Today 147.4 lbs

Reloading Day 2
Round 2

I decided to reload on Monday and today. I know that last week on Thursday I was 141 lbs and I'm sure tomorrow I'll be over 148 lbs. That's going to be about 7 pounds I'll have to re-lose. Since I ran out of HCG and I have been so sick with some upper respiratory bug I decided it might not be a bad idea to take the hit and gain it. I haven't been hungry on Round 2 and I think it was because I loaded much better than I did the first round. I didn't want to take the risk of messing that up just because I was sick and ran out of HCG. My dose is pretty high on it right now. .28 units on the little itty bitty needle. My doctor told me to start this round at .30 units but I felt that was a bit too high. I usually increase it the dose by a unit every 3 to 4 days though I think I might just skip a day a week to not keep going higher. I'm not sure yet. Good luck to all you losing on HCG out there. I know we'll be able to do this!

Long Time No Write

Today's Weight: 142.0 lbs

Summary of Last Few Days:
3/22 145.8 lbs
3/23 144.8 lbs
3/24 143.8 lbs
3/25 142.2 lbs
3/26 141.6 lbs

Round 2 VLCD 8

I have been sick for the last week. I've been so sick that finally on Thursday I noticed I was running low on HCG. I called my doctor's office and they were suppose to have called the pharmacy. Of course, it had to happen, there was some delay and I won't be getting it until Monday. Today is Saturday! I will be out of my HCG until Monday!!! I'm still sick and TOM has come to visit! What luck. I even have pink eye! Last night I was so tired of being sick that I had to console myself with chocolate and cashews. I rarely cheat but I was so done last night. I have been blessed by the Diet Gods and only gained .4 lbs and have continued to lose through out TOM, that actually started 2 days ago. I have little to complain about EXCEPT I don't have any HCG!!!!! F$#%!!!! I'm so mad at myself for not noticing how low the liquid was getting but I was so sick I was barely getting out of bed to inject myself. I think the VLCD has something to do with my lingering illness. Maybe I should let the three days go by and eat for 48 hours to load and start again? I don't know. I've been sick and haven't done roller derby or exercise and I noticed that has a lot to do with my appetite. I was not nearly as hungry as I was the first round. Tomorrow I have derby practice though, without HCG AND on a VLCD. I'll let you all know how I do!! Pink eye and all.

Damage Control

Today's Weight: 147.0

Round 2
Phase 2, VLCD #3

I'm doing a lot of damage control from those 2 loading days. Now I'm damning myself for being such a pig. Oh well. Now I'm on my 3rd day of VLCD and just trying to get to my last injection weight from round 1. Not too mad, I've lost 2 pounds a day or so. But I'm hungry, hum, imagine that. Me, hungry? Shocker!

Oh The Damage I Can Do...

Today's Weight: 151.4 lbs
LIW from R1: 146.6 lbs
Gain: +5.0lbs


Yesterday's Weight: 151.6 lbs
Day Before Yesterday: 147.4 lbs


Day 3 of Round 2
Phase 2
First Day of Very Low Calorie Diet


In one loading day I was able to pack on 4-5 pounds! Is that impressive or what?! Geez. That's just outright wrong. I did some serious working out on Wednesday of this week and I know I tore muscle fibers. My thighs were killing me and last night I worked them out even more. I'm hoping part of that weight gain is not only fried pickles but water retention from injured muscle fibers. That's what I'm telling myself to console myself.


The two loading days were very different from the first round I did. I dreaded started the low calorie diet the first round and those two loading days all I could do was think of how I was going to starve to death in 48 hours. This time around I wasn't nervous, just a bit sad that I was going to be hungry again. Unlike other people who say they are not hungry during the VLCD portion of the diet I was hungry. Some days super hungry. A few days ago I thought I would just eat almond butter for 48 hours and that would be my loading. But I decided to reward myself for all the good work I had done and eat the things I had missed. Hence 5 pounds in one day. Funny though, cinnabons are not that yummy any more. Chocolate ice cream is yummy though. Fried pickles lost their charm. And pizza really didn't taste very good. And the stomach ache I had from eating all this stuff was a killer. And bloating! Oh my! I look forward to phase 3 again and felt much more secure in my choice for doing this diet. I don't think I can ever go back to eating how I was eating before.


