Start weight: 170
Load weight: 175.2
Jan 11: 171.2
Jan 12: 168.2
Jan 13: 166.8
Jan 14: 166.8
Jan 15: 166.2
Jan 16: 165.4
Jan 17: 164.4
Jan 18: 163.8 TOM arrived

Week one loss: 6.2 pounds

Jan 19: 163 -switched to a new brand of drops (scary)
Jan 20: 163.2
Jan 21: 163 - not making much progress this week so far....
Jan 22. 162
Jan 23: 161.4
Jan 24: 161.2
Jan 25: 160

Week two loss: 3.8 pounds

Jan 26: 159.6
Jan 27: 159
Jan 28: 157.6
Jan 29: 157.8
Jan 30: 157
Jan 31: 156.6
Feb 1: 156.4

Week three loss: 3.6 pounds

Feb 2: 155.4
Feb 3: 155.2
Feb 4: 155
Feb 5: 155
Feb 6: 154.6
Feb 7: 154.6
Feb 8: 155.6 (went out to dinner last night, ate off plan)
Week four loss: .8 pounds

Thanks for the encouragement Jean and MizKitty. I went out for Mexican last night. I ordered the taco salad with lettuce and tomatoes only. But they brought it with everything - and I ate it..... and the bowl too. Not surprised by the gain.... and acutally thought it would be worse.

Ahhhh, LC Lady, we're only human... Forgive yourself and carry on

Down .1 lbs today... just creeping along. Bit stopped up, too so I'm thinking some SM tea and a long sleep in tomorrow.

Date.............Day...............Weight
1/2 ..............1....................233
1/3...............2....................231.4
1/4...............3....................229.8
1/5...............4....................228
1/6...............5....................226.2
1/7...............6....................225.6
1/8...............7....................225.4
1/9...............8....................224.2
1/10.............9....................222.8
1/11.............10..................222
1/12.............11..................221.8
1/13.............12..................223.4
1/14.............13..................223.2
1/15.............14..................222.8
1/16.............15..................221.8
1/17.............16..................220.6
1/18.............17..................219.2
1/19.............18..................218.8
1/20.............19..................217.4
1/21.............20..................217.4
1/22.............21..................217.2
1/23.............22..................215.8
1/24.............23..................215.8
1/25.............24..................215.8
1/26.............25..................215.8
1/27.............26..................214.6
1/28.............27..................214.8
1/29.............28..................214.2
1/30.............29..................214
1/31.............30..................214.6
2/1...............31..................214.8
2/2...............32..................214
2/3...............33..................212.4
2/4...............34..................211.6
2/5...............35..................211.6
2/6...............36..................211
2/7...............37..................210.2
2/8...............38..................209.6
2/9...............39..................209.2 LDW
2/10.............40..................209.4, then 209 No drops
2/11.............41..................208 no drops

2/11 Enter P3

Beth

Up 0.2 lbs today.. ugh. Week to date -1.2 lbs

This week is not shaping up to be that good for me... but there are still 2 days left in it, so crossing fingers. I'd be happy with 2 lbs for the week.

I'm back after a trying few days and no internet.

I took a break to re-load. I decided that when I switched to the new brand of drops, things were never quite the same. I am back on my old drops. I don't have much left, but I do plan to finish them. Over the weekend, I found myself unable to stop eating. I really don't think that this was just a "will-power" issue. I think it was more that the new drops were not doing it for me. I struggled with my dosage from day one. I give up.

I think I gained a few pounds over the weekend. Oh well. I loaded yesterday, and kind of today, and will tomorrow too. Then I will do VLC days until I finish my drops and see where I land.

On the upside, I am wearing a size 4 today.

Tomorrow I will attend a funeral for a friend who lost her long and painful battle with cancer. A sad day for us tomorrow.

Off to church tonight for Ash Wednesday. Hope you all are well.

I'm so sorry to hear about your friend, LC Lady....

I am planning on another week and will see what happens. I only lost 1 lb this past week and if that is going to continue, it's time to call the round over. If I do lose 2-3 lbs this week, then I might carry on for a bit longer....

Down 0.8 lbs today. Finally some real progress!! 19.7 as of Day 43. 187 lbs even.

Down 0.7 lbs today, 20.4 as of Day 44. Wheeee!!

Hi! I just finished week 3 of the injectables. Before the HCG, I did a 4 week cleanse and I did not eat everything i desired during the 2 loading days. My doc advised me to eat healthy carbs and fats, like sweet potatoes and fats, but having read your posts I wish I would have been eating hamburgers because now maybe I wouldn't be in the position I am in now!!
The first two weeks of injections, I lost 6% body fat. My goal is 10% total, and I'm more focused on percentage than I am with weight.
The beginning of last week, I fell off by eating chocolate while helping my toddler write his Valentine's day cards for school. Then the next day I sampled (3 small bites) some crab grits at dinner, again celebrating Valentine's Day with the hubby. I've tried getting on track. Every day i start with the right frame of mind, and by 3:00 I'm dying to eat. It's not necessarily hunger, but I want food!!! My doc told me to wait between 3-4 hours after taking the shot to eat. I go to the gym around noon, eat lunch, and then 3:00pm hits me like ton of bricks!!
The past two days my weakness has been sunflower seeds, which i know are full of fat. I've gained 1.5-2% body fat back in a week and one day. I've been taking cinnamon to help stabilize my blood sugar, but I don't think it's blood sugar.
I go to the kitchen to grab some cucumbers or celery, but instead i go right for the sunflower seeds. If it's not the seeds, it's something else, like eating 4 servings of fruit a day. I get so frustrated with myself, but it hasn't been enough to stop myself, which is really making me sad. It's been one full week of this and I'm at my wits end, especially because I measure my body fat daily. Does anyone have any suggestions to help fight the 3:00 psychological hunger?? Any help will be greatly appreciated!!

Hi AliATX, It sounds like your dose is wrong, and opposite of what you might think, it might be too high. Do you know the strength of dose he has you injecting?

It seems fairly common for these clinics to put people on too high a dose, I see it all the time on an hcg forum I participate in (hcgdietinfo) and then when they complain of hunger, add an appetite suppressant rather than try to adjust the dose.

If you're not hungry in the morning, you might try skipping breakfast and saving all your food for afternoons. I often eat all 500 calories in one evening meal.

Thanks, MizKitty! I'm at 120/shot for 6 days a week, 1 day off. I do skip breakfast, eat lunch and shoot for my next meal to be around 5. I will talk to my doc about the dosage, but I did purchase some appetite suppressants yesterday, which made me sick this morning from not eating.
What i really need is will power, haha!! Thank you!

Would anyone mind sharing their cheating stories with me??

I've heard of doses anywhere from 125cc up to 200cc's (125, 150, 175, 200) with folks who start out with the 175 or 200cc dosages most often complaining about hunger...

So perhaps your dose is too low? I certainly would ask your doc about it.

Down 0.7 lbs today, 21.1 as of Day 45, about the same as in R1 but I was just starting P3 as of Day 45 in that round. 5.7 lbs to go to be under 180...

Down another 0.7 since Saturday... 184.9 as of Day 48. Where is everyone???