Hunger and HCG

I had some comments on my last post that I think are good suggestions and good questions. 


  helderheid said...

Do you have life caps or apple cider vinegar? Some claim life caps help curb their hunger. I personally take a swig of the ACV in water and that kills my appetite.

Good luck today!

July 19, 2010 9:26 AM

- Thank you, I hadn't heard of the life caps. I will see if I can find them locally. I do have ACV (apple cider vinegar). How long does that stuff keep for? I've had it since round 1 back in Feb. I will try it though. Thank you for the suggestions! 

 SeattleRunnerGirl said...

I haven't experienced hunger at all and am wondering why you are? Is your HCG dosage correct? Could it be a quality issue? I could NEVER do 500 calories/day if I was hungry and experiencing blood sugar issues!

July 19, 2010 10:31 AM

- This is not the first time I have heard of others never experiencing hunger on HCG. I think the dosage the first time around was off but the way I mixed it this time was 5 ml of saline (bactro stuff) to 5000 units of powder HCG. I got the HCG from my doctor directly from the pharmacy. I dosed 17 little marks on a diabetic syringe which is 3/10ths of 1CC. I hate math and never was any good at it but I think that's how you get the 170 units in the Dr. S protocol of 150-200. Does this sound right? Last round I ended up increasing and increasing the does until I got to a crazy amount 300 iu to ward off hunger and it didn't work. I'm not going past 200 iu this time. I have taken diet pills to curve my hunger every round. BUT with that said I have to take diet pills to keep the hunger monster away even when I'm not on the HCG. I am ALWAYS HUNGRY. I'm trying to increase my water intake to make sure it's not dehydration issues. I also do roller derby 4 times a week for about 2 hours at a time. That might have something to do with it also. But yes, you're right, doing 500 calories a day and being hungry is miserable. I pace up and down my house waiting to the time I can have a snack or eat. It sucks. 

In The Beginning... There Was Round 3

Today's Weight: 147.7
Yesterday's Weight: 146.4


Daily Difference: +1.3
Total Damage for Loading Days: +3.3 


Difference from R2 LIW: 136.6 lbs to 147.7 total of +11.1 (Ug!)


Round 3 VLCD 1 (P2)


I went back and read some of my past blogs for Round 2 and got a bit discouraged. Wow, round 2 was a total flop. I'm back at the weight I was when I first started round 2. It's ok though. This is a new round and a new chance to reach my goal. I also noticed that while the nuts I ate during loading days gave me .... let's just say it gave me issues in the bathroom... it didn't make me gain as much as I thought it would. I do have to admit even though I loaded and made nice oily salads and gluten free pizzas I was a bit careful on what I loaded on. No french fries. So I'm going to take it as a sign from the Deities that this will be a great round. 


I woke up this morning and weighed myself. I took one bite of an apple. I'm going to split one of those apples up and eat it through out the day to help me with my blood sugar issues. My stomach is screaming at me right now. HUNGRY! HUNGRY! I mean really? I ate my last loading food, a pint of chocolate ice cream, at 1am this morning. It's 11am. WTF? I popped a diet pill and am sipping on coffee and hope to last one more hour until lunch. 

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