Thread: Ask Grammy

You take your LIW of the last day you took hcg. Most do not keep what we lose in the additional days.

Hi Grammy, Just wanted to give you an update... I have been on the Armour for just over a week and a half now and already noticing a huge increase in energy and overall disposition. I can't believe how fast it started to work. And I know it's "not just in my head". I really feel much, much better. They started me on testosterone and progesterone, too. How long do you think it will take before I start noticing a difference with those? Thanks for all the thyroid education you put on these boards. I am a believer

Quick salt question.

I put on 1.3 lbs overnight, but I made cauliflower fried rice for dinner last night that had lots of veggies, some reindeer sausage, eggs and TAMARI & BRAGGS AMINOS. Is it water retention from salt? I drank about 6 cups of water afterward.

Could it be cauliflower or broccoli? Probably not, but it doesn't hurt to ask Should I skip breakfast and eat high protein today with some veggies or just wait it out.

Thanks!

How many days do you have to be stuck at a weight to consider it a stall? Would you recommend an apple day or will it all balance out eventually? The last 10 days my body seems to try and stick to a weight for a day or two and then I see a big loss, then it sticks to the new weight, then a big loss. Just wondering if this is normal and I should carry on business as usual, or if an apple day may be in order. Thanks for any insight you can provide!

Originally Posted by jnspdl

How many days do you have to be stuck at a weight to consider it a stall? Would you recommend an apple day or will it all balance out eventually? The last 10 days my body seems to try and stick to a weight for a day or two and then I see a big loss, then it sticks to the new weight, then a big loss. Just wondering if this is normal and I should carry on business as usual, or if an apple day may be in order. Thanks for any insight you can provide!

contrats!! YOU ARE PERFECTLY NORMAL. per p & i its 4 days before its a stall.
my opinion: you cannot lose daily, you have to have body catch up, let it do its thing.
No apple days, grams will say counterproductive make sure you are pop and drinking your water, breath relax and measure every 2 wks so if you are in a stall, sometimes youll register a measurement release.
I'm looking at your stats and they are fabulous. !!
If you lose average, not daily, avereage of .5 per day, you are golden if you are a woman, and you are more than that.
Keep up good work and be pop, Im actually envious of your losses

Originally Posted by Yella

Quick salt question.

I put on 1.3 lbs overnight, but I made cauliflower fried rice for dinner last night that had lots of veggies, some reindeer sausage, eggs and TAMARI & BRAGGS AMINOS. Is it water retention from salt? I drank about 6 cups of water afterward.

Could it be cauliflower or broccoli? Probably not, but it doesn't hurt to ask Should I skip breakfast and eat high protein today with some veggies or just wait it out.

Thanks!

I believe it's the braggs amino. I gain about 2 lbs every time I use it and it takes several times to get off. It's not the veggies. I eat those veggies on p2 because my clinic allowed them. I would wait it out and stay away from the a minos and see what happens

That is awesome, jcj. You're probably feeling better from a combo though. Progesterone especially works really fast!

Sorry I just saw your post, gator. I've been on the road the last two days traveling back to Indiana from AZ. A stead day is always what is prescribed when you are more than 2 pounds over LIW. and cocoa is not allowed, sorry.

Yella, it's probably the salt. I avoid soy like the plague too. It will make many of us gain. You might look for amino acids instead.

jn, that's very normal. That's not a stall. A stall is 4 days or more at the same weight with NO loss. And even then I don't recommend apple days. They backfire for many.