800 Calorie Protocol

This is the 800 Calorie Protocol that a friend told me about.  I'm not doing this but I may do it at some point.  I'll share what I'm doing at the end of this post.  All of these are for use with the homeopathic HCG which is applied under the tongue.  Once the homeopathic HCG (HHCG) is applied under the tongue, try to leave it there for 15 minutes to allow for it to be absorbed more thoroughly.  Then swallow what's left (I usually drink water to help wash it down).

Take HCG.  Wait 15-20 minutes before eating.

Eat BREAKFAST of:

• 3 egg whites (may mix watery veggies & spices with it)
• Fruit

Eat SNACK of:

• Fruit

Take HCG.  Wait 15-20 minutes before eating.

Eat LUNCH of:

• 4oz (raw weight) protein
• 1.5 cups one approved vegetable
• small salad

Eat SNACK of:

• Fruit

Take HCG.  Wait 15-20 minutes before eating.

Eat DINNER of:

• 4oz (raw weight) protein (no red meat for dinner)
• 1.5 cups one approved vegetable 

Tips:

• No red meat for dinner.
• No fruit with or after dinner.
• Eat salad with lunch.
• Never skip a meal.
• Always eat breakfast.
• Always wait 15-20 minutes before eating once you've administered HCG.

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What I'm doing....

Take HCG.  Wait 15-20 minutes before eating.

Weigh for the day.

Have my coffee and a piece of fruit.

Take HCG.  Wait 15-20 minutes before eating.

Eat LUNCH (4oz [raw weight] protein, 1-2 cup veggies [includes salads])

Take HCG.  Wait 15-20 minutes before eating.

Eat DINNER (4oz [raw weight] protein, 1-2 cups veggies [includes salads])

Late-night SNACK of fruit.


According to my friend, I shouldn't be eating a piece of fruit after dinner but when the rest of the family is having some kind of dessert after dinner, I want to eat something, so it's best if I eat fruit rather than be tempted by whatever they're having.  I figure if I stop losing weight at some point, I'll rethink this idea.  =)
I'm also thinking about not having red meats for dinner anymore.  Granted, I don't eat a lot of red meat on this diet but I figured there must be a reason for the 800 calorie protocol to suggest not having it for dinner.

I wake up late (it used to be around 1pm but now it's around 11:30am), so breakfast is kind of pointless for me.  That's why I do the fruit.  I also don't eat my "lunch" until around 3pm or so.  And we usually don't have dinner until 8-10pm (depending on what night it is).  I go to bed around 2:30am.  For a normal person, it might look something more like this...
Wake - 8am
Breakfast - 9am
Lunch - 12pm
Dinner - 6-8pm
Sleep - 12am
It ends up being about the same amount of time in between meals, just at different times of day.  I think it works out pretty well for me the way it is.  If I start waking up earlier at some point, I'll try to adjust my eating schedule.  =)

Some Weight and Calorie Ramblings...

I lost two pounds since yesterday!  Yay!!  So, now I'm down almost 14 pounds.  I don't think I've mentioned how much I weigh and I hate to do it because I'm so embarrassed by it but I'm going to just get it out there.  When I started this whole thing, I weighed about 380 pounds.  I know.  WOW!  Disgusting!  Repulsive!  etc.  Get it over with.  I'm doing something about it now.  I know I just let myself get to that point because of my depression and not wanting to live, etc.  My depression isn't gone but it's under control somewhat, so that helps. It's really hard to get motivated when your mind is pulling you down.  So, now is probably the better time to do something about this.  A few years ago I lost weight too...  70+ pounds but I ended up gaining it all back because my depression got bad again and I just gave up.  I was also on the protein diet, so it was very limiting (granted, you could eat all the meat you wanted to eat but that get's really disgusting after awhile).  I know this diet is limiting too but it has a way to get out of it slowly that should (if done correctly) allow you to eat about 2000 calories once you're done.  We'll see.  I read somewhere that, in order to maintain your weight, you should figure about 100 calories for every pound.  So, I would really like to get down to 190 pounds.  Therefore, I could eat about 1900 calories a day and maintain my weight.  Another website I went to gave two different websites to figure what your caloric intake should be to maintain your weight and they were different.  Out of curiosity, I entered my current weight (before the diet) and the one site said to eat 2'450 calories while the other site said 5'182 calories.  I took the two numbers, added them together and then divided by two to get the average.  The average was 3'816 calories, which was basically my original thought of 100 calories for every pound.  =)

For lunch today I had 3 hard-boiled egg whites (I gave the yolks to my Dad) and spinach with the dijon mustard and Bragg Liquid Aminos on it.  This time I didn't heat the spinach in the microwave.  It was still good.  =)  I don't think I could eat that meal every day but it was nice to have for a change.  Besides, I was all out of chicken at the moment.

I still have my period.  I know, it has only been a few days but it's so heavy that it seems like longer.  I have to  wear a tampon and a pad, just to be safe.  I'm sure you wanted to know.  =)  Usually the heaviness lasts for a day or two and then it's just fairly light to average for 5 or so days.  I wonder when this is going to go away.  What if it never goes away while I'm on this diet?  Yikes.  That would be horrible.  I suppose, if that really happened, I'd have to eventually go off the diet.  Though, that would suck big time because I'm actually losing weight.  Oh well.  I'm not going to worry about that unless it happens.  =)

I'll probably add more later tonight...  or just tomorrow.  We'll see.  =)