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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>JulieK</strong> <a href="/community/forum/thread/1289174/hcg-levels-3-weeks-post-d-c#post_16202179"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/community/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-bottom:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-right:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p>Yet another update:</p>
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<p>I am nearly 7 weeks post d&c and 9 days after my hcg was 194. Today it was 276. Huh? Does anyone have any ideas what could be going on?!?! Waiting for my doc to call back.</p>
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Sounds to me like some tissue was retained and is still producing hcg.

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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>JulieK</strong> <a href="/community/forum/thread/1289174/hcg-levels-3-weeks-post-d-c#post_16202182"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/community/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-bottom:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-right:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p>Also, could this possibly be why I can't lose even one pound, despite keeping my calories at approximately 1500/day and working out 3x/week?</p>
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Probably not, no.</p>
<p>How long have you been doing this? If you are truly eating 1500 per day (a deficit of about 500 a day) Plus exercise... you SHOULD be losing. Even if the scale doesn't show it. Working out causes damage to the muscles which makes the body retain water to protect the muscle. If this is a new thing, youre weight loss thus far is probably just hiding behind that water. Hang in there. The results of your work will show eventually.</p>