Beth_M

Definitions and Acronyms related to HCG

• ACV - Apple Cider Vinegar
• AF - Tom's Aunt Flo
• Apple Day – eating only apples as a way to break a stall (reduces water weight)
• BAB – a P3/4 term for Big A** Breakfast
• Bact water – Bacteropstatoc water – used for mixing HCG
• BMI – a number that relates your height and weight. A Low number means you are too thin,
a high number means you are overweight. ...

One thing I've learned over the last two years.. it's easier to recover quickly from too high of a dose than it is from too low of a dose. The level of hcg in your body is the average of the last 72 hours on homeopathic drops or pellets or the last 96 hours on RX injections or sublingual. If you feel a dose is too high, you can skip a few doses on hhcg or a day on rx and it comes back down. If it's too low, it's never a good idea to take a bunch more all at once. You have to do an increase ...

Okay.. the potassium thing.

Restaurant meals tend to be high in sodium. A lot of the gain (at least for me) after eating out I feel is from salt. Potassium taken in about the same level as sodium should keep some of the water retention at bay.

"kidneys respond to excess sodium by flushing it out in the urine. Unfortunately, this also removes potassium. If potassium levels are low, the body tries to hoard it, which also means hanging onto sodium. Water follows ...

Originally Posted by Beth_M

Someone on homeo board just posted a result from a "Fruit day"

I'm waiting to hear how much over she has been and why, but she dropped 4.2 lbs.


"two pears, three apples, an orange, a grapefruit, and half a cantaloupe throughout the day. Actually the cantaloupe and an apple was supper, and orange and grapefruit lunch,rest snacks throughout the day. Oh, and I did have two slices of cheese and a couple bites of chicken breast. "

Seems like there are lots of newbies who have just entered p3 or are going to soon. Here is a re-post of some guidelines that I found very helpful with my firstr p3:

P3 Basics and when to add foods:

Here's Some Basics for P3 posted a while back on the boards... I figured they might help you all as much as they're going to help me.

First, find out your calorie limit: Women that means 11 times your current weight, Men 12 times your current weight. ...

Originally Posted by Beth_M

LoL I need to write this out, cause I get this one alot.
Procedure for calculating batch-cooked protein amounts...

1. Weigh the entire protein, raw
2. Divide by 3.5 ounces or 100g (I use grams for everything) to calculate total number of servings you have
3. Cook in desired manner, let rest a bit
4. Weigh the entire protein, cooked
5. Divide the total cooked weight by the number of servings to determine how many ounces/grams cooked per portion

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It was absolutely decadent..

Picture here but details in my daily blog at http://hcg-diet-journey.blogspot.com...p3-day-21.html

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Originally Posted by Faemystique

Subcutaneous is an injection in the fatty tissue of your abdomen, back of your arm or sides of your thighs. I recommend abdomen and staying at LEAST two inches away from your belly button as that area is very vascular. Needles are like insulin syringes, very fine high gauge with 1/2" needles. Pinch a bit of fat and go straight in. Rub a bit to distribute.

Intramuscular are injections into the lateral portion (outer third) of thigh, deltoid muscle (three finger widths down

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2000 iu = 8 ml bac water (or TOTAL fluid volume) If you're hcg is premixed with 1 ml then use 1 ml less of bac water.
5000 iu = 20 ml bac water (or TOTAL fluid volume)

For EITHER vial mixed this way the dosing is:

125 iu dose = .50 ml/cc, or 50 on an insulin needle
150 iu dose = .60 ml/cc, or 60 on an insulin needle
175 iu dose = .70 ml/cc, or 70 on an insulin needle
200 iu dose = .80 ml/cc, or 80 on an insulin needle

Someone mentioned the breakfast "muffins' for P3 with sausage and eggs..

1 pound sausage, no sugar added, browned
12 large eggs
2 c shredded Cheddar cheese
1/2 t salt
1/4 t pepper

Preheat oven to 375*F.
Mix all ingredients together. Spray a 12 cup muffin pan and pour egg mixture into each muffin cup evenly. Bake for 30 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes and serve.
Makes 12 servings

I guess you can even freeze them. ...