<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289</id><updated>2012-01-24T10:59:33.117-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Dan's Sublingual hCG Mix &amp; Diet</title><subtitle type='html'>My "how to" on mixing sublingual hCG, using a self-developed approximation of the Releana formulation, with links to my helpful guides to do Dr. Simeon's "Pounds and Inches" Very Low Calorie Diet. And oh yah...I also blogged my experience.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186491120521656560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5wBOJltVJz8/TKzBs68SxdI/AAAAAAAAADQ/6JMEvrBeoTc/S220/dad.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>381</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-2282608959774681947</id><published>2012-01-24T10:57:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-24T10:59:33.150-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Addressing the comment that alcohol breaks down the hCG and also colloidal silver is better.</title><content type='html'>All,&lt;br /&gt;
I have heard this enough now and addressed it individually that I think there may be a benefit to post it here. I got this question on my youtube video.&lt;br /&gt;
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How old is this video? Studies have shown that alcohol breaks down the HCG at an accellerated rate... should﻿ be using collodial silver...&lt;br /&gt;
[Mindy]&lt;br /&gt;
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[Mindy,]&lt;br /&gt;
The video is a year old.&lt;br /&gt;
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Let me address your post;&lt;br /&gt;
Q) "&lt;i&gt;Alcohol breaks down hCG&lt;/i&gt;" &lt;br /&gt;
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A) True: [but only] at room temperature and under﻿ normal lighting conditions. This is not the condition that our hCG mix is kept under. It is kept in the fridge in an amber (or cobalt) bottle. [these two things together keep the alcohol from breaking down the mix in less than 40 days]&lt;br /&gt;
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Keep in mind that Dr. Belluscuni developed the mix we use in the laboratory, and it was developed to last 40+ days.&lt;br /&gt;
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It was then clinically tested by Bellscuni and then has been used for many years by [Millenium Health Spa - Releana] the company that bought his patent. &lt;br /&gt;
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This [recipe] has been tested and proven effective over many, many years and [by] 10's of thousands of patients, and that is before I put my very first version of it out for free, and have added about﻿ 500 - 40 day trials that worked [for myself and to those] I have sold to.&lt;br /&gt;
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Q) &lt;i&gt;should﻿ be using collodial silver&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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A) Collodial Silver is dangerous and no one should be putting it in their body. There is so much evidence of this. Just go do a search for it and it is everywhere.&lt;br /&gt;
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And by the way, people add hCG to Colloidal Silver and Vitamin B12 because they both already have a transport mechanism mixed into them. &lt;br /&gt;
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Colloidal Silver uses &lt;b&gt;wood grain alcohol&lt;/b&gt; as it's method of getting the mix into the bloodstream, which is very hard on the liver and kidneys.&lt;br /&gt;
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At least with grain alcohol you have﻿ some moderation of effects on the body.&lt;br /&gt;
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Dan&lt;br /&gt;
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From: Matt &lt;br /&gt;
Hey what's your take on miracle noodles?&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://miraclenoodle.com/default.aspx"&gt;[http://miraclenoodle.com/default.aspx]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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[Matt,&lt;br /&gt;
I] don't know anything, but I took a look and see that they are zero calorie, and one thing Dr. Simmeons does say is one may consume as much zero calorie food stuff as one desires while on the diet.&lt;br /&gt;
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Thanks Dan Foss&lt;br /&gt;
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What I can see on the Miracle Noodle website are people using it as a base to add to. That is a great idea for us on the VLCD. Use it as a base and add your 3.5 oz. of lean meat, 4.5 oz. of approved vegetables, and add your approved fruit on the side with the grissini, and you have a nice meal. &lt;br /&gt;
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Dan&lt;br /&gt;
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I question her facts, but it is worth watching. I wish they would read Simeon's manuscript and do a little investigation first so they get the facts straight, but it is a positive review. &lt;br /&gt;
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Watch it here:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://video.foxnews.com/v/1179649841001/does-the-hcg-diet-work/"&gt;http://video.foxnews.com/v/1179649841001/does-the-hcg-diet-work/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Maybe more people will use what I have seen as a very, very successful weight loss method.&lt;br /&gt;
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BTW: I have always wondered if any celebrities were using my method. I know one professional singer in Japan, but don't know of others. I know I have shipped many kits to areas near Hollywood where celebs live.&lt;br /&gt;
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Dan&lt;br /&gt;
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It is called the Pounds and Inches protocol. &lt;br /&gt;
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It is a very low calorie diet, coupled with taking a chemical the body produces when a woman is pregnant. This chemical is called hCG - Human Corianic Gonadotrophin. It is the chemical in a pregnant woman that is responsible for telling the hypothalamus to break the normal rules on fat utilization, and instead of using a last in first out approach, to just take fat proportionately from throughout all abnormal fat stores.&lt;br /&gt;
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Dr. Simmeons, an Italian clinical physician, developed this method in the late 50's and honed it in the 60's into the late 70's when he retired.&lt;br /&gt;
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It was an in clinic only method and he would only pass on the method to doctors who would come work with him in the clinic. At the very end of his career, he gave in to requests and wrote down the method in a manuscript.&lt;br /&gt;
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His theories behind the what and why is that the hypothalamus, among many other tasks, tells the body where to store fat, keeps a record of where it was stored, and then tells the body how much to  processes for energy requirements that come from stored fat.&lt;br /&gt;
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The problem starts when, after months and even years of consuming too many calories, and the body having plenty of abnormal fat stores, the hypothalamus decides there is no longer a need to keep track of the fat stores, and instead place the computing power toward higher priority tasks.&lt;br /&gt;
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So the problem becomes self perpetuating, because lets say you take a 3 story flight of stairs; at the top your hypothalamus notes a serious energy shortage and calculates how much energy to pull from fat storage based upon what you used to weigh when it stopped keeping track, so it thinks you weigh less than you do, doesn't pull in enough energy from fat storage and you get weak and the hypothalamus sees the issue, realizes there was a problem and compensates by turning on craving so you can consume the extra energy needed. So, you consume more than you need and the extra is stored and not tracked and the problem just got worse not better.&lt;br /&gt;
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hCG in the system allows the majority of daily energy needs to be gotten from the fat stores because the body doesn't have to follow this method. &lt;br /&gt;
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Your body does need a little energy from food intake to work, and thus the 500 calories per day balanced diet. This is for brain repair, muscle repair and a few other tasks. &lt;br /&gt;
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Dr. Simmeons administered this diet with the hCG delivered by a shot. I don't like needles, so I developed a close approximation of a product developed to deliver the hCG under the tongue (sublingually). &lt;br /&gt;
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There are a couple other things Dr. Simmeons noted; if one was to take the hCG at least 21 days and got down to weight, that when the body goes back to regular living, the hypothalamus will now keep track of all fat storage and the process will not return unless the body is overwhelmed with grossly excess calories over months or years.&lt;br /&gt;
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Anyway, guys lose a pound to 2 pounds a day, so if one needed to lose 24 pounds, that is at most 24 days and at minimum, 21 days due to the last paragraph. If you lost 2 pounds per day, you'd get to your desired weight in 12 days, and then you'd do 1000 calories for the remaining 9 days, but keep taking the hCG.&lt;br /&gt;
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I only sell a mix kit for the sublingual process. My kit costs $30 for three 40 day rounds, so $30 would do it. hCG has to be bought elsewhere. I have one I recommend because I have used them and I have been hearing good things about alldaychemist.com as well. The hCG costs vary. I usually go with others I know locally, and get a bigger shipment to bring the cost down, so you wouldn't have that price break unless you happen to know others you can go in with. For a round of hCG with shipping, I am guessing it will cost about $30. hCG takes a couple weeks to arrive, but I heard alldaychemist comes in a week.&lt;br /&gt;
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This is not synthetic and whatever level of exercise you are doing, you can keep doing. Can't start, increase or decrease while on the hCG though because it take a week and a half to two weeks for the body to adjust the fat utilization and so it makes it too rocky while on such a low calorie diet. Start whatever level of exercise you want to do 2 weeks before starting or wait until you are done.&lt;br /&gt;
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Dan&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-7278831654644453655?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/7278831654644453655/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=7278831654644453655' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/7278831654644453655'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/7278831654644453655'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2011/08/diet-protocol-in-nutshell.html' title='The diet protocol in a nutshell'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-1160830600258261300</id><published>2011-07-21T12:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-21T12:26:50.676-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Update from Lisa - bit of hunger</title><content type='html'>Hey. This stuff is MAGIC!!&lt;br /&gt;
10 days 11 lbs!! Followed your advice: Chicken and tomato!&lt;br /&gt;
HOWEVER, I haven't been hungry at all up until today!  Any ideas why I'm having some hunger pains?? HCG getting weak in fridge? Ha&lt;br /&gt;
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Thanks&lt;br /&gt;
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Lisa,&lt;br /&gt;
If you cheated at all, even just a teeeny bit, it comes back to haunt you a day and a half to 2 days later. The body is now expecting those calories. Just hold tight and it is gone after a meal and the body readjusts.&lt;br /&gt;
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If not that, then try to really think about it. Is it an emptiness or real hunger? Most of what I thought of as hunger was an emptiness, and when I told myself that, it was easier to get through. By the way, when you do have real hunger, the difference it obvious, but also a surprise.&lt;br /&gt;
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Diet soda or green tea (unsweetened or with zero calorie sweetener) will fill the emptiness.&lt;br /&gt;
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Just remember that the body is not only using up the fat, but also disolving the cell and consuming it. Days that you have any hunger, end up being days that you lose the most if you don't cheat. You lose pounds, and then the body focuses a day on inches, so you lose size.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.northstarchiropractic.com/catalog/item/3745799/3430252.htm"&gt;Tai Ra Chi&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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Click the name and it will take you to the cheapest place I could find it online. That's cheaper than what I paid in my local store.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mn3vrm0AtL8/ThToELOGRtI/AAAAAAAAADg/mMNxOcyvob4/s1600/2011-07-06%2B16.52.55.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;Here is a link to the yeast test I used:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mn3vrm0AtL8/ThToELOGRtI/AAAAAAAAADg/mMNxOcyvob4/s1600/2011-07-06%2B16.52.55.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.healthcomesfirstatsunshine.com/Assets/information%20files/homecandidatest.pdf"&gt;http://www.healthcomesfirstatsunshine.com/Assets/information%20files/homecandidatest.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-8076877474982016215?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/8076877474982016215/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=8076877474982016215' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/8076877474982016215'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/8076877474982016215'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2011/07/anti-fungal-candida-yeast-treatment.html' title='Anti-fungal, candida (yeast) treatment'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mn3vrm0AtL8/ThToELOGRtI/AAAAAAAAADg/mMNxOcyvob4/s72-c/2011-07-06%2B16.52.55.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-7125026776141107667</id><published>2011-06-28T09:56:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-28T10:07:13.488-04:00</updated><title type='text'>E-mail to Antonio - this is the diet and protocol in a nut-shell.</title><content type='html'>Antonio,&lt;br /&gt;
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Some very important things to do with this diet for best results:&lt;br /&gt;
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1) On days 1-3 of taking the hCG, you load. You have to really, really pork out to the extreme. Sweets, fats, and high calories stuff. This does two things, number one and most important is that it tops off the depleted normal fat stores in your body. They pad organs, feet, hands and joints. When we don't eat right, the body stops keeping track of where it stored the excess abnormal fat, so when you don't eat perfect and try to lose weight, the body takes the normal fat because it doesn't see the abnormal fat, and this is not healthy.&lt;br /&gt;
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On any diet, the body will resist if the normal fat stores are not topped off first. Put it this way, it is trying to top them off while re-balancing caloric intake and fat utilization and can make for a rocky week or two up front if you don't really load well.&lt;br /&gt;
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Second loading well will allow you to have big weight losses in your first week. This sets the pace of weight loss high and makes you get through the diet sooner.&lt;br /&gt;
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2) Water. Drink plenty of it all through the day. You body is using the fat out of the cell and then what makes this diet unique is it is actually consuming the resulting empty cell. That's why it is called Pounds and Inches. You shrink proportionately until you consume all the abnormal fat generally, and then the concentration of consuming/shrinking goes to the places you easily store fat.&lt;br /&gt;
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I suggest one cup of water at the top of every hour. You can drink coffee, tea or diet soda to your hearts desire, but drink that in addition to the water. On my blog, I have a web based calculator to figure out what exactly you need to consume based upon activity level and weight. Water is really needed when consuming the empty cell, and if you don't consume enough, the body retains water to help the task and your weight loss will be sporadic instead of consistent.&lt;br /&gt;
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3) 3-1/2 ounces of LEAN meat at lunch and dinner (no breakfast or snacks). As lean of meat as possible. Again I have lists of the kinds of meat allowed on my blog (here). I just normally do boneless, skinless chicken breast and grill it with garlic salt and pepper or I fry in WATER on the stove. Can't use grease. No spices with sugars of any kind in them.&lt;br /&gt;
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In addition to the meat, you eat an apple or an orange or half a grapefruit each meal too, and 4-1/2 ounces of non-starchy vegetables. I just eat one medium sized tomato because it is easy, but any leafy greens work, and there is a whole list (here) on my blog.&lt;br /&gt;
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Finally, and this one is important, the 2 little grissini breadsticks at each meal that you can get at Publix (or other higher end food stores). This gives you just a little carbs. Enough to stave off craving. It is important. Don't skip it or you will feel like snacking, even though you aren't hungry.&lt;br /&gt;
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4) Be consistent in when you eat your meals and when you take your hCG. And weigh every morning after you get up and take a leak. Good to record it for your psyche. You won't see drastic weight loss in the mirror. Others will who don't see you a lot through the week. You shrink proportionately at first. Your clothes will become noticeable looser in a hurry and the amount you lose is crazy (1-2 pounds a day for guys). At church the next Sunday, people will comment. Yes, that quick!&lt;br /&gt;
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5) Listen, 500 calories from food doesn't seem enough, but it is. Here is why, your body has an all-you-can-eat buffet in abnormal fat. All the calories it could want or need. Without hCG it is just extremely hard to get to them, because you have to go into starvation mode first. The hCG in your system tells the hypothalamus, fat utilization just became of utmost importance and to break the rules and just use fat proportionately (you fooled it into thinking there is a baby being built, yes even though you are a guy - I guess the hypothalamus doesn't check that!). &lt;br /&gt;
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500 calories is the minimum you need because the body uses externally consumed calories for brain function and muscle repair, which is a constant process, even just from taking stairs or dashing to catch a door causes the body to need to do a little repair.&lt;br /&gt;
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Here is how you know the hCG is working like it is supposed to: On day 3, at the end, you have a bit of a euphoric feeling and plenty of energy. It is like a feeling of being content-well, it should make you content. For the first time in a long time you are getting enough calories right when you need the energy.&lt;br /&gt;
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For me, at work I would take 3 flights of stairs (they are really like a double flight of stairs each floor, so like 5 to 6 stories). At the top, I would feel wasted and worn out. My heart would be pounding hard and I would be out of breath for like 5 minutes. Day one, day two, same thing. All of a sudden, day three and boom, I am up the stairs with energy! No heart pounding. No heavy breathing. I just ran way short of energy.&lt;br /&gt;
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Here is why, your hypothalamus is responsible for many, many important functions. Fat utilization if one of them. Normally, whatever excess you eat, it stores and catalogs the location. Last in, first out.  When we over-eat for a prolonged period of time, the body says, "Hey this is a waste of my time! Dudes never gonna starve to death, so no need to spend my valuable time keeping track any more." So when you take the stairs or dash to the car, your hypothalamus does it's job, "Let's see...he needs energy, so 3 flights of stairs, and he weighs 165 pounds, so I will dump this much stored energy from fat." However, in my case, I weighed 258 pounds and so, I was way short of energy.&lt;br /&gt;
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Hypothalamus sees the shortage, and says, "Huh?" and compensates the short-fall by turning on craving. See you look lean when the hypothalamus checks the fat storage logs. "Dude is lean!" You go pig out and get the calories you need, you feel better, but you consumed far more calories than you needed and the problem just got worse.&lt;br /&gt;
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So, that's it in a nut-shell. I recommend people read Pounds and Inches 2 times through prior to starting the diet, so they understand how this works, why it works and how it is different than any diet they have done.&lt;br /&gt;
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Don't treat it like a normal diet. Do it as perfect as you can, and when you blow it, get it right and continue.&lt;br /&gt;
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Thanks,&lt;br /&gt;
Dan&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-7125026776141107667?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/7125026776141107667/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=7125026776141107667' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/7125026776141107667'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/7125026776141107667'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2011/06/e-mail-to-antonio-this-is-diet-and.html' title='E-mail to Antonio - this is the diet and protocol in a nut-shell.'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-2298499408252484757</id><published>2011-06-27T18:50:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-27T18:55:58.373-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Yeast test</title><content type='html'>I was looking for the product I actually used to treat my intestinal yeast (Candida) infection and came accross the actual test I used at my local healthfood store.&lt;br /&gt;
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http://www.healthcomesfirstatsunshine.com/Assets/information%20files/homecandidatest.pdf &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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If I find the product name, I will post it here.&lt;br /&gt;
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The products they recommend are good and I used them early on, but it wasn't until I did the one I recommend that I really saw it conquered.&lt;br /&gt;
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Each type attacks it in different ways. I felt the way I did it and the product I did it was very, very effective and would likely work the first time for everyone.&lt;br /&gt;
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One thing is you want to go slow so your bloodstream isn't flooded with toxic yeast which taxes your kidneys. That's why the slow, raising a drop a day.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-2298499408252484757?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/2298499408252484757/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=2298499408252484757' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/2298499408252484757'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/2298499408252484757'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2011/06/yeast-test.html' title='Yeast test'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-4027322407475711678</id><published>2011-06-26T10:12:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-26T10:18:28.017-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Just tell me any short cuts or tricks you have learned</title><content type='html'>Dan,&lt;br /&gt;
Just tell me any short cuts or tricks you have learned taking it and if it really really works. My friends say injections better but I'm too chicken! Ha!&lt;br /&gt;
Thank you,&lt;br /&gt;
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Lisa,&lt;br /&gt;
Your friend is wrong. Only thing better about injections are less doses = less product =  less cost. I think not having to endure the pain of injections, and the risk of infections or other complications is well worth the little additional cost.&lt;br /&gt;
