[miel]

Hi. i just wanted to leave you a message of support that I think you are off to a great start if you have seen a 6+ KG drop in the first two weeks of Round Two! Keep up the great work. What I post next may be subject to bashing, but it is my honest experience and I am comfortable that is has been right for me, although I completely respect it won´t suit everyone on the board....

I finished Round 1 Phase 3 this past week and am stablized (currently) at 19 / 22 pounds below my Start weight ( 165 / 168 now at 140 / 146 ... I am using three different scales, two digital, daily at home and I have had some losses during P3 although I am eating great). I found out in the early days of Phase 2, that my homeopathic drops did not have actual HCG in them, and this really put my mind in a serious turmoil as to whether or not to continue with the diet. As it turned out, I gave in to a few cheating episodes due to not having my meals packed as I should have and kindof putting myself into the mode of "Well, I´m not really on HCG anyway, so what difference does it make?" ... all in all though, I stuck to the eating plan of Phase 2 a total of 27 days out of 30 some days and I have abided by the Phase 3 plan without cheating for the required 3 weeks (though I will probably stay very low carb for several more weeks) ... I share all that to say, with regard to your drops, and as it turned out with mine, you may very well have a formulation that provides you with adequate "assist" to comfortably enjoy Phase 2 and enter a ketosis state, which is really what is relevant anyway, and if that is the case, you will know it because you will not feel as if you are in starvation mode ... if you sense you are genuninely hungry, then most likely you are and you may need a course change, but more than one of us have had great success (at least I feel I have) with some of the the 2012 hormone-free homeopathic drops. In my particular case, I have had significant reshaping continue while I have been in Phase 3 .... my clothes are testament to that, and except for experiencing a stomach bug at the beginning of Phase 3 (which I briefly thought was somehow related to my dietary changes, but I was wrong), I have had a great energy level every day except the first two days of P2 and my 3 sick days of P3 ( 5 rough days out of two months of dieting is A-okay in my book). I have kept track of my measurements and seen quite a reduction in my pinachable fat in all the right areas. I wish you luck. If you know someone else who has had good success with your brand of drops, don´t feel wrong about relying on them, but at the end of the day listen to whatever signals your body is giving you. Don´t be surprised if you see more reshaping towards the end of P2 and/or after a TOM if you are female.