Thread: Stalls

Originally Posted by bballmom

I...just wanted to know if people have any difficulties, generally, if they opt to do steak as their protein.

Hi Bballmom... I can not imagine a round without red meat... but I only buy lean beef fillet and extra lean ground beef... I have a butcher I trust and he carries superior quality meat... i do find that although I have done so in the past, when I do red meat twice a day i skirt dangerously close to the 500calorie mark so now I restrict to once a day.... this past round and sgain now, it appears as if my body does not like chicken... strange but true... so I am doing a lot of fish this round... Red meat works gor me

Originally Posted by FlirtyFlo

Hi Bballmom... I can not imagine a round without red meat... but I only buy lean beef fillet and extra lean ground beef... I have a butcher I trust and he carries superior quality meat... i do find that although I have done so in the past, when I do red meat twice a day i skirt dangerously close to the 500calorie mark so now I restrict to once a day.... this past round and sgain now, it appears as if my body does not like chicken... strange but true... so I am doing a lot of fish this round... Red meat works gor me

Thanks FlirtyFlo. I am going to give it a go tonight and am going to forego the apple today.....fingers crossed.

Why forgo the apple? The apple has fiber that will help you digest the beef protein.

Its normal for losses to slow at the end of a round. But its not normal to be hungry.

It's troubling that you have been hungry for an extended amount of time. That indicates your dose has needed adjustment for a while. That alone could account for a stall.

It is not unusual to need to adjust dose down once or more during a round. However, your dose might be lower than needed now if HCG is degrading, for instance, so there is no way to know unless you do a skip day. If you still have 3 injections left, you can skip tomorrow. If your hunger goes away in the late afternoon to early evening, then lower your dose 25iu for those last 3 dose days. If hunger increases at that time of day, raise dose by 25iu.

HCG takes 3 days to build up to full strength in your body, so a bare minimum of 3 consecutive dose days before transitioning is imperative to be able to enter P3 at full dose strength.

As for the stall, its best to wait them out and let them break on their own without special intervention. Hopefully, the stall will break and your water stores will normalize before you hit P3. If not, you may be in for a wild scale ride the first P3 week.

The scale could make some big swings. If it happens you just have to ride it out. Don't assume you are doing something wrong. Do a steak day if needed--the scale should all settle down by week 2.

To be clear on whether to do a skip day....the type of hunger that indicates your dose needs adjusted is not just hunger that you can ignore, or deal with by distracting yourself with a hot drink or something else. It is painful hunger, strong hunger that you can't ignore, and it doesn't go away when you eat. A little hunger before regular meal times is normal and does not indicate the need for a dose change.

Originally Posted by ajup2it

Ugh, today I had a .2 lb gain from 145.8 to 146. What the heck? Too much salt? Water retention? I only have 2 days left and I wanted to get to 145.0 or on a prayer get to 144. I know its just numbers...its just I was wanting to finish a bit lower is all and its doubtful in two days time that will happen.

It's a water fluctation , only .2 lbs. Can't agonize over .2 one direction or the other. You may still finish a little lower over 2 days. Good luck!