September 25, 2007 - Day 10 of VLCD (Round Two)

Round 2 Starting Weight 214.4
Yesterday 204.6
Today 203
1.6 Lost Overnight
11.4 Lost Since Start of Round Two (VLCD) 09/16/07
47.8 Lost Since Start of Protocol (VLCD) 06/26/07

Here is my menu.

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This is my blog, and I am allowed to be snarky if I want to. So be aware, I am about to be very snarky.

[snarky] Ok, sometimes I wonder. If I see something that is working for other people, I see the results, I strive to do whatever they are doing, or at least similar. When I was first starting this protocol and doing my research, my sister sent me to the Yahoo Groups "HCG Dieters" - I found a ton more groups on the web in regards to doing this protocol, but this particular group impressed me in that they were striving 'as a whole' to follow what I had read in the Dr Simeon's manuscript "Pounds and Inches". Ok - I saw results, I saw pictures, I saw that these people were genuinely working together to provide similar results in doing things the way Dr Simeons had outlined, or at least very very close.

Now, for the life of me, I can't figure out why people are wanting to make this a fad diet. It's not a fad diet, it's a medically proven program that if followed will give results across the board, no matter how little, or how much you have to lose. The group has become what Dr Simeon's so plainly put in his manuscript:

The most tiresome patients are those who start counting Calories and then come up with all manner of ingenious variations which they compile from their little books. When one has spent years of weary research trying to make a diet as attractive as possible without jeopardizing the loss of weight, culinary geniuses who are out to improve their unhappy lot are hard to take.

I am getting quite tiresome of reading posts that describe the various ingenious ways of adding things to the eating portion of this protocol and touting it as the end all answer of doing this thing correctly.

Before I get flamed, I do know that there are things that I am doing that go in direct contrast to Dr Simeons - for example, I take my shots SC, I tried SubLingual applications, I took a 3 week break instead of 6. But I don't tout for one moment changing the diet portion of this program. I feel that there is a difference in technology that allows the administering of the HCG differently than in his day - and I also feel that Dr S based the conclusions of his research on the lowest common denominator that would work for each and every client and provide success. But I don't think the "food" portion of his diet should be messed with.

I posted the following at the HCG2 Dieters Group yesterday:

Now that I have some time to truly digest this topic, let me add something else.

Why is it that we want to add to this protocol the "comfort" foods that we are so desperately trying to get rid of cravings to? Pasta is a comfort food plain and simple. I can't help but think that Dr S not only picked the foods he did because of their chemical balance, but also to teach us how to survive on not eating certain things. The man was a pure genius, and he didn't just deal with our physical bodies, but he dealt with psychological aspects also. So what if all of this was groundwork he used for us to get UNUSED to eating certain types of foods?

Let's talk Dr Atkins for a minute. Most of us have tried the low carb diet, and most of us know it works beautifully. Dr Atkins had his formula down back in the early 70's but because of various pressures along the way he had to change his diet to 'fit the times' - so much so that his organization before he died was doing all the low carb "comfort foods" - and really, if you ask me, that was the downfall of low carbing. When you start adding in all the fake stuff, you are no better off then you were when you began. If you cannot control your intake of "junk food" - no matter how they package it, then really, you will be back in the same boat you were before you even began.

I know it sounds contradictory to what I posted before, but I got to thinking, even if I could eat this "zero" calorie pasta garbage, would I want to? Would I want to get my cravings back for foods like that? I cannot express how grateful I am that I am "CRAVING" bananas instead of chips. That I could make my famous pizza dip for my family last night and not wish I had some. That I don't find myself wishing for a big
plate of spaghetti, but instead look forward with eager anticipation to my Thai Cucumber Beef Salad.

Would I be in this place had I tried this "zero" stuff? Honestly, I don't think so. I don't know because I didn't do it, but I do know that because I didn't do it, I am in this place. Did that even make sense? It did in my head.

So THAT my friends is my story, the one I am sticking to.

This is how I feel. I don't know how much posting I will do over at the HCG Dieters board anymore. It seems that the new folks on there are looking for a simple and easy way out of this obesity problem. My fear is that they will not learn the valuable lessons that Dr S wanted us to learn about our cravings and attachments to food. I do feel strongly, especially if you have hundreds of pounds to lose, that you must do what is right for you. But please don't come off as the expert and tell everyone else it will work for them too.

I am saddened by this. Truly.

As a side point ... any product that tells you that you will have to watch your intake of something because it might give you the runs? Um, NO THANKYOU. God gave us NATURAL things to help MOVE things along. I don't need to eat pasta to become regular. [/snarky]

That all being said - WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT LOSS??? WOO HOO!!! I cant believe I am 10 days into the program and I have losing at this rate! Good for me!

Yesterday? I was EXTREMELY hungry - and nothing was satiating it, not my water, not my food. I told JPS that I wanted to go ahead and up my dosage today to see if that helps. So this morning I took about 166iu - let's see if that helps the hunger. This hunger thing is for the birds! I thought it was just a fluke on Friday with hunger, but again yesterday got me to wondering. I was also very fatigued - towards the afternoon I really didn't want to do anything.

Ok, so is this immunity? No, don't think so. Is this part of ending my menses (which finally STOPPED THANK YOU VERY MUCH)? I don't know. Could it be the fact that I lost 1.6 pounds over night? WHO KNOWS??? Is it because I only took a 3 week break? I TOLD YOU I DON'T KNOW!!! The only thing I know to try is to up my dosage and see if that works.

So I will let you know my progress.

BTW - Renee from HCG Recipes says she will be posting my Thai Cucumber Beef Recipe today!

Whew, I have spent too much time on this this morning, I have things to do so I must bid you adieu.

Biz