Days 11-17 CORE4/Phase 3 hCG

Yeah I've been out of the loop for a minute. I thought with the CORE4, phase 3 would be a breeze & I would be the exception & actually lose weight. Boy was I WRONG!!

I did however, find out that the actual weight that I should be using as a measure for this phase was the weight on my last dose of hCG day, not the weight on the last day of phase 2 (end of the final 72 hours of VLCD), if that makes sense. So that was day 34 & I was 139.4 so I'm supposed to maintain between 137.4 & 141.4. So the good news is I haven't gone beyond 141.4, nor do I plan to.

Here are my weigh-ins from the past few days. I went on vacation days 13-15 & wasn't weighing. I cheated with alcohol while on vacation. Day 13 I had 2 margaritas & a frozen rum daiquiri. Day 14 I had about a half bottle of white wine & 1 spoonful of my son's ice cream.

I've also been doing some random cheating like having a few sips of soda, or eating a jalapeno pretzel here & there. I also had a cup of pink lemonade because we were out of bottled water & it was late at night & I despise tap water.

All in all, I only gained 1 pound while on vacation but I'm still gaining, unfortunately. Today I'm up another 0.4. I know it's the small cheats here & there & I haven't been taking my Flush & I haven't been getting in my normal water intake. I only have 4 more days on phase 3 & I'll be honest, I'm just trying to make it through. I don't know what I'm going to do on the next phase. I don't know if I should go full swing on the CORE4 & hit the gym or if I should do the lemonade diet for a week just to at least see 135 again.

I plan to do another round of hCG as soon as my 21 day waiting period is up. I will do an approximate 26 day round this time because I have to be done with phase 3 for my trip to Miami for Labor Day.

I plan to get some pics up & in the very near future. I have some saved in my camera as well as I wanna do a tankini comparison shot from my vacation in February vs. my tankini pics from this past week's vacation.

Well, here are my weigh-ins:

Day 11: 140.4 (at my peak from the hummus)
Day 12: 139.4 (coming down as the hummus was working its way out of my system)
Day 13: vacation
Burger w/o bread for lunch; 2 frozen margaritas. Blackened tuna steak w/a salad for dinner; 1 frozen rum drink.
Day 14: vacation
2 pcs of grilled chicken & egg whites for brunch - spoonful of ice cream after brunch; Scallop & seared tuna salad for appetizer. A ribeye steak & creamed spinach for dinner; glass of white wine + another 1/2 bottle of white wine after dinner.
Day 15: vacation
grilled chicken salad + a burger w/o bread for brunch; part of a berry smoothie for lunch; cheated with a few jalapeno pretzels.
Day 16: 140.4
Lean shake for brunch; salad w/broccoli, carrots, cucumbers & tomatoes & steamed zucchini for dinner. Snacked on macadamia nuts & a few of the leftover jalapeno pretzels from our trip.
Day 17: 140.8 (no more cheats, no matter how small!)
Lean shake for brunch