from yesterday. I’m going to blame Zevia “100% natural stevia soda” for that. It’s supposed to be 0 calories, but it does have erythritol in it, which is a sugar alcohol, in addition to the stevia.

I think I may have put too much tomato paste into my Beef Bourguignon last night, but my pants already felt a bit tighter by the time I ate that. I had a can of tomato paste from which I had removed 3 tablespoons a couple days ago. The Beef Bourguignon called for 3 tablespoons, but I added the rest of the can, thinking there were 3 more tablespoons in it. Then I remembered that it was a 6 ounce can, not a 6 tablespoon can. Oh, well. The recipe came from “THE HCG DIETERS GOURMET COOKBOOK.”

So, I think I was up today due to errors. I’m cutting out the Zevia, and I’ll see what happens tomorrow.

This morning, I weighed 155.2#, down 0.6# from yesterday.

I’ve been eating rather late lately. I just haven’t been hungry enough to rush to eat. Last night, I was still eating at 10:00 PM. The hCG definitely has something to do with that. There is no way I could have been satisfied with 500 calories without it.

Someone had mentioned in her blog that she was able to put on her size 8 pants. Since I’m currently in size 10 and I’d lost 8#, I decided to give my size 8 pants a try. I was able to get them on just fine; but they were really snug, and there was plenty of muffin top. I’ll wait another 5# and try again.

This morning, I weighed 155.8#, down 0.4# from yesterday. I did a spot-check of my waist and discovered that it had finally decreased, so I did another full set of measurements, even though I had just done one a few days ago. The figure is rearranging nicely!

Yesterday at the polls went well enough. I forgot to pack the grissini. Since protocol only allows one at a time, I only had one after I got home at night.

My weight this morning was 156.2#, down 2.0# since yesterday. Things are finally moving again. I was checking on my weight last night and knew it would be good, but I did not think it would be this good!

Today should be an interesting day on the diet. I will be a precinct officer in our election. It’s an all day assignment from 6:00 AM until about 10:00 PM by the time we count our ballots and get everything turned in. I prepared my meals to take with me last night. For everyone else, it will be a sort of potluck. I’ll contribute 4 cases of bottled water. We will have a kitchen with a refrigerator available to us, but I don’t want to leave my hCG in there. I made extra ice to put in my cooler.

This evening, I decided to cut up all of the two chicken breasts I had bought today. It’s amazing how much cubed meat two chicken breasts will make. There was enough for a whole week of meals. It will be so much easier to just take out a baggie of chicken and thaw it instead of going through all of the cutting and preparing each time I have chicken.

My weight was 158.2#, up 0.2# for the day. That’s two days in a row my weight has been the same or higher. I’ve been good with the food, so that’s not it. My soup last night was a bit salty, so maybe I could switch to low-sodium broth. There’s also a possibility that the jojoba oil I use to massage hubby could have something to do with it.

Yesterday, since my weight was the same, I did a set of measurements. I lost 2¾” in the bust. Part of that may be because I was just starting TOM when I took the first set of measurements, but I also lost 2″ around the rib cage under the bust. I hope that means I’m losing that nasty back fat that hangs over bra bands. I did not lose any from my waist, but I did lose 1¼” from the abdomen, which is lower than the waist. I must be losing from that apron that hangs over a bikini. Anyway, that’s where I lost the most.