Steveo

Originally Posted by grammy1952

There was a woman who trolled our forum a while back. The minute she started spouting off about how bad the hcg diet was, I knew she had an agenda to push her own diet. And that's what she's doing. I want you to read a friend's experience with her. Charlotte is very savvy about her health and is an experienced hcger. Here is what happened to her. If you're tempted to try this woman's protocol, you might want to think again.

Shaka, the violent king of the Zulu Nation once explained,

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Originally Posted by grammy1952

What is the Leptin Reset?

Unfortunately, some people struggle with stabilization. We’re not really sure why unless it’s because some fundamental hormonal issue isn’t fixed, probably insulin. A neurosurgeon, Dr. Kruse, has a leptin reset plan that has worked for many of us in fixing that stabilization problem. It restores leptin signaling which brings all the hormones back into alignment. (http://jackkruse.com)

While this is NOT part of the HCG protocol, it’s

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Originally Posted by grammy1952

Just so everyone can see what Dr.Jack had to say I went back and found the discussion:

Here's what I asked him:
Doc, this is a fabulous post! Could you clear up something? I do not believe in calories in/calories out. I watch my carbs but I do not count calories. And will not! LOL I could go on a rant about it. I’ve never seen you tell anyone to count calories while on the leptin reset yet you’ve said calories matter when you’re leptin resistant. What exactly do you mean

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Originally Posted by Ceridwen

Okay, I need to warn you about cholesterol meds (statins, like Lipitor)...Hubby and I used to take those, and they had horrible side effects (one of those cases where the "cure" is worse than the disease!). Read about the dangers HERE...

I took both of us off of statins and asked my doctor to recommend something more "natural", and she said to try large doses of niacin. Now we take 1000mg (two 500mg) capsules in the morning and 1000mg with dinner, as well as Pantethine

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Originally Posted by Lydia

I just made the most insanely rich chicken curry, like something you'd get at an indian restaurant:

6 sliced mushrooms
1/2 onion, sliced
1 chicken breast, sliced in strips
1/2 cup coconut milk
tumeric, cumin and curry powder to taste
finish with coconut oil to taste.

I just browned the top three ingredients in CO. Added the Coconut milk and spices and let it cook down to a HWC consistency (used Goya coconut milk that doesn't have thickener

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Originally Posted by grammy1952

And btw, it does work for me- just as it did for you and everyone else on this forum. we lost weight in P2 because we restricted calories!

Nope. It was the hcg. And now that I'm done, I actually am much more stable with more fats. Not the clean meats and veggies I used to think were best. Love my coconut oil! I noticed on this trip out to AZ that I started getting hungry because I forgot my coconut oil and haven't had it. What a huge difference!

Okay on to the calories

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https://www.directlabs.com/Default.a...en-US&tabid=55
http://leptinresistance.ineedlabs.com/
http://www.healthcheckusa.com/Find-a-Test/46823/

Originally Posted by Steveo

Also, my wife keeps asking me if that heavy cream is OK... she absolutely loves her coffee with heavy cream in it, and thinks a cup of coffee with some cocoa crack is the most wonderfully decadent thing to eat! Yesterday when we made cocoa crack, she tossed a splash of heavy cream in it.. -- it worked out good!

Here is our recipe now....

3 HEAPING Tbs of Coconut Manna
3 HEAPING Tbs of Coconut oil
1 TBS of Butter
1 HEAPING Tbs

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Originally Posted by maile

i edited this to Paleobird although I swear I also read it in a post by Fairy Rae

here is the pertinent thread and another one that is along similar lines
and
http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum...tml#post520645

Here is a way of calculating your HSIS weight, based on BMI. I'll use a 5'7" woman as an example

1.Start with your ideal BMI. 22.5 is the normal midpoint
2.Multiply by the square of your height in metres to get

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Originally Posted by itsybitsy

It’s For Your Own Good

Here comes the tough love. This is for those of you who are considering taking on this life-changing month, but aren’t sure you can actually pull it off, cheat free, for a full 30 days. This is for the people who have tried this before, but who “slipped” or “fell off the wagon” or “just HAD to eat (fill in food here) because of this (fill in event here)”. This is for you.

It is not hard. Don’t you dare tell us

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