R4P2 Starting Weight 184.4
Yesterday – 178.4
Today – 177.4
1.0 lb LOSS Overnight
2.0 lb Over LIW of Round Three (175.4)
7.0 Lost Since Start of R4 (VLCD) 01/22/08
73.4 Total Lost Since Start of Protocol (VLCD) 06/26/07

Here is my menu for yesterday. This is what I had:

An apple and a half a grapefruit. Lunch was Chicken & Lettuce with Dijon Mustard Dressing. Dinner was Wet Pipikaula (Hawaiian Sweet Meat, OMG! This was good!!!) and Red Cabbage Cole Slaw.

A total of around 432 calories divided this way: 7 Fat, 46 Carbs, 52 Protein

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Ok! I have formatted and put up the FAQ on “TOM – Aunt Flo Issues”!!! Yeah! I actually accomplished something yesterday!

Our FAQ Question this go round is the following, please spend some time if you can answering this survey:

Foods on Phase 2 – Do Some Work Better Than Others?

HA! 1.0 Overnight! I am on my way! 7 of the 9 lbs above LIW gone in three days, gotta love my HCG! Only 2 more lbs until I am at LIW – when will that be??? Who is a part of my little contest from Wednesday?

Still In The Running:

• Martha – Saturday
• Cathy – Day 6, which would be Sunday
• Mary – Saturday
• Wendy – Saturday
• Monica – Sunday

Oops, Didn’t Happen

• Jennifer – Friday – Sorry
• Rosie – Friday – Sorry
• Becca – Friday – Sorry

Becca, Rosie and Jenn, I am so sorry I didn’t make it. But girls??? 9 lbs in 3 days??? What do you think I am? Some fat burning machine or something??? HA! Do you realize that for me to lose 9 lbs, that is 4.88% of my starting weight??? That usually doesn’t take place until the 5th – 11th completed day – I guess I should have let you know that little tidbit of information eh???

I know, I know, you all were being extremely sweet to me. Just being my little cheering section!!! I feel like I should offer you a ‘trying’ prize…hmmm…let me think on this a bit…

So Really, How Many Times Have YOU Read Pounds and Inches?

Me? I seriously couldn’t tell you. It’s been alot! During my first round, that manuscript was by my side each and every day. I printed the original manuscript out, put it in a binder and I looked at it every day. When I first got it, I read it twice the same day – front to back. It was so enlightening, everything this dear man said rang so true in this feeble ole brain of mine.

While on the forums, I would be tested as to my knowledge, so there I was, looking it over time and time again. Someone (bless their soul) had taken the time to convert the manuscript into a digital format, so now I could use the SEARCH feature to find the exact excerpt that I wanted and be able to answer a question from it – in HIS words, not in mine.

So I say this because it literally BLOWS my mind when I see something I missed. I am like, what the heck happened? Did I just skip this the first 18,000 times I read it??? This happened to me the other day, with Monica when she mentioned something about Brilliantine – not that I doubted her or anything but I had to pull it out and see if for myself. And by George, it was there. I did totally skip it.

That is why I am so blessed to be a part of this community. You folks always keep me on my toes. I am always checking and rechecking, and each time I do, I seem to find out something new.

I know that some of you came on the HCG Train using the book from Kevin Trudeau. Not that I have anything against the man, but let me just leave it here – I have lost this weight without ever touching his book. And although I sure appreciate him for bringing this information to the masses, I wouldn’t follow his book for all the money in the world.

Now, that being said, if those of you have ONLY read KT’s book and not Dr Simeon’s manuscript, then I beg of you, stop what you are doing and read it. The original scanned manuscript can be found here:

Pounds and Inches – It’s a PDF so it will take a bit of time to load!

How Did I Miss This?

Ok, that whole prelude right there leads me here. I was on the HCG2 Yahoo Group yesterday, looking up some information for an answer to a post, and I came across this little tidbit, that I have completely missed, yes, the first 18,000 times I read it:

The Diet

The 500 Calorie diet is explained on the day of the second injection to those patients who will be preparing their own food, and it is most important that the person who will actually cook is present – the wife, the mother or the cook, as the case may be. Here in Italy patients are given the following diet sheet.

