What to Expect

I love this article about what to expect when you are doing HCG. Hope you enjoy this as much as I have. (I found this on the internet)

Things to expect on the Dr. Simeons hCG Protocol.

First off, let me say that I think it is great that you are looking for a real cure to your weight issues. This is not just another fad diet designed to separate you from your money.

Please note that this cure is the most powerful, fastest, and effective way to lose body fat, lose inches, re-shape and resculpt your body and completely correct the condition of obesity. When you do the weight loss cure protocol, some amazing things can happen to you. You can lose fat, pounds, and inches faster and easier than ever before. Imagine losing over a pound per day starting from the very first day. The best part is once the protocol is over you can once again eat normally. Why, because this protocol addresses the very root problem of obesity, it resets the Hypothalamus Gland found deep inside your brain, raises your metabolism and eliminates hunger!

However you will find this Protocol so different than any diet program you have seen or used, I felt I would give you some insight as to what to expect.

1. Expect to lose a pound or 2 a day.

2. The protocol is NOT dependent on exercise to lose the weight, but exercise is still great for your overall health.

3. Find a source of Melba Toast or Grisini Bread Sticks. They can be hard to find. (Melba Toast can be found at Wal-Mart)

4. Some people are a little apprehensive about giving themselves a shot. This goes away after you do it a couple of times. Relax, it is not that bad and you do get use to it! (If you don't want to do the shots, you can do RX subliguial or Homeopathic drops)

5. You must eat to capacity all day long until after your 3rd injection (or your 3rd day on the drops). We know this goes against anything you ever heard of on a diet, but remember, this is not a diet, it is a cure for Obesity. Eat the fattiest foods you can, like bacon, mayonnaise, butter, biscuits and gravy and any other high fat foods. Why? Because once you start the VLCD (Very Low Calorie Diet) it takes a few days for the hCG to start moving your fat into your system. Meanwhile you are using the stored fat you just ate. Please eat a lot! This helps eliminate or reduce hunger and headaches.

6. A few people get a little hungry for the first few days of the VLCD if they did not eat enough before their 3rd injection. Again, please eat A LOT before your 3rd injection!

7. A few people experience Headaches around days 3-5 of the VLCD mostly because they did not eat enough before their 3rd injection or are not drinking enough. There is also the huge change in diet and the headache is just a reaction to that. An aspirin usually helps if needed, but they almost always go away on their own. Drink lots of water.

8. Have your coffee or tea ready the night before, so when you get up in the morning just turn it on. That way it will be ready as soon as possible.

9. You are drinking a lot of water, tea and coffee, so guess what, you are going to Urinate a lot.

10. You are eating a little so guess what, you will have fewer and fewer stools.

11. Your clothes will start getting loose and belts will quickly become too big. So start saving money for the new wardrobe.

12.

Diabetics can expect a huge drop in Blood Sugar levels. Mine went from 250mg with meds to 110mg without meds in 3 weeks. It also stabilized at around 105mg average. Not bad for a 10 year type 2 diabetic who’s H1c tests were 7.2, taking 4 different drugs for diabetes, high blood pressure and cholesterol. I no longer take any prescription drugs, and my blood work has never been better.

13. A few people experience slightly blurry vision while on the protocol but from what I have heard, the few that it has affected have all cleared up after the protocol ended..

14. Your rings (finger, toes, etc.) will get loose and you may want to remove them and wait until you have reached your goal weight before having them resized.

15. Your energy level will go up. It becomes easier to get up in the mornings.

16. Expect your blood pressure to drop to normal levels.

17. Expect better check-ups at your next Doctor’s visit.

These experiences are personal experiences by myself and others I found on the Web.

We are not making any medical claims, just observations and relaying these observations.

When Health Matters.com info@whenhealthmatters.com

Shopping List for Phase 2

I am hearing that some people are not staying true to the protocol that Dr. Simeon calls for, so I decided to include the shopping list again for all to see. Take this will you when you go shopping and follow is completely. I love to hang it on my fridge, this way I never have to second guess myself in what I am to eat on Phase 2.

Phase 2 Shopping List

NOTE: Using organic and pure water is

only recommended by Kevin Trudeau.

