I have received a bunch of emails from people with questions about how to increase their weight loss on the HCg Diet. They appear to be following the diet perfectly, and yet their weight is stalling or in a plateau stage. If you fall within this group of people, I have a few things for you to try. Some of you might have heard these suggestions before and for some these might be new to you.
1) Are you getting enough fiber?
These are some of the things I did when I completed the protocol the first time and lost 42 pounds in 43 days. I ate a huge salad, of all kinds of lettuce on a plate. I covered it with spinach leaves, sliced radishes, chopped onions, cucumbers, and diced tomato. You can use celery, cabbage, or asparagus, too. If you go to www.fitday.com you can see that salads are extremely low in calories and have virtually no fat. They are ALMOST FREE FOOD. You can top this with grilled or broiled chicken. I season chicken with blackened chicken seasoning or Cajun seasoning. You can substitute chicken, beef, or fish, with grilled or broiled shrimp or a sliced hard boiled egg.
Top all this with apple cider vinegar, and cayenne pepper which kick start you metabolism. Some HCg dieters have used fat free balsamic vinaigrette, Maple Farms brand, which you can get from (Wal-Mart) and it has only 1 carb. This all makes quite a meal and helps you feel more satisfied and it really helps you lose.
If you really want to lose fat as fast as possible, then I suggest you eat a big salad every single day. Have it at lunch time, if you can, salads help to flush out fat. If you top it with a fat burner like apple cider vinegar, it works even better. Or eat the salad with lemon juice and spices. Spices also help with hunger, even if it is just salt and pepper.
2) I've mentioned it before and I'll suggest it again. If you are having trouble losing, try cutting out all sweeteners for a few days and see if you drop the weight. Stevia seems to be fine for some, but not others.
If you really want to meet your goal at the end of the month, just try giving up bread sticks or Melba crackers for a few days, you should experience some real improvement. By giving up artificial sweeteners and bread sticks, this alone can only help to increase you weight loss. Sweeteners and bread stimulate an insulin response which tells the body to hold onto fat and when you stimulate extra insulin in the body, it also increases appetite.
3) Green tea is awesome on this diet; it has caffeine to give you energy and if you drink a lot, it also acts as a diuretic which helps release fat from the body. The only way to get fat out of the body is to flush it out with water or green tea. If you are one who thinks you can't stomach green tea, try orange flavor, it is really surprisingly good hot.
4) Consider having one meal a day as fat free as possible. This means fish or shrimp or lobster. If you aren't a fish lover, see if you like it broiled with a fat free barbecue sauce. You can find it at health food stores or online. Or make your own. Or you might like a blackened chicken seasoning or Cajun seasoning. If you still think you can't eat it, I found that shrimp on a salad tastes quite a lot like chicken, especially after you put on dressing. And the fat grams are 1-2 in a serving versus 4-5 fat grams in chicken.
5) Broil or grill your chicken in such a way that the fat can drip out. Use a drip pan in the oven. The less fat in, the more fat out, meaning the more you lose weight.
6) Try not to eat any larger portions than Dr. Simeons allowed in Pounds and Inches. Be sure to eat only 3.5 ounces of chicken, which is actually about 2/3 less after cooking. And if you are eating beef, which is really difficult for losing in the US, then try giving it up for 3 days and see if it helps. Most women do not lose weight well eating beef. It is very hard to eat any beef and have 5 grams or less fat in a serving. Most beef starts at 9 grams and goes up easily to 18 grams in one 3.5 ounce serving.
7) If you are tempted to not eat both fruits, please keep in mind, that the ones on Dr. Simeons' food list are high in potassium and it helps you flush out fat and fluids. Potassium also helps you avoid headaches and leg cramps. You can also take one potassium pill morning and evening for leg cramps. Someone suggested she loves putting cinnamon on grapefruit and broiling it. I had only put it on apples before, so I'll pass that on to anyone who wants to try it. So eat fruit. Fruit also is high in vitamin C which I'll remind you is excellent for the skin.
Anyway, I hope you implement these tips, and start dropping pounds and inches.
Love and light
Janet Sweeney
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ReplyDeleteThe memory of once feeling exactly the way you feel now is still very vivid in my mind. I know with absolute certainty that you are going to succeed, and look, and feel so amazing that the very presence and essence of who you are will bring to you every desire you seek.
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God Bless,
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