Notice what I have highlighted in bold – now, as most of the blogging community knows, I take everything that DR S says as literal. He meant every single word he said, and he meant it for a reason. If he left something out, then it didn’t need to be considered, but if he added something in, then it DID need to be considered.

Now, this might not strike you as odd, but it did me. Why would he say “Here in Italy” – my ultimate question would be, if he were in “Mexico” would his choices of fruits / vegetables / meats be different? Quite frankly, I don’t think his meat choices would be any different, as he was very specific to make up and fat content and how much we should eat. But were his fruit and vegetable choices made because that is what was available there in ITALY??? Like I said, would it have changed if he were in Mexico? Or if he was in Hawaii? Or what about Japan? Each culture has it’s own native fruits and vegetables, would he have chosen different ones had he been in a different place?

This has had me wondering for some time. For instance, I use alot of Napa Cabbage and Bok Choy during my Phase 2 – did he allow it? No, he said ‘cabbage’ – but both of them are from the cabbage family, and I have used it with no issues. So I wonder how far I can go with this. Releana, we all know, allows Broccoli and Cauliflower on their menu with no apparent issues.

Dr S allows radishes, which is a root vegetable. Would he have allowed turnips if he were in Japan? Or jicama if he were in Mexico? Do you see where I am going with this?

I would love some discussion on this, help me out people, tell me if I am barking up the wrong tree. Tell me that Dr S saying “Here in Italy” means nothing. Go ahead. I will be watching.

On to my commenter’s – these are my responses to yesterday’s comments:

Lili – oh yeah, you smarty pants! I corrected it as soon as I saw your comment! I was hoping everyone would be saying, what the heck is Lili talking about. See? It takes it off of me being the dunce! Gotta love me right???

HA! That video is too much, you are TOO funny! I hope you are feeling better my sweet, I hope they found out what was wrong with you.

Mary – HA! Not swiftly enough my friend! I want it GONE and GONE now! But hey, I will take a pound a day loss anyday!

Crystal – Nope, not sold on them yet. I have read so many pros and cons, and I actually have a friend that has one. I haven’t chatted with her about it yet (she is in Augusta) but I have chatted with friends of hers that believe its all a bunch of huey. Now granted, they also believe HCG is all a bunch of huey so they can’t be trusted! LOL – Enjoyed our chat yesterday!

Jenn – I still should NOT be talking to you, I am still sulking – but hey, I need to get over it. At least SOMEONE is testing my theories!

CB – Thanks girl! I thought you were traveling??? I didn’t expect to see you this morning???

Monica – Recipe? HA! I will write it down and post it.

Becca – Sorry Charlie, only good tasting … forget that. But I still lost, so that still makes me a loser right??? I haven’t wanted to put in my vote because, we know we all have self fulfilling prophecies right? I don’t want it out there in the universe. I am so silly!

When you see that Becca, that means the person that wrote it removed it. In my experience what happens is one of two things. Something crazy happens in cyberspace and it gets posted twice. Or, what is more apt to happen, is that I hit the publish button too quickly and I didn’t proof what I wrote and then I notice there is way too many mistakes and because I can’t correct them, I just delete and write over. HA! It’s not as sinister as you think!

Biz

R4P2 Starting Weight 184.4
Yesterday – 180.6
Today – 178.4
2.2 lb LOSS Overnight
3.0 lb Over LIW of Round Three (175.4)
6.0 Lost Since Start of R4 (VLCD) 01/22/08
72.4 Total Lost Since Start of Protocol (VLCD) 06/26/07

Here is my menu for yesterday. This is what I had:

An apple and a half a grapefruit. Lunch was Beef and Napa Cabbage, Thai Style. Dinner was Chicken and Baby Bok Choy Soup.