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Here is where sublingual hCG way excels over injections - with injections you have to pause a day or two every week and you also must take a two week break every 21 injections. With sublingual hCG,there are no immunity issues, so you keep right on taking the hCG and right on losing weight until you reach your weight loss goal. It is a lot faster to do it the sublingual way. Same weight loss potential per day (1-2 pounds per day for ladies), but no taking a two week break from the diet every 40 days = an additional 14-28 pounds of weight loss every 2 months (for ladies - guys lose double what ladies lose).&lt;br /&gt;
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A lot of the people who buy my kits are switching over from doing injections. My mom and brother switched and my brother went from 235 to 158 on injections. After he rebounded a little from improper living over 3 years, he wanted to go from ~190 back to 170, he decided to try my sublingual method, and it worked just as well, and he said he would never do injections again.&lt;br /&gt;
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See what makes this "work" and work well is the hCG. The Releana method, which I copied, is a tried and true sublingual method called a tincture. Tinctures were used down through the ages to get herbs into the bloodstream under the tongue, well before anyone even thought about inventing a needle.&lt;br /&gt;
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The proof is on day three. On day three of taking hCG, you get a very noticeable energy boost and feeling of euphoria, because all of a sudden, your body can finally get to the energy it actually needs to do non-mundane tasks, like walking up a flight of stairs, or jogging to catch the mailman. &lt;br /&gt;
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Your body doesn't have energy available to do these type of tasks normally, so when you do them, the hypothalamus calculates how much it thinks you weigh based upon the fat it has cataloged, and coverts that amount of stored fat for energy. Since the system was overwhelmed with way too much fat storage over time, the hypothalamus stopped keeping track a long time ago, so it thinks you weigh close to what your normal healthy body weight should be. Since you weigh more, the hypothalamus doesn't tell the body to convert enough fat and you have a shortage, which you seriously notice with light-headedness, and heavy breathing and a feeling of being worn out. The body has another mechanism it turns on - craving. You go eat something real quick to bridge the needed calorie shortage from the task, but it ends up being too much and you just made the problem worse.&lt;br /&gt;
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On day one of taking hCG, at work, I took a 3 story set of stairs and just felt awful at the top. I needed to sit down. I was worn out and breathing heavy for 5 to 10 minutes. "Man, am I out of shape," I thought.&lt;br /&gt;
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On day three (and after) I took the same stairs and with energy to spare, I was at the top. No light-headedness. I didn't feel worn out. I was NOT EVEN FEELING OUT OF SHAPE or breathing hard, and I weighed 258 pounds! It was all the energy shortage. For as long as I was on the hCG, I felt the same burst of energy. The same can-do conquering attitude. It is that same way for everyone on hCG and following the method correctly.&lt;br /&gt;
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Also, once I did get down to weight and was off the hCG, guess what, I felt fine taking the stairs, because now my body is giving me just the right amount of energy from fat for the task.&lt;br /&gt;
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And the feeling of general well being is almost addicting! That is from having all the energy your body needs. It is same as the feeling a jogger gets.&lt;br /&gt;
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One more thought on the sublingual method. There is homeopathic hCG out there at health food stores and the like. That is not really hCG. It is like starving yourself and is very, very unhealthy.&lt;br /&gt;
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When I was developing my formulation, I wanted to make sure it stayed potent for 40 days. The hormone hCG is what the older, cheaper pregnancy test strip tests for. So on day one, I poured a little on a strip and timed it. It turned positive almost instantly. A nice strong positive. On day 20 I tested again. Same thing. On day 40, I tested again, and same thing. Homeopathic does not turn the test strip positive, so you get no affect from the ultra-diluted solution they use. You might as well drink a glass of water. It is about as effective as homeopathic. Maybe that is what your friend is referring to. &lt;br /&gt;
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Not so with the Releana formulation I copied. It is real hCG and a real method of transporting it effectively into the bloodstream without needles.&lt;br /&gt;
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By the way, many people have tested their injectable solution like this too with the same exact result.&lt;br /&gt;
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Now as far as a short cut goes, go to the next post to Mel. If there is a short cut on this diet at all, it is that advice I give her. It is just using the way the body works to your advantage.&lt;br /&gt;
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Dan&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-4027322407475711678?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/4027322407475711678/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=4027322407475711678' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/4027322407475711678'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/4027322407475711678'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2011/06/just-tell-me-any-short-cuts-or-tricks.html' title='Just tell me any short cuts or tricks you have learned'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-5420481250220880576</id><published>2011-05-10T15:22:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-26T11:27:56.630-04:00</updated><title type='text'>For Mel....want to join her? (updated 6/26)</title><content type='html'>Mel wrote:&lt;br /&gt;
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Hey Dan, thanks for your prompt service. Yep, I'm gonna try HCG one last time. I've already spent over $500 within the past year. I originally lost over 30 lbs, gained back most of it and have been struggling ever since. I'm hoping this time will work for me. I've bought the HCG at 3 different overseas pharmacies so I'm not sure what the problem is.&lt;br /&gt;
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Anyway, you're still an inspiration and I'm always checking out your web page. Thanks for keeping me positive.&lt;br /&gt;
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Dan wrote:&lt;br /&gt;
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Do you like chicken, apples and tomatoes?&lt;br /&gt;
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If so here is my sure-fire method;&lt;br /&gt;
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Cut and weigh 3.5 oz portions of boneless skinless chicken breast. Fry in a little water with whatever spices to taste. I cook a week or two at a time and freeze whatever I need to after cooking.&lt;br /&gt;
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At as close to 11 am as you can, it's lunch time.&lt;br /&gt;
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3.5 oz chicken (weigh before cooking)&lt;br /&gt;
1 medium tomato&lt;br /&gt;
1 apple (or orange)&lt;br /&gt;
2 little grissini bread-sticks (make sure they say grissini).&lt;br /&gt;
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Dinner is as close to 5 pm as possible.&lt;br /&gt;
It is an exact repeat of lunch.&lt;br /&gt;
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You will count water throughout the day. Set an alarm for the top of the hour. One 6 to 8 ounce glass every hour. Yes! &lt;br /&gt;
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No, you can't substitute. No, you can't drink less. &lt;br /&gt;
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Feel free to add zero calorie soda, coffee or tea, but NO milk or creamer and only zero calorie sweetener, AND any of this only in addition to the water.&lt;br /&gt;
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Go to a health food vitamin store and buy a liquid dropper-type yeast-killer. The strongest one they sell. You use that one drop in morning and one drop at night in your water. Also get a 14 billion per capsule, active pro-biotics (PB 8 or equivalent). Store in the fridge! You will take 3 capsules morning and 2 night. Increase the yeast killer drops by one additional each day (2 drops day 2, 3 day 3, 4 day 4, and so on until you run out).&lt;br /&gt;
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You will eat the exact same meal lunch and dinner, every day until you get to your goal. No break. No cheating. Yes it sounds boring, but it doesn't end up being boring.&lt;br /&gt;
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Tell me by email your weight every morning. You are going to weigh after you get up. In the raw. After you pee. Email me okay? Pinky swear?&lt;br /&gt;
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You are going to ignore days you do not lose pounds because on those days your body is absorbing empty fat cells and you are losing inches and shrinking. All the energy is going into that process, so you won't lose or won't lose as much. If you have an intestinal yeast infection, this will cure it. If not, you will be very intestinally healthy, so just do it. Those of us who eat a lot of sweets, or a lot of stuff like processed white flour that is easily turned into sugar in the body, have the potential to develop an intestinal yeast infection along the way, which then craves more sweets, etc. I suggest people just treat it just in case, because after the diet is done, you will rebound if you have one and the diet is perfectly ph balanced, so it helps with the eradication.&lt;br /&gt;
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Your first 3 days, you are going to go crazy and eat so much junk and fat that you throw up and cry. Well try to get close to throwing up and crying anyway! :) But I am serious - you don't do this, just quit now. Yes it is that important. You MUST top off healthy fat stores in your body, or your body has trouble for a week or two as it tries to do that and balance external calorie intake with internal calorie consumption. It also helps the body to not be stingy and give up the fat. The higher initial weight loss days 4 through 10, the quicker you will lose weight from then on! &lt;br /&gt;
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You are going to stay at whatever level of exercise you are at from 2 weeks before you start, all the way through the diet, and you are going to be sooooo religious about it, so that it is the same precise, and exact amount every week. Every day if you can. Best yet is if you don't exercise, but you need 2 weeks of no exercise before you start if you are currently exercising. It takes the body 2 weeks to adjust calorie processes with a change in exercise level. But you can exercise if you want with this diet. Just have to do it consistently.&lt;br /&gt;
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I am going to help you. I am going to be your accountability partner and adviser. I need complete honesty. Just tell me what you did right or wrong if need be. Daily. If you run into a snag, I am going to help you figure it out.&lt;br /&gt;
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Okay? Let's do this.&lt;br /&gt;
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Dan&lt;br /&gt;
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Another note from Dan (6/26)...&lt;br /&gt;
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Here is why I gave Mel and everyone else this advice. When I initially did my weight loss, I tried to figure out how I could try to make the food limitations on the Simmeons protocol, just as interesting as they are off the diet. I spent way too much time thinking about what to make and how I was going to make it and dwelling on food so much makes you cheat. It just does. &lt;br /&gt;
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My brother had been very successful at the injecting version of the diet and I asked his advice and he told me that his best success was when he ate the exact same thing for every meal. I started the same and boom, I was down the rest of my weight and through with the diet. It was so unexpectedly crazy. I was in a little shock. I wasn't hungry and I wasn't bored with the food choice at all, which is not what I expected, and it all went by so fast.&lt;br /&gt;
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Here is why; Your hypothalamus pre-plans energy usage. How much it expects you to consume externally, and then what it needs to convert from fat stores. In my experience, what you eat today has the biggest effect on this process a day and a half to 2 days from now. Cheat and consume a bunch of calories today, and you are hungry tomorrow and the next day. IF I cheat on the diet, I will be hungry not the next meal or two, but the third. If I can just get past that hunger, I will not be hungry any more. &lt;br /&gt;
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It is because the body expects that what you consume at any given meal, is the new amount you will consume at every meal. With hCG in the system, you can push the hunger a day because of all the calories from fat in your bloodstream. But you will pay a hunger toll. &lt;br /&gt;
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On the diet, just remember that hunger means your body is doing well. Days you have hunger at all and don't cheat tend to be your biggest weight loss days.&lt;br /&gt;
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So, this is a short-cut. If you eat the same lean meal every meal, every day, you are getting enough vitamins minerals, and enough calories from brain function and muscle repair, and it is ultra consistent, so your body just runs like a fine-tuned machine. Your weight loss is maximized.&lt;br /&gt;
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Also, on the first three days of the diet, you must load right. Your normal fat stores have got to be topped off or you can struggle in the beginning. Because we are heavy, we are always watching what we eat.  Yea, we blow it and consume too much, but the problem is accentuated because of the processes of our body. It all kind of works against us - we eat too much so it isn't cataloged by the hypothalamus, but then when we try to take the weight off, and it can't get to what it didn't catalog, so it eats the normal fat stores instead. &lt;br /&gt;
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We have to get all our normal fat stores healthy, to be successful on this diet, because if not, the body struggles to get them topped off and it interferes for a week or two. So on day one, two and three, eat so much that you are sick, sick, sick of food. And then keep eating. Eat the fatest, sweetest, sugary stuff. And eat so much you gag. And then keep on eating. If you do, you will have big weight losses initially, and big weight losses initially sets a pattern for weight loss that you actually keep and you will lose weight faster.&lt;br /&gt;
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A third thing mentioned above is water. Why do I mention water? It is important for many reasons. It helps you feel full. Also, if you don't drink enough, your body has to adjust and yank more water out of what you consume and so it interferes with the intake process, and then also your body decides, well it better keep all available water and goes into bloat-mode. It retains the water for a day or two or more and your weight loss is impacted. But most importantly is it's use in the fat utilization process - once the body consumes the fat out of the cell, it consumes the empty cell too. This is where your body gets all the vitamins and minerals it needs, and is why you don't have to take supplements on this diet. This process of cell absorption take a lot of water. If you don't drink enough water, then the above negatives happen and it impacts your weight loss. If someone tells me they are not losing weight, I start looking at water consumption first. Remember reading about the apple day? Do you know what the apple day is doing? It is hydrating you so your body will stop retaining water.&lt;br /&gt;
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Consistency is also very important to the way your body plans energy usage. That's why I advise to eat lunch at the same time every day. And dinner too. My experience is at 10:45am sharp, I get hungry. Same at 4:30 to 4:45pm. That's my body. You will have something similar. Be consistent and do the above things and you will succeed with flying colors!&lt;br /&gt;
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Notice the yeast advice too. If someone is having trouble with their weight loss, this is another area I go after. I figure we all have the perfect environment for intestinal yeast to flourish - too many sweets unbalances the ph is a way that yeast can flourish over the probiotics in our intestines. This allows the yeast to root in and cause big problems that you don't even know are yeast. The diet is perfectly ph balanced, which is one of the things you need to beat a yeast infection. So why not take advantage of the situation and treat any yeast infection with yeast killer and probiotics? I felt that after I treated for the intestinal yeast infection I had, I had much more clarity of thought. I felt generally better and all the sweet craving went away! &lt;br /&gt;
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Also, being very scientific about this diet, weighing every morning, weighing the meat and watching everything closely, helps you take it more seriously, which helps you stick to it and achieve your goals. So that is important too.&lt;br /&gt;
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Dan&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-5420481250220880576?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/5420481250220880576/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=5420481250220880576' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/5420481250220880576'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/5420481250220880576'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2011/05/for-melwant-to-join-her.html' title='For Mel....want to join her? (updated 6/26)'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-6157215611490098051</id><published>2011-04-03T23:53:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-26T10:26:25.405-04:00</updated><title type='text'>New Kit and New Cheaper Price Tomorrow</title><content type='html'>I finally got around to inputting 8 months worth of spending and sales into a spreadsheet and have recalculated prices. Also, since after 8 months of using my kit, I think it can be done with less supplies, I think I will cut the quantity of some items as well to economize the price. And then finally I will offer a 3 round and a 5 round kit.&lt;br /&gt;
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New prices will be:&lt;br /&gt;
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3 round kit&lt;br /&gt;
$24 + $6 Shipping = $30&lt;br /&gt;
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5 round kit&lt;br /&gt;
$30 + $6 Shipping = $36&lt;br /&gt;
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Additional water can be bought for &lt;br /&gt;
$2 per round + $6 shipping (or shipping is included if purchased with a kit).&lt;br /&gt;
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Canadian and other international orders will be an additional $11 (to cover extra shipping cost and also a little for the additional cost of filling out customs forms).&lt;br /&gt;
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Double orders will be double the cost. I was eating additional shipping costs, but this is my bare bone price, so I won't do that any more. &lt;br /&gt;
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In order to keep this long term, I will need to do a better job managing my inventory, but I think I can do that.&lt;br /&gt;
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Dan&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-6157215611490098051?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/6157215611490098051/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=6157215611490098051' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/6157215611490098051'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/6157215611490098051'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2011/04/new-kit-and-new-cheaper-price-tomorrow.html' title='New Kit and New Cheaper Price Tomorrow'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-5946977083810193144</id><published>2011-03-17T22:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-03-17T22:49:35.565-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I am thinking about paring down the kit to make it cheaper.</title><content type='html'>Tell me what you think....if you bought a kit already, could you have lived with;&lt;br /&gt;
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(1) Amber bottle (instead of 2)&lt;br /&gt;
(3) Rounds of sterile water (instead of 5)&lt;br /&gt;
(1) 6ml syringe (instead of 2)&lt;br /&gt;
(3) needles (instead of 5)&lt;br /&gt;
(2) 1ml dosing syringes (instead of 3)&lt;br /&gt;
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Not sure yet the savings, but maybe $20 instead of $35.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-5946977083810193144?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/5946977083810193144/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=5946977083810193144' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/5946977083810193144'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/5946977083810193144'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2011/03/i-am-thinking-about-paring-down-kit-to.html' title='I am thinking about paring down the kit to make it cheaper.'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186491120521656560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5wBOJltVJz8/TKzBs68SxdI/AAAAAAAAADQ/6JMEvrBeoTc/S220/dad.JPG'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-3650986276442585463</id><published>2010-11-17T00:03:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-17T00:07:20.261-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Another email to share</title><content type='html'>Hi Dan,&lt;br /&gt;
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Back in May, I ordered 2 vials of HCG from pharmacyescrow.com ( based in London I think).  I had great results from those 2 rounds of following the hCG plan faithfully, down 45 pounds.&lt;br /&gt;
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Several weeks ago me and a co-worker made a purchase together for 5 vials (3 for her and 2 for me), but the pharmacyescrow link wasnt on your site anymore so I ordered from reliablerxpharmacy.com instead.&lt;br /&gt;
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I am nearly finished with my first vial of the hCG from this reliablerxpharmacy purchase and I have not had any luck at all.  It's as if it was water drops.  Do you have any suggestions?&lt;br /&gt;
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Paula&lt;br /&gt;
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Paula,&lt;br /&gt;
By no success at all what do you mean? No weight loss? Or lots of hunger and weakness? Rebounding?&lt;br /&gt;
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I use and have used reliablerxpharmacy and have had the same results as when I used pharmacyescrow. I also have tons of people around me using them with the same results.&lt;br /&gt;
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The hCG allows us to get to the abnormal fat without going through the normal fat first. That's why you aren't weak and hungry. Not weak because healthy normal fat isn't being stolen and not hungry because there isn't a need to turn on the crave mechanism to try to restore the stolen healthy fat.&lt;br /&gt;
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If you eat 500 calories you will lose weight with or without hcg. Without hcg it requires a ton of willpower and stamina.&lt;br /&gt;
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If you give me some more details, I can maybe help.&lt;br /&gt;
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Most hCG comes from India or Turkey, whether the company brokering in is in London or India.&lt;br /&gt;
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Also hCG is dirt cheap to manufacture. Most of the cost is in the bottle and bottling. Wouldn't make sense to switch it with something else.&lt;br /&gt;
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Nab a cheap pregnancy test strip and put your hCG on it. If it is hCG it will show positive.&lt;br /&gt;
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Dan&lt;br /&gt;
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Hi Dan,&lt;br /&gt;
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By 'no success' i did mean to mention that meaning no weight loss.  I did very good with the hCG plan prior to purchasing from reliablerxpharmacy.  I just was kind of wondering if what I purchased the 2nd time around might not have been the real thing, or if it was just coincidence that I just didn't show any weight loss.  I was not hungry hardly at all, and I do eat the 500 cals.  I don't skip meals, and I have been pretty good at still maintaining the water intake.  Just didn't know if you might have had some other people asking about the difference of ordering companies.  I will not give up however, I have done well overall, and will keep on keeping on. &lt;br /&gt;
