Love2Ski
Junior Member

I recently completed a 42 day round of HCG. I was POP for the entire round, and did moderate exercise (walking, light yoga) throughout the round. About 3 weeks into the round, I started experiencing some odd muscle pain that seemed unrelated to the type and amount of exercise that I was doing. I read in the forums here that muscle pain or weakness is not unusual, and so I didn’t worry too much about it early on. The problem got progressively worse toward the end of the round; I was relieved

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Here I am again. Not quite 1 year after I lost 20 pounds on HCG.....and it all. came. back. OK, not ALL, but roughly 16 pounds of it. So, here are the stats:

SW 193
post-load 196
VLCD 3, 189.6

I did great on P3-P4 for a while; then I went on a 3 week trip to Europe, and everything went downhill from there. I went on the trip with the intention that I was going to eat whatever the heck I wanted while I was there (it's not like I'm going to be back there

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R1 starting weight 197
2/19/13 R1 LIW 177.6
stabilized (P3-P4) at 177-179

R2 starting weight 179.4

4/20/13 178.6 (-0.8 lb)
4/21/13 175.8 (-2.8 lb)
4/22/13 175.6 (-0.2 lb)
4/23/13 174.4 (-1.2 lb)
4/24/13 173.2 (-1.2 lb)
4/25/13 173.8 (+0.6 lb)
4/26/13 172.0 (-1.8 lb)

Net loss R2: 7.4 lb. in 7 days
Total loss, R1 + R2: 25 lb.

Happy day!

R1 starting weight 197
2/19/13 R1 LIW 177.6
stabilized (P3-P4) at 177-179

R2 starting weight 179.4

4/20/13 178.6 (-0.8 lb)
4/21/13 175.8 (-2.8 lb)
4/22/13 175.6 (-0.2 lb)
4/23/13 174.4 (-1.2 lb)
4/24/13 173.2 (-1.2 lb)
4/25/13 173.8 (+0.6 lb) GRRRRRRRR

I should have kept my mouth shut yesterday. I totally jinxed myself, talking about how I was going to be at a "normal" BMI soon.

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R1 starting weight 197
2/19/13 R1 LIW 177.6
stabilized (P3-P4) at 177-179

R2 starting weight 179.4

4/20/13 178.6 (-0.8 lb)
4/21/13 175.8 (-2.8 lb)
4/22/13 175.6 (-0.2 lb)
4/23/13 174.4 (-1.2 lb)
4/24.13 173.2 (-1.2 lb)

Total lost to date, R1 + R2: 23.8 lb

Wow, this is crazy. I fully expected slower losses in R2, but I'm right on target with losses in week 1 of R1. I have a mini-goal of getting

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