Round 2 is over

My 23 days, Round 2 is over. I started this one at 183.5 and ended at 176. Went golfing yesterday. Itwas very hot. Today, even though I'm off the HCG injections, I weigh 174. This could easy adjust up tomorrow, but it sure is nice. My wife is continuing on to complete a 40 day period. She has lost 6 lbs so far in Round 2.

July 15 at 180 lbs

Stalled at 180 for 5 days

Stalled at 180 for 5 days and then I a dropped a lb/day and am now at 177. I threatened myself that I would start cheating if I didn't lose but thank goodness I held in there. I have felt weaker this 2nd round but the weight loss keeps me going.

Apple Day reflection

I lost one pound after my apple day. I did ok on the raw apples but my wife started slicing apples 3 through 6 and heating them in the microwave for 2 minutes at 30% power. They kind of tasted like the apple slices in an apple pie. However she did not lose any weight after her apple day. When she tried it in round 1 twice, she didn't lose weight then either.

R2 Day 13

I've lost 5 lbs so far this time. Seems like the same schedule as Round 1 where I averaged 1/2 per day. I wish I didn't know that some people lose a lb a day because I can't and I wish I could. But I'm commited to going through the 23 injections regardless. I have a much better appreciation for what a nutritional serving of protein is ~3.5 oz. Prior to the diet 8 to 12 oz seemed normal.

7/14/08 Apple Day

I've been at 180 for about 3 days. Today I'm trying the recommended Apple Day where I eat only 6 apples to see if I can drop weight.

Round 2 Injection 7 Very Low Cal Diet Day 5

I started Round 2 on July 5th. Today is my 7th Injection. I have been on the VLCD (Very Low Cal Diet) for 5 Days. Before I started this round, I weighed 183.5. In the pre gorge (2 days) I went up to 189. Yesterday weighed 183, today, July 11th it's 181.5. I'm feeling a liitle weaker this time around. Maybe because of the heat. I try to work out but I think during this round I need to ease off.

Starting again & Reflecting on Last Time

When we did Round 1 in April:
We injected ourselves in the morning. On day one & two we eat out or in, indulged ourselves on buffets and fatty foods until we could eat no more. Day three, we started the 500 calorie/day regime.

We bought Boneless Skinless Chicken, Halibut, Shrimp (tailless), 4% fat Moran's 2' package, Sirloin Steak, Scallops. These we weighed into individual 3 ½ oz packages and labeled and froze them. We froze enough for several weeks.

We purchased plenty of apples and strawberries each week and some oranges and grapefruit.

We bought packaged spinach, romaine & iceberg lettuce, celery, radishes, cucumbers and some tomatoes, asparagus and cabbage.

The egg whites Ron used when he went golfing.

We purchased Raw Apple Cider Vinegar and Red Wine Vinegar and Lemon Juice.

If we had trouble with bowel movements, we used 2 ounces of Aloe Vera Juice (George's) each evening. It tastes like excellent water!

For Breakfast, I had 2 cups of coffee, mainly black and our Green drink - Nano Greens. I took my calcium/magnesium pills and my blood pressure pills. Sometimes I had a half a grsapefruit. Ron didn't eat breakfast.

For lunch and dinner, we had the 3.5 oz protein and some vegetables or a salad. For dessert or an after meal snack, we had an apple or 7-8 strawberries.

Ron cooked the protein in a fry pan using water and lots of onion or garlic. We used brown onions but probably should not have.

Much of the time our salads were spinach & strawberries or lettuce and tomatoes. We measured out the spinach or lettuce but you can eat huge amounts without going over the 500 calories per day. But we used the strawberries & tomatoes in moderation.

The cucumber was peeled & sliced and soaked in apple cider vinegar.
Cabbage was cooked and eaten hot or cold with lemon or lime juice. Cold Cabbage was shredded and eaten with apple cider vinegar.

We were not hungry during this period.

After our last injection, we had a 500 cal/day that day and the following two days.

We adapted the food chart, adding only items we would eat & calculated how many calories were in the 3 1/2 oz protein portions and other portions we normally have.

Food Item Ca/Oz Oz eaten Calories
Nano Greens 30 30
Apple, raw 15
Grapefruit, raw 9 49.5 cal
Orange, raw 13 5 oz
Strawberries, raw 9
Asparagus, raw 6 7
Celery 4 stk=1.5oz
Cucumber 3
Lettuce,Cos,Romaine 5
Lettuce, Iceberg 4
Onion, green 9
Radish
Spinach 7
Tomatoes, raw 5
Chicken, raw 31 108.5 cal
Flounder/Sole 26 91 cal
Halibut 31 108.5 cal
Hamburger 90% Lean 50 175 cal
Hamburger 95% Lean 38 126 cal
Steak, sirloin 37 129.5 cal
Scallops 25 87.5 cal
Shrimp, shelled 30 105 cal
Egg white 17
DAILY CALORIE TOTAL
CALORIES LEFT
Tea
Water

Today's Weight
Weight Loss Today

When you get the product, the HCG comes with a glass tube (ampul) - 1 ml of powdered HCG and 2nd ampul of a liquid solvent. Throw away the liquid solvent.

While you are waiting for the HCG to arrive from overseas and go through customs, you can inquire about purchasing needles locally (1 needle/syringe per day per person) for injections (2" if you are going to inject into your muscles or like us, ½" if you are going to inject into your belly fat). You also need several vials of sterile water and several wide syringe/needles for mixing the HCG with sterile water and inserting into the mixed sterile water vial.

To determine how much sterile water to use with the purchased 5000 IU, decide what strength of HCG you will try.
When we used 125 IU injections:
Divide 5000 IU by 125 IU to get 40 ml of sterile water to mix with the 1 ml of powdered HCG.
When we used 150 IU injections:
Divide 5000 IU by 150 IU to get 33 ml of sterile water to mix with the 1 ml of powdered HCG.
When we used 200 IU injections:
Divide 5000 IU by 200 IU to get 25 ml of sterile water to mix with the 1 ml of powdered HCG.

I might need 27 injections and Arlene might need 60 injections, that equals about 87 ml of dissolved HCG. If we are using the 150 IU this time, each powdered 5000 IU ampul makes about 33 ml or injections, we need to purchase about 3 ampuls. We would only use and prepare 1 ampul at a time and store the dissolved liquid in the refrigerator and the powdered ampuls on the shelf.

Go on line and read Dr. ATW Simeone pounds and inches.