Wednesday, September 15, 2010

End of my second round of HCG, on to Stabilization

It has been twelve days since I finished my second cycle of weight loss phase with HCG ezTrim. I lost 24 pounds with this cycle for a total of 52 pounds since the middle of May. I never would have dreamed that I would be able to lose that much weight in a little over three months. I stayed on the drops for seven weeks this time, I was hoping to lose a few more pounds than I did but the weight loss was a bit slower at the end of this cycle. This makes me wonder if six weeks at a time is best, I certainly was ready to be done by the end of that time. I would have stayed on, but realized that three more pounds wasn’t going to put me where I want to be, so I will get back on HCG ezTrim after the first of the year to lose another 10 - 15 pounds.

It is a bit scary moving on to the stabilization phase because although you can start eating more food, you need to be very careful to not eat any sugar or starches. I find it best to eat at home, though the times I have eaten out I have stuck to the plsn. I went to a buffet with my family and was amazed that there was very little I could eat. When we make our own food we know what is in it, so no need to worry about hidden sugar, etc.

I have had one steak day and even though it was quite distressing to weigh myself and have a gain, it is nice to know that doing the steak day got me right back down to where my loss was. When that happens it is important to identify the problem food that caused the gain and not eat that again while on stabilization. During the stabilization phase is vitally important to not eat sugar or starches, because this is when the set-point is being reset to the lower weight. This is all controlled by the hypothalamus and it takes three weeks for it to reset. This is the phase where people can really mess up, so be sure to continue to be very strict with your diet after the weight loss phase.

Foods I have enjoyed adding are avocados and ranch salad dressing. Fruit smoothies, nuts and the larger variety of fruits and vegetables. As a special treat homemade ice cream using stevia as the sweetener and for me that means chocolate ice cream with un-sweetened coconut and almonds. My own little bit of almond joy heaven!! I’ve learned to have a lettuce wrap when the family is having a sandwich. When the family is eating things I can’t have I make a smoothie, eat more fruit or vegetables and I am satisfied.

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