I did a total of 5 rounds of hCG – they weren’t all technically needed – you can see my entire breakdown of why each round took place in this post here. 4 rounds were 6 weeks or thereabouts, and 1 round was 3 weeks.By the time I was doing my 4th and 5th rounds, these were truly “fine-tuning” in the sense that I had already reached what you might call a normal healthy looking body. I was at this point cycling crossfit to build muscle, with 2 rounds of hCG to lose additional fat to do what’s called, body re-composition. This means that ultimately, my would end up being pretty much the same as before those last 2 rounds of hCG, but more my total weight would be muscle and less of it fat, which changes how my body looks and allows me to maintain my weight loss more easily as a result of having a more muscular frame and higher metabolism. I feel that worked well for me since I’ve been maintaining 6+ years! Ultimately, I started hCG at 172 lbs, and I went all the way down to 117 lbs, before then going back with gained muscle to 125-130. 125-130lbs is where I have maintained the past 6 years.
How Much Weight I Lost Each Week of HCG
Before I get into this plethora of stats, please note, it’s not 100% accurate probably- probably more like 95% – so if you pull out your calculator and notice something should end in a .4 and not a .2, you’re missing the point. This is just to give you an idea of my overall journey, and to show you what is COMMON and how YOU CAN reach your goal .4 at a time.
Round 1 – February 2011
Starting Weight: 172 lbs
Loading Weight Gained: .8 lbs
Loaded: 2 Days, Dirty (ate whatever, sugar, carbs, whatever)
VLCD: Done with fruits, no melba
Week 1 losses: 6.6 lbs
Week 2 losses: 5.4 lbs
Week 3 losses: 4.6 lbs
Week 4 losses: 3.0 lbs
Week 5 losses: 4.0 lbs
Week 6 losses: 3.2 lbs
Total Net loss in 42 vlcds: 26.8 lbs
Net Loss excluding load weight: 26 lbs
Round 2 – June 2011
(keep in mind this is the round I cheated a lot and didn’t do well and had to re-do)
Starting Weight: 149.2 lbs
Weight Gained Loading: 3.6 lbs
Loaded: 3 Days, with sugar/carbs
Week 1 Losses: 7.8 lbs
Week 2 Losses: 5.0 lbs
Week 3 Losses: 0.6 lbs net – not doing proper protocol/cheating – lost and gained this week.Week 4 Losses: 5.6 lbs net (gross 6.8 lbs, but 1.2 gain from cheating)
Week 5 Losses: 0.4 lbs net (3.6 lbs gross, but 3.2 lbs cheating/being stupid)
Week 6 Losses: 0.0 lbs net in 3 days- didn’t do a complete 6th week – lost 2lbs but gained 2lbs on a cheat day.
total Net Loss in about 38 vlcds: 19.4 lbs
Net Loss excluding loading weight: 15.8 lbs
Ending weight: 129.6 lbs
Notes about this round: On the surface, it looks like my average weight loss is a half pound per day despite all my cheating this round. However, it’s important to keep in mind that what we CAN’T see here is how much of this weight loss is fat vs. muscle and water. For instance. I’m actually about 126 lbs right now – and I can wear an outfit 2 sizes smaller than the size 6 jeans I was wearing at the end of this round 2 – essentially same weight, but I’m smaller. I have no idea all the havoc that all that cheating on hCG did to me that round – I feel most likely I lost more muscle and less fat than I did on other rounds. I will never know because I was so discouraged over that round that I didn’t do any follow up bodyfat testing immediately afterwards. So my actual fat loss that round may have very well been less than other rounds.
Round 3 – October 2011
Starting Weight: 142.6 lbs (yep regained most of what I lost R2)
Loading Weight Gained: 0.6 lbs net (gained 1.2 lb the first day, lost .6 lbs the 2nd day)
Loaded: Clean/Low Carb – no sugars or starches
VLCD: Done without fruits or melba
Week 1 Losses: 7.6 lbs
Week 2 Losses: 3.6 lbs
Week 3 Losses: 3.6 lbs net (4.2 lbs lost gross, .6 gain one day, not cheating)
Week 4 Losses: 3.4 lbs net (4 lbs lost gross, .6 gain one day – menstrual cycle)
Week 5 Losses: 1.6 lbs net (2 lbs lost gross, .4 gain one day – guess is water retention from a walk I took)
Week 6 Losses (a half week): 0.4 lbs lost (.6 lbs lost gross, .2 lb gain one day) – this is over 3 days, not 7- I stopped early.
Total net loss: 20.2 lbs
Net loss excluding load weight: 19.6 lbs
Ending Weight: 122.8 lbs
Ending bodyfat percent: 27%
Round 4 – April 2012
Starting Weight: 133.8 (please note, I did NOT gain back weight from the previous round- I gained almost entirely muscle in between rounds 3 and 4. Please see this post for more info on that.
Starting bodyfat percent: 25.9%
Loading Weight Gained: 1.0 lb
Loaded: Clean – no starches no sugars
VLCD: Done without melba/grissini, and fruits only sometimes
Week 1 losses: 5.8 lbs net (6.0 lbs gross, but .2 gain one day – not cheating – attempted xfit on vlcd)
Week 2 losses: 1.0 lbs net (2.4 lbs lost gross, but 1.4 lb gain- my guess was sodium from soup I made)
Week 3 losses: 0.6 lbs net (4.0 lbs gross, but 3.4 lbs gain over 2 different days – didn’t cheat, but felt swollen – menstrual?)
Total net loss: 7.4 lbs
Net loss minus loading: 6.2 lbs
Ending Weight: 126.6 lbs
Average weight loss per day: .33 lbs per day over 22 vlcd days
Ending Bodyfat percent: 23.9%
Notes about this round: This was obviously a short round – only 3 weeks. I was very confused by this particular round because of losing SO little. I finally came to the conclusion that my attempts at trying to continue crossfit brought my weight loss to pretty much a screeching halt for the rest of the round- my theory is that I was asking too much of my personal body and it simply defied me. Hence why I have a whole series of articles on exercise and hCG to be cautious about deciding if it’s a good idea for you or not.
Round 5 – September 2012
Starting Weight: 134.2 (please not again, I did NOT gain back fat from the previous round- once again through crossfit I gained several lbs of muscle during my several month break from hCG- notice my starting bf% here is actually LOWER than the end of R4)
Starting Bodyfat Percent: 23.2%
Loaded: Clean – Low Carb
Loading Weight Gain: 1.6 lbs net (lost .6 lbs the first day, gained 2.2 lbs the 2nd day)
VLCD: No fruits, no melba/grissini
Week 1 Losses: 5.2 lbs (5.6 lbs gross, but gain of .4 one day)
Week 2 Losses: 5.2 lbs
Week 3 Losses: 1.4 lbs (2.6 lbs gross, but gained 1.2 over 2 days – one day felt very hungry and did a mini-load)
Week 4 Losses: 2.0 lbs (5.2 lbs gross, but gained 3.2 lbs over 4 different days that week – did not cheat, menstrual cycle)Week 5 Losses: 2.8 lbs (3.2 lbs gross, but gained .4 one day)
Week 6 Losses: 2.6 lbs (3.8 lbs gross, but gained 1.2 lbs over 4 days – ovulation and got very sick with cold, not cheating)
Total net losses: 19.2 lbs
Average daily weight loss: .48 lbs/day over 40 vlcd’s
Net losses minus loading: 17.6 lbs
Ending weight: 117.6 lbs
Ending bodyfat percent: 18.8% bodyfat
