My Fitness Pal Blocks and Deletes 500 calorie HCG diet plans

They purport that the diet is unhealthy and they do not want to recommend any extremely low calorie diet, or starvation methods.

I found myself searching and searching for info on the community posts and there was nothing that hadn't been locked that was discussing the 500 cal diet with drops as an option! I never thought I'd find myself on the other end of free speech restriction but I certainly am now!

Why wouldn't they let people at least discuss it freely?? There would undoubtedly be controversy and people who talk about how it is unsafe and unwise. I welcome those responses because I know that the lack of nutrition is what makes that so and with supplementation you will greatly decrease that risk.

That being said they also don't let people discuss bulimia or other eating disorders.

The action against commenting about these subjects is removal from the site! I am in shock!

I am looking for more support and was surprised that my methods were not welcomed there. I guess its on to the HCG forums

Day 2, round 2! Eating less FOREVER

So I have been in the kitchen canning some asparagus for later-date snacks and found myself getting quite hungry. I recognize this feeling from before, it is my tummy pulling, crunching, AND SHRINKING! HIP HIP HOOOORAY!

The hardest part of starting any low calorie diet is turning off that switch that says eat eat eat. I seriously turn off that switch in my body and find that meal time is a chore, not a relished part of my day that I overindulge.

My remedy to stop the pangs? BTT of course! I put a scoop in 3 cups of water with some plant derived minerals and I'm 1 cup down and feeling fine.

I was typing it up on an ASAP review and stated something that is reverberating with me now. I was saying that ASAP is only a 3 week program with 3 weeks maintenance or 6 weeks with 3 weeks maintenance, but it really is much longer than that. You have to be committed to surviving off less calories. My body will be maintaining its weight on around 1600 cals, so I cannot "eat whatever I want, whenever I want" after the diet is over. It is a life change. I will have to exercise about an hour everyday to eat how I was eating before.


Currently my body is supposedly consuming 1900 calories a day plus the breast feeding is another 500 cals so 2400. That's about how much I was eating and I was gaining, so I know that the breastfeeding (1-2 a day for 10 minutes) is not going to be draining me of 500 cals. Probably around 100, 200 during teething periods (more nursing).

So if I do the math hrmmm, eating 800 cals a day would leave me around -1000, or over a 7 day period, 7k cals and that's about 2 lb. in a week. Now this is far less than the results I get on this product! I will look into the process of ketosis more because I am super-intrigued by it!

Switching away from gluten free ASAP to traditional

I was satisfied with my results last time, around 15-20 pounds in 3 weeks was great! But I did it a little bit differently, I did 3, 3, 2, 1... so instead of what the diet calls for (2 veggies, 2 fruits, 2 protein, 2 grain) I did (3 veggies, 3 fruits, 2 proteins, 1 grain). I found some plain breadsticks to replace the melba toast because I found them absolutely revolting. The packaging made the crackers smell like plastic, yuck! I couldn't do it at all. I'll stick to single servings of saltine crackers or 2 breadsticks, roughly 50 calories which will keep me in line for the caloric side of things.

I was concerned before about keeping my milk supply up, which I was perfectly capable of doing! However this time I am more concerned with getting results. I will still breastfeed and I don't care either way if my milk goes because Willow is 16 months now! And honestly she doesn't even really feed on me but mostly just plays these days and I'm a pacifier for bedtime.

The major issue with me before was toxicity in my breastmilk. Since I'm losing weight then there must be toxins in the milk, right? Well I figure some women lose up to 60 pounds in 2 months if they have the right metabolism. I am not doing nearly that amount of weight loss and the doctors don't recommend against that so what I'm doing should be fine too.


I have a friend that invited me to walk with her in the mornings but I don't think I should be exerting myself by taking an almost 3 mile walk everyday and it sucks because I realllly want to! But I know if I do that I'll be hungry and my willpower will weaken. I will do it once a week and after the 6 weeks I'll do it with her everyday! Can't wait for that!! I can imagine the pep in my step 30 pounds lighter! Wow, I might want to run! No wonder people who are losing weight eventually become runners. After carrying around so much weight it must feel natural to move faster and faster!

So my diet currently is like this:

morning: coffee with stevia drops, Beyond tangy tangerine 1 scoop

snack: beef jerky 1 oz/egg

lunch: lettuce/salt/pepper/lemon juice/mushrooms/celery/pepper (small serving of all to equal 1 portion), apple or orange, beyond tangy tangerine 1 scoop, EFA 2x

snack: seltzer water with stevia drops

dinner: progresso soup (beef and veggie or some other non-dairy/grain type), beyond tangy tangerine 1 scoop with plant derived minerals, osteo fx, EFA 2x

dessert: handful of strawberries

When I get hungry I tell myself my body can live 3 weeks without food and I am complaining about 2 hours... haha... if I am weak or feeling tired I take the ASAP (B vitamins to the rescue!) or take BTT a little earlier. All day I have a cup around to sip on the BTT and that definitely helps. I would not ever do this diet without the Youngevity supply or some other similar product.