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Paula &lt;br /&gt;
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Paula,&lt;br /&gt;
Your symptoms are not consistent with lack of hCG. You'd be famished and weak and feel yucky.&lt;br /&gt;
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I have seen this in others though and helped them through it.&lt;br /&gt;
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We need to figure out why you are holding where you are, even though you seem to only be consuming 500 calories a day.&lt;br /&gt;
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#1 Psychological. Yes Dr. Simeons said that just not being convinced is enough to hold for a time. Eventually the body will catch up in a hurry. If we get through the other stuff and nothing answers it, my suggestion is to drop by a dollar store and buy a pregnancy kit and test your solution. Once it shows positive, and thus hCG is present, it will break this aspect.&lt;br /&gt;
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#2 Water: Are you sure you are drinking enough? If you are in the sun a lot you need more. If exercising, you need more. Make sure you are drinking enough. On my blog is a water calculator link.&lt;br /&gt;
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#3 Hidden fat and calories consumed through shampoo, conditioner, make-up, vitamins, foods that advertised zero sugar or zero calorie, but really have it. Are you using oils or spices that may have hidden calories? Think hard.&lt;br /&gt;
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#4 Pounds verses Inches. This diet protocol is called Pounds and Inches because sometimes you lose pounds, and sometimes you just lose inches. This is because hCG also allows us to consume the empty cell and thus our body shrinks. This takes energy and other body processes and in extreme cases, can keep one from losing weight for a prolonged amount of time. This is why Dr. Simeons weighed and measured his patients. There is a way to break this....see below #5.&lt;br /&gt;
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#5 Exercise. Can't start, stop or change level of exercise within 2 weeks of starting or finishing the protocol or you will impact weight loss for a couple weeks. This includes walking. If so, your body will eventually catch up.&lt;br /&gt;
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If #4 above or another unknown cause, this can be broken by doing apple days. 5 apples equally spaced through the day and PLENTY of water. Nothing else. No coffee, tea or diet soda during this. Day by day until you have a loss. &lt;br /&gt;
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Let me know how it goes.&lt;br /&gt;
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Dan&lt;br /&gt;
-------------------------------&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-3650986276442585463?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/3650986276442585463/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=3650986276442585463' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/3650986276442585463'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/3650986276442585463'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/11/another-email-to-share.html' title='Another email to share'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-7093179188109251866</id><published>2010-10-17T11:12:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-17T11:12:02.837-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Oct. 17, 2010 - 216.6 lbs (R2=26 lbs - R1&amp;2=41.9)</title><content type='html'>Down 0.8 lbs&lt;br /&gt;
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Did everything right. It was pretty difficult though. I have found I eat for comfort and was tempted to eat for comfort last night.&lt;br /&gt;
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I was looking at my pics from round one, when I was 218.4 lbs on R1 day 52. I am a lot thinner looking today than I was then at the same weight for some reason (if you are curious, see pics to left and click to make full size and you can see day 52).&lt;br /&gt;
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I am counting this as one long round, with dieting from January 7 - March 29, May 3 - 10, Sept 10 - 16 and now Oct. 6 to Present. I won't go into the reason for falling off the diet, but it wasn't because of hunger or because the diet doesn't work. There are a few details in the past blogs, but I want to keep it upbeat here. With all the falling off the diet, I am still averaging 1/4 pound of weight loss per day, and some of the days in those listed periods are days I was not dieting due to travel as well. Keep in mind, days I actually behaved, I am losing a little over a pound. &lt;br /&gt;
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I don't feel bad at all with my weight loss. Most other diets, you can't even do this without a lot of work, and this diet is easy. I do feel bad that those following are not seeing the best case scenario. And heck, I've lost over 41 pounds overall with the diet and that was with fighting an intestinal yeast infection to boot.&lt;br /&gt;
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The overwhelming majority of people do the diet as specified in Pounds and Inches and go straight to their weight loss goals in such a hurry they are flabbergasted.&lt;br /&gt;
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_&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-1736877353991721128?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/1736877353991721128/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=1736877353991721128' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/1736877353991721128'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/1736877353991721128'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/10/october-16-2010-2174-lbs-r2-252-lbs-411.html' title='Oct. 16, 2010 - 217.4 lbs (R2=25.2 lbs - R1&amp;2=41.1)'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-5888343938365860838</id><published>2010-10-15T13:47:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-16T09:26:07.424-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Oct. 15, 2010 - 218.6 lbs (down 24 lbs Round 2, and 39.9 lbs overall R1&amp;R2)</title><content type='html'>Down 0.2 lbs is all.&lt;br /&gt;
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I did everything right, so it is a penalty for eating that hamburger yesterday.&lt;br /&gt;
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Purchases of kits has tapered off and it got me thinking as to why.&lt;br /&gt;
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Maybe Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas coming up.&lt;br /&gt;
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If you could start in 2 weeks (takes 1 - 2 weeks to get the hCG), you could still lose between 12 and 50 pounds by Thanksgiving. You could lose between 35 and 140 pounds by Christmas.&lt;br /&gt;
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So what if you decided to take Thanksgiving and Christmas off and maybe a couple parties? You put off your goal by 3 days each time. Is it really worth waiting until after the holidays, when you want to look good for friends and relatives and your own self-esteem?&lt;br /&gt;
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And money - consider that you likely save quite a bit on food, so you are not only paying for the cost of hCG and the mix kit, you are making yourself WAY healthier too! &lt;br /&gt;
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You gotta save a little money for a new wardrobe, but wouldn't that be great?&lt;br /&gt;
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I went to lunch with my kids yesterday, and skipped dinner. I am happy with a no gain day.&lt;br /&gt;
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_&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-7033243986477515873?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/7033243986477515873/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=7033243986477515873' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/7033243986477515873'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/7033243986477515873'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/10/october-14-2010-2188-lbs.html' title='October 14, 2010 - 218.8 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-3935979848226849473</id><published>2010-10-13T11:13:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-13T11:45:15.284-04:00</updated><title type='text'>October 13, 2010 - 218.8 lbs</title><content type='html'>Down 1.4lbs and broke the ever difficult for me 220 mark. &lt;br /&gt;
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Did pretty good yesterday, although I was drinking an espresso before it dawned on me I couldn't. Didn't seem to hurt though.&lt;br /&gt;
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_&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-3935979848226849473?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/3935979848226849473/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=3935979848226849473' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/3935979848226849473'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/3935979848226849473'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/10/october-13-2010-2188-lbs.html' title='October 13, 2010 - 218.8 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-4829764755880572123</id><published>2010-10-12T14:22:00.008-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-12T14:30:15.198-04:00</updated><title type='text'>October 12, 2010 - 220.2 lbs</title><content type='html'>Down 0.8 lbs and again did everything right.&lt;br /&gt;
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_&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-4829764755880572123?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/4829764755880572123/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=4829764755880572123' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/4829764755880572123'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/4829764755880572123'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/10/october-12-2010-2202-lbs.html' title='October 12, 2010 - 220.2 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-3088091550534765272</id><published>2010-10-11T14:22:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-12T14:30:32.252-04:00</updated><title type='text'>October 11, 2010 - 221.0 lbs</title><content type='html'>Down 1.2 lbs. &lt;br /&gt;
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Did everything right.&lt;br /&gt;
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_&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-3088091550534765272?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/3088091550534765272/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=3088091550534765272' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/3088091550534765272'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/3088091550534765272'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/10/october-11-2010-2210-lbs.html' title='October 11, 2010 - 221.0 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-3522076987331347188</id><published>2010-10-10T13:05:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-12T14:30:42.597-04:00</updated><title type='text'>October 10, 2010 - 222.2 lbs</title><content type='html'>Gotta love a diet where even though you cheat you don't gain weight. And I am not cheating because of hunger at all. &lt;br /&gt;
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Cheating for other reasons I won't go into here. Doing good at 1 pm Sunday. One meal in, and one to go.&lt;br /&gt;
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_&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-3522076987331347188?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/3522076987331347188/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=3522076987331347188' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/3522076987331347188'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/3522076987331347188'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/10/october-10-2010-2222-lbs.html' title='October 10, 2010 - 222.2 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-8094231422402448403</id><published>2010-10-09T20:34:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-12T14:30:55.559-04:00</updated><title type='text'>October 9, 2010 - ??? lbs</title><content type='html'>Got called to the door and didn't weigh in.&lt;br /&gt;
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_&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-8094231422402448403?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/8094231422402448403/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=8094231422402448403' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/8094231422402448403'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/8094231422402448403'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/10/october-9-2010-lbs.html' title='October 9, 2010 - ??? lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-5209853837111986159</id><published>2010-10-08T09:14:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-12T14:31:06.449-04:00</updated><title type='text'>October 8, 2010 - 222.2 lbs</title><content type='html'>Down the 1.6 lbs I gained. Now I can get back to losing weight.&lt;br /&gt;
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_&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-5209853837111986159?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/5209853837111986159/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=5209853837111986159' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/5209853837111986159'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/5209853837111986159'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/10/october-8-2010-2222-lbs.html' title='October 8, 2010 - 222.2 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-2727338440171148675</id><published>2010-10-07T23:42:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-12T14:31:17.695-04:00</updated><title type='text'>October 7, 2010 - 223.8 lbs</title><content type='html'>1.6 pound gain. Very very sad. Paying the penalty big time. Dr. S says a 3 day hit for every meal you cheat. At least a 3 day hit in this weight.  It's almost midnight and I did well today, so at least there is that.&lt;br /&gt;
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_&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-2727338440171148675?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/2727338440171148675/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=2727338440171148675' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/2727338440171148675'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/2727338440171148675'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/10/october-7-2010-2238-lbs.html' title='October 7, 2010 - 223.8 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-2267234994501092404</id><published>2010-10-06T22:51:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-12T14:31:29.998-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Tried a couple different layouts to update the site...</title><content type='html'>Some slowed the site down way too much, so I have tentatively settled on this one.&lt;br /&gt;
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Let me know what you think...was definitely needing an update!&lt;br /&gt;
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_&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-2267234994501092404?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/2267234994501092404/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=2267234994501092404' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/2267234994501092404'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/2267234994501092404'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/10/tried-couple-different-layouts-to.html' title='Tried a couple different layouts to update the site...'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186491120521656560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5wBOJltVJz8/TKzBs68SxdI/AAAAAAAAADQ/6JMEvrBeoTc/S220/dad.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-7390773149143326283</id><published>2010-10-06T13:52:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-12T14:31:43.194-04:00</updated><title type='text'>October 6, 2010 - 222.2 lbs</title><content type='html'>Down 0.8 lbs.  Didn't do perfect, but I will take it.&lt;br /&gt;
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_&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-7390773149143326283?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/7390773149143326283/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=7390773149143326283' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/7390773149143326283'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/7390773149143326283'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/10/october-6-2010-2222-lbs.html' title='October 6, 2010 - 222.2 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186491120521656560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5wBOJltVJz8/TKzBs68SxdI/AAAAAAAAADQ/6JMEvrBeoTc/S220/dad.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-8003517560065472985</id><published>2010-10-06T13:46:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-12T14:31:57.669-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Sent this from my phone</title><content type='html'>Just trying a couple new things. I made about $10 a month just by allowing an ad on my videos.&lt;br /&gt;
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I am going to try to add an ad here just to the left on my blog. Let me know if you hate it or if you don't care.&lt;br /&gt;
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_&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-8003517560065472985?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/8003517560065472985/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=8003517560065472985' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/8003517560065472985'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/8003517560065472985'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/10/test.html' title='Sent this from my phone'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186491120521656560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5wBOJltVJz8/TKzBs68SxdI/AAAAAAAAADQ/6JMEvrBeoTc/S220/dad.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-1360816984890870532</id><published>2010-10-05T11:46:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-12T14:32:07.680-04:00</updated><title type='text'>October 5, 2010 - 223.0 lbs</title><content type='html'>Up 1.4 lbs since my last post almost 3 weeks ago.  Since I was playing host and needed to get away from the house too, I ended up eating a correct meal for lunch and then eating at a restaurant or non-allowed foods for dinner.   Like I did before, I took the hCG only once per day as a maintenance, so I wouldn't have to load again, and am now 3 days into the double daily dose and feeling the energy again and other good feelings that come with the hCG.  I have been eating 2 whole eggs per meal for my meat. Yes, let out that collective gasp. Eggs are allowed when one is sick and is doing the diet, and my older brother did eggs and it didn't seem to interfere.  Food is a comfort when going through hard times. It is hard not to just indulge when feeling down.&lt;br /&gt;
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_&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-1360816984890870532?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/1360816984890870532/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=1360816984890870532' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/1360816984890870532'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/1360816984890870532'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/10/october-5-2010-2230-lbs.html' title='October 5, 2010 - 223.0 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-6143440542348370961</id><published>2010-09-16T20:09:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-16T20:09:17.188-04:00</updated><title type='text'>September 16, 2010 - 221.6 lbs</title><content type='html'>No loss again. My wife left me Saturday after 6 months of secret scheming, and the stress is pretty overwhelming. Counseling session number one was today and I was surprised to see her come. Any way, my Mom left town and my Sister came in and I decided to eat a dinner out and take the hit.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-6143440542348370961?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/6143440542348370961/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=6143440542348370961' title='15 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/6143440542348370961'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/6143440542348370961'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/09/september-16-2010-2216-lbs.html' title='September 16, 2010 - 221.6 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186491120521656560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5wBOJltVJz8/TKzBs68SxdI/AAAAAAAAADQ/6JMEvrBeoTc/S220/dad.JPG'/></author><thr:total>15</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-6350176521755947904</id><published>2010-09-16T20:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-16T20:06:49.042-04:00</updated><title type='text'>September 15, 2010 - 221.6 lbs</title><content type='html'>No loss, but I spent a ton of energy packing and moving boxes, and did not drink correctly and stayed up way late. Frankly, since I found out my wife was leaving me, I have averaged about 4 hours sleep per night. Sure it all is the reason for no loss.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-6350176521755947904?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/6350176521755947904/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=6350176521755947904' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/6350176521755947904'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/6350176521755947904'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/09/september-15-2010-2216-lbs.html' title='September 15, 2010 - 221.6 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186491120521656560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5wBOJltVJz8/TKzBs68SxdI/AAAAAAAAADQ/6JMEvrBeoTc/S220/dad.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-7706818288180345638</id><published>2010-09-16T20:02:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-16T20:04:30.749-04:00</updated><title type='text'>September 14, 2010 - 221.6 lbs</title><content type='html'>Down 1.4 lbs.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-7706818288180345638?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/7706818288180345638/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=7706818288180345638' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/7706818288180345638'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/7706818288180345638'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/09/september-15-2010-2230-lbs.html' title='September 14, 2010 - 221.6 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186491120521656560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5wBOJltVJz8/TKzBs68SxdI/AAAAAAAAADQ/6JMEvrBeoTc/S220/dad.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-7633282900519195205</id><published>2010-09-16T20:00:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-16T20:03:26.885-04:00</updated><title type='text'>September 13, 2010 - 223.0 lbs</title><content type='html'>Day one VLCD and lost 2.4 lbs.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-7633282900519195205?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/7633282900519195205/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=7633282900519195205' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/7633282900519195205'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/7633282900519195205'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/09/september-13-2010-2254-lbs.html' title='September 13, 2010 - 223.0 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186491120521656560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5wBOJltVJz8/TKzBs68SxdI/AAAAAAAAADQ/6JMEvrBeoTc/S220/dad.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-4108564459426101410</id><published>2010-09-16T19:59:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-16T19:59:28.231-04:00</updated><title type='text'>September 12, 2010 - 225.6 lbs</title><content type='html'>Loading and still lost 0.8 lbs. Never happened to me before. Must be the stress.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-4108564459426101410?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/4108564459426101410/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=4108564459426101410' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/4108564459426101410'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/4108564459426101410'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/09/september-12-2010-2256-lbs.html' title='September 12, 2010 - 225.6 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186491120521656560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5wBOJltVJz8/TKzBs68SxdI/AAAAAAAAADQ/6JMEvrBeoTc/S220/dad.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-70036433031032870</id><published>2010-09-12T00:52:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-12T00:54:01.124-04:00</updated><title type='text'>September 11, 2010 - 226.4 lbs</title><content type='html'>Even after a heavy day of loading, I maintained the same weight.

