HCG - starts tomorrow

After much ado from my best friend about HCG (yes, the pregnancy hormone), I decided to try it. My first day is tomorrow.

Here's why:

As a 5'3", 24-year-old girl, I've always been about 115 lbs, exercising on-average about 45-60 minutes per day, most days of the week. My personal best was when I was training and hardly eating and I weighed in at 104lbs. Let's be frank, you can't realistically sustain that on the account of, well, hunger. Earlier this year, I had to get some surgery, which set me back 6-8 weeks for a recovery period. I was not able to exercise during this time and I was quite depressed so I found myself eating and drinking more than normal. I naturally put on weight and was never able to bounce back, even though I resumed eating pretty healthfully and exercising 45-60 minutes a day.

Most of my jeans are too tight now and my self-esteem is down. I tried cutting out carbs and sweets and exercising daily (sometimes twice) for 14 days and I didn't lose anything.

At the risk of sounding like an infomercial, best friend found herself in a similar situation before and did this diet with no side effects and tons of results. Together, we purchased a bottle of HCG (one for each of us) and are planning to start together tomorrow.

I will chronicle the details of this new diet treatment daily and honestly as a log for myself and for those of you who are curious about HCG. It is not FDA approved and the jury is still out on its long-term effects, but I am willing to try it out and report on every last detail, as I know I would have loved someone to do this for me when I was in the decision phase.

My diet - and my details - start tomorrow.