~~ Rogue/Alternative HCG/hHCG plans for Jan 2013 ~ ~

[MOMMYONAMISSION]

Hi love, welcome
I try to stick to original protocol. The only rogue things I use are coconut oil and half and half,oh and 0% fat greek yogurt. I stick with chicken. Last round ground beef made me stall. Ive only eaten asparagus and lettuce this round. Pretty boring lol

[Love2bme]

Originally Posted by MOMMYONAMISSION

Hi love, welcome
I try to stick to original protocol. The only rogue things I use are coconut oil and half and half,oh and 0% fat greek yogurt. I stick with chicken. Last round ground beef made me stall. Ive only eaten asparagus and lettuce this round. Pretty boring lol

thanks so much for the response. I do have one more question. I absolutely love non fat greek yogurt and could stick with this diet if I could do that everyday. how often do you eat the yogurt? thanks so much for your support.

[Dinalyn]

Back at ya !

Originally Posted by MOMMYONAMISSION

Thats great Dina!! Yay!!

187.8 today

[MOMMYONAMISSION]

I've had gy 3 times a week before. I made some yummy smoothies with gy and strawberries

[MOMMYONAMISSION]

Good morning! 187.4 today

[Dinalyn]

yeah!

Originally Posted by MOMMYONAMISSION

Good morning! 187.4 today

afm:good morning!
down .5 today,whoohoo my ticker went below the 20 pounds to lose mark
happy losing to everyone !

[Dblyn]

Hi gals, Ive not been here for awhile.Ive not had anything to report, been stalled for like 12 days ackkkkkkkkk very frustrating. But this morning i seen a loss , so maybe im on the road again. Only 5 more and 9 dose days left.

Congrats to any losers while i been gone LOL.

[Felina]

12 days! That's so discouraging. I hope your losses continue now that you started losing again.

[MOMMYONAMISSION]

Good morning and good luck to everyone

186.2 today down 1.2 today

[Dinalyn]

yeah

Originally Posted by MOMMYONAMISSION

Good morning and good luck to everyone

186.2 today down 1.2 today

.5 again today. thats my usual if i lose any so im happy

[MOMMYONAMISSION]

Stayed the same today

[Dinalyn]

Down .5.
.

[smallestloser]

Hey folks mind if I join you all??? Here's da spill...I lost 7.5lbs in 25 days on Atkins in January. WOOT WOOT!!! YIPPEE and everything yelled from mountain tops! It's been a ride & 7.5 lbs ain't half bad if I do say so myself. But fact is I still weigh 152 at 4ft 8inchs tall, hence you guest it smallest loser!! Anyhoo I need to loose about 50 lbs and do it faster than 7.5 in a month, so I've decided to be a ginny pig of my own choosing. So into the lab I go!!! I'm going to continue doing Atkins but add in HCG drops. Yes I know HCG protocol is only 500 calories and no fats blah blah blah but I love Atkins way of eating so pppttthhhh I'm gonna have my BUTTER & CREAM & EAT IT TO!!! Lets see how this little experiment goes. This is a test beep beep beep ... ok you get the point! No I'm not doing HCG injections!! HELLOOOO are you crazy. I'll be doing the Homeopathic real HCG drops. Needles not only terrify me they cause me to gain 50lbs if they touch me. Call me extreme , tell me I'm going over board but hey ... WHO has her only daughter getting married in less then 4 months? That would be ME!!! Strick Low Carbers will judge me for sure, all I ask of them is to please just calm it down, sit back and watch as this low carb ginny pig jumps on the wheel of lets gitter done & hopefully leaves some weight behind in the dust!!! Have no clue what I'm doing and need some help and advice so I came here seeking other daring people like myself. HCG drops arrived today so starting this experiment tomorrow.

[MOMMYONAMISSION]

Hey smallest, good luck on your journey. I think the plan you are describing is a fat fast while on hcg. I don't know if you lose faster doing it that way vs protocol. I do use half and half, coconut oil and diet coke thats as rouge as I get. I usually lose 20-30 lbs in a round.
Good luck on your experiment you don't know if something works until you try it.

[TerriMM]

Hi Girls!
Well I'm back down to LDW doing ME and CLA/GLA combo. I'm continuing the CLA/GLA and starting FF tomorrow. Going to try it without HCG this time.

Congrads on all your losses. You guys are doing great!!

Hi SL, MOM is right, sounds a lot like FF might be worth checking out for you. Here's a link if you're interested

**FAT FASTER'S THREAD**

[jabbok]

Originally Posted by TerriMM

Hi Girls!
Well I'm back down to LDW doing ME and CLA/GLA combo. I'm continuing the CLA/GLA and starting FF tomorrow. Going to try it without HCG this time.

Congrads on all your losses. You guys are doing great!!

Hi SL, MOM is right, sounds a lot like FF might be worth checking out for you. Here's a link if you're interested

**FAT FASTER'S THREAD**

wtg Terri I am glad you are back to your LDW, good luck on the FF.

[TerriMM]

Thanks Cindy
How goes it on your side of the world?

[jabbok]

Originally Posted by TerriMM

Thanks Cindy
How goes it on your side of the world?

I am on day 3 of P3 so far so good, I started adding calories in slowly today I am up to 1250 calories and I am 2.2 pounds below LDW.