Keep cramming it in!!

Dan&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-70036433031032870?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/70036433031032870/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=70036433031032870' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/70036433031032870'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/70036433031032870'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/09/september-11-2010-2264-lbs.html' title='September 11, 2010 - 226.4 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-539862317876228966</id><published>2010-09-12T00:41:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-12T01:05:21.809-04:00</updated><title type='text'>September 10, 2010 - 226.4 lbs</title><content type='html'>Day One hCG.

With starting back to school 4 weeks ago, and with my wife leaving me and the kids, I still decided to start on hCG, so I took my first dose this morning and started loading.

Without really trying, I maintained my weight right around 226 since December, so if you get rid of any underlying yeast infection, you really will stabilize and stick.

I realized my wife did not want me to lose weight and was sabotaging my weight loss, so even before she left, I decided that I would take it in my own hands and make my own food and not count on my wife.

A couple things: Take the precaution of taking probiotics as you start the diet and get tested at your local health food store, or just do a precautionary yeast cleanse. It makes all the difference in the world, after you come off the diet especially.

Second, take responsibility for your own diet plan and cook it if you aren't getting cooperation from someone too afraid to do the diet themselves, and don't want you to succeed or don't believe the plan.

BY THE WAY
I went to snap off the top of the hCG I got and the whole bottle broke in the napkin.

