LILAC!!!!!!!!!

privatediva · 09-05-2011, 07:52 AM

Holy crap...your new photo is crazy beautiful!

Tommyswife · 09-05-2011, 07:54 AM

Oooh, I want to see it too.

Lildrew · 09-05-2011, 08:12 AM

I just saw it! WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lilac, you are BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!

LilacBruze · 09-05-2011, 08:13 AM

When I saw my name, I thought I was in trouble, lol.

Thank you!!

You know what's funny? For SO many years, I hid from the camera. I hated the way I looked. Now I cheese for it whenever I can!

Also, for many years, I wore my hair long, not because it was particularly flattering (my hair is fine and thin) but because fat girls DO NOT look good in short hair.

Last month, while grooming my puppy, I turned the clippers on myself and buzzed my hair super short. It was quite possibly one of the BRAVEST things I have EVER done and I could ONLY do it because of all the weight I have lost. You can SO see it in my face now (the weight loss) and I don't have to hide behind limp, stringy hair any more!

LilacBruze · 09-05-2011, 08:16 AM

Also, while I owe SO much to HCG, what I owe more to is THIS FORUM. I had never even heard of the HCG diet until stumbling across this forum from the Atkins '72 one. Back in March I was struggling to find my weight loss way and I thank God every day for the accidental, random click that led me here!

YOU ALL are the reason I am where I am today and I thank you all for your wisdom, experience, encouragement, and support!

Balance101 · 09-05-2011, 08:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LilacBruze

Also, for many years, I wore my hair long, not because it was particularly flattering (my hair is fine and thin) but because fat girls DO NOT look good in short hair.

Last month, while grooming my puppy, I turned the clippers on myself and buzzed my hair super short. It was quite possibly one of the BRAVEST things I have EVER done and I could ONLY do it because of all the weight I have lost. You can SO see it in my face now (the weight loss) and I don't have to hide behind limp, stringy hair any more!

Yeah, that's me completely. I need to get there so that I have the courage to cut off this stringy, damaged hair. :blush:

You are gorgeous Lilac. And you inspire me every day.

LilacBruze · 09-05-2011, 08:47 AM

And just for comparison... so y'all understand where I am coming from...

privatediva · 09-05-2011, 09:14 AM

I am totally totally in accord with the hair thing. Even though mine hasn't been long long for years (because it's just ridiculously fine, straight as a string...and kind of feathery, fly away stuff...like a toddler) I have worn it longer than I liked it during the last couple of years. I have always looked best in the style I have now...kind of a pixie cut...but I sure didn't look good in it fat! It is SO joyous to have cute hair again. It looks so much healthier and shinier too. I think I've actually had some of that pregnant lady hair thing going on...the lady who cuts my hair, the last time I went in, said "what the heck are you doing?" and held a mirror close to my hair where she had parted it in the back to show me tons...like...TONS...of little half inch long brand new baby hairs all over my head! That will no doubt cease when I quit dosing but it did occur to me that is yet another reason that researchers need to look harder at HCG. There are some real "fountain of youth" properties that need to be explored.

Anywho...Lilac...you just are ridiculously pretty and I'm so happy for you to get to enjoy that now!

katiesmemaw · 09-05-2011, 09:19 AM

My mercy Lilac what radiance!!! You actually glow!!! Congrats on all your efforts and success!!!!! What a total inspiration you are!!

porkfatrules · 09-05-2011, 10:01 AM

WOWZA!!!!!!

And, so cool that you cut off your hair -- and hilarious story! What does your family think of the new look? I bet it looks great on you, with your cheekbones showing now . . .

Are you into that hubba-hubba black dress yet?

C'Marie · 09-05-2011, 10:17 AM

LB you ROCK that whole look, girl

So dang cute!

LilacBruze · 09-05-2011, 10:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by porkfatrules

WOWZA!!!!!!

And, so cool that you cut off your hair -- and hilarious story! What does your family think of the new look? I bet it looks great on you, with your cheekbones showing now . . .

Are you into that hubba-hubba black dress yet?

Thanks!

Grrrr.... not yet. I DID try it on and COULD get it almost 75% zipped. I had to stop before the other 25% because I couldn't hold my breath that long.

Someday though!!

ETA: Oh. EVERYONE was shocked by my radical haircut. I got open-mouthed stares and not-so-nice comments that bordered on offensive - everything from "you doing chemo?" to "are you batting for the other team now?" But you know what... I don't care!! It took guts and I am rockin' it!

verbqueen · 09-05-2011, 11:07 AM

Girl, if I had YOUR bone structure, I'd shave my head bald and let it SHINE!