I made some yogurt and kefir. I'm not sure if I'll be able to eat it but I made it from scratch and let it ferment/do it's thing according the SCD (specific carbohydrate diet) that only allows monosachorides for ease of digestion and to rule out additional sugar being left in the gut. I was going to try eating a little of it on Phase 2 right before roller deby practices. I will give up all other forms of exercise but giving up derby is hard and I know it interferes with my weight loss. I'm very curious to see how much weight I loss these next few days. Wish me luck!

I did it!

Today's Weight: 147.4


Round 2
Phase 1- Loading days
Day #1


I decided to go ahead and cut phase 4 short. I really was looking forward to the loading days. I dreamt about them and that's all that kept me going some days. Now that I actually have them they're not all I imagined. First of all the gas/bloating and upset stomach is bad. I'm eating more almond butter. I did eat cereal this morning. I ate my long awaited Nut clusters. They were sort of stale by now but still tasted like nut clusters. I ate bacon this morning and I've eaten chocolate ice cream, hot chocolate milk, biscotti. I'm sure tomorrow I won't be able to move I'll be so full of gas! And I"m really HAPPY. The chocolate is dumbing all the good juice in my brain and I LOVE everyone right now!!! :))

Should I or Shouldn't I?

Weight Today: 147.2 lbs
Weight Yesterday: 148.2
Loss/Gain: -1.0 lb

I didn't do a steak day yesterday but ate a little bit better. I was hungry though. I might not be eating enough protein or something. I'm considering doing another round and not finishing out phase 4. My mom just finished her first round and has some HCG left over and I'm so close to being ready for Round 2 that I'm considering it. I know it's not recommended by the original protocal. The doctor we get the HCG from though does it without taking breaks in between rounds. I thought that was a bit much. They just keep increasing the dose when you become immune to the HCG. I'm not so sure I agree with that. Well, I know I didn't agree with that because I didn't do that. Do you all have any suggestions? Have you all tried to do another round without finishing phase 4? I want to lose the weight and be on phase 3 by April 14 because doing another roller derby bout on 500 calories is a killer. Would it be horrible if I didn't finish out phase 4?

I Gave In To Temptation

Phase 4, Day 2
Yesterday's Weight: 146.6
Today's Weight: 148.2 lbs
Up from last injection weight: + 2.0lbs

I just went nuts yesterday. It was like I had some type of breaking point. I was hungry! I mean really hungry. I have to admit I have continued to take 1/2 of a diet pill every day. Unlike what I've read so far about your body learning how much to eat, mine has not! I'll eat all day even if it's "good" for you, I'll eat a lot of it. Yesterday I had a roller derby match/game and I skated a lot on Saturday and a lot on Sunday. Of course I was stressing out these last few days about it. I usually don't want to get hurt or make a fool out of myself. I still made a fool out of myself but I didn't hurt myself! But it made me hungry. I went to eat out after the bout and even though I had fajitas without any "illegal" foods I know they have to marinate their meat with something with sugar. My stomach starting hurting within 1/2 hour and the rest was down hill from there. I was hungry and wanted almond butter. At night I attacked a can of dry milk. Yes, powdered milk. Ate it straight from the can! Is that nasty or what? I also drank a bottle of wine. Not only did I NOT get drunk or feel any affects from the alcohol the sugar just made me more hungry. I ate mussels that my husband at last night and I usually don't like mussels but last night I loooovvveeed them. This morning I woke with a lot of water retention, up 1.5 pounds, lotta gas (which sounds like a name on our derby league) and a very upset tummy. I am paying for my digressions. I'm going to try to eat a steak for lunch and a steak for dinner with a couple of apples during the day. I'm also going to drink a lot of tea.

I've also noticed that there are some days where I still 'turn yellow'. My liver is still in the process of healing. I woke up like that in the morning but didn't have that issue today. I probably should have some blood tests to check my liver but I'm assuming it's all from the dietary changes and it hasn't given me any additional problems but looking a bit funny walking around looking a tad bit jaundice. Has anyone else had this problem out there on this diet?