Meat & Fish:

Organic grass fed suggested

Beef

Veal

Chicken breast (skinless)

Wild Chilean sea bass

Flounder

Sole

Halibut

Fresh White Fish (*)

Lobster (*)

Crab (*)

Shrimp (*)

Vegetables (Organic suggested):

Spinach

Chard

Beet greens

Lettuces of any kind

Tomatoes

Celery

Fennel

White, yellow, or red onions

Red radishes

Cucumbers

Asparagus

Cabbage

Fruit (Organic suggested):

Apple (1-2 per day)

½ grapefruit, (per day)

Strawberries

Orange (*)

Seasonings (Organic suggested):

Lemon

(juice of one daily)

White or Black Pepper

Sea salt

Garlic

Basil

Parsley

Thyme

Marjoram

Raw Organic Apple Cider Vinegar

or any other herb or organic herb

Tea (Organic suggested) & Water (pure suggested):

Green tea

(stimulates cell cleansing, increases metabolism, helps regulate hunger)

Wu Long tea (a green tea)

(melts away fat)

Yerba Mate tea

(increases energy, reduces appetite and stimulates releasing of fat cells)

Chamomile tea

Water - ½ to 1 gallon daily

1. -

1. (Pure water is suggested - Volvic, Fiji, Evian; ideally with coral calcium sachets)

Other:

Melba Toast (*)

Grissini (*)

One Tablespoon of milk daily

(*) Noted in these words only in Dr. Simeons’ protocol

My New Toy

Look what I got last night.

A Magic Bullet!!!

I would hate making protein shakes as I would have to lug out my big VitaMix just for one little shake. With the Magic Bullet I can easily make a shake for one and in the same cup I would drink out of. Last night I make Chocolate Moose in about 5 seconds with Home-made Whip Cream. The Bullet can also chop, grate and more. This is going to come in handy.

I love my little bullet.

Doctors don't know Everything.

OK, I am very frustrated with doctors. There are so many people doing HCG through a Dr. and that is ok as long as they are following the true Dr. Simeon's protocol. What gets me is when a Dr. feels that they can change things to their liking. Dr. Simeon has tested and tried this protocol for a long time. It has been over 50 years since he has done this and tons of people have seen lots of success doing his protocol. I guess what got me going this morning is, David came home and told me that some of the nurses were told by their Dr. that they did not have to do the 6 weeks between rounds. These doctors (or this one) is/are not getting it. The reason we do Phase 3, which is the Stabilization round is to reset your Hypothalamus gland and Phase 4, which is Maintenance, is exactly just that...to maintain it. You must do these two phases before you move on to your next round. Here is what Dr. Simeon says about it:

Patients requiring the loss of more than 34 lbs. must have a second or even more courses. A second course can be started after an interval of not less than six weeks, though the pause can be more than six weeks. When a third, fourth or even fifth course is necessary, the interval between courses should be made progressively longer. Between a second and third course eight weeks should elapse, between a third and fourth course twelve weeks, between a fourth and fifth course twenty weeks and between a fifth and sixth course six months. In this way it is possible to bring about a weight reduction of 100 lbs. and more if required without the least hardship to the patient.

Concluding a Course

When the three days of dieting after the last injection are over, the patients are told that they may now eat anything they please, except sugar and starch provided they faithfully observe one simple rule. This rule is that they must have their own portable bathroom-scale always at hand, particularly while traveling. They must without fail weight themselves every morning as they get out of bed, having first emptied their bladder. If they are in the habit of having breakfast in bed, they must weigh before breakfast.

It takes about 3 weeks before the weight reached at the end of the treatment becomes stable, i.e. does not show violent fluctuations after an occasional excess. During this period patients must realize that the so-called carbohydrates, that is sugar, rice, bread, potatoes, pastries etc, are by far the most dangerous. If no carbohydrates whatsoever are eaten, fats can be indulged in somewhat more liberally and even small quantities of alcohol, such as a glass of wine with meals, does no harm, but as soon as fats and starch are combined things are very liable to get out of hand. This has to be observed very carefully during the first 3 weeks after the treatment is ended otherwise disappointments are almost sure to occur.

Plan of a Normal Course

125 I.U. of hCG daily (except during menstruation) ui injections have been given.

Until 3rd injection forced feeding.

After 3rd injection, 500 calorie diet to be continued until 72 hours after the last injection.

For the following 3 weeks, all foods allowed except starch and sugar in any form (careful with very sweet fruit).

After 3 weeks, very gradually add starch in small quantities, always controlled by morning weighing.