Tylar_Connar · 09-05-2011, 11:12 AM

You are beautiful!!

alexa_188 · 09-05-2011, 03:36 PM

uhhh... can I quote everyone here...
Wow girl- you are gorgeous!!! Show it off! Flaunt what you got

Sleepy · 09-05-2011, 04:10 PM

fantastic

minimonkey · 09-05-2011, 04:30 PM

You look absolutely fantastic, Lilac!!! -- and I'd like to smack your family for their comments about your hair.

Marocka · 09-05-2011, 04:31 PM

go girl!!

garnet10 · 09-05-2011, 04:54 PM

Wow! Truly beautiful.

Tommyswife · 09-05-2011, 07:31 PM

Wow, you're a stunner. You look completely different and so much younger. Congrats on your loss....

TerriMM · 09-05-2011, 10:09 PM

What an incredible example you are! Your beauty serves to draw people to see all the other things you've done to improve your health and life. Your determination has truly been an inspiration!

LilacBruze · 09-06-2011, 06:04 AM

Thank you, everyone!

I really do feel like the caterpillar who became a butterfly! That picture of me from 2007 - that was after the first round of steroids that knocked my MS into remission. Steroids plus some major depression revolving around the whole diabetes/MS thing (I was diagnosed with both within 3 weeks of each other) put me at over 290 lbs then. I was miserable and SO unhealthy.

Mini - feel free to smack away, lol. I find the majority of snide comments have come not so much from family and friends who have supported me through this journey, but friends and people who are envious of my success and look for ANY comment to bring me down. I don't let it bother me at all. I feel great and I look great, and really, if it's not comments about my hair, it's comments about saggy skin, or choice of outfit, or really anything to try and steal my sunshine. One person gave me some crappy under-handed compliment along the lines of, "well, all the weight you lost really brings out your wrinkles now", to which I replied, "the only reason you see them now is there's no fat to hide them."

LilacBruze · 09-06-2011, 06:10 AM

Oh, and I want to mention here because I am not sure if I have posted this before...

While you all know that this has improved my diabetes tremendously, my MS symptoms this year have been almost negligible, despite having quite a few new lesions in my brain and spine. New lesions usually means a flare-up of symptoms, and subsequently a relapse. But I have felt GREAT this year - a year that I was actually anticipating a relapse since previously the relapses were occurring every 2 years - 2007, 2009... but so far (knock wood) 2011 has been problem-free. I really am wondering if HCG has some medical benefit in this area!

jnaakins · 09-06-2011, 03:46 PM

*THUD*......that was my jaw hitting the floor. You look amazing and I totally love the hair!

barbie · 09-07-2011, 08:18 AM

Lilac, I know everyone as told you this before, but you truly are an inspiration! I will sometimes be thinking about how "hard" HCG is, and eating such a limited menu, then I think about you and how long you did it and how much you lost, and you give me strength.

you are a beautiful lady and I want to just say Thank you, for contributing to this forum and letting us all meet you!!

LilacBruze · 09-08-2011, 06:28 PM

Barbie!! I did not see this until just now!! How have you been? WHERE have you been, young lady??

Thanks so much for your kind words. I am just someone on a mission. This was my year to get my health back and take control of my life. No more, no less. I am not Superwoman, and believe me, I have had the same struggles as everyone else, the same temptations, the same issues to overcome. It took my mom almost dying to make me realize that my addiction to food was not worth leaving my kid an orphan and my husband a widow. Sometimes it really does take something drastic to finally give you the strength to do something you never thought you could do. I have said it before, if you would have told me a year ago that I could lose almost 80 lbs in 5 months, I would have thought the ONLY way that would be possible (short of putting me into a coma and feeding me through a tube) was to have gastric bypass. I believe in this diet. I am proof that it really can change your life!

I can't WAIT for my next round. I am chomping at the bit but after 90 days of P2 I am doing the full P3 and P4 to let me body rest and re-set. So far, so good!

Thanks again! You can always PM me if you need support or the tough love I am fond of dishing out!

LilacBruze · 09-08-2011, 06:36 PM

I have decided to update my stats and my ticker to reflect my highest weight instead of the weight that I started dieting at back in March. Actually, I don't even think 290 is accurate, I think it was closer to 297 but I can't find the paperwork from the doctor visit at that time so I can't validate it with proof.

Good grief. I look at myself and absolutely cannot believe I was 300 lbs and in a size 28.

