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I’ve been on the homeopathic HCG diet program for 23 days. Since I’m only doing a 25 day program that means I’m almost done! When I discovered where to buy oral HCG online without a prescription I had no idea that the program would be this successful or seem this short.

This morning I got up and weighed myself. I weighed in at 152. That’s two pounds less than yesterday. That’s a good thing because yesterday I didn’t lose any weight. (Actually I went up by one pound). I think I may be in the habit of weighing myself every morning regardless if I’m on a program requiring it or not. That should make maintenance of the weight loss easier.

I took my B-Total drops immediately after I weighed myself. (This is my favorite tool that I found when I found where to buy oral HCG online without a prescription). I went to take my HCG after I took the B-Total, but then I remembered that you don’t take the HCG drops during the last three days of the low calorie diet. For lunch I made asparagus and filet mignon. I also had grapefruit and Melba Toasts.

At dinner I put together the Buffalo Chicken salad. I overdid the sauce and it was REALLY strong, but I still really liked it. With my salad I had strawberries and Melba Toasts.

I also tried to focus on water a lot. I always considered myself a big water drinker, but doing the homeopathic HCG diet has made me question myself. Apparently I never drank enough water. So that’s just one more good habit that I’ve developed during the course of the diet. I’d say that on average I probably doubled the amount of water I drink in a day.

Throughout the last 23 days I’ve lost 19 pounds. I’m really happy with that. The average weight loss is 1 to 2 pounds per day, but men lose more weight on average so I think that being 4 pounds short of the low end of the average is pretty good! 19 pounds is a definite difference!

Amelia Handley studied exercise science in college with a minor in Nutrition. Yet she still found herself veering from diet to diet in order to control her weight. With HCG Diet Direct she’s found a program that allows her to combine her desire to control her own body weight with her education and not feel off balance.

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It feels so good to say that I’m on Day 20 of my 25 day HCG therapy for weight loss program. Although I have to point out that even after the 25 day program is complete I still need to stick to the requirements set forth for the maintenance diet. According to the HCG therapy for weight loss protocol the maintenance portion has to be followed for twenty six additional days.

But still…Day 20 sounds utterly fabulous! And I’m going to go with the utterly fabulous feeling today. I got on the scale this morning and I stayed the same. But my jeans are lose and I need to go buy a belt so I’m not in the least depressed that I’ve stayed the same for a day.

I took my B-Total and then took my first dose of HCG. I took my other two doses of HCG as I normally do; right before lunch and right before dinner. I’ve become really accustomed to the schedule of not eating/drinking for 15 minutes before I take it and then not eating or drinking anything for 15 minutes afterwards. I thought I’d hate that and mess it up all the time, but it wasn’t as difficult as I imagined.

I went out to buy a new blender (since my old one broke months ago) because I really like the sound of some of the smoothie recipes in the HCG Diet Direct Cookbook. The first one I decided to try was Orange Slush. I made it for lunch along with grilled chicken, asparagus and Melbas. I really like the slush and know the kids will love it, too. I immediately decided they could have it for breakfast before school tomorrow.

Dinner was baby spinach, Melba Toasts and grilled chicken. I got the baby spinach recipe from the HCG cookbook. I know that I’m not supposed to eat the same protein for lunch and dinner in the same day, but I was feeling extra, extra lazy and I broke that rule. There was already leftover chicken in the fridge, after all.

The kids were already in bed when I remembered that I was due a serving of fruit. I decided to go for another Orange Slush. Of course the blender made so much noise that the kids ended up in the kitchen. So we all had some. And they DO want it for breakfast in the morning! They thought it was fabulous.

Amelia Handley majored in exercise science in college with a minor in Nutrition. Yet she still found herself veering from diet to diet in order to control her weight. With HCG Diet Direct she’s found a program that allows her to combine her desire to control her own body weight with her education and not feel off balance.

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This is Day 17 of my 25 day homeopathic HCG weight loss program. I get online periodically to check out info on the diet and today I was looking through some diet pill reviews that were listed along with some reviews of the HCG programs out there. It made me more positive than ever that the homeopathic method of weight loss is far better than the alternatives!

