As you know my plan has not been going as planned. Here it is over a year and a half after I set my original weight loss goals and I'm only down 30 pounds from my all time high weight. Go me for maintaining it (mostly) for almost a year but I'm still obese. There is a new popular diet going around called the HCG diet. I know you're probably thinking the same things I did when I first heard about it. ("500 calories a day! That's insane! Of course you're going to lose weight with only 500 calories a day!) My sister went on the diet and lost almost 60 lbs. She hadn't been able to get pregnant after 10 years of marriage. Almost as soon as the weight came off she became pregnant. I then did some research.
This diet has been around for over 50 years. A British man named Dr. Simeon came to be known as the one to do the initial research. He was working in India and became curious when though poor thus underfed, pregnant women were still able to deliver relatively healthy babies. He discovered that a certain hormone in their body was being produced which "unlock" the fat stores in the woman's body to help nourish the fetus. He had been trying to figure out a better option for those going on a restricted diet to be able to lose the bad fat and keep the good fat. The good fat is what helps our organs and muscles to function properly and this is usually what is lost first when a person tries to eat an extremely restricted diet and over exercise. He decided to see what this hormone could do with a non-pregnant person. Long story short it has many benefits which I'm looking forward to.
1.)This hormone allows you to consume only 500 calories at day though your body is burning more like 3500 calories. This is why (so I've read) you don't get too hungry. We shall see about that. I bought an appetite suppressant just in case. I also hear the first week is the hardest
2.)For an obese person like me, I get discouraged very easily and cannot maintain self control for a long enough period of time to get down to a healthy weight. This diet offers immediate results. 1 pound a day?! I can handle that.
3.)It is a strict diet as far as what you can or cannot eat but I kinda like the fact that it tells you exactly what to eat. This is relatively simple and there's not a lot of guess work.
4.)Treats are not allowed. Now you may be thinking this can't be a benefit but somehow in my brain it seems like it will be easier to not have any at all rather than just "a little bite" because that little bite