I put it all in a cup and poured all 10 ml water on it. Swirled and then extracted with the needle and put in the storage bottle. I mixed two others for friends and used a butter knife and a quick smack with the back of my hand to break them. Wish I could find that ampule breaker I bought way back in the beginning.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-539862317876228966?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/539862317876228966/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=539862317876228966' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/539862317876228966'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/539862317876228966'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/09/september-10-2010-2264-lbs.html' title='September 10, 2010 - 226.4 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-5971326213909186908</id><published>2010-09-01T11:32:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-06T16:18:52.465-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Oh also....</title><content type='html'>Oh also, I made a pdf printable version of the above links, all in one file. &lt;br /&gt;
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It is the 4th item from the bottom, below "DO NOT DO THIS DIET IF..."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-5971326213909186908?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/5971326213909186908/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=5971326213909186908' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/5971326213909186908'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/5971326213909186908'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/09/oh-also.html' title='Oh also....'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-7208845186138119190</id><published>2010-09-01T10:34:00.008-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-06T16:18:02.809-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Getting lots of questions and comments about Oral hCG (aka homeopathic hCG)</title><content type='html'>I am getting a lot of questions about so called oral hCG also known as Homeopathic hCG.&lt;br /&gt;
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I posted a FAQ above about it, and how it isn't even hCG, except trace amounts too small to even detect.&lt;br /&gt;
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This stuff is causing harm to people, as a 500 calorie diet alone is VERY, VERY unhealthy and can even be dangerous. I am hearing of people on fake hCG products falling down weak, cramping, dizzy, in a fog mentally. &lt;br /&gt;
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All of this is because your body is starving and is eating the "normal" healthy fat it shouldn't eat. It doesn't see the extra abnormal fat and it takes starving for quite a while before it allows itself to break the fat utilization rules. &lt;br /&gt;
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That is why people doing Adkins or fasting or other weight loss programs look so horrible. They cannot get to the abnormal fat. That's what hCG does for us...it allows the rules to be relaxed from day 3 on. You can now tap into ALL your abnormal fat, without touching your normal fat stores. &lt;br /&gt;
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No other diet can do this. None!&lt;br /&gt;
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That is why you can take hCG AND eat only 500 calories a day and NOT be famished, AND NOT feel horrible OR have any of the other side effects of starving oneself. &lt;br /&gt;
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With real hCG you are consuming the same amount of calories overall as you do normally, you just are getting the balance of calories from stored fat and the empty cell instead of food intake. This is why you can be ultra healthy on real hCG as well, because the empty cell has everything the body needs - nutrients, calcium, vitamins, all stored for later consumption. &lt;br /&gt;
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Don't believe me? Query around to the web groups of people doing or who have done this diet. They feel great - way better than they normally do. They are healthier than they normally are, many not even having to take meds while on hCG. It's just a side affect of the process. The body performs optimally when hCG is in the system. &lt;br /&gt;
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Feel free to query around and see if anyone is having similar results with fake hCG. You won't find any. You will find people who, through a lot of misery, made it through. But they won't keep it off in the long run. Do you know why? The hypothalamus is not reset if you aren't taking REAL hCG. &lt;br /&gt;
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Please read the Pounds and Inches manuscript. It has all the findings. It doesn't take long to read. It is worth reading several times at least.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-7208845186138119190?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/7208845186138119190/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=7208845186138119190' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/7208845186138119190'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/7208845186138119190'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/09/getting-lots-of-questions-and-comments.html' title='Getting lots of questions and comments about Oral hCG (aka homeopathic hCG)'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-2021967683996095582</id><published>2010-08-19T15:17:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-06T16:18:42.118-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Some more email questions answered</title><content type='html'>I want to share some emails here so the whole community can benefit:&lt;br /&gt;
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Q: Hi Dan!  I got your email from your blog.  Thanks so much for all of your wonderful information.  I am on my 3rd day of hcg.  I am taking the homeopathic, but want to switch to the real stuff. &lt;br /&gt;
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I really like the packet you are selling and plan to get it once I decide where to get the hcg from.  I was wondering why you add vodka and stevia to your mixture.  I was online watching another you tuber who also had a video for mixing the hcg and there was nothing like that in her recipe.  She used colloidal silver and b12 only.  I was just wondering why the ingredients were so different.&lt;br /&gt;
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A: Hi.&lt;br /&gt;
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I use the Releana formula, which is the ONLY clinically proven sublingual mixture.&lt;br /&gt;
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Those using B12 are leveraging off of the B12 tincture and hoping adding hCG works. It is not tried or tested. If it works it works, but the results seem to be mixed.&lt;br /&gt;
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B12 already has the vodka in it. That is what a tincture is. A way to sublingually deliver medicine or herbs or vitamins, etc.&lt;br /&gt;
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A tincture, which goes back into history forever as a method to deliver medicines and vitamins and herbs is a pretty well tested science and that is why Dr. Bellusci likely chose what he chose as the mix.&lt;br /&gt;
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Vodka has a very high ethanol quantity in it and that is why it is the choice for tinctures, though one could use many other alcohols. Glycerin is another medium that can be used. When you use vodka and glycerin together, you get a more pH balanced mix, so it lasts longer and absorbs better. It also makes the vodka not sting and gives it a pleasant texture and taste. &lt;br /&gt;
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Q: I watched your video on mixing sl Hcg. I noticed you use Vodka and other people use "something" silver, and vitamin B solution. What is the difference? and someone also told me I don't really need to mix it with anything but the water...which I think wouldn't let it absorb correctly. Let me know what you think about the time frame for mailing, And the mixing differences. THANKS!!!&lt;br /&gt;
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A: You need a medium to get it in your system before digestive juices in your stomach consume it. The method we use is called a tincture and is as old as civilization - alcohol and glycerin are used to get the hCG to absorb under the tongue.&lt;br /&gt;
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Water alone will not absorb under the tongue.&lt;br /&gt;
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Those using B12 and Colodial Silver are trying to use those tinctures to also get hCG in the system, but from all I have read is that it isn't very effective.&lt;br /&gt;
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The recipe we use, is based upon the clinical research and method Releana uses, which was developed in Brazil in the 70's, by Dr. Bellusci. It has been proven to be effective in thousands and thousands of clinical doses.&lt;br /&gt;
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Collodial Silver for one is dangerous. Look at side affects. Heck, just do an image search on google for the term Collodial Silver.&lt;br /&gt;
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Tell me if you think anyone should use it! :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-2021967683996095582?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/2021967683996095582/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=2021967683996095582' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/2021967683996095582'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/2021967683996095582'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/08/some-more-email-questions-answered.html' title='Some more email questions answered'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186491120521656560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5wBOJltVJz8/TKzBs68SxdI/AAAAAAAAADQ/6JMEvrBeoTc/S220/dad.JPG'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-4021802091151405739</id><published>2010-08-12T20:55:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-06T16:19:07.171-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Please let me know if you find a broken link</title><content type='html'>I migrated all my files that are not housed on blogspot to a different server. Please let me know if you come across a bad link so I can catch them all.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-4021802091151405739?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/4021802091151405739/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=4021802091151405739' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/4021802091151405739'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/4021802091151405739'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/08/please-let-me-know-if-you-find-broken.html' title='Please let me know if you find a broken link'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186491120521656560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5wBOJltVJz8/TKzBs68SxdI/AAAAAAAAADQ/6JMEvrBeoTc/S220/dad.JPG'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-8779595563591028218</id><published>2010-08-09T20:10:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-09T20:16:22.341-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A post from another friend who has finished her hCG and weight loss successfully that I want to share...</title><content type='html'>A post from another friend who has finished her hCG and weight loss successfully that I want to share...
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Dan
I just wanted to share my newest testimony with you. 

I recently got my blood work results: My thyroid levels are within the normal range.
What that means is I used to be in a chemical induced remission of Graves disease. 

I went on the HCG Diet, changed my eating habits, and went off the meds on my own. I then monitored the bloodwork. In less than a month, I went into Hypothyroid levels (without chemical). 

2 weeks later it leveled into the normal range - neither hyper or hypo - normal. 

I've never had a normal read in over 3 years - not even on medicine. 

I was telling my husband that it is easy for me to quickly say it was this or that, but I give all glory to God. I have been crying out to God for many many months, and not one month was without major trials. God was never absent, He has worked slowly behind the scenes all this time. He has answered my prayers. So at this time I am able to say I am in remission of Grave's Disease, Praise God!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-8779595563591028218?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/8779595563591028218/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=8779595563591028218' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/8779595563591028218'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/8779595563591028218'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/08/post-from-another-friend-who-has.html' title='A post from another friend who has finished her hCG and weight loss successfully that I want to share...'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-3761477154052824985</id><published>2010-08-09T20:03:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-06T16:19:18.077-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Email from a friend doing the diet that I want to share.</title><content type='html'>Dan,&lt;br /&gt;
The HCG I got only allowed me to loose 5 pounds and I was very weak the first and last week. I got so discouraged I ate mixed broccoli and cauliflower sometimes and maybe some extra lemon juice, but other-wise I did not cheat except for one time after I knew [our mutual friend] was not gonna make it, [and so] I got into some ginger snaps (that was on week 3).&lt;br /&gt;
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I do look slimmer around my belly and waist.&lt;br /&gt;
[Your friend]&lt;br /&gt;
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[Dear friend]&lt;br /&gt;
1) 1/2 pound to 1 pound per day is the weight loss range for ladies per day (3.5 to 7 pounds per week).&lt;br /&gt;
2) Are you drinking a ton of water every day? 8 cups minimum.&lt;br /&gt;
3) Where did you get hCG from?&lt;br /&gt;
4) What brand name (i.e.HUCOG)?&lt;br /&gt;
5) Did you load correctly the first 3 days? I mean porking out on the fattest sugary stuff until you are almost gagging? This is important to the first week or two.&lt;br /&gt;
6) What exact mix did you use? 10ml water, 6ml vodka, 4ml glycerin with 10,000 IU hCG? .25ml morning and night?&lt;br /&gt;
7) Are you consistently taking hCG at the same time each day?&lt;br /&gt;
8) Are you eating at the exact same time each day and night?&lt;br /&gt;
9) Are you eating 3.5 oz lean meat, with an apple or orange, 2 grissini from Publix and about 4.5 oz vegetables for each of the 2 meals?&lt;br /&gt;
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Let me know, maybe I can help figure it out.&lt;br /&gt;
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Reply from friend,&lt;br /&gt;
The HCG I have is homeopathic. This is probably the culprit?&lt;br /&gt;
I really wanted to get the hCG originally from you so can we try again to get this right, I really stuck to the plan maybe a bit off I was suffering so I must have been eating 500 calories! especially with the muscle cramps in my calves I was deprived!&lt;br /&gt;
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Friend,&lt;br /&gt;
Yes! Your problem is that you are not really taking ANY hCG. Homeopathic hCG is NOT hCG! It does not work like hCG and you will crash unless you have willpower of steel and still it is not a healthy diet like Pounds and Inches, because you aren't losing the empty cells or the abnormal fat! You are losing the wrong fat and the cells are left in your system so you don't get the vitamins and nutrients out of them. Your body cannot absorb itself either, and you will always feel weak and out of energy.&lt;br /&gt;
Just wait until you try real hCG!!&lt;br /&gt;
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Dan&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-3761477154052824985?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/3761477154052824985/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=3761477154052824985' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/3761477154052824985'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/3761477154052824985'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/08/email-from-friend-doing-diet-that-i.html' title='Email from a friend doing the diet that I want to share.'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-7422633096281404593</id><published>2010-08-07T10:32:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-06T16:19:30.377-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Shipping to England</title><content type='html'>Shipping to England will be $18.45 (instead of $10). &lt;br /&gt;
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You can click this link:&lt;br /&gt;
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If you can walk into a store and buy it without seeing a Doctor or having a prescription, this is a pretty good indication it is not really hCG] &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Q: What is Homeopathic hCG, and does it work.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;A: &lt;/b&gt;First let me explain what human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG) is so that people can understand this better. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;hCG is a real hormone that is mostly associated with pregnancy. For dieting, a [low] calorie diet in conjunction with a small dosage of hCG is used to trigger the hypothalamus to release stored abnormal fat. In the medical field hCG is normally given to women to treat infertility because it induces ovulation in the ovaries. hCG is given to males because it mimics LH which helps testosterone production in the teste. One of its functions in the body is to cause ovulation in women. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Homeopathic hCG contains no real hormone, they describe homeopathic as an &amp;quot;energetic imprint&amp;quot; of the substance &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;[comment from Dan - think vodoo here]&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;. The solution comes in a diluted form with this description (6X 12X 30X 60X) a 6X dilution is the equivalent of one drop of real hCG in a bucket of water. A 60X would be a drop in a 60 gallon water tank &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;[comment from Dan - so, whether this bottle has a 6X, 12X, 30X or 60X dilution is not specified].&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; This is why you could consume the entire 1 oz bottle of Homeopathic hCG and you will still not test positive for hCG. Levels of hCG may be measured in the blood or urine. Most commonly, this could be done at home with a pregnancy test. &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;[Comment from Dan - better yet, buy a cheap pregnancy test and pour a bit of the solution on the strip - it will not show a positive and it is hCG that these cheap testers are looking for].&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So if homeopathic contains one drop of hCG per bucket worth, are you really getting the same effect? or are you just getting the placebo effect? And if all it takes is one drop of real hCG per bucket to make an &amp;quot;energetic mprint,&amp;quot; couldn&amp;#39;t someone make a lot of this Homeopathic hCG for very cheap. A small bottle of homeopathic hCG does costs more than a real Ampoule of hCG 5000 IU (HUCOG). It should make you wonder why.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I recently had a customer who was using real hCG write me, she was asking about why she was not losing weight while using real hCG. She inquired about the dosage and mixing ratio she was using. Well it turned out that...her dosage was 3.5 times over diluted. This has some similarities to the homeopathic hCG solution. She was taking 3.5 times less than the required amount and was complaining about not losing any weight. The homeopathic hCG strongest dosage is 6x at best in its strongest strength [and it could be a much as 60X diluted]...Bottom line is that Homeopathic is diluted so much that you can not find a trace of hCG in it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So if real hCG was not working in a weight reduction when diluted to 3.5 times from the normal low dosage how does Homeopathic work when diluted to 6 times or more? And did you know that it is so diluted that it will not show up with a home pregnancy test? Wouldn’t it just be the same as water with a little alcohol then?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The fact is when you are on the 500 cal diet you are going to lose something. The people who are losing the fat are the ones who are taking the correct dosage of real hCG daily. Keto strips are test strips that can detect fat being passed in urine, Testing with keto strips have proven that fat levels are high when you take the correct dosage of hCG on a daily basis. If you take the recommended [dose] you will lose on average a pound of fat a day. The keto strips can be bought at the drug store. The darker the color in the strip, the more fat you are burning&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The people who are on the Placebo are losing weight but the difference is there are not losing fat, they are losing muscle tissue and structural fat. Without real hCG the body is going to react to low cal diet by converting your muscle into protein for fuel and burning structural fats, and slow down your metabolism. It&amp;#39;s more of a roller coaster ride, your body trying to adapt to the changes. People can also confirm this with the Keto strips and measure their muscle mass with body calipers before they start.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The hCG diet works because it triggers the hypothalamus( a small part in the brain), unlocking stored fat and burning calories. This is why we don’t sell or endorse Homeopathic hCG because it&amp;#39;s not real hCG. The people claiming Homeopathic hCG works are the same people selling it and or are affiliated to the ones selling it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you do your homework and get the facts you will see that Homeopathic is not used in any good weight loss clinics.... &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-2333772902719963847?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/2333772902719963847/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=2333772902719963847' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/2333772902719963847'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/2333772902719963847'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/08/real-hcg-verses-homeopathic-hcg.html' title='Real hCG verses homeopathic hCG'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-1204589686865991051</id><published>2010-08-03T16:35:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-03T16:42:41.198-04:00</updated><title type='text'>5 kits sold in first week!</title><content type='html'>I am reordering supplies because I just sold my 5th kit in a week!