It sounded like some of the popular weight loss pills have some pretty heavy duty health issues that are cropping up as side effects; at least that’s what some of the diet pill reviews were saying. I, of course, forwarded all of the scary diet pill reviews to my HCG dieting buddy, Lisa’s, husband. He was a nay-sayer when we were discussing doing the homeopathic HCG diet. So I wanted to remind him again how right I was and how wrong he was.

If you’re wondering who the heck Lisa is then I bet you’re new to this article series (or you haven’t been paying attention; shame on you!) Lisa is my HCG dieting buddy. I called and talked her into approaching the homeopathic HCG diet with me in the beginning. We started simultaneously and we’ve got a side bet; the person to lose the most weight gets a pair of jeans courtesy of the loser.

Lisa’s husband on the other hand was not sold on the diet right away. He was pretty unsure of the benefits. He didn’t believe me when I told him about the average weight loss numbers and the case studies. He eventually gave in, but I do continually remind him of the positives of HCG and the negatives of the alternatives just in case he starts to forget that I was right. So it’s only natural that I would forward the negative diet pill reviews his way.

So on day 17 I was so excited that I’m so far into the diet and I’m doing so well and then…I didn’t lose any weight! I’m still at 156. But I’m thinking positively and going to say that at least I didn’t gain any weight. That’s definitely far worse than sticking at the same weight.

Today I did well. I took my HCG as recommended. I took my B-Total Sublingual as recommended. I didn’t eat Melba Toasts today because it’s supposed to be one of the plateau breakers. I figured I should try one of them since I stuck at 156 today. For lunch I grilled a steak. It was huge so I stored some for later. I’ve really been loving the leftovers on this diet. With my steak I had strawberries and green tea. For dinner I went with chicken asparagus soup. Since the weather is so cold it was nice to have warm soup. Strawberries made a showing again as a late night snack. I did really want my Melba Toasts throughout the day, but I withstood the temptation. I’m hoping the plateau breaker will make a difference. We’ll see tomorrow.

Amelia Handley studied exercise science in college with a minor in Nutrition. Yet she still found herself veering from diet to diet in order to control her weight. With HCG Diet Direct she’s found a program that allows her to combine her desire to control her own body weight with her education and not feel off balance.

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It’s Day 19 on my HCG diet. And I’m down another pound. This is just getting more and more exciting. It’s like a really fabulous game and I’m totally winning.

So when I got on the scale this morning it was a little later than usual. But I figured it can’t be too off because I hadn’t eaten anything. I got up with my daughter because she was sick. Once I had her back to sleep I figured I might as well stay up for the day. I was already out and about cleaning the house and what not so I didn’t think to go back in my room to weight myself until mid-morning.

But I did go down a pound. I’m at 154. That’s a total of 17 pounds of weight loss so far. Not bad, right? I’m pretty impressed with the results. I was told that the average weight loss ranged from 1 to 2 pounds of weight loss per day with men experiencing the higher averages. (Isn’t that just annoyingly typical?) So far I’m pretty dang close to those fabulous weight loss averages so I’m happy.

I ran across a few HCG Diet Direct reviews on the computer today (I’m a total Internet surfers) and I decided the I should leave one or two of my own. There should be HCG Diet Direct reviews all over the Internet considering these results! This isn’t the first time I’ve dieted or undertaken some other type of program intended to result in weight loss (exercise, yuck!) and I’ve never seen results like these.

I love that I’m learning to cook my foods in a healthy way. I love that I’ve learned to incorporate healthy foods throughout the day instead of opting for easy, but very unhealthy options that are popular in today’s society. For instance, today I had the rest of my leftover, lean steak for lunch with Melba Toasts and half a grapefruit.

For dinner I had Buffalo Chicken Salad from the HCG Diet Direct Cookbook. I added an apple and Melba Toasts on the side and I was all set. I’ll have to make sure to add a referral for the cookbook when I get online to leave my HCG Diet Direct reviews since I’ve found it to be utterly amazing.

Amelia Handley studied exercise science at university with a minor in Nutrition. Yet she still found herself veering from diet to diet in order to control her weight. With HCG Diet Direct she’s found a program that allows her to combine her desire to control her own body weight with her education and not feel off balance.

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Day 18 started off quite pleasantly. I weighed in and I went down a pound. Whew! I thought I’d be stuck at the 156 plateau forever! Well, three days felt like forever anyway.