NEVER AGAIN.

privatediva · 09-08-2011, 06:49 PM

what a miracle you are!

Wife of a Pilot · 09-09-2011, 12:47 AM

Hi Lilac! Nice to meet you on here! What an absolute inspiration. I know what you mean about this forum. Whenever I need info, inspiration, guidance, support, a dose of reality, I find it on here. I tried to explain to a colleague of mine but she just didn't get it. It's all good though because this isn't about her. It is about me

Emi · 09-09-2011, 05:07 AM

WOW.. stunning!!! I am so happy for you.. both for mental and physical reasons!!!!! Don't you feel like you are LIVING again!?!?! Beautiful!!!

09-05-2011, 07:52 AM	#1
privatediva Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: USA Posts: 2,544 Gallery: privatediva Stats: 128 (R2ldw 128) 5'7" WOE: healthful, delicious low carb Start Date: 6/28/2011 (started HCG) maintaining since 9/2011	LILAC!!!!!!!!! Holy crap...your new photo is crazy beautiful!

09-05-2011, 08:13 AM	#4
LilacBruze Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 1,595 Gallery: LilacBruze Stats: 290/172.6/160 WOE: hHCG Simeons Protocol	When I saw my name, I thought I was in trouble, lol. Thank you!! You know what's funny? For SO many years, I hid from the camera. I hated the way I looked. Now I cheese for it whenever I can! Also, for many years, I wore my hair long, not because it was particularly flattering (my hair is fine and thin) but because fat girls DO NOT look good in short hair. Last month, while grooming my puppy, I turned the clippers on myself and buzzed my hair super short. It was quite possibly one of the BRAVEST things I have EVER done and I could ONLY do it because of all the weight I have lost. You can SO see it in my face now (the weight loss) and I don't have to hide behind limp, stringy hair any more! __________________ Total loss on 1st round of P2: 49.0 lbs Total loss on 2nd round of P2: 30.6 lbs

09-05-2011, 09:14 AM	#8
privatediva Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: USA Posts: 2,544 Gallery: privatediva Stats: 128 (R2ldw 128) 5'7" WOE: healthful, delicious low carb Start Date: 6/28/2011 (started HCG) maintaining since 9/2011	I am totally totally in accord with the hair thing. Even though mine hasn't been long long for years (because it's just ridiculously fine, straight as a string...and kind of feathery, fly away stuff...like a toddler) I have worn it longer than I liked it during the last couple of years. I have always looked best in the style I have now...kind of a pixie cut...but I sure didn't look good in it fat! It is SO joyous to have cute hair again. It looks so much healthier and shinier too. I think I've actually had some of that pregnant lady hair thing going on...the lady who cuts my hair, the last time I went in, said "what the heck are you doing?" and held a mirror close to my hair where she had parted it in the back to show me tons...like...TONS...of little half inch long brand new baby hairs all over my head! That will no doubt cease when I quit dosing but it did occur to me that is yet another reason that researchers need to look harder at HCG. There are some real "fountain of youth" properties that need to be explored. Anywho...Lilac...you just are ridiculously pretty and I'm so happy for you to get to enjoy that now! __________________ Finally brethren, whatever is true, honorable, right, pure, lovely, of good repute, excellent and worthy of praise, dwell on these things. Phillipians 4:2 Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig. I CAN HAVE THAT LATER

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09-05-2011, 07:54 AM	#2
Tommyswife Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 4,940 Gallery: Tommyswife Stats: 224.5/194/180 R1P2 Lost 29.5 pounds P3 Day 2 WOE: Homeopathic HCG	Oooh, I want to see it too.

09-05-2011, 08:12 AM	#3
Lildrew Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 1,070 Gallery: Lildrew Stats: 171.4/162/140 WOE: hHcg/later LC Start Date: 7/16/12	I just saw it! WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lilac, you are BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!

09-05-2011, 08:16 AM	#5
LilacBruze Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 1,595 Gallery: LilacBruze Stats: 290/172.6/160 WOE: hHCG Simeons Protocol	Also, while I owe SO much to HCG, what I owe more to is THIS FORUM. I had never even heard of the HCG diet until stumbling across this forum from the Atkins '72 one. Back in March I was struggling to find my weight loss way and I thank God every day for the accidental, random click that led me here! YOU ALL are the reason I am where I am today and I thank you all for your wisdom, experience, encouragement, and support!

09-05-2011, 08:47 AM	#7
LilacBruze Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 1,595 Gallery: LilacBruze Stats: 290/172.6/160 WOE: hHCG Simeons Protocol	And just for comparison... so y'all understand where I am coming from...

