eek. yeah. that would be a problem. for sure you want the high calories in your system to burn while your body switches it's fuel source.

If you stay on the maintenance phase for a few weeks and want to do it again, do you still load then?

I'm down 5.6 so far, 20.6 to go to my goal. I figured out I need to lose 4.074 a week to get to my goal and as of yesterday which was the end of the first week, I was down 4.8. So far I'm doing ok. Period week is next week tho, so I'm betting my losses go down. Been walking on the treadmill too.

Do you mean p3-low carb? If you've been eating that way then I don't think it's necessary to load again. But I'd want to double check that you were in ketosis. If you are it should be a relatively painless transition. If not, then you should probably load. My two cents.

Is that what P3 is, low carb? I have a ways to go before I'm there, I just was thinking if I wanted to do it again after three weeks or however long you have to wait before starting again, if I'd need to load again or not.

oh, gotcha. if you stay low carb, I don't think you have to load again. if you go back to "regular" eating I think you do.

Ugh... more dehydrated than I remember being last time! I can just feel it... hard to move my joints and my whole body hurts (might be TMI for some) but my urine is very very concentrated (there is a lot of it - but its dark yellow/looking kind of orange/brown - and no I have not eaten anything to cause that color change). No back pain and urine is clear so not an infection. I've never seen urine that concentrated/color actually! I almost want to show you... its so weird. Slightly off putting but I feel fine other than the body aches..(no fever) however, I attribute that to only sleeping 4 hours this entire week (sun-tomorrow). Busy busy busy with work. ( I will rest in approximately 12 hours when I'm done with my last seminar).


Bleh. I've been drinking at least 100 oz of water.. I do it religiously and I always have.. Maybe I should increase the water from what I normally drink (which is at LEAST 80 oz a day).

Tomorrow I will try increasing the amount of water (ketosis also produces concentrated urine - maybe I am just metabolizing more fat than last time).

I will give it more time as I am feeling okay - Hopefully nothing is wrong with my liver or kidneys - I have had problems with both in the past (not hcg related problems)

You know what I just remembered? I feel so sick whenever I eat anything containing and I have been feeling like this for two weeks. Also, feeling sick whenever I eat meat as well - that has lasted about three weeks.

I will talk to a colleague tomorrow about hepatitis..

ETA: Just palpated liver. Slight pain - great. I actually heard a rumor about hcg and liver problems. I am not at all jaundiced I dont think. I will hit the books after my seminar. No sleep ever! I am concerned.... I will be very upset if this is HepC.

(doctors make the worst patients, dont we? trying to diagnose ourselves...)

you can assist your gallbladder to emulsify any fat you eat by adding in an Bile salt supplement. It will also help if you don't have a gallbladder.

have you had elevated liver enzymes in the past?

E.Taylor - Was this to me? If so - yes.
Stopped taking hcg and urine has returned to normal so I feel much better about this.
I'll resume again eventually but I feel my body has been under too much stress.