Results on dosing day 4

2nd day of vlc diet
Weight-210.2--down another 2.2 pounds

Loss total = 4.4 pounds

Again and still shocking...no hunger...none...zero....zilch. Sometimes I feel like I have to force myself to eat. Lunch today was left over shrimp and green beans from last night's dinner and a sliced orange and a melba toast. Having beef for dinner....mmmmmm.

I have not had the headaches that are often attributed to the first few days of HCG dosing nor the weakness. My sleep is a little scattered and yesterday was the first day in probably two weeks that I didn't take a nap in the afternoon. My only real complaint is that I have a wierd soreness in my thighs. It is almost like the post-workout soreness caused by lactic acid build-up, except that I haven't worked out. Hmmm. I really can't think of anything I have done in the past few days that would have caused the muscle soreness. It isn't unbearable so I am not incredibly worried about it. But because I am the guinea pig for a number of my friends, I am noting whatever I can that may help them decide if this is a diet they could be successful on.

Results on dosing day 3

Morning Weight 212.4--a total loss of 2.2 pounds overnight.

I was worried I'd be hungry but soooo not. I enjoyed the meals I had but wasn't left feeling like I was starved or even restricted. I made tater tots for the kids (6 and 3 years old) and didn't even feel the urge to eat them myself. Dinner was shrimp in hot-wing sauce (sauce is 0 cals) and sautee'd green beans, and strawberries. Yummy!

Getting Started

I weigh too much. I have gone through an ugly marraige, an even uglier divorce and a 40 pound weight gain in the last three years. It is time to do something about it. I have been successful in the past with low carb diets, but lately I just can't seem to get motivated or stick to much that is organized or healthy in terms of food.

About a week ago a friend told me about the HCG diet plan. I researched it, read everything I could find online, and finally ordered sublingual HCG from Mediral (a compounding pharmacy). I started the HCG sublingually three times a day on Friday, June 26, 2009. The total daily dosage is 1.5 ml. I am not sure what that makes the total HCG dosage, but apparently it is enough. Friday and Saturday were 'loading' days and I ate whatever I wanted as often as I could.

Today, Sunday June 28, 2009 is my first 500 cal diet day. I woke up and weighed myself. 214.6 pounds. I am not happy about that number but at least it is a place to start. I find that so far today I am not hungry. I had two large glasses of iced coffee with stevia throughout the morning. For lunch I made tilapia with browned onions, my melba toast, and six strawberries. I felt like I was eating more because it was lunch time than because I needed to eat. Now I am sipping on iced tea with a lemon slice and stevia. Dinner will be baked chicken and green salad with my melba toast and I will have a strawberry smoothie made from berries, ice and water before bed.

I am excited about the diet and about the prospect of being fit and healthy for the first time in a number of years. I'll be posting my progress here from now on and those of you who are interested are welcome to comment.

Thanks! Katie