Starting Phase 3

Starting Phase 3 tomorrow or the next day. My last injection (#40) was Sunday & I'm not sure if today counts as the 3rd day of the 500 cal or tomorrow. I lost a total of 17 pounds. Not bad for a person in a wheelchair to accomplish in about 6 weeks :)

Day 43 Injection # 40

Today was my last injection for this 1st cycle. I started at 172 and now weigh 156 or 155. My scale is a little hard to read. Just a few more days on 500 calories. Then the challenge of trying to find my max calorie intake without carbs or starches while I try to maintain this weight. My husband Ron has done pretty well on this phase and has successfully used the steak day twice to bring down the weight gain. Because I'm wheelchair bound, I'm guessing that my max calories should be about 1200 or 1300 cal/day.

5/18 Injection #34

Sunday 5/18 was to be Injection #34. I had plateaued earlier at 163 for a week, and now at 160 for a week. I figured to quit injections today if I did not lose weight. After the Injection 23, I changed from 200 IU to 125 IU because of the first plateau. Then I changed it to 150 IU after I started stalling at 160 lbs. Yesterday I went back to 200 IU. This past week I tried apple days twice. I figured I had maxed out on the benefits of HCG for this round. Then ... Sunday showed I dropped to 158 & today between 157 & 158. We had prayed to God on Saturday night that I needed to show a weight loss or we would conclude this round. PTL. Thank you drugdelivery.ca

Injection # 30

I still am stalled at 160 lbs, even after an apple day. Then I reread Cindy's ebook on pg 40. She said "needless to say an apple day should not be done on a day without an HCG injection" Well I had not noticed that before & my apple day was on a 'no injection' day :( I also had 2 cups of coffee & my Nano Greens. Some of these fine points - I'm missing until after the fact :( I still want to continue with 10 more injections, skipping Tuesdays. My dosage for 23 injections was 200 IU, then the next 6 at ~ 125 IU. Now I'm trying ~150 IU. I'm pleased I lost 12 lbs but want to lose more before the 40 injections are done.

Day 29

I started injections on April 13th. My pre injection weight was 172. Today I weighed 159 !! We went to a Mothers' Day brunch. I did quite well eating shrimp, a large green salad, and strawberries. We skipped injection last Tuesday and will skip this Tuesday & next. I don't know if when you are on HCG for 40 days -- do you count the skipped days as part of the 40 or do you count beyond noting 40 as 40 days of injections? Help anyone....

Day 25

Finally a drop of 2 lbs. I had been at 163 for a week. With Cindy's advice I have stopped using lotion from Trader Joes. I'm using mineral oil. Stopped using yellow onions and need to stop putting tomatoes on my lettuce. We have also reduced my HCG from 200 IU to about 125 IU.

Day 24

No injection Today. Weight still at 163. I've been here for about 8 days. Will stop having yellow onions and will stop tomatoes with my lettuce and strawberries with the spinach. Also will stop using the Trader Joes extra dry moisturing cream. None of the above seemed to interfere during the first 14 days. Will start injections again tomorrow. Probably should mix a new batch reducing the IU to 125 instead of 200 IU. Anyone have any suggestions? If this continues, I will take a break and resume in 6 weeks.

Stuck for 7 days

I have been stuck for about 7 days & tommorrow will be day 24. My husband is thinking about stopping but I'm going to continue. Either way, we'll skip an injection tomorrow but continue the 500 cal diet. My apple day brought a 1.5 lb loss but it went back up. We have been cooking yellow or red onions with our protein and I guess I'll have to eliminate that. Otherwise, is it the tomato with the lettuce or the strawberries with the spinach? I guess I could try another apple day but it's been less than a week since I did that. Tomorrow we'll take my measurements. I hope that will show some difference.

6 apple day

I too have stalled for the last week - 165,164,165,164,163,162,163. I tried a 6 apple day & lost 1.5 lbs. Then gained it back. I suppose I need to see if I am using or taking the wrong things. Still overall I've lost 9 pounds in 15 days. Considering the Curves program, it took me 4 or 5 months to lose 9 lbs, I'm doing well. Not as well as I'd like but pretty good. We might drop the HCG dosage from 200 IU to 150 IU when we mix the next vial.

Short Trip

We went on a short 2-night trip. Took the HCG on ice, needles, prepackaged food. Went to the reception after an event. Wondered if we could eat anything there. Had some shrimp, salsa, and strawberries. That worked out but if it hadn't, we brought shrimp, lean roast beef, celery, radishes, spinah, strawberries, tea, coffee. Haven't weighed yet. Will tomorow morning. Mentally preparing to do a 6 apple day (no other food) if we blew it.