I'm REALLY happy that I tried this diet.  After the first few days my hunger has stopped and I've got massive amounts of energy of the likes I've not had for years.  And to top it all off, since starting Monday, I'm down 8 pounds!!!  8 pounds in five days.  The only downside is the back of my hands are extremely dry and we're not supposed to use lotions or creams.  I've been cheating and using some though and as you can see, no harm done.  Heh.

My mom is so impressed she's thinking of trying the diet to lose 20 pounds.  So instead of the 6 week program that I'm in she's going to look into the 23 day one.

So I finished my first official day on the low calorie diet part of the hCG diet.  I was pretty hungry yesterday, so I cheated and had an extra apple and melba toast.  But after weighting myself this morning and already being two pounds lighter I'm looking forward to seeing how this goes!  Sure, I know in one day your weight can fluxuate a lot, but stil.  TWO POUNDS!  Yay!

I start my hCG diet tomorrow.  The first two days are called load days.  You take the injections as normal and then on the third day you start the diet.  Hopefully I won't be hungry, and to tell you the truth, most of the time I eat because I'm bored or a feel as if I'm supposed to be eating. 

At first I was skeptical about the diet, but after doing a bunch of reading on it and talking with several different doctors I think it's pretty safe.  I can take all my medications I have been taking while on it, including my vitamins.  Over the 60 years it's been around I haven't seen a single report of someone dying because of it.  Granted some people have had to stop it because they feel faint and stuff, but those are a minority and most weren't following the diet properly.  So I figure, what do I have to loose?  Only weight! 

So wish me luck!