How it all begins

Soooo, I'm not sure who's going to find this blog other than folks searching for more info on HCG. I'm deciding to do it for my own tracking.

Here's how it began. I've struggled with my weight for most of my life (the worst of it began after I used DepoProvera for birth control - I think it permanently messed up my body). I've been up and down and up and down in weight for as long as I can remember. I've peaked out at about 230 and the lowest I can think of being was about 12 years ago when I weighed about 160. For most of my life when I wanted to lose weight - I could - by altering my diet and increasing exercise. I once used weight watchers very successfully as well.

After having the kids, something has changed. I gained a virtual TON of weight during my pregnancies (definitely my own fault) and after my second was born, I did lose some of the weight but not as much as I would have liked. I did it the normal ways but this time it has been sooo much harder. I reached a point last summer/fall where I was exercising to pain 3-4 times per week and watching my food and I still only managed to drop down to about 185 lbs. I was literally killing myself with workouts and watching food intake and having very little success. The second I slowed things down, I rapidly jumped up 195 again and I now find myself closer to 200 lbs.

I AM SOOOO FRUSTRATED! So what do I do? I pray about it. Deep, whole-hearted prayers. "What am I supposed to do God? How do I fix this?" I get to the point when I feel excessive guilt about every piece of food going in my mouth. One night I pleaded out my heart in prayer....

The very next day a client ends up on my spa bed. We happen upon a conversation about weight loss (she tells me she has lost 30 lbs over the last year) and she tells me briefly about the Simeons/HCG diet plan. It sounds insane! 500 calories per day - that's crazy! But I literally feel like she was sent to me as an answer to my struggles. I download a copy of the Simeons protocol and read it cover to cover in 2 days. I CONSUME it mentally and to me - it makes a lot of sense. If you'd like to check it out - you can download it here (don't worry about giving out your info - they won't bother you):

Simeons Manuscript

Sooo, after 2 1/2 weeks of research, I've decided that I'm going to do it. I'll be signing up on Monday and probably beginning Tuesday. It was go as follows: 40 or fewer days on HCG and VLCD (very low calorie diet), 21 days of Atkins style diet followed by supposed normal eating. I am determined to execute this as perfectly as I can to achieve the greatest possible results. I will be blogging here every week about my progress. Wish me luck! This will be a very difficult process but I feel very determined. Feel free to post questions in the comment section.