Linda, thank you so much for posting this. I have felt so frustrated sometimes due to lack of or low weight loss. I went into this with extremely high expectations. The days that I didn't lose but .2, or .4 I would get so upset. I am currently now stalled with only 1.2 lbs to my goal weight. I will get there. I have no doubts at this stage. Thank you so much.
I am so happy this helped you!! I know the protocol can be a frustrating experience. Patience is really necessary. I know you will make it so hang in there.
I am really glad you posted your journal - I am currently waiting on my drops from Yourhcg to come in and I am so very excited - and nervous. I have already lost from my high of 248 pounds (doing many different diets) and I am right now at around 175 pounds and really want to get to at least 140 something. I have been reading everything I can find on HCG Diet.
You are to be commended for doing your homework prior to starting!! This will guarantee you do VERY WELL once you start. On the day you start your protocol if you eat the high fat foods I outlines in the "Loading on HCG" section you will do very well through the first 10 days which are the toughest. Please feel free to ask any questions you might have. I am here as often as I can be and we have MANY people who post here which are VERY experienced who can and will chime in to help you out. All the best for a wonderful journey to health.
Wait, so do you have to maintain the LDW after the six weeks? for the rest of your life? you can't lost anymore by exercise and calorie counting?Originally Posted by Linda
Just need clarification. Thanks!
You are to maintain within 2.1 pounds for life. That is not a hardship once you have stabilized your weight at your new LDW. That is the reason for not cheating during the phases. Cheating damages the reset of the set weight point. Most people find they rarely have to correct their weight once they complete Phase 4.
I guess what I am saying is that I have more weight to lose, and planned on completing maintenance, then counting calories and exercise to lose the last 20 or so lbs I need to lose. Is that possible?
Yes, however just be aware that any weight you lose without the benefit of HCG will result in the loss of normal not abnormal fat and therefore any weight lost will be regained when you increase calories.
I guess I'm going to post up a success story here, so here goes:
Girlfriend and I decided after last Memorial Day that it was time to do something about our weight's due to having so many problems getting around the city of Chicago when we were on vacation. So, upon returned, we took advantage of one of the "buy one, get one of the same size" free offers running on this website. We waiting a little bit and started loading on June 8th, 2011 at a starting weight of 310.6 pounds. Over the next 31 days, I lost 38.8 pounds and locked in a LDW of 271.8. Upon going on our first maintenance, I started off very, very slowly. However, since I live in the Midwest and it was summer time, I had to do a lot of work outdoors. By the time I the maintenance phases, I had dropped another 14 pounds (down to 257.8).
I had a work conference that sent me to Las Vegas in late August, which I figured was going to be the first real "test" of this new lifestyle change. With so many options available to you, it's way to easy to go overboard and resort to those bad habits that got you in trouble in the first place. I was pleased that even with some boundaries exceeded, I came back only +1.0 pound. Upon returning, my girlfriend wanted to jump into round 2. So, we used Labor Day Weekend as another "last hurrah" and on that Monday of Labor Day, we locked in starting weights. I locked in 260.8 after all the loading. We decided to try to push a 45 day round this time around. I was in the midst of a weight loss challenge at work and wanted to help my team at least compete for the 5 free vacation days they were offering.
41 days later (and roughly 4 days after the weight loss challenge final weigh-ins), I was down to 217.6 pounds. Combine a few more pounds lost in weaning, I entered Round 2, Phase 3 having lost a total of 95 pounds at that point. Now, maintenance wasn't as great this time around, but I still ended up finishing Phase 4 at 6 pounds below LDW. This put me at flirting with the 100 pounds lost mark.
Since I ended Round 2 in late November, I've gone through some major American food/drink holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's, Super Bowl Sunday, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day) and I'm happy to report that I've kept with the lifestyle changes and have continued to make positive choices in the foods I consume on a daily basis. When I "clocked out" on the HCG program, I was at around 211-212 pounds. In the last 4 weeks, I've made a conscious effort to watch my food intake and document it more and add more activity to my plans per day. As of this morning (4/15/12), the scale informed me today that I weighted 200.6 pounds. This puts me at 110.0 pounds lost since that first day in June 2011.
I'm making my way to my high end BMI non-overweight number in 184, but to be honest, I'll be extremely happy to be at 190. While I'm not using HCG for the final part of this weight loss journey, I feel it had a major impact in getting the ship righted, in terms of my lifestyle, that needed to be righted. Needless to say, even though my last LDW was around 217 pounds, I have a feeling I'm going to always considering 200 to be my worst case LDW as life goes on.
Wishing everyone luck on this. My biggest keys to everyone is not sweating the day to day bumps in the road (keep eyeing it as a big picture) and try to stay as positive as you can with it. It's rough changing, but the end results are so going to be worth it in the end.
As an addition to this story...I've finally be able to drop below 200 pounds. The psychological relief when a "1" was the first number on the scale is huge.
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