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[MichelleA]

Hello,

I have been following everyone story for the last two weeks gaining much needed support to start my new journey. I am starting my Load days tomorrow I figured the weekend would be the best.

Just a little about myself I am happily married for the past 10 years to a great man who adopted my 8 year the same year plus we have a nine year old together. Weight was never a problem for me until I had my second son in my late 20's. I have tried this diet twice before but could never get past 2 1/2 weeks so I am shoting for the entire 23 days this time. Our oldest is graduation high school and we have a big family vacation to Cancun and I want to feel comfortable in a bathing suit. I would love to lose 15 - 20 lbs but would be happy with even 10 I don't want to set myself up for failure.

Please continue to add updates for me to read it really has been a great help to get motivated!!

[tygereye]

Welcome MichelleA!! I have just started my first journey, and I am 5 days in... So far so good!!

[Sadie]

Michelle, so nice to get to know you. We will make sure you make it through day 18 this time! You can do it and we will help!!!

[Viimo]

Welcome Michelle! I too am loading today and this is my third round on HCG. I did my first round about a year and a half ago and I lost about 17 lbs. It was great I flew through my maintenance stages and kept my weight off for about a year but then i wanted to lose more and i tried another round. Unfortunately I couldn't stay on protocol so I wasted round 2. So here I am back on the journey again. I had a great support team on this forum last go round so I suggest you stick close to the forums during those rough days. Oh a little about me Im 25 and i've been married for 4 years, I dont have any children and I work and attend school at night. I love eating out and havent really had much time for exercise so that's when the lbs start piling on. Anywho enough rambling out of me I wish you the best michelle and I'll try to keep you motivated :-) Oh and Hey Linda!

[Sadie]

Nice to see you again Viimo - welcome back. This round we will get it right.

[Viimo]

Yes indeedy thanks Linda

[MichelleA]

Hi Viimo, Thanks for the support. I explained to my husband last night that I join this forum and he is being really supportive. I live in a house with extremely fit and lean men/boys (my sons) and a husband who loves to work out to look good. Some times I can get the feeling of not fitting in. They can all eat what they want and when and not gain a pound. They love me and are their for me but they don't understand the battle that dieting can be. This is the first time I have joined a support group and already am LOVING it. Thank you all. I look for updates and questions every day from other memebers to give me motivation. Day 2 of Loading and looking forward to the next stage so I can watch the scale go down.

[Viimo]

No prob Michelle, in fact I don't fit in either. My husband is a slim vegan health freak lol. And I am the complete opposite! Truthfully I think this diet is much harder without support because a lot of times the people around you can be very critical. For example last round many of my coworkers and friends thought I was crazy for doing HCG, but then when I lost the wait it was a different story... How did your loading days go? Mine were miserable. I went back and forth between a headache and nausea for both days. Truthfully I'm glad it's over and I can't wait to start VLCD tomorrow

Linda- btw can I use baby oil gel? I have really dry skin and the oil just doesn't cut it.

[tygereye]

I was afraid that my husband wouldn't support this either, and to my surprise, he went to the store, and bought me stuff that I needed for the diet... I love my hubby!!! As of now, only my mom, one of my sisters, and my husband know what I am doing... Thankfully, right now, I don't really have a job, but, the one I do have, most can be done from home...

[MichelleA]

Viimo and Tygereye - I haven't told anyone what I am doing either except my family that lives in my home and my dad but he is not doing so good health wise (which is another stress I am not sure how to deal with) I am extremely close with him and I need him to go to the doctor but he is very stuborn and won't go. I do work a full time job and my co-worker thinks this diet is crazy so I haven't said anything to her. Tygereye - my hubby went to the store with me today and asked all about the diet this time around so I am feeling more support and love it really is helpfuf. Viimo - the loading has not been easy because you have to break all the rules of dieting. I fell asleep this afternoon and when I woke up I was hungry which freaked me out that I didn't eat enough. Since this is my third round and I have never really completed this stage I am trying harder. My husband is making me a steak for dinner and my favorite veggies that are not allowed. Gotta love him. Thanks for the support I look forward to going through this with a team.