[TerriMM]

Originally Posted by jabbok

I am on day 3 of P3 so far so good, I started adding calories in slowly today I am up to 1250 calories and I am 2.2 pounds below LDW.

Excellent! Kicking some serious booty there girl!!

[jabbok]

Originally Posted by TerriMM

Excellent! Kicking some serious booty there girl!!

Thanks I just have to get this P3 right so I am taking it one day at a time.

[smallestloser]

Thanks all nice to find a not so strict low carb thread. Also nice to find others who understand that we are all different and some of us just can't go without our fats without feeling the brain fog. Today I did the drops. At lunch time I tried to load but felt like I was gonna hurl. Dinner I tried also but ending up just eating half a pimento sammy and some snack junk.
Should I do the second load day or just start back on my regular low carb high fat diet, cause I'm honestly never hunger on high fat, medium protein, low carb regiment??? The only thing I'm gonna change doing the HCG is try to watch and see how many calories I actually eat in a day. I've never counted calories before. Lost 40 lbs on atkins 10 years ago and kept it off for 3 years but then life happened and I ate feel good cookies and gained it all back. Went back on Atkins in January and lost 7. This HCG seems to make me not just full like fats do but full plus not hungry.
159.5/152/105

[TerriMM]

Originally Posted by smallestloser

Thanks all nice to find a not so strict low carb thread. Also nice to find others who understand that we are all different and some of us just can't go without our fats without feeling the brain fog. Today I did the drops. At lunch time I tried to load but felt like I was gonna hurl. Dinner I tried also but ending up just eating half a pimento sammy and some snack junk.
Should I do the second load day or just start back on my regular low carb high fat diet, cause I'm honestly never hunger on high fat, medium protein, low carb regiment??? The only thing I'm gonna change doing the HCG is try to watch and see how many calories I actually eat in a day. I've never counted calories before. Lost 40 lbs on atkins 10 years ago and kept it off for 3 years but then life happened and I ate feel good cookies and gained it all back. Went back on Atkins in January and lost 7. This HCG seems to make me not just full like fats do but full plus not hungry.
159.5/152/105

A lot of us don't believe in loading, only giving it a couple days in your system before you start cutting calories for the hunger control to take effect. It makes no sense gaining weight eating crap just to try and loss it again.

[smallestloser]

Terri.... Thank you for that advice because I so hated eating things I know will throw me out of Ketosis!!! Even though I was like oh but I finally after a month get to be naughty... I was thinking this is crazy messing up a good thing just to start a new thing! So thanks for confirming what I was feeling in regards to loading. To me hey I already load just by enjoying fats on low carb. Sad thing is I probably messed up my Ketosis and for me no ketones in the urine... no weight loss. We will see in the morning!!!

[TerriMM]

Try High Fat, Moderate Protein, Very Low Carb tomorrow. It'll help you get back into Ketosis faster.

[smallestloser]

ok loading just the one day added 1.5 lbs back on. So no load today just right back on track! Had some eggs and a couple pieces of beef sausage this morning. Did more drops at 2PM but not hungry so not gonna eat till dinner.
Weight this morning was 153.5 which was up 1.5 because of the load day.
Let's see what tomorrows weigh-in says.

[TerriMM]

Double post

[TerriMM]

So are you counting calories at all or just Low Carbing?

By the by 1.5 is nothing. I gained 6.3 in two days the first time.

[smallestloser]

I have never counted calories but might try it just to see how much I'm actually eating on the HCG. The Atkins Diet & Eat Fat Get Thin Diet spoiled me!! I was never able to lost weight until using their protocols. Which I now hear that Atkins is doing some calorie counting. Do you count calories on HCG??? I love High Fat/med protein/low carb... only doing the HCG to see if I loose faster. But if it's still my average of about 10 lbs a month I may try the HCG protocol. So far I have no interest in food which is far better than just my regular full feeling. HCG has taken my desire away to eat so that could be the edge.

[jabbok]

Originally Posted by smallestloser

I have never counted calories but might try it just to see how much I'm actually eating on the HCG. The Atkins Diet & Eat Fat Get Thin Diet spoiled me!! I was never able to lost weight until using their protocols. Which I now hear that Atkins is doing some calorie counting. Do you count calories on HCG??? I love High Fat/med protein/low carb... only doing the HCG to see if I loose faster. But if it's still my average of about 10 lbs a month I may try the HCG protocol. So far I have no interest in food which is far better than just my regular full feeling. HCG has taken my desire away to eat so that could be the edge.

The hcg diet is 500 calories per day.

[TerriMM]

You'll probably need to start counting calories to figure out what works for you. As Cindy says the HCG protocol is 500 calories, but not necessarily low carb. Many have done well on the OWL protocol at 800 calories. Fat Fast has been done quite a bit with 1000 calories with much success and some people can get away with more calories, maybe 1300-1500 on Fat Fast and still lose, although perhaps slower.

HCG doesn't usually work by its self without some sort of calorie restriction. Its biggest asset to many is the fact that you can get by with less calories without being as hungry as you would without it. If you're eating lower calories because of your natural LC hunger that may well work, but you would do yourself a great favor to do some tracking so you know what is working or what you might need to tweak. Of course YMMV.