Should I do another round after vacation?

[bevvy5]

Haven't posted in a while. I did three rounds of HCG, summer 2011 to early 2012, lost about 50 pounds. For the most part I've been pretty successful in keeping it off, but I think my body has "reset", through my own fault, to about five or six pounds higher than my original "reset" weight. There's a reason that you should smarten up after two pounds.

Anyway, I am battling with those five pounds and have a vacation coming up so may gain a few more.

My question is, have any of you gone on a round to lose such a small amount? It might be only seven or eight pounds, maybe 10 if I go hog wild on vacation.

I guess my options are:

Keep battling by trying to increase my exercise and eat clean P3 with perhaps a serving or two only of "good" carbs a day.

Or just accept my new weight and smarten up from here.

Or do another round.

Any thoughts? Thank you in advance.

[Crazy PreK Teacher]

Originally Posted by bevvy5

Haven't posted in a while. I did three rounds of HCG, summer 2011 to early 2012, lost about 50 pounds. For the most part I've been pretty successful in keeping it off, but I think my body has "reset", through my own fault, to about five or six pounds higher than my original "reset" weight. There's a reason that you should smarten up after two pounds.

Anyway, I am battling with those five pounds and have a vacation coming up so may gain a few more.

My question is, have any of you gone on a round to lose such a small amount? It might be only seven or eight pounds, maybe 10 if I go hog wild on vacation.

I guess my options are:

Keep battling by trying to increase my exercise and eat clean P3 with perhaps a serving or two only of "good" carbs a day.

Or just accept my new weight and smarten up from here.

Or do another round.

Any thoughts? Thank you in advance.

Hi there

I needed to lose a few last lbs. (had already lost 116 lbs. on hHCG), so I did jump back on to hHCG. I needed to lose 8-9 lbs. To my surprise...I lost 11 lbs. (2.6 were loading!) in 9 days. I did cut my round short...since I didn't want to stay on protocol for 2 more weeks. I am doing a 3 day FF to transition from P2 to P3 (today is day #2), then I jump onto JUDDD on Tuesday for maintenance.

HTH`Have a great Sunday!!!

[bevvy5]

I may PM you when I'm back from vacation or check in on this thread to see how you've done. I've heard of folks that have had problems stabilizing after cutting a round short but will be interested in hearing how things have worked out for you.

Thanks very much.

[Crazy PreK Teacher]

IMHO...It really is hard to tell if stabilization occurs b'cuz of a successful/100% round. I have seen people maintain after rounds, and I have seen people struggle horribly after rounds. There seems to be no true rhyme or reason. I had a friend who has done hHCG off & on now for 6 years. From the beginning...she never has followed "protocol"...she honestly didn't know what protocol was until about 2 years ago. She was told 500 cals, lowfat, & lowcarb. Aand to go as long as she wanted w/no rules of time in between. About 2X a year she does a short round to take off any gained lbs. Some people who have to leave a round early b'cuz of circumstances...have maintained fine until their next round.

It is definitely a crazy diet...but I love it

[LaraSuzz]

What about some correction days? It's only 5 lbs?

[MOMMYONAMISSION]

I agree a few correction days will have you back on track

[shelbyla]

I'm going to detail my experience below with the last 5-10 pounds but PLEASE don't take this as a reason to go hog wild on vacation. Keep your mind on maintenance when you're on vacation and don't just say, "The heck with it! I'm doing a round anyway so I'll just eat whatever I feel like!" That's a really good prescription for gaining not 5 pounds but 10 or even 20. (Check out the current P2 threads--there's a lady on there who just went through this! ) I think it's understandable to come back from vacation with a little travel bloat or bloat from eating out more than normal but I do think it's critical to keep an eye on your foods, even while on vacation.

That said, I stabilized after round 2 at around 155 (I am 45 y/o and 5'9"). I decided to do a "vanity" round to take off the last 10 pounds or so. I didn't really ever dare dream that I could get to a weight lower than that. In fact, I would have been perfectly happy to take off 5-7 pounds and stabilize. Imagine my surprise when two weeks in or so I had lost 12 pounds! I gradually ramped up calories (as detailed in P&I) until I stopped losing, with my LDW about 15 pounds lower than pre-load weight (140). It's taken me a while, a couple of subsequent rounds--my own fault!, and a lot of experimentation to get it to "stick" (ongoing) but I am sitting comfortably in my window, enjoying being a size smaller than I can ever remember, and loving hCG.

