During the first week of R1P4 I was traveling to Washington DC where a massive gall bladder attack occured.
I write this to you several weeks later after R2P2 is done and onto P3 but not without contemplation. After R2 I am down 46 pounds and 2 sizes smaller (size 16) in pants!!!
I needed to know if to continue with P2 or move to P3 for post surgery dietary...
I had Gall Bladder surgery on Friday. I had no restrictions from the
doctor - so I was ready for P3 which was scary considering fats could have been
an issue. Well I had some advice from Liquid HCG Dieters on Facebook that said
P3 would be good - because I would need the extra calories to heal - and to
focus on the protein.
After the surgery I was up 3 lbs most likely from the IV Drip.
3 days later I am at my LWID... with eating a P3 diet - no steak day to adjust.
I have been able to tolerate cream cheese, cream, and about anything else. I am
making an assumption that my gb was not working so my liver already had learned
how to deal with making up for the gb - won't know that until I have a check up.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Holiday on hCG
Well the holidays are over and for the most part I survived in more ways than just my journey here. The sweet tray didn't call my name and other than having a few adult beverages and snitching a tiny taste of some items that peeked my curiosity I did rather well.
It helped that I was being cautious with what goes into my body right now. Two weeks ago I suffered a severe Gall Bladder Attack - it was as bad if not worse than labor. Did this protocol cause it? Not likely - as the doctor explained when the Gall Bladder quits working properly that bile does not get forced out like it should and over time, the bile will form stones. It was one of these stones that got stuck in the tube of my Gall Bladder causing me so much pain. So January 14th I get to have surgery. I will be mostly done with R2P2 and will be anxious to be able to eat without worrying about pain.
It helped that I was being cautious with what goes into my body right now. Two weeks ago I suffered a severe Gall Bladder Attack - it was as bad if not worse than labor. Did this protocol cause it? Not likely - as the doctor explained when the Gall Bladder quits working properly that bile does not get forced out like it should and over time, the bile will form stones. It was one of these stones that got stuck in the tube of my Gall Bladder causing me so much pain. So January 14th I get to have surgery. I will be mostly done with R2P2 and will be anxious to be able to eat without worrying about pain.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
2 weeks down in Phase 3
Well after two weeks from my last VLCD... I have maintained my last weigh-in and have not been up 2 lbs in so far... it has been difficult to wrap my mind around the fact that nuts and whole milk. So I have been enjoying almonds and no-sugar lattes. Just got done eating a head of cauliflower that was converted into "mashed potato" - amazingly tasty.
I understand the need to do the reset period. I was hoping to go back to Phase 2 but I have been reading more and it sounds as if I really need to give my body the 3 weeks on Phase 4 too. Since I will be flying in the next 6 weeks - I probably will not start losing again until just before Christmas - but that will be a gift too.
I have been getting rid of the droopy bottomed pants and have treated myself to a pair of pant that "fit" ... the smallest size since I had my 12 year old daughter.
It is amazing this protocol is not more well known. It makes sense... even if you read Dr. Oz "You on a Diet" you realize our low-fat / diet soda days only contributed to the obesity of today.
Until Phase 4 check in.....keep staying to the protocol.
I understand the need to do the reset period. I was hoping to go back to Phase 2 but I have been reading more and it sounds as if I really need to give my body the 3 weeks on Phase 4 too. Since I will be flying in the next 6 weeks - I probably will not start losing again until just before Christmas - but that will be a gift too.
I have been getting rid of the droopy bottomed pants and have treated myself to a pair of pant that "fit" ... the smallest size since I had my 12 year old daughter.
It is amazing this protocol is not more well known. It makes sense... even if you read Dr. Oz "You on a Diet" you realize our low-fat / diet soda days only contributed to the obesity of today.
Until Phase 4 check in.....keep staying to the protocol.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Entering the final week of hCG
One more week of shots and on to the next phase. While I have slowed down, the bottomline is the total results of the first round of the protocol is quite impressive. Down 26 pounds and a total loss of 15.25 inches is not to become discouraged about. I think that is why they call the manuscript "Pounds and INCHES". Watching the scale daily can cause great stress for me when it does not move. Then the weekly measurement of my waist have shown a steady decrease.
