After the hCG Diet

A bigger question then I realized, "What to eat after the hCG diet?" And it's an important questions. I answered it but only part of the questions in a previous post, because it's not just about what foods to avoid after dieting and making your list of good foods for your body.

The question is, really asking, "How do I not get fat again?", "How do I stop the emotional eating?" And that is a harder question to drill down too because there are so many factors that play a role in the WHY of it. The how is easy and straight forward.

You can take a clinical approach; Obesity is like any other disease and must be treated as such, these are the foods, ie. your medicine, to maintain your health, go for it. Only 1/3 of the issue will be addressed and last time I checked, we, people are a whole person.

Addressing emotional issues is the bigger issue, but still it is only 1/3 of the issue. Emotional eating can cause many to be a long term dieter, diet failure and a vicious dieting cycle.

Addiction is the other 1/3 that is often overlooked and not talked about a lot in relationship to food and over eating and obesity. But yet there are similarities and relationships to emotional eating issues.

My most successful weight loss and maintenance was Atkins Low Carb, 5 years of low carb eating. But I was vigilant, determined and my life was at a calm even keel point. My 2nd weight loss was hCG dieting and I can't even tell you the success I found, but again I rebounded due to that 1/3 emotional eating that lead back to the other 1/3 of addiction.

So when people ask after the diet what foods should I avoid, it's a masked question for, "How do I overcome what made me fat?", "How do I avoid being in that state of unhappiness that made me fat?" or some other question related to healing the deeper issue or issues.

And that I can attest to, it is a process. I have not conquered it all, but I have the tools to address each area and I have started using them again. What you will find when you start peeling back your onion, not just one thing will resonate with your, your mind, your body or your soul and it truly takes a commitment to you and habit building.

The Diet Cure, a book excellent to help break addictions using vitamins amino acids.

EFT based on the meridian points (acupuncture) to help deal with what's bothering you. You can also search for practitioners in your area.

Happy Pocket Full of Money. I have this on CD and use to listen to it a LOT. So many things just resonated and helped change my perspective.

How to Live with Yourself Another book that changes your perspective and makes you realize you have all the tools you need to, a Nike moment, just do it!

The Texas Elimination Diet. Good way to find what foods you need to avoid long term in your life.

Exercise. Well if you have read any posts of mine before you know I'm a fan of T-Tapp, but again that may not be for you. Jogging, Yoga, Biking, Walking, Swimming, Kick Boxing, Zumba, Belly Dancing, Ballroom Dancing, anything that you can do to keep a positive state of mind, makes you feel good about yourself. Exercise has many positive benefits on your mind and health. Here is a quick article, Exercise Good Even Without Weight Loss.

Meditation. I use to do it daily, then broke away from it, the picked it up again, then broke away, now back. In 96/97 there was a lot internet, but today there is much much more. I like Silva Method, but I stared with this system. I can tell you, Probable Future, the tapes (they offer CD's now) are excellent and would help induce an open mind and meditative state pretty quickly.

As I've demonstrated to myself, it's a process you have to be dedicated and build habits to reinforce the dedication and build habits that make you feel good about you.

It's not highly probably you will be happy every second of every day, but having inner peace will help you maintain your weight loss. Being happy within will help to shield you from emotional eating that can lead to addiction.

For myself I know this to be true. And I am passing what I've learned and what I continue to learn on to you.

Enjoy!

Update

Today I'm working on updating hCG Diet Journey site with 2 new articles by Sunday. The hCG diet shop is revamped and streamlined for your viewing pleasure.

One on hCG diet for the vegan and vegetarian and a sample hCG diet menu with recipes. Those are frequent e-mails to me or searches people are looking for so I will be adding post articles on that.

I've also had to make changes to the hCG diet blog here and the site to be FDA compliant. So that should be done. IF you ever find a broken link just drop me and e-mail as I think I've fixed them all to be in compliance but there could be a straggler or two.

I do hope everyone enjoys both sites as I am want to make it as informative, easy to read, entertaining and helpful to hCG dieters new and old alike and those seeking general information.

