180.6- Very long with lots of jargon

I started reading "Pounds and Inches" again last night (I've started it before, but never made it far, and I relied entirely on Rachel's email).

There are some things that I read that I didn't know, or that I used to know, but forgot... refresher courses are always good.

According to Dr. Simeons, 125 I.U. is the maximum dosage (.25 cc according to Simeons). Converted to Homeopathic HCG instead of injected HCG (Homeopathic reccommends .5 cc), this converts to about 36-45 drops per day. Link I usually take about 12-15 drops 3 times a day. I stopped counting my drops a long time ago. It's about 3/4 of a dropper full.

While reading, I found this (in a section about what someone's weight should be) and thought of Rachel. I laughed. I thought you might too. "In women it is often necessary to make an allowance for particularly large and heavy breasts."

"All patients must continue the 500 calorie diet for 3 days after the last [dose]." I've skipped that part in the past. It is the part that prevents you from gaining back weight (along with no starch or sugar for 3 weeks).

"When a patient has more than 15 pounds to lose the treatment takes longer but the maximum we give in a single course is 40 injections, nor do we as a rule allow patients to lose more than 34 lbs. (15 Kg.) at a time. The treatment is stopped when either 34 lbs. have been lost or 40 injections have been given. The only exception we make is in the case of grotesquely obese patients who may be allowed to lose an additional 5-6 lbs. if this occurs before the 40 injections are up." I used to be in that category, but I do not believe I am anymore. This leads me to believe that I can expect to lose no more than 34 lbs this round. I also used to think that the cycles were either 23 days or 40 days. This makes me believe that you can stop in between the 2 and not have adverse effects.

Also, I frequently feel hungry and stop losing weight around day 35. Per the book: "In those comparatively rare cases in which signs of immunity develop before the full course of 40 injections has been completed-say at the 35th injection- treatment must be stopped at once, because if it is continued the patients begin to look weary and drawn, feel weak and hungry and any further loss of weight achieved is then always at the expense of normal fat. This is not only undesirable, but normal fat is also instantly regained as soon as the patient is returned to a free diet." It goes on to say that you can skip a day a week to delay immunity.


"A protein-deficient diet makes the body retain water."

Specific Diet:


Breakfast: Tea or coffee in any quantity without sugar. Only one tablespoonful of milk allowed in 24 hours. Saccharin or Stevia may be used.

Lunch: 100 grams of veal, beef, chicken breast, fresh white fish, lobster, crab, or shrimp. All visible fat must be carefully removed before cooking, and the meat must be weighed raw. It must be boiled or grilled without additional fat. Salmon, eel, tuna, herring, dried or pickled fish are not allowed. The chicken breast must be removed from the bird. (There is no telling how many times I've unknowingly eaten other parts of the chicken) One type of vegetable only to be chosen from the following: spinach, chard, chicory, beet-greens, green salad, tomatoes, celery, fennel, onions, red radishes, cucumbers, asparagus, cabbage. (Green peppers? I eat them all the time on the diet.)
One bread stick (grissino) or one Melba toast. (Maybe it's because our toast is different in America, but this stuff makes you gain weight)
An apple or a handful of strawberries or one-half grapefruit.


The fruit or the bread stick may be eaten between meals instead of with lunch or
dinner, but not more than than four items listed for lunch and dinner may be eaten
at one meal.


Dinner : The same four choices as lunch.

"In fact, the patient should drink about 2 liters of these fluids per day."


"Every item in the list is gone over carefully, continually stressing the point that no variations other than those listed may be introduced. All things not listed are forbidden, and the patient is assured that nothing permissible has been left out. The 100 grams of meat must he scrupulously weighed raw after all visible fat has been removed. To do this accurately the patient must have a letter-scale, as kitchen scales are not sufficiently accurate and the butcher should certainly not be relied upon. Those not uncommon patients who feel that even so little food is too much for them, can omit anything they wish."




Unapproved fish are: all those species such as herring, mackerel, tuna, salmon, eel, etc., which have a high fat content, and all dried, smoked or pickled fish.


"When local conditions or the feeding habits of the population make changes necessary it must be borne in mind that the total daily intake must not exceed 500 calories if the best possible results are to be obtained, that the daily ration should contain 200 grams of fat-free protein and a very small amount of starch."


"Very occasionally we allow egg - boiled, poached or raw - to patients who develop an aversion to meat, but in this case they must add the white of three eggs to the one they eat whole. In countries where cottage cheese made from skimmed milk is available 100 grams may occasionally be used instead of the meat, but no other cheeses are allowed." EWWW- Raw eggs?

"After the fourth or fifth day of dieting the daily loss of weight begins to decrease to one pound or somewhat less per clay, and there is a smaller urinary output. Men often continue to lose regularly at that rate, but women are more irregular in spite of faultless dieting. There may be no drop at all for two or three days and then a sudden loss which reestablishes the normal average. These fluctuations are entirely due to variations in the retention and elimination of water, which are more marked in women than in men."

Six apples in one day while drinking a minimum amount of water can be used to break up a plateau of 4-6 days.

"Oral contraceptives may be used during treatment." I've been curious about this one.

Water retention can be caused by a sunburn, a common cold, or overexertion.