hCG Resistance

hCH Resistance:
About six weeks ago I noticed that I was getting cranky and hungry even though I was increasing the hCH dosage from 150 IU to 175IU, then 200IU injections. I had lost a couple more pounds, but my weight kept bouncing back up to 155 pounds. I was breaking the diet and struggling. I realized that I had become resistant to the hCG. Even with the one day each week breaks, after about forty injections the honeymoon was over.

I've been on a break from the diet ever since. I was very afraid that I would balloon up to my starting weight in as little time as it took for the weight to be lost. I've been out to my favorite Thai restaurant a few times, eaten coconut ice cream more times than my husband knows about, and eaten actual baked potatoes with butter a few times. Still, I HAVEN'T GAINED ANY WEIGHT BACK!!!
This is amazing. In the past, fast weight loss always meant a fast gain as soon as I stopped whatever diet I was on. This is a miracle for me.


GOING RAW
Another thing I have done over the last month is transition into eating all raw foods. I have transgressed the raw rules a few times, but what is truly amazing is that my weight is rock steady at the point where I stopped the hCH diet. My husband is doing this too and he has actually lost a few more pounds since he stopped the hCG diet. We will be starting up again on the hCG next week. I'm looking for a raw vegan version of the hCG diet.

Lately, I stuff myself silly with nuts and fruit, plus decadent things like agave syrup, mixed with coconut oil and cocoa or carob to make raw fudge. I eat great piles of macadamia nuts, almonds and walnuts. Each morning I wake up and feel my back and belly to see if I'm the same. I get on the scale and I'm the same weight or sometimes a little less. I have never before been able to eat like this and not gain weight.
I ate a bowl of dark grapes for breakfast and I feel stuffed right now.
I have eaten a few cooked things this month...seafood, chicken, lamb, soft egg yolks,raw swiss cheese, raw milk, and a few potatoes. I am in transition after all.

The milk really messed with me, causing my joints to ache and some swelling. I have RA and certain foods, mostly just gluten-containing grains, refined sugars, sugar alcohols and dairy, cause flare-ups that can take days to resolve. I test (try eating them) every month or so, because I miss these foods, but the pain is just too much to make them worth it. I know when I have eaten a wrong food, in less than an hour because my ears begin to ring. Does anyone else have ringing in their ears when they eat a food sensitivity trigger? It's like having a bad food alarm in my head.

With less than twenty-five pounds to go, I look forward to another, and what I believe will be my last round on the hCG diet. I look forward to the loading days, even though I feel as if many of my days this last month have held enough food to qualify as loading days. This time French fries and burgers will not be on the menu, but Thai food and dairy-free coconut ice cream are a must. The scary thing about french fries is the oil used to fry them. It takes three months to get rid of one dose of hydrogenated fat (trans fat) and that's the usual fat used to make fries. THREE MONTHS! I'll fix them with fats that don't poison me for months.

The two day "eat all you want" hCG loading party is nice, but it really does make you feel so miserably stuffed, the first day of the diet is a relief. The hCG is in your system and the hungry, cranky, "I'm dieting" feeling is gone.

I am not in my twenties, but I wonder if I can or should go all the way back to those weights...the 120's... If so, round three will happen and I'll be done with losing weight and just stay. Raw food, even in huge amounts seems to keep people very slender, and the total calories end up looking like the numbers for the diet used to cause longevity. (CRON - Calorie Restriction with Optimal Nutrition)