Obesity

 Here is a snippet from Dr. Simeons manuscript .  His theory after 40 years of study and testing was that obesity was a disorder and that overeating was not the cause but rather a symptom of the disorder.  When I read his paper on obesity I was drawn in by his uncommon approach.  I have often felt like not matter what I eat or how much I exercise I slowly but surely increase in weight over time.  Only by dieting every year or so do I keep from turning into the Stay-Puff Marshmallow man.


Obesity a Disorder

As a basis for our discussion we postulate that obesity in all its many forms is due to an abnormal
functioning of some part of the body’ and that every ounce of abnormally accumulated fat is always
the result of the same disorder of certain regulatory chanisms. Persons suffering from this particular
disorder will get fat regardless of whether they eat excessively, normally or less than normal. A person
who is free of the disorder will never get fat, even if he frequently overeats.
Those in whom the disorder is severe will accumulate fat very rapidly, those in whom it is moderate
will gradually increase in weight and those in whom it is mild may be able to keep their excess-weight
stationary for long periods, in all these cases a loss of weight brought about by dieting, treatments
with thyroid, appetite-reducing drugs, laxatives, violent exercise, massage, baths is only temporary
and will be rapidly regained as soon as the reducing regimen is relaxed. The reason is simply that
none of these measures corrects the basic disorder.

Day 15 - hCG Diet

Weight - 208.0

A nice drop in weight, I'm still excited about this diet and the results have been awesome.

Today I felt so good and had so much energy that I cleaned the entire garage (which still had tons of unpacked boxes from our recent move) and then organized it.  I went to our old house and cleaned the pool so it would look good for our showing tomorrow and then still had energy enough to go to AirZone with the kids from 7pm-9pm and run around on all the moonwalks and giant inflatable obstacle courses with the kids.

I made my favorite salad with ground beef, spinach, celery, and tomato and topped it with salsa which sated the craving I've been having for mexican food.  For dinner I cracked open a can of seasoned cooked spinach greens and gorged on those (way too much salt) with a nice tilapia filet and a big juicy orange.  The wife and kiddos were gone so I sat outside and just watched and enjoyed the day.  We have lots of big oak and poplar trees in the backyard and a creek as well. The breeze through the trees and the sound of squirrels playing was amazing accompaniment for this yummy dinner.

I have been eating my 1 melba toast in the morning around breakfast time and in the afternoon around 4.  I've found that my energy stays up and I am never hungry anymore.

I completed all of my drops for the day and I'm excited, only 10 days left.  I did drink a biiiiig glass of water flavored with truvia and lemon juice tonight before bed.  I'm not excited to see what all that salty spinach will retain of my lemonade hehe.

Night night

Rob

Day 15 - hCG Diet SNEAK PREVIEW

Weight 208.0  Woot!  Pounds are FALLING OFF!  My stomach is noticeably smaller and clothes are really starting to fit and look looser on me.  I can't wait to get back to size large shirts!

Day 14 - hCG Diet

Weight - 209.6

No reduction in weight but I'm sure it has something to do with the 2 big 7 and sprites I had the night before hehe.  Today I had no hunger and I had some serious energy.  I'm starting to wonder if all of this energy has to do with not being overfull all the time or maybe I have some food allergy that I am avoiding by being on this strict diet.

For lunch I had a delicious hamburger topped with Herdez salsa (yes they sponsor me ha!) and a really tasty veggie.  I decided I didn't want a salad today, I wanted some cooked greens.  Normally when i make greens i use a little vegetable oil and cook them in a pan for a few minutes but since veggie oil was out I decided to try my zero fat low sodium chicken broth instead.  The results were delicious, even better than with oil.

For dinner I had a garlic pepper chicken breast with asparagus and a tasty red delicious apple.  It was good and more than satisfying.

Late night I was craving something other than water (go figure I hate water) and I decided to try to make some diet lemonade.  Armed with a big cup of ice water, bottled lemon juice, and truvia packets (a stevia sweetner) I mixed them together to make something that was light and delicious.  I used up my lemon juice so I WILL be at the store in the morning getting more!

Rob

hCG Diet–Shopping List

I compiled this list from several resources including the original text from Albert T. W. Simeons . I tried to put this in an order that one might actually come upon these items in a grocery store to get you in and out faster and keep you away from the cookie aisle

Tomatoes,Lemons,Salad Mix,Baby Spinach,Asparagus,Onion,Garlic,Minced Garlic,Apples (fuji are my favorite),Oranges,Strawberries

Balsamic and Apple Cider Vinegars, Salsa (Herdez is awesome), Mrs. Dash Seasonings (I use chipotle, lemon pepper, and garlic pepper),fish seasonings,any other sugar free spices,stone ground and yellow mustard.

** Seasonings are SUPER important and really the only way you can keep yourself from going insane eating the same type things over and over.

Melba toast (garlic and sesame are two I like), Grissino breadsticks (skinny little bread sticks that I can’t ever find anywhere)

Lean Beef (basically steak without any marble at all or the leanest hamburger you can get), Turkey and Chicken Breast, lean Turkey burger, Fish(be careful of fatty fish like Salmon, I used Tilapia), Shrimp, Chicken Broth (fat free and low sodium).

Get some small containers to put any dressings you might create in, a digital scale that you can zero out, and lots and lots of sandwich bags.

I hope this helps!!

Day 13 – hCG Diet

Weight 209.6
Woot I am under 210 lbs.  That was a nice surprise this morning and really motivated me throughout the day.   I noticed today that one of my favorite shirts that had gotten a bit tight was feeling loose against my stomach.  Jessi  also commented today that I’m starting to look thinner.  It feels good!
Today I was a little hungry around breakfast time.  I decided to eat 1 melba toast, which really helped.  It was more than enough fuel to get me to lunch.  I am starting to get a little tired of preparing food the same way every time so I decided to chop up a hamburger and some canned asparagus until it was in small pieces, and then I added stone ground mustard and garlic and cooked it up in a hot pan.  The result was not pretty, but actually tasted pretty good.  So good in fact that my 2 year old ate 1/4 of it.  I guess it looked like green playdough or something equally yummy to a 2 year old.
I took a picture of my dinner because it was insanely delicious and my treat for being so good the last 2 weeks.

This is a nice spinach salad with red cabbage, chopped celery and tomatoes, and topped with hot steak and shrimp.  I used some of my favorite Herdez salsa for a salad dressing.  It is a bit high in sodium but other than that it only had ingredients that are allowed on the diet and is only 10 calories.  I needed a break from vinegar type dressings and the salsa was perfect on this.
I ended up being hungry a little before lunch and before dinner but I nibbled on 1 melba toast both times and was great after that.  I think that might become a ritual, it seemed to work really well to bridge the gap.
I timed all 6 of my 6 drop dosings perfectly today which is always nice.  I did drink 1 diet mountain dew in the afternoon and I’m going to drink a couple of sprite zero and 7’s tonight with my wife.  Hopefully that won’t mess anything up!
Rob

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