Thread: Lovely Losers 2020 - OBTAINING in October!!

Originally Posted by YvonneSA

Same here... I guess I got to a point last year where I thought sod - it... at my age I am done with dieting and slowly but surely gained... with an extra bit over Christmas.... which I am always very good for taking care of it start January.... but Covid was looming and I did weigh in in February and when I weighed in a bit more than 2 weeks ago I almost got a heart attack! I guess during 2019 I kind of felt ok under 176lbs (80kgs) but when I saw my covid gain of 24 lbs I was disgusted with myself!

Well, if it's any consolation, you're not alone. My doc recommended HCG at my appointment at the beginning of August, but the woman in the office who administers the program was so backed up with folks who'd gained during COVID, I couldn't start until the end of September!

I was fortunate in that I'd deliberately lost 10 lbs at the start of quarantine for a spring break trip that never happened. Then I ate my feelings for six months and gained it back plus some. I'm not finding HCG to be a magic bullet by any means, though I do have 10 days left of a 25-day round, so time will tell. I've certainly lost weight more quickly doing other cleanses and fasts, but what I'm hoping for is a complete lifestyle overhaul. I needed the structure and discipline and smaller portions. I need the long-term stabilization to keep me on the straight and narrow. I needed my doc's intervention to help me return to a lifelong diet that is designed to support my thyroid health.

And I just wrote in my journal this morning that restricting and monitoring what I eat is going to be a permanent situation if I want to be healthy and happy in my body. It's just the way it is. It always has been this way, and now that I'm nearly 44, it's only going to be more crucial.

So, I'm reading about keto and IF and continuing to track my meals and weight. I know I'll tire of it at some point, but I'm doing my best to talk myself into making this habit because it will be worth it.

Thank you for sharing your experiences with me, because it really is so helpful. We all fall off the wagon and get back on periodically. It's almost like the seasons, no? Works in progress, all of us. Just doing our best and finding our best ways forward. Again and again. . . .

Today my weight is 160.4 and I've spent the morning preparing food. Orange roughy with fennel, roasted radishes, garlic green beans with shrimp, and salsa chicken breast in the crock pot. Friday is my day to replenish fruit and veg, and I have more than enough to get me through. Always helps to have good meals on hand!

Originally Posted by YvonneSA

Same here... I guess I got to a point last year where I thought sod - it... at my age I am done with dieting and slowly but surely gained... with an extra bit over Christmas.... which I am always very good for taking care of it start January.... but Covid was looming and I did weigh in in February and when I weighed in a bit more than 2 weeks ago I almost got a heart attack! I guess during 2019 I kind of felt ok under 176lbs (80kgs) but when I saw my covid gain of 24 lbs I was disgusted with myself!

I started 2010 weighing in at a whopping 240 lbs...

OMG same! All of it!
I stay away from the rogue section for sure. I did do a planned interruption at one time because of travel and it seemed all-around easier and thus better for me to do P3. it worked really well. Not planning one this time. Just have to stick it out! I do often wonder if Dr. Simeons would do things differently if he had come out with this diet now but not worth it to try things for me. In the big scheme of it all, it helps the long term to stick to something.
I am lucky with wine though. I can only drink 2-4 oz a night or I feel awful. We are part of a wine club here and just the 5 shots for a tasting are enough for me LOL
I am not missing it all. And the weather is turning here so margaritas are not tempting either but I would only have one on the weekend or a special weekday anyway. I also like an Old Fashioned cocktail but not craving any of that.

Originally Posted by YvonneSA

they banned the sale of alcohol

Wow, that is drastic! Why? Yah, we'd probably bootleg too hahaha

I plan on going back to only drinking on the weekends.

Originally Posted by DivineMissM

I've certainly lost weight more quickly doing other cleanses and fasts

You have? Wow. Was that also easily maintained?

Originally Posted by DivineMissM

what I'm hoping for is a complete lifestyle overhaul. I needed the structure and discipline and smaller portions. I need the long-term stabilization to keep me on the straight and narrow. I needed my doc's intervention to help me return to a lifelong diet that is designed to support my thyroid health.

And I just wrote in my journal this morning that restricting and monitoring what I eat is going to be a permanent situation if I want to be healthy and happy in my body. It's just the way it is. It always has been this way, and now that I'm nearly 44, it's only going to be more crucial.

Yeah, that is what brings me back to HCG: the tools for maintenance are unlike any other diet. Maintenance is actually very possible and doable. Covid is well, unique. I hope to be able to have a treat of some sort on Sat. and Sunday, then IF Monday and stick to stricter eating during the week, keeping an eye on those two pounds.

Originally Posted by DivineMissM

Orange roughy with fennel

That sounds really good! Such flavors. I may look into making that!

I face the music tomorrow. I have tried to be good so we will see. Just hard when you’re on the road for six days! Avoided sugar and breads.


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Originally Posted by mrsstrong

OMG same! All of it!
I stay away from the rogue section for sure. I did do a planned interruption at one time because of travel and it seemed all-around easier and thus better for me to do P3. it worked really well. Not planning one this time. Just have to stick it out! I do often wonder if Dr. Simeons would do things differently if he had come out with this diet now but not worth it to try things for me. In the big scheme of it all, it helps the long term to stick to something.
I am lucky with wine though. I can only drink 2-4 oz a night or I feel awful. We are part of a wine club here and just the 5 shots for a tasting are enough for me LOL
I am not missing it all. And the weather is turning here so margaritas are not tempting either but I would only have one on the weekend or a special weekday anyway. I also like an Old Fashioned cocktail but not craving any of that.



Wow, that is drastic! Why? Yah, we'd probably bootleg too hahaha

I plan on going back to only drinking on the weekends.

If you are able to do that then count your blessings


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Originally Posted by mrsstrong

You have? Wow. Was that also easily maintained?

Definitely not, though hard to say if that was user error, aka me promptly returning to my previous way of eating immediately after, or the plan itself. Though as you point out, it may be one and the same, since there was no stabilization or plan of any kind following!

Originally Posted by poweredbystarbucks

If you are able to do that then count your blessings


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The drinking only on weekends? I used to before Covid. So it goes hand in hand with letting myself go and fixing that right now! I will have no problems not drinking. I am also not very social so that helps!

Good luck tomorrow! Do you mean you are loading or starting P2?

Originally Posted by t1ghtwad

Hi everyone. I have been MIA for a couple of weeks during my P4. I quickly checked in a couple times between power outages, but have been busy taking care of our elderly friend and interviewing for jobs, and just dealing with household stuff and my health issues., so I took a break.

Tomorrow I will start loading again for R5 (2nd round with injections, and since I restarted this in July). I was at 234.4 this morning, but a bit dehydrated, so basically still at 235, where I had stabilized for the entire P3. Guess that us the upside to a LONG stall at an old familiar weight... easy stabilization!

Happy loading, Roni!
Sounds like it has been a hectic few months for you!