FIVE Days at the same weight

[privatediva]

I tell you what...if it's that ten day-2 week thing...you're half way through it, so you had best stick it out. It would really be awful if you had to start the whole 2 weeks over!

[garnet10]

Today, after SEVEN full days at the same weight, I am down 2 lbs!!!

Now the last time I dropped 2 lbs in one day, I gained back a pound and stayed there for a week, so I'm really prepared for anything at this point, but, just for today, I am happy.

[privatediva]

awesome! What a relief! I bet it's smooth sailing from here on out.

[bkln77]

Originally Posted by garnet10

I have been the same weight for the past 5 days now, and it happens to be the weight I stabilized at after my last round. I gained an extra 6 pounds before this round (long story), so that plus the two with loading is all I have lost so far on D13 of hCG.

FIVE DAYS!!! Yikes. I know I have to just keep forging ahead, it is just so discouraging to get on that scale and see the same darn weight.

Sigh.

How tall are you, Garnet? I'm 5' 7" and I went through last two weeks of my 40 days of HCG with only 1.4 lbs drop total... My lowest weight was 128.2, but was at 129 on my last drop day. I think it gets to do with how much fat I have left. My BMI is at 20 when I weight 128, which is considered 'ideal' weight in many websites I checked (some websites even say 132...). My goal is at 121 and I think I have to get there myself.

Anyway, my point is to check your BMI and body fat coz HCG might not get you to your goal.

[garnet10]

It's weird, I thought I responded to this and nothing showed up!

I'm only 5'4"! My waist is around 29" (not bad, and I'm happy with it), but my hips are about 40" and my thighs are 22 1/2". I comfortably wear size 10, and I'm pear shaped, but I really need to lose cellulite/fat from my hips/thighs.

I'm hoping that another 10 pounds will do it (I got down to 126 last round and that still wasn't enough). I'll see what I look at 120 and go from there.

[katiesmemaw]

garnet10, your stats are awesome and you are to be commended big time for your diligence and "sticktooedness" in the face of this big time stall. That is sooooooo hard and soooooooo depressing when you know you are being "good" and the scale just will not give it up!!!!
You're gonna make it and you inspire!!!
Betty

[garnet10]

Originally Posted by katiesmemaw

garnet10, your stats are awesome and you are to be commended big time for your diligence and "sticktooedness" in the face of this big time stall. That is sooooooo hard and soooooooo depressing when you know you are being "good" and the scale just will not give it up!!!!
You're gonna make it and you inspire!!!
Betty

Betty, you are always such a sweetie! Thank you for being such wonderful encouragement!

I actually realized this morning I am on Round 6, not 5, and I have spent the last two rounds tousling with the same weight (my own fault, for allowing myself to gain weight during a vacation--I'm okay with that one, I enjoyed myself and didn't overeat, and then purposefully overate without any sense of control at Christmas--this one may require therapy to figure out!).

I thought I broke the stall on Monday with a 2 pound weight loss, then gained a pound the next day and just "lost it"--I felt so incredibly weak and tired that I increased my fat intake Monday night to get right back up a pound to my stall weight of 129.8. So yesterday I did a rogue Fat Fast day, and I'm 2.2 pounds less today, 127.6--still not virgin territory since my LDW of my last round was 126.6. But I'm getting there!

I've read people rebound gain after a fat fast, so I may try to continue the VLCD after a few days on this Fat Fast to see if I can stabilize. Of course, I have a planned interruption coming up in about a week, Murphy's Law, but for now I'll just take it one day at a time.

How are things going for you?

[katiesmemaw]

You are doing wonderfully garnet. You are just in the zone where most of your excesses are gone and what's leaving now just ain't wantin to go!!
I have absolutely done great!! I stayed on "maintenance" from 12/21 until yesterday. I stayed as low as 6 pounds below my LDW and have never had to do a cd since starting with R1 in July. I have been very blessed.
I'm a little worried now. dh and I started loading yesterday and will load again today. We have only one more dosage of the original "real" hcg drops left and they are backordered. I have a bottle of hhcg from Intermountain. We've never used them but will be using them now. Sure hope they work for us as well as they have worked for everyone on the site here that have used them.
dh lost about 40 pounds on his R1. He has done great. He still will have at least one more round after this one. I'm just doing a short round this time. I really only wanted to lose about 6 or 7 more pounds. 'Course that was before loading like a pig these 2 days, lol. I'm one of those that can gain 10 pounds in 2 days sooooooooooo we'll see.
Hope you have a blessed day!!!
Betty