I am back

Good morning everyone.

I am back at the very low calorie diet. I had to stop the shots back in August because I was trying to stop smoking and found that doing both just didn't work for me. I paid for that with some weight gain, but As of this morning I am down 11.6 lb and on my second week.

I have had a number of questions about stalls. What causes them and how to get around them.

First I am not a doctor, but through experience I have found illness, stress, not followiing protocol to the letter and the lack of sleep has cause me to not loose weight.

Second, could be our expectation of what loosing weight is supposed to look like. "I want it now" (great line from Willy Wonk film), is not how it looks. That is a Yo-Yo diet, quick and fast. Where has that gotten most people, weight gone and then regained.

If nothing else, HCG should be a time of learning. If you eat healthy, get rest and pay attention to what your body does and says, then you will have success.

I look at this whole thing as a rebirth. We are born, but can not walk, we learn to roll over firt, then on our hands and knees. From their we learn to pull ourselves up and then we take our first steps. Not long after that first step we learn to run.

Our weight didn't magically appear, but with the help of HCG in can disappear. That is up to you. You have to be realistic in your expectation. Average loss is .2 -.75 lb per day, not 5 and 6 lbs (if that happens it is a bonus)but with that you have to know that there will be stalls. Your body has to catch up. Inches are just as important as pounds lost.

A word to the wise HOLIDAYS ARE COMEING be prepared if you are on the diet or if you are on maintance. There is no written law that you have to over indulge. You can enjoy the holidays and the over abundence of food. Be wise in your choices of what you eat and don't set yourself up for failure. If all else go off the diet (shot or drops) inadvance and get on maintance. Then again be wise in the food choices. The time you have been on the diet should have taught you what you should be staying away from, small amounts of unhealth food, eat on a small plate (7 inch or so), bring your own side dishes that are healthy. It all works and you will feel better about the holidays.

Have a great day and happy loosing.