I am currently on day 7 of the hcg diet. Some people find it very difficult some easy. First few days were the easiest. Now the hunger is HORRID at night. Its very restricted on 500 calories a day. I am a night owl so some of it my my own doing. I have coffee for breakfast, black, no artificial sweeteners, because for me they stat my weight loss. Lunch is tilapia baked with lemon pepper (its the only fish i can stomach) 1 cup of a steamed veggie like green beans, cauliflower, and broccoli, with a fruit 1 orange, 1 apple, 5 strawberries, or half a g****fruit, and 1 melba toast or 2 grissini bread sticks. Dinner goes the same way chicken or fish, maybe beef once a week which I haven't had yet. Drink lots of water nothing else. The hcg drops or pellets go under the tongue for 2 minutes, then wait 15 to 20 minutes before eating or drinking anything. They are supposed to curb any hunger, but for me not happening! In 6 days I have lost 9 lbs. Your not supposed to exercise while on the drops unless you normally do no more than 20-30 min a day. I had my treadmill and home gym everyday for 30 min. I see my face shrinking, my hands, and legs. Its like it comes off the ends of your body first. I did atkins for 6 weeks before hcg and lost 14 lbs most of which was water. Now, with atkins I did not have this hunger. As soon as i'm finished with the hcg protocol I'm going back to atkins, I felt much better on that. I'm finishing hcg to hope it improves and to also use them for all the money I have in the hcg.

Well black coffee again this morning, but having my lunch apple for breakfast to combat the hunger and make it a little easier to go get my daily exercise in. No loss this morning. Going to cut food off at 7pm to see if that longer span does any good, it normally does. Going to skip the fish and veggies for lunch and have a protein shake after my workout and have a steak filet for dinner and a salad. So I wont go over the 500 calories, but I know it will be nice to have beef again its been 8 days.  

 

Down 2lbs today now 25 total..Coffee for breakfast..Lunch: chicken **** and tomatoes, strawberries and melba toast. I got 30 minutes solid running, weights, and back again. I enjoy the privacy in my own home of my workouts. Hcg is finally controlling the hunger so I'm not suffering anymore. Snack was whey protein with water after my workout. Only manages 275 calories today, but I cant force myself to eat when I'm not hungry. I have 30 more days of hcg looks like I may easily hit the 50 lb loss mark with first round of hcg.  

 

Today Coffee w/ T milk and splenda, no lunch not hungry, Dinner at 5pm beef filet, steamed broccoili, Apple, and 2 grissini bread sticks. No loss today seems I drop 2lbs every other day. I have been doctor monitored, thyroid normal, and blood sugar. Only way I have ever been able to lose so much as a pound is seriously cutting out carbs and calories. No judging I know the risks. Seeing doctor again this Tuesday.

 

Day 11 VLCD..Down half a lb today. Coffee w/heavy cream...No lunch...Dinner: baked chicken, and a salad with a lemon wedge as my dressing. No fruits today to keep my carb count in check...testing varies combinations of foods to see what works and what doesn't.

 

Day 12 VLCD down another half pound today...I did 30 min of cardio and 30 minutes of weights yesterday. I'm hoping eventually I'll see some improvement, I'm still waiting for the day when clothes start fitting differently, so far not happening. I have thin hands, up to my elbows, feet are tiny, and legs up to my knees. I really wish it would move to my rear end and hips..but just gonna keep going till it does...  

 

Today I stopped hcg was totally pointless..some people may be willing to about starve and eat the same stuff all the time, I'm just not. The first 8 days i dropped 10lbs after that i felt bad, headache constantly. Some say "well its the hcg you used" nope sorry tried 2 types people swear by. I didn't feel all the bad the first week, but after the 8th day headache, nausea, and weakness. I really think going to 500 calories does more damage than good. To each their own. So I'm going to my old way of 1200 calories an atkinish style. I do NOT eat carbs unless its coming from fruit and veggies. That's no breads, cereal, pastas, and rice. The 1200 is easily doable. I still have one cup of coffee in the morning, and stick to water, it's so easy once you adjust. Once you drink it everyday nothing satisfies the same. I so never thought I'd say that. So example Breakfast: 2 egg whites, 2 slices turkey bacon, cup of coffee with non dairy non fat creamer and splenda. Lunch: spinach egg drop soup (I love broth based soups), flax seed bread or muffin. Dinner: turkey burger on a almond bisquit (I bake with almond meal) with a veggie or soup. Its Very filling and your SO NOT hungry, and it tastes good. Let's face it how many salads can you eat before you can NOT do it anymore. There are many sits online that have so many recipes without flour or any gluten, very low carb foods and REALLY simple to make. My doctor visit today was also enlightening, he has referred me to an endocrinologist, my inability to lose weight as i should, because of how hard I work, is due to some kind of imbalance in my body and I will have lots of blood work done in each area to figure it out...SO can't wait to see wtf is wrong with me.

 

Since stopping hcg, I had a HUGE retention of water, I'm now fighting. Still waiting for the endocrinology place to call and set up my appointment. My 25 lb loss has dropped to only 10lb. Seems only thing that I lost over 12 weeks was water only. I check my ketones and never does the test strip change so no fat burning has ever been present. I have my daily calories around 1200. I still do not eat carbs, with one exception my half and half with my one cup of coffee a day, with splenda. Lunch I have egg whites and turkey bacon. I'm hooked on that and I still do not eat any sodium in my foods. Hard to understand the water retention, so something is underlying.  

 

Took a week off from dieting, got the water off my body again, down to 272 lbs. Going back to a more atkin-ish type of diet, there I have ground turkey which I missed and make my own buns from coconut flour or almond meal. I don't get hungry, I'm very satisfied. I lost weight very slowly but at least I wasn't miserable. Spinach egg drop soups my favorite. Since my mini gym is in my garage and its 95 degrees haven't been out there as much so back at it today.