Enjoy!

My Last Word

I just read an article about Homeopathic hCG and I found it funny as I feel they were referring to me. Or I could just be paranoid.

My opinions are mine. My research I share. I leave it to you the reader to make your own decision about what you read and what you decided to do.

They claim with homeopathic hCG you have no hunger and yet on one popular homeopatchic site they say they add things to reduce your hunger. Anyway.

If you know the hCG diet well, then you know you are in a state of ketosis, the same as Atkins Low Carb diet. You know you are burning fat and the fat is being used for energy. In ketosis you experience little to no hunger because your fat being release will naturally abate your hunger.

With hCG you have the added benefit of the stored fat in those hard to lose places being used. With hCG you have the added benefit of your muscles tissue not being lost. With hCG you have are resetting your hypothalamus.

The homeopathic hCG article says it is diluted for potency. Okay. Get a 8 oz glass of ice tea, sweeten it with sugar, now pour that into a 5 gallon water bottle and fill it with water. Is that ice tea still sweet? You just diluted it to make it potent.

The homeopathic hCG article in essence stated, that the hCG is working on the esoteric energy level. I believe in energy work and yes I do believe you can change things on the energy level to effect the body, however I still would not need watered down hCG to do so on the energy level. I would simply believe, visualize, via Silva Method or some other meditative state and it would have the same effect at a much reduced cost. Just mediate and do Stillman's Diet, but the fat lose won't be the same.

However, you are not telling people the essence of hCG is in the bottle and the essence of hCG is not what people are buying. You are selling, touting, marketing that this is HCG. It is NOT. You are telling people this is homeopathic hCG so you don't need a script and you don't have to take a shot and it works the same.

Where are your studies on homeopathic hCG usage? You are using real hCG studies to support homeopathic hCG, sorry can't do that.

When I buy a Louis Vuitton bag off the street, I know it's fake and I will only have the essence of Louis Vuitton, this is where the difference is, I KNOW what I'm buying and I'm not paying Louis Vuitton prices.

As a Atkins Low Carber (late 90's) and an hCG dieter I've lost weight on both. With hCG I lost less and looked much better because of how and where the fat was coming off. I lost more FAT, back fat, belly fat, love handle fat, upper ab fat with hCG then I did with Atkins and in ketosis. I saw this, my daughter saw this and my friends saw this. I was amazed.

As I stated I do understand that people do not want to or are frighten by an injection. I do understand that maybe all the prep work for hCG maybe daunting. I do understand that looking for an alternative is attractive.

I am saying buyer beware, buyer understand, buyer do research, buyer ask some questions.

Okay enough said about this subject as bashing is not what My hCG Diet Journey is about.

Homeopathic hCG..Go Real or Lose Muscle

If you have read my posts and have followed me for awhile you know I'm not a fan of Homeopathic hCG. Frankly they should stop calling it hCG.

I am a fan of herbal remedies, alternative medicine and homeopathy however, Homeopathic hCG is none of those.

So regardless of how popular some sites maybe, regardless of the marketing they are doing to get to the 1st page of Google, Yahoo and Bing, regardless of their press releases, testimonials and affiliates pushing it (the mark up is about 95%), Homeopathic hCG just ain't so.

Why? To sum it up the hCG is cut until it is rendered usless. Dr. Simeons say 125iu is an appropriate dosage with homeopathic hCG you are getting .0001iu's maybe.

It's the difference between buying a 24k gold chain and a nickel chain brushed with gold paint, but the seller is telling you it's just like having a 24k gold chain.

Would you knowingly buy a gold painted nickel chain?

Understanding the science of homeopathy medicine as related to hCG.

When you see or read a hCG bottle that is homeopathic you should understand exactly what you are reading before buying.

3X, 6X, 12X, 30X, 60X

X means means concentration is cut 1,000 times.

3, 6, 12, 30, 60 means how many times they divided it.

Now picture a pice of homemade pie (okay not a good picutre for a dieter).  Let's make it a nice juicy grilled to perfection Rib Eye steak 16oz.

