My Journey Begins. . . with Pneumonia

It was explained to me that the first two days that I injected with hcg, I would eat anything and everything that I could. They are called loading days. It is encouraged to eat as much fat and sugar that you can possible hold. I know! What a way to start a diet! As I said, I don't know exactly the science behind this but I was sure willing to give it a try. So, with much anticipation, I awoke Sunday morning, with a sore throat I might add, and gave myself my first injection. We had plans to meet my mother-in-law for breakfast at Cracker Barrel, where I intended to eat to great capacity. By the time we left the restaurant, I new that I had a bad sinus infection, and by that afternoon I was flat on my back. And on a day that I was supposed to be focused on eating! I tried to force myself as much as I could. The next day, I felt even worse, still trying to eat, and I had to go to work. By then end of the day, I told my boss that I would not be there the following day, that I had to go to the doctor.

Contagious pneumonia, the diagnosis is. And with a warning not to go back to work for the rest of the week and for goodness sake, don't give it to your daughter. Meanwhile, I am supposed to be preparing these very specific meals that I don't even feel like eating because I felt that bad. I may have never been that sick in my life. Scott helped me out immensly. Not only was he Savannah's only caregiver for the week, he prepared food for me and just did everything that needed to be done. And keeping Savannah out of my room was a chore in itself. Especially at bedtime, because she always wants me at bedtime. But, she survived, Scott survived and so did I. It took about a week and I am feeling much better.

Meanwhile though, as my body was at work, in that week while diligently giving myself my shots, I lost 14 pounds. In a week! And the doctor tells me that it is not water, it is fat. Visceral fat, which is the unwanted unneeded fat, not structural fat that we need. I am taking his word for it, but I am thrilled. I hope that at the end of forty days I will be down fifty pounds. That is my hope. All I can do is everything that I have been told, and we will see where I wind up.

And so, I continue on my journey, feeling much better now. I am changing my life and hopefully those around me as I go.