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01-18-2009, 09:01 AM
I have been on the HCG diet for 2 weeks now and have had some pretty remarkable results. I have weighed myself every day at the same time and I started out at 250 (even) and today (my 14th day on the diet) I weighed in at 228.8
(21 pounds in 14 days)
Measurements on Day 1:
Just above the waist: 38.5 inches
Fattest part of my stomach: 44 inches
Butt: 48 inches
Upper Thigh: 28 Inches
My measurements today (Day 14) were:
Just above the waist: 36 inches
Fattest part of my stomach: 40inches
Butt: 45 inches
Upper Thigh: 26 Inches
(11.5 inches in total)
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Normally if you consume less than the 1200 calories a day your body goes into "starvation mode" and begins to store your fat and burn your muscle. HCG allows you to consume 500 calories a day and burn the unwanted fat instead of the muscle.
The first two days you force feed yourself all the fatty foods you can (so that you have fat in your blood stream for powering your body until the HCG takes effect and burns the fat on your body). Then you have a VERY specific diet for the next 23-40 days.
The HCG Diet Overview
Breakfast:
Tea or coffee in any quantity without sugar. Only one tablespoonful of milk allowed in 24 hours. Saccharin or Stevia may be used.
Lunch:
1. 100 grams of veal, beef, chicken breast, fresh white fish, lobster, crab, or shrimp. All visible fat must be carefully removed before cooking, and the meat must be weighed raw. It must be boiled or grilled without additional fat. Salmon, eel, tuna, herring, dried or pickled fish are not allowed. The chicken breast must be removed from the bird.
2. One type of vegetable only to be chosen from the following: spinach, chard, chicory, beet-greens, green salad, tomatoes, celery, fennel, onions, red radishes, cucumbers, asparagus, cabbage.
3. One piece of Melba toast (or about 2 Melba rounds).
4. An apple, orange, or a handful of strawberries or one-half grapefruit.
Dinner :
The same four choices as lunch (above.)
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After those 23 - 40 days you do an Atkins type diet for 3 weeks (you increase your protein amount but avoid sugar and starches). After the Phase 2 (Atkins-esk diet you are done). Part of this diet is to help you retrain yourself on portions control after it is done.
My experience:
The first couple of days after I started I had headaches and earaches, but on day 4 or 5 everything became easy. I have had plenty of energy the whole time (I really have felt no different than normal after the first week), the only hunger I experience is psychological (like craving brownies or whatever). Week days I am so busy with work that it is really easy for me. Weekends when I am with friends and everyone is eating yummy foods around me, it is harder. I drink anywhere between 3 to 6 nalgenes a day and I never drink the herbal tea (because I don't like it). And so far it has worked really well.
I would like to keep my weight under 230 for the rest of my life, but if I ever reach 250 again I will start this diet up right away. Anyway, so far so good, and I thought I'd share my results.
(21 pounds in 14 days)
Measurements on Day 1:
Just above the waist: 38.5 inches
Fattest part of my stomach: 44 inches
Butt: 48 inches
Upper Thigh: 28 Inches
My measurements today (Day 14) were:
Just above the waist: 36 inches
Fattest part of my stomach: 40inches
Butt: 45 inches
Upper Thigh: 26 Inches
(11.5 inches in total)
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Normally if you consume less than the 1200 calories a day your body goes into "starvation mode" and begins to store your fat and burn your muscle. HCG allows you to consume 500 calories a day and burn the unwanted fat instead of the muscle.
The first two days you force feed yourself all the fatty foods you can (so that you have fat in your blood stream for powering your body until the HCG takes effect and burns the fat on your body). Then you have a VERY specific diet for the next 23-40 days.
The HCG Diet Overview
Breakfast:
Tea or coffee in any quantity without sugar. Only one tablespoonful of milk allowed in 24 hours. Saccharin or Stevia may be used.
Lunch:
1. 100 grams of veal, beef, chicken breast, fresh white fish, lobster, crab, or shrimp. All visible fat must be carefully removed before cooking, and the meat must be weighed raw. It must be boiled or grilled without additional fat. Salmon, eel, tuna, herring, dried or pickled fish are not allowed. The chicken breast must be removed from the bird.
2. One type of vegetable only to be chosen from the following: spinach, chard, chicory, beet-greens, green salad, tomatoes, celery, fennel, onions, red radishes, cucumbers, asparagus, cabbage.
3. One piece of Melba toast (or about 2 Melba rounds).
4. An apple, orange, or a handful of strawberries or one-half grapefruit.
Dinner :
The same four choices as lunch (above.)
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After those 23 - 40 days you do an Atkins type diet for 3 weeks (you increase your protein amount but avoid sugar and starches). After the Phase 2 (Atkins-esk diet you are done). Part of this diet is to help you retrain yourself on portions control after it is done.
My experience:
The first couple of days after I started I had headaches and earaches, but on day 4 or 5 everything became easy. I have had plenty of energy the whole time (I really have felt no different than normal after the first week), the only hunger I experience is psychological (like craving brownies or whatever). Week days I am so busy with work that it is really easy for me. Weekends when I am with friends and everyone is eating yummy foods around me, it is harder. I drink anywhere between 3 to 6 nalgenes a day and I never drink the herbal tea (because I don't like it). And so far it has worked really well.
I would like to keep my weight under 230 for the rest of my life, but if I ever reach 250 again I will start this diet up right away. Anyway, so far so good, and I thought I'd share my results.