Oh, and I forgot to mention that I went and got flavored stevia drops to add to coffee and/or water at my local helath food store.

I LOVE them! With the chocolate flavoring, just as Prinster suggests in her book, I can get away with one teaspoon of non fat milk in each cup of coffee, thereby spreading my tablespoon allowance over the day in 3 cups of coffee.

I am also going to follow the suggestion of flavoring some water with grape flavored stevia and freezing it into popsicles since it is going to be hot (close to 100 degrees) here this weekend. Doesn't that sound like a treat? I am truly hoping to not ever go back on sugar or even honey in my coffee and tea after I go through this entire protocol. Life-changing, indeed!

caribeanqueen I have been using that same brand with HCG at the top, for 23 days. I have lost 16lbs(over 4 inches in my waist alone) I stalled for 4 days, my fault, I cheated and had TOM, so I am sure I would have lost more, but 16lbs is still amazing. I have not been hungry, again amazing! RE: coconut oil is it allowed in P3 not during vlcd. I don't have the money to buy the organic shampoos, I am careful not to leave it on my scalp very long and I don't get the conditioner on my scalp at all. I have been using Ivory soap.
Make sure and don't forget to load, It's very important. my sis and i started the same time. I loaded with all I could without getting sick and she did not. She was starving the first week and I wasn't hungry at all.
Hope it goes well for you, just make up your mind and you will do great.

I agree with everyone's advice that loading days are hugely important to your success. I ate too much fat the first day and made myself sick, so I did 3 more days (I lost weight after throwing up) before going on the VLCD.

I stopped using my skin care regimen while on this protocol--I found some oil free moisturizer at Whole Foods, which I am very happy with. It is aloe and green tea oil-free moisturizer by alba. I use it on my face once a day and am not overly dry--and it smells yummy, too! My hands were super dried out during the first week, and I use a raw food product that I already had in the cupboard on my cuticles and hands once a day (once on my legs, too). It is called Artisana organic coconut butter, which is made of whole coconut flesh, not just the oil. According to my book on the protocol by Linda Prinster, however, some people do not lose well when using the coconut oil products during the VLCD, so you may want to try a super small container to see how it affects your weight loss. Of course, if you can do without moisturizers, you should.

I wish you excellent luck and health; I am thrilled with my progress, even tho I still have no energy. My uncle told me he experienced the same phenomena, which is most likely due to the fact that our bodies are burning through toxic stores of fat in our bodies--we are going to feel that poison while we burn it, much like we smell the types of material we burn in our fireplaces. I hit a milestone this morning: I have lost 10 pounds!! Woo Hoo!

So do I need to "load" every time I start a new round? or just the first round and that's it? By the way, thanks for the info on oil free products.

Eme do you take the HCG drops at the same time with the B sublingual all 6 times?