Now compared to other programs I have done - my ole standby has been Weight Watchers - I would have been down only 12 pounds or so by now and certainly the waist would not have been widdling like it is.
I did have to come clean to alot of people this weekend. Doing injections from a product you get in the mail postmarked Singapore does put some skeptism in people's minds. My youngest daughter had told the neighbor I was on a new thing to lose weight. "Weight Watchers," the neighbor asks? My daughter says, "Oh no, that does not work for here. This one I help her with a daily shot." Well it is a small world where I live and my neighbor told my sister-in-law who I saw this weekend and she wanted to know what the heck I was doing. Well bottom line for her was the fact it was working for me.
I have enjoyed pulling new old items out of the back of my closet. I had gotten very tight in the waist and it would be every uncomfortable - now almost all the pants in my closet fit - which has not been the case for a couple years.
One more week and 2 days of the VLCD and onto the variety of Phase 3....
Now compared to other programs I have done - my ole standby has been Weight Watchers - I would have been down only 12 pounds or so by now and certainly the waist would not have been widdling like it is.
I did have to come clean to alot of people this weekend. Doing injections from a product you get in the mail postmarked Singapore does put some skeptism in people's minds. My youngest daughter had told the neighbor I was on a new thing to lose weight. "Weight Watchers," the neighbor asks? My daughter says, "Oh no, that does not work for here. This one I help her with a daily shot." Well it is a small world where I live and my neighbor told my sister-in-law who I saw this weekend and she wanted to know what the heck I was doing. Well bottom line for her was the fact it was working for me.
I have enjoyed pulling new old items out of the back of my closet. I had gotten very tight in the waist and it would be every uncomfortable - now almost all the pants in my closet fit - which has not been the case for a couple years.
One more week and 2 days of the VLCD and onto the variety of Phase 3....
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
End of Week Three into the Fourth
My number one fan, my husband, noticed I hadn't updated my blog this week and wondered what was going on... I am feeling a slump I guess. Down 19 pounds in 3 1/2 weeks should not be reason to feel like I am in a slump... however when the scale does not move in 3 days - it is discouraging. I an finishing my attempt of an Apple Day today and we will see what tomorrow brings. I am very tired tonight so not to ramble on for tonight but will post my results of the "Apple Day" which after my 6th one of the day I don't think that will be my fruit of choice tomorrow.
Monday, September 6, 2010
End of Week Two ... the slooowwww... down
Another successful week down, but it was not without disappointment. I have only a manual not digital scale so I was not able to see the tenth changes and that might have been helpful this week. Last week I was seeing two pound losses almost every day (11 pounds) this week it was only down 4 pounds - and it was hard to determine one pound losses on the scale. Someone mentioned on the Yahoo group that they weigh on their Wii Fit which measures in the tenth increment. That might be helpful.
Bottomline - I LOST FIVE POUNDS in ONE week. And I didn't have the hunger that I may have experienced on other diets. I also have lost a couple inches on my arms and 4 around my waist and 3 around my chest.
MEASURE when the scale does not keep up with what you want - the measuring tape will keep you in the game. I guess that is why our bible for this protocol is the Dr.'s paper entitled "Pounds and INCHES"
CHALLENGES: My daughters who are not yet teenagers baked this week - "Mom can't you even have a taste?" That is what I did - a mouse might have eaten more. Second challenge that came up was at a wedding we attended. A very nice meal was served, however, the only meat choice was pork. So I had a slice of the loin with a plate full of lettuce greens. Then the cake table had some of the best selections ever made by the most famous cake maker of our area....I allowed myself a tine of a forkful (not even half the fork) of my daughter's cake. When I got home I posted to the YAHOO group the question why the lean pork loin is not on the protocol and did that ever get an interesting varied response. Botttomline - it is not on protocol and the good doctor spent weeks (probably months) experimenting with various foods and it didn't make the cut. I will keep it out of my diet as I want to do the protocol and have the maximum results; however, when faced with it as an only option it is not so bad. With that said some folks reported having very negative reactions on the scale after allowing pork in their diet. My experience still showed the one pound loss each day.
