And aweigh I go!

So, I'm starting my HCG Diet Protocol this week.  I gained 4 pounds after my first Gorge day, I'm planning on doing the same today, and tomorrow I start the Very Low Calorie Diet.  Woot woot! 

I'm excited about this chance given to me by one of my managers at work.  He dropped what looked like 70 pounds last year, and kept it off, doing two rounds of the diet.  Good for him, right?  He had extra, sees that I'm fat, and says "here, try it."  So I am. 

I've got some concerns, especially with my diabetes, but like my doctor said, trying the diet and failing can't cause permanent harm, but not losing weight is killing me to the tune of a day per day.  I asked him what he meant, and he said "Rich, looking at your weight right now, until you get yourself under 200 pounds, you're paying the price of one less day on this planet per day.  So, if you don't lose 70 pounds this year, you're probably going to die a year earlier than if you hadn't lost it.

That's some heavy thinking, no pun intended.  I call bullshit, however, because according to his math, I should already be dead, I've been so overweight for my entire life, it should be over by now!  But, since I'm still breathing, I guess I can spend some time and effort to losing some of this weight, and perhaps get some of my life back.  After all, I'm finding more things to live for every day.  Like pasta!

I'm about to become an illegal drug-user. Thanks FDA.

Yep.  I'm about to join the ranks of the crack-heads, the pot-heads, the heroin-heads, and all other kinds of -heads, thanks to a new ruling by the Food and Drug Administration.

See, it's like this:  I'm fat.  No, really.  Fat.  Really fat.  I'm not going to give my weight here, but if I were 7 feet tall I'd still be considered 'husky.'  I attribute this to a variety of things, but mostly my sedentary lifestyle and love of food.  But I'm going to change all of that.

Here at the salt mines, one of the guys lost a bunch of weight using the HCG Diet Protocol administered via a clinician in a controlled medical environment.  And when I say a bunch, I mean a BUNCH.  Like WOW bunch.  In addition to the weight loss, all of his other medical stats got better, cholesterol, blood pressure, the works.  He waited a little while, and his wife did the same thing, and he did it again.  He's kept it off for the most part, but now he's doing the same thing with some of the oral drops out there on the market, and he says he's losing again. 

I have wanted to do this, but the cost was prohibitive to me.  He would encourage me to do it, but understood I simply couldn't afford the expense of the program.  Now, however, the oral drops are out there, and I CAN do it.  So I'm in, Right?  You betcha!

Problem?  You betcha!

See, our favorite Uncle, Sam, has decided that the medical community will lose too much money treating obesity and obesity related ailments like my diabetes if we cattle start becoming healthier.  I tried to buy the same drops he is using, but they're now illegal, thanks to a snap-judgement from the FDA.  So what.  I'm not saying HOW I got them, but I've got them now.  I would have started the program already, but after talking to my MD, he wants me to flush out one of my oral diabetes medications from my system before I start.  He advised against me doing the diet in accordance to the FDA's guidelines on the matter, but also has given me helpful advise on how to not harm myself in the process.  It seems odd, doesn't it?

Anyway, I'll be going live on the plan in a week.  Saturday and Sunday are my gorge days - I am to eat as much fatty foods as I can keep down, and take the drops.  Then, on Monday I start 40 days of a 500 calorie a day diet.  I stop on Thursday, February 16th.  After this point I will keep all starches and sugars out of my food intake until three weeks later, then I can slowly bring them back in. 

I'm hopeful I can do it.  I've seen personally the impact it can have.  Hopefully I don't get arrested.