I did check my actual price versus estimated price and my estimated price ended up being good, so I am going to leave price as is.

I could maybe lower prices if I was ordering for 20 at a time, but I don't want to end up with Sterile water, Stevia Sweet Glycerin, and Vodka sitting and waiting for a buyer. I will get everything else in decent quantities though. I would like to get to having 10 to 15 on hand, but that will take me a little to build up, due to wanting to see what I sell on average over a month or two.

Last 2 shipments have gone out next day USPS, so I am happy about that. The 5th will be hand carried to a co-worker who has been following my blog!!

Next to do is to refilm my video so it is more concise and uses my lesson's learned and current supplies. I also intend to film the first days of starting the diet and the first days of phase 3 and 4, as a resource. 

-Dan&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-1204589686865991051?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/1204589686865991051/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=1204589686865991051' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/1204589686865991051'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/1204589686865991051'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/08/5-kits-sold-in-first-week.html' title='5 kits sold in first week!'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-7257697186044709123</id><published>2010-07-27T10:34:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-06T16:19:56.568-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Supplies are on their way for hCG supply kits!!</title><content type='html'>Supplies are on their way for hCG supply kits!!&lt;br /&gt;
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When the supplies arrive later this week, I will have enough on hand to build 5 kits and this Friday will order the stuff to have an additional 15 kits ready to go.&lt;br /&gt;
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I will likely adjust price based upon actual cost, which likely means the price will go down. Don't worry, the first two launch customers with get a refund if called for!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-7257697186044709123?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/7257697186044709123/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=7257697186044709123' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/7257697186044709123'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/7257697186044709123'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/07/supplies-are-on-their-way-for-hcg.html' title='Supplies are on their way for hCG supply kits!!'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-3247472869391767429</id><published>2010-07-24T21:54:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-06T16:20:16.216-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy to be the first customer</title><content type='html'>We've had our first two customers kicking off the sublingual hCG kit. I feel what Branda, the very first customer, had to say in an email to me, needed to be shared.&lt;br /&gt;
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Do note that homeopathic hCG AND pill form hCG actually have NO hCG in them....&lt;br /&gt;
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Dan,&lt;br /&gt;
Happy to be the first. Your video on how to make the sublingual was perfect to help me make the decision to try the HCG again. I had purchased a homeopathic version that contained no HCG and resulted in me gaining 5 pounds and then back to my starting weight. I just could not see me giving myself injections on a daily basis, so started the search for an alternative.&lt;br /&gt;
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Thank you so much for creating the video and the formula for making an oral preparation.&lt;br /&gt;
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I look forward to getting the kit and restarting on the program.&lt;br /&gt;
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Brenda&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-3247472869391767429?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/3247472869391767429/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=3247472869391767429' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/3247472869391767429'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/3247472869391767429'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/07/happy-to-be-first-customer.html' title='Happy to be the first customer'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-3088361480462015638</id><published>2010-07-23T22:28:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-06T16:20:27.633-04:00</updated><title type='text'>And we have our first two orders!!</title><content type='html'>Busy day with creating a PayPal payment button and corresponding page. &lt;br /&gt;
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You may also notice changes to the links above. I reorganized them, and numbered them and separated them into two blocks. I also massaged the names a bit.&lt;br /&gt;
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In addition, I recreated 4 of the pages, splitting the shopping list and recipe into two separate pages, and then rewrote both pages with formatting, to try to help it be easier to navigate and use. If you linked to the old page, you may want to update your link (old page says that on it, but is still there).&lt;br /&gt;
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I also reformatted and did a little moving around on the VLCD diet page. A TON easier to follow now.&lt;br /&gt;
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I think I may add another extract or two that answers some of the most frequently asked questions.&lt;br /&gt;
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Still not done with the existing pages either.&lt;br /&gt;
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Take a look around and let me know what you think.&lt;br /&gt;
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I am also toying with allowing ads. Torn on this one. I just did it on the YouTube video (which I also plan to redo to make simpler), and it isn't too obtrusive and is an easy $1 a day.&lt;br /&gt;
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May allow it just to see what it looks like before I finally decide.&lt;br /&gt;
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I have always done this all for free and have allowed others to profit off my work, but now as long as it isn't too obtrusive, I may allow an ad here or there. I have and will continue to give out a ton of free advise.&lt;br /&gt;
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Ooh and I have also been toying with an Android application that would have all the important diet and mixing info on it and also the videos. Then a HELP blog where folks can help each other and I would participate there too. Maybe for 99 cents? Just thinking....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-3088361480462015638?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/3088361480462015638/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=3088361480462015638' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/3088361480462015638'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/3088361480462015638'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/07/and-we-have-our-first-two-orders.html' title='And we have our first two orders!!'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-8782885162045256824</id><published>2010-07-23T17:07:00.009-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-23T22:53:46.576-04:00</updated><title type='text'>hCG supply kit now available</title><content type='html'>Ummmm.....I guess I gotta start somewhere. &lt;br /&gt;
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Let's get this going. &lt;br /&gt;
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Once I have all supplies in stock, it will be a quicker turn around, but if you are willing to go through me now, I will package it all in the kits, and the shipping costs are spread over 10 orders, so it is cheaper than getting it yourself. Plus you will beat your hCG delivery anyway!&lt;br /&gt;
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Off we go!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%"&gt;Great news! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/blink&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0; text-align:center"&gt;&lt;font color="#99CC77"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%"&gt;I now sell a Sublingual hCG Supply Kit for $35&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You provide your own hCG, I provide everything else you need for 5 rounds of hCG can be used for 1 to 5 rounds).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center"&gt;&lt;input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynowCC_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!" width="122" height="47"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Cost $35 plus $10 S&amp;H (USPS Priority). Comes with enough supplies to do 5 rounds. &lt;br /&gt;
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Kit includes:&lt;br /&gt;
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-Vodka (50ml mini)&lt;br /&gt;
-Stevia Sweet Glycerin (4 oz)&lt;br /&gt;
-Sterile Water (5ml graduated)(qty 10)&lt;br /&gt;
-1ml dosing syringe (qty 3)&lt;br /&gt;
-30ml amber storage bottle&lt;br /&gt;
-30ml amber mixing bottle&lt;br /&gt;
-6ml oral syringe&lt;br /&gt;
-(1) 10ml syringer with (5) 18G needle&lt;br /&gt;
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Don't forget to order your hCG from your supplier &lt;a href="http://www.cutecovers.net/Dan/sublingual_shopping_list.htm"&gt;(click here for the place to get hCG I recommend) &lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-8782885162045256824?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/8782885162045256824/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=8782885162045256824' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/8782885162045256824'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/8782885162045256824'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/07/hcg-supply-kit-now-available.html' title='hCG supply kit now available'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186491120521656560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5wBOJltVJz8/TKzBs68SxdI/AAAAAAAAADQ/6JMEvrBeoTc/S220/dad.JPG'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-8955516465804218229</id><published>2010-07-17T11:24:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-06T16:20:40.383-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Tell me your thoughts on this</title><content type='html'>This is the kit I would sell. Would be enough for 5 doses and includes EVERYTHING but the hCG (incl. Glycerin and Vodka). &lt;br /&gt;
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Sublingual Kit (Initial dose)&lt;br /&gt;
Vodka (50ml mini)&lt;br /&gt;
Stevia Sweet Glycerin (4 oz)&lt;br /&gt;
Sterile Water (5ml graduated)(qty 10)&lt;br /&gt;
1ml dosing syringe (qty 3)&lt;br /&gt;
30ml amber storage bottle&lt;br /&gt;
30ml amber mixing bottle&lt;br /&gt;
6ml oral syringe&lt;br /&gt;
(1) 10ml syringer with (5) 18G needle&lt;br /&gt;
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$35 plus $10 shipping (USPS Priority Mail) with 1 business day handling.&lt;br /&gt;
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I wouldn't want to try to sell a single dose or a 2 or 3 dose kit since the cost wouldn't really be much cheaper anyway (a few less needles and vials of sterile water). This pads price just a little for my time to purchase, pack and ship and keep on hand. Might reevaluate the price after I sell 20 or 30.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-8955516465804218229?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/8955516465804218229/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=8955516465804218229' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/8955516465804218229'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/8955516465804218229'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/07/tell-me-your-thoughts-on-this.html' title='Tell me your thoughts on this'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186491120521656560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5wBOJltVJz8/TKzBs68SxdI/AAAAAAAAADQ/6JMEvrBeoTc/S220/dad.JPG'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-2571389635368422122</id><published>2010-07-17T07:23:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-06T16:20:49.326-04:00</updated><title type='text'>July 17, 2010 - 226.0 lbs</title><content type='html'>Long time, no post.&lt;br /&gt;
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Just to let you know I am maintaining my weight, but life has gotten so hectic, I haven't been able to double down and do the protocol like one is supposed to.&lt;br /&gt;
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I do plan to get back on the plan and get the last 15 pounds off,  but I have to take what life deals me. &lt;br /&gt;
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I still weigh every morning, but have just been taking one hCG dose a day. I am still eating just two meals and one is typically very close to the protocol and one is not, but is generally close to phase 3 or at least like it should be.&lt;br /&gt;
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Hope to be able to order some kit supplies and soon start to offer sublingual hCG supply kits (everything but the hCG). &lt;br /&gt;
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Let you know when that is available.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-2571389635368422122?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/2571389635368422122/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=2571389635368422122' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/2571389635368422122'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/2571389635368422122'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/07/july-17-2010-2260-lbs.html' title='July 17, 2010 - 226.0 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186491120521656560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5wBOJltVJz8/TKzBs68SxdI/AAAAAAAAADQ/6JMEvrBeoTc/S220/dad.JPG'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-2342222610773095829</id><published>2010-05-13T18:29:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-13T18:29:52.280-04:00</updated><title type='text'>This comment belongs on a regular post!</title><content type='html'>sdhairy said...&lt;br /&gt;
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    Hi Dan I just wanted to let you know i just finished my first 40 days of hcg and am down 27 lbs I also have tried everything from diets to personal trainer(cost a fortune) and so far this is the only thing that has worked for me. Your blog is the only thing I followed&lt;br /&gt;
    and want to say i'm sorry for all the negitive comments from others but also want you to know that all the work you have done with your blog has saved my life and i'm sure others as well. Just wanted to say one more time Thanks dan for all the help. Ron is san diego who is also down to a M from an XXL&lt;br /&gt;
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    May 13, 2010 4:48 PM&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-2342222610773095829?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/2342222610773095829/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=2342222610773095829' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/2342222610773095829'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/2342222610773095829'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/05/this-comment-belongs-on-regular-post.html' title='This comment belongs on a regular post!'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186491120521656560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5wBOJltVJz8/TKzBs68SxdI/AAAAAAAAADQ/6JMEvrBeoTc/S220/dad.JPG'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-853477002357768303</id><published>2010-05-10T11:36:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-10T11:36:54.425-04:00</updated><title type='text'>may 10, 2010 - 223.4 lbs</title><content type='html'>Down 0.6 lbs and I did eat non-allowed foods at reception for my daughters baccalaureate and at her b-day party after.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-853477002357768303?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/853477002357768303/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=853477002357768303' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/853477002357768303'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/853477002357768303'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/05/may-10-2010-2234-lbs.html' title='may 10, 2010 - 223.4 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186491120521656560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5wBOJltVJz8/TKzBs68SxdI/AAAAAAAAADQ/6JMEvrBeoTc/S220/dad.JPG'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-2156736161799332018</id><published>2010-05-10T11:35:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-10T11:35:47.877-04:00</updated><title type='text'>may 9, 2010 - 224.0 lbs</title><content type='html'>Dwon 0.2 lbs. Lots of work in the sun yesterday.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-2156736161799332018?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/2156736161799332018/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=2156736161799332018' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/2156736161799332018'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/2156736161799332018'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/05/may-9-2010-2240-lbs.html' title='may 9, 2010 - 224.0 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186491120521656560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5wBOJltVJz8/TKzBs68SxdI/AAAAAAAAADQ/6JMEvrBeoTc/S220/dad.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-8977845577813888879</id><published>2010-05-10T11:35:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-10T11:35:02.739-04:00</updated><title type='text'>may 8, 2010 - 224.2 lbs</title><content type='html'>Down 0.6 lbs&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-8977845577813888879?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/8977845577813888879/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=8977845577813888879' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/8977845577813888879'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/8977845577813888879'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/05/may-8-2010-2242-lbs.html' title='may 8, 2010 - 224.2 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186491120521656560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5wBOJltVJz8/TKzBs68SxdI/AAAAAAAAADQ/6JMEvrBeoTc/S220/dad.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-2246081283522195598</id><published>2010-05-07T17:51:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-07T17:51:48.784-04:00</updated><title type='text'>may 7, 2010 - 224.8 lbs</title><content type='html'>Up 0.8 lbs after 3rd day of loading.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-2246081283522195598?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/2246081283522195598/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=2246081283522195598' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/2246081283522195598'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/2246081283522195598'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/05/may-7-2010-2248-lbs.html' title='may 7, 2010 - 224.8 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186491120521656560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5wBOJltVJz8/TKzBs68SxdI/AAAAAAAAADQ/6JMEvrBeoTc/S220/dad.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-8964712586500684829</id><published>2010-05-06T17:27:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-07T17:50:25.817-04:00</updated><title type='text'>may 6, 2010 - 224.0 lbs</title><content type='html'>Down 0.6 lbs even though I was loading.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-8964712586500684829?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/8964712586500684829/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=8964712586500684829' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/8964712586500684829'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/8964712586500684829'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/05/may-5-2010-2240-lbs.html' title='may 6, 2010 - 224.0 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-2187374149399609658</id><published>2010-05-06T17:27:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-06T18:00:00.282-04:00</updated><title type='text'>observations</title><content type='html'>I, from time to time, get very negative and even bordering on hateful posts (comments), and I typically just delete them. They are from people who are anti-Simeon's protocol and are looking for any reason to hate on the plan. This is why I must approve the posts. The overwhelming majority get approved and posted, even if somewhat negative, which is rare. I just delete the folks who attack or have an ax to grind and are taking it out on me.