I guess, I shouldn't worry what others do yet I want everyone to have success. Yes, if you go from one round to another without the allotted 6 weeks, you will still loose weight yet the question is this...Once you get to your goal, will you keep it off for good? Is your hypothalamus gland reset at your goal weight? For me, I don't have time to take chances. I know if I do the protocol the way Dr. Simeon says then my hypothalamus gland will be reset at my lowest weight.

Happy Releasing

Phase 3 Day 10

Thank goodness. My ankles are back down, I lost a 1lb. Yeah, me. I am still 2 ozs over my 2 lb window yet I am going to try to eat clean and drink more water and see if this helps. If not then "Steak Day" here I come tomorrow. I just saw yesterday that my sour cream had sugar in it so we shall see if having "no sugar" sour cream helps. The main idea here is to just keep plugging along. Try to find out what is working and what is not. Our body's are so smart, we just need to trust them and give them what they really need and not what we "think" they need.
Happy Releases, Stabilization and Maintenance to all.

Phase 3 Day 9

Ok, I don't know what happened. I am so frustrated right now. This morning I did my typical ritual, which is get out of bed, go to the bathroom and get on the scale. I glanced down and saw that I was up by 2.4 lbs. Not good! TOM was here this week and should be leaving real, soon (one of you lucky ladies will get a visit from him) I don't think this is what is causing my weight gain. I thought I ate real clean yesterday. I just don't know what it could be. Today I decided my correction day would be a Protein day. This is where you eat ALL protein all day and nothing else. I have notice that I am retaining fluids. Hopefully by tomorrow morning my weight will be back down. I have not eaten all my calories today (am I suppose to on a correction day?). I did try to up my water intake. We shall see as this is the time I am suppose to stabilize. Even though it is frustrating, I will plug along, moving forward. I can't wait for Phase 2 again...way easier!

Phase 3

OK I have to admit that I am scared of this Phase. Will I stabilize or will I gain all my weight back. In phase 3, you have a 2 lb window. If you loose or gain 2 lbs pass your last HCG weight then you need to do a correction day and try to stabilize within that 2 lb range. On the first day I had an omelet with cheese for breakfast. I was enjoying myself with eating a different variety of foods. During the 500 cal without HCG, you are expected to loose weight yet once you start phase 3 you should gain that which you lost in those 72 hrs. That is exactly what happened. For a couple of days my weight would go a couple of ozs here or there yet once day (yes, here comes TOM again) I went 2ozs over my 2 lbs window. So "Steak Day" here I come. This is where you have nothing all day until dinner and then you have the "Biggest" steak you can fine and 1 tomato. The next morning I lost 1.6 lbs. The is wonderful back in the "safety zone". I am hoping that I will not have a hard time stabilizing. According to different web sites (I would average them all out) I should be eating 2238 cal to maintain my weight. We shall see what happens with this.

What My Phase 2 was Like

Oh, my goodness. Phase 2 was fun, hard, stressful at time, exciting, frustrating, rewarding...ok I think you get the picture. On the second day of the VLCD I lost 3.6 lbs. Talk about a great starting. I was so excited. As I mentioned in a previous post, I was still full from my loading days so eating 500 cal, was not hard at all. I would average between 1-2 lbs lose a day for awhile. Then I started averaging around .5 lbs a day. I still couldn't complain. At one point I was only loosing around .2 lbs a day and decided to see if there was anything I was doing wrong. I checked everything and then noticed on my Lemon Pepper spice that it had sugar in it. Every thing counts and will make a different, either big or small. Once I stopped using it, I started to loose more again. Yeah!!! Once TOM (time of month) came I gained .2ozs. Again, I wasn't stressed as you will gain water weight with TOM. I decided to go passed my 40 days and ended up doing 54 on the Homeopathic drops. I would of gone longer yet I have mapped out the rest of the year as I wanted Christmas Eve and Christmas to be Loading days.
In 54 days I lost 39 LBS and 18" all around. Dropped 2 sizes. I am excited. This is working. When I did South Beach, I was very "by the book" and lost 50 lbs in 150 days. So there is no complaining here. After my 54 days I stopped the drops yet you are to continue eating your 500 cal for 72 hrs as that is how long it takes for the HCG to leave your system. I am now on Phase 3 and can't wait until I get to do Round 2.

