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TERESA’S BASIC STATS:

• Age: 58 years old


• Height: 5’3”


• Started at 225.8 lbs


• Ending weight 194.2 lbs


• Current weight: 191.5 lbs


• Clothing size went from a 24/22 to 18/16.


• Health Conditions: 6 years post-menopause. No other current medical condition but she had back, knee, foot problems, with type 2 diabetes and sleep apnea before starting hCG.

SHOW NOTE LINKS:

• Length of Time on hCG


• 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.


• Rayzel’s Phase 2 Workbook

Teresa’s hCG Weight Loss Story in Her Words:

Basics:  (age, height, menopause? any medical details you feel are important- ie thyroid etc).

  58, 5’3”, 6 years post-menopause, used to have back, knee, foot problems, with type 2 diabetes and sleep apnea

How much weight you’ve lost with hCG/starting weight/ending weight/ clothing size change.  How many rounds did you do, how long was each round? stuff like that.

**All Rounds in 2015 & 2016 using homeopathic drops

2015

• 1st rd hCG 5/2015, starting weight 212.7, ending weight 182.5 size 22/24 to 16, 42 day round


• 2nd rd hCG 7/2015, starting weight 183.4, ending weight 170.4, not much size change, 21 day round


• 3rd rd hCG 9/2015, starting weight 179.5, ending weight 165.8, down to 16/14, 21 day round, I should’ve stopped here


• 4th rd hCG 11/2015, starting weight 174.4 no ending weight gave up on the round, 21 day round

2016

• 5th rd hCG 1/2016, starting weight 189.7, ending weight 183.1, didn’t finish the round, 21 day round


• 6th rd hCG 2/2016, starting weight 187, ending weight 183.2, gave up again, 21 day round, bad pattern forming


• 7th rd hCG 3/2016, starting weight 189.3, ending weight 188.6, not doing good, 21 day round


• 8th rd hCG 5/2016, starting weight 187.4, ending weight 176.4, yay finished this round, 21 day round


• 9th rd hCG 7/2016, starting weight 187, ending weight 181.8, finished the round, 21 day round


• 10th rd hCG 9/2016, starting weight 187.8 didn’t finish the round


• 11th rd hCG 10/2016, starting weight 191.6, ending weight higher than starting weight

2017 hCG Injections

• 1st rd hCG 1/2017, starting weight 225.8, ending weight 194.2, starting size 24/22, ending size 18/16, 42 day round. Currently, still in P3 with 6 more days to go, current weight is 191.5

Note:  I should have never had done any rounds in 2016, I wasn’t mentally prepared for it.

How long have you currently been maintaining (or where are you currently at in your hCG journey)?

For me this, I consider this year to be my first year doing hCG since I just starting doing injections.  I still have at least 1 more round to go.

Tell us how you came to be overweight and your struggles with that?

I was always overweight even as a child and of course, it didn’t help growing up Italian and eating lots of pasta!  Seriously, I was the kid that never liked vegetables had to sit at the table till I finished them or more like choked them down.

Oh yeah and it didn’t help that I had a sweet tooth, well actually I still do. Before I knew it I was in my mid 40’s and my weight was at its highest 275 lbs.  

I couldn’t stand for more than 5 minutes as my feet, knees and back would be hurting me. I ended up at the doctor with a pinched nerve which led to an MRI of my back. The bad news was, I had the back of an 80-year-old woman, wow that was a wakeup call. I needed back surgery as the weight was compressing the L3/L4, L4/L5 vibrates.

I tried herbal remedies, massage therapy, and needle therapy, nothing worked.  I didn’t want to back surgery in my 40’s that was an old person surgery. I also had type 2 diabetes and sleep apnea (all weight related).

So I had to do something and opted for the lap band at the time, 12 years ago. After having the surgery I lost more than 100 lbs. but ended up with complications and everything had to be removed.

Now my worst fear came true; I started putting weight back on, it never reached 275 lbs. it came close.  My sleep apnea, diabetes, and severe back pain all returned, forcing me to have back surgery. I knew I had to find something else before things were got out of control again.

What type of hCG did you use? If injections or prescription drops, what dose worked best for you?

Rounds 1-11 homeopathic drops

2017 1st round prescription injections at a dose of 175iu

What would you say your experience was the first week on phase 2? Easy or hard? explain. Could also discuss how you loaded if you like. What parts of the protocol were easier for you and which parts were more challenging? How did you handle the challenging aspects?

All my failed rounds were very difficult because of not getting the proper dose of hCG.  I always had cravings during P2 for chocolate and carbs.

Using the injections, no cravings for nothing, I didn’t even eat a breadstick during P2.

When I loaded on all rounds I mixed it up, with good and bad stuff.  Candy, fish oil pills, avocados, cream cheese, chili, peanut butter, croissants, hamburgers from fast foods restaurants, milkshakes, butter on everything. bacon, lots of bacon, guacamole and chips, cheese, sausage, bagels, cheesecake, white rice and nuts.

What did you find yourself liking to eat during Phase 2/vlcd – how would you prepare your meals?

Grilled chicken over salad and sloppy joe recipe over salad.  Usually, all cooked in advanced, portioned out and frozen.

What tricks do you have up your sleeve to stay sane while on Phase 2?

I really didn’t need any tricks this time, but I’ll see how the next round goes.

What Lessons have you learned during Phase 3 – give us the good and th