PHASE 2 - Day 21

I guess Friday night's indiscretions caught up to me today.  A 1.5 pound gain :(  so the scale screamed 210.5 pounds at me this morning.  Today is my "skip" day meaning I didn't do my injection.  I haven't been in ketosis for 2 days now due to Friday night's indiscretions.  I guess you could say it is a lesson learned.  It still doesn't make me stop wanting all of my food back.  I just keep telling myself, "I am more than half way through this round now and then I can have a LITTLE more".  Now I am hoping that I will get to do 2 more loading days before my next round so I can have all of the stuff that I want before I do this all over again.

Over and out!

PHASE 2 - Days 19 and 20

I woke up yesterday to another 1 pound loss bringing me down to 209 pounds.  But then, last night, I gave in to temptation.  I did a chocolate cake shot, ate 3 gluten free reduced fat cookies, 2 bites of pork steak and an ice cream sandwich.  The scale didn't show any gain this morning, thank God.  But no loss either.  I soooo want to just eat delicious food again.  Supposedly, I am suppose to stop feeling this way at some point in this diet, but when!?  I am more than 2 weeks in now.  God help me!

PHASE 2 - Days 17 and 18

Ok.  Since I raised my dose to 175 last Friday, day 12 I think it was, I am very pleased to say that I have lost 5.5 pounds.  2.5 pounds since my last blog.  I have still stuck to my vlcdiet with the exception of a bite here or there.  I haven't been hungry a whole lot but still hungry more than the diet claims that I should be.  I have also discontinued the prescription that I was on that had a side effect of weight gain (along with some other severe side effects).  I decided to stop the magnesium too. 

But!  I am COMPLETELY fatigued! My muscles burn like I have been working out constantly. When I walk up the 4 steps to my kitchen, I feel like I went up 100 steps. A 6-pack of beer felt like it weighed 50 pounds. Doesn't that sound like I'm not getting the nutrition that I need? The hcg is suppose to keep this from happening right?  Maybe raising my dose to 200 would be the answer?  I have also had nightmares, not just dreams but nightmares about eating greasy cheeseburgers and pizza and getting drunk. I also feel like I NEED to pig out since my body seems to be rebelling.  Of course, I did some research and this could be a potassium or sodium deficiency.  I am going to incorporate a potassium supplement and see if that helps.  I have been eating quite a bit of salt so the only way I could be low on sodium is from the fact that I have been going pee like every 15 minutes.  Oh!  I guess I am also going to raise my dose to 200 and see if that helps too.

Ok.  So!  We'll see how this goes!  Adios!



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Phase 2 - Days 14 - 16

I have only lost 1.3 pounds in the past 3 days but that is a far cry better than the 6 days that I either gained or had no loss when I had lowered my dose to 125 iu.  I have now been on ABOUT 175 ( my needles are marked to where it isn't really that easy to find the 175 mark) for 3 days and I haven't been completely perfect with the vlcd but I have not strayed too far.  I think that if I add some activity to my schedule then I would probably have a bigger loss.  You see, this is really sad to say but, I am so INactive that I am probably not burning up even the mere 500 calories that I am eating so, that makes it difficult for my body to use up those calories and then start utilizing my own fat. 

I have noticed that some pants that I had bought right before I started my diet are so big on me now that I can fit my fist in the waist.  I had lost 2 inches as of last Friday or Saturday (day 11 or 12) and I am guessing that there has been more inches lost since then. 

I also figured out that maybe some of my supplements may be hindering my loss.  My magnesium has 14 calories per serving and my cranberry supplement, well I don't remember the exact numbers but sugars and carbs and calories were really high.  I quit taking the cranberry but I am sticking with the magnesium as it helps my sleep, not to mention, it helps the colon.

All in all, it's not going bad.  It's not going as good as I expected at 1-2 pounds per day but I am losing way more than I was losing without the diet. 

Peace out!