Cut the 16 oz Rib Eye 1000 times3 times = 3,000 pieces

OR

Cut the 16 oz Rib Eye 1000 times 6 times = 6,000 pieces

OR

Cut the 16 oz Rib Eye 1000 times 12 times = 12,000 pieces

OR

Cut the 16 oz Rib Eye 1000 times 30 times = 30,000 pieces

OR

Cut teh 16 oz Rib Eye 1000 times 60 times = 60,000 pieces

Would you rather have a 16 oz Rib Eye or 1 of those 3,000, 6,000, 12,000, 30,000 or 60,000 piece of that once juicy grilled to perfection Rib Eye steaks?

So when you see those numbers on the bottle it has been diluted 1000 times by a factor of 3, 6, etc.

Now it maybe more appealing to take a oral form of hCG  vs. hCG shot and I do understand that, my only point here is to understand what you are buying before buying it.

And if you reading for information, you know have food for thought.

Don't be fooled by homeopathic hCG drops or hCG pellets/pills.  They contain no hCG.  The FDA says they homeopathic hCG is fraud, economic fraud and the HPUS homeopathic governing body says they hCG isn't in their approved list of drugs.

When you take homeopathic hCG you lose the wrong kind of weight, muscle weight you won't get the benefits of real hCG.  All the tests and studies are on using real hCG.

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2. Release Stored Body Fat
3. Spares Muscle
4. Protect Essential Body Fat 
5. Prevents Storage of New Fat

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Custom Search

I've been busy at the the Big site updating that and adding pages to help hCG dieters. My Article category to the right is growing and I've got 2 more coming by next week based on what people are e-mailing me about.

What I've added here is a Custom Search to search this site and the Big site about the hCG diet. For example, if you want to find information on "hCG diet headache," "gorge," "cheat," "what to eat," just type it in and the custom search will pull the information for you.

I want you to have the information you need on the hCG diet for your success as well as improve your experience on my hCG diet sites.

Don't forget the hCG diet forum is open and just waiting for you to add your hCG diet experiences or ask questions. I belong to a few groups and forums myself on the hCG diet and other things that interest me.

Being part of a community is a great way to be successful when dieting and just make friends.

As always
Enjoy!

Foods To Avoid On hCG Diet

This is a good questions, "What foods do I need to eat after the hCG diet?" And it is also a loaded question because it is as individual and personal to your body chemistry, metabolism and health as your DNA or fingerprints.

I'm a low carb fan so my experience with a long term eating plan that worked for me comes from those experiences and learning.

Die hard low carbers, really just folks who took charge of their eating and health, invented what is called the Texas Elimination Diet. What the Texas Elimination Diet does is target foods that cause you to feel bad, have an adverse reaction to or gain weight.

To do the Texas Elimination Diet, you would limit your foods to just one or two for several days and chart your reactions to the food. Any negative reaction is your own personal list of foods to avoid. Foods that you did not react to is your own personal list of foods you can eat. Adding 1 food back into your diet at a time allowed the foods to avoid, surface faster. This is just an overview to get the details click the link.

For me this is how I found I did better with organic meats, I should avoid pork, egg yolks, milk and a few other foods and I developed a deep love for Salmon as it did a lot of positive things for my skin and those Omega 3's, just can't live without them!

Your hCG diet food is well defined and you can take a page from the Elimination Diet as you move into the maintenance phase after the hCG diet to find what foods you tolerate well and which foods you do not.

Why the hCG Diet Protocol?

If you were like me when I first heard of the hCG diet you were like "What the freak?" I saw KT on a late night infomercial and hit the web immediately to see what he was talking about. I found very little save for the Yahoo groups site by Brilliant Jenni.

I read ALL the posts and e-mailed some of the people to get there opinions on this hCG diet, their experiences, was it all true and did it work.

Frankly all 30 people I e-mailed about 20 e-mailed back saying the same thing. It not only worked, they lost weight in areas they had never lost before or was hard to lose in on other diets.

I had a few said they gained the weight back and I had another lady who said she gained it back but not as much in the same places.

