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Kim’s Basic Stats:

• Age: 53 years old
• Height: 5ft 5in.
• Starting Weight BEFORE HCG: 214 lbs
• Current Weight: 158 lbs

• Weight after 73 days on P2: 173 lbs (Loss of 43 lbs)
• Weight after 21 days of P3: 168.4 lbs (Loss of 5 lbs)
• Lost 10 pounds more after 4 more weeks on P3 bringing her down to her current weight
• Total Weight Loss of 58 lbs!!! (Kim did one 73-day round of hCG on a 700 calorie protocol during P2)
• Size Change: From size 16 to size 8 (her goal size!)
• Has been stable and successfully maintaining between 158 to 164 lbs since July 2018

Show Notes:

• Kim did a very long round of P2 – 73 days straight. She did it successfully and has already been maintaining her weight loss for over 5 months since then.
• Maui Wedding Adventures – Kim and Michael’s amazing business – for destination weddings in Hawaii! (Kim says her husband Michael is the number one beach wedding planner in Maui!)
• Smartcakes – Kim loves these! They would make great P3 treats! Smartcakes come in several flavors and are made with fiber and sweetened with erythritol; no sugar, no carbs. Note: order these through their website, not Amazon- many amazon reviews noted product that was old/moldy probably because of being stored improperly at Amazon warehouses- the product from their site is more reliably fresh.
• Vitamix
• The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin
• The HCG Diet Gourmet Cookbook by Tammy Skye
• For all our readers in HI, Kim owns Tropical Trenz Hair Salon in the beautiful island of Maui
• Travel Scale – Kim traveled a lot while doing the protocol and always had a bathroom travel scale with her.
• hCGChica’s Phase 3 to Life Program – you can enroll anytime, but I recommend at least a week BEFORE P3 starts if at all possible so you have time to familiarize yourself with the program and plan ahead.

“I was a chubby child.” says Kim when asked about her weight and dieting history. “My whole life has been yoyo dieting. I was thin in high school, heavy in college, then thin again, then heavy.”

According to Kim, she lost weight as a teenager through exercise and eating better and she successfully kept the weight off throughout high school. However, she gained it back in college. “Pizza and beer, you know.” she added.

Kim had also successfully lost weight a few years back through juicing and raw food. However, according to her, because she did not have an endgame or a structured plan after the diet, she ended up gaining the weight back after a year of traveling.

It was after getting back from a Tahiti cruise with her friends that Kim decided she needed to lose weight. Molly, one of the friends she went on the cruise with, had successfully lost weight through the hCG diet. After seeing her pictures and seeing how great Molly looked, Kim decided she needed to take action.

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Her concern for her health was also major contributor to Kim’s decision to go on another diet. Her blood pressure had risen to 145/97 after she got back from the cruise. She also had a family history of diabetes from her mother’s side of the family. She explained how she lost both her mother and grandmother to complications from adult onset diabetes.

After doing her research on the hCG diet and finding hCGers (including yours truly) and hCG resources online, Kim decided she was going to try it.

“I have options, I have better, more nutritious things to have. I’m at that age where being healthy is very important.”

73 DAYS ON P2

Kim did something unique in that she did a very long round of P2 – 73 days to be exact!

“I mentally could not do multiple rounds.” Kim explains. “I found others online who did it the same way and they tell you what to look for, how to monitor yourself so you do not become immune to the hCG which by the way never happened to me even after 73 days.”

It is important to stress that Kim went into the diet feeling 100% ready, both mentally and physically. She had no issues and actually felt great the whole time she was on her very long P2 round.

“I monitored myself. I watched your videos and other people’s videos.” Kim explained. “I tried to get as much knowledge as I can to support my decision and I just listened to my body.”

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Kim was surprised at how quickly the hCG injections worked on her. She was down a full size within 3 weeks of starting the injections. “I went from a size 16 to a size 8 pretty quickly. It was so fun dropping sizes.” Kim ended up losing 43 lbs at the end of P2.

Kim used the 200 iu dose and was very specific about doing her injections at 7:30 AM everyday, using her stomach and legs as injection sites. She also pretty much followed the original protocol but ate 700 calories a day instead of just 500.

“On P3, I added one hard boiled egg every day and a Smartcake, about one a day for five days a week, to my diet.” says Kim. “It was my savi