09-05-2011, 09:19 AM	#9
katiesmemaw Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Wherever the Motorhome is parked, Today Pigeon Forge, TN Posts: 731 Gallery: katiesmemaw WOE: hcg	My mercy Lilac what radiance!!! You actually glow!!! Congrats on all your efforts and success!!!!! What a total inspiration you are!!

09-05-2011, 10:01 AM	#10
porkfatrules Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,506 Gallery: porkfatrules Stats: 223/183.5/110 WOE: HCG R3 Start Date: Re-re-re-start 5/8/11	WOWZA!!!!!! And, so cool that you cut off your hair -- and hilarious story! What does your family think of the new look? I bet it looks great on you, with your cheekbones showing now . . . Are you into that hubba-hubba black dress yet?

09-05-2011, 10:17 AM	#11
C'Marie Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 4,019 Gallery: C'Marie Stats: 270/down 110-ish/ goal 147 WOE: hCG Rx shots/JUDDD maintain Start Date: 1/4/2010 Now R9 P2	LB you ROCK that whole look, girl So dang cute!

09-05-2011, 11:07 AM	#13
verbqueen Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 4,658 Gallery: verbqueen Stats: 224/163 WOE: hhcg, VLCD12	Girl, if I had YOUR bone structure, I'd shave my head bald and let it SHINE!

09-05-2011, 11:12 AM	#14
Tylar_Connar Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 15,471 Gallery: Tylar_Connar Stats: -1.5/20 VLCD4 WOE: HCG Start Date: November 30, 2011	You are beautiful!!

09-05-2011, 03:36 PM	#15
alexa_188 Junior LCF Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 52 Gallery: alexa_188 Stats: 246/234/175 @ 5'9'' WOE: Anything and Everything--- Start Date: 1-23-2012-VLCD1	uhhh... can I quote everyone here... Wow girl- you are gorgeous!!! Show it off! Flaunt what you got

09-05-2011, 04:31 PM	#18
Marocka Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: So Cal Posts: 471 Gallery: Marocka Stats: R1 231.2-212.6, -18.6 LBS R2 215.6-189.6, -26 LBS WOE: Low Fat/Low Carb/Low Sugar/Low Cal Start Date: 05/12/2011	go girl!!

09-05-2011, 04:10 PM	#16
Sleepy Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 11,258 Gallery: Sleepy	fantastic

09-05-2011, 04:30 PM	#17
minimonkey Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 8,029 Gallery: minimonkey Stats: 5'0" -- very small frame WOE: Clean eating, whole foods	You look absolutely fantastic, Lilac!!! -- and I'd like to smack your family for their comments about your hair.

09-05-2011, 04:54 PM	#19
garnet10 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 841 Gallery: garnet10 Stats: 182/141.6 5/6/13/Goal 125 WOE: hCG Start Date: hCG 10/9/10; restarted 5/6/13	Wow! Truly beautiful.

09-05-2011, 07:31 PM	#20
Tommyswife Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 4,940 Gallery: Tommyswife Stats: 224.5/194/180 R1P2 Lost 29.5 pounds P3 Day 2 WOE: Homeopathic HCG	Wow, you're a stunner. You look completely different and so much younger. Congrats on your loss....

09-05-2011, 10:09 PM	#21
TerriMM Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 3,408 Gallery: TerriMM Start Date: 5/18/11	What an incredible example you are! Your beauty serves to draw people to see all the other things you've done to improve your health and life. Your determination has truly been an inspiration!

09-06-2011, 06:04 AM	#22
LilacBruze Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 1,595 Gallery: LilacBruze Stats: 290/172.6/160 WOE: hHCG Simeons Protocol	Thank you, everyone! I really do feel like the caterpillar who became a butterfly! That picture of me from 2007 - that was after the first round of steroids that knocked my MS into remission. Steroids plus some major depression revolving around the whole diabetes/MS thing (I was diagnosed with both within 3 weeks of each other) put me at over 290 lbs then. I was miserable and SO unhealthy. Mini - feel free to smack away, lol. I find the majority of snide comments have come not so much from family and friends who have supported me through this journey, but friends and people who are envious of my success and look for ANY comment to bring me down. I don't let it bother me at all. I feel great and I look great, and really, if it's not comments about my hair, it's comments about saggy skin, or choice of outfit, or really anything to try and steal my sunshine. One person gave me some crappy under-handed compliment along the lines of, "well, all the weight you lost really brings out your wrinkles now", to which I replied, "the only reason you see them now is there's no fat to hide them."

