[FBtquXT8]

Hi all. I'm a newbie who hasn't even started yet (waiting on my shipment), but I'm such an A type that I have to plan everything out

My plan is to start, assuming my product arrives, on Oct. 1.

On November 4th I am going on a family trip to Legoland and Disney, and while I don't intend to pig out and eat any and everything, realistically I know that sticking to the VLCD is pretty much not going to happen.

I have a lot to lose though and really need to do the 40 day, and I've heard you can do what is called a "planned interuption" but I'm not really sure how that works, how many days to do what, etc. etc. My other option is to do the 23 day round, then do the 6 weeks inbetween and then do another round right after. BUT, I have a trip to New Orleans for Christmas.

I feel confident I can follow this diet strictly at all othe times but these two, but since we will be driving, staying in hotels, and playing tourist, I know I realistically will not be on the VCLD required even if I make good choices.

So......what do you think???

[ReggieRed]

You can do a planned interruption after 23 days. It's mentioned in Pounds & Inches. You would stop the HCG, still eat VLCD for 3 days (2 if homeopathic), then eat P3 on the trip. Resume the HCG & VLCD upon return.

However, you might just end the round, give yourself a few days to make sure you aren't having gains from any sensitivities, then go on the trip & continue with P3/4.

You could always load again in New Orleans.

[brulpcoersero]

hey I live in New Orleans!

go off the diet. lols.

[adactthrd]

OK, I'm still very confused on how to do this. From my calculations, assuming my kit arrives by Friday and I start Sat the 1st, I would do my last injection on 10/23 (my bday, what a present haha), then do 3 VLCD no injection days through the 26th.

My copy (online) of pounds and inches I only see the planned interuptions as for menstrual cycle. what am I missing..can you ref. a pg #? They way I read everything it sounds like if I don't do the 3 weeks of restricted diet no sugar/starches) which would put me at Nov 17, well after my disney trip, I'm going to gain a ton back. I can do well ont he trip but not sure if it will be well enough. In other words, its not like I'm going to order choc cake and ice cream, but eating out for every meal, esp, in the magic kingdom is going to be hard to avoid sugar/starches, even if I just get a salad (if its an option?) the dressing will surely be bad.

OK, so assuming I do these 3 weeks ok even with my trip, from what you are saying then I could do my load again and skip the 3 weeks of adding back in carbs? Is that right? So i would start loading again on 11/18 and do the inj again for 23 days, which then would interfere (the 3 weeks on no sugar/starch) with NOLA, soooo... prob skip and load after NOLA and start over again then.

I guess what I'm asking is if there is a way to do the 40 day round with a pause for afew days (3 or 4 max) while doing injections but eating wrong..not horrible, but not strict, and then continue on as if nothing happened with injections and VCLD. I know that during those bad days I will stall and likely gain, but wil it cause me to void the entire cycle or will I be able to get back on track after my body readjusts.

Now from there...

[9TWSg835]

Unforeseen Interruptions of Treatment
If an interruption of treatment lasting more than four days is
necessary, the patient must increase his diet to at least 800 Calories by
adding meat, eggs, cheese, and milk to his diet after the third day, as
otherwise he will find himself so hungry and weak that he is unable to
go about his usual occupation. If the interval lasts less than two weeks
the patient can directly resume injections and the 500-Calorie diet, but
if the interruption lasts longer he must again eat normally until he has
had his third injection.
When a patient knows beforehand that he will have to travel and
be absent for more than four days, it is always better to stop injections
three days before he is due to leave so that he can have the three days of
strict dieting which are necessary after the last injection at home. This
saves him from the almost impossible task of having to arrange the 500
Calorie diet while en route, and he can thus enjoy a much greater
dietary freedom from the day of his departure. Interruptions occurring
before 20 effective injections have been given are most undesirable,
because with less than that number of injections some weight is liable to
be regained. After the 20th injection an unavoidable interruption is
merely a loss of time.


here's the info from pounds and inches. sounds like you STOP INJECTIONS 3 days before your trip, take your trip and be happy on vacation eating yummy P3 foods, and then return to the protocol when you're home. therefore if your trip is november 4th then you stop injections and do 3 vlcd days on the 1st, 2cnd, and 3rd. unless you want to give yourself a few more days time before your trip to acclimatize.

you probably do NOT have to re-load when you resume injections following your trip.

if you do it this way you will NOT BE DOING 3 WEEKS OF P3. this will be an interruption, and you will start counting your VLCDays again on your first day back to the diet. so if you start your interruption on VLCD 31 and then do your 3 days of vlcd eating, and then go to lego land, when you get back and start injections again, that will be VLCD 32.

i'm pretty sure that's how it works. good luck

[pertikuss]

I did this sort of speak (outlined in my siggy) ... you need to do at least 20 days of consecutive injections prior to discontinuing the injections then continue on to the 500 vlcd/no injections for 72 hrs then do p3 foods - (i would not jump into the deep end of ph3 but do as outlined and stay away from the NO NOs of p3...if the interruptions last less then 2 weeks just resume without loading again but if the interruption lasts longer then 2 weeks you will need to load again and count it as another round....

From all the reading I have done and this is just my own observation and assumption ... I would finish the interruption off with at least 23 injections or more..I myself am making sure I go to the 30 day mark after i did my break/interruption despite the number of days I did prior to the interruption because I do not want to risk any stabilization issues - this is my last and final round so I have to play my cards right or at least try my hardest too...I have apx 15 more injections to hit the 30 day injection mark after my interruption break im at 142.4 and aiming for a goal of 135 (i have about 10 pnds of excess skin around my body from gastric bypass in 2001 losing 145 pnds) so im feeling pretty good right about now even... If I were you I would defiantly plan for the interruption because there is no way you want to risk many cheats vs a oops gain, where you can correct MAKE SURE YOU TAKE YOUR SCALE...sorry for rambling hope all goes well and have fun...i did the Disneyland thing on ph 3 and im glad I did or i would have come back a 100 more lol...

[yahyynzer]

double post

[SasV7ReJ]

Thanks everyone...I think I got it now and I will just do the interuption for my trip to Disney. This sounds like the best way to go for me as I want to jump right back into as soon as I can. I'm going to do my best to eat as close to P3 as I can, and have some time to do some researching for sure. Between Legoland and Disney I'll be doing so much walking around that hopefully that will help counter having to eat processed foods a little bit.

Now I just have to wait for my kit to arrive...so impatient!!!!!!!!! LOL

Mandeloo.......any pointers for NOLA? I will be there with my 5 year old and 15 year old (yeah, I'm crazy) and my s/o (his first trip). We are staying at Hotel Monteleone. We won't really be there that long (my 15yr old has a family reunion..her dad is from Jennings area) so we will have truly only 1 complete day, but then 3 partial days to do stuff. I've been but its been YEARS. Planning on the aquarium and hopefully city park where they have all the lights (they still do that right) since we are there end of Dec. Of course at night the s/o and I will go out one night to do the "have to do's" like Bourbon street, Pat O'Briens and the like. Figure the carousel bar is in the hotel we're at so we can hit that whenever to say we did it. I want to tour the cathedral and not sure what else so looking for any and all suggestions.