[biannaruh]

To everyone out there, regardless of what stage... this book is seriously a MUST.

Wanted to share with everyone in case you needed a little boost!

Weight-Loss Apocalypse: Emotional Eating Rehab Through the HCG Protocol: Robin Phipps Woodall

[ATTILAGLIC]

It is a great book! I have read it twice already. It really has changed my outlook on things and slowly I am getting better about mindful eating after years of stuffing my face.

[neictscek]

I am actually doing this Round the Weight Loss Apocalypse way.

A new Weight Loss Apocalypse forum has been set up by another WLA Protocol follower. You should check it out: http://hungerscaleforums.com

Bonnie

[ViagraPriceBuying]

Amen to that. Read it twice too. LOVE HER!!!!

Bonnie I just joined the forums there

[Enjoymms]

I read this book last week and it was the best $10 I have spent. She not only explains the physical reasons why the hcg diet works, but goes in-depth about the emotional and mental issues that you MUST face while losing weight. That information applies to every diet and lifestyle.

I am still waiting on my hcg to arrive, but I started implementing the other principles immediately. I have learned a lot about myself, my body, and my eating habits in the past week. Funny enough, I have also lost a couple of pounds just being mindful and following the hunger scale. Reading this book is a great way to prepare to start the protocol!

The other thing that I LOVED about the book was the discussion on living by the scale. I hate how people are so obsessed with weighing every day and basically use the scale as a "reward" for not cheating. I have a close family member with a serious eating disorder, and some of the behaviors often promoted by dieters are creating wrong mental thoughts about food and your body. It is SO SO important to get to a place where you understand that your weight and appearance do not make you a better or worse person. Losing a pound does not make you a success, and gaining a pound does not make you a failure. It is very difficult to achieve any of your goals when you are caught in the guilt cycle.

[PheliarearY]

Hi Everyone! Just ordered the book and signed up for the forum. I am a real newbie, not to dieting but to HCG. Trying to decide on injections or HHCG. Resumed my low carb approach last Friday to get into the groove. Look forward to the journey any advice would be great. Kathi

[Diandaplaipsy]

Awesome KitCat24! I look forward to seeing you there

Craezie: I definitely agree. Robin's approach is so simple and makes so much sense! Her principals are so easy to follow and stick to... for life. I mean, 'only eat when you are truly hungry and only eat enough to comfortably take that hunger away!'. Wow, can't get any simpler than that!

Hope to see all you WLA lovers at the new forum .

x Bonnie

[igs00r]

the book is very repetitive but I just finished it. I wish it were more about overcoming the emotions but I just joined the forums. I tend to do my rounds based on when I am hungry anyways. I think I am ready for really really focusing on it now and trying to continue it into the maintenance. I am really worried that since I didn;t load right I have already screwed up this round. She makes it pretty clear that if you screw up at any-point it will have negative affects on your stabilization. (this is my last round) I am wondering if I should re-start... or if that would be something else that would be screwing it up.

[Adamdjeffe]

I have to say I think she fell short with this book. I liked that she explained how hcg is hormone therapy and not a stimulant and needs to be approached as such. And that she made the connection between leptin and hcg (but I don't know how accurate that connection was because of all the big words, LOL). I also liked that she explained the importance of loading and how cheating can be really detrimental during P2.

I also like her approach to breaking our dysfunctional relationship with food and letting go of the thinking of "I cant wait until I'm done so I can eat __________." And letting go of the advertising hype that hcg is a quick fix and that we can go back to our old habits afterwards is important.

But the whole thing with the hunger scale on hcg I think can mess a lot of people up. When I have my dose right on hcg, I have to set an alarm to remind me to eat because I am never hungry. And according to her, that means that when I eat, I am cheating. Using hunger as a way to adjust dose is important with hcg, and she never address this. This can hurt people in the long run. I also know that if I wait to eat breakfast in P3 and P4 until I am hungry, I am starving all day long. But if I eat the BAB first thing in the morning, I am not hungry at all.

I think there are much better books out there about emotional eating that address more of what to do with emotional eating than taking up knitting.

[standaman]

But the whole thing with the hunger scale on hcg I think can mess a lot of people up. When I have my dose right on hcg, I have to set an alarm to remind me to eat because I am never hungry. And according to her, that means that when I eat, I am cheating. Using hunger as a way to adjust dose is important with hcg, and she never address this. This can hurt people in the long run. I also know that if I wait to eat breakfast in P3 and P4 until I am hungry, I am starving all day long. But if I eat the BAB first thing in the morning, I am not hungry at all.

I think there are much better books out there about emotional eating that address more of what to do with emotional eating than taking up knitting.

It's a valid point, I sometimes wonder if going a whole day wihtout eating is okay. But I have to trust my body. There are times ON hcg when I'm starving, so I know my body is doing something right. I'm trusting it.

I also don't think there should be rules aroudn when I can and can't eat. Sometimes if I've already eaten when I wasn't hungry, then I'm hungry again a little later and it's not "time to eat" I get in this whole guilt mindset about my food. I think Robin's method makes a lot more sense. And based on leptin and hormones it really does make sense that some days you can eat a lot more than others without gaining weight once your stablilized and you've corrected your leptin levels.

[77rexulceme]

I think the part that concerns me the most is that she doesn't talk about hunger and dose at all. Where hunger is used to gage the correct dose. For people that just read the book and don't come to the forums, this is going to set them up for failure. If someone is told to only eat when they are hungry, and their dose is off, what is that going to do to them? Talk about adding to emotional issues that are there already. They are going to feel like failures right out of the gate. And what about those that have their dose right and are never hungry at all? And then, back to the hunger, how much is that going to mess with stabilizing.

Like I said, I think that she has some good stuff in this book, but I also think that she fell short and fell in a way that can really mess people up.

[asypecresty]

I think the part that concerns me the most is that she doesn't talk about hunger and dose at all. Where hunger is used to gage the correct dose. For people that just read the book and don't come to the forums, this is going to set them up for failure. If someone is told to only eat when they are hungry, and their dose is off, what is that going to do to them?

Yeah, I actually started at 150 and toyed with mine a lot til I found out 125 was GOLDEN for me. She has all her patients do 125, so I guess I would have gotten lucky.

[DoctorBeny]

I loved Weight Loss Apocalypse and love all of Robin's youtube videos. Pounds and Inches isn't perfect either, that is why most people who start hCG do a lot of research and websearches before they start. WLA gives them a good place to start and for many of us, has changed the way we view eating and the hCG protocol. I know it has changed my life.

[Accecyncphory]

Pounds and Inches isn't perfect either, that is why most people who start hCG do a lot of research and websearches before they start.

It's very very old, and leptin wasn't even a thought before the 90s. We're just now discovering so much we never knew. Def read WLA! and Let's hope more research is done SOON.