09-06-2011, 06:10 AM	#23
LilacBruze Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 1,595 Gallery: LilacBruze Stats: 290/172.6/160 WOE: hHCG Simeons Protocol	Oh, and I want to mention here because I am not sure if I have posted this before... While you all know that this has improved my diabetes tremendously, my MS symptoms this year have been almost negligible, despite having quite a few new lesions in my brain and spine. New lesions usually means a flare-up of symptoms, and subsequently a relapse. But I have felt GREAT this year - a year that I was actually anticipating a relapse since previously the relapses were occurring every 2 years - 2007, 2009... but so far (knock wood) 2011 has been problem-free. I really am wondering if HCG has some medical benefit in this area!

09-06-2011, 03:46 PM	#24
jnaakins Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: WA state Posts: 617 Gallery: jnaakins Stats: 206/155/145 WOE: hhcg Start Date: 7-18-2011	THUD......that was my jaw hitting the floor. You look amazing and I totally love the hair!

09-07-2011, 08:18 AM	#25
barbie Senior LCF Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Wi Posts: 169 Gallery: barbie WOE: Atkins to HCG	Lilac, I know everyone as told you this before, but you truly are an inspiration! I will sometimes be thinking about how "hard" HCG is, and eating such a limited menu, then I think about you and how long you did it and how much you lost, and you give me strength. you are a beautiful lady and I want to just say Thank you, for contributing to this forum and letting us all meet you!!

09-08-2011, 06:28 PM	#26
LilacBruze Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 1,595 Gallery: LilacBruze Stats: 290/172.6/160 WOE: hHCG Simeons Protocol	Barbie!! I did not see this until just now!! How have you been? WHERE have you been, young lady?? Thanks so much for your kind words. I am just someone on a mission. This was my year to get my health back and take control of my life. No more, no less. I am not Superwoman, and believe me, I have had the same struggles as everyone else, the same temptations, the same issues to overcome. It took my mom almost dying to make me realize that my addiction to food was not worth leaving my kid an orphan and my husband a widow. Sometimes it really does take something drastic to finally give you the strength to do something you never thought you could do. I have said it before, if you would have told me a year ago that I could lose almost 80 lbs in 5 months, I would have thought the ONLY way that would be possible (short of putting me into a coma and feeding me through a tube) was to have gastric bypass. I believe in this diet. I am proof that it really can change your life! I can't WAIT for my next round. I am chomping at the bit but after 90 days of P2 I am doing the full P3 and P4 to let me body rest and re-set. So far, so good! Thanks again! You can always PM me if you need support or the tough love I am fond of dishing out!

09-08-2011, 06:36 PM	#27
LilacBruze Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 1,595 Gallery: LilacBruze Stats: 290/172.6/160 WOE: hHCG Simeons Protocol	I have decided to update my stats and my ticker to reflect my highest weight instead of the weight that I started dieting at back in March. Actually, I don't even think 290 is accurate, I think it was closer to 297 but I can't find the paperwork from the doctor visit at that time so I can't validate it with proof. Good grief. I look at myself and absolutely cannot believe I was 300 lbs and in a size 28. NEVER AGAIN.

09-08-2011, 06:49 PM	#28
privatediva Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: USA Posts: 2,544 Gallery: privatediva Stats: 128 (R2ldw 128) 5'7" WOE: healthful, delicious low carb Start Date: 6/28/2011 (started HCG) maintaining since 9/2011	what a miracle you are!

09-09-2011, 12:47 AM	#29
Wife of a Pilot Senior LCF Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Dubai, formerly the US Posts: 83 Gallery: Wife of a Pilot Stats: 270/233.0/ Size 10 or 38/28/38 (KMA scale!) WOE: HCG drops/VLCD Start Date: 8/28/11 P2 for 50 days. Restart P2 11/11/11	Hi Lilac! Nice to meet you on here! What an absolute inspiration. I know what you mean about this forum. Whenever I need info, inspiration, guidance, support, a dose of reality, I find it on here. I tried to explain to a colleague of mine but she just didn't get it. It's all good though because this isn't about her. It is about me

09-09-2011, 05:07 AM	#30
Emi Senior LCF Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 419 Gallery: Emi Stats: 197.3/135/135 WOE: HCG Simeon's Protocol Start Date: R5 1/2012	WOW.. stunning!!! I am so happy for you.. both for mental and physical reasons!!!!! Don't you feel like you are LIVING again!?!?! Beautiful!!!