I don't make a penny doing this. Never have. I just wanted to try it for myself and see if I could #1, make it work, and #2, help people not have to reinvent the wheel.

I wouldn't still be blogging and still be doing the protocol if I didn't 100% believe in it. As a matter of fact, it takes me a bit longer to lose weight, precisely because I know I will eventually get there. Heck, tell me any other diets where failing means you lost 30 pounds in 5 months and have kept it off for an additional 2 months without trying!?!? 

I don't mind experimenting to see what will happen, because I treat it like a science experiment and report the findings.

I have plenty of relatives AND friends AND Simeon's Protocollers who followed the protocol to the T and had the exact success predicted by Dr. Simeons. I myself finally got serious the first time I did this and actually followed the protocol to the T and it worked great and I kept it off until I got the intestinal yeast infection 5 months after completing the diet, and it quickly boomeranged me (yeast LOVES sugar). That is a known cause and a known solution and I now recommend a daily probiotic for everyone on or off the protocol. It is healthy. And it has obvious benefits.

This time around (2nd time doing the protocol), I tried the whole fast thing and I think it has caused my lingering constipation problems and I think those are now past and it will be easier to "show" the weight loss that was already happening but not showing because of clogged bowels.

Now let me address "lynn" and others;
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THIS, THEN DON'T. Stop attacking it. It works. It is verifiable today as it was in the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's. THE HYPOTHALMUS IS RESET.

Is this protocol some kind of magic fairy dust that will all of a sudden transform you into a beautifully fit princess or hansom physically fit prince, who NEVER has to watch what they eat or exercise? NO. 

Let me say that once more - NO. Emphatically NO. 

If you pork out over time, guess what? You will GAIN WEIGHT!! Will you lose it easier on the Simeon's Protocol than any other diet? Yes. At least any I have tried or heard of. This diet as any other diet requires will power and a commitment to keeping fit. 

This just seems to make it easier during the hCG taking to lose weight. 

Afterward you have the benefit that if you ACTIVELY MANAGE your weight, you can easily take the extra pound or two off, because the hypothalamus is reset and your body KNOWS where it put the weight and can easily go get it and dispose of it IF YOU DON'T CONSUME the calories. 

After the diet, life will be easier being a lighter weight, but you need exercise to stimulate your metabolism, or else you will have difficulty maintaining weight, unless you eat like a mouse. 

Anyway, my thoughts. Don't hate on it or please don't bother reading my blog.


OH and by the way, I get a zillon compliments about the loss of the 30 pounds and people tell me to stop here, because they think I look perfectly normal and proportional. I just want another 20 pounds to be nearer what is considered a normal weight by the Drs. and all those medium size clothes I bought last time will fit too!! Already wearing some of them. XL to M. Pretty cool.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-2187374149399609658?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/2187374149399609658/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=2187374149399609658' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/2187374149399609658'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/2187374149399609658'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/05/observations.html' title='observations'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-1000503572833738522</id><published>2010-05-06T17:26:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-07T17:50:03.954-04:00</updated><title type='text'>may 5, 2010 - 224.6 lbs</title><content type='html'>Up 2.4 lbs in one day of loading.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-1000503572833738522?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/1000503572833738522/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=1000503572833738522' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/1000503572833738522'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/1000503572833738522'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/05/may-4-2010-2246-lbs.html' title='may 5, 2010 - 224.6 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-5044593867676074492</id><published>2010-05-06T17:21:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-16T09:44:08.612-04:00</updated><title type='text'>may 4, 2010 - 222.2 lbs</title><content type='html'>I stopped taking hcg for a trip and some family matters and really didn't watch what I ate too much. This is inline with my latest reading of the Simeon's protocol.&lt;br /&gt;
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To my surprise, I have only gained 2.2 lbs in 1 1/2 months.&lt;br /&gt;
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I started loading and hCG on Monday May 3rd.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-5044593867676074492?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/5044593867676074492/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=5044593867676074492' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/5044593867676074492'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/5044593867676074492'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/05/may-3-2010-2222-lbs.html' title='may 4, 2010 - 222.2 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-4818287600582496813</id><published>2010-04-14T14:06:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-14T14:07:44.570-04:00</updated><title type='text'>april 14, 2010 - 220.0 lbs</title><content type='html'>Up 7 pounds since my last post. Honestly, I haven't been trying very hard. Shows how one or two planned cheat days lead to more. I need to get back to the diet.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-4818287600582496813?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/4818287600582496813/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=4818287600582496813' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/4818287600582496813'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/4818287600582496813'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/04/april-14-2010-2200-lbs.html' title='april 14, 2010 - 220.0 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-4830940486268278895</id><published>2010-03-29T13:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-03-29T13:17:09.936-04:00</updated><title type='text'>march 29, 2010 - 213.0 lbs</title><content type='html'>Down 4.0 lbs. No I didn't start dieting again. Yes, the laxative worked. &lt;br /&gt;
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Dieting restarted today. Already cheated a little...:)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-4830940486268278895?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/4830940486268278895/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=4830940486268278895' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/4830940486268278895'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/4830940486268278895'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/03/march-29-2010-2130-lbs.html' title='march 29, 2010 - 213.0 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186491120521656560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5wBOJltVJz8/TKzBs68SxdI/AAAAAAAAADQ/6JMEvrBeoTc/S220/dad.JPG'/></author><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-1819473588664941783</id><published>2010-03-26T14:56:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-03-26T14:58:51.915-04:00</updated><title type='text'>march 26, 2010 - 217.0 lbs</title><content type='html'>One strange thing I have been coping with for the past month to month and a half is constipation or slowly moving colon.&lt;br /&gt;
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Even with cheating my BMs are about every week and a half and then they are slow and difficult.&lt;br /&gt;
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I have been taking the recommended daily dose of a fiber laxative for 2 1/2 weeks. A week ago I doubled it. Twice the daily recommended maximum. Today I took three times the daily maximum of x-lax tablets AND the double daily dose of fiber laxative.&lt;br /&gt;
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We'll see what happens. &lt;br /&gt;
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Never had this at all before. Always had regular BMs every two to three days. Small amount, but consistent.&lt;br /&gt;
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By the way, my company contest ended for the biggest loser and it wasn't me. I did lose 13% of my body mass during the contest which like put me in the top 5 for my group. Think if I had done this normally. Completely different outcome.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-1819473588664941783?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/1819473588664941783/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=1819473588664941783' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/1819473588664941783'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/1819473588664941783'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/03/march-26-2010-2170-lbs.html' title='march 26, 2010 - 217.0 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186491120521656560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5wBOJltVJz8/TKzBs68SxdI/AAAAAAAAADQ/6JMEvrBeoTc/S220/dad.JPG'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-1631144453800322299</id><published>2010-03-24T12:28:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-03-24T12:28:09.448-04:00</updated><title type='text'>march 24, 2010 - 216.2 lbs</title><content type='html'>Gotta stop cheating. Up 0.8 lbs in 2 days.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-1631144453800322299?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/1631144453800322299/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=1631144453800322299' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/1631144453800322299'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/1631144453800322299'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/03/march-24-2010-2162-lbs.html' title='march 24, 2010 - 216.2 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186491120521656560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5wBOJltVJz8/TKzBs68SxdI/AAAAAAAAADQ/6JMEvrBeoTc/S220/dad.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-9150895685591505448</id><published>2010-03-22T10:40:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-03-22T10:40:54.701-04:00</updated><title type='text'>march 22, 2010 - 215.4 lbs</title><content type='html'>Up two pounds over two days. Back to the plan today.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-9150895685591505448?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/9150895685591505448/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=9150895685591505448' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/9150895685591505448'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/9150895685591505448'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/03/march-22-2010-2154-lbs.html' title='march 22, 2010 - 215.4 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186491120521656560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5wBOJltVJz8/TKzBs68SxdI/AAAAAAAAADQ/6JMEvrBeoTc/S220/dad.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-6413000802392036028</id><published>2010-03-20T22:31:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-03-20T22:32:33.314-04:00</updated><title type='text'>march 20, 2010 - 213.4 lbs</title><content type='html'>Down 1.2 lbs&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-6413000802392036028?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/6413000802392036028/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=6413000802392036028' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/6413000802392036028'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/6413000802392036028'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/03/march-20-2010-2124-lbs.html' title='march 20, 2010 - 213.4 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-8592717736313333056</id><published>2010-03-19T15:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-03-19T15:17:10.531-04:00</updated><title type='text'>march 19, 2010 - 214.6 lbs</title><content type='html'>Up 0.4 lbs. :(&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-8592717736313333056?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/8592717736313333056/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=8592717736313333056' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/8592717736313333056'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/8592717736313333056'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/03/march-19-2010-2146-lbs.html' title='march 19, 2010 - 214.6 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-8506483770297256009</id><published>2010-03-18T14:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-03-18T14:58:18.755-04:00</updated><title type='text'>march 18, 2010 - 214.2 lbs</title><content type='html'>Up two pounds. I guess you know how I did last night...:)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-8506483770297256009?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/8506483770297256009/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=8506483770297256009' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/8506483770297256009'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/8506483770297256009'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/03/march-18-2010-2142-lbs.html' title='march 18, 2010 - 214.2 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-6450969280343681881</id><published>2010-03-17T11:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-03-17T11:29:21.207-04:00</updated><title type='text'>march 17, 2010 - 212.2 lbs</title><content type='html'>No loss, but I did not do well last night, so I will take it.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-6450969280343681881?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/6450969280343681881/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=6450969280343681881' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/6450969280343681881'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/6450969280343681881'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/03/march-17-2010-2122-lbs.html' title='march 17, 2010 - 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Did not exercise again.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-6878156244676186826?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/6878156244676186826/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=6878156244676186826' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/6878156244676186826'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/6878156244676186826'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/03/march-13-2010-2132-lbs.html' title='march 13, 2010 - 213.2 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-3668539593066422804</id><published>2010-03-12T17:25:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-12T17:25:35.247-05:00</updated><title type='text'>march 12, 2010 - 214.0 lbs</title><content type='html'>Down 0.6 lbs. Did not exercise.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-3668539593066422804?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/3668539593066422804/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=3668539593066422804' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/3668539593066422804'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/3668539593066422804'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/03/march-12-2010-2140-lbs.html' title='march 12, 2010 - 214.0 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-3490320405600035241</id><published>2010-03-11T15:17:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-11T15:18:52.300-05:00</updated><title type='text'>march 11, 2010 - 214.6 lbs</title><content type='html'>Down 0.8 lbs. 

Down 7 lbs in a week.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-3490320405600035241?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/3490320405600035241/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=3490320405600035241' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/3490320405600035241'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/3490320405600035241'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/03/march-11-2010-2146-lbs.html' title='march 11, 2010 - 214.6 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-488168375786350418</id><published>2010-03-10T11:57:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-10T12:09:51.471-05:00</updated><title type='text'>march 10, 2010 - 215.2 lbs</title><content type='html'>Only down 0.8 lbs despite doing everything correctly again. I was expecting 1.2 to 1.6 pounds.

Could be 1 of three things.

#1 The chicken I am using is pre-prepared, so even though it seems the same as what I have been using, it may have calories I am unaware of and the package is gone, so I cannot confirm. This also matches nicely with when the weight loss tailed off.

#2 You aren't supposed to start exercising while in the active weight loss portion as it can take 1 to 2 weeks for your body to adjust. This makes sense, since I don't have the level of energy I normally do, which could be explained by the fact that my body hasn't yet been able to compensate via mobilizing fat.

#3 I have been drinking decaf tea before bed to stave off hunger and maybe not eliminating all the water by morning weigh in. I am pretty sure this is at least part of it. This also matches nicely with when the weight loss tailed off.

or it could be a combination of these things.

I am going to switch back to the raw chicken or fish and leave the rest as is and see if it was the chicken. I figure the rest will take care of itself over time.

This has to start tomorrow though as I didn't have time to buy meat and have dinner with me already, since I got straight to church on Wednesday's to assistant direct in the production ministry.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-488168375786350418?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/488168375786350418/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=488168375786350418' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/488168375786350418'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/488168375786350418'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/03/march-10-2010-2152-lbs.html' title='march 10, 2010 - 215.2 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-4990733423072877169</id><published>2010-03-09T09:43:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-09T09:45:03.508-05:00</updated><title type='text'>march 9, 2010 - 216.0 lbs</title><content type='html'>Down 0.6 lbs. Not what I needed and I ate perfect and worked out a little bit more than my 1.4 and 1.6 lb loss days.

I'll just keep plowing on.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-4990733423072877169?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/4990733423072877169/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=4990733423072877169' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/4990733423072877169'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/4990733423072877169'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/03/march-9-2010-2160-lbs.html' title='march 9, 2010 - 216.0 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-4490440087034907036</id><published>2010-03-08T09:26:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-09T09:43:08.940-05:00</updated><title type='text'>march 8, 2010 - 216.6 lbs</title><content type='html'>Down a pound but falling behind the level I need to win my work competition (needed 1.6 pounds for that). I need to walk a half hour or do stairs to lose the required amount.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-4490440087034907036?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/4490440087034907036/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=4490440087034907036' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/4490440087034907036'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/4490440087034907036'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/03/march-8-2010-2186-lbs.html' title='march 8, 2010 - 216.6 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-281576436157646668</id><published>2010-03-07T11:21:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-07T11:23:25.339-05:00</updated><title type='text'>march 7, 2010 - 217.6 lbs</title><content type='html'>Needed 1.2 lbs and only lost a pound, but although I dieted correctly, I did not walk yesterday and had a pretty slothful day overall.

