immunity? and the 3 day rule

SueQ · 02-19-2012, 09:13 PM

I did a 50 day round on Rx sublingual HCG tablets and took my last HCG yesterday. I was staying hungry all the time so decided to stop my P2. Now I'm in the interim period of 3 VLCD's until I can do the P3 stuff.

The problem is, I am very hungry. And I've increased my protein already (about 3 oz) which I can generally get away with and not gain. I can just wait out the remaining two days if I have to, but do I have to? What happens if I start P3 after 2 days rather than 3?

It seems like if I increase calories but keep to the restricted food list I am doing what Dr. S says to do when we get to goal weight (which I'm not, but also not trying to lose any more) and I should maintain but not gain.

I must be missing something though otherwise we wouldn't be told to wait 3 days to start P3.

Any thoughts?

minimonkey · 02-19-2012, 10:26 PM

I think the risk of gaining is a lot higher during those three days than it is after that -- and Simeons wrote the plan assuming you would continue to lose during that VLC period after stopping, and then more or less bounce back to LIW when you started p3, I think.

It's probably fine to increase your protein a bit and still stick to p2 foods for the three days, and then start p3 -- a lot of folks do that.

02-19-2012, 09:13 PM	#1
SueQ Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 223 Gallery: SueQ Stats: 237/154/145 WOE: RxHCG Start Date: March 2011	immunity? and the 3 day rule I did a 50 day round on Rx sublingual HCG tablets and took my last HCG yesterday. I was staying hungry all the time so decided to stop my P2. Now I'm in the interim period of 3 VLCD's until I can do the P3 stuff. The problem is, I am very hungry. And I've increased my protein already (about 3 oz) which I can generally get away with and not gain. I can just wait out the remaining two days if I have to, but do I have to? What happens if I start P3 after 2 days rather than 3? It seems like if I increase calories but keep to the restricted food list I am doing what Dr. S says to do when we get to goal weight (which I'm not, but also not trying to lose any more) and I should maintain but not gain. I must be missing something though otherwise we wouldn't be told to wait 3 days to start P3. Any thoughts?

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02-19-2012, 10:26 PM	#2
minimonkey Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 8,029 Gallery: minimonkey Stats: 5'0" -- very small frame WOE: Clean eating, whole foods	I think the risk of gaining is a lot higher during those three days than it is after that -- and Simeons wrote the plan assuming you would continue to lose during that VLC period after stopping, and then more or less bounce back to LIW when you started p3, I think. It's probably fine to increase your protein a bit and still stick to p2 foods for the three days, and then start p3 -- a lot of folks do that.