P2 Day 2

So I totaled up my calories for yesterday and I came in short. I think. I still had 199 calories left. I think. According to caloriecounterabout.com I came in short for calories. But according to acaloriecounter.com I came in just barely under because 100 grams of chicken comes out to be 119 calories raw or 177 stewed.That's also assuming that I chose the right kind of orange or tomato on the list. It's really subjective as to how these calories sites measure their stuff. I didn't put anything in my chicken really. I put my measured 100 grams of chicken in with some garlic powder, onion powder, and salt. Then I just added water to deglaze my pan and essentially just my chicken soup. That's it. So, I don't really know if I should be adding more calories to my days or what. I don't want to do this thing wrong but it seems pretty easy to do it wrong because of the calorie counting. Some of the recipes I have gotten have given specific amounts for vegetables and such but even that is iffy to me. I guess this will pretty much be a crap shoot for me to see how I do on the food and just adjust accordingly.

Weigh in:
So I weighed myself this morning and I came in with a loss of about 6 lbs. I say about because my scale is ghetto and only weighs every half pound so none of this .3 loss/gain stuff. I'm okay with it though. I think it will give me more drive to do better or know that I'm doing well. I don't put much stock in this first weigh in because it's only about 2-3 lbs more than I have been weighing lately. I know that sounds weird since I said that I didn't really gain much on the load but at the risk of TMI, I am beginning my monthly cycle.

TOM

There has been a lot of disagreement as to what to do during your TOM but here's what I plan on doing. From all the things that I've read this is the most sound advice I could find. I am going to continue to take the drops but if I have heavy flow days I won't take them on those days. We'll see how that goes.

I still have headaches but I actually think it is due to my back and neck being out. This, however, could be a side effect of the HCG because while you're pregnant your body produces relaxin and if this is mimicking pregnancy in some way it could be mimicking the relaxin also thereby making it easier for my joints to get out of whack while I sleep. I have not done research on this, I am just surmising. I could be totally wrong on this count. All I know is that when I am pregnant I have a hard time stretching my back like I do normally and that is what is going on right now. I think if I could just get my back into alignment I would be fine. I haven't taken anything for it as far as medication though. I did, however take a multivitamin last night just to be sure that I am not missing anything. I think I will take one morning and night since you don't keep it all.

I have been peeing like mad! I don't think I peed this much during actual pregnancy. I think I got in about 80-90 oz of water yesterday and I hope to do better today. I have read that if you don't drink enough water you can stall and retain it. Obvious, I know, but still something to remember.

I think as far as calories go, I am just going to go by the raw chicken calorie amount since that is how I have to measure it. That means that I can up my green vegetable amounts.