A total of around 432 calories divided this way: 7 Fat, 41 Carbs, 55 Protein

GO HERE AND SIGN UP FOR UPCOMING HCG NEWSLETTER!!! It’s coming honest! Just waiting on my partner to put the finishing touches on it!

Let’s not forget the HCG BOOK CLUB – join in on the fun! If you haven’t signed up for it yet, please do so now. eMail Address Form

Ok! I have formatted and put up the FAQ on “TOM – Aunt Flo Issues”!!! Yeah! I actually accomplished something yesterday!

Our FAQ Question this go round is the following, please spend some time if you can answering this survey:

Foods on Phase 2 – Do Some Work Better Than Others?

HA! 2.2 Overnight! I am on my way! 6 of the 9 lbs above LIW gone in two days, gotta love my HCG! Only 3 more lbs until I am at LIW – when will that be??? Who is a part of my little contest from yesterday?

• Martha – Saturday
• Cathy – Day 6, which would be Sunday
• Mary – Saturday
• Wendy – Saturday
• Monica – Sunday
• Jennifer – Friday
• Rosie – Friday
• Becca – Friday

WOW! I like the way you all think!!! Let’s see what is gonna happen! I am doing everything exactly as programmed in the protocol, no deviations of any kind, so you have my word I am working on it!!!

Brain Fog

What is brain fog? I am sure that each and every one of us has experienced this perplexing problem. You just don’t feel quite right, your spacey, your forgetful, you lack focus, everything around you seems overwhelming.Well, this is how I have felt, I would say, over the last 10 or so days. Actually, I would have to pinpoint it to the day I went completely berserk and ate all that crud. Yup, I would have to say that is when this whole day to day living in a fog just about started.

Causes

In doing some research (isn’t that what I am always doing?), I was shocked to find out the many things that can cause “Brain Fog”. For example:

Insomnia – Your brain needs sleep for optimal function. Your brain is working all the time and requires a tremendous amount of energy to function properly. And when you are deprived of rest, then your brain is one of the first organs to suffer. So we must give our brains a chance to rest. Are we all getting enough rest? I am working on this one.

Candida – Oh yeah, we have heard of this before haven’t we. And what causes Candida? SUGAR. And did I have sugar? Um, YES! What is interesting to learn is that you are hit from both sides of this little puppy. From the GROWING of Candida in your system, and also from the DIE OFF!!! It got you coming and going! I tell you, this might be what I am going through right now, a die off of Candida because of being on the protocol. You think?

Adrenal Fatigue – This is something I am just starting to learn about, so I don’t have enough information on this to give you a synopsis, but I did find that this is also a cause of “Brain Fog”.

Metal Toxicity – Lots of talk recently about Ion Foot Baths over at the HCG2 Yahoo Group, something I am not completely SOLD on yet, but I am looking into it. But it seems that our bodies are full of metals from all sorts of places, and these metal toxins like to take root in the brain and this could cause “Brain Fog”.

Overuse of Artificial Sweeteners – Oh yeah, there is that nasty subject again. Fortunately, since I have been off of Coffee, I haven’t had occasion to use much Artificial Sweeteners so this particular one might not be the reason for my latest episode of “Brain Fog”. Some Artificial Sweeteners are considered “excitotoxins” and that means they are toxic, and can disrupt brain function.

Constipation – HA! This could be a cause of “Brain Fog”? Well, when you think about it, what are our bowels supposed to do? Get rid of waste. If the waste is there and it’s not going anywhere, what does it do? OMG – let’s not think about that this early in the morning.

I have only SKIMMED these causes this morning, this is much more to be learned. It’s actually good to know that there is a reason that I am feeling this way, and it’s not just that I am getting old. ROFL

So what can we do to help “Brain Fog”?

• Get Rest
• Take a Walk in Fresh Air
• Avoid Sugar (and Artificial Sweeteners)
• Clean Out Your System (Bowels)
• Cleanse metal toxins

On to my commenter’s – these are my responses to yesterday’s comments:

Mary – HA! The fog is lifting, slowly but surely! I got your vote recorded!

