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Hi Janice!

Oh I am SOOOOOO jealous! But you are so right! That's that perfect way to LOAD! I hope you have a great time. Where are you sailing?

Me, too. Although I am not much into sweets, I am not sure how it is all going to go, temptation wise! I actually am doing this through thanksgiving as well. My plan is to show up with protocol foods and fall back on that if there's nothing I can have on the table, which is likely.

Have you joined the Yahoo group yet? there is a wealth of knowledge and experience there, as well as the support you are getting here.

Are you referring to sub lingual? If so, it depends on what you mix it with. I mixed mine with Colloidal Silver and B12. The B12 does have a slight flavor which is not at all unpleasant. I have no idea on the homeopathic mixtures! Hopefully someone using that method will fill us all in.:wink:

I had some trouble with my 1ml needles (two appear to be defective). The best tips I can give you are to make sure you draw out the amount of air equal or close to the amount of liquid you are going to be mixing in AND have everything all set out ahead of time and just relax. It is not hard. I was obsessing over having to break the ampule and had visions of it shattering in my hand, but it turns out, my hCG did not come in an ampule after all!

That I will leave for the Dr's here to answer, as I think that is an individual call. I personally am ONLY taking thyroid, Tension Rx Nighttime, and magnesium, and I will drop the last two if I sense they might be causing a problem. So far I am having great losses.

Welcome to the LOSERS!
Dawn
^^^^Colorado

Hey Jotales :)
How is your BP doing? I have been thinking about you, girl, and I am hoping it is not giving your grief. I sure hope that is stabilizing for you now and just keeps getting better as the weight comes off.

I seem to have leveled out on the BR trips. Back to normal, but I also need to still increase my liquid intake. I am not hungry or thirsty. I have to make myself THINK about it to remember to drink, and of course I remember to eat because I have these wonderful meals that I am preparing for my family and they SMELL so GOOOD! But, I haven't cheated, not one bit. Not even to lick my fingers! Not even when Whole Foods was doing samples of all kinds of good things. I even wear gloves when I handle anything with oil or fat. I am THAT determined.

I hope I can maintain the protocol through the holidays as easily as I have so far. I am not big on sweets, but I am STILL craving quinoa. I think that will be the first thing I eat once I get to that point! And how are you all going to do Thanksgiving? I am going to show up with my little dish of protocol foods and take it from there.

I had a big loss yesterday! 2.1 pounds! Wednesday will be my 1 week "on the VLCD diet" mark, and I am excited to see what my average will be. How are you doing?

I am not checking body fat or BMI. I am measuring myself once a week, but that's as far as it goes. I am much more motivated by how my clothes fit than by numbers, but weighing yourself is such an important part of this protocol, that I gotta do that! And I gotta admit, I am pretty excited to get up in the morning and see how much I lost! Does your scale do all the calculations for body fat for you or do you do that manually?

I am sticking to Simeon's protocol pretty strictly and still doing the same-same thing for lunch and dinner menus. Have you been mixing that up? I am excited about today's meals-I have been hungry for steak for a while now and we just haven't been able to swing buying any. But yesterday I picked up some organic grass fed steak for us to have for dinner tonight. My family is having soup for lunch and *I* get to have steak then, too, along with some grilled asparagus and grapefruit! YUM!

Dawn
^^^^Colorado 8) (where it is sunny today!)

Wow-you are dropping! Did you gain when you were loading? I gained only .3 the first day and then I dropped almost a pound a day--while loading! I didn't expect that, and I hope it is not because I do not have enough abnormal fat ('cause we know THAT ain't true). Wait and see . . .

I am very tired. Not sleepy, really. More like low on energy. I am glad you are not having to deal with that along with the BP increase.

I love this!!

Patrice-I am also interested in what you found out on the egg testing. I found that I could eat RAW eggs just fine, but cooked eggs definitely caused a reaction.

All, check in and share an update!

Dawn
^^^^Colorado

Thanks Jotales! That will be a great treat! My kale today was prepared almost the same (spice wise) and was quite tasty. That shot of lemon does the trick!

I also noticed in Dr. Cage's recipes that he mixes veggies for the side dish. Simeon's talks about not mixing and even eating the exact same thing for dinner that you ate for lunch.

I don't see why you could not mix things on the list, if your calorie count stays at/under 250 for each meal, but Simeon talks about THAT, too.

What's the word on this? I certainly don't want to sabotage my weight loss efforts (I'd really like to MAXIMIZE them), but I can see how this could get very uninteresting real quick AND harder to resist the yummy foods we are cooking for our families. (They are having PIZZA tonight-geeez!)

I think I am going to stick with straight Simeon protocol for one week, and then try some of the tasty recipes in Dr. Cage's book and see if there is a change in weight loss. I am losing good right now and want it to stay that way, but sure can see how variety would be nice!

Dawn
^^^^Colorado (who is craving quinoa!!!!)

well I posted on the Make COnnections thread...but yes
DAWN i am still up to the BR x2 every nite. Have lost 3.5#'s in 4 days but of course my body fat went up 3 points...it will be interesting if I see a drop there.
Is anyone else using a body fat/wt. scale? I would love to hear your info of how the numbers went as you did HCG???????

