Final Weigh In

Posted: Nov 14, 2011 • By: Dr Derek Friedman •

I know I'm a week late in posting my final weigh in.  Anyhow, here are my final numbers.  My starting weight was 215.6lbs and my final weight was 197.8lbs, which is a loss of 17.8lbs.  My body fat went from 21.6% down to 14.7% which is a loss of 6.9% body fat. 

This worked better than I could have ever imagined it.  The spray that is.  I know the injections work, and now I know the spray works just as well, if not better.  Again, there was no hunger and I had no cravings.  There were times I thought I may have flet hungry, but a cup of tea and it went away.

There is no other eating plan, diet or weight loss plan out there that will work better than this.  Better plans don't exist.  The best part of this plan, besides the quick and almost permanent weight loss ( I'll explain that in a minute), is that this plan teaches you how to eat properly and resets your body and set point. 

Now it's just two more weeks of maintenance eating, which means I get to eat up to 2000 calories a day of vegetables, protein and fruit and my body will be reset, and I'll be able to expand my food choices and keep my weight where it is!!  Oh happy day!!

As for my comment above about being almost permanent.  If you are going to eat stupid, meaning bread, pasta, rice, cereal, cakes, candies and cookies, you will gain the weight back period!!  I don't care what weight loss or diet plan you are doing if you eat like this, grains and processed foods, including diet sodas and junk, you will gain the weight back.  This includes if you did the gastric by-pass or lap - band procedures.  In fact many of the people that did those procedures are gaining the weight back and more.  This is because they never were taught to eat properly, or they just don't care.

Now on occasion there are hormonal problems with obesity, but once you go thru the hCG program, most of your hormone problems will reset and clear up.  It's amazing how many health problems will clear up with a good clean and healthy diet of vegetables, protein and fruit.

So here I am, one week into my maintenance program, feeling great, my clothes are too big, especially my pants, and haven't been hungry much at all.  What I've learned, or at least been reminded of this time around is that I don't need as much food as I thought.  I can get away with a lot less and still be very satisfied.  Also, as I tell everyone that goes on this program, your stomach will shrink to a normal size and so you will feel very full when you increase your food amount on the maintenace program, this is particularly true.  I think of the amount I used to eat, and now the thought of eating that much is very unappealing and kind of makes me sick just to think about it.  All this in time for my favorite gluttenous holiday, Thanksgiving!!  How fun will that be?!  I figure I'll put back on all the weight I just lost, but the next day, back to vegetables, protein and fruit, and the weight will come right back off, and I'll be back down to 197lbs!!

Thank you all for following along with me on my journey and I'll be updating every so often to show you how permanent this weight loss is.

Talk to you soon and I'll see you around the office!!