I have been searching throught the forum for everyone's TOM experiences. There are several but in different places. I wanted one place to bring them all together.
This is my first time with the hCG diet, I am on day 10 and TOM came yesterday, a few days early. I have lost 13.4# so far. I didnt do an injection today but am thinking of doing one tomorrow? I only lost 0.4# today.
I want to know everyones TOM experiences. Were you early, late? How much did your weight fluctuate? Did you continue your injections/drops or stop? Were you more hungry even with hCG in your system? All info is greatly appreciated! Thank you =0)
Most of us continue on the hcg through TOM. My understanding is that when this protocol was written it was believed that hcg was produced during TOM, we know that to be false now. There have been many advances and there is more knowledge in reproductive medicine since Dr. S's day.
I have been on time, been early, and gone 79 days without TOM. I have stalled and gained. The hcg does seem to mess with your cycle.
I am currently on my 2nd period in 23 days on hcg. It is not normal for me. This happened on my last round too. I kept losing the first period which started 7 days into hcg but my weight has been fluctuating up and down on this 2nd period. I'm doing RX sublingual and I haven't stopped.
I am now on my second period 18 days in... in fact I never stopped. I have been super consistent with protocol. My idea of Cheating has been maybe to add an extra 10 grams of protien but that has been it and only once or twice. Today I got on the scale and gained a half a pound! If this keeps up I am going to have to do an apple day...
I am in p4 of my 3rd round, my first round TOM was normal, I did gain a couple of lbs but it fell right off after a couple of days then I went right back to losing. My 2nd round I waited until TOM was over then started immediatley 18 days later TOM showed back up but it still felt very normal until a week later and it was still there. I stopped the hcg on day 23 (still in TOM) total time frame was around 1 1/2 wks. of TOM after that I didn't see TOM for a very long time, now 4 months later TOM finally showed up this morning. So far it seems to be normal but it has only been around 10 hrs. I did gain almost 4lbs with it this time, did a high protien day yesterday (couldn't do a steak day) and lost 1.6 and am still 2.2 over LIW. Now that I know it is TOM I'm not all that concerned because I know when he leaves he will take the extra weight with him. Hcg definelty messes with your cycle.
From what Ive been learning it can vary from person to person when it comes to our TOM. I started this round about a week past my last TOM and Im 21 days into this round without a sign of my TOM to come. I had my tubes tied 10.5 years ago so Im not concerned with getting pregnant. I figure it'll come when its good and ready.
I asked this on another thread, but i am worried about my TOM because it is supposed to arrive on my last injection day. since i am not THAT regular, i'm not sure if it will or not. but what do i do about my last injection weight? usually i gain during my TOM and i dont want that to determine the weight that i am supposed to stay at.