A Skeptic trys homeopathic hCG

So, a few months ago I picked up a copy of "Natural Weight Loss Cures, They don't want you to know about" by Kevin Trudeau. I am a 44 year old female that has been on every diet know to mankind, and even attended weight watchers with my mom when I was 12... Anyway, I had heard of this book, years ago and blew it off because of the rumors that Trudeau was a nut job and the book only referred you to his website that cost money to join... so, I flipped through the book and went straight past the mumbo-jumbo and right to what the diet is. This is where I first heard of Dr. Simeon's Protocol and Pounds and Inches. I must say I was intrigued.
I was still a skeptic, but decided that maybe there was something to this and wouldn't it be awesome to be able to re-set your metabolism, so you could eat whatever you want and not gain weight.
I went straight to my favorite research tool and googled hCG diet. I found tons of information and spent the next 3 months researching the diet and reading anything I could find on the topic. I joined yahoo message boards, Low Carb Friends and Sparks People groups, to read what "real" people were saying about this protocol.
I eventually talked to my husband about this program and lets just say, he was not into me doing it. Normally, he is very supportive and encouraging about anything, diet or otherwise, that I want to do, but this was beyond wacko, in his opinion. Considering that the hCG is made from the urine of pregnant women, I understood his concern. he was also worried about me being on a 500 calorie a day diet. I too had some concerns and was skeptical, but had read so much about others dropping a pound a day on hcg (without hunger)that I wanted to try it myself.
I eventually came across people selling the homeopathic version of hcg, called hhcg and focused my research on that. Once again, I found that many were losing and astounding amount of weight, without hunger, sagging skin, or tons of exercise.
After about 3 months of research...
I decided to order the hhcg and commit to a 23 day round to see if this was as amazing as it sounded. I bought my drops from Donna at:
ChangesForLife & HCG Homeopathic Weight Loss Method at http://shop.changesforlife.net
I set a start date for Monday, Aug. 24th, 2009.
I shopped for all the food I would need (lean meat, chicken breast, Melba toast, apples, salad, AC vinegar, etc...) and weighed and cooked all my meat, on my George Foreman grill.
2 days before you start the VLCD (very low calorie diet), you must load by stuffing yourself fill all the fatty foods you can for 2 days. This sounds like fun until you do it, and then you just end up feeling, sick and bloated and ready to go to 500 calories.
I planned on telling my husband that I was doing this diet, over the weekend, before I started, but he worked a lot and then his back was hurting, and I just couldn't seem to find the "right" time. So, I sent him an email on Monday morning, telling him what I was doing, giving him the explanation of the homeopathic version and asking him for his blessing, which I received.
So, on Monday, I hungry..... very hungry... according to the research I have done, this is normal and is usually the result of not "loading" enough...
What I ate:
apple
chili made with 3.5 oz lean ground beef, 1 onion, garlic, 1 tomato and spices, 1 Melba toast
salad made with bagged salad, 3.5 oz. boneless, skinless chicken breast with dressing of AC Vinegar, spices and Bragg's Amino Acids and spices, 1 Melba toast
lots of coffee, tea, & water.
The next morning when I weighed... I had lost 3.6 pounds!!! In one day!!! In 24 hours!!! Trust me when I say, that helps a lot when dealing with hunger pains...
So, then comes Day2, here is what I ate:
Apple
Baby Spinach with dressing as listed above and 3.5 oz. lean steak
1 Melba toast
1/4 grapefruit (yuck, could not do it)
1/4 head of cabbage shredded and pan cooked with ACV and Bragg's and spices, with 1 small tomato and 3.5 oz. lean ground beef. (Very Filling For a While)
1 Melba toast
coffee, tea and water
So I get up the next morning and jump on the scale to see a .4 weight loss. Now, this was disappointing after the 3.6 the day before, but when you put it into perspective, it really is great. .4 is almost a 1/2 a pound and I have been on other restrictive diets where I was hungry and only lost .4 for a whole 7 days of dieting, so looking at it like that, I am happy with the point 4 loss.
So, that's all for now, I will start posting daily to keep up with my progress, I just hope this hunger goes away soon...