Ups and Downs

You have to realize that on P2 your body is doing some amazing things. I went 57 days on P2 and not once cheated. I had days were I lost 2 lbs a day, days I lost .2 ozs, days I gained .8 ozs and days were I didn't gain or loose. You have to decide that no matter what the scales say you will continue to eat clean and stick to the protocol. There can be so many reasons you are loosing, not loosing or staying the same. Your cycle is a BIG one, did you drink ALL your water, are you moving your bowels? You could be loosing inches and not pounds for awhile, remember the book Dr. Simeon wrote is called "Pounds and Inches". So relax, breath and keep doing everything right and at the end you will be pleased. I know I was. Always remember, this DOES work!!! Another thing I would do when the pounds weren't moving or were going up instead of down was to watch some Vlogs with HCG. On the side bar, you will see some of my favorite Vloggers. Take a look.

Phase 2 Meals

Are you a person who could do the same thing day after day or do you need a change once in a while? I am both. There were days that I eat my simple "boring" meals as they were fast and easy and I really don't like to cook, yet there were days that I just needed something new and different to spice my meals up. There are plenty of recipes and cookbooks on the Internet for P2 and 3. I suggest you getting some of these. They are well worth it. Just make sure they are strictly to the protocol.

Here are some of my meals.

This is a 3.5 oz steak (no visible fat), Radish hash brown, Melba toast and 1/2 a grapefruit. It was a lot to eat.

This one is, Shrimp with Glazed Onions, Melba toast and "Apple Pie".

This one is, Breaded Chicken breast (breaded with my Melba toast and no skin), 2 Cucumbers and an Orange. These were all so filling to me.

Another one is Shrimp Scampi on a bed of saute cabbage, Melba toast and Home-made Apple sauce.

So as you can see, you are eating some Yummy foods. I love being on P2 and can't wait to get back on it (as I am writing this, I am on P3

500 Calorie Protocol

I started the 500 Calorie Protocol on June 6, 2010 and was so excited to start as I felt so sick and bloated from the two Loading days. As I weighed in on that morning, I knew I gained and they say you want to gain between 4 to 10 lbs on your loading day. So, I did pretty good. My weigh in weight was 268.2. Wow, I can't believe I said it yet hopefully with me telling all, it will help someone else. On the VLCD (Very Low Calorie Diet) you do not eat breakfast. You only eat lunch and dinner. You are to drink 1/2 your weight in water. There is a strict diet for this and you can only have these foods and nothing else. Some people "cheat" on this diet, yet if you are serious about becoming healthy and loosing weight then you should stick to Dr. Simeon's protocol. I was not hungry at all and noticed my craving went away. I was able to cook and bake for others and not tempted one bit. I wanted to loose the weight and knew I could on this protocol.

Phase 2 Shopping List

NOTE: Using organic and pure water is

only recommended by Kevin Trudeau.

Meat & Fish

:

Organic grass fed suggested

Beef

Veal

Chicken breast (skinless)

Wild Chilean sea bass

Flounder

Sole

Halibut

Fresh White Fish (*)

Lobster (*)

Crab (*)

Shrimp (*)

Vegetables (Organic suggested):

Spinach

Chard

Beet greens

Lettuces of any kind

Tomatoes

Celery

Fennel

White, yellow, or red onions

Red radishes

Cucumbers

Asparagus

Cabbage

Fruit (Organic suggested):

Apple (1-2 per day)

½ grapefruit, (per day)

Strawberries

Orange (*)

Seasonings (Organic suggested):

Lemon

(juice of one daily)

White or Black Pepper

Sea salt

Garlic

Basil

Parsley

Thyme

Marjoram

Raw Organic Apple Cider Vinegar

or any other herb or organic herb

Tea (Organic suggested) & Water (pure suggested):

Green tea

(stimulates cell cleansing, increases metabolism, helps regulate hunger)

Wu Long tea (a green tea)

(melts away fat)

Yerba Mate tea

(increases energy, reduces appetite and stimulates releasing of fat cells)

Chamomile tea

Water - ½ to 1 gallon daily

1. -

1. (Pure water is suggested - Volvic, Fiji, Evian; ideally with coral calcium sachets)

Other:

Melba Toast (*)

Grissini (*)

