A friend gave me a book on the hcg diet awhile back (he's one of many who did the diet once, and swore...never again)that said the extreme fatigue can be caused by the loss of fluid and to try potassium supplements. I did that, but only after the diet started, which I think was too late.
So this time, in preparation, I took potassium supplements for weeks leading up to my start date, and I think it's helping. I'm not quite as fatigued as other start times. I still feel a higher degree of weakness and fatigue, but not as severe. I do go to bed earlier than usual, but not all that much.
This morning I felt fairly normal and did what would be normal morning chores for me: assembled a navy bean soup in the crock-pot for my family, started a bread machine loaf of bread (I have the BEST Italian bread recipe; only takes about two minutes to assemble--email me if you want the recipe), washed some produce, started the laundry, fed the dog, prepped my hcg food for the day, and did my back stretches. Up until the last 10 minutes I was crowing about how good I felt--then I crashed. Oy.
So, I'm on the couch talking to you, sipping some water, trying to muster the energy to get our school day started. Guess I'm not *quite* normal. I think I'm going to double up on the potassium. I'm losing a lot of fluid (hope it's taking some fat with it), so I think that's accounting for my symptoms right now: mildly dizzy, headachy, a little weak.
But, EVEN SO! For those of you keeping score at home, I'm down 3.5# so far, and I'm starting stronger than previous sessions. We'll take it! 25 days 'til food.
Ok, time to teach me some school! ;) Keep the faith and see ya later.
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