[pissmanvd]

Hello Ladies! I hope I can join along too! I started 2/11 and am now on VLCD3. I see several of you are around my same weight and have approximately the same goal in mind. I'm 5'4", 165 - well now actually 160.2 and I am hoping to be 135-130ish when I'm done with my first round. I initially was doing the 23 days to see where I was at weight wise and if I'm not where I want to be I will do the full 40 days. I'm just tired of the weight and refuse to spend another summer not fitting into all my cute clothes! My weight has always been all over the place. Growing up I was a twig. I graduated high school weighing 100 pounds wet. My weight crept up to prob 125/130 after a couple of years and then I had a very stressful job and couldn't keep weight on no matter how much I ate - I was 80 pounds and quit that job without another one because of the effects it was having on my health. I got pregnant at the age of 35 - weighing 125 pounds - during the pregnancy, I gained a lot of weight - I stopped getting on the scale when it hit 200 pounds. I had pre-eclampsia, so a lot of it was water - which I did pee away 40 pounds of it in 2 weeks after the birth of my daughter. Within 6 months of her birth, I was down to 115 pounds - 10 pounds under where I got pregnant at.... now 5 years later, a divorce, a move out of state, and another wonderfully stressful job (sarcasm) I'm up to 165! The stress is now having the opposite effect on me! I have to do something. I'm embarassed to take my daughter swimming or go to the park because I'm embarassed about what I look like. Its so sad. This HCG is my last resort. I've tried everything else. I'm not overly excited about the 5 pounds lost so far because I've lost those same 5 pounds now about 50 times in the past 2 years. I did manage to get down to 150 last spring, but I was eating no food - starving myself basically but not on purpose - work was just super busy and stressful. Not to mention I am a full time mom - no help. My word for 2012 is CHANGE. And that's exactly what I intend to do. I'm looking forward to interacting with others on this same path.

Now... what are you all eating??? I'm flipping between chicken and a veggie and then the P2chili. This weekend I intend to cook more and freeze so I have some more options.... but I don't mind what I'm eating now. I like to season things - so I don't miss all the dippings and dressing.

Was Vday hard for anyone else to get thru with NO chocolate???? Ugh... I just had to donate MORE chocolate I received to the front desk. Let everyone else have it! I don't need it! I want it, but I don't NEED it!!!