It really worked out quite well that my last loading day would be today. I wore my costume to work, coming in tow with Lofthouse cookies for the guys and a lovely, French toast breakfast. For lunch? I picked up some fabulous Greek food. I then baked a Kahlua cake for my daughter's, Girl Scout Halloween party.

At the party, the girls painted pumpkins and participated in a "Pop Walk" (similar to a cake walk; just soda bottles as rewards instead). After which, they nibbled on a variety of candies, cakes and treats. We came home and watched a bit of television before going back out to pick up pizzas for dinner. Pizzas promptly scarfed down, I indulged in a piece of my own cake.

Why all the food talk today? Well, I was disappointed (?) to find that my weight had not changed this morning, even after some pretty serious indulging. I figured that I didn't get in enough so I made sure to eat and eat and eat today. I don't know that I'm finished yet, but I will post what I've had so far (I think a little Halloween candy may be in my future).

Here's what I've had so far:

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Calorie Goal: 1,173 Calories Consumed: 3,853 Calories Burned: 0 Net Calories: 3,853

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Bob Evans French Toast	1.00	356	19g	25mg	513mg	36g	0g	0g	10g
Wampler's Farm Sausage Breakfast Patties	1.00	120	11g	25mg	135mg	0g	0g	0g	5g
Vermont Maid Maple Syrup	1.00	210	0g	0mg	25mg	53g	41g	41g	0g
Butter	2.00	200	22g	60mg	164mg	0g	0g	0g	4g
Scrambled Eggs	2.00	182	13g	480mg	176mg	2g	2g	0g	12g
Gyro	1.00	585	26g	118mg	434mg	40g	0g	3g	38g
Greek-style Lemon Potatoes	1.00	185	6g	13mg	953mg	30g	0g	2g	6g
Greek lemon rice	1.00	147	15g	44mg	927mg	3g	1g	0g	1g
Fanta Grape Soda	1.00	180	0g	0mg	35mg	48g	48g	0g	0g
Papa Murphys Peperoni Pizza	2.00	558	27g	72mg	1,412mg	1,597g	13g	1g	26g
Papa Murphy's All Meat Delite Thin Crust Pizza	3.00	576	32g	102mg	1,236mg	41g	6g	1g	32g
Wonder Woman's Kahlua Cake	1.00	554	35g	87mg	597mg	57g	34g	2g	7g
Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		3,853	205g	1,026mg	6,607mg	1,907g	145g	49g	140g

Again, I was 186 pounds (again) this morning. I'm nearly positive that will not be the case tomorrow.

Today started like the others; challenging. It's always a struggle and yet I'm always surprised when it happens. I have the best intentions of eating everything-under-the-sun and then I'm amazed and perplexed by how much I don't want to eat. The daily plate will have the information from here on out, but today, I'll just list what I had (a little bit of background though - I've been sick with the crud and have been on a myriad of immune boosters and meds to try to get myself healthy before the VLCDs arrive. This always results in a huge retention in water and salt):

Breakfast:

7-Eleven Medium-sized Vanilla Cappuccino
1 ginormous apple fritter
1 Jack Link's Lil' Chub


Lunch:
Asian buffet take-home container (rice noodles, stir-fried rice and ham, one spring roll, one egg roll, two cheese wontons, sweet and sour chicken (1/2 serving) and 1 serving of General Tso's chicken

Dinner:

Breakfast for dinner
6 slices of bacon
2 buttered slices of cinnamon bun/cinnamon bread
1 packet instant grits

I was 186 this morning.

There have been a lot of statements and cliches made throughout the centuries, I think this one still holds quite true. Here I am again to document yet another round. The good news is that it will be a short round and P3 will begin on Thanksgiving day. The bad news is that I'm about 11 or 12 pounds over my last injection weight from my last round. I could list all the reasons and make tons of excuses but I'm not going to. The positive end is that I'm no where near where I was a few years ago and I'm always making strides to move forward. Therefore, I feel like I'm still being successful.

For the summer, I spent many mornings huffing the walking trail at the park down the street. I love that trail! Being outside and getting my endorphins going was wonderful. When it turned cold, however, I could no longer justify going out in 40 degree whether with no lights. It's a little too creepy and there were a plethora of unsavory characters nearby. Once this round ends, I will contain my workouts to the home front (Jane, Charlene, Susan do you hear me?)

For hubby's birthday this past summer, I purchased boudoir/couple shots. Now, why on earth did I do this? Didn't it occur to me that I would have to be in these pictures? Brilliant (hence, the short round). I will never be a skinny-Minny again but I certainly don't want to look back on these pictures and say, "Dear God! Look at the beached whale!" The hope is that I can trim down nicely for the pictures and maintain a bit longer than I did the last round. If I can achieve "maintenance nirvana" then, hooray! If not, then I won't beat myself up over it.

The round will begin tomorrow. In fact, tonight's homework is to re-read the protocol and mix up my

"brew" of HCG. I will be doing injections again (this seems to work the best for me) and I'll most likely shop for all the food prep on Friday. Then, while the family is out trick-or-treating, I'll prepare my meals for the week. I have to remember that I'll only be inconvenienced for one month (less than that, really) and the benefits will be worth it.