Me before the HCG Diet at around 190 taken December 2008:
I have completed 6 rounds of this diet... all in all, I lost a total of some 70lbs. I went from 190 down to 140lbs in 3 rounds.
Me after the initial rounds at 140lbs taken December 2009:
Huge change right??? I felt so great after it too... I started exercising, P90X, playing volleyball, and Ultimate Frisbee... because I felt awesome.
I then gained 20lbs within 4 months, did another round and lost 10, gained another 20in 4 months, did another round and lost another 15. I waited 5 months this time and had gained some 30 lbs, which I lost 25, then I gained it all back in 2 months.
I was like... WHAT THE HELL.
I'm not a ridiculous eater. I am very very strict with my diet as I have always struggled with my weight. This diet was perfect for me because I hated eating... it just made me fat. Didn't matter what I ate it seemed. I was exercising at the time when I gained the 20lbs, but the last round where I gained 30, I had gotten so heavy that exercise was difficult and I was exhausted.
This is what I looked like at the end of the last round, which was April 2011. I was at 186lbs here. I still look better than my original photo where I was about the same weight... you can see where the HCG had readjusted where my fat deposits were.
Not bad right? You can see my abdomen isn't swollen... from my lack of taking in anything that caused it to inflame.
So... here I am today... at 225 lbs... a year later.
The above photo was taken in February 2012, Super Bowl. HUGE change from just the year before. After the round in April 2011, I was thinking there was something wrong... so I went to the doctor. They had found issues with my Thyroid Stimulating Hormone and that my testosterone levels were on the edge of being high, but other than that, I was perfectly healthy. I couldn't figure out what was going on... I didn't feel good. I suffered from depression and had a miscarriage in December 2010.
Finally... December 2011... I figured it out. I got tested... and BAM. I have Celiac Disease. This is a genetically inherited disease where basically your body reacts to gluten as if it were poison. In the process, it kills your intestinal lining... yeah, the part that helps you actually gain nutrients. So basically, I was malnourished, yet the rest of me was healthy, so it was taking in as much as it could get and storing it because it was starving for nutrients.
So... I went gluten free in December 2011 and haven't gone back. I haven't struggled with it either... I have tended to avoid gluten anyway, knowing that it creates a weight gain for me, but there were other items that I loved (like beer) that brought the Celiac symptoms right to the forefront. My weight has decreased to about 220 (in the last month) after a brief increase in weight (likely due to actually getting nutrients) but it has started to slowly drop off.
My goal now is to do another 3 rounds of HCG to bring myself back to where I was at... 140lbs. I should be able to stay there since gluten is no longer welcome in my life.
So... I got my HCG in today... I am doing injections... and doing it purely Dr. Simeon's style.
I'll be tracking my weight and measurements on here... I will start with my measurements tomorrow... when I do my first injection.
I have 3 things of HCG to go. I am hoping, since my diet is so limited anyway and I don't really care about eating, that I can go with the full 40 day cycles on each one. My goal for this round is to lose 40lbs. Not sure if I'll make it that far, but at least 30 and I'll be happy.
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