OBSERVATIONS: I am doing the injections and the first week I couldn't even feel them in my belly. Now, however, I have a slight poke feeling upon the injection and then a slight burning sensation for the next 30 minutes or so after the injection. I do wait for the alcohol to dry prior to making the injection -- I am assuming it is from losing the FAT in my belly - the injection is actually getting somewhere right away.
STILL A FAN of hCG....
Until next week Angie
Bottomline - I LOST FIVE POUNDS in ONE week. And I didn't have the hunger that I may have experienced on other diets. I also have lost a couple inches on my arms and 4 around my waist and 3 around my chest.
MEASURE when the scale does not keep up with what you want - the measuring tape will keep you in the game. I guess that is why our bible for this protocol is the Dr.'s paper entitled "Pounds and INCHES"
CHALLENGES: My daughters who are not yet teenagers baked this week - "Mom can't you even have a taste?" That is what I did - a mouse might have eaten more. Second challenge that came up was at a wedding we attended. A very nice meal was served, however, the only meat choice was pork. So I had a slice of the loin with a plate full of lettuce greens. Then the cake table had some of the best selections ever made by the most famous cake maker of our area....I allowed myself a tine of a forkful (not even half the fork) of my daughter's cake. When I got home I posted to the YAHOO group the question why the lean pork loin is not on the protocol and did that ever get an interesting varied response. Botttomline - it is not on protocol and the good doctor spent weeks (probably months) experimenting with various foods and it didn't make the cut. I will keep it out of my diet as I want to do the protocol and have the maximum results; however, when faced with it as an only option it is not so bad. With that said some folks reported having very negative reactions on the scale after allowing pork in their diet. My experience still showed the one pound loss each day.
OBSERVATIONS: I am doing the injections and the first week I couldn't even feel them in my belly. Now, however, I have a slight poke feeling upon the injection and then a slight burning sensation for the next 30 minutes or so after the injection. I do wait for the alcohol to dry prior to making the injection -- I am assuming it is from losing the FAT in my belly - the injection is actually getting somewhere right away.
STILL A FAN of hCG....
Until next week Angie
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Eating Disorders
As a kid I was a chubby kid. I realize from my younger daughter I would have grown up and skinnier but I got a complex before that happened. Now I tell my daughter she is like a Great Dane puppy. She has size 8 adult shoe and is in the 4th grade. Once she grows in her feet her body will stretch out.
My years growing up I had a mom who tried every diet and was (still isn't) never happy with her body. As I entered the middle school age, an uncle close in age to me had nicknamed me chubs. When he went to college I was DETERMINED not to let him call me that anymore. I began to eat only a salad after school and I prided myself in using only on 20 punch lunch card throughout the entire year. I was able to skip supper because my mom had seen me eat my earlier supper - the salad. I most definitely was anorexic then and still didn't earn the honor of my uncle who was like a brother because he greeted me with Chubs when he returned the next summer even though I was without any body fat and not healthy.
Fortunately I had a high school coach who got me out of the cycle because she told me I could be good if I put some weight on. I did - and became somewhat normal throughout high school. I never saw myself as thin, but athletic - I was very critical about my looks. So it was a huge surprise to me when my school voted me Homecoming Queen my Senior year. Ironically, my influential uncle was the King the year he graduated.
Being an overachiever, as very common with someone with an eating disorder, I began college two days after graduating. Once again I had been challenged by my guidance counselor. I was in love and want to hurry through college so that I could get on with my life. I was on a path to get my BA degree in 3 years - my counselor said it was impossible. I set out to prove her wrong.
To make this possible I lived with my brother who was going to be a senior at the same university. However, he was married and I came to find out I was very jealous of her in a weird way as I always wanted a better relationship with my brother. This arrangement led to a job at a pizza place and the fear of adding too much weight made the eating disorder rear its ugly head. At first I only got rid of the pizza I ate. Over the next 2 years it increased to a point where I wouldn't keep anything I ate. I knew where every bathroom was on campus. I knew I had a problem. I sat in on an eating disorder support group and began to attend regularly. It was members of the group remembering a former member of the group who had gone to treatment and died one month after treatment due to a heart attack - her electrolytes were messed up. This was my wake up call. I met with the leader of the group and we made a call to my parents who helped me to arrange a month over Christmas in 1987 to attend treatment. I didn't think I was as bad as some of those girls - I was only purging 5-7 times a day - I didn't think anything of it. I was sick. At that time I weighed 156 pounds and was very thin at that weight.
