Back in the saddle again, R2 P2

Starting weight first round: 198 10-5-7
LIW 160.4 12-18-07
Yesterday's weight 164.0
Today's weight 164.4
4.0 over LIW


I never got a chance to post yesterday because I was working on other things and before I knew it, it was time for bed. Yesterday my husband finally gave me an answer about when he wanted to start the HCG protocol, and it basically boiled down to "not right now!" mainly because of upcoming travel. I was disappointed but now I understand why he hasn't been acting like he was getting ready to start. It's funny because we talk about everything usually, but for some reason, he just doesn't like to talk about this subject. Must be something going on there that he has to work through on his own. So I'll just be patient until he's ready to talk. So with that decision made, I was a little bummed since I thought all along I'd have him going on it with me and I kind of had a "phooey with him" attitude so I just went ahead and did my first injection this morning. I had planned on waiting until Sunday, but I already had enough for 15 injections since my daughter mixed up a batch and gave me half a few days ago. So I started today! I am planning to eat more than I normally would by keeping my calorie and fat count fairly high, but I won't be doing any major loading like I did with my first round. I've been swayed by those who believe that it isn't needed as much on subsequent rounds and I don't want to risk gaining even more since I'm starting my round at 4.0 lbs over my LIW already.
My daughter called me today and is very close to her goal weight with just 3 more pounds to lose! She had been thinking about what happens if you start up a heavy duty exercise routine once you're done and you gain additional muscle weight. Will the extra weight cause your hypothalamus to mess up again? I told her that no, I don't believe it would unless you attempted to lose the weight you gained by traditional dieting and ended up putting your body into "starvation" mode again. I told her that if she was reasonably sure that she was adding weight due to extra muscle, that she should NOT try to lose the weight but to just add it to her set point weight (LIW) and use that as her new set point. So if anyone has any thing to add to that, we'd appreciate any info or opinions that others might have.
One more thing that I want to post about today... On the way home from work my car pool partner told me that a mutual acquaintance at work who is extremely overweight is undergoing gastric bypass surgery today. This just saddened me so much. I've talked to my car pool partner about the diet and gave him a copy of Dr. S.'s manuscript so I said that I thought it was too bad that I couldn't have shared the knowledge with this man since the HCG diet works so much better than the surgery and is so much safer and healthier. This turned into a lengthy discussion about the diet again and he is still thinking about trying it himself along with his wife. He says that she has to agree and is going to give her the manuscript to read. They could both benefit from this since they are very young and have both put on quite a bit of weight in the last couple of years.
So many people who need it and we can't help them unless they want to help themselves...
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Yes B, and we WILL be cured! So cool...

Mary as you can tell, my start date is.... Today!!!

Biz, Thanks I'm glad to be back and sorry I missed posting yesterday. I tried to make up for it by sending you an email but don't know if you read it yet. Mostly just telling you what I've got in my blog today.