Phase 1 - Last Day

The last day of Phase 1 is today for the HCG protocol. We did our 'fat-loading' yesterday and continue today with it. We started the HCG shots during Phase 1 yesterday and alternate each day with our upper leg area (3 inches from the knee). We will have our 'last supper' tonight before we start Phase 2 with the VLCD tomorrow. We are using today to prepare for tomorrow's kick off of Phase 2. We are planning our meals ahead on a schedule, pre-filling the shots for the week, will weigh the food for the week ahead of time and pre-cook and pre-package to make this phase as easy as possible with little thought of what we should have for lunch or dinner.

We have bought a body weight scale that also weighs body water, muscle mass, bone mass and BMI. The model we bought was from Best Buy and is the Homedics Personal Trainer HealthStation (Link). We programmed it for both of us as it has a 12 user memory feature and we weight ourselves each morning around the same time, same clothes (Very little!), and before we have eaten or done anything else. We then do our daily shot.

I also bought an automatic wrist blood-pressure monitor (Link), which will enable me to monitor this daily now. The hope is to be off the prescription I take daily for high blood pressure after I lose weight. My primary care doctor said to hope but not expect for this to happen as it runs in my family (both parents, all grandparents, aunts and uncles, etc).

We have a 3 gallon water cooler/dispenser in our kitchen and the plan is to re-fill the current container and our extra 3 gallon container today to ensure we have an ample amount of water in our home (Link). We have drank or thrown out all other liquids from the refrigerator. We have coffee and multiple varieties of teas, as well. The only items remaining on our list to purchase today for drinking are Perrier and the flavored Stevia drops, which were recommended by our doctor. The Stevia flavors come in a variety and are available in Sprouts stores and other health-food stores in your area. They are available online (Link).

The refrigerator and pantry has all been cleaned out this week to ensure we do not have any black listed items in our vicinity during Phase 2.

We will track our weight, BP, BMI, calorie intake and other statistics on a spreadsheet provided by the doctor (but tweaked by me just a bit!). I am down 1.2lbs from starting weight yesterday even with fat-loading but we agreed it is probably just water weight that was lost. We are hoping for awesome results by next Sunday!