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PHASE 2 - Days 12 and 13

2 weeks down!  Only 5.7 pounds lost.  I did finally lose another pound today.  Actually 1.2 pounds bringing me down to 213.8 pounds.  So I guess I must attribute my plateau to the lowering of my dosage to 125.  I was either gaining weight or maintaining weight for 5-6 days and that started when I lowered my dosage.  So, after 2 days at a dose of 175, I finally break the plateau.  I guess I will stay at this dosage. 
Now I'm toying with the idea of not doing 40 day cycles and do 23 day cycles.  Or at least for this round since I got off to such a slow start.  Then maybe on the next round I will do 40 day cycle now that I know my proper dosing.  I may even jump up to 200 IU.  I tried 200 before I went to 125 and during that time I lost 3 pounds overnight.  I am still hungry all of the time but I am dealing with it.  I am making it a challenge for myself.  I have not been cheating except 2 nights I ate a glucose free, low sugar, low fat cookie BUT! that cookie.... each of them.... for 1 cookie had 120 calories.  You see when your at a stand still, a long duration of no weight loss and even some gain, then it's hard to fight the disappointment telling you "well your not succeeding with this diet so just go ahead and eat something good".  I have been able to fight that voice for the most part.  Hopefully, rest is a downhill battle now that I upped my dose and I will start losing again.  Have a great weekend!



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PHASE 2 - Days 10 and 11

I have been quite disappointed lately.  I am back to 215.4 pounds today.  I have been following the diet pretty much to a "T" and I always drink lots of water.  Also, my ketostix have shown that I AM in ketosis for the last few days so since I am not eating any fat at all then it has to mean that I am using up my own fat from my own body which means that I should be losing weight or at least inches and I am not losing either.  I am still only on 125 iu of hcg and I think therein lies my problem.  So, I was being advised that if I am continually hungry then I should lower my dosage which I did 5 days ago and have either gained weight or NOT lost anything.  This could also be attributed to a medication that my doctor put me on last week.  It is a known drug to cause weight GAIN!  Or maybe a combination of both.  I started doing some research about dosaging and found that if your dosage is too low then you will not lose weight and if your dosage is too high, you will not lose weight either.  The dosage that people should be on, according to my research, is 175-200 IU's.  So once I read that I went back and injected another 25 IU's today to bring my dosage up for the day and I am going to continue on that for at least 3 days and see if it helps.  If does not help then I will up it to 200.  If that doesn't work then I will be forced to stop taking the medicine that my doctor prescribed. 

I am on day 11 and have only lost not even 4.5 pounds yet.  When I started on this hcg journey back in May with the homeopathic hcg, I was on phase 2 for 10 days and lost 7 pounds and it was also sublingual not injections.  When I did the diet a few years ago, I lost 14 pounds in 14 days.  The only thing is that with the homeopathic sublingual drops, I never got in ketosis, at least not according to my ketostix which tells me that, more than likely, I was losing muscle and not fat.  Anyway, let's just hope that I have figured this out and the new dosage works.  Take care and good night all!



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PHASE 2 - Days 8 and 9

Yesterday, day 8, I had loss 1 pound.  Today, no loss and still no loss in inches.  I'm at 214 pounds now.  I am starting to be less and less hungry each day and my tiny meals are filling me up to a point that I almost can't finish all of it.  I bought a new scale today so my weights might be different cause I think the scale that I have been using is messed up.  If I step on it 3 times, I get 3 different weights so hopefully a new scale will help keep better track of my weight.  I am getting pretty bored with my food so I guess it's time to start finding and using some recipes for hcg.  I have posted several hcg recipes on my pinterest but I know can find more.  That's all for today.  Have a great day!



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PHASE 2 - Day 7

I woke up to a .5 pound gain this morning.  I am wondering what it is that I am doing wrong.  Only 1 day of weight loss in my first week.  So, I decided to do an apple day today.  There's been a slight problem with constipation so maybe the apple day will help with water retention AND the constipation, thus, making weight loss happen more and easier.  This is also my second day of lowering my dosage to 125.  I haven't had a lot of hunger today, even though all that I have eaten today is 4 apples.  They say that you shouldn't worry about not losing pounds because you are probably losing inches instead but that's not the case for me because I did my measurements yesterday and there was no loss there either.  I really hope that tomorrow brings better news.  Good night ya'll!