So I searched the web some more found various sites on the hCG diet and other info, researched hCG asked my RN mother about hCG and joined the group.

Does the hCG diet work? YES
Will you lose weight? YES
Will you keep the weight off? That's up to you
Was the diet fun? YES and NO. I enjoyed shrinking but the diet isn't easy.
Was getting hCG online hard? NO
Was mixing hard? NO

What I liked best about the hCG diet was July 4, 2007. I was invited to a friends home for a cookout. I drove over parked my car and walk across the street. 2 men where gawking and whistling at me! All I had on was jeans and a tee shirt and my hair out.

I then had 3 guys hit on me at her cookout. Went to another friends home and her mouth dropped open when she saw me. She was like "Girl, you look good! What did you do?"

This was 3 months on the hCG diet and 2 months of T-Tapp. I had not had reactions like that since my high school and college days and it felt GOOD!

So why the hCG diet? For reactions like that when you least expect it.

hCG Diet Forums

UPDATE: I've discontinued the hCG diet form I started. Please go to hCG Diet Info Forum. I will be there frequenting that forum starting in June.

I stared the hCG diet forum the other day.  Not much posting going on but that's okay, it all has to start somewhere.

I've posted some of the hCG diet FAQ to the the forum and will be updating that over the next few days.  I will also post to a separate page to the main site.

I'm using what people search for about the hCG diet and the questions I get via e-mail for the hCG diet FAQ, so it may contain more then the standard hCG diet FAQ.

I'm not on protocol right now, just healing due to surgery but I still keep up and I pray this is the last time I'll ever have to diet, but really praying won't help.  Keeping my mouth closed and saying NO to what I already know is bad for me will go a longer way.  But I'll throw a prayer in just in case...;-)

The hCG Diet

More people want to know how to do the hCG diet.  There is only one plan which is Dr. Simeons Pounds and Inches.  Kevin Trudeau added his tweeks to the hCG diet based on, what I suspect is, how food is prepared, manufactured and processed today.  Hormones, antibiotics, genetically engineered, chemicals and such.

There are specific hCG diet foods, Dr. Simeons used for the hCG diet plan along with specific rules as to how much and how many foods to eat.

The hCG diet plan does produce results but adherence to the plan is a must.  If you cheat, it is almost like starting over but you can counter a hCG diet cheat if you know how and you can advert cravings on the hCG diet plan if you know how.

Being prepared for the diet, having allowed foods on hand, understanding the hCG diet plan is a must for success.

When in doubt there are a few things to do.

1. Read Dr. Simeons Pounds and Inches
2. Read ingredients on labels for fats, oils, sugars, starches etc.
   
3. If it's not on the list, avoid it.

Remember you can do a short hCG diet protocol, 23 days which is not long at all.  And for your hCG diet supplies and other things to be successful you can visit, hCG diet Journey

Enjoy!

hCG Diet Journey Forum

I finally installed the hCG Diet Forum. So go venture over, ask questions, share your experiences and enjoy! I will be updating the look and feel of the hCG diet forum as I go so don't worry about that! Just hangout and share =-)

Going in the hospital tomorrow then recovery should be a few days then in a week or so I'll assess and will continue my last few pounds on a low carb/Mediterranean style diet along with my ever loving T-Tapp!

hCG Diet Clinics

Well I have added a separate page for hCG diet clinics. If you know of any local clinics or doctors office in your home town that may not be on the internet and you would like to include them just drop me and an e-mail and I will add them to the listing of hCG diet clinics.

Now if you are a little apprehensive about doing the hCG diet on your own and feel more comfortable with a clinic or doctor monitoring you, you can find a reputable hCG diet clinic in your area for the support you want!

Free will is about choices, now you can either DIY hCG or go to a hCG Diet Clinic and find the information on all the hCG Diet Journey site!

hCG Diet Clinics

If you are looking for a hCG diet clinic I have updated the hCG diet site to include a custom search just for clinics that I found and have a website. IF you know of any local clinics not on the net I will be doing a reference page for download just contact me and I'll add it.

