Hello lovely hCGers. This interview is part of what is now a plethora of weight loss success stories with real everyday women (and men! There’s a few dude interviews in there) who have used either hCG injections or drops with the hCG diet protocol to lose between 20 and 150 lbs.

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Looking very youthful at the age of 43 years old, our interviewee Lori is a mother of 3 and a hairstylist by profession (as evident in her great hairstyle ). Last year, she did one round of hCG and lost a total of 32 pounds!

Since losing weight with the hCG diet last year, Lori has successfully kept the weight off and is at her most comfortable size. In this interview, we discuss how hCG has helped her improve her metabolism and restart her keto diet. Lori also talks about how having the right mindset is the key to making the diet work and ensuring permanent results.

When Lori did her 40-day round of hCG, she initially went from 157 pounds down to 129 pounds. She thought she would plateau at that point, however, she was surprised that after concluding the program in August last year, her weight went down further to 125 pounds. She attributes this to the hCG diet resetting her metabolism which helped her lose even more weight. She also went from being a size 10 to being a comfortable size 2. She has been successfully maintaining her weight for almost 5 months at the time of our interview!

Lori’s Basic Stats:

• Age: 43


• Height: 5’2”


• Weight loss: 32 pounds


• Before hCG: 157 lbs


• After hCG journey: 125 lbs


• Size change: Snug 10 to Comfortable Size 2.


• Health: Potentially in peri-menopause


• Maintaining: 5 months at the time of our interview.

Show Notes:

• hCGChica’s Dosage Article


• Rayzel’s Phase 2 Diet Workbook


• Being fruitless in p2


• The 1 Week Pre-hCG diet thing


• Potatoes not Prozac by Kathleen DesMaisons Ph.D.


• Grain Brain by David Perlmutter, MD


• Lori’s article on the Ketogenic Diet

Lori’s hCG Journey

“I am so grateful to you. I can’t remember how I stumbled onto your website but I just feel like every resource I needed was there. When I was on my hcg journey, it was great knowing I can go on my computer and go to your site. I am so grateful for your support in my journey.”

Lori has struggled with weight issues for most of her life. She remembers obsessing about her weight as early as back when she was in elementary. She recalls being obsessed with both her weight and food; she was always wondering what she was going to eat next. Now, whenever she looks back at pictures of herself then, she sees what a skinny little girl she was. Back then, however,  she always saw herself as being overweight.

Like a self-fulfilling prophecy, when Lori reached adulthood, she finally did become overweight.

Lori had reservations about trying hCG at first because she knew people who had tried the program and still gained their weight back afterwards. She wanted to try the diet only if she could make sure she would be able to keep the weight off. After making sure she had the right mindset that would help her succeed and maintain her results, she finally made the choice to try the hCG diet program.

Lori admitted to loading really dirty in phase 1 where she basically ate every crappy thing she craved. That was why she was prepared for P2 to be terrible thinking she would be very hungry when she transitions to it. When she did start P2, she felt the slump she expected but then she stabilized after only a couple of days after she found her comfortable, happy hCG dose of 125 IU (she used hCGchica’s post on picking the right dose :D) and her hunger ceased.

It’s normal to feel hunger in the first couple of days, but that does not mean that that is how you are going to feel the rest of the phase especially if you loaded with lots of sugar. You may feel very hungry during your first couple of days in P2 because it will be kind of a drastic switch. Once your body starts clearing itself of the carbs and sugar, your body will crave it, thus the hunger. Don’t forget, you do have the option to do clean loading, read more about it here.

As for her meals and calorie intake, Lori said she kept it really simple. She ate the same thing everyday: chicken breast, grape tomatoes, cucumber. Although boring, she found having the same meal day after day was a good structure and she liked that she didn’t have to think or fuss too much about her meal preps.

Lori tried incorporating fruits on her diet while in P2, however, she felt that it triggered a kind of insulin response in her body making her want to eat more. Besides, she felt less hungry when she didn’t include fruits in her diet. When she did eat fruits, she usually only ate berries which is very low in the glycemic index.

She also sticks to low carb veggies – grape tomatoes, cucumbers, broccoli, Brussel sprouts, and asparagus. She stays away from potatoes or sweet potatoes which trigger her bowel issues.

In the past, Lori has tried very low-calorie diets (or near-starvation diets as she referred to them) similar to being in P2, but it was completely different. Unlike with hCG, she had a rough time with them. She felt hungry all the time and was usually in a bad mood. As opposed to being hCG and VLCD, she wasn’t cranky (or hangry :D) and her thoughts were clearer helping her keep her focus on her weight loss goal.

hCG definitely took the hunger off, according to Lori. there were times when she did not feel like eating because she was not hungry but ate anyway to keep her metabolism going.

Lori also feels like hCG has somehow corrected her metabolism so that her body knows at what set weight it wants to be at. Her food cravings were also more subdued, but she credits this more to her having a fixed mindset prior to starting the protocol. She was really committed to the diet and to not cheating or making excuses.

The right dose varies from person to person, so if you feel hunger while on the protocol, check your dose. Also, remember that once you lose weight, you also have to adjust your dose. As you get smaller, you may feel like you’re more comfortable with a lower dose. And, as I always say, I am not a doctor. I’m just sharing what works for me and most hCGers.

Having the right mindset

Lori credits much of her success with hCG to her mindset. Her mental aspect was the absolute key to her decision to do hCG and her success with it.

When asked how she developed her negative view about her weight when she was very young, Lori recounted a conversation she had with her father back when she was only 6 or 7 years old. Quoting her father, Lori recalls him telling her, “When you stand up and walk, you should put your shoulders back, hold your head high, and suck your stomach in so you don’t look fat.”

Thinking back to their conversation, Lori isn’t sure if her dad had implied that she was fat, but that was the idea that stuck to her. Her father’s words and the idea it left her grew into a sort of monster that hounded her for decades and brought about her views about her weight.

Lori’s obsessive behavior about food persisted for a long time. She had a habit of taking online quizzes and usually the results would point to her being a food addict or having a binge eating disorder. It also didn’t help that the therapist she was seeing at the time for her weight issues told her that maybe she should just accept that she was always going to be chubby.