2/22/2011

Current Weight 157.4

So yesterday I was concerned that I hit a plateau as I was 158.6 for 3 days. After further research I was able to determine that I most likely had hit a plateau. The HCG diet stays a plateau at 4 days without a weight loss. I wasn't gonna wait another day and be disappointed, so I looked up suggestion to push myself past it. One of the reason a person may not lose is by not having a BM at least once a day. I was never that regular anyway, but as I thought about it, I realized that I ought to have one more often then 3 days, especially with eating so many fruits and vegi's. So on that thought I went to the store and bought some laxatives. Took them at lunch and prepared for them to work overnight.
At home I made myself some asparagas with shrimp. Then as I was looking over the recipes that I had, I decided to make chicken and cabbage soup as well as some vegi-beef. Both turned out well as far as a sample tasted. My sister came by and brought over some articles of clothing she had received, so I went through them and found a few items that fit, so I am now have a few items of clothing to wear in the inbetween stage of my loss. Then I did a bit of house work before I settled in for the night.
When I awoke this morning I can say that the laxative did as it promised. I had to weigh myself twice. When I first stepped on the scale it read 157.6 and then after (well you know) I stepped back on the scale and it read 157.4. Just what I needed. Now I will keep better track of my body. I am considering getting some probiotics to keep my body regular.
Today I am continuing to follow the diet and hoping to stay on the 1.2 lbs a day loss. If I can keep to that or more I should still be able to reach my goal before Phase 2 is over. All I can do is take it one day at a time.
My sister Suzi has been posting to my bolg on her journey with HCG as well. She is losing a lot more a day than I am and I want to be jealous, but I can't because I am just as excited for her as I am for myself.

One thing I learned with hitting my plateau is how to push yourself beyond it and here are a couple of things that have been known to work.
eat 6 apples for a day and nothing else.
watch your regularity, if you are not having at least 1 BM a day that can lead to no loss.
make sure you are drinking plenty of water.
have a steak day, eat nothing all day until dinner, then have 100g of lean beef and sliced tomato.
have nothing but liqiuds all day..fasting (if you can do that, I can't as I have tried that before, I have to eat something or I feel ill)

Hope that my experiences are helpful to everyone.
Good luck and happy losing.