You guys are amazing!!!!

I am taking the sublingual hcg. I ordered on this site, so I don't I need to remix or anything. The other thing is I did not have a cupcake, I made them for my daughter and it just got to me that I couldn't celebrate with her regarding eating our dinner together. I am past that now, so that is good. anyway, I only cheated on time 6 days ago, so according to what you are saying, it seems like I am right on tract with my loss being only about a 1/2 pound per day. I am still thinking I am going to try and go for the full 40 days, but I am just going to take one day at a time and know that I at least have to get to day 23 before I decide.

The food that I am eating is only what is on the list. I am barely eating vegetables, b/c they really do make me feel very sick. I was eating so much of them that it just burned me out. I typically start the day with green tea and stevia and a small grapefruit around 8 ounces. I then eat lunch which is typically broiled scallops and cucumber salad from the cook book. For dinner I then eat the same thing minus a vegetable or switch the veggie. Then later around 8pm I usually have my tea again and eat an apple. I measure everything, though I think my scale needs replaced. I need a digital scale for better accuracy, but I measure everything several times before I cook it or eat it. I also am drinking about 64 oz. of water a day. I am trying to up that, but some days just don't work with my schedule. I have an amazing supportive husband and kids, so I am very blessed there. This is all mostly emotional for me. I just have to plow thru like you all have been saying. I did take a 2 mile walk today with our puppy, so that helped me out a good bit emotionally and it helped the energy of the dog...hahahah Anyway, I am going to try and put more exercise into my routine as well. Another factor that could be harming me emotionally is that we just passed the one and half year mark of our 9 year old daughters remission from cancer. She still has a ways to go, but she is doing fantastic, and this is the first big thing I have taken on since all this happened a while ago. Maybe that is part of me struggling so much with trying to figuere all this out. Again, I appreciate all the help and advice you are giving me.

I am going to work on just accepting this diet and looking at the whole picture...that is what my husband has been saying the past several days, but it is hard for me when I feel so deprived. So I need to just buck up and deal.

If there are any things that you see in my food that could be hindering me, could you please tell me. I don't have a lot of hunger, but when I get to the time that I should be eating something, I definetly feel the hunger then. After I eat, it goes away mostly. The afteroons are hard, but sometimes I eat my fruit then if I need too. The hunger is not an issues for me anymore. The first 500 calorie day, it was a terrible problem and I almost quit, but I upped my dosage a little bit and that took care of it. I am also wondering if the sublingual hcg loses potency...I never heard that, but I still have half a bottle and I am at day 20, so I would hate to throw that away and get a new one to end this round. I am pretty sure I could not carry it over for when I do round 2. The other thing that hit me with what you guys wrote, was that I do sometimes put on lip gloss...I did not even think about that. I only am using mascara, and I was told that was okay with some blush...no liquid makeup is being used. I do use the coconut oil they suggested for a lotion, but that is it. I changed my shampoo, toothpaste, face soap and body soap to what they call for. I am going to not use the lip glass anymore, but if somebody knows that I can have, please let me know..it would be nice to use it at times. I know lipstick is okay, so maybe I will dig some old ones out and see...

I need to run, but thank you all again. I feel so priviledged to be apart of this discussion.

tina nolt

One day at a time is a great idea!

I also tried the coconut oil and gained. So, you might want to try stopping that for a few days and see if your losses are better. Again though, you are ahead of the pack in terms of your average daily loss. Great job!!

Oh, and MEASURE! :)

Keep us posted - it helps and you could use the encouragement right now. We all need it and everyone is so free with it here!

Jacklin

some people call this protocol "pounds, then inches" for that very reason!

Great advice everyone...thank you. I will try going without the coconut oil and see what happens. I am not sure what to use on my skin then, as it gets very dry, but I will give it my all. Also, I will be watching more carefully what I touch and deal with. There could be things that are happening, that I am just not aware of. Also, I am going to measure...that would be very helpful. I took my measurements back at the end of June for some other reason, and I am sure I still have those somewhere. I will have to see what comes from that too....Thanks again everyone, I will definetely keep you posted as to what is going on. It may be midnight, but I think I am going to see if my husband will do my measurements real quick...we are late bugs, so we will see....
tina

Okay...I am so excited to share this with you. Today the scale showed minus 1.4 pounds. I got on the scale 30 minutes later than normal, but I didn't wake up at my normal today...so I am going to assume that it is accurate. I really needed that today with all the family and friends coming over for a party....This will really hope me stay focused !!!! I did not take measurements yet, as I couldn't find the tape measure last night...I will do this in the next day or two..probably tomorrow. Thank you for encouraging me on these past few days....I am so thrilled to hear your stories and advice!!
tina