This morning, my weight was 148.6#, unchanged from yesterday. I took a look at yesterday’s stats and discovered that in spite of the stall, I had lost 2.8# for the week. So even with the stall, I am doing a lot better than I have on any other plan. Even though I have been hanging out at the same weight or higher since Tuesday, I am not going to do an apple day just yet. I still think TOM has something to do with the stall, and that should resolve itself any day now.
I am debating now whether to stop taking the hCG at 40 days or continue until I run out, which would be another three to five days. I’ll see what happens when the stall breaks. If I’m making good progress again at 40 days, I’ll extend the round.
The HCG Support Group team had been wondering what really happens to fat when we diet. Dr. Simeons seemed to thing that the body reabsorbed the cells. Current scientists believe that we can add fat cells when a person grows fatter, but other research seemed to think that the body retains about the same number of fat cells when a person loses weight. They just hold less fat. The truth may be somewhere in between. While I was checking out articles on the Internet, I found this one: “White Tea May Promote Weight Loss, Reduces Fat Cells.” I decided I might as well include white tea in my regimen. I bought a box of 20 bags at Lindberg Nutrition, and then I went online and bought some loose white tea at SpecialTeas that I can use in my Bodum teapot.