Wendy – Thanks girl! I got your vote recorded!

Monica – Got your vote recorded. It’s sweet when you load your “gain load” the first night.

Jennifer – I sure enjoyed chatting with you yesterday, you are so crazy! ROFL – I think it’s too much too hope for me making my LIW by tomorrow, but stranger things have happened that is for sure! Although my average right now is higher on two completed days then any of my other rounds, so who knows!

Renee – Thanks girlfriend!

Crystal – I honestly cannot believe what I did to my body during this last break, I swear, I am loving eating natural foods again. OMG! I know exactly what you are talking about. You are going to SAIL thru this girlfriend! WOO HOO – summer? Get ready for us!!!

Becca – I need to update about JPS! She didn’t load on lemon bars, no, she was just the evil temptress who made them! ROFL – no, she loaded on Nutter Butters!!! LOL – She went a little nuts on those puppies! I will post a complete update on her tomorrow. We are in this for the duration. She is a bit shorter than me, so her goals are lower than mine, and we pretty much have hung around the same spread throughout the protocol, so I think we will be doing rounds together until we are done.

Take it easy folks!!!

Biz

R4P2 Starting Weight 184.4
Yesterday – 184.4
Today – 180.6
3.8 lb LOSS Overnight
5.2 lb Over LIW of Round Three (175.4)
3.8 Lost Since Start of R4 (VLCD) 01/22/08
70.2 Total Lost Since Start of Protocol (VLCD) 06/26/07

Here is my menu for yesterday. This is what I had:

An apple and a half a grapefruit. Lunch was Beef and Napa Cabbage, Thai Style. Dinner was Thai Hot and Sour Soup.

A total of around 444 calories divided this way: 7 Fat, 47 Carbs, 55 Protein

GO HERE AND SIGN UP FOR UPCOMING HCG NEWSLETTER!!! It’s coming honest! Just waiting on my partner to put the finishing touches on it! Maybe Wednesday?

Let’s not forget the HCG BOOK CLUB – join in on the fun! If you haven’t signed up for it yet, please do so now. eMail Address Form

It seems like I am always explaining! PROMISE! I will have the new FAQ’s ready by tomorrow.

So I Loaded!

I still sit here thinking to myself, I really didn’t eat that much. In fact, I know for a fact that I have eaten WAY more on other rounds compared to this one and yet this round was KILLER in the gain department. Let’s look at some numbers, shall we?

• 1st Load – June 23 – 26, 2007 ~ I was with NHW and I loaded for THREE days, and do you know that I didn’t gain ONE OUNCE? I loaded almost entirely on FAST FOOD. Sonic, Burger King, Captain D’s, McDonalds, and then finally I had Mexican on the third day.
• 2nd Load – September 14 – 15, 2007 ~ Self mixing by now, so only a two day load. I went into this load BELOW LIW 2.4 lbs, so when I was done loading I was only over my LIW by .6 lbs, so this was a “gain on load” of 3 lbs. I loaded on Sushi and Italian Food.
• 3rd Load – November 24 – 25, 2007 ~ Remember now, I was in NOLA during this break. I went into this load at 3 lbs above my LIW and with the load I went up to 5.8 lbs above my LIW – so only 2.8 lbs were gained on the load itself. This time I loaded on Chinese Food and Carrot Cake.
• 4th Load – January 20 – 21, 2008 ~ Now, this is the killer load, but when I really look at the “load” itself, it’s not all that far out of whack. I have to remember that I went into the load already above my LIW – I was 5.2 lbs above LIW, so my load only consisted of a gain of 3.8 lbs!

Now isn’t that interesting – the day I started my injections I was 180.6 lbs, and today I am 180.6 lbs. So I have technically lost all my “gain on load” in just one night. When I look back on my 2nd load? The same thing happened, 3 lbs gained on load, 3 lbs lost the first night. On my 3rd load? 2.8 lbs gained on load, but this time I only lost 2.4 the first night.

