I came back from my vacation and its time to get started. I am starting to load tomorrow and sunday, then the "fun" begins on Monday. I went to get food this morning, both for loading and for the diet.. and let me tell you.. it was so hard to buy chocolate milk and pastries and fatty things!!
I am very excited but also very tense and praying I'll be able to have the strengh of going all the way to the end. I don't have the greatest will power, but I am so sick of being fat.. I think i would do anything to change. I did the mix tonight so tomorrow morning will be ready to go. again.. i am soooo freaking excited. I have everybody in my family and friends against me, the word hormone did not agree with them at all.. but all the succesful stories I read abour cannot be a lie.
I'll be here posting on my progress.. thanks to this site it has helped me get a lot of information.. I just wish some people would STOP trying to change the protocol and invent and try to add things they are not supposed to eat, its very frustrating to see people trying to drag others into changing and experimenting with things that are not on the protocol.
Hi there! Today is my first load day also and I'm sitting here crying because I don't know what to eat....lol!I know EVERYTHING but my brain can't seem to get with the program. I'm already in diet mode...I had strawberries and tea so far. I think I'll just head to IHOP...I can never resist pancakes and bacon! I think my emotions are just a little high because I believe "this is it"...letting go of the old and starting something new that you know will be so frickin great in the end! My goal is to stick to protocol for at least one round, just to see how my body responds. If I need to modify later then I will do so accordingly. I'm so excited and thrilled that I found this site!!!! Good luck and I'll be looking for your posts.
yizquieerdo - Self control isn't my strength either but the fact that you said that you think you'd do anything to lose the weight and that you don't appreciate messing with the protocol tells me that you will do great! Each temptation comes down the this, do I want the cookie more than I want to get rid of the weight. You'll do great.
Kendy - As far as what to eat, the best thing you can do is get in a bunch of high proteins and fats. The fewer carbs you eat the better. Things like sugars and pancakes fill you up but they don't last long where as fats stay with you longer and will halp sustain you in the first days of the VLCD as the hcg builds up. I know this sounds gross but get in an 8oz block of cream cheese and a pound of bacon, actually those two together are pretty good.
Kendy this is great we are both on this at the same time. I would love to keep in touch with you. I had a gigantic piece of white artisan bread with loads of butter and jelly.. it felt like the biggest mistake ever!! but i have to keep going. I already had my sublingual dose this morning, it actually tested pretty good.. here is my email yizquierdo@gmail.com if you want to keep it and catch up with me while we are on this. as far as your fears and the limbo you are talking about, i feel the exact same way!! but one thing is for sure.. this is it!!! we can do it!!
i bought a salmon cream cheese and plan on eating with a spoon later today.. i love that salmon cream cheese.. does the constant thought of eating goes away at the end of the program.. i mean.. will I crave things when im all done? cause there are days that at breakfast im already thinking what to have for lunch.. im so sick of being a food slave.. that is how I feel.. food takes me and does with me whatever it wants.
Good for you yiz on the cream cheese. As far as food cravings go, this protocol really helps you get clean and break some ot those cravings and habits. That's another reason I don't recommend eating a bunch of carby/sugary things, there is no point in feeding that monkey when you're trying to break the habit.
By the time you get to P4 where you can add back sugars and starches you may find that you don't want them like you used to. I am now perfectly satisfied with sprouted wheat breads and whole grains. I'm not a sugar junkie but I am a carb junkie, as in breads and pastas, I guess I should say I was.