Thread: Coconut Oil During P2??

I have been an avid coconut oil user for about 4 years. I love it. I even have capsules to take.

HOWEVER, I'm committed to getting releasing fat from my body, and I believe Simeons when he says NO OILS. So, I use no oils in cooking, eating, or on my skin. BECAUSE Simon Says no.

I'm not in this to do research or to experiment on the many various ways to break The Protocol and show how smart I am because I know better than Simeons. I'm not trying to write a book saying Simeons was wrong. I have one reason to do all this -- to release as much as I can release. (OMG, I'm such a pathetic person trying hard to be a "good girl!" after a lifetime of being naughty!)

Even with that conviction, I have gone off-program because of events etc., and I know that it is always likely that I will release less weight than I might have had I stayed ON-program.

Having said all that, I can hardly wait to finish P2 (I added on weeks because I haven't reached my goal yet) and get back to coconut oil, salmon and all sorts of good foods that I miss dearly.

That's great! How did you prepare this using coconut oil and after that week, did you continue to use the oil?

I believe it would have broken anyway, Marita. Hopefully it won't make you stall now. Stalls are normal but we attribute things that we eat or don't eat to the cause or ending of a stall. I did that myself in early rounds until I saw the rhythm of stalls and losses with the protocol

I adore coconut oil and use more of it than you can imagine--but only after P2. I gain from using coconut oil on my SKIN in P2. Many hcg doctors believe any oil derails the hormonal pathway to the hypothalamus and that's why Dr. Simeon was such a stickler on it, even to banning it on the skin which of course seems strange to us. From seeing what I've seen on the forum in the past 3 years, I believe it too. The ones who do best at stabilizing seem to be those who are very strict on the protocol and who do longer rounds.

Thanks Grammy for your input! That makes so much sense. In the last couple of rounds the stalls did break because I remained consistent & stuck to the protocol. I've never cheated before, but this time I was at the end of my round and very frustrated. Very small & slow progress and then major stall. It turns out I've been very close to my ideal weight and that was part of it. Our bodies DO speak to us!!! Just hit my ideal weight and starting P3 today, so cocoa crack here I come!!

Ok, after reading this thread, I decided to try CO for one day and only one tsp for one meal. I have not been stalling, but I just wanted to try it. I lost 1.5 pounds overnight and I haven't lost that much in one day in about a month. I am happy with the loss. I will probably only try this once a week, so that I do not mess up my stabalization in phase 3. I only have 3 weeks to go, so my losses are slowing and any large losses are great. One thing I noticed though, I was starving after I ate the CO. I cooked my chicken in it, and probably didn't even end up eating a half tsp. I was starving all night after eating it. Wonder why?