Soda On The hCG Diet

I received an e-mail the other day asking me about the SodaStream I have it on the hCG Diet Journey site and what did that have to do with the hCG diet and accused me of advertising things that were not based on the hCG diet. I e-mailed him back and said that SodaStream was not a part of the hCG diet protocol BUT I was not just promoting SodaStream for my health. Or was I?

First most diet sodas contain Aspartame, which the health effects have been known for quite awhile. I personally have given up the daily consumption of soda over 15 years ago, but I do enjoy it from time to time as most people do. I also learned long ago asorbic acid can stall diet efforts.




Although nothing in my book replaces the benefits of a tall cold glass of water I do enjoy a change from time to time and want a cold soda. So how can one enjoy soda, that has a very low sodium content, avoid the sugars, aspartame, and asorbic acids? In other words, have a much healthier soda? I choose to purchase SodaStream and make my own sodas when I want to have one. I not only save money and help the environment but I also give Simon a better tasting SODA! Long story how he even started drinking soda. All I will say is that a child has 2 parents and you don’t know what the other one is saying yes to all the time!

I personally choose the Diet Lemon-Lime sodamix so that I may add fresh strawberries, raspberries, pineapple, cherries or squeeze some orange juice in the soda once made and add some orange slices. I must say Simon LOVES this little treats and enjoys making the soda. With the SodaStream you can also do sparkling water which I also add the fresh fruit too as well. Also with some DaVinci Gourmet Syrup Simon and I can really go to town on flavors when the mood hits me!! I've been using the sugar free syrups DaVinci offers since my low carb days and have my favorites and have tried some of their recipes

Second, I choose to make my own soda due to ADHD/ADDHD. Don’t know if Simon is but he has tendencies. Aspartame and processed sugar does not help kids who are active, over active or have ADHD/ADDHD.

I’m not saying I’m the healthiest eater all the time but I do know processed and refined foods, sugar foods are a bad combo for long term health and well being and can effect mental capacity. When you have too much sugary foods, do you ever feel tired, head foggy and out of sorts? Mental capacity.

If I want to gain weight fast I can load up on soda, cookies, cakes, chips, dips and other snack foods and just feast for a week and gain 10 pounds. When I eat healthy, drink water, avoid fast foods, and cook at home or make better restaurant foods choices, I can maintain my weight or lose weight. Even an occasional ‘bad food’ item doesn’t’ hurt if my overall eating is to the good. I also notice Simon's ADHD/ADDHD tendencies are much less when the diet is very limited in processed and refined foods.

Yes I promote SodaStream because I found it to beneficial not only for the hCG diet protocol but for overall health, the environment and for fun and better taste! So why not share my find? Why not tell others who may want a low calorie to no calorie soda that is diabetic friendly, extremely low sodium and healthier then what you are getting from soda makers now?

The choice is always the readers. Find out about the product or not. Make a decision how it fits into your life or not. I only offer products I use or believe in, things I find to be useful or beneficial, that promotes health, well being or just can plain help. I am not an affiliate with everything I talk about or share and I always try to make what I share useful and based on what I found to help me or know to have helped others.

Read, enjoy, research, decided and share!

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The Diet Cure

I finally finished re reading The Diet Cure. I am happy I did too!! I first purchased the book in 2000 and a lot of things I had forgotten about.

Re reading this I feel I know why I gained so much weight while pregnant, hormones, thyroid issues, with Simon. I already knew I was going through postpartum depression after him and I should have re read the book back then!!

You can read the entire review, it's not long, at hCG Diet Blog.

She also has a new book out,The Mood Cure: The 4-Step Program to Take Charge of Your Emotions--Today If this book is like her first book would prove to be effective and based on using amino acids, supplements, vitamins, minerals and foods to control your mood swings.

Now on to today's business. I have lost 1 more pound on the hCG diet protocol.

Today will be my last dosage as I am going to have an unplanned surgery. Nothing serious, just a cyst that must be removed. Unfortunately it's huge and was causing me pain. Pain is the body's way of saying something is wrong and should not be ignored. I don't. If I can't find relief through what I read or know to do, then I seek my doctors advice.

