Reflective thoughts and a few questions...
Hello fellow hcg-ers! I've been bad bad bad--both for not writing and also for not doing so well on phase 4. I think I need to stick with more phase 3 foods including fruits of course--because I can't seem to handle so many carbs.
Anyway, I was so excited that when I had that stomach flu I became so empty that I went right back down to LIW! Then somehow in the next two weeks (I think it was two) my weight started to climb. I'm up about 7 or 8 pounds from LIW now! Somehow I think the flu affected my hypothalamus. Not to say I didn't have any cheats, but the weight seemed to come back too fast! Okay for all you experts out there--if you get too far above your LIW, what do you do? Are you supposed to have a series of steak days or what? Or do you just have to wait until your next round?
It always amazed me that no matter how much I think I know about this protocol, there's always something new to learn! Anyway, the other bad news is that I think I'm going to wait until after Christmas to start my next phase 2--there are just too many holiday events coming up, and it just seems too hard to bring my own food and sit there watching everyone else! I was planning on doing it for one thing, but then another came up, and I decided, oh well, I guess I'll have to postpone it!
I do think that I will try a shorter round next time anyway--I think if I do 3-4 weeks, and then take 3 weeks off, and then do another 3-4 weeks, take another 3 or so off--I think if I try it like that I'll get some momentum built up again. I think if I do it this way, by next summer I should be very skinny! Which is what we want to achieve! And yes, I'm a little worried about immunity, but others have done it like this with no immunity problems. And I really believe that my inability to stabilize this round has a lot to do with me becoming immune BEFORE the 40 days even came. I think I lost some of the fat we don't want to lose in that last week because the hcg was no longer working--so the weight came back right away. I guess my only hope is to start again and get a good round in! Any advice anyone (especially Lori--do you have any suggestions?)
On the positive note, my sister Janelle is now happily in phase 3, after losing about 27 pounds doing the sublingual method! She feels and looks great--she doesn't/didn't have as much weight to lose as I do, so she probably will only have to do one more long round! Woo hoo! She feels a little guilty when she goes to her OA (Overeaters Anonymous) meetings, because they all tell her she looks so great, and how did she do it so fast. So far, she hasn't told them what she's doing--because this protocol is a bit different than the OA way to go. But I told her she must tell them--this is one way that REALLY works, and everyone should find out about it! By the way, if you're thinking of starting in the New Year, order your hcg now--there probably will be a flood of orders then, and it can take a month or longer for it to arrive.
After midnight again--hope this post shows up right away this time! Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Until next time, Merry
Anyway, I was so excited that when I had that stomach flu I became so empty that I went right back down to LIW! Then somehow in the next two weeks (I think it was two) my weight started to climb. I'm up about 7 or 8 pounds from LIW now! Somehow I think the flu affected my hypothalamus. Not to say I didn't have any cheats, but the weight seemed to come back too fast! Okay for all you experts out there--if you get too far above your LIW, what do you do? Are you supposed to have a series of steak days or what? Or do you just have to wait until your next round?
It always amazed me that no matter how much I think I know about this protocol, there's always something new to learn! Anyway, the other bad news is that I think I'm going to wait until after Christmas to start my next phase 2--there are just too many holiday events coming up, and it just seems too hard to bring my own food and sit there watching everyone else! I was planning on doing it for one thing, but then another came up, and I decided, oh well, I guess I'll have to postpone it!
I do think that I will try a shorter round next time anyway--I think if I do 3-4 weeks, and then take 3 weeks off, and then do another 3-4 weeks, take another 3 or so off--I think if I try it like that I'll get some momentum built up again. I think if I do it this way, by next summer I should be very skinny! Which is what we want to achieve! And yes, I'm a little worried about immunity, but others have done it like this with no immunity problems. And I really believe that my inability to stabilize this round has a lot to do with me becoming immune BEFORE the 40 days even came. I think I lost some of the fat we don't want to lose in that last week because the hcg was no longer working--so the weight came back right away. I guess my only hope is to start again and get a good round in! Any advice anyone (especially Lori--do you have any suggestions?)
On the positive note, my sister Janelle is now happily in phase 3, after losing about 27 pounds doing the sublingual method! She feels and looks great--she doesn't/didn't have as much weight to lose as I do, so she probably will only have to do one more long round! Woo hoo! She feels a little guilty when she goes to her OA (Overeaters Anonymous) meetings, because they all tell her she looks so great, and how did she do it so fast. So far, she hasn't told them what she's doing--because this protocol is a bit different than the OA way to go. But I told her she must tell them--this is one way that REALLY works, and everyone should find out about it! By the way, if you're thinking of starting in the New Year, order your hcg now--there probably will be a flood of orders then, and it can take a month or longer for it to arrive.
After midnight again--hope this post shows up right away this time! Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Until next time, Merry
posted by Merry at
8:50 PM
1 Comments:
Hi Merry....
I also have done the 3-4 weeks and 3 weeks off method. I have never had any immunity issues, and I've done so many rounds I lost count. I've been at this for over a year now. Seems that for me the shorter rounds worked best (but not too short...needs to be at least 23 shots.) And was also important for me to take enough of a break too. At least 3 weeks was perfect for me.
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