“Steady now,….stable, stable,…..please be the same,” these are my pleading thoughts every morning as I strip to get on the scale and check out how yesterday’s food intake and exercise affected me. A pleasant surprise every morning since entering the stabilization and maintenance phase (P3) for the third and FINAL time. After two failed attempts, it appears I have finally tried breaking all the rules and am now content to follow them along the road of success.
Talking to people every day, I am amazed by the variations in each person’s willingness to accept Dr. Simeons’s HCG protocol as described. Few people will embrace it completely without exception, and instead, like me they need to see if the old guy really knew what he was talking about. How in the world did he come up with these ideas anyway–an apple day, a steak day? Well the short story would be 15 or so years of research with a captive audience (inpatient hospital setting) and a full-service cafeteria at his disposal. Why I or anyone else feels they can reinvent this program in a few weeks is beyond me, but that logic hasn’t stopped even me from trying.
But here I am, filling my days and my mouth with the most delicious and luxurious cheeses, avocados, smoked salmon, coconut butter, bacon, sausages (be careful with added sugars!) and still maintaining my new weight beautifully. I feel as much excitement and exhilaration with my ability to maintain this new body as I did each day I was losing the weight. If I even think about wanting carbs or sugar, I can just go to the closet and admire my new size four wardrobe. “Be content,” I tell myself as I take another huge bite of triple cream brie. Scratch that, here’s what I really feel: “Be really happy.”
Just a note to let you know I enjoy your posts and can’t wait to read more. My scale is starting to “settle” a bit and I look forward to our morning visits. It’s on a much friendlier note these days. I would do it all again – and plan to. thanks for the help and keep writing!