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Stats - Week 2.

2012-01-16T07:59:00.000-08:00

inches lost since 1/8/12
back: -0.75
waist: -1.5
mid-abd: -2.0
hips: -2.0
r thigh: -0.0
l thigh: -0.0
neck: -0.5
r arm: -0.0
l arm: -0.5
r knee: -0.5
l knee: -1.25
r calf: -0.5
l calf: +0.25 (boo!)
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total inches lost since 1/8/12: 9.25
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inches lost since 10/1/11
back: -4.5
waist: -2.75
mid-abd: -5.75
hips: -9.0
r thigh: -3.0
l thigh: -2.0
neck: -1.0
r arm: -1.5
l arm: -1.5
r knee: -0.75
l knee: -1.75
r calf: N/A
l calf: N/A

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total inches lost since 10/1/11: 33.5
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Weight Lost since 01/08/12 - 5.3 pounds
Weight Lost since 01/01/12 - 14.6 pounds
Weight Lost since 10/01/11 - 31.3 pounds

Stats - Week 1.

2012-01-10T07:17:00.000-08:00

inches lost since 1/3/12
back: -0.25
waist: -0.25
mid-abd: -1.75
hips: -0.0
r thigh: -1.0
l thigh: -0.5
neck: -0.0
r arm: -0.5
l arm: -0.0
r knee: -0.0
l knee: -0.25
r calf: -0.0
l calf: -0.75
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total inches lost since 1/3/12: 5.25
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inches lost since 10/1/11
back: -3.75
waist: -1.25
mid-abd: -3.75
hips: -7.0
r thigh: -3.0
l thigh: -2.0
neck: -0.5
r arm: -1.5
l arm: -1.0
r knee: -0.25
l knee: -0.5
r calf: N/A
l calf: N/A

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total inches lost since 10/1/11: 24.5
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So, since I started 10/1/11 - I've lost 24.5 inches and 26 pounds. :)
This week alone (since 1/3/12) I've lost 5.25 inches and 9.3 pounds. :)

love, kfg.

Protocol Pays Off

2012-01-08T15:26:00.000-08:00

I've been on protocol for 6 days, and met my GW2 of falling under 200 pounds. So proud I can hardly stand it!!!

I've lost 9.3 pounds do far, 39-49 to go.

I'm well on my way :)

January 3, 2012.

2012-01-04T17:00:00.000-08:00

Start Weight: 208.3

Following protocl, to the t. Lots of water. Zerona daily. 2 doses of hCG daily. Plus, one of my closest friends is doing it, too!

Goal Weight: 160-150 lbs.
Goal Loss: 48.3-58.3 lbs.

Let's do this.

Phase 2 Day 42 Loss -23.3 ☆

2011-11-14T07:13:00.001-08:00

Weight: 201.7
Food: .
Water: 24oz x 5.
Exercise: none.
Hunger: none.

Tomorrow I start the Maintenance Phase of the hCG diet. I basically eat more of what I've been eating the past 42 days. Wish me luck that I get to continue on my journey with Sima Medical Clinic. If I do, the following are my goals...

Phase 3 (Maintenance) - November 14 through November 23.
Phase 1 (Mini Load) - November 24 and November 25.
Phase 2 (VLCD) - November 26 through December 23.
Phase 3 (Maintenance) - December 24 through January 2.
Phase 2 (VLCD) - January 3 through February 14.

*I'm hoping to continue doing the Zerona laser treatments, as well.

I have a few weight loss goals;
GW1: 208.75 (1/4-Way!) (Met!!! ; Oct. 31, 2011.)
GW2: 199 (under 200 pounds!)
GW3: 192.5 (1/2-Way!)
GW4: 176.25 (3/4-Way!)
UGW: 160

I've met one goal; I'm 1.3 pounds away from my 2nd goal... Feeling good about the weight loss that I have accomplished this far. :)

xo.kayla.

Phase 1 Day 1 Initial Weight: 225 ☆

2011-10-02T08:25:00.000-07:00

These are my inital pictures.

Loading is embarrasing.

Load Day 1 - Food Diary
☆ 1 peach
☆ a handful of honeydew melon and canteloup pieces
☆ Small Cheese Curds from KFC
☆ Large Popcrn Chicken from KFC
☆ 1/2 Small Potato Wedges from KFC
☆ 2 biscuits with butter & honey from KFC
☆ KFC Snacker Sandwich
☆ 1/2 Large Diet Coke
☆ 1/2 Corndog from 7-11
☆ Arizona Pink Lemonade/Tea Drink
☆ Arizona Mega Mango Drink
☆ Large Mr Pibb
☆ 3/4 Cheeseburger with extra cheese & mushrooms from 5-Guys
☆ Small French Fries from 5-Guys
☆ 1/2 Sierra Mist
☆ 2 Liters of water

See? Embarrassing. I'm up 4 1/2 pounds. I'm not sure if that's a little or a lot compared to what others gain during loading. Eating to capacity is hard - I have felt miserable all day. I keep telling my mama, that I'm so tired of eating.

My babysister gave me grief yesterday because she's jealous that I'm doing all of this - I brought her along to KFC and she ate with me :).

I started Zerona, as well. I did a treatment on my back and hips, abdomen, and the backs of my arms and back fat. The Zerona process is very simple. I lay down on a massage table, Tamala, the LPN at Sima Clinic, places the machine over the body parts that are being lasered, turns the machine on, and I wait for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, she comes back in, flips me over, moves the machine around, and turns the machine back on. Easy!

The compression garments are still a challenge, however, I wore the body suit/short combination, and had no issues with rolling. I did drive pretty far north yesterday, and on the way home I started to feel really uncomfortable sitting in the compression. Tomorrow I have to load again. I'm not sure if it's the amount of food, or the compression garments, but after I eat I've been feeling a little nauseous. I'm hoping it goes away once I'm on the VLCD.
xo.kayla.

