Tomorrow is Graduation Day, the official end of Stabilization for round #6 of my HCG adventure. Sadly, it's not like graduating from school, where you leave and have your diploma, no matter what. This is only another step in my dietery evolution.
But, really, so far, so good. I've stayed within the zone (two pounds above or below my LIW) the whole time. Once, I was at the very top of the zone, bought a steak (to prepare for the Steak Day), but the next day it was totally back down to my LIW, so the steak went into the freezer.
Today I was half a pound below my LIW. That always brings a smile to my face, though I'm *trying* not to live and die by the scale. That's much easier to do when the scale cooperates.
What now? Well, I've been giving that some thought. Yes, most all of the weight I've gained back after an HCG cycle has been directly related to having a surgery, but not every time. The BIG gain-back happened after doing four HCG cycles in a year and pushing my body way too far. It simply freaked out. Not doing that again. Now I'm sneaking up on weight loss, trying to hotwire my system into thinking it's normal, or something like. Yeah, it's taking longer, but it's totally worth it if it WORKS.
So anyway, sorry about that, got off on a side topic... What now? I understand my body doesn't process sugar. And I don't have those Cushingoid symptoms when I'm not on it. Rather hard to argue with that bit of information. In a way, it's almost easier just to avoid it entirely--or at least mostly!
I suppose I'll try what I did successfully before, only have scarb (simple carb) a couple of times a week, and then, carefully. If that works and the weight stays stable and I feel ok, we can go with that. If not, we'll have to reevaluate the possibility I may need to essentially be a sugar free girl. I am heartily against artificial sweeteners (nerve toxins--hey, look it up!), so that leaves me with stevia, a plant sweetener that's great in tea and yogurt, and little else. But would I trade sugar for someday being healthy? You betcha.
I have suggested to my husband and daughter I might take a full year off of sugar and write a book. My husband is not so keen on that idea. But hey, it could happen. With six cycles of HCG I've been without it a year, just in chunks! I've missed dozens of party food opportunities, and yep, it sucks. But we'll see. One step at a time. Would be quite elucidating, yeah?
But for now, I graduate. Again. And I'm not even planning on having sugar. The next step for me is adding in trace sugars, like in cured meats and things like...ketchup! Whoo! Bring it! As for sugar, I'm gonna wait 'til Easter and have a piece of my awesome carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. A little piece.
Happy graduation to me!
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