SOme issues w/ wanting to cheat...i won'tmention the thing women crave the most.......and some hunger but not uncontrollable...well I did have to use sheer will power from 5pm on last night not to eat more/cheat. THat was Day#1 of VLCD.
My biggest problem is that my B/P is up, requiring more med doses. if it continues I will have to discuss this w/the enlita drs. YOu wo uld think it would be down w/ the water weight loss...go figure. Or maybe it's too soon....I'm drinking more..in fact having a hard time getting in all 8 cups.
jotales

Hi Dawn...yes its legal, though I admit I didn't double check before I ate it.
So this morning I did check:
According to Dr. Cages' "The Diet" Handout:
B: "Saccharin or Stevia may be used" and
"the juice of one lemon daily is allowed for all purposes. Salt, pepper,vinegar, mustard,garlic,sweet basil,parsley,thyme,majoram, etc. may be used for seasoning, BUT NO OIL,BUTTER, OR DRESSING(Salad)

I also have a question:

I had the ALCAT Food Intolerance test done a month ago, (150 food panel) I have Moderate Food Intolerance of lemon, egg white,whey,chicken, cinnamon, millet, oats, olives and yellow squash, milk,goat milk. I need to avoid these foods for 3-6 months. I have Mild Intolerance to basil, brussel sprouts,cabbage, cauliflower,crab,fructose,garlic,honey,onion,orange,pear, pineapple,pork,sole,spinach,sweet potato,vanilla,and white potato.
According to ALCAT my yellow list is longer than my orange list and I need to avoid the Mild Intolerance foods as well for at least 3 months before rotating them in again.

When I read the protocols for HCG, it says not to deviate from the foods listed or you may stall or not loose at all.

What do I eat as substitutes for these foods that I am unable to eat, that wont cancel the weight loss?

Thanks,

Anneliese

Oh YUM!! Is that a legal protocol recipe? Today I had just plain 1 cup of shredded cabbage. It was good! But your recipe had me drooling on my keyboard!

Dawn
^^^^Colorado (who is doing chicken and kale tomorrow)

Chicken grilled with plenty of spices
Raw Kale massaged with a little lemon, salt, & pepper

Hi Dawn...don't know if you can freeze HCG...but your code.....Day1, Round 1?(is that right) and what is P2? so I can understand what you are telling us...... :? jotales

HI...yes it looks like we are the 3 Muskateers..[but I hate to think of that candy bar right now. :wink: ] Sorry to be a tad AWOL but I am into cleanning.
Dawn: I was thinking that when I get my place cleanned again..I will need a hobby...was thinking of knitting/crocheting. Dawdled in it when I was young, like 11! You would have smiled at my first and only vest and winter gloves! My first couple of projects...(when you are young you think you can do it!!! :roll:)

Flgranny33..hey...glad to see you on the HCg at the same time too..this is so helpful to me to have support.
My B/P med just wasn't working against my readings....that was really weird...still is to some extent but I did have one nice lower reading after my morning dose today. My pressure is borderline..well acatually labile, but I am on the med to control strong PVC's that I came down w/ last year summer. I am hoping that they are d/t "fat" and that if I get down maybe they will go away. Have read this online for a number of people. Well, It's a good goal to strive for! ALso I am having heavy heart pounding..I feel every beat and also the pulsation of my abdominal aorta. Seems to me I've got PLENTY of fat where I shouldn't have to feel that! :roll: Will this work out?? Bravery...or is it foolishness? but I still kept at it and took another dose yesterday. Called "Support"..if I'm still having issues..I'll try a consult next. I did have strong heart pounding on the GB/Liver remedy. I am just on the Weight Loss and Weight Off remedies as some of the other remedies have some items that might affect my PVC's.
During my loading days I was ravenously hungry..though I was taking lower gtts....d/t my sensitive nature...I decided to start low and build up to the 7 gtts. And I am having some symptoms. Anyway what a shock that I dropped 1.5#s this morning......well I have been getting up 2x's a nite to void...so it shouldn't have been THAT surprising.
Today..I was truly hungry after my morning HCG(homeopathic) but did just fine all day until around5-5:30pm after I ate my lunch apple. I am definitley spreading the feast out! Boy could I ever cheat but have used sheer will not to.....I actually have a dinner yet to eat..it's late for dinner...tomorrow's goal will be to do better timing of the meals.
Being prepared is the only wat to go! orI wouldn't be able to do this.

Saw this "Dressing recipe" in a low car book last nite. Enlita might have similar one.....2tsp. apple cider vinegar and couple gtts of stevia extract(I use BodyEcology's).....I poured it over 1C. finely shredded cabbage at lunchtime. Pepper and touch of salt. Yum!

Now i'm off to late dinner. Another goal is to get to bed earlier.
Thanks for posting! jotales

Jotales and Dawn....

how are you doing?
I am on the 500 cal diet now and I was a bit hungry just before supper.
However, after I ate, I was really full!

How about you folks? Hope you are doing well.

Flgranny33