HCG progress and updates - for people on it or thinking abou

Congrats!!!


I am going to stick with the Primal Blue Print until the Fall and then see where I am at. My doctor has given me a time frame to get a certain amount of weight off before having me do HCG for 3 rounds he says.................

what is hcg? I'm thinking of the pregnancy hormone lol

HCG PROGRESS UPDATE -

Week 1 of Phase 2 is in the books and my weight loss so far is 13.2 pounds using the Simeons protocol with a few tweaks and adjustments here and there.

I, too, am doing HCG but I'm getting the injections from my doctor instead of the drops. I have found it to be very easy to follow and adhere to the eating plan. The most challenging thing for me is preparing my food for lunch the night before since I don't have time to do it in the morning before work.

I started on 4/26 at 435.4 lbs. I took a 3 week break starting 6/08 (while I still restricted my food choices) and I was already at 384 lbs. I began my injections again on 7/01 and I'm at 367.4 lbs today, 7/12.

I still have a long way to go but I finally believe I can reach my goal since I've already seen good progress.

I just got the HCG drops in today!! I am excited to start tomorrow with the loading!! I have some questions though like what veggies and fruits did you have the best luck with?? Also on the drops that I ordered it said to place one dropper full under your tongue twice a day...what are your suggestions for this I seen that most pple do 10 drops 3x a day??
Thanks

I have completely fallen in love with navel oranges and apples because I can just grab them and go when I don't have time to measure out strawberries.

Tomatoes and cucumbers are my favourite veggies ever and they're "allowed" so I normally throw them on some romaine for lunch -- salt, pepper and various spices with a squeeze of lemon juice make for a nice, simple and flavourful dressing replacement. Also, bok choy and nappa/chinese cabbage have become my fillers of choice, either in a stir-fry or soup with 100g of chicken per meal. Chicken broth is excellent as a replacement for cooking oils and it adds some nice flavour and juiciness, as long as you cook on lower heats. I have always liked ginger but I use A LOT of it now. I threw it in some soup with tomatoes, celery, onion, chicken breast, chicken stock, garlic and napa cabbage and it was the best soup I've ever made, pre- or post-HCG. Play around, though. If you don't like one meal, you don't have to make it again!

My best advise: buy chicken breasts and extra lean ground beef in bulk and portion out your serving sizes, freezing them for individual meals.

I love cucumbers and tomatoes too but I am a bit confused about the portion size? How much do you eat with each meal? I am excited to get started...I can't wait!!!!

If you're taking the drops it might be slightly different than the injections but here's my standard day:
Breakfast:
1 fruit
1 or 2 melba toasts, depending on how I feel
1 tbsp of cream (it should be 1% or skim milk but I'm cheating!) with my coffee

Lunch:
1 protein (I normally have some lean ground beef or a piece of chicken breast @ 100g per serving)
3 cups of veggies

Dinner:
1 protein
3 cups veggies
1 fruit
1 melba toast

I'm allowed unlimited coffee/tea but I can't stand it without the cream so I only have one cup. And I occasionally move my 1 fruit and/or 1 melba toast from dinner to a snack when I get home from work if I'm hungry. Roughly, that'll get you to 500 calories in one day. DON'T skip your proteins and drink LOTS of water. My doctor also has me on iron supplements, vitamin C and calcium with vitamin D... I had really low sodium so she's finally relaxed my "1 teaspoon of salt in a glass of water daily" requirement to "salt everything". I have my blood work done almost weekly, though, so I wouldn't start supplementing until you get checked out.

~~ I pulled out Simeons book! ~~
Proteins that are good: beef, chicken breast, fresh white fish, veal, lobster, crab, or shrimp
Veggies that are good: spinach, chard, chicory, beet greens (I still haven't been brave enough for these), green salad (premixes are awesome!), tomatoes, celery, fennel, onions, red radishes, cucumbers, asparagus and cabbage
Melba toast subs: Grissino (Italian bread stick) or Wasa Crispbread
Fruits that are good: 1 apple, 1/2 grapefruit, 1 orange, 1 cup strawberries

Does anyone know what the loading up on food does for you besides making you feel even fatter and giving you that much more to lose when you do get started?

The load days also help you get through the first few days of the VLCD. People that load properly find that they are much less hungry during the start of Phase 2. I thought I loaded pretty well and I was STARVING those first 2 or 3 days. It's not as easy as I thought it would be.:sick:

Here is a question for you all...I am a runner and I don't want to give up my running has anyone on here been running or working out a lot? I read everything but all of it tells you not to excercise like that... just walking.

Here is a question for you all...I am a runner and I don't want to give up my running has anyone on here been running or working out a lot? I read everything but all of it tells you not to exercise like that... just walking.

If you are accustomed to exercising, you can continue to exercise, but it is recommended to go easy on the cardio. You're already on a HUGE deficit, so creating an exercise deficit doesn't work the same way a normal diet does. Taking in more calories to replenish what you burn from exercise may not provide the same result.

Wow. I have never heard of this before. Sounds like it's really working for a lot people. 500 calories a day sounds really low though. Not sure I could do that.

Does anyone know how well people are able to keep it off afterwards?

Can you send me the website too? :flowerforyou:

Just curious are you doing a 500 calorie diet with this?

Yes, the 500 calorie VLCD goes hand-in-hand with the daily HCG regiment.