I woke up this morning bright and early and the birds were singing. Do I sound like a sarcastic radio host right now? I’m being serious. The birds woke me up this morning; I was pretty thoroughly annoyed. But I did remember to get on the scale first thing and I was down to 155. That was marvelous; just one pound down, but it seemed like a huge deal since I’ve been stuck for days at the same weight.

I took my B-Total first (yeah extra energy) and then took my HCG. I had some Green Tea. It’s still yucky, but it does help me lose weight so I put up with it!

I drank several glasses of water throughout the morning. Then for lunch I had leftover chicken asparagus soup. I really like that stuff. I didn’t think it sounded fabulous when I decided to try it, but it’s really quite good!

I added Melba Toasts back in today (I broke the plateau so I’m thinking I don’t need to forego the only starch I’m allowed anymore). So I had Melba Toasts with my soup at lunch and then I had an apple in the afternoon. I squeezed lemon juice on it; I’m really getting attached to that little trick.

Dinner was another leftover: steak from yesterday’s lunch. I had Spicy 3 Pepper Melba Toasts with it as well as a handful of strawberries and sliced tomato. I used this new dressing on it that seems to be HCG appropriate: Maple Grove Farms of Vermont’s Balsamic Vinaigrette. If you haven’t tried it yet you should get yourself out to the grocery store and find it. It’s amazing.

Amelia Handley studied exercise science at university with a minor in Nutrition. Yet she still found herself veering from diet to diet in order to control her weight. With HCG Diet Direct she’s found a program that allows her to combine her desire to control her own body weight with her education and not feel off balance.

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Having completed Day 16 on the HCG diet means that I’m more than halfway through the low calorie portion of the diet. It’s a pretty exciting landmark in the course of the diet, I think. It started off with 2 loading days (during which I ate tons of fatty foods). The loading days are intended to accelerate the rate at which the body absorbs the HCG. Then I started the next 23 days of low calorie dieting (500 calories)! This is a personal choice. The lengths of the programs vary.

After the 23rd day on the very low calorie diet comes the HCG maintenance diet. I’m kind of big on preparation (or some might call it unnecessary torture since I don’t really have to worry about this extension of the diet for quite a bit). During the HCG maintenance diet you can eat as much food of any type of food you choose (up to 1500 calories per day). There are, of course, some heft exceptions to this eat anything rule. During the HCG maintenance diet you cannot eat: sugar, dextrose, sucrose, honey, molasses, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, starch of any kind, artificial sweeteners, fast food, trans fat, and nitrites.

When I first read it that seemed like a pretty big list of exceptions, but in comparison to the short list of approved foods while on the low calorie portion of the diet it’s no biggie! 1500 calories is a massive increase from 500, right? And I’m definitely accustomed to limiting my food intake after the 500 calorie portion of the diet. All this weight loss has definitely been inspiring me to keep heading in the right direction.

The recap is now officially over and we need to get down to the nitty gritty of day 16. I weighed in at 156. I’m not really sure why I stuck at the same weight because I did really well with my foods yesterday, but sometimes that happens. In response I went ahead and forced down some green tea today and aimed to drink tons more water.

I took my drops (both HCG and B-Total) as required throughout the day. I don’t think the timing is that difficult. It sounded annoying at first, but 15 minutes of no food/drink before and after isn’t really that big of a deal. I go 15 minutes without food/drink all the time.

On day 16 I focused on leftovers. At lunch I had leftover green onion burger with Melba toasts and grapefruit. For dinner I had leftover chicken (the last of it) with strawberries and more Melba Toasts. I drank a ton of water. And I’m hoping I’ll drop down in weight again tomorrow; fingers crossed!

Amelia Handley studied exercise science in college with a minor in Nutrition. Yet she still found herself veering from diet to diet in order to control her weight. With HCG Diet Direct she’s found a program that allows her to combine her desire to control her own body weight with her education and not feel off balance.

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Day 16 on the HCG Diet. That means I’ve only less than 10 days left on the low calorie portion of the diet. Just to recap in case some of you are just joining us or in case some of you are forgetful: the diet starts off with 2 days of loading. Loading is taking in as much fatty calories as possible. This increases the absorption of the HCG into the body. After loading the very low calorie diet begins (500 calories per day). This lasts for 23 more days.

