The HCG Diet Explained
Have you decided that you are interested in getting started on the Hcg diet now before summertime arrives so that you look great in your bathing suit while frolicking on the beach? Maybe you just have a few pounds to lose and you are anxious to start shedding those extra inches you gained around your belly or on your thighs.
Before jumping into the Hcg lifestyle with both feet, it is a good idea for you to schedule an appointment with your family doctor so that you are given the weight loss ‘green light’. You should always speak to your physician any time you are planning on altering your lifestyle regardless if you want to take up a vigorous exercise program or begin the hcg diet, or any diet for that matter.
The Hcg diet has been around for several years now. The chances are good that you have seen it advertised online or even in the media. There are many websites that are full of information about this particular diet that offer tips and even hcg diet recipes that followers of this diet can use. The rather unusual name of this diet is derived from a hormone in the body that is called the ‘human chorionic gonadotropin’ hormone. That is a real mouthful, for sure and thankfully you do not need to know how to pronounce it in order to follow the diet! All kidding aside, this hormone is only produced by women while they are pregnant. This hormone’s job is to make sure that the growing baby gets the right amount of nutrients from its mother so that it grows properly and develops as it should. The hormone does this by using the mother’s available abdominal fat.
Scientists discovered years ago that minute amounts of Hcg cut a person’s appetite significantly and that it helped people shed unwanted weight around the hips, on the buttocks and on the abdomen – the three places on the body that are known to store excessive amounts of body fat. Over the years, as more research was done on Hcg, researchers were able to come up with a way that Hcg could help the general population lose unwanted weight. The Hcg diet was eventually developed and today millions of people around the world are discovering for themselves that this diet works as they are finally able to lose the weight they have been trying to rid themselves of.
When you are following the Hcg diet you will need to take Hcg drops or supplements in pill form. You are instructed to restrict your caloric intake to just 500 calories a day, which seems like very few. However, perhaps the nicest thing about the Hcg diet is the fact that you will not feel hungry while restricting the amount of calories you consume each day because the supplements and drops make you feel full and satisfied. There is no way that you could ever feel satisfied by cutting back to just 500 calories otherwise, which means that you would certainly fail in your attempt to lose weight on such a strict, low calorie diet if it were not for the Hcg drops/supplements. If you have ever tried drastically reducing your calorie intake before, you know how hard it is to carry on with your daily routine when you feel like you are starving.
You can expect to lose about two pounds per day when you are taking the supplements/drops and following the Hcg diet recipes – which are easy to find online by the way. Speaking of recipes, you will undoubtedly enjoy eating spaghetti, taco pasta salad, summer fruit desserts and a full range of other delicious meals while following the Hcg diet.
You should be aware of the fact that there are two different Hcg weight loss programs: a twenty-six day program for those people who want to lose under twenty pounds and a forty day program for those who wish to lose more than twenty pounds. The HcgDiet.com website has more information about the two programs if you would like to read more.
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