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.
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