figuring it out...

I'm not writing much at first, because I'm still figuring out everything.  Reading the Pounds and Inches protocol...reading the hcgdieters and newbies groups on yahoo...watching YouTube vlogs of people doing hcg...preparing to make my own vlog!!  (Yes, I'm very excited about the last thing!:)  I'm still waiting for my hcg to arrive--I have NO idea what's going on THERE!  I ordered my hcg from pharmacy escrow 11 days ago (Sept. 13) and have watched it be in Hong Kong and right now it's in "Origin Post is Preparing Shipment" mode...whatever that is?

So, while I'm waiting, I'm getting ready.  I have my scale (OXO brand that we bought from Amazon); I have my webcam (that we also ordered on Amazon); I have SOME of my food; I'm reading and re-reading the protocol; I'm trying to learn from others' mistakes by reading the hcg yahoo groups...AND trying to decide if I should do the Rx hcg sub-lingually or as an injection?  At first I thought I'd do it sub-lingually since I used to have to give myself a shot every day on an MS medication and I hated it.  But then I realized that I can't really hold anything in my mouth for any length of time so I would HAVE to take it by injection!  I figured, at that point, that at least I knew HOW to do the injections...  But in the end, I kept practicing with the Colloidal Silver and B12 drops until I could hold it in my mouth for 5 minutes or longer, and now I CAN!:) 

Mamaclok says she holds it for 15 minutes and if I could get to that, I would surely do it!  But I think the minimum is 5 minutes and now I know I can do that--so I'm good!:)

I also thought I should do injections because you use less--so the three 5000 ius of hcg that I ordered would last longer.  But then there is all that needle care, etc... Hcg isn't THAT expensive!  I can always order more--right?  Plus, I think the 5000 iu size will keep as long as I'm using the amounts necessary for the sub-lingual method.  I'm afraid I ordered the wrong size to do injections.

Then, I considered that if I decide it's working for me and I'm not straining to follow the protocol, I could choose to continue if I'm doing it sublingually.  Also, I won't have to stop once per week because of the immunity issue.  Now, I saw that Mamaclok apparently had an immunity issue and perhaps I would, too, but I feel I could recognize the signs and I'm prepared for that.

My pattern is of losing to lose weight only to a certain "plateau" and not losing further--no matter how I adjust my eating/exercise habits.  The last few times I have lost weight, I've lost it to the 170s.  I'm sorry, but I just can't believe I'm supposed to weigh 170 when I weighed 135-150 for many, many years before I took steroids!!  But, if I seem to "stall" in the 170s, I'm going to stick it out.  I'm going to continue with the protocol and see if I can't get past it.  I can only do this if I use the sub-lingual method.

So...I really think I'm going to try the sub-lingual method! 

If my hcg ever gets out of Hong Kong I'm ON MY WAY!!:)