HCG Maintenance Phase Day 4/ Body 4 Life Day 3

Holy crap I'm sore!

I did the upper-body workout as prescribed in Body for Life. I knew I was going to be a bit weaker having not worked out during Phase II of HCG Protocol so I lowered the weights but I'm still hurting...and that took place on Monday.

Surprisingly enough, I'm eating more calories (though probably not enough) and still losing small amounts of weight. I'm down to 181.4 as of this morning. I'm holding true to the HCG Protocol by avoiding carbs and sugar as much as possible and I'm still staying away from animal fat (butter, salad dressing, etc) but have been adding plant based fats like olives and avocado (can you tell I like olives and avocados?).

I've yet to take my Week One photos for the Body for Life phase of my body restructuring but I assure you they will be done and posted.
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On another note, I want to give an advance "Thank You!" to Tutorjam and especially to my math tutor Roy (who will most likely never read this). I have to tell anyone reading this; if you have any need for tutoring, go to www.TutorJam.com and tell them your needs. I hired them to find a tutor for me to help with math fundamentals in preparation for the GRE. My tutor Roy is outstanding. He's patient and he knows the GRE, it's requirements and common questions, exceptionally well.
I'm still waiting for my transcripts to arrive at UNLV so they can forward my application to the Graduate MIS program for review.

That's all for today.

HCG Day 2 Maintenance/ Day one Body for Life

Yesterday, my dreams of a tuna steak and salad (romaine lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, avocado and Lindsey olives) were realized. It was fantastic! So nice to be able to mix vegetables again. I also had to glasses of wine throughout the day (Barefoot Pinot Grigio). It was just so awesome.
Funny thing, after my somewhat fattening breakfast of two scrambled eggs and two small sausage patties, I was not hungry for lunch, at all. I had my early dinner and I was good to go.
Today, I wasn't hungry in the least. I know I was supposed to have at least doubled my intake but I wasn't hungry enough. I had an apple at 9am, left over tuna (4.5oz) and a salad and was full. At 3pm I ate another apple. For dinner tonight I had the same salad but with shrimp scampi from the "Eating for Life" cookbook, which brings me to today's second topic...Body for Life.
I did my first workout today for Body for life. This includes the entire upper-body (chest, shoulders, back, triceps and biceps). The regime includes a series of 12, 10, 8, 6, 12, 12 (different exercise, same muscle group). The reps get lower, the weight gets higher.
I have to admit I was sad to see a noticeable loss of strength, but that was to be expected. I'm relying on "muscle memory" to speed the strength back to my old lifting weights.
I'm planning on taking Day 1 pics but I guess it'll actually be Day 2 pics.
I'll post on here as well as make another vid for You Tube.
Until then...