Playing the Waiting Game
It has been a while since I updated my blog, I've been waiting for my supplies to be shipped. My HCG arrived last week, and since then I've just been staring at it and wondering when my kit of needles and bac water will get here. I'm hopeful for next week, but a little frustrated that this is taking so long! I had been planning to start on April 1.
Having done one round already, I'm trying to prepare myself mentally for the challenges I know will be ahead for me. My first round was done in the doldrums of winter, post-holiday-food-orgy and a general time of repentance and hibernation. A good combo for such a strict diet! Now it's spring, and everything is in bloom and I know it's going to be that much harder not to indulge in little luxuries. I've also started working at a restaurant, and there is always the temptation of nibbling on whatever the Chef has cooked up for us. But the results from last time were so good, and so miraculously and relatively easy to achieve, I am sure I will be fine. At least, that's what I keep telling myself...
I've been trying to prepare physically as well. I did no exercise with my last round, except for a couple of modern dance classes per week. I was losing weight, but I could tell that my general health was not optimal. I've added a regimen of pilates, walking and yoga into my schedule so that I can keep fit and not have the exercise 'interfere' with the HCG working once I begin. I'll save the weight-lifting for when I'm in long-term maintenance (hopefully by the early fall) and for now focus on light cardio and the wonderful stretch and strengthen benefits that yoga and pilates give.
I've also decided to give the 'short round' idea a thought. I had been planning on doing a full 40-injection round this time, but because I'm getting a later start than I had hoped, I will modify and do two 23-injection rounds with no skipped days, separated by a week of 'Phase 3'. I know immunity might be an issue, and I will cross that bridge when I get there! It seems that most people lose the most weight in the first 3-4 weeks of a phase so I'm hoping for a 17ish pound blast-lost per round, which will catch me up as if I'd done a full 6 weeks. I think breaking it up this way will help me psychologically - if I have 'real food' to look forward to in three weeks' time, it makes those 500 calories a day much more endurable!
In all, I'm pretty excited to be getting back on the Protocol. Somehow the limited food choices make things easier, as opposed to Phases 3 and 4 when the pitfalls and choices are more numerous and precipitous! I had no issue with cheating last round, so I'm hopeful that my willpower will hold out this time as well.
Having done one round already, I'm trying to prepare myself mentally for the challenges I know will be ahead for me. My first round was done in the doldrums of winter, post-holiday-food-orgy and a general time of repentance and hibernation. A good combo for such a strict diet! Now it's spring, and everything is in bloom and I know it's going to be that much harder not to indulge in little luxuries. I've also started working at a restaurant, and there is always the temptation of nibbling on whatever the Chef has cooked up for us. But the results from last time were so good, and so miraculously and relatively easy to achieve, I am sure I will be fine. At least, that's what I keep telling myself...
I've been trying to prepare physically as well. I did no exercise with my last round, except for a couple of modern dance classes per week. I was losing weight, but I could tell that my general health was not optimal. I've added a regimen of pilates, walking and yoga into my schedule so that I can keep fit and not have the exercise 'interfere' with the HCG working once I begin. I'll save the weight-lifting for when I'm in long-term maintenance (hopefully by the early fall) and for now focus on light cardio and the wonderful stretch and strengthen benefits that yoga and pilates give.
I've also decided to give the 'short round' idea a thought. I had been planning on doing a full 40-injection round this time, but because I'm getting a later start than I had hoped, I will modify and do two 23-injection rounds with no skipped days, separated by a week of 'Phase 3'. I know immunity might be an issue, and I will cross that bridge when I get there! It seems that most people lose the most weight in the first 3-4 weeks of a phase so I'm hoping for a 17ish pound blast-lost per round, which will catch me up as if I'd done a full 6 weeks. I think breaking it up this way will help me psychologically - if I have 'real food' to look forward to in three weeks' time, it makes those 500 calories a day much more endurable!
In all, I'm pretty excited to be getting back on the Protocol. Somehow the limited food choices make things easier, as opposed to Phases 3 and 4 when the pitfalls and choices are more numerous and precipitous! I had no issue with cheating last round, so I'm hopeful that my willpower will hold out this time as well.
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