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PHASE 2 - Day 6

Yayeeeeeee!!!!  3 pounds down today to 215 pounds.  It was also measurement day.  No inches lost.  Oh well! That will come, I'm sure!  My ketosis strips also showed that I am losing fat now!  Cool!  I stuck to my diet for the most part yesterday.  The only thing was that I ate pork loin cutlet.  Pork is not allowed but when I check out the calories and fat content on pork loin or pork tenderloin, it is not that much compared to chicken plus I only went 35 calories over my limit.  I also lowered my hcg dosage from 200 to 125.  I am not sure if I mentioned it before but I started dosing at 150 and since I was so hungry all of the time I upped it to 200.  That didn't work.  So it's suppose work if you lower your dosage.  We'll see.  I just got done eating lunch and felt full but less than an hour later, I feel hungry again.  I am wondering if maybe I am mistaking this feeling in my stomach for hunger pangs, when in reality it is something else.  I don't know what else it may be but I'll figure it out.



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PHASE 2 - Day 5

Quite disappointed today.  Even more so than yesterday.  I only lost .5 pounds yesterday bringing me down to 117.5 BUT today I gained it right back for a total of 218 again.  I COMPLETELY stuck to my diet yesterday and didn't do anything wrong.  WTF!!!  I have a theory, though.  From my past experience, 2 years ago when I did this, and 3 weeks ago with the homeopathic, it seems that on the day that I cheated and ate too much or the wrong things then the next morning I will still have had a good loss amount but then a day or 2 later, after no cheating at all there would be no loss and sometimes even a gain.  So, theory is, you don't see the weight gain from cheating for 2-3 days.  At least that what seems to happen with me.  Of course, I haven't measured myself again so I might have more inches lost, though it doesn't feel like it.  Anyway, that's a once a week thing so I weigh myself tomorrow, which will be 1 week on the diet and all I have lost overall in 1 week is 1.5 pounds.  When I did this 2 years ago I lost 10 pounds in the first week and 4 more pounds in the second week.  Sooooo..... yeah!  I am pretty disappointed :( 



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PHASE 2 - Day 4

Alas!  I finally got my computer fixed (or at least I think I fixed, we'll see).  I weighed in at 217.5 pounds this morning.  Not happy about that!  I stuck to my diet yesterday until last night when I ate 1 little square of dark chocolate and 1 fish stick.  I guess that kept my loss down to a minimum.  So, once again, here I am, stuck to my diet all day and hoping to keep it that way for the rest of the night.  I still get to eat my "chocolate covered" strawberries and I have a grissini stick left to eat so hopefully that will satisfy my cravings for the rest of the night.
On another note, I bought a pregnancy test today and guess what!?  My HCG tested positive!!!!  Yayeeeeee!  That means it is definitely REAL!  It is a great feeling to know that I got my money's worth!  I don't have a link off the top of my head but if you are wondering where to get it from, just google "hcgchica".  Her website will direct you to 2 different places that you can order from and they are much more affordable than anything else that I found anywhere, especially for the REAL stuff. 
Well, that is where I stand for my 4th day.  Hopefully I do better than just .5 pounds on the scale in the morning.  Have a great night!



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PHASE 2 - Day 3

218 pounds this morning.  Last night was no good!  I ended up eating way more than I was suppose to.  I have such a hard time with my cravings at night!  Today I have been hungry A LOT!  I did have more willpower tonight than I did the last 2 nights.  I stu k completely to my diet, only going over 500 calories by a bit but those were a couple extra calories from my diet food.  Sometimes it's hard to get the total right on.  Oh well!  It's. Los enough.

I increased my HCG dosage since I am so hungry.  I started at the lowest dosage of 150 and upped it to 200.  Maybe that will help the hunger go away.

So far I have had a pretty boring menu.  I have only been eating oranges, apples, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, shrimp and chicken.  I really need to hit the HCG recipes.  

I really wish I could figure out how to fix my computer so I didn't have to blog from my phone.  I have spent 3 days at about probably 40 hours working on it.  Please wish me luck that I get it fixed soon.  Thanks and good night!



