R1 P2 VLCD12 Down 12 lbs total!!! Yeah me!! Broke my 3 day stall and cycle of small cheats. Yesterday was such a fantastic day for me! I wasn't hungry all day, and made a fantastic supper for my family and wasn't even tempted!! This is truly a miracle.

Chasing, what you said about this diet is EXACTLY how I feel! I feel hope, I feel in control, and I look forward to the day that I can say that I don't need to lose weight! I really believe that I will make it this time. I not only want to just be "not-obese", I want to be slim. And I know I can do it on this protocol! What a fantastic gift.

Have a great day everyone!

Nutshell, I know, he's killing me too! I knew he would do better than me, but honestly, this is ridiculous! Though I AM actually happy for him. He doesn't like the food choices as much as I do, so I suppose it's his consolation prize.. that for his suffering he really drops it quick.

My menu for me right now, isn't really feeling like suffering at all. I've found some new ways to prepare things out of various cookbooks that I really like, and intend to keep eating afterwards. I suppose you can say I don't necessarily feel like food is just food like some do. I think GOOD food is part of the joy of living, so long as it's kept in balance with the other things that make for good living. Like exercise, family time, friends, all those things that contribute to your mental and spiritual health. Today's processed foods don't really bring me that particular thankful joy at meal time, but I remember when I was a kid and there were less additives in everything, I enjoyed it a lot more, and really did feel satisfied after a meal. Maybe I've gained weight partly because it's sort of a reflex when not particularly satisfied with something that I should enjoy eating, to eat more of it or something. Cooking better for this diet has kind of brought me back to being satisfied after eating, and not feeling like I have to stuff more food in my mouth later because I didn't enjoy it at the meal.

Hello Everyone. Im on my 7th day of vlcd and I am down 13 pounds. Im so happy. I feel like this is going to work.

I am going to give you my best guess or speculation. Dr S says not to do more than 40 injections. So if you stopped for TOM then you could still do those many days. Also I personally believe the 40 day stop is so that you don't get immune. With hhcg you don't really have to worry about that. I am not sure what I would personally do. It might not be worth it to stop for 6 weeks and then start another round, but then again you might have trouble stabilizing and gain some of the weight back and then it would be more than 10 lbs you have to lose. So that would make it worth it for me. That really is a call you have to make for yourself. Now that I start to think about it, I would personally do another round. I would much rather lose another 20 lbs where I thought I only needed to lose 10, maybe gain back 5, and still be 5 under what I thought I needed to lose. Than lose 10, gain back 5 and be right back where I started.
As for the perfume: I say you have a 50% chance of it messing things up! Some people experience gains from things like that and some don't. My honest guess would be that it was not enough to effect you, but my left brain is telling me that every little bit matters!

Erecca- Thanks so much for your advise. What you are saying makes sense. I'll just have to ponder it some more.

As for the perfume, I was down .8 pounds today. So I was very happy. I guess if it did mess me up, it wasn't too bad.

This lounge and forum is so informative. I love it and hhcg. I'm down 23 pounds and it's about the only thing that I've ever been able to stay with. Who would have thought I would be able to stay on a 500 calorie diet!