I'm taking homeopathic HCG, the same brand a friend used. She saw really consistent weight loss and has kept it off in the weeks that she's been off. I've seen the ads for Metabolic Research Center and for Transformations Medical Weight Loss, but since she had such good results with the hHCG, I decided to give it a shot. I am not a spokesperson for the company, I just use the product. If anyone wants to know the brand, they can request the info but I won't post it for all to see.
I believe that this product is working, not just having psychological effects, because I have been on very low calorie diets before. I've done Slim Fast and I've done my own calorie counting methods under medical supervision. I was always hungry. I'd lose weight for a few days and then stall out and not lose a pound for a week or so even though I was getting between 5-800 calories per day. I have currently lost ten pounds and am never hungry. It was a challenge to finish my lunch and dinner today. I think that this is working and I'll continue to use it for either the 40 allowable days or until I start to develop a resistance to it.
The foods I eat...may seem boring, bland, repetitive, but that is just the type of person I am. I tend to try and fix everything on one weekend day so that food is grab and go. I like simplicity and I don't mind boring for a month. My food is well seasoned and tastes great. I was raised eating raw veggies as snacks and even though my weight has skyrocketed, it isn't because I stopped eating them! You may notice that I'm eating foods not found on the approved list. The ginger and soy from my dressing aren't there. Neither is the homemade no sugar added cocktail sauce that I use for my shrimp. I simply count these as 5 calories each serving and keep moving on. My fruit portions are small and my veggie portions are large to make up for the calorie deficit. I just chalk that little bit of extra sugar in the condiments up to the sugar I'm missing from having a larger fruit serving. Broccoli is not on the list, but I've read that others have good luck with zucchini, broccoli, and cauliflower. I love steamed broccoli and as long as I don't have any more over salting accidents, I don't think it will be a problem.
I use Calorie Count to get an estimate of the calories in the foods I eat. I only use it for items that don't have nutritional labels. I often find that I need to use a proportion equation to find out the calories though. For instance, a 152 gram Gala Apple has 74 calories. That's great if your apple weighs about 152 grams, but what if it only weighs 105? Here is your solution:
You cross multiply 105 x 74 to get 7770 and then divide 7770 by 152 to get 51.12.
This means that your 105 gram apple has about 51 calories.
Here it is folks, algebra used in real life!!! GASP!!!
I usually weigh the batch of apples, cucumbers, tomatoes, or whatever that I've just purchased. I try to buy ones that are similar in size. I then figure out the average weight of the food and then calculate the calories on the average size. I may get a few calories more in this tomato or a few calories shy in these strawberries, but I believe it all comes out in the wash.
I'm reading blogs from a few others on this journey, but any advice or comments that you have would be greatly appreciated. Good luck to you all!
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