Too Funny - BATTLE

Funny - I ran into my WW Leader David (He's Awesome!). He found my blog doing research as lots of people have asked him about the protocol. Too funny - I was a little shocked but amazed at the same time. I told him it's not for the weak at heart - and he expressed his gratitude for my honestly on this blog. If you have the fortitude this may be right for you - I've done very well. But you have to ~ have to follow the program. Whether it is WW or this! WW taught me some great skills and I'd recommend it highly for exactly that! I didn't get here by just HCG alone. I lost about 50 lbs with WW and have a lot of tools now. If you've been following my blog at all there were a lot more skills that I needed and still do... But I absolutely had to deal with the emotional/mental road blocks. If you don't deal with those - honestly NO PROGRAM not matter what it is will work for you. If you don't follow this program - and are taking the shots - YOU WILL GAIN or STALL in weight loss - which I have done several times. I don't know if my weight will be a battle all my life or not! If I finally get to the root cause of my emotional/mental road blocks - then at that point I may be able to put the weight issue on the back burner. But until I am there I will BATTLE WITH ALL MY MIGHT!

Benefits of WW

• Portion Control - I needed this I didn't know when my body felt full
• Emotional Eating - stopping and thinking
• Planning - thinking before you go to an event - daily planning too
• Imagery - seeing yourself where you want to be - squelching those negative/sabotaging people
• Support - this is key especially if you a) don't have a support system at home, b) don't think you can do it c) you are always welcome
• The program is forgiving - you can pickup the same day if you screwed up and still drop weight that week.

Personal Drawbacks (not a negative on the program)

• It takes a long time
• I had trouble sustaining my weight loss

I may get to the end of this and still end up back at WW - I don't know - but the great thing is I know David will welcome me with open arms!

Benefits of HCG

• The weight loss is quick
• Resets your hypothalamus
• Fat loss is supposedly permanent (I don't know this I haven't reached my goal or sustained it for a long period of time)

Personal Drawbacks (not a negative on the program)

• Program is unforgiving - you screw up you'll gain/stall the next day
• Very limited choices of food - boredom sets in - binge eating
• Cannot go into this program with emotional/mental road blocks - emotional/binge eating

So, for me both programs have pluses and minuses - honestly I do know that my future holds for me a THIN ME! Right now - HCG is helping me with that - it may be that down the road I'll be back at WW to help me sustain it - I have know idea! I still have the change of life to go through - which could be a change in my weight again - I don't know. Only GOD know what lays ahead for me...