Thread: Why haven’t I been successful on subsequent rounds?

Originally Posted by Deanna Jane

Thank you, Leez! I hope there is no further issues either. I will never forget you saying that it is very important to learn how to maintain in Ph 3 and Ph 4. I had a lot of time to do this and learn what foods were the problem. I noticed that anything with flour and sugar is my main enemy when it comes to weight gain. I also have trained myself to fast one day a week, by only eating a steak and tomato very late in the day. This has helped me keep the weight off too.

My starting weight on September 11th was 183 lbs., after loading up on Ph 1-September 13th’s morning weight ( which would be 1st day of VLCD Ph 2) went up to 185lbs. Now that I am in Ph2 my morning weight for September 20th is 178 lbs. So, I am guessing this is a 7 lb. loss in 7 days (if you include the loading weight).

Have a great week Leez and I will keep you posted.

You are correct 7 lb loss in 7;days. Good fornyou. I usually do not gain during loading but lose more slowly than most,

Originally Posted by roselanoue

You are correct 7 lb loss in 7;days. Good fornyou. I usually do not gain during loading but lose more slowly than most,

Hi there Roselanoue, thank you. I have waited to reply back because I’ve had hunger issues still. So I did another skip day, and found that I was hungry late in the day so I raised it from 47 cc to 50 cc (125). Went 3 days and was hungry all day . So I lowered my dose from 50 ccc to 46 cc (115 IU), which the hunger has now subsided for 2 days. However today I became hungry late in the day so I think I am going to quit. During this difficult time my weight went to 181 pounds because of cheating.

Leez, maybe I should have went down to 48 instead of 46 cc this last time....?? I am getting frustrated and confused.

Sorry to hear you are still not finding your correct dose.

If you were hungry all day on your skip day, that would mean you were hungry in the late afternoon and should have raised your dose instead of lowering it. Seems odd that you got relief from adjusting in the opposite direction.

I'm concerned for you as you keep struggling with your dose. Even if you have losses, continuing with a wrongly dosed round means the losses you experience will be partly muscle loss. That is bad for your metabolism, as muscle is your calorie burning engine. You will have less muscle to burn calories, and therefore need less calories than before to maintain the same weight.

Originally Posted by Leez

Sorry to hear you are still not finding your correct dose.

If you were hungry all day on your skip day, that would mean you were hungry in the late afternoon and should have raised your dose instead of lowering it. Seems odd that you got relief from adjusting in the opposite direction.

I'm concerned for you as you keep struggling with your dose. Even if you have losses, continuing with a wrongly dosed round means the losses you experience will be partly muscle loss. That is bad for your metabolism, as muscle is your calorie burning engine. You will have less muscle to burn calories, and therefore need less calories than before to maintain the same weight.

Please reread my last post that I just edited with a revision. because I had forgotten to mention everything.

....However today I became hungry late in the day so I think I am going to quit. During this difficult time my weight went to 181 pounds because of cheating.

I think stopping the round is a good decision. I think to try to continue it would do more harm than good.

I would not try another round with injectable HCG.

I hope it works out for you Deanna.

There was definitely something wrong when your body didn't respond to the normal IM dose. And it was smart to go back to the protocol. In so many cases, its been shown that our answers are in there somewhere.

Hope it is working for you Deanna. Thinking about you. I've used hhcg before and it worked just as well as the injections for me.

That is so strange, Deanna, but glad it is working now! Fingers crossed you finish this round strong. I have always done HHCG and it has always worked for me.