Day 29

139.5 lbs. "Barnacles!" as a famous sponge might say.

Day 28

139 lbs. Finally made it to the 130's! I sort of cheated yesterday. I had TWO melba toasts for lunch instead of ONE! That was a violation of rule #2, I believe. No two carbs, fruits, veggies or proteins in one meal. I was a little bit hungry yesterday. It was the last day of the first batch of hCG that I had mixed up (5000 iu). Today is a no injection day and tomorrow I start with the new batch from last night. It was so much easier mixing this last batch than the lack of confidence I had the first time. Plus, on the hCG Dieters Yahoo Group they provide you with all the measurements so you don't have to watch several videos to get the gist. You know how much to mix. Two more days and then I measure myself again. I know my first spare tire is gone and I'm working on the second smaller one now. Feeling great!

Day 27

140 lbs. Inching along, or so it feels. Speaking of inches....maybe when I hit 30 days I will measure myself again.

Panic tonight! I originally placed part of my needles in the cupboard above my refrigerator. The extra hCG and such that I didn't have room for I put elsewhere. That was an elsewhere that was hard to locate tonight. I looked high and low in every room and could not figure out what "safe" place I had placed these items. It was an uneasy time. Finally, I happened to look over where we keep the chips and fruit and there was the big ziploc, hiding in the corner with about a million other things! What a relief. Subsequently, I was able to mix up a new batch using 2000 iu and mixing the dose somewhere between 125 and 150. I needed to get 15 more doses and that's what it came out to be. I think it will be fine. I wonder if it will be a noticeable difference?

Day 26

140.5 lbs. Like I said yesterday, I'm going to need to watch the calories closer to make the needle move more to the left. I sooo want to get into the 130's! 

Day 25

140.5 lbs. Nothing much to report. No pain. Nothing unusual. Pretty ordinary day.

I guess I should be researching how to mix the ratios of the 2000 iu of hCG. Will be needing it in about 2-3 days tops.

There's been some speculation as to what might have cause my recent pain. I have a friend who works in a fertility clinic who says that I may have ruptured an ovarian cyst with the introduction of excess hCG into my body. The cyst may have just been absorbed by my body within a day or so and that would account for the pain disappearing. I'd like to go with this theory. 

Day 24

141 lbs. Didn't gain or lose from yesterday. Not bad considering I went out to dinner, yet again. I had 2 large bay scallops that I asked the chef to sear in water, not oil or butter. They were blackened and really delicious. I also had a fairly large salad with just vinegar, a lot of  pepper and just a bit of salt. I'm not a big salt adder to any of my food, although I do use it. I did eat 2 little mini roma tomatoes and one slice of cucumber. I know this goes against the one veggie per meal rule, but it hasn't hurt me yet. Also, since I was in such a rush to get to this restaurant due to time constraints, I wasn't able to eat my melba toast or grissini stick before I left. I risked it and ate about 1 inch (one bite) of the butt of the bread they brought us. I had to watch the rest of my party drink a bottle of wine and eat 2 scrumptious desserts. Can you say "torture?"

I'm feeling so much better since the middle of last week's slight scare. I have been using the heating pad on my pelvic area just to keep the pain from erupting again. Onward!