Cost of the HCG

Depending on the dosage you use, and the debate goes on & on, whether to use Dr. Simeone's 125 IU or 150 IU or 200 IU or whatever, the cost per round shouldn't be more than about $75 - $100.

So far in 23 days I've lost 5 lbs

Started mid April at 175. Now in Round 2, so far in 23 days, I've lost 5 lbs. I started July4th at 156 and now am stalled at 150. This round 2 has been slower and I have stalled 3 times. I'm going for the 40 day cycle to see if I can lose some more weight. The 1st round, I dropped 16 lbs in 40 days. Don't know why this is tougher but it's still worth it.

My son Tom

My son Tom read my blog the other day and congratulated me. What a treat that was to have a family member encourage me. Tom hasn't seen me for over 16 months except for pictures. Thanks Tom. If you ever want to try this, I'll pay for the HCG !!!

An apple day

I was asked what about doing a 6 apples day when you stall. I tried it twice in Round 1 nd didn't lose. In round 2 I tried it again but didn't lose. My husband Ron tried it today. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. He'll let me know tomorrow morning.

OOPS :(

OOPS :( After being at 152 for over 5 days, I went to 151, then 150 but was 152 this morning. :( I couldn't think of a single thing I did wrong but I still wasn't going to panic. Then this evening I thought of those grissini (bread sticks) that are allowed. We had bought some before we started Round 2. They were a different brand than last time when one fat stick was about 45 cal. These were sooo tiny and thin. I ate a single serving. As I read the box this evening, I discovered that I ate an extra 110 cal and it contained 20 carbs. OOPS Now to see how long it takes to correct that mistake.

July 15 at 152 lbs

finally a break through

Finally a break through. I've been stalled at 152 for almost a week. Then Monday I was 151, today 150. I've got no clue but I knew eventually at 500 cal/day versus 1200 cal/day, it would use 3500 cal or 1 pound sometime. As long as the HCG keeps the hunger away, I can hang in there. I won't stop after 23 injections but I'll skip day 24 and then 7 & 14 days later I'll skip those days til I get the 40 injections in. Last round 1 my rate was 4/10 lb per day and it looks like this round 2 is going to be similar. Compared to my inactivity as a quad in a wheelchair, this is marvelous :)

R2 Day 16

I have lost 4 pounds but no change now for days. I know during Round 1, I hit two plateaus - one for 8 days, one for 9. So if nothing else, eating 500 calories a day instead of 1200, I should lose a pound every 5 days. At least with the HCG I'm not hungry. I can't think of anything I'm doing wrong, No extra calories, no oils.

Round 2 Injection 8 Very Low Cal Diet Day 6

Started Round 2 on July 4th. Pre gorge weight on July 2nd was 156, but on July 3rd was 159. The highest I got was 160. Two days ago I was 155, yesterday was 153 and now today, July 11, I am 155. Don't know if I did anything wrong but based on the 1st round, I know I have to hang in there for the long run. I have felt a little weaker this time around. It could be the temperature is in the 90's.

Reflecting back to Round 1 in April 2008.
We injected ourselves in the morning. On day one & two we eat out or in, indulged ourselves on buffets and fatty foods until we could eat no more. Day three, we started the 500 calorie/day regime.

We bought Boneless Skinless Chicken, Halibut, Shrimp (tailless), 4% fat Moran's 2' package, Sirloin Steak, Scallops. These we weighed into individual 3 ½ oz packages and labeled and froze them. We froze enough for several weeks.

We purchased plenty of apples and strawberries each week and some oranges and grapefruit.

We bought packaged spinach, romaine & iceberg lettuce, celery, radishes, cucumbers and some tomatoes, asparagus and cabbage.

The egg whites Ron used when he went golfing.

We purchased Raw Apple Cider Vinegar and Red Wine Vinegar and Lemon Juice.

If we had trouble with bowel movements, we used 2 ounces of Aloe Vera Juice (George's) each evening. It tastes like excellent water!

For Breakfast, I had 2 cups of coffee, mainly black and our Green drink - Nano Greens. I took my calcium/magnesium pills and my blood pressure pills. Sometimes I had a half a grsapefruit. Ron didn't eat breakfast.

For lunch and dinner, we had the 3.5 oz protein and some vegetables or a salad. For dessert or an after meal snack, we had an apple or 7-8 strawberries.

Ron cooked the protein in a fry pan using water and lots of onion or garlic. We used brown onions but probably should not have.

Much of the time our salads were spinach & strawberries or lettuce and tomatoes. We measured out the spinach or lettuce but you can eat huge amounts without going over the 500 calories per day. But we used the strawberries & tomatoes in moderation.

The cucumber was peeled & sliced and soaked in apple cider vinegar.
Cabbage was cooked and eaten hot or cold with lemon or lime juice. Cold Cabbage was shredded and eaten with apple cider vinegar.

We were not hungry during this period.

After our last injection, we had a 500 cal/day that day and the following two days.

The next thing we did is to decide what foods to buy and use when we are on the HCG injections and VLCD (very low calorie diet).
We downloaded the food chart, eliminated the foods we would never eat, added some very low fat protein items and calculated the calories in the 3 ½ portions of protein.

Food Item Ca/Oz Oz eaten Calories
Apple, raw 15
Grapefruit, raw 9
Orange, raw 13
Strawberries, raw 9
Asparagus, raw 6
Cabbage 7
Celery 4
Cucumber 3
Lettuce,Romaine 5
Lettuce, Iceberg 4
Onion, bulb raw 12
Onion, green 9
Radish 5
Spinach 7
Tomatoes, raw 5
Chicken, raw 31
Flounder/Sole 26
Halibut 31
Hamburger 95% Lean 38
Steak, sirloin 37
Scallops 25
Shrimp, shelled 30
DAILY CALORIE TOTAL
CALORIES LEFT

Tea
Water

Today's Weight

Weight Loss Today

When you get the product, the HCG comes with a glass tube (ampul) - 1 ml of powdered HCG and 2nd ampul of a liquid solvent. Throw away the liquid solvent.

While you are waiting for the HCG to arrive from overseas and go through customs, you can inquire about purchasing needles locally (1 needle/syringe per day per person) for injections (2" if you are going to inject into your muscles or like us, ½" if you are going to inject into your belly fat). You also need several vials of sterile water and several wide syringe/needles for mixing the HCG with sterile water and inserting into the mixed sterile water vial.

To determine how much sterile water to use with the purchased 5000 IU, decide what strength of HCG you will try.
When we used 125 IU injections:
Divide 5000 IU by 125 IU to get 40 ml of sterile water to mix with the 1 ml of powdered HCG.
When we used 150 IU injections:
Divide 5000 IU by 150 IU to get 33 ml of sterile water to mix with the 1 ml of powdered HCG.
When we used 200 IU injections:
Divide 5000 IU by 200 IU to get 25 ml of sterile water to mix with the 1 ml of powdered HCG.

Since Ron might need 27 injections and I might need 60 injections, that equals about 87 ml of dissolved HCG. If we are using the 150 IU this time, each powdered 5000 IU ampul makes about 33 ml or injections, we need to purchase about 3 ampuls. We would only use and prepare 1 ampul at a time and store the dissolved liquid in the refrigerator and the powdered ampuls on the shelf.

Go on line and read Dr. ATW Simeone pounds and inches.