After the low calorie portion of the diet the maintenance diet kicks in. On the maintenance you apparently can eat as much as you want of anything you want up to 1500 calories per day and excluding a pretty short list of items. You can’t have sweeteners: sugar, dextrose, honey, molasses, artificial sweeteners, corn syrups, etc. You also can’t have any nitrites, fast food or Trans fat. And you can’t have any starch whatsoever. Man I’m going to miss homemade bread by the time this is all over. Or maybe I won’t even like it anymore…who knows?

Whew! That’s quite the list I thought. So while the food intake is going to jump considerably I have to point out that I’m still going to be feeling strapped when it comes to what I can and can’t eat. But that’s just me. And I’m getting accustomed to the feeling. It’s not too bad; especially when my weight is going down so drastically.

The recap is now officially over and we need to get down to the nitty gritty of day 16. I weighed in at 156. I’m not really sure why I stuck at the same weight because I did really well with my foods yesterday, but sometimes that happens. In response I went ahead and forced down some green tea today and aimed to drink tons more water.

I took my drops (both HCG and B-Total) as required throughout the day. I don’t think the timing is that difficult. It sounded annoying at first, but 15 minutes of no food/drink before and after isn’t really that big of a deal. I go 15 minutes without food/drink all the time.

On day 16 I focused on leftovers. At lunch I had leftover green onion burger with Melba toasts and grapefruit. For dinner I had leftover chicken (the last of it) with strawberries and more Melba Toasts. I drank a ton of water. And I’m hoping I’ll drop down in weight again tomorrow; fingers crossed!

Amelia Handley studied exercise science at university with a minor in Nutrition. Yet she still found herself veering from diet to diet in order to control her weight. With HCG Diet Direct she’s found a program that allows her to combine her desire to control her own body weight with her education and not feel off balance.

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The results I’ve seen on the HCG hormone therapy program are absolutely amazing. So it shouldn’t amaze me that there continues to be massive amounts of online and person to person discussion of the benefits of HCG dieting. I’m amazed by my own fabulous results so I guess it’s only natural that there are countless other people out there being just as amazed by their own weight loss.

During the course of my program I’ve lost 18 pounds. I’ve gone from 171 pounds down to 153. (That’s what I weighed this morning, Day 21, when I got on the scale). That’s one pound down from yesterday’s 154. I have to say…I love these fabulous results.

I have a new ability to note, as well. I’ve noticed that being on the HCG diet has given me the new (and amazing) ability to limit my portion sizes. I am also fully capable of cooking up a healthy meal with only a tiny bit of fuss and less time than driving to the nearest drive thru and back. I am also so much more capable of reaching for healthy snacks in the midst of a busy day rather than the tried and true favorites like candy or cheese crackers or soda.

So I’ve got several very noticeable improvements that I can actually take note of and see an lifestyle improvements. I’m satisfied with the weight loss I’ve achieved. And I’m very excited about the fact that my new habits are going to make it likely that I’ll be in a better place health-wise for the long run. The HCG hormone therapy requirements forced me to follow through on my annually reiterated new year’s resolution to cook and eat healthier.

I weighed myself first and then took my B Total and HCG. For lunch I had more HCG and then leftover soup and Melba Toasts. I also had grapefruit. For dinner I pulled out leftover grilled chicken. I added strawberries and Melba Toasts to finish it off. I threw some vanilla flavored Stevia on my strawberries, but I overdid it. Apparently if you put too much it’s NOT good!

I looked it up and someone else who had completed the HCG hormone therapy had discussed that the Stevia is really strong and you only need a tiny, tiny bit. So that made sense. I’ll know for next time. I ate it anyway, of course. I didn’t want to waste the strawberries and it wasn’t disgusting, it was just far too overwhelming for the little bowl of strawberries. Next time I’ll cut back on how many drops I use for sure!

Amelia Handley majored in exercise science in college with a minor in Nutrition. Yet she still found herself veering from diet to diet in order to control her weight. With HCG Diet Direct she’s found a program that allows her to combine her desire to control her own body weight with her education and not feel off balance.

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Day 16 on the HCG Diet. That means I’ve only less than 10 days left on the low calorie portion of the diet. Just to recap in case some of you are just joining us or in case some of you are forgetful: the diet starts off with 2 days of loading. Loading is taking in as much fatty calories as possible. This increases the absorption of the HCG into the body. After loading the very low calorie diet begins (500 calories per day). This lasts for 23 more days.

