Thanks-Giving, Starting your HCG, post it here!

It is interesting reading everyone's posts. I lost 15 lbs. in 45 days of sublingual HCG with a lot of "Cheating" and taking of meds for a cold or whatever it is. I also ate those bread stix with the olive oil and they didn't bother me a bit. Still lost a pound a day when I ate correctly. It was hard to eat right when I had to have chicken soup etc for flu and stuff that I had.

I am 74 years old and I know that when I go on it again..(I'm in phase 3) that I will stick to the correct foods more than I did. I plan to start again in about 3-4 weeks. I eat mostly organic chicken and bison. I get it from Blackwing meats (from mercola's site) and it is the best-tasting! I also eat those "compari" tomatoes at each meal. I didn't vary it much because I am actually sick of thinking about food!

I have some of those miracle noodles and I will use them next time. My daughter uses buffalo meat and canned organic tomatoes cooked together for her meals. I got a cookbook called The HCG Dieter Gourmet Cookbook
by Tammy Skye. (She has a site online )

There are so many wonderful recipes and helps for the phase 3 also.
I plan to use this more often this next time. One thing I tried was Bragg's
Liquid Aminos. it's delicious! sort of like soy sauce but much more healthy.

ok guess that's all for now. I also posted on the "Make connections " forum.

I'm curious why people think certain things like broth or beef or fruit or the grissini slow their weight loss. I checked the side of the container of the broth I'm using and it's 15 calories a cup. Not gonna be a problem. Also low sodium, although I realize it's commercial salt and not sea salt or crystal salt, which would have a wider spectrum of minerals. Even if you're retaining a little water from the sodium you wouldn't be stopping fat burning.

Is the question about beef because of higher fat content? I've been able to acquire some buffalo, a nice big slab with no visible fat sold as London broil, and also some precious 6 ounce grassfed beef filet mignons that I cut in half. Have to add a little extra protein from somewhere else on the days I use those. The buffalo was quite reasonably priced. Can't say as much for the grassfed beef, but it sure is delicious.

I figure the fruit is recommended to provide micronutrients and fiber as well as to get the carbohydrate and calorie levels up. The veggies we're using are very low carb and have virtually no calories. You need some calories!

All the grissini I've been able to contain olive oil, so I'm using a wheat-free variety of Wasa Brod. So far so goot. Er, good.

I have a pattern of going a day or two with no loss and then losing 2 or even 3 pounds all at once. I'm thinking the main problem is my scale, which probably isn't sensitive enough. The dial is also kind of hard for my old eyes to read.

I started the VLCD on December 1 and have lost either 12 or 17 pounds, depending on whether you count the 5 pounds I packed on during loading. I'm very happy, since I haven't been able to lose an ounce for the last 10 years or so (I'm 62), and the process has been quite pleasant. I've had to be around people eating all sorts of treats and haven't even wanted to join them, both because of the motivation of daily weigh-ins and because I just don't want that kind of food anymore. I feel like I've lost 12 years along with the 12 pounds!

Hi, I'm Candy. I started the protocol December 1 using homeopathic hCG. I had planned to start over the holiday but since we were out of town I decided it would be better to start when we got home. And so far it has been quite easy and pleasant, and my energy has been mostly good.

I'm 62, so I was expecting a slow start. I'm 5'6' and weighed 212 pounds on Day 1. After the loading phase I was 217! That was a shock. I started the VLCD on Thursday and then went out of town Friday through Sunday so wasn't able to weigh until Monday morning, when I found I weighed 207. Today I'm 204, but that's the same as yesterday. An eight-pound loss in 10 days (13 pounds if you count the loading "bump"). Not as impressive as you younger girls but considering my complete inability to drop an ounce for the last several years, I'm cautiously thrilled and optimistic that I can get down to something approaching a normal weight.

Over the weekend I was thrilled to find that I could not only be around other people noshing on delectables at a party but also that I could prepare and serve those delectables without wanting any. What I craved was the simpler foods that are on the diet. I made things easier by preparing four meals, soup with protein, veggies and Miracle Noodles, before I left home. I put each day's worth in a Mason jar and carried the jars in a cooler, along with some raw condiments like cilantro and cucumber. I got back late Sunday night and didn't really want dinner. So I didn't eat it. Amazing.

I'm using the five-drops-six-times-a-day protocol Dr. Pearsall mentioned on the teleseminar. If I expect to be away for an extended period of time I double up, but so far that seems to be keeping hunger at bay. Has anyone had a chance to compare whether six small doses works better than two or three larger ones?

In the mornings I'm pretty much brain dead until I get a. coffee or b. food, any food. I remember Dr. Pearsall saying caffeine could interfere with homeopathics, so I have tried to avoid it. Still, the days when I have just a single cup of coffee I usually fly around with great focus and good spirits. When I don't have it, I'm scattered and bleak. I didn't have a huge caffeine habit before starting the diet so I think there must be more than just that going on.

So far, so good!

JustJan...oh I see you have discovered Annimaine.....I think you can send her your email address privately by clicking onto the tab above "Private Messages" and then it would be up to her if she wants to reply.
Good Luck you two...I think it's great that you have someone doing the HCG at the same time!

Does anyone know how to get to Ken's blog?? can't seem to find that again...as I have been wondering how he is doing..

JustJan...i think it was you that asked about hunger...I was hungry the first day or two. Even though I had to go off 5 days later d/t problems most likely d/t my sensitivity issues.....I still feel differently about sweets....I'm just not that interested in them any more!!.jotales