New to the Diet - Question?

[JChampion]

Hello.  I am new to the HCG Diet - started four days ago, today is my 4th injection.  I made the 'fundamental' mistake of not loading on the first two days.  (I  know this is not an excuse, but I was already on another 'diet' and had already done a week of eating a ton of food - just to get the cravings out of my system and I didn't have any specific cravings or felt the need to eat anything, so I skipped the load days.)  This morning (Diet day 4 and Injection Day 4), I have lost 5.6 lbs.  I lost 5 the first day, .3 the second and .3 the third.  I have also noticed that although I drink 100 ounces of water a day, that the number of times I urinate has gone down significantly the past two days. 

So, my question - should I start over, do the days of loading and do this the right way?  Or should I just continue?  I don't want to keep going if I have hurt my chances of loosing as much as I can by messing up the first two days?

Any advice and/or experiences would be very helpful!

[tresjoliew]

I am also on day 4!  From what I have read you probably don't want to start over.  Just keep going - and to drink a gallon of water is actually 128 oz.  As long as you keep losing and don't stall you will probably jump down in weight again soon.  So good luck!

[JChampion]

Thank you for your response.  Today was day 7 and after a scary experience on day 5, (I felt very weak and very sick and passed out), where I gained a pound due to having to eat, I am now down 9 lbs.  I feel so much better than I did those first 5 days.  Diet seems to be working and I'm excited to see where this can go!

How are you doing? 

[tresjoliew]

I am down 13 lbs in 15 days and I had headaches a lot the first several days.  Now I don't feel hungry although I want to eat things I see my kids eat!  I just keep saying no!  I have a lot of energy and I feel cold a lot.  A strange side effect I haven't read about on here but my mom and husband both have as well!

I knew you could do it just keep going!
I keep telling myself that I ate whatever I wanted for a LONG time and 40 days is nothing!

[JChampion]

I know exactly how you feel with the kids deal... OMGosh, I just sit there and watch them eat and it is painful!!!  I am realizing how many issues I have with food.  My body is NOT hungry, but my head is saying EAT THAT!  I am dealing with my head on an hourly basis!  Great job on your loss!  I am down 18 lbs in 21 days (had two days of eating on vacation).

Hope you are doing well! 

[cinful]

I just started I'm on my 5th day including the 2 load days. I've already lost 5.8 pounds, I'm doing sublingual HCG. I was wondering what it means to do 23 days or 43 days, do you still stop at 21 days, 3 weeks off then begin again? I'm really confused. Help

[delta78]

5.8 lb on 5th day - great job There are two popular hcg diet plan: some choose to do 23 days while others choose 40 days. Generally speaking, if you have a lot of weight to lose then the 40 day rounds might be a better option for you, but you may get tired of it around that 20th day.

Technically you should take 6 weeks off whether you complete a 23-day or 40-day plan, but many people have found that they are able to get away with only taking 3 weeks off if they choose the short round (23 days).

[kristie]

JCChampion
I feel your pain of having to watch the kids. My worst is cooking for them. I realized thru this diet that I was really bad at "my hand in the bag" for just a bite OR the "just ONE bite" concept...well it's was this bag for this bite and this bag for this bite. If I were to add it up, I'm sure it racks up FAST!! Anyway, it got easier for me as each week went by. Luckily, I like the foods that are on this diet, so that helps. I haven't done near as well as I hoped to because I DID cheat some. I have lost some tho, but if nothing else, I can say I have learned a lot about my eating habits and I can hopefully change them when I'm off this diet, which is about in 2 more days. Thanks and hang in there...you can do it!!!