DONE with Round 1

I haven't blogged in a while and for good reason. I had some minor setbacks I was not happy about.

I attended a birth which lasted longer than I had ever anticipated. I joined my clients at the hospital at 1:30am. I threw a couple apples and oranges into my bag for snacks until I could get home and really eat. Long story short, mom couldn't eat which meant I couldn't eat. I also couldn't leave the room to eat since I am at mom's side the entire labor. Baby was born at almost 3pm so I didn't leave the hospital until 5pm. On the way home, I was barely staying awake and ate an apple and 1 Melba toast. When I got home, I went straight to the fridge...I was STARVING but I was also EXHAUSTED. It was 6 hours passed injection time so I wasn't sure what to do about that. Chris was on his way home so I decided to lay on the couch until he got home to rest and hoped he would be willing to make me something to eat. He got home with the kids and tried to wake me up to no avail. I was OUT! The kids were jumping on me, Chris was trying to wake me up and nothing worked. Somehow I made it upstairs to bed but not sure how.

I woke up the next morning to weigh-not sure what to expect. I had missed an injection which is a big no-no and I didn't eat. What I expected was no where near what I saw. I was up 10 lbs!! Holy crap! How??!! I tried not to freak too much but I was definitely concerned. I went about my day as usual and hoped it was just a freaky thing. Next morning-another almost 3 lbs!! What the heck! I called my doctor. She calmed me down. It isn't humanly possible to gain 10 lbs in 1 day. We shook it off to water weight. I went about my diet as usual but I was certainly stressed and very skeptical. I got ketone strips to make sure I was still burning fat which I was so my doctor didn't seem too concerned. A few days later, my period reared her ugly head. I called the doctor again since the weight still hadn't come off and I was at a standstill. Now she said it's because of that and to wait a few days after to see what happens. I stopped weighing myself. I was so beyond discouraged. I almost quit but something kept me pushing through. Maybe it was the way my clothes were fitting. I pulled out a pair of capri's that I wore in Hawaii for our honeymoon-2 sizes smaller than I had been wearing. THEY FIT!

I decided to weigh myself but the scale didn't budge..or at least I thought it hadn't (more on that later). I stuck with it since my 40 days was so close.

Now to this week. Day 40 is Tuesday the 27th. On Tuesday (20th) I used up the last of my hCG. I have another bottle to mix but once it is mixed, it is only good for 60 days. I didn't see the point in mixing an entire bottle for just 1 week so I entered into the 3 days on the diet without the injections. I called my doctor to get the information on maintenance.

So today was my appointment. I didn't want to go. I wasn't ready to be disappointed by the progress. I went into the appointment today thinking I had only lost 13 lbs. I never lost the 10 lbs..or so I thought. Apparently I was remembering 273 as my starting weight rather than 283. Silly me! The doctor weighed me and re-checked my measurements.

So...drumroll please.....

Final weight: 260 lbs-down 23 lbs
BMI: 40.8-down almost 4
% of body fat (not sure if I posted this before): was 46.2; now 40.4-down almost 6

Measurements-I'll just list amount lost:

Neck: 1/4"
Chest: 1 3/4"
Waist: 4 1/2"
Hips: 1"
Upper arm: 1"
Thigh: 0 (doctor said this could be because she wasn't measuring the same spot)
Calves: 1/4"

Not bad for 40 days, eh? Well more like 35 days.