Week 22 and 23

WOW, I have been on a roller coaster lately!  The week before this last I had a one pound loss and this week a 2 pounder but ugh I felt so out of wack. I had a cheat day 2 Thursdays ago but sadly it went through that Saturday. This was right before my cycle started, just so you know, I have always been someone who eats a ton and is starving constantly the week before my cycle. I need to stock up on calories and retain lots of water just to get me through my t.o.m. So I know that the extreme hunger, cravings and blacking out was due to t.o.m. So I understand it when I had a one pound loss but most of all, I felt so tired and hungry. Then this last week with t.o.m going I have had the cravings but not the hunger.
This is the main reason I do Medifast, with doing other programs or just simply working out and cutting my calories I can't stick with it. When my cycle comes it throws me off so bad it completely ruins all the progress I made in the weeks before it started. I would eat healthy and work out 6 days a week and do wonderfully but as soon as my cycle gears up my body goes into 'hoard' mode. I get SO hungry and so tired, I feel like I'm pregnant all over again. On Medifast, my cycle is  more calm and lighter. I don't have the cravings or hunger that I normally do. I think it's the soy, it helps regulate my hormones (which have always been way off) which is worth more than you can imagine for me. But I don't know what's going on with me the last 3 weeks, I felt like my old icky self again and that scares me. I am going to look into getting my hormones and thyroid checked by a specialist as soon as I can.
NOW I think a 3 pound loss in 2 weeks with having 3 cheat days and my cycle is very good results ;-) I am still working hard to get into that size 8 that I need to be in for my husband's company Christmas party, I WILL do it! I hope every one STAYS on plan, stick with it, keep going! A slip up is just that, a SLIP up. It doesn't mean it's who you are or what you are! We are what we make of ourselves, so KEEP GOING and be the better person! I know we can do what we want and what we need regardless of our imperfections! Have a great on plan week you all and stay in touch with what really means the most to you ;-)