What a night! I think I was up about 5 times last night going to the bathroom. Fortunately,I was able to go back to sleep quickly. After two days of needing an afternoon nap, I was able to sail through the day without one. Dr. Simeon recommends going off of thyroid medication,
Here's the totally awesome, unbelievable news! I LOST 3.1 lbs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Whoo hoo, I'm in the 170's. My weight went from 181.9 on July 2nd to 178.8 on July 34d. It's incredible. I know that it won't be like this everyday, but even one day like this is worth it. I can tell when I'm losing weight, because I crave water. Also, my body feels different. There is a sense of well-being most of the time and I kind kind of tell where the fat is mobilizing. It feels kind of tingly. That isn't really a good description, but it is the best I can do to describe how it feels. There's a part of me that is starting to picture what it might be like to wear skinny clothes again. Then, I start thinking that this is too good to be true and maybe it won't last. Maybe, it won't continue like it has for some of the other people who are doing it or who have done it. But, I guess even if it helps for awhile it is worth it. Already, I can breathe better and it isn't quite as hard to move around.
Usually, when I do some weight loss plan it takes forever to lose weight off of my tummy and what I call my "pouchie". My pouchie is the weight about 1-2 inches beneath my belly button. Last year, I successfully lost 42 pounds on Dr. Fuhrman's diet. However, the weight came off of my tummy area so slowly. At 142 lbs (height 5' 5 1/2 inches, my waist still measured 42 inches sucked in. Unfortunately, I gained it all back. I didn't lose weight for two months solid, after my initial success, and gave up. His weight loss plan is a very good one, but it didn't help my tummy fat to come off the way I needed it to. I think it may be because of the way my particular body processes carbohydrates due to my genetics. It seems on this protocol that the HCG helps the weight to come off of your abdominal area or wherever you have unhealthy fat. I'm hoping that it works that way for me.
It's getting easier to deal with the food. Yesterday, my hunger level was minimal and not really too much of an issue. Today, I feel a little hungier. Last night, I did take a calcium/magnesium pill. My legs have been twitching the last few days, which for me usually stops with a cal/mag supplement. It's made it harder to fall asleep, so finally in desperation I took it anyway. It didn't seem to affect my weight loss.
Stay close to a bathroom, if you decide to do this protocol!
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Day 4 Round 1 HCG Protocol
Hi Everyone,
Day 4 went much smoother. The headache was mostly gone and my hunger level was much better than the day before. One thing I've noticed more is the thoughts going through my head...feelings of quiet desperation, thinking this probably won't work for me, hating the way I look and feel a lot of the time. Mostly, it is hard to remain positive that this is going to work. One of the things that keeps me going is my supportive and loving husband. Another thing is to view a few video logs (Vlogs) on www.youtube.com and see the successes of other people. Night time is the hardest. It does take some willpower to do this, even though the weight is coming off. In the past, I have exerted tremendous willpower, usually with fleeting results that are hard won and easily lost. I so wish that vegetables tasted better. My husband loves healthy food like vegetables. Now, why didn't I get those taste buds. I grew up on a farm and I would have to say next to ice cream and homemade cookies, mashed potatoes and gravy or my next favorites. I think I have been trying to lose weight off and on, since I was 12 years old. All of the other girls in high school (well, at least most of them) had these skinny, curvy teenage bodies. I felt like a lump of clay. In college, I lost about 40 lbs., danced, and enjoyed a few "skinny years." That lasted until after the birth of my first baby. Slowly over the years the weight has crept on, then off, then on again. Diabetes runs on both sides of my family and makes me nervous. I like to pretend like it won't happen to me, that I am somehow immune. But, as my tummy girth has increased, my overall "chance" for getting it has increased. I would like to say that is why I am trying this HCG protocol. But, it isn't. I'm sick and tired of looking like I'm about 8 months pregant (I gain weight on my tummy the most.) Even when I was 12 years old, girls at my church would tease me and say that I was pregnant. It was a very painful experience. Even then, I was struggling with a plump tummy. We have this picture in the family of my sister who was nine months pregnant, my mother who wasn't pregnant, and my grandmother. My mother and grandmother poked their tummies out to match my sister's. Sad, but true, they all looked about the same. My grandmother loved ice cream and cookies. I loved her and together we shared that love of some of the same delightful, but not healthy foods.
I haven't shared with my doctors that I have changed the directions she gave me on the dosage and that I am splitting it into two dosages. Hopefully, she will understand.
This morning I weighed 183 lbs a lost of 2.2 lbs. from yesterday. I have lost all of my loading days fat and .8 lbs. of my original weight. Yeh!
