Injection Free Day

Morning folks. Today will be the first day without my HCG injection. I'm not sure how the hunger will hold out. HCG actually suppresses your appetite. Now, they say it takes 3 days for the HCG to completely remove itself from your body. But will there be enough residual hormone to curb my appetite. Not sure. But I have other supplements that I can take to assist with that.

I did have a question though. You have to go by your last injection day weight for phase 3. But is that the morning of your injection, or the morning after your last injection day weight. Technically, you are still on the hcg for that 24 hour period, so it would make sense to me that it would be after that 24 hour period. Just as at the beginning of the program, you 1st day is 24 hours after you have done your first vlcd. hmmmm. something to think about and research further. I am only so interested in this because I am down another .4 pounds this morning. That makes my total weight loss so far 36.6.

I have more leeway if I use yestedays weight, but todays just looks better.

Busy morning for me. Then work this afternoon. Tomorrow I will be shopping for additional items allowed on Phase 3.

Menu for the day:

Lunch: bbq turkey meatballs & roasted zucchini
Snack: 1/2 apple
Dinner: Jerk veal , apple and cabbage stew
Snack: Grapefruit

Reaching the Finish Line

Today is the last day of HCG Injections for me. My weight today will determine my "set point".

Drumroll Please....-----> I'm heading to the scale now.

Hoping to have reached my goal weight of 36 lbs.

The Verict and Final Weight is............219.8

36.2 pounds lost

I must stay within 2 pounds up or down of 219.8  for the next 4 weeks while in Phase 3 stabilization.

Hot diggity Damn!

I am so excited to start Phase 3. I want..no I need to work out. I went yesterday and bought new gloves. I'm going to transform my living room into a workout area.

I have my dumbbells, kettle bells, elliptical machine. Resistance bands, bender ball. I am so ready to go. I had some questions about working out while on P3. I have submitted them to Candice Eckberg, she is a personal trainer and an HCG diet success.

1)Since I have to stay within 2 lbs of my LIDW (last injection day weight) do I compensate with more calories if I start to lose? That's the biggest question.

I know that working out and working your muscles can cause inflamation and water weight retention while the muscles repair. I will be eating lots of protein and taking muscle sparing supplements.

I also know that lean muscle mass burns more calories than fat. so I am hoping to increase my lean muscle mass in preparation for my next round. Which should begin on March 19th.

For now, I continue on the 500 calories for the next 72 hours. Then I can start adding calories, I can add fats and dairy. Basically just triple my food intake. Have breakfast. Add my protein shakes.

Looking forward to some cheese. I will continue to use fitday.com to track my progress.

I need to go over the food list for P3 and go get some groceries. It will be nice to have a little more variety.

Todays Menu

Snack: Baked apple w/ english toffee stevia

Lunch: Chicken and onion fajita salad w salsa , wasa

Dinner: zucchini boats with ground beef, diced onion and fresh sauted tomato, sm spinach salad

Snack: grapefruit