I will of course take it.

Happy birthday to my brother Nolan.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-281576436157646668?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/281576436157646668/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=281576436157646668' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/281576436157646668'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/281576436157646668'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/03/march-7-2010-2176-lbs.html' title='march 7, 2010 - 217.6 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-3100407447407596492</id><published>2010-03-06T13:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-06T13:26:34.237-05:00</updated><title type='text'>march 6, 2010 - 218.6 lbs</title><content type='html'>Down 1.6 lbs. Needed 1.4, so that is good.&lt;br /&gt;
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Behaved and all that although I did find out this morning that what I thought was diet soda was not diet, so I ate an extra 160 calories. Glad I only had one.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-3100407447407596492?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/3100407447407596492/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=3100407447407596492' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/3100407447407596492'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/3100407447407596492'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/03/march-6-2010-2186-lbs.html' title='march 6, 2010 - 218.6 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186491120521656560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5wBOJltVJz8/TKzBs68SxdI/AAAAAAAAADQ/6JMEvrBeoTc/S220/dad.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-464140545673711860</id><published>2010-03-05T11:43:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-05T11:46:31.440-05:00</updated><title type='text'>march 5, 2010 - 220.2 lbs</title><content type='html'>Needed 1.4 lbs and got it. Sore calves though from doing 19 flights of double tall stairs at work. Also did not cheat or depart from the diet even slightly.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-464140545673711860?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/464140545673711860/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=464140545673711860' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/464140545673711860'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/464140545673711860'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/03/march-5-2010-2202-lbs.html' title='march 5, 2010 - 220.2 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-8951627339070375182</id><published>2010-03-04T11:27:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-04T11:28:22.687-05:00</updated><title type='text'>march 4, 2010 - 221.6 lbs</title><content type='html'>Calorie-wise, I ate well enough to lose weight (less than 500 calories), but I still gained 0.4 lbs. Guess Mac &amp; Cheese the night before was a delayed hit.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-8951627339070375182?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/8951627339070375182/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=8951627339070375182' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/8951627339070375182'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/8951627339070375182'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/03/march-4-2010-2216-lbs.html' title='march 4, 2010 - 221.6 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-4284791853302161081</id><published>2010-03-03T15:20:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-03T15:24:26.002-05:00</updated><title type='text'>march 3, 2010 - 221.2 lbs</title><content type='html'>Down 0.4 pounds.

Results of the approximate halfway point are out for my work contest. I am in 7th place.

If I can stop cheating on my diet every day and actually added working out, maybe I can stage a comeback. Probably a bit “tortoise and hare” at this point, but at least I am losing weight overall. 

I typically do good on the first meal and do bad on the second meal of the day. Not horrible usually, but bad enough to keep from averaging between 1 and 2 pounds loss a day as per usual.

Also bad for you following me, because you don't get to see what is possible on this diet. Only my half-hearted attempt.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-4284791853302161081?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/4284791853302161081/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=4284791853302161081' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/4284791853302161081'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/4284791853302161081'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/03/march-3-2010-2212-lbs.html' title='march 3, 2010 - 221.2 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-4386241103849912298</id><published>2010-03-02T11:47:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-02T11:47:36.955-05:00</updated><title type='text'>march 2, 2010 - 221.6 lbs</title><content type='html'>No change&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-4386241103849912298?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/4386241103849912298/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=4386241103849912298' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/4386241103849912298'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/4386241103849912298'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/03/march-2-2010-2216-lbs.html' title='march 2, 2010 - 221.6 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186491120521656560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5wBOJltVJz8/TKzBs68SxdI/AAAAAAAAADQ/6JMEvrBeoTc/S220/dad.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-6134896266660822689</id><published>2010-03-01T10:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-01T10:36:12.753-05:00</updated><title type='text'>march 1, 2010 - 221.6 lbs</title><content type='html'>Down 1.0 pound&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-6134896266660822689?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/6134896266660822689/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=6134896266660822689' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/6134896266660822689'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/6134896266660822689'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/03/march-1-2010-2216-lbs.html' title='march 1, 2010 - 221.6 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-7724806336587598760</id><published>2010-02-28T20:37:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-01T10:36:34.948-05:00</updated><title type='text'>february 28, 2010 - 222.6 lbs</title><content type='html'>Up 0.2 lbs. Not doing well.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-7724806336587598760?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/7724806336587598760/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=7724806336587598760' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/7724806336587598760'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/7724806336587598760'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/02/february-27-2010-2226-lbs.html' title='february 28, 2010 - 222.6 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-659052146326506712</id><published>2010-02-27T21:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-27T21:47:11.408-05:00</updated><title type='text'>february 26, 2010 - 222.4 lbs</title><content type='html'>Up 0.8 lbs&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-659052146326506712?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/659052146326506712/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=659052146326506712' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/659052146326506712'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/659052146326506712'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/02/february-26-2010-2224-lbs.html' title='february 26, 2010 - 222.4 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-7879214924835322032</id><published>2010-02-26T11:51:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-26T11:53:08.463-05:00</updated><title type='text'>february 26, 2010 - 221.6 lbs</title><content type='html'>Down 1.4 lbs. Did not eat correctly for dinner, but I did go for a walk. Really my first exercise.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-7879214924835322032?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/7879214924835322032/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=7879214924835322032' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/7879214924835322032'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/7879214924835322032'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/02/february-26-2010-2216-lbs.html' title='february 26, 2010 - 221.6 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-404148963138912359</id><published>2010-02-25T11:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-25T11:10:21.970-05:00</updated><title type='text'>february 25, 2010 - 223.0 lbs</title><content type='html'>Down 1.0 pound.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-404148963138912359?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/404148963138912359/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=404148963138912359' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/404148963138912359'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/404148963138912359'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/02/february-25-2010-2230-lbs.html' title='february 25, 2010 - 223.0 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-6936315812667373604</id><published>2010-02-24T12:24:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-24T12:24:34.427-05:00</updated><title type='text'>february 24, 2010 - 224.0 lbs</title><content type='html'>No change&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-6936315812667373604?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/6936315812667373604/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=6936315812667373604' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/6936315812667373604'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/6936315812667373604'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/02/february-24-2010-2240-lbs.html' title='february 24, 2010 - 224.0 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-6417365561793516132</id><published>2010-02-23T12:23:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-23T12:23:38.339-05:00</updated><title type='text'>february 23, 2010 - 224.0 lbs</title><content type='html'>Down 0.6 lbs.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-6417365561793516132?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/6417365561793516132/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=6417365561793516132' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/6417365561793516132'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/6417365561793516132'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/02/february-23-2010-2240-lbs.html' title='february 23, 2010 - 224.0 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-1405557787231343777</id><published>2010-02-22T11:21:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-22T11:21:48.053-05:00</updated><title type='text'>february 22, 2010 - 224.6 lbs</title><content type='html'>Down 0.4 lbs&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-1405557787231343777?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/1405557787231343777/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=1405557787231343777' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/1405557787231343777'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/1405557787231343777'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/02/february-22-2010-2246-lbs.html' title='february 22, 2010 - 224.6 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-7760365318818227859</id><published>2010-02-21T09:48:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-21T10:32:41.528-05:00</updated><title type='text'>february 21, 2010 - 225.0 lbs</title><content type='html'>Down 0.4 pounds.

Down 25.4 pounds since late October, which is not a ton on this diet, but I am happy with it. Just need to stop finding reasons to depart from the plan.

Someone emailed me, "Why should I do this diet? It doesn't look like you lose anything?" I am like, "Really? Have you not read the blog? Have you not seen #1 that I lost 80 some pounds last time and #2 why I put it back on (yeast infection)? Have you not seen I am down 25 pounds from my recent high (in October) and 33 pounds from my all-time high when I originally started? It may not be 88 pounds, but it is still better than any other diet. And if I just focus, as one can with this diet, I will lose weight easier than with any other diet. ANY OTHER DIET. This diet still takes discipline and will power. Just like any diet, if you don't have self discipline and will power, it won't work very well. It isn't some magical beans that will solve all your problems, it just works better and is easier than other diets."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-7760365318818227859?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/7760365318818227859/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=7760365318818227859' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/7760365318818227859'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/7760365318818227859'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/02/february-21-2010-2250-lbs.html' title='february 21, 2010 - 225.0 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-8932200472259968380</id><published>2010-02-20T10:06:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-21T10:35:08.566-05:00</updated><title type='text'>february 20, 2010 - 225.4 lbs</title><content type='html'>Down 1.2 pounds.

Note that the hCG I ordered on January 4th came in today. They only decided to ship AFTER I went to my bank and contested the AFT and my bank put a hold on the money. Didn't know I could do that with an AFT, so I am glad I called my bank.

Would have preferred the money back though. Probably should buy a cheap test strip to test the potency of the new stuff.

Now I have way more hCG than I could ever need though. Anyone in the market?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-8932200472259968380?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/8932200472259968380/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=8932200472259968380' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/8932200472259968380'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/8932200472259968380'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/02/february-20-2010-2244-lbs.html' title='february 20, 2010 - 225.4 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-7743552775964811938</id><published>2010-02-19T16:42:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-19T16:43:34.889-05:00</updated><title type='text'>february 19, 2010 - 226.6 lbs</title><content type='html'>Down 0.8 pounds&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-7743552775964811938?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/7743552775964811938/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=7743552775964811938' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/7743552775964811938'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/7743552775964811938'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/02/february-19-2010-2266-lbs.html' title='february 19, 2010 - 226.6 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-773513893520472614</id><published>2010-02-18T16:32:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-18T16:34:13.472-05:00</updated><title type='text'>february 18, 2010 - 227.4 lbs</title><content type='html'>Well. Didn't realize it had been so long since I posted. My batteries went dead and I didn't do too well. I am down 0.4 lbs in 10 days.

No...this is not the diets fault, it is my fault for not following the diet. AS you can see from my previous attempts, I did fine at times and not fine at others. Really a self-motivation problem. 

Hope and plan to follow the diet religiously again now...of course time will tell.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-773513893520472614?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/773513893520472614/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=773513893520472614' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/773513893520472614'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/773513893520472614'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/02/february-18-2010-2274-lbs.html' title='february 18, 2010 - 227.4 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-7481530803186961304</id><published>2010-02-08T22:17:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-08T22:17:55.200-05:00</updated><title type='text'>february 8, 2010 - 227.8 lbs</title><content type='html'>Down 2.6 lbs.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-7481530803186961304?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/7481530803186961304/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=7481530803186961304' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/7481530803186961304'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/7481530803186961304'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/02/february-8-2010-2278-lbs.html' title='february 8, 2010 - 227.8 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186491120521656560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5wBOJltVJz8/TKzBs68SxdI/AAAAAAAAADQ/6JMEvrBeoTc/S220/dad.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-8739895241185351751</id><published>2010-02-07T12:13:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-07T12:13:47.574-05:00</updated><title type='text'>february 7, 2010 - 230.4 lbs</title><content type='html'>Down a couple pounds in two days.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-8739895241185351751?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/8739895241185351751/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=8739895241185351751' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/8739895241185351751'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/8739895241185351751'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/02/february-7-2010-2304-lbs.html' title='february 7, 2010 - 230.4 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-2650340966575182274</id><published>2010-02-05T19:35:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-05T19:36:56.404-05:00</updated><title type='text'>february 5, 2010 - 233.0 lbs</title><content type='html'>Down a little yesterday and today.

Okay, I start dieting tomorrow.

Not loading at all, so we'll see how it goes.

Without dieting at all, I came in 3rd place for the week at work. Pretty funny.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-2650340966575182274?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/2650340966575182274/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=2650340966575182274' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/2650340966575182274'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/2650340966575182274'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/02/february-5-2010-2330-lbs.html' title='february 5, 2010 - 233.0 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-1504118476710931519</id><published>2010-02-03T22:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-03T22:15:57.514-05:00</updated><title type='text'>february 3, 2010 - 234.6 lbs</title><content type='html'>Down 1.4 lbs and borrowed some hCG from a friend, so I am back on hCG as of tonight. Weigh in tomorrow at work and I am likely to be docked more money. &lt;br /&gt;
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Not looking like I am going to win anything.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-1504118476710931519?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/1504118476710931519/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=1504118476710931519' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/1504118476710931519'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/1504118476710931519'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/02/february-3-2010-2346-lbs.html' title='february 3, 2010 - 234.6 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186491120521656560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5wBOJltVJz8/TKzBs68SxdI/AAAAAAAAADQ/6JMEvrBeoTc/S220/dad.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-4694691050738321280</id><published>2010-02-02T20:28:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-02T20:28:50.349-05:00</updated><title type='text'>do NOT order hCG from bestdiscountedpharmacy.com  A bunch of crooks.</title><content type='html'>do NOT order hCG from bestdiscountedpharmacy.com&lt;br /&gt;
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A bunch of crooks.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-4694691050738321280?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/4694691050738321280/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=4694691050738321280' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/4694691050738321280'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/4694691050738321280'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/02/do-not-order-hcg-from.html' title='do NOT order hCG from bestdiscountedpharmacy.com  A bunch of crooks.'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186491120521656560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5wBOJltVJz8/TKzBs68SxdI/AAAAAAAAADQ/6JMEvrBeoTc/S220/dad.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404563224869508289.post-3243414420211210360</id><published>2010-01-31T12:05:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-31T12:06:14.282-05:00</updated><title type='text'>january 31, 2010 - 236.0 lbs</title><content type='html'>Really need to behave, because although at first I was holding, last 2 days I went up a couple pounds.

TRYing to get hCG.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3404563224869508289-3243414420211210360?l=dan-foss.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/feeds/3243414420211210360/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3404563224869508289&amp;postID=3243414420211210360' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/3243414420211210360'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3404563224869508289/posts/default/3243414420211210360'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dan-foss.blogspot.com/2010/01/january-31-2010-2360-lbs.html' title='january 31, 2010 - 236.0 lbs'/><author><name>Dan Foss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10418179838740818677</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MB0qwE-qiQs/TKzBZ1vz6ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bnpXhkeoofQ/S220/the_real_me.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