Day 4 went much smoother. The headache was mostly gone and my hunger level was much better than the day before. One thing I've noticed more is the thoughts going through my head...feelings of quiet desperation, thinking this probably won't work for me, hating the way I look and feel a lot of the time. Mostly, it is hard to remain positive that this is going to work. One of the things that keeps me going is my supportive and loving husband. Another thing is to view a few video logs (Vlogs) on www.youtube.com and see the successes of other people. Night time is the hardest. It does take some willpower to do this, even though the weight is coming off. In the past, I have exerted tremendous willpower, usually with fleeting results that are hard won and easily lost. I so wish that vegetables tasted better. My husband loves healthy food like vegetables. Now, why didn't I get those taste buds. I grew up on a farm and I would have to say next to ice cream and homemade cookies, mashed potatoes and gravy or my next favorites. I think I have been trying to lose weight off and on, since I was 12 years old. All of the other girls in high school (well, at least most of them) had these skinny, curvy teenage bodies. I felt like a lump of clay. In college, I lost about 40 lbs., danced, and enjoyed a few "skinny years." That lasted until after the birth of my first baby. Slowly over the years the weight has crept on, then off, then on again. Diabetes runs on both sides of my family and makes me nervous. I like to pretend like it won't happen to me, that I am somehow immune. But, as my tummy girth has increased, my overall "chance" for getting it has increased. I would like to say that is why I am trying this HCG protocol. But, it isn't. I'm sick and tired of looking like I'm about 8 months pregant (I gain weight on my tummy the most.) Even when I was 12 years old, girls at my church would tease me and say that I was pregnant. It was a very painful experience. Even then, I was struggling with a plump tummy. We have this picture in the family of my sister who was nine months pregnant, my mother who wasn't pregnant, and my grandmother. My mother and grandmother poked their tummies out to match my sister's. Sad, but true, they all looked about the same. My grandmother loved ice cream and cookies. I loved her and together we shared that love of some of the same delightful, but not healthy foods.
I haven't shared with my doctors that I have changed the directions she gave me on the dosage and that I am splitting it into two dosages. Hopefully, she will understand.
This morning I weighed 183 lbs a lost of 2.2 lbs. from yesterday. I have lost all of my loading days fat and .8 lbs. of my original weight. Yeh!
Day 3 Round 1 HCG Protocol
Hi Everyone,
Day 3 was hard! My head hurt all day long. It was probably a sugar detox reaction. In the past, I have had headaches for as long as three days when I have totally gone off sugar. I especially get a bad headache when I go off of chocolate. Since I knew I would probably get one from going off of sugar, I decided to stop eating chocolate about a week before so I could get that headache over. It's amazing, when I think about it, how addicting sugar and chocolate can be to me and others. We know it is bad for us and yet we eat it anyway. It is a sweet enticement that draws us in and then does with us what it wants.
The morning of the third day I awakened very hungry. We hadn't bought the meat yet. I ate and apple and two grissini sticks and it felt like I hadn't eaten anything. The first loading day I know that I ate plenty of fat, but the second day I probably didn't eat enough fat. Either that or it was my body getting used to the very low calorie diet (VLCD). Once I finally got the meat and veggie into my system, the hunger subsided, but not the headache.
An interesting side effect, was needing to get up several times during the night to go to the bathroom. I'm craving water and can't seem to get enough into my system. It's a good thing we can go to Whole Foods or Wild Oats and get purified water, I don't think I could stand that much tap water.
Another more interesting side effect was that I needed to take a nap. It was like I just couldn't stay awake anymore. I slept for two or three hours, but then seemed fine for the rest of the day. The headache continued all day!
I have definitely decided to go with the twice a day/333 i.u. of HCG. About 10-11 hours after the morning dose, I will start to feel hungry. It is a different kind of hunger than what I experience the rest of the days. Normal foods start looking more appealing.
Here's are my weight stats thus far:
Weight before loading days: 183.8
Weight after 1st loading day: 186.2
Weight after 2nd loading day: 185.2
My weight gain on the two loading days was 2.4 pounds minus 1.0 lbs for a total of 1.4 lbs. It probably should have been higher.
Day 3 was hard! My head hurt all day long. It was probably a sugar detox reaction. In the past, I have had headaches for as long as three days when I have totally gone off sugar. I especially get a bad headache when I go off of chocolate. Since I knew I would probably get one from going off of sugar, I decided to stop eating chocolate about a week before so I could get that headache over. It's amazing, when I think about it, how addicting sugar and chocolate can be to me and others. We know it is bad for us and yet we eat it anyway. It is a sweet enticement that draws us in and then does with us what it wants.
The morning of the third day I awakened very hungry. We hadn't bought the meat yet. I ate and apple and two grissini sticks and it felt like I hadn't eaten anything. The first loading day I know that I ate plenty of fat, but the second day I probably didn't eat enough fat. Either that or it was my body getting used to the very low calorie diet (VLCD). Once I finally got the meat and veggie into my system, the hunger subsided, but not the headache.
An interesting side effect, was needing to get up several times during the night to go to the bathroom. I'm craving water and can't seem to get enough into my system. It's a good thing we can go to Whole Foods or Wild Oats and get purified water, I don't think I could stand that much tap water.
Another more interesting side effect was that I needed to take a nap. It was like I just couldn't stay awake anymore. I slept for two or three hours, but then seemed fine for the rest of the day. The headache continued all day!
I have definitely decided to go with the twice a day/333 i.u. of HCG. About 10-11 hours after the morning dose, I will start to feel hungry. It is a different kind of hunger than what I experience the rest of the days. Normal foods start looking more appealing.
Here's are my weight stats thus far:
Weight before loading days: 183.8
Weight after 1st loading day: 186.2
Weight after 2nd loading day: 185.2
My weight gain on the two loading days was 2.4 pounds minus 1.0 lbs for a total of 1.4 lbs. It probably should have been higher.
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