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PHASE 2 - Day 2

Well, all of the weight that I gained during my 2 loading days came off  over night.  Down to 220.5 pounds this morning.  Today... well, actually, tonight has been really difficult. Last night I did not endulge in anymore calories than allowed (right around 500).  Tonight, on the other hand, I ended up with around 800 calories.  I didn't eat anything stupid.  I ate extra fruit and extra shrimp.  Hopefully this gets easier.  I'm not sure if I was eating cause I thought I was hungry or if I was just wanting/craving more food.

I have been testing my ketones and so far it is not showing fat loss.  I explain about this in my above referenced blog.  I have also been meaning to pick up a pregnancy test so that I can test my HCG medicine but I keep forgetting.  These are 2 methods that would help me confirm if I am using REAL HCG or not.  It would be nice to know.  Once I can confirm it is real then I will reference my contact and pharmacy here.  

That's all I got tonight.  Goodnight, ya'll!



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PHASE 2 - Day 1

 

Today's weight came in at 226.  I have fought some hunger but  it hasn't been too bad.  I haven't veered from my diet at all today but its now late evening when I start craving most of my cravings so hopefully I can stick to it until I go to sleep.  

I will start posting more when I get my computer fixed.  It's a pain trying to blog from my phone.  Have a great night, ya'll!!!



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Phase 1, days 1 AND 2

 

Started injections yesterday, 6/8/2013.  First weigh in was 219.5 pounds.  Second day (today) - 224.5 pounds. I guess with that 5 pound gain, means I was successful with loading day 1.  And today, day 2, I have no doubt, has been a success also.  I will be happy to get on the 500 calorie diet tomorrow.  I am sick of eating!  

Mixing the HCG was quite simple and the injections Re no problem either and the needle is so small that you don't even feel it go in.





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June 6 - the beginning

This is the second part of my HCG DIET. I started it a few weeks ago but I did not realize that the HCG product that I had gotten did not have any HCG in it at all.  It was homeopathic.  Here is a link michellehcg.blogspot.com to that blog in case you would like to read about how my first few weeks went with the "fake" HCG.  I will start blogging about this part of my journey in 2 days.  I just received my REAL HCG today so on Saturday I will start my injections and Phase 1, which is for 2 days and consists of loading up on as much fatty foods as possible.  So, see ya then!

 

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PHASE 2 - Day 3

218 pounds this morning.  Last night was no good!  I ended up way more than I was suppose to.  I have such a hard time with my cravings at night!  Today I have been hungry A LOT!  I did have more willpower tonight than I did the last 2 nights.  I stu k completely to my diet, only going over 500 calories by a bit but those were a couple extra calories from my diet food.  Sometimes it's hard to get the total right on.  Oh well!  It's. Los enough.

I increased my HCG dosage since I am so hungry.  I started at the lowest dosage of 150 and upped it to 200.  Maybe that will help the hunger go away.

So far I have had a pretty boring menu.  I have only been eating oranges, apples, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, shrimp and chicken.  I really need to hit the HCG recipes.  

I really wish I could figure out how to fix my computer so I didn't have to blog from my phone.  I have spent 3 days at about probably 40 hours working on it.  Please wish me luck that I get it fixed soon.  Thanks and good night!

PHASE 2 - Day 4
Alas!  I finally got my computer fixed (or at least I think I fixed, we'll see).  I weighed in at 217.5 pounds this morning.  Not happy about that!  I stuck to my diet yesterday until last night when I ate 1 little square of dark chocolate and 1 fish stick.  I guess that kept my loss down to a minimum.  So, once again, here I am, stuck to my diet all day and hoping to keep it that way for the rest of the night.  I still get to eat my "chocolate covered" strawberries and I have a grissini stick left to eat so hopefully that will satisfy my cravings for the rest of the night.
On another note, I bought a pregnancy test today and guess what!?  My HCG tested positive!!!!  Yayeeeeee!  That means it is definitely REAL!  It is a great feeling to know that I got my money's worth!  I don't have a link off the top of my head but if you are wondering where to get it from, just google "hcgchica".  Her website will direct you to 2 different places that you can order from and they are much more affordable than anything else that I found anywhere, especially for the REAL stuff. 
Well, that is where I stand for my 4th day.  Hopefully I do better than just .5 pounds on the scale in the morning.  Have a great night!



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