Starting maintenance phase of ASAP, avoiding sugar and starch

I am on my third day of maintenance now and my weight has been across the board. On my final day of ASAP, my weight was 153. On my first day of maintenance, it was 155 (I had tuna casserole for dinner and pumpkin pie... BIG NO NOs..) My energy level plummeted after I ate and I just wanted to curl up and go to bed at like 7pm! I woke up that day at 9am, so there was no reason for it other than my  body shutting down by having to process all that sugar.

Yesterday I woke up with the scale reading 156 after breakfast (I usually weigh first thing in the morning since it gives me the most optimistic results).

So yesterday I only had coffee for breakfast, 2 apples and beyond tangy tangerine for lunch, and a small square of casserole for dinner with the rest of my supplements. Today I weighed in at 153!... So I am a little confused what my results have been.I think its safe to say 153-155, which would  be 10-12 pounds off in 3 weeks!

I am thinking I haven't been drinking enough water on my final days of ASAP so my  body started to store it. Yesterday I drank plenty and this morning I was pleased with my weigh in.

I have been checking measurements too and everyday they have been the same except my waist after I  had that casserole on my first day was a .5" bigger until it all got digested.

We got the SlenderFX Chocolate shake in the mail a few days ago so I will start taking that instead of lunch. This is how I like to make it:

1 cup almond milk
2 scoops mix
1.5 cup ice
1 Tablespoon of peanut butter
 BLEND until smooth

I think I will opt out of the peanut butter if I am gaining too fast. And perhaps use water instead of almond milk. Either way I like to give it volume by blending it. And since I have those sweet drops maybe I'll add some english toffee to it. That flavor is my new fav.

Day 17, Down 15 pounds... what?!

So between yesterday and today I lost 5 pounds. I... am sort of at a loss of words. I think I may have been looking at "150" as if it were "155".. whoops!

So no plateau? That's great news! Furthermore I can say I have reached the number I wanted to reach in 21 days and I still have 4 days to spare. I am sort of thinking some of this is water weight and I will gain it back. But hopefully not. I am going to drink my 80 ounces of water and Beyond Tangy Tangerine today and hopefully the scale won't magically read 155 again tomorrow.

My plateau breaker of a steak and an apple may have worked then.

I had 4.5 ounces though, and my apple turned into  an apple AND an orange. Because I knew if I didn't have just a little more of something before bed I would be weak in the morning.

My breakfast was wonderful, two egg whites and about an ounce of diced steak with spinach was yummy yummy. Filled me up good even though it was served on a tiny saucer.

For lunch I'll have some Wedding soup, I saw it on an asap website: EFENTERPRISES

I think I'll make it like this:

cook the lean ground beef, drain the fat.
boil water and add beef stock concentrate
add spinach, add 3 oz. beef, EAT!
Probably an orange on the side too.

Honestly I'm not sure if that is how its made but it looks like it from the picture and that sounds good even if its not wedding soup.
 
Then for dinner I'll have a nice salad with chicken and pear.

Measured myself today, 24" off my whole body. I am starting to feel like I was prepregnancy!

Plateau?

I'm not sure if I've hit a plateau or not. I am still losing, but it seems like it may be incremental (.5), instead of the "pound a day" I was having before. I have to admit this is a bit disappointing. I was hoping I'd be around 21 pounds lighter at the end of my 3 weeks. For today, Day 12, I weighed in 156 from 165. So that's 9 pounds! Woohoo.

I have been making food I can't eat: brownies, pasta, pancakes. I am baking them for my family, of course. But why even tempt myself? I think I am trying to sabotage myself by providing foods I want to eat but am not supposed to. And saying no to them is empowering, but I felt my strength waning yesterday and fled for some sweet-eze to help me fight the craving. I want to drink Zevia, but I only have had 2 so far and I know that the chemicals will also stop my weight loss process, so I'm avoiding them as best I can.

Not sure why, but I think this might be a coffee diet for me. I am drinking so much of it (3 cups a day). I know that part of getting off my semi plateau is to drink more water. I can't help but think the coffee is working against me. I also don't want my weight loss to be only water loss. That would be horrible! So: more water, more water, more water!