Thread: P2 21 days in and 6# loss! Need advice!

ka, congrats on your successful P3! And now to P4, please keep us posted on some foods you add, and if maintenance/stabilization becomes an issue as you add foods. A couple of times in P3, I wanted a snack so fixed 4/5 slices of bacon, nothing else. It almost tasted decadent. I worry about p4, because adding any starches and sugars cause different responses for different people. Sorry you have felt bad, hope you are back to feeling normal now. I know much of the round was difficult for you, but you did it, you stayed the course, and have much to be proud of. Food will always be in our lives, but learning we can control some cravings and correct bad eating habits--that is actually pretty freeing and hopefully is outcome from the entire hcg therapy/protocol.

So P4 had been going just awesome until this past Wednesday. I had dental surgery to remove my front tooth because it was fractured and starting to abscess. They removed the tooth and did a bone graft and stitches. On Thursday my weight was 148.2# I figured I hadn’t eaten much on Wednesday. Then Friday it jumped to 150.6#, technically I was 2.4# over my LIW, should have done a steak day but I’m having a hard time chewing because my mouth is very sore. Saturday and today my weight is 150.2#. Could this be the result from the surgery and just be inflammation? I am still taking ibuprofen or naproxen sodium or acetaminophen for pain. They made me an Essex which is like an Invisalign but has a fake tooth in it that I wear but I can’t eat with it in. So I’m wondering maybe not only is the weight from inflammation but also I may not be eating enough either.
Does anyone have any insight into this? Thanks...

You could still be having effects of the inflammation from the abscess and the trauma to your mouth.

You could try an alternate correction day. If you can tolerate dairy, there is a greek yogurt day that is just a quart of full or 2% greek yogurt plus 8 oz blueberries over the course of a day.

Or if you are not up to that, you could do grammy's inflammation smoothie as your last meal of the day.

1 cup water, 1/2 cucumber, 2 stalks celery, 1 lime peeled, 1" knob fresh ginger. Blend together with water in a high end blender and down it

Originally Posted by Leez

You could still be having effects of the inflammation from the abscess and the trauma to your mouth.

You could try an alternate correction day. If you can tolerate dairy, there is a greek yogurt day that is just a quart of full or 2% greek yogurt plus 8 oz blueberries over the course of a day.

Or if you are not up to that, you could do grammy's inflammation smoothie as your last meal of the day.

When I was on hcg protocols years ago, I never once did a steak day--but i certainly had to do correction days, and I did the FFF full fat fage correction. Worked and was really tasty. But then I use sweeteners and added a tsp of hershey chocolate cocoa (so bitter) and sweeteners to it. Was very good and worked. I wasn't good at keeping complete records and don't remember bein g as militant about the protocol as I am now. But the yogurt might be a lot easier to swallow for you now. Good luck. Hope your mouth recovers soon.

This morning I'm down .2# to 150#. Technically within the 2# range. Do you think it would be beneficial for me to do a correction day? I have the greek yogurt and blueberries.

Dubbles I love the idea of adding chocolate with sweetener!! I'm a lover of all things dark chocolate!

No, do not do a correction day. You only do them when you are over the 2 pound limit.

Simple eating and using the inflammation smoothie as your last meal today could help bring inflammation down further.

Thank you so much Leez! I will do the inflammation shake this evening. Do I then by pass supper, and do the shake instead?