HCG and SCD

Today's Weight: 146.6 lbs
Yesterday's Weight: 147.0 lbs
LIW: 146.2 lbs

I've been feeling a little under the weather and haven't written. I've also been busy reading up on the SCD diet. It's the Specific Carbohydrate Diet. It's very similar to the HCG diet. After doing the HCG diet I started reading up and getting information on what I can do to maintain phase 4 for the rest of my life and how I could incorporate healthy eating to everyone in my family. I was the only one that was overweight so that wasn't the issue. But I do want all of us to eat as healthy as possible. My son does appear to have GI issues and craves carbs. I remember how difficult it was to "detox" and get my GI healthier those first few days on HCG. I suspect my son needs to go through something similar and then we all need to watch those starches/carbs and gluten. The SCD diet uses almond flour and homemade natural ingredients. It's way to strict for Phase 3 and Phase 4 and they do allow no no carrots. But if you modify the stevia for honey and omit the carrots it's pretty yummy. I made my first almond flour cookies last night. They were pretty good. They looked like cookies, smelled like cookies and even tasted like cookies. Since it was for my family I used honey so I could only have a crumb! But I start phase 4 in a few days and I'm going to try to introduce honey and bananas and that's about it. I'm actually a little scared but all I can do is try to maintain my LIW and change my old carb/gluten diet lifestyle. Though I have to admit, I'm looking forward to those 2 loading days before I start Round 2 of HCG! I've felt a lot better without carbs and have noticed that my allergies have gotten much butter. I can even let my cat inside without having an allergy attack! My cat is happy.

Today's Weight: 146.8 lbs
Yesterday's Weight: 146.8 lbs
Loss/Gain: 0 lbs


Phase 3 (Round 1), Day 19
LIW: 146.2
Loss/Gain from LIW: + .6 lbs

Is Turkey A Forever No No?

Weight Today: 146.8 lbs
Yesterday's Weight: 148.0 lbs
Loss: -1.2 lbs

Phase 3 (Round 1), Day 18
Last Injection Weight: 146.2
Gain from LIW: .6 lbs


Just wanted to put in my weight before I forgot it. I won't do a steak day today but I'm going to be extra careful not almond butter and to eat enough protein. I still have a bad habit of getting hungry at 10 pm even though I eat enough for dinner. Yesterday I ate a salad with 2 tenderloins (chicken) and a small portion of steak around 6pm. By 10 I had to have an apple. But at least I didn't smoother it in almond butter. For breakfast I'm going to have an omelet. For lunch I'm planning a spinach and shrimp soup (all concoctions of my own) and kabobs for dinner. I've kept to apples and oranges for snacks. I know they are a little bit higher on the glycemic index scale but I'm not typically fond of many fruits.

I don't know if anyone out there knows the answer but what's the deal with turkey? Can we use it in Phase 3. I know Dr. S didn't recommend turkey in Phase 2 and didn't give too much of an explanation why. So trusting in his wisdom of higher dieting power I haven't eaten turkey. But yesterday at Cosco I found some turkey patties with no additives with 32 grams of protein per patty. But is turkey a forever no no?!

I Ate It

Oh, today I ate something I don't think will affect the diet but was not in the protocol. I don't remember exactly what I was doing but I "ate it" hard in roller derby today. I mean, I hit that floor with so much momentum on a fall that I skipped on top of the rink like a pebble in water. Derby is the only place where I miss my fat and wish I had my 25 pounds of blubber padding back on!

Curse That Almond Butter

Weight: 148.0 lbs
Phase 3 (Round 1), Day 17

I don't remember yesterday's weight but I think it was in the 145-146 lbs range. So I went up about 2 pounds! Curse that almond butter. Yes, I have to admit I've been hitting the almond butter kind of frequently. I'm telling you, it's like crack! And I think it upsets my stomach too but it's like an out of body experience. I walk towards the refrigerator and see that Cosco size jar and I have to unscrew the lid. Then, that's when it happens. It's like I hoover over my body screaming "noooooooo!" Then I see myself sticking a finger in, then a spoon and before I know it, almond butter is smearing an apple. I even lick the plate and walk around the house sucking on the spoon! Take the almond butter out of the fridge and throw it away? I can't! When I manage to control myself and only have one little teaspoon when ever I want something sweet it's a great treat. I tried making almond flour cupcakes. It just isn't the same. I'm still fighting my sweet tooth even after all this time. I have to admit it's not as bad. I don't crave cookies or chocolate. Just almond butter. I hated almond butter before the diet. I skated for 2 hours yesterday and skated 2 hours this morning. I hope a skated some of that almond butter away.

After roller derby practice the girls went out for brunch. I went with them and had my first "restaurant meal" since starting the HCG diet. I should have done a steak day today but his so much skating I get dizzy  and light headed. I ate a chicken fajita salad that only had lettuce, tomato, avocado, and cheese (along with the grilled chicken). I'm sure it had some hidden sugar in it either in the sauce that they marinated the chicken in or the cheese. But damn it, I was hungry and wanted to eat! Ug! Within half an hour I was making a mad dash to the restroom. I won't go into details but my body is not use to eating that stuff and didn't take it well. That's alright though, tomorrow is a new day!

