Trying Something Different

I have been really good about eating only 1200-1500 calories a day.  My problem is having time to exercise.  It doesn't do a fatty much good to eat well, and sit around because one only loses a pound (if that a week).  In the last six months of doing just good eating I lost 18 pounds. 

My accountabilibuddy is in the same boat.  She went to her doctor to talk it out, and he suggested she try the HcG diet.  I read the information, and decided it was worth a shot.

HcG is the hormone a woman's body produces when she is pregnant.  It boosts your metabolism, and helps burn the fat.  One has to stick to a 500-calorie diet for x amount of time (depending on how much weight you have to lose.)  No dairy products, starches, or sugar of any kind. Meals typically include 100-grams of approved meat (beef, chicken, fish) a serving of salad, and a serving of strawberries, apples, or grapefruit.

I am doing the 42-day plan.  So far so good.  It's really a good thing I starting eating chicken before I started this plan otherwise it really would be torture!! I am done with my first week and have lost 8 1/2 pounds.  Pretty good.  After the 42-days I will take a 6-week break, as your body will grow immune to the HcG, and then start another 42-day round.  By then I should be within a range where doing it on my own will help lose the last twenty, if I hit my goal at the end of this.