Trapped In A Tank Top ☆

2011-09-30T14:06:00.000-07:00

Last night I went to Walmart to purchase compression garments, as the Zerona program recommends.
I bought a tank top body suit, a high waisted pair of shorts, a pair of leggings, and two tank tops. I start Zerona tomorrow, so today was a "trial-run" of one of the tank tops.
I normally layer a tank top underneath whatever I am wearing, so I just swapped a daily tank for a compression tank. I'm also wearing a skirt with non-compression leggings.
This morning, it took me a full 5+ minutes to actually get myself into this tank top! It's super stretchy around the bottom and the bust, but the middle is like trying to put myself into something that might fit my teddy bear. It's HARD. It's TIGHT. I am literally trapped in this tank top.
To make matters worse, the tank top has decided that it wants to hang out at the top of my hips, as opposed to halfway down my hips where I'd prefer it. This means that I have spent more of my time today pulling and tugging this tank top down than I have anything else.
The tank top looks great -- as long as I don't move. If I just stand somewhere (after a few minutes of tugging and pulling), it's awesome. My waist looks even smaller, and my little belly pooch is almost non-existant. As soon as I sit down, however, the tank top starts scooting up my sides. As I type, it's bunched up somewhere near my belly button (not only completely not serving it's purpose, but I'm sure as soon as I stand up, if anyone is looking, I'll look pretty strange and even lumpier than normal.)

I guess tomorrow I'll try the full compression "suit" -- body suit and high waist shorts -- and see how well that goes over.

xo.kayla.

**UPDATE** -- it takes just as long to get OUT of the compression tank top as it does to get IN it. (This will take some getting used to.)

Fresh Start ☆

2011-09-28T09:40:00.000-07:00

My name is Kayla Frances. This is the most recent photograph that I have of myself. It was taken on September 17th at the Jet in Mill Creek.

I am twenty-three. I am two hundred and twenty-five pounds on a good day, usually somewhere between a size 16 and 18. Long story short, I'm fat. I've been fat most of my life. I'm not ashamed or embarrassed by my body - I love my curves. I've got a fantastically small waist, and a pretty spectacular booty. That being said, of course I'd like to be a few (or more) sizes smaller. I'd like to be able to walk into a store, know what size I wear, and be able to pick an outfit out without really having to worry about if it will fit well or not.

In the last four years, I've gone through pregnancy, miscarriage, pregnancy, post-partum depression, and a few really messy breakups. I've also gone to school, became a Licensed Massage Practitioner, and started a new job at a Vascular Surgery clinic. None of these things are excuses, but they've definitely led to a few too many pints of ben&jerry's.

I have been given a fantastic opportunity through Sima Medical Clinic in Woodinville.
I am going to follow the hCG protocol diet by Albert T.W. Simeons and have daily Zerona treatments for 45 days, starting on October 1st.

The hCG diet is hardcore. The first two days, you have to binge-eat. I'm not talking, eat an extra serving at dinner. I'm talking, eat until you are full, and stay full for an entire 2-day period. The Simeon's protocol recommends eating milk chocolate, pastries with whipped cream and sugar, fried meats (pork in particular), eggs, bacon, mayonnaise, and bread with thick butter and jam, to name a few.
After "eating to capacity", you spend the next 43 days eating 100 grams of meat, a serving of a single, specific vegetable, and a serving of a single, specific fruit. Tea and coffee, plain, sweetened with Stevia is good. Water is best. Water, meat, vegetable, fruit, repeat.

Breakfast
☆ tea or coffee in any quantity without sugar.
☆ 1 Tablespoon of milk (every 24 hours)
☆ Saccharin or Stevia may be used.

Lunch
100 grams of any of the following, with all fat removed - boiled or grilled
☆ veal
☆ beef
☆ chicken breast
☆ fresh white fish
☆ lobster
☆ crab
☆ shrimp

One serving of any of the following
☆ spinach
☆ chard
☆ chicory
☆ beet-greens
☆ green salad
☆ tomatoes
☆ celery
☆ fennel
☆ onions
☆ red radishes
☆ cucumbers
☆ asparagus
☆ cabbage

One serving of any of the following
☆ apple
☆ orange
☆ strawberries
☆ 1/2 a grapefruit

A breadstick (grissini) or Melba toast may be eaten, but is optional.

Dinner is the same as lunch.

It's strict. It seems crazy. But, you're supposed to lose about a pound a day.
Okay, I'm in :)

Zerona is a low-level laser device developed by Erchonia Corporation for non-invasive body slimming of the waist, hips, and thighs. It has been shown to disrupt fat cell membranes, causing the release of lipids and fatty material, which then promotes adipocyte collapse. The FDA approved Zerona for use as a non-invasive dermatological aesthetic treatment for the reduction of circumference of hips, waist, and thighs in 2010. Clinical study participants who recieved treatment displayed an average loss of 3 1/2 inches across the waist, hips, and thighs in two weeks (compared to study participants who did not receive treatment that exhibited a reduction of .68 inches.)

I have agreed to follow the hCG diet, do the daily Zerona treatments, and blog daily, taking pictures once a week (and posting those as well; eek!). The daily blog post will include where I am weight-wise, how I'm feeling, a food diary for the day, etc. The daily post titles will be in the following form: PXDX+/-X.
P is Phase (1, 2, or 3); D is Day (1-45); +/- is Weight Loss (displayed as - or + #).
For example...
P1D1+3 would mean Phase 1 (Loading), Day 1, +3 pounds
P2D6-12 would mean Phase 2 (hCG), Day 6, -12 pounds.

Here's to my fresh start.
xo.kayla.