So I would say, DARE TO DREAM! If you want that lower weight, you can get there. Just don't shoot yourself in the foot first by eating out of control on vacation and starting out much higher than you need to.

[bevvy5]

Hmm, interesting. Correction days, not really done them. Usually if I eat "clean" P3 and make sure I get my walking in, I've been able to drop four or five pounds in about a week. Not working this time and I really do think my weight has been "reset" due to my negligence.

So my thought on going on another round was to again "reset" my body back to where I'm more comfortable, more than actually losing much more than back down to my original LDW. I'm a bit older - 53, but my stats are pretty similar, five eight and started at just over 200, down to about 150, and now working hard to stay at 155.

I will have to review P & I, I had not realized this subject was covered. I did actually think about doing a round and just upping the calories to lose a little slower so taht I would not lose "too much" and not be able to maintain it reasonably.

May I ask:

So you did the normal two day loading? Then started out at 500 calories a day until you got to where you thought you wanted to be, then just basically added more protein, I"m thinking, more vegetables and possibly a morsel of extra fruit until you were basically just maintaining through the balance of round? I think that's what I'm reading.

Thanks muchly. I'm thinking I will probably do that. We've been on a couple of vacations and I don't go hog wild - take my scale, continue to walk. It really has been a combination of stress and poor weather that has cut down on my exercise - my own fault - and just made it harder to eat things taht I know I should - I"m not a salad in the winter girl, running to the comfort type food - again my own fault.

THanks so much.

[dawnyama]

Originally Posted by LaraSuzz

What about some correction days? It's only 5 lbs?

But she is going on vacation. After vacation, if she is not careful it will be more than just the 5 lbs. And.....what about CDs not working anymore??? If you wait so long to do one, then you might not get the same effect.

[shelbyla]

The passage from P&I...

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The Duration of Treatment
Patients who need to lose 15 pounds (7 kg.) or less require 26 days treatment with 23 daily doses. The extra three days are needed because all patients must continue the 500-Calorie diet for three days after the last. This is a very essential part of the treatment, because if they start eating normally as long as there is even a trace of HCG in their body they put on weight alarmingly at the end of the treatment. After three days when all the HCG has been eliminated this does not happen, because the blood is then no longer saturated with food and can thus accommodate an extra influx from the intestines without increasing its volume by retaining water.
We never give a treatment lasting less than 26 days, even in patients needing to lose only 5 pounds. It seems that even in the mildest cases of obesity the diencephalon requires about three weeks rest from the maximal exertion to which it has been previously subjected in order to regain fully its normal fat-banking capacity. Clinically this expresses itself in the fact that when in these mild cases treatment is stopped as soon as the weight is normal, which may be achieved in a week, it is much more easily regained than after a full course of 23 doses.
As soon as such patients have lost all their abnormal superfluous fat, they at once begin to feel ravenously hungry in spite of continued doses. This is because HCG only puts abnormal fat into circulation and cannot, in the doses used, liberate normal fat deposits; indeed, it seems to prevent their consumption. As soon as their statistically normal weight is reached, these patients are put on 800-1000 Calories for the rest of the treatment. The diet is arranged in such a way that the weight remains perfectly stationary and is thus continued for three days after the 23rd dose. Only then are the patients free to eat anything they please except sugar and starches for the next three weeks.

[shelbyla]

Originally Posted by bevvy5

May I ask:

So you did the normal two day loading? Then started out at 500 calories a day until you got to where you thought you wanted to be, then just basically added more protein, I"m thinking, more vegetables and possibly a morsel of extra fruit until you were basically just maintaining through the balance of round? I think that's what I'm reading.

THanks so much.

I did the normal two day loading and enjoyed every bite. Any gains always came off in the first week, though. When I got where I wanted to be, I added more protein, 1/2 ounce per meal, at a time. When I stopped losing weight, I held it there until my 23 days were up. I think I got up to about 900 calories and 6oz of protocol protein per serving. HTH

[bkm]

I did my first round of HCG November 2011 - did a 2nd round a few months later. Since then, I've gone on vacation a few times (and gained 5-7 pounds each time).

What works for me is to start a "short" round immediately - the 5-7 pound gain is off within about 3 days, then I continue for another few days - typically about 10 days total. I manage to maintain then at my goal weight.

It works for me - though sometimes I wonder if it would also work if I simply went "protocol" without any drops????

[bevvy5]

Thanks so much for all the input. I am very convinced that I need another round to "reset" back, so will be reasonably moderate over vacation - have quit drinking so that should help!!

I'll order my drops and jump back on for a three-week round when I get home.

Thanks again everybody.