I learned that food will always be my enemy. Dieting and restricting food is very dangerous for a person like myself. I have struggled internally as my weight reached new highs year after year. I have been on every diet out there and always came back to Weight Watchers which worked with the earliest weight gain and I became a lifetime member at that time.
With over 100 pounds to lose to get back to the weight I was when I entered the hospital all the diets out there took too long and my willpower would wilt. I have decided if I can get 60 of the 100 off at this point, I can come to accept myself there.
hCG has given me the willpower that I do not have on my own. In treatment we learned to follow the 12 steps of Overeaters Anonymous (OA). Instead of alcohol, the substance we learned to avoid and become powerless to was sugar and refined flour. Is this not the principal this protocol is based on? Detoxifying my body seems to be the right thing to do. It is why I feel this is the answer to my many years of internal struggle.
My years growing up I had a mom who tried every diet and was (still isn't) never happy with her body. As I entered the middle school age, an uncle close in age to me had nicknamed me chubs. When he went to college I was DETERMINED not to let him call me that anymore. I began to eat only a salad after school and I prided myself in using only on 20 punch lunch card throughout the entire year. I was able to skip supper because my mom had seen me eat my earlier supper - the salad. I most definitely was anorexic then and still didn't earn the honor of my uncle who was like a brother because he greeted me with Chubs when he returned the next summer even though I was without any body fat and not healthy.
Fortunately I had a high school coach who got me out of the cycle because she told me I could be good if I put some weight on. I did - and became somewhat normal throughout high school. I never saw myself as thin, but athletic - I was very critical about my looks. So it was a huge surprise to me when my school voted me Homecoming Queen my Senior year. Ironically, my influential uncle was the King the year he graduated.
Being an overachiever, as very common with someone with an eating disorder, I began college two days after graduating. Once again I had been challenged by my guidance counselor. I was in love and want to hurry through college so that I could get on with my life. I was on a path to get my BA degree in 3 years - my counselor said it was impossible. I set out to prove her wrong.
To make this possible I lived with my brother who was going to be a senior at the same university. However, he was married and I came to find out I was very jealous of her in a weird way as I always wanted a better relationship with my brother. This arrangement led to a job at a pizza place and the fear of adding too much weight made the eating disorder rear its ugly head. At first I only got rid of the pizza I ate. Over the next 2 years it increased to a point where I wouldn't keep anything I ate. I knew where every bathroom was on campus. I knew I had a problem. I sat in on an eating disorder support group and began to attend regularly. It was members of the group remembering a former member of the group who had gone to treatment and died one month after treatment due to a heart attack - her electrolytes were messed up. This was my wake up call. I met with the leader of the group and we made a call to my parents who helped me to arrange a month over Christmas in 1987 to attend treatment. I didn't think I was as bad as some of those girls - I was only purging 5-7 times a day - I didn't think anything of it. I was sick. At that time I weighed 156 pounds and was very thin at that weight.
I learned that food will always be my enemy. Dieting and restricting food is very dangerous for a person like myself. I have struggled internally as my weight reached new highs year after year. I have been on every diet out there and always came back to Weight Watchers which worked with the earliest weight gain and I became a lifetime member at that time.
With over 100 pounds to lose to get back to the weight I was when I entered the hospital all the diets out there took too long and my willpower would wilt. I have decided if I can get 60 of the 100 off at this point, I can come to accept myself there.
hCG has given me the willpower that I do not have on my own. In treatment we learned to follow the 12 steps of Overeaters Anonymous (OA). Instead of alcohol, the substance we learned to avoid and become powerless to was sugar and refined flour. Is this not the principal this protocol is based on? Detoxifying my body seems to be the right thing to do. It is why I feel this is the answer to my many years of internal struggle.
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