Hi gang! Just wanted to update you on how the program is going. I haven’t written daily. I think that would have been tedious in this portion of the protocol. So I’m going to give you a summary of each section and share with you what I’ve learned.
3 weeks No carbs & No sugars… Just after the last shot, I continued the 500 cal diet for three more days. Remember that it takes 72 hours for the hCG to leave your system. If you eat bad while it is still circulating in your body it has the opposite effect and will back you GAIN weight. So behave yourself those last three days. I was amazed at how easy it was to transition into the no carbs no sugars (ncns) three weeks. After having so little to eat for so long my hunger just didn’t return as I thought it would. I starting adding eggs and a few days later some turkey bacon into my breakfast routine. I kept eating the good stuff of the diet and just added proteins. Man was I happy to drink milk again. lol I continued to lost a pound the day after the 72 hours after shots and then a pound a week on ncns Pretty cool. I do recommend staying away from fatty things. Unlike the Atkins diet I did years before this is a healthy clean type of eating that you can continue the rest of your life. I made the mistake of eating the big link kielbasa type Italian sausage. OMG I thought I was going to die of stomach pains. The gas build up in my stomach made it feel like my ribs were going to rip apart from the inside out. Maalox and a couple of other antacids later I was finally able to relax. Stay away from fatty foods. I can’t express that enough.
3 weeks anything…. by the time I got to this point I was so looking forward to carbs that I thought I knew everything I needed to know. Big mistake. Read the protocol over and over. Never assume you know what you are doing. lol We tend to make thing sup in our minds. Like me… time now that I can eat carbs right? wrong… Dr. S says that we can gradually add carbs back into our diet. Don’t make the same mistake I did. I practically went into a carbohydrate coma. lol Well, no medically but stupidly. My nice little daily weight started climbing. We aren’t supposed to go higher than 2 pounds from our finishing weight or less than 2 pounds from our finishing weight. With my 2 pound loss on ncns I was cocky. I jumped up 5 pounds. Don’t freak out though. The steak day really works. I just got back to business the day I gained and drank tons of water, had a steak and then an apple. Bam! I was back down 2 pounds and then over the next week the 3rd pound cam back off. After the steak day I simply listened to my body and not my mind to decide what to eat. I’m so proud of my choices. I’m really proud that now I am to the point that I can eat what I want and what I want is smaller portions of the stuff I used to eat.
Hubby… Okay, I was the guinea pig. Now that my husband sees I didn’t die from the medication, lol he decided to start the protocol too. Fine, I do all the work and he reeps the rewards of my knowledge and experience. hehe. He’s on his second week and has lost over 12 pounds already. He’s a big guy and as usual, men do great on weight loss. Men don’t have to pause the injections for a menstrual cycle and thus I think the process is much more efficient. He does have to skip one day a week to avoid the 35th day immunity build up. He did seem a bit more hungry than I was on the hCG. Possibly because of the greater body mass and being on the same dosage I was on it is a bit less effective. Overall he’s doing great if not a bit more whiny about it. I was thrilled and thankful to have weight coming off. He is pissed if it’s not as much as he thought it should be. Tip: Don’t see a day without weight loss as a “lost” day that you shouldn’t have had to work so hard for nothing. It all adds up in the end.. or subtracts in the end… lol However you want to think about it.
This is really a dream come true. I’ve fit into my old mid-range clothes and it was a blast throwing out all my fat clothes. I’m psyched and ready for the second round of hCG. I should be able to start around the 20th of June so watch for my progress updates.
HUGS!! Claudia
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