Surprise Surprise!

Phase 3- Maintenance
Days on Phase 3: 14 days
Weight Today: 144.6 lbs
Weight Yesterday: 146.0 lbs
Loss (-) 1.4 pounds


To my delight and surprise I lost 1.4 pounds from yesterday. I got up and weighed myself and I kicked the weight twice just in case it was broken. I still took a diet pill yesterday because I had been a bit hungry lately. It took the edge off my hunger. I was sure to eat though. I had 3 eggs in the morning (with a tad of butter), chicken lightly fried in coconut oil and tofu with some zucchini. I had an orange and an apple for snacks. I'm forgetting what I had for dinner but something along the same lines. I'm NOT a cook so I don't do anything fancy! I've also been drinking water with a bit of lemon with my meals. I was told it helped with digestion and gastric acid. I also had a big spoonful of almond butter with an apple. From 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm I played roller derby so I did have some exercise. I usually gain weight (water retention or muscle stuff) the day after so I was really surprised. 


I still have not gone back on my thyroid medicine, birth control (used for poly cystic ovarian syndrome and endometriosis), or metaformin (used for insulin resistance). I haven't noticed any big drops in my sugar or felt dizzy during the day. However, my muscles around my shoulders and neck have been aching so much that I've been taking ibuprofen. I haven't injured myself, except last night I took a decent blow to the back of my head in derby. Damn floor. But I noticed the tightness and pain start a few days after I started Phase 3. I have continued to take Wellbutrin XL throughout all phases. We'll see if the neck pain get's any worse with time (and of course I'll try to avoid bonking myself). 


For all of those out there struggling with this diet, don't give up! You've have ups and downs, you'll 'cheat', you'll tell yourself this is ridiculous. Hell, other people will tell you this is ridiculous! But just keep at it. You can do it!

Steak-ish Day

Yesterday I did a steak-ish day. I actually had breakfast in the morning, eggs and sausage. In the middle of the day I was so hungry I had an apple. Around 5ish I had the steak. No almond butter all day and I skipped my 2 hour physical fitness bootcamp since I skated so much this weekend. I always seem to gain at least a pound of water retention for torn muscles which makes it trickier to hold the weight at the LIW. This morning I woke up at:

146.0 lbs

What a relief!!!

Crazy Ups and Downs

Phase 3, Day 10
Last Injection Weight: 146.2
Weight After 2 Days W/Out injection: 145.0


Today's Weight: 148.2
Yesterday's Weight: 146.8
GAIN 1.8 lbs
GAIN from LIW: 2lbs


I noticed I was pretty hungry yesterday through out the day. I also noticed I got hungrier the day after I roller skated for 5-6 hours.  Saturday I didn't eat regularly through out the day only because I wasn't home to get the food I needed and didn't want to eat out. But I did eat, just not at my "normal times". I skated 2 hours in the morning and 4 hours in the evening and ate fairly late. The next day Sunday, I skated 2 hours in the morning and was hungry!! I also was craving almond butter again. Last night I ate again fairly late, 10:00 pm (steak and chicken w/ plain goat yogurt and cucumbers). And almond butter. A few teaspoons... ok maybe they were tablespoons. I call it "crack" butter. I'm sure the people who can it sprinkle crack on it! Geez!! I'm always wanting that stuff! I'm not technically "over 2 pounds" today but right at 2 pounds. Can that be a result of the crack butter, water retention from hours of exercise, not eating on a regular schedule or a combination of factors. I think that shots and low calorie diet was easier! I knew what to eat, what not to eat and falls from grace where clear cut. No cookies, no biscottis, no delicious morsels of chocolate. But almond butter... seems healthy... allowed on diet in "small" quantities. "Small" is relative. 3.5 oz is absolute. I need the exact number of oz. :) That's what the problem is! Yes, I'll keep telling myself that. 


To do a steak day or not to do a steak day?! I'm leaning towards not and just eating more proteins and no crack butter. I'll probably take a half of a diet pill. I know diet pills are bad but so is that crack butter! I have a long few weeks ahead with this phase 3 and phase 4 stuff. Then I plan to do another round of HCG. No rest for the wicked. Damn almond butter!