Today, I begin loading for my second round of the HCG Diet. My starting weight for this round is 154.8#. It’s going to create some false success since my weight today is up 2.6# from yesterday. That means my stats will be a bit skewed this first week as that blip drops off again.
This time, I’m doing the hCG diet as a vegan. I’ve got a set of recipes to use for my loading foods. It’s a little more difficult to eat a high-fat, high-calorie diet when meat and cheese aren’t involved.
I’ve recorded my starting weight and taken a new set of measurements. I really lost some ground since the last round. A lot of that has to do with the way I went about switching to veganism early in the stabilization phase. This time, I have a better plan for how to do the stabilization phase as a vegan, so hopefully that will go better.
I really have no idea how this round is going to go. There isn’t that much information on the Internet about how to do the diet as a vegan. I am basing what I am going to do this time around on WikiAnswers – What is the hCG Diet Protocol and HCG Coach. It is quite far removed from the original protocol. One of my big concerns will be keeping it interesting so that I don’t get bored. During my first round, I used The HCG Dieters Gourmet Cookbook to plan and prepare my meals. Since I won’t be eating meat this time, many of those recipes simply won’t work.