After the low calorie portion of the diet the maintenance diet kicks in. On the maintenance you apparently can eat as much as you want of anything you want up to 1500 calories per day and excluding a pretty short list of items. You can’t have sweeteners: sugar, dextrose, honey, molasses, artificial sweeteners, corn syrups, etc. You also can’t have any nitrites, fast food or Trans fat. And you can’t have any starch whatsoever. Man I’m going to miss homemade bread by the time this is all over. Or maybe I won’t even like it anymore…who knows?

That’s a pretty extensive exception, I know. But after the 500 calorie diet it sounds like heaven. I’m so used to limiting myself that the 1500 calorie per day maintenance diet is going to be a breeze; at least that’s what I’m hoping. And it helps that the restrictive diet is actually working; seeing your weight drop is fabulous incentive to keep going.

The recap is now officially over and we need to get down to the nitty gritty of day 16. I weighed in at 156. I’m not really sure why I stuck at the same weight because I did really well with my foods yesterday, but sometimes that happens. In response I went ahead and forced down some green tea today and aimed to drink tons more water.

I took my drops (both HCG and B-Total) as required throughout the day. I don’t think the timing is that difficult. It sounded annoying at first, but 15 minutes of no food/drink before and after isn’t really that big of a deal. I go 15 minutes without food/drink all the time.

On day 16 I focused on leftovers. At lunch I had leftover green onion burger with Melba toasts and grapefruit. For dinner I had leftover chicken (the last of it) with strawberries and more Melba Toasts. I drank a ton of water. And I’m hoping I’ll drop down in weight again tomorrow; fingers crossed!

Amelia Handley studied exercise science at university with a minor in Nutrition. Yet she still found herself veering from diet to diet in order to control her weight. With HCG Diet Direct she’s found a program that allows her to combine her desire to control her own body weight with her education and not feel off balance.

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I’ve got less than 10 days left on the low calorie portion of the HCG diet. That makes Day 16 one of my favorites so far. Here’s a quick reminder of the program layout. It started off with 2 days of loading. Loading is eating a whole lot of food with a whole lot of fat content and therefore calories. While loading you start taking your HCG three times daily. It’s supposed to increase the ability of the body to absorb the HCG product. After loading you start a 500 calorie per day portion of the diet. I chose to do the program that had me dieting for 23 days, but there are different lengths you can choose from.

After the low calorie portion of the diet the maintenance diet kicks in. On the maintenance you apparently can eat as much as you want of anything you want up to 1500 calories per day and excluding a pretty short list of items. You can’t have sweeteners: sugar, dextrose, honey, molasses, artificial sweeteners, corn syrups, etc. You also can’t have any nitrites, fast food or Trans fat. And you can’t have any starch whatsoever. Man I’m going to miss homemade bread by the time this is all over. Or maybe I won’t even like it anymore…who knows?

When I first read it that seemed like a pretty big list of exceptions, but in comparison to the short list of approved foods while on the low calorie portion of the diet it’s no biggie! 1500 calories is a massive increase from 500, right? And I’m definitely accustomed to limiting my food intake after the 500 calorie portion of the diet. All this weight loss has definitely been inspiring me to keep heading in the right direction.

Alright so now that we’ve had that nice little recap from loading to low calorie to HCG maintenance diet we can move on. Today I weighed in at 156. I know! I did so good yesterday and no weight loss. I decided to add some green tea in (which I did…YUCK!) and try to drink a lot more water. I think I messed up with my water intake yesterday. I didn’t fill a pitcher first thing in the morning so I don’t really know how much I drank.

I took my drops (both HCG and B-Total) as required throughout the day. I don’t think the timing is that difficult. It sounded annoying at first, but 15 minutes of no food/drink before and after isn’t really that big of a deal. I go 15 minutes without food/drink all the time.

Today I ate another green onion burger for lunch (leftovers) with the other half of the grapefruit I had yesterday and Melba Toasts. For dinner I had the last of the grilled chicken I had in the fridge (leftovers again). And I drank so much water that I was afraid I might make myself throw up. So I’m crossing my fingers that tomorrow I’ll see weight loss again.

Amelia Handley studied exercise science in college with a minor in Nutrition. Yet she still found herself veering from diet to diet in order to control her weight. With HCG Diet Direct she’s found a program that allows her to combine her desire to control her own body weight with her education and not feel off balance.

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