Thread: getting a head count for august 2013 phase 2 people in the house!!

Hey everyone
Just found this thread and would love to join for some encouragement. This is R3 for me, R1 was amazing, R2 was (well we won't talk about that one!) so I am now on VLCD2 of R3. I remember how the first round I did, the forum really kept me going and I found it so inspiring that I think that may be the missing link in my R2 (I know, I said we won't talk about it! Zip)

I am looking forward to following everyone's progress and tips - this forum is the most amazing resource I love it!

Hello all, I've read a couple of you are feeling like me. Cold, achy and just overall not feeling great at all. I'm so weak and shaky that I go down the stairs to the basement and I end up being super shaky. I'm not sure what to do about it. It was so bad today, that I was searching for the shortest amount of time we could be on hcg because I wanted to go off of it and get my strength back. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks!

OK. So, I'm almost over my cold/sinus, but I think my HCG is no good? I think I'm going to order a fresh batch. I'll try to stay low carb/calorie or something until I get my new stuff. I had this batch frozen, but it must have lost its effectiveness.

Originally Posted by Haley84

Oh my gosh I'm glad I'm not the only one who weighs after peeing just to see if I went down a little more! Lol.

I find weighing everyday helps keep me motivated and also tells me if I eat something different and gain not to eat it again. For instance, lean beef is allowed, but I either stay the same or barely lose at all if I eat 93% lean grass-fed, all natural beef (the leanest healthiest I could find). I would not have figured that out if not for weighing daily. Just don't let the fluctuating numbers discourage you whether you weigh daily or weekly

I'm laughing to myself because I weigh before and after peeing as well!! Ha Ha I also weigh myself everyday, it encourages me to keep going, even on TOM days!

Originally Posted by lisajo

Hello all, I've read a couple of you are feeling like me. Cold, achy and just overall not feeling great at all. I'm so weak and shaky that I go down the stairs to the basement and I end up being super shaky. I'm not sure what to do about it. It was so bad today, that I was searching for the shortest amount of time we could be on hcg because I wanted to go off of it and get my strength back. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks!

I am so sorry that you're not feeling well. I hope that you get you're strength back. Also, I think that you have to be on for a minimum of 23 days for it to stick. If not, I believe you have to start from scratch. Hopefully, you wont have to do that because I see you have been losing at an amazing rate!! I've never lost more that 1.6 at a time and that rarely happened during my first round.

Feel better!

Originally Posted by oatsandrobots

Down from my start weight of 194 to 190.2 -- man how that scale loves to tease me! I was hoping to leave the 90s today, but no biggy, I'm so close! 3.8lbs in two days..not too bad! I usually weigh myself at work (I nanny for my cousin) and since I have no scale at home I won't be hoping back on one until monday morning. The only problem I ran into today was..dinner. It's currently almost 8:30 and I still haven't really eaten anything but an apple and a couple melba toast. I'm just not hungry and the idea of food just seems blah. I think it might be because I started the day with a strawberry/spinach "smoothie" (with chocolate stevia drops) and had a late-ish lunch of chicken and celery. Sounds plain, but I actually enjoyed it! I snacked on an apple around 4pm. I think its too late to eat and I just don't feel like forcing anything down. I know tomorrow will be easier because I have a 12hr shift and will be so busy I won't have time to think about cheating!

I'm the same way. Some days, I don't want to eat at all and I have to force myself, especially with breakfast. Sorry to hear about the nuggets!! ugghhhh!! The same thing happened to me yesterday. I went to my nephews Bday party and I was surrounded by pizza, chicken tenders, soda, cake, etc.... Then, as if I wasn't tortured enough, they wanted to go to Cheesecake Factory for dinner!! lol But I was strong, I held up my end of the bargain because I wanted to see a gain this morning. I want to be in the 150s by next weekend!

Originally Posted by Butterfly1012

I am so sorry that you're not feeling well. I hope that you get you're strength back. Also, I think that you have to be on for a minimum of 23 days for it to stick. If not, I believe you have to start from scratch. Hopefully, you wont have to do that because I see you have been losing at an amazing rate!! I've never lost more that 1.6 at a time and that rarely happened during my first round.

Feel better!

Thanks for your words of encouragement, it means a lot! Does the 23 days include your days of loading? Is it 23 days on drops? I'm really going to push to make the 23 days! Thanks again for your support!