THIS IS NOT AN ANOREXIA BLOG!

I am painfully aware that I must be a responsible individual, and hence am including this warning/advice for those reading this blog and wondering how to get the results I am getting.

I don't want people trying this VLCD (very low calorie diet) without doing it on the HCG program, either taking the injection or the drops, homeopathic or not. IT WILL NOT WORK. You will put your body into starvation mode, your health will suffer, and any attempt to eat more will cause the weight to gain back and then some.

Please believe and listen to me! I'm not a stranger to fitness or nutrition. I work out heavily (P90X grad!), I know what works and what doesn't. When I was inactive and ate less than 1,000 calories a day I weighed more than when I was working out and eating 1400-1600 calories per day.

Also, I don't recommend this diet for anyone only looking to lose 5-10 pounds. This is a good diet if you have 20 or more to lose, HAVE tried conventional methods and know in your gut that something just isn't right and you need a detox. This may look like a quick fix, but not if you intend to go back to eating fast food, fried food, and very little in the way of fruits and vegetables.

I have had people laugh at me being vegan, having some not-strictly-protocol foods and claim that this diet won't work for me and I'll gain it all back--and why don't I just eat meat like a normal person. o_O Yes, I'm sure if I went to couch-and-eating like many people of this culture it wouldn't. I'm not sedentary. I work out 6-7 days a week doing HIIT training, regular cardio (running, elliptical, etc), strength training, and yoga. I also know how to acclimate one's diet carefully once you're at your goal weight so you don't gain it back and you're sure that your metabolic rate can handle it. And the only way to do that? Exercise.

So, in short...I won't be sitting on my butt eating bon-bons after this diet. ^_^ I'm sure for a lot of you that would be your dream! But it's an unrealistic dream. Even if you try this diet, please please please...eat a clean diet and start exercising. And if you don't believe me nor know where to begin, please watch this movie: http://www.fatsickandnearlydead.com

Thank you for listening. ^_^ If I sounded harsh, I'm sorry. This is me being fiercely compassionate! I'm only deathly afraid that desperate teens and other well-intentioned but uninformed souls will stumble into here and think that starving themselves is the answer to a perfect body. It isn't. Please, take good care of your body. You only get one per lifetime....