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And here is a more current picture of me, taken in late February 2011, by my lovely 8 yr old son.  I think you can see, even with my coat on, that I am still maintaining my weight loss pretty well  - happily happily happily!  But goodness it's cold out! Brrrrrrrrr!!!

P4 D89

P4 D89 02/27/2011 - 136.8 (+0.0) Sigh.  Thought I could get down to 133 again - you would think a few weeks of tracking and I'd be there.  Instead, it looks like I'm able (and my body is happy) to maintain at 135/136 and that's that, given the way I am eating and want to eat.  I should be HAPPY!!! I'm still a size 8, and I can eat what I want and stay a size 8! If I want to lose weight, I'm going to have to figure something else out. :) 
I'm going to start by adding a nightly 2 mile walk into my routine.  Get ready, Blue! Wanna go for a walk?!

P4 D88

P4 D88 02/26/2011 - 136.8 (+1.4) Dang. And still no elimination. I don't get it. Yesterday I ate swiss chard(!), lean beef, eggs, cottage cheese, lots of spinach, 1/2 a tomato...no bread, no sugar - and stopped eating at 7pm...really thought I'd see a drop this am...Ok. Going to add Natural Calm back into my routine...went for a walk plus did 40 min of Callanetics... and we'll see what tomorrow brings... 

I'm reading yet another interesting book: "Neanderthin" by Ray Audette...very very interesting....hmmmmm...
He's not a doctor or a scientist, but a guy who (clearly) spent about a zillion hours researching in medical libraries all the info that helped him to heal his body and eliminate his rheumatoid arthritis and dibetes.  I wonder if maybe he had celiac disease and didn't know it?) Originally published in 1999, it may be out of print now, surpassed by the 'Paleo diet' books, written by an overweight college professor.  (Check out his video.) (Sorry. I know I'm being a real jerk here but I want to know what works, not what you hypothesize might work.)  I looked into the paleo diet but after reading all the reviews that said to check out Neanderthin instead, I'm glad I did. 

P4 D88

P4 D87 02/25/2011 - 135.4 (+0.6)
Ok. This is boring. Sorry. I thought I was making progress? (hmm. but I have not had an 'elimination' yet today - maybe that explains the gain?) I also ate cottage cheese with shredded coconut, 2 strawberries and fresh ground flax seeds late last night - 8pm - so, that was dumb.  Otherwise, I had a great eating day (see below)...

P4 D86

P4 D86 02/24/2011 - 134.8 (-1.2) Goodness! Wow. Had a sort of modified steak day, Fasted till 5:30pm, then ate 2 small steaks cooked in butter...and a cheese stick and a double espresso with about 5 Tbsp of whipped cream...oh, and a 1/2 grapefruit.  My goal is to get back to my LSW of 133.  Yoday I will add even more veggies while returning to my normal eating day - a spinach, tomato and cheese omlette instead of just scrambled eggs with cheese, and maybe sausage and grilled veggies on a bed of greens for lunch, and sea scallops sauteed in butter, asparagus, and more salad for dinner. More plants than other foods. But still plenty of protein and fats. 

P4 D85

P4 D85 02/23/2011 - 136.0 (-0.4) Dropping! I added more veggies to my day! Ate tuna with celery and real mayo on a big salad of baby spinach, and a small steak with big side of green beans and onions sauteed in coconut oil and sprinkled with peanuts  -plus 2 leaves romaine...also had 1/2 a grapefruit...and cottage cheese...no almonds, no yogurt.  Also had a ACV soda pop with honey! Real honey! Bwahahahahhaaaaa!

Dr Oz, you're wrong. HCG weight loss is REAL. No controversy.

Dear Dr Oz,

I did lose a pound a day. I lost 40 pounds my first round, just like many many many others have before me.  I did it by making a purchase on the internet! (gasp!) and by following the 500 calories per day diet! (second gasp!)  I KNOW IT WORKS.  I especially know that the particular product I bought and used works and works well.  It's a spray, it's homeopathic, which means you do not need a Dr's prescription, and it works.  it is made and shipped with exquisite care and the support site is immensely helpful too.  In fact, without the support site fielding all my questions in the begining and throughout, and having other HhCG spray users to talk to - I wonder if I would have come so far or met my goal so easily.  In any case, Dr Oz, thanks for the warning to only do this protocol under a Doctor's care - but I disagree.  There ARE alternatives to the HCG injections that work and I for one am living the happy outcome of such an alternative route.

Oh, and it's wrong to say you're never hungry.  You are a little bit hungry. You know when it's lunchtime and you know when it's dinnertime.  And the 500 calories are satisfying enough that you eat your meal and your hunger is sated.  It's really very comfortable.  Any other calories you need to live on are taken from your fat stores - including stores of nutrients and vitamins.  Sure, you end up depleting those stores by the end of the 6 weeks, and that's why it's limited - 6 weeks of weight loss per round followed by 6 weeks of maintainence and replenishing your nutrients.  People, it WORKS. I am living proof, as are the thousands of other happy HCG users.

To view some of what Dr Oz has to say about this click here.

Since it mimics pregnancy, there is some hairloss involved for some people at the end, myself included, but you can't tell to look at me, only my hairbrush knew. And once I took my multi-vitamins again, the hairloss stopped within 3 days.  Also, since it is a pregnancy hormone (not really, if it's homeopathic, but for the sake of arguement, let's say it is) it may also increase your fertility.  My own mom conceived me with the help of actual HCG injections.  Lastly, any feelings of weakness or fogginess or overall crumminess are easily dealt with by adding sea salt to the diet.  You can add it to your food or even make a broth with it if you are feeling especially crummy - and it works instantly.  I wish the 2 women who did not like the way they felt while on the diet would have known about the sea salt. It would have made a world of difference.

Some people are so in the habit of eating proccessed foods and sugary soda pop, that they actually experience a 'sugar detox' headache in the first week. It's ok, it's detox, and you'll be better for it - meanwhile, take Excedrine, not sugar-coated Tylenol.

How do I know so much? Because I learned so much on the support site - hundreds and thousands of people all using the same product - all experiencing the same things, all talking - it's a goldmine of information! Dr Oz, next time you want to look into this amazing way to rapidly lose weight comfortably and healthfully, please check out the Ketomist homeopathic spray.  Ask for Rob.