They said I wouldn't be hungry! So far...not true. This is Day 3 of the HCG protocol. The HCG protocol includes injecting yourself daily (in your belly) and a VLCD (very low calorie diet). I call it the Very Little Food Diet. Thus far, I'd have to say it sucks!
This is my second attempt at it. I tried it two months ago and crashed and burned the first day. I was so weak and shaky I could barely stand. So my doctor and I decided I'd take a little time and work on my diet on my own. The first few weeks I said I was, the last few weeks I actually was. I lost 10# on my own.
And then it was time.
The first two days are "loading" days, where you eat like a horse. This is allegedly to make sure there's enough calories and fat circulating in your system while your body adjusts to the low calories and begins to convert your own stored fat into energy. This week it's converted my stored fat into an almost perpetual headache.
So I gained 3# on loading. They say that's normal, but doesn't it seem counter productive? I secretly think it's to inflate the overall net loss at the end of the cycle. In any case, I'm 5# down, including the 3#.
Day 1 was misery. I was starving all day. But I wasn't shaky, so I stuck with it. Yesterday and so far today I'm hungry and have a headache. I hate headaches.
Today is my daughter's birthday and I'm baking her a cake. That should be well, not fun. But in for a penny, in for a pound. I will power through.
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