If you ask me? This is pretty remarkable! Seriously, think about it. I can reasonably assure myself that whatever I ‘gain on load’ will be gone by the first night. Now I am not talking about what is OVER LIW, because that isn’t fair to think that my body can recover that quickly, but to be able to lose the ‘load’ overnight, for me anyway (YMMV) is pretty sweet.

Still I think about this past load, and seriously, the only thing I indulged in were those lemon bars. And I had JPS (evil) with me keep asking me, you gonna have another? Remember, this is your load, you wanted these. She was like this little chihuahua on my heels begging me to eat those dang lemon bars. HA! I say that, but she didn’t tie me down and make me eat them, I am still a free moral agent and it was my own HAND TO MOUTH that did it, but isn’t it nice sometimes to place the blame on someone else?

So there, I guess I did load. And loaded on something that I don’t think I will do the next time. I would rather spend my time on good things – those dang lemon bars made me go thru sugar withdrawals yesterday, I swear, my head was in a major fog all day. I couldn’t think straight, I couldn’t concentrate, it was a wash yesterday.

But I am ON MY WAY PEOPLE! Now, I just need to drop this extra 5.2 lbs to be back to my LIW and then it’s all gravy after that!

How long do you think it will take me? Let’s have a contest – and the winner(s) will receive and personal gift from me, something “crafty” – that’s all I can afford! ROFL

Tell me, how long do you think it will take me to get to my LIW? What VLCD day do you think I will be on when I either HIT my LIW or surpass it (but on that day)? Either leave me a comment here on my blog, in my Tag Board on the left side bar, or my comment form on the right side bar, or email me at bizadventure at comcast dot net

On to my commenter’s – these are my responses to yesterday’s comments:

Lili - Yeah, I know, I couldn’t believe I could find it. OMG – that video gives me goose pimples from head to toe, that song does, just thinking about it right now gives me them! Can you even believe I dropped my LOAD in one night? Ugh, that sounds kinda nasty…ROFL…enjoyed our chat yesterday!

Mary – I am so glad it was here when you needed it. It looks like it fit the bill for so many different people, I am so happy. It helped me as well!

CB – I didn’t post yesterday’s post to anyone in particular, but it seems that there was more than one that needed it. I know you are not giving up, but sometimes we all need reminders that there are others out there that are facing similar things and just knowing that sometimes makes that journey a little more livable. Get your head on straight, and come back. Don’t leave us tho, keep posting ok?

Monica – Thanks girl! I hope you see GREAT LOSS results today, after your “peeing” fest.

Jennifer - Seriously, JPS has NEVER seen me eat something like that before. Sure she was egging me on, but in the end she looked at me and said, “you really liked those didn’t you”? I was like, um YEAH, what was your first clue??? HA! It was an indulgence, and one I paid for yesterday with massive sugar withdrawal. SUGAR IS NOT MY THING! I should have stuck with the BEER! ROFL – I so crack myself up sometimes! Hey girl, maybe you can help me with the “closet eater” post? Drop me a line when you can ok?

Wendy – I can so relate, thank you my sweet! How cool! Your favorite BRA! Would could be better???

Crystal – Am I to assume you are starting another round soon??? WOO HOO FOR CRYSTAL! You go girl!

Paul – It’s because of all of you that I am where I am today. Thank you for being there.

Ann – Girl, just what I mean, you need to go take a look at Becca’s Blog, she had an AWESOME post about attitude adjustments and it was so SPOT ON! I am so happy yesterday’s post provided some help for you.

Becca – Seriously woman, we were of the same mind. I don’t know if I should be worried? ROFL – but your post, dang girl, that was a GOOD one. It ties right in to Cathy’s (Veggie #1) motto – Cheating is NOT an option. LOVE IT! Thank you for being there!

Shelly – Another one bites the blogging world! WOO HOO! Thanks for the visit, and I will be visiting your blog sometime today! THIS SO ROCKS! You are so right!

Take it easy!

Biz