Post Protocol living - guest post by Anna Kurz Rogers

I thought it might be nice to have a piece talking about life after the protocol.  As I am quite some time away from this I asked the lovely Anna from HCG Protocol Companion and Changing Habits if she would share her thoughts and she has kindly accommodated me.  If you don't have a copy of Anna's book, do yourself a favour and buy it today!

Enjoy xx

Walking and talking the protocol  three years on.

Wow, the things I have learnt along the way is incredible - and not only from my own experiences but learning from all of the wonderful people that I coach every day.  Everyone has something to bring to the table so to speak, and I am so lucky and blessed to be here every day assisting others.

These days my eating is very, very simple and basic - something I truly enjoy and I never get stressed over food let alone feeling sick from the humongous amounts of cadbury I used to eat!!

My back pain from damaged discs is gone - truly gone.  Three years of full nights sleeps and no longer living daily with the debilitating pain - it's like a new lease on life.

My stress levels are much calmer and not very much fazes me these days - if for some reason I do get a bit hot under the collar, the time it takes to settle down is very quick compared to yesteryear.  My thought patterns are clearer therefore I find it easier to work through my mind chatter and clear it quickly.

My monthly cycles have settled nicely.  Pre protocol I was always 28days but never understood the significance back then with our cycles corresponding with the moon.  So yes my cycle was a bit out of whack for several months until it finally settled and aligned with the moon.  Perfectly fitting with my age too now as every few months it will switch around – this is peri-menopause whereby we are given still a small timeframe of fertility.

My body shape has changed completely now - I was in P2 for 18days with a loss of 6.5kgs and left P2 with still noticeable 'rolls' around my thighs but weighed in just under my ideal which was 64kgs..  I don't know when it all happened but it's now all gone and has been for some time.  My body is sculptured (if that's the right word) – and yup, no more thigh rubbing - woot woot.  No gym or harsh exercise either – in fact I don't even walk every day, only a few days out of the week but tend to make sure I incorporate exercise into my daily chores - you know like mopping or parking the car a bit further away from the supermarket and school. 

My weight has been interesting too - leaving P2 back then I weighed in around 63kgs then the following two months I went up to between 64 & 65kgs.  As I left P2 below my ideal weight I knew that my body was putting some of those good fats back that perhaps it had consumed.  But then summer came, and bam, I went down to 62kgs like overnight!!  Quite shocked really but knowing what I know now, I realise that my body was releasing that winter storage ready to start building up again in late Summer/Autumn.  Each season since, I have noted and begun to see patterns emerge in regards to my weights and how this ties in with our innate body and what it requires for each season.  Taste buds changed every season too – coincidence?  I don’t think so.  When we become so in tune with our body, we listen, and we eat what our body is requiring and not what others say or what we think we should be eating. 

I feel brilliant and very youthful at the age of 48, and I believe my body shape has continued to change too - change back to how it was when I was 21.  Along with this body shaping (hmmm, if that's the right word) so to has my body released more - I now hover at the 60kg mark - yup in the old scale, that yes I'm still used to, is 9. 3/4 stone and as I said I haven't been that weight since I got married at 21!!.  Yet I eat more steak everyday than my hubby, I scoff at least a litre or so of almond milk everyday and god knows how many date balls.  I use coconut oil in everything.  I eat masses of zucchini and eggs.  I even make my own custard in the thermie using almond milk.  I eat only a few apples these days but will easily eat a punnet of strawberries in one sitting over the summer months.   And I also drink my fair share of freshly ground coffee beans. Truly, I never go without nor do I every feel that I'm missing out on anything.  My taste buds have changed that much I still find it astounding.  Blown away really!

My life is full in so many ways and I cherish every moment.

xx