One Tablespoon of milk daily

(*) Noted in these words only in Dr. Simeons’ protocol

Loading Days

So, as stated in a previous post. I started HCG on June 4, 2010. When you start, you are to "load" for two days while taking your HCG. I couldn't wait for my loading days as I could eat what ever I wanted and as much as I wanted. It was like letting a kid in a candy store and telling them to go at it as it is all free.
First thing I did that day was to go to the bathroom when I woke up and get on the scale. I was in shock as it read (ok, here I am being honest. I can do this as I won't be at this weight again) 264lbs. I have never weighed this much. The most was in the 250's. This is where "faith" came in as I knew the way I was going to eat for these two days were going to have me gain. I would take my HCG (I was doing homeopathic drops) 6 drops, 3x day. The first two days you are to eat as much fat as you can, in fact you are to "gorge" yourself on fats (Wow, this is going way against my believes!!!).
In the book "Pounds and Inches", it states:

Gain before Loss

Patients whose general condition is low, owing to excessive previous dieting, must eat to capacity for about one week before starting treatment, regardless of how much weight they may gain in the process. One cannot keep a patient comfortably on 500 Calories unless his normal fat reserves are reasonably well stocked. It is for this reason also that every case, even those that are actually gaining must eat to capacity of the most fattening food they can get down until they have had the third injection. It is a fundamental mistake to put a patient on 500 Calories as soon as the injections are started, as it seems to take about three injections before abnormally deposited fat begins to circulate and thus become available.

The first day I remember eating a huge breakfast of hash brown and eggs with sour cream and cheese. It was really good. I can't remember all the foods I ate yet I do remember when lunch came around I was still not hungry, yet I knew I had to eat. I found if I drank a milkshake, I was able to intake more fat. By the first night, I was so sick. The next morning I still did not want to eat yet I knew I had too. I "forced" food in me. Feeling bloated and yucky. I did not do much that day. I was not liking these LOADING days at all. I couldn't wait until I got to the Very Low Calorie Diet (vlcd) to start. I gained about 4 pounds in those two days. Not fun at all!!!

Read First

With HCG, the first thing I tell people is to read "Pounds and Inches", and ebook by Dr. Simeon. Taking HCG is not a game and if you don't do the protocol right can really mess up your body. You need to know what you are doing and why. Go to the link to the right and click on LDS-HCG e-mail group (this site is for everyone, whether you are LDS or not, we just ask that it stays "G" rated) and after you join, go to files (on the left side). Once there click on Dr. Simeon and the book Pounds and Inches is in this file. So, grab a glass of water and sit down to some wonderful reading.

I decided to start a New Adventure.

Three years ago I lost about 60 lbs doing the South Beach Diet. Was feeling great, yet still had about 20 more pounds I wanted to loose. That same year we moved from a two bedroom apartment to a three bedroom triplex. With the move, my schedule went all out of whack! There were times I would try to get back on the bandwagon of loosing weight yet I just couldn't do it. As the story goes, I started to gain weight back. It finally got so bad that I didn't want anyone I knew before the move to see me as I was so embarrassed. I would never go to my husband's work either as I didn't want his co-workers to know he was married to a "fat" wife. With the weight came physical problems, not being able to tie my own shoes, couldn't climb the stairs without being winded, having a hard time getting up after I sat down, feeling my belly fat bounce as I walked down the stairs and so many more things. I figured that I just needed to get use to being a "fat" mom as I was not motivated to loose weight.
I have been hearing about this HCG Cure for awhile yet would not touch that with a ten foot pole. Even though I was fat, I have done a lot of studying on nutrition and health. I knew with HCG you only could eat a 500 calorie diet and that was STARVATION! There was no way I was going to do something that dangerous. So, time went on and I just continued to get fatter.
Finally on Facebook a friend of mine wrote that she lost 17 lbs and 17 inches in 23 days. This really made me think. I figured I would do my homework and search into this HCG thing.
Well, it took me about two months of research and at the end I came to the conclusion that the HCG cure was very safe, as was eating a 500 cal diet (you can only do this safely with HCG). I decided I was going to give this a try. What did I have to loose, but a LOT of weight. It took me about another month to research what company I wanted to order my HCG from as there are so many options out there and some of them will rip you off.

So, on June 6, 2010 my journey began.

I wish I would of started this when I first started HCG so that I could of blogged everyday and you could see what I was doing, yet I will try to go back in time and recapture the moment as best I can. I decided to also be very honest here. I don't like my picture taken, because I don't want to see how obese I really am, yet I will post pictures every so often and my stats. I am hoping that by doing this, it will help me but also help others who are in "shoes" like mine. There is hope out there for you and I am and will be living proof of that.