Frankly I feel lucky because my doctor listens to me, she doesn't agree with all I do but she does agree to monitor what I do. IF you can ever find a mainstream doctor like that, keep them! I also have a acupuncturist who is also an herbalist and a naturopathic doctor and make sure they all know what I am doing and each have records forwarded to each other.

Healthcare!! But that's another blog =-)

Homeopathic hCG Real? No It Isn't!

If it has no hCG in it how can it call itself hCG? It should not. I asked one of the more popular hCG homeopathic sites that stated they had tests and data on homeopathic hCG and I asked them to share their data and post it. My specific questions were to the benefits of hCG for dieting and if homeopathic showed the same benefits in their studies and trials.

I have not gotten a response. And do you know why? Because it isn't real hCG. Per the FDA and the Homeopathic Pharmacopeia of the US, their governing body.  What does the FDA say about homeopathic medicine, read #6.

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Benefits of Real hCG:

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hCG Diet and Exercise

Don't know how many of you have a T-Tapp workout or plan or getting it, BUT if you want to join the T-Tapp Challenge it is January 15.

Everything you need to do is to see what T-Tapp will do for you, click here to join the challenge.

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I think T-Tapp and the hCG diet protocol are the best things to do together. Loss weight and inches quickly doing both together!

hCG Diet Review Day 6, 7, 8

Well my Friday, Saturday & Sunday on hCG was pretty busy to say the least. Simon had basketball games and practices, we went out of town and got back late last night. I did respond to people via the BlackBerry and thank goodness internet will travel!

I did take the time to update hCG Diet Shop. Just added a few things like Yeber Tea as I've had people e-mail me about it.

I personally buy the loose kind , but I'm an avid tea drinker since my teens.

Okay, to be very very honest, I only lost 1 pound in those 3 days. Since I broke routine, out and about, traveling, staying overnight and having to eat out I was thrown off a bit, which is a mild understatement.

I will say I did make good choices, but had no way to gauge if I was getting 100 grams, how it was cooked and if the foods were organic. I'm pretty sure it was over 100 grams, oils were used and the foods were not organic.

So I was more low carb then hCG diet protocol.

I also didn't shot up on Saturday or Sunday as I didn't bring my magic juice with me. I accidentally left it home in the frig. O well.

I did do Hoe Downs and I am pretty sure that is what kept me at a loss because I had the hCG floating in my system and eating way over the allotted calories.

What that said I won't call the weekend a bust but I won't call it hCG diet protocol either. I will call it, part of life.

Enjoy!

hCG Diet Day 5 Review

Day 5 was pretty much the same as day 4 with a 2 pound loss this morning!!

I added T-Tapp Tartget Pop to the mix focusing on Buns and Thighs. I also added back the cellulite removal techniques CRT system. I did these before and saw good results so I thought it was time I added them back.

I have a few of the DVD's and I found Basic + Step Away the Inches to be invaluable. The walking program I've learned and can do the movements outside to increase cardio. And when I only have 15 minutes I can do the Basic Plus. The Plus part is the Hoe Downs!

I wanted to say today that I've noticed more and more people doing the diet but bastardizing the hCG diet protocol. Wanting to add this our add that. Now I'm all for tweaking things to suit me, but by the same token, if I'm given a blue print to success why would I want to tweak it?

If Warren Buffett came to you and said, this is the exact method I used to make billions of dollars and IF you follow it exactly, you will too. Why would you change it?

That's the hCG diet plan, it's a blue print to successful weight loss. Dr. Simeons laid out a plan, tested his ideas, found out what worked, what didn't, wrote it in a manuscript and BAM! You can lose up to 30 pounds in a short 26 days.

Even Kevin Trudeau didn't change the hCG diet menu, hCG injections or the protocol. What he did do is suggest, based on today's methods of food processing and the state of peoples health today, various cleanses, eating organically and added teas to the mix which again enhance the hCG diet protocol, but doesn't change what Dr. Simeons diet.



IF you are serious about wanting to lose weight, the hCG diet protocol will work as originally laid out by Dr. Simeons. If you find it too hard or to restrictive then DO NOT do it.

It's okay to find something that does work for you and you can live with after all in the end, when there are no blogs to read, no forums to visit, it's all about YOU, what makes you feel good, brings you the results you want and promotes your optimal well being. YOU.

hCG Diet Day 4 Review

Pounds lost 1. I hardly ever complain because it is always less then I was before and less to go!!

My morning routine is pretty much like this.

Get up between 4:30 and 5:00.
Go to the bathroom empty my bladder and weight myself.

Go to kitchen, open frig and get the magic stuff housed in my old Starbucks cup. I unscrew the cap and take out the hCG and prep for the shot. I swab the top with a 1/2 opened alcohol prep pad, inject my insulin needle, recap and place the magic stuff back in its Starbucks cup for safety and well being.

I then place the hCG filled syringe under my armpit and head back to the bathroom to brush my teeth. By the time I've brushed my teeth, water picked and rinsed the hCG shot is @ body temp and ready for injection.

I choose a site, belly, mid thigh or side of butt, site on the toilet lid, open the prep pad all the way from earlier, swab the site and inject. Sometimes I'll head into den and sit at the PC and inject. Just depends. Once the hCG is injected I bend the needle in the cap and twist off the needle and recap.

I do this twisting off the needle bit because both of my kids when they were 2-3 were able to stick there hand in the sharps container at the doctors office! Can we say OMG! So I like to take this added precaution before disposing of the syringe in the sharps container. Granted Simon is 7 and Ally is 22 and lives on her own, but I'm just use to it and feel better just in case Simon revisits his past.

I then grab some cold water and stick in my T-Tapp DVD. Depending on the time I will either do the 15 minute segment or do the 55 minute total workout. If Simon is being annoying while I'm exercising I will just do what I can and then do Hoe Downs in the evening.

hCG diet menu Day 4

Apple

Grilled chicken
Broccoli
Strawberry smoothie

Fish (I will had some from Sunday)
Asparagus
Lemon aid

Teas
Red Zigner
Lemon Zinger
Green Tea
Mate Tea

Water
Over 8 glasses

Fiber

Exercise
T-Tapp in 2 segments.

I'm going to try taking some Alpha and drinking some Cornsilk tea today.

Learn, Enjoy, Weight Less!

hCG Diet Day 3 Review

No loss this morning. I'm not surprised with Day 2's not eating and not drinking water. BUT will carry on regardless.

I need to point out that sometimes when you are not losing weight you are losing inches. So both should be kept up with. I am using some old clothes to determine if I'm losing inches on the hCG diet plan. So if you stall, don't fell as if the world is ending or the diet isn't working. Remember 4 days of NOT losing Dr. Simeons considers to be a stall.

hCG Diet Menu
1/2 Orange
100 Grams of grilled organic steak
Handful of broccoli

Psyllium (I don't measure this I just place spoonful in my lower jaw under my tongue and chase it with water)

100 grams of grilled fish
salad (spinach and mixed lettuce)
cooked spinach

Teas
Green Tea
Almond Tea
Lemon Tea
Mate Tea

And Water

Exercise

T-Tapp
I like to drink a variety of tea from Celestial Seasonings. Flavor and taste.

That was my day 3. See you tomorrow with a report.

hCG Diet Day 2 Review

All good on the home front. Lost 2 pounds so I'm happy. Unfortunately I was out and about all day so I didn't get to drink a lot of water or eat as per hCG diet protocol guidelines.

This may get messy here but, when you don't drink enough water your urine is dark in color and I'm use to mine being light. Although I had maybe 4 cups of water it wasn't nearly enough for my body. I will do better today.

I did have a nice piece of fish that I had baked on Sunday. Cooking and prepping somethings ahead is not only time savings but is away to avoid cheating and grazing when hungry.

I keep a zip lock bag of pre made salad (it's all organic) on hand also. Since I didn't eat till about 6:00 pm or so I did have over 100 grams of my fish and a huge salad for myself.

I will say if it wasn't for being on the hCG diet and burning my body fat for fuel I would not have made it from 5 am yesterday till 6 pm last night without food!

I do not encourage anyone to try that or follow my example, but it is good to know IF you have had too you could make it.

Till tomorrow!

hCG Diet Shop

I've updated the hCG diet shop to make finding products and services easier. I'm also working on a hCG diet clinic page for those that want to do the hCG diet protocol but want medical supervision.

So if you want to purchase hCG or hCG supplies, you can do so quickly and easily!

I'm also working on an hCG diet forum to share information, ideas, tips, tricks, support and just hang out sip tea and connect with others.

I've gotten e-mails from people who are enjoying the hCG Diet Journey site and I'd like to say THANKS for the postie feedback!!

hCG Diet Day 1 Review

Well Day 1 on my hCG diet went very well. I had a chicken and spinach salad and made my hCG diet style Italian Wedding soup. Had a lot of water and some added fiber. I also take psyllium husks on the side along with the having the mini pearls I am happy to say I was full of fiber yesterday!



I did get a headache around 3:30 4:00 am this morning, but that could also be due from the vent blowing on my head. It's positioned in an odd spot in the bedroom and it happens when I sleep on my side vs. the middle. So I'm not chalking that up to being on the plan.

I did not do the hCG diet gorge days as I was already in a mild ketosis state from doing Thin So Fast, one of the quick weight loss methods before starting. With New Year coming in I thought I might cheat a little on the hCG diet protocol and I did. Those little pigs in a blanket are just too good!!

I had already lost 5 pounds didn't gain with that little cheat and just maintained till I could get back on hCG protocol.

I did do T-Tapp but for 15 minutes as I forgot Simon had an appointment. So my morning was a bit rushed, but I do thank T-Tapp for giving me that option of 15 minute workout.

He doesn't go back to school till the 6th! Needless to say he's utterly board with his Mom at this point.

So on to my hCG shot and Day 2!

hCG Diet Recipe

Well it's cold here and I wanted to do a soup tonight. I was in the grocery store the other day and saw Cambells Soup (I think it was them) had an Italian Wedding soup and I wanted to try and duplicate it hCG diet style!

Okay here goes my interpretation of Italian Wedding.


Organic Chicken Broth 2 packs
Mini Pearls Pasta from Miracle Noodles 2 packs
Organic Spinach
Organic Chicken
Salt, Pepper, Sweet Basil, Thyme to taste

Season Organic Chicken to taste
Grill 100 grams of organic chicken in George Foreman and cut into cubes
Drain and rinse Mini Pearls
Stir Fry Organic Spinach with a small dab of Organic Coconut Oil OR a quick spray of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Heat up Organic Chicken Broth

Once spinach is cooked chop up and add to chicken broth, season broth to taste and add your grilled chicken and then your mini pearls. Enjoy!

I did the grilled chicken in lieu of ground meat balls.
I added the grilled chicken last as I didn't want the chicken to dry out in the soup and since I have broth left I will add some more chicken if I want or just have the broth and add some shrimp or something.

It tasted pretty good to me!

Enjoy!

Monday Jan 4

Well today everything is clear for me to start the hCG diet protocol. I have all my hCG supplies, my hCG and my hCG test strips. I will be mixing hcg @ 5000 iu of hCG for a 25 day supply for myself.

I don't do the hCG diet drops or homeopathic hCG because as I explained earlier, I frankly can not find any data supporting that it is real hCG, let alone HUMAN. Real hCG will test positive on a pregnancy strip. Real hCG you will have to keep refrigerated to keep it active for a few weeks and Real hCG is muscle sparing. And more to the point, Dr. Simeons did not mix up a batch of homeopathic hCG to give to his patients.

So if you want to know if you have real hCG or if your hCG is effective and potent, just use Early Detection (HCG) Pregnancy Test Strip Pack and you will have your answer.

I am also doing T-Tapp because I'd like to drop inches fast and get that tummy area under control quickly. Frankly I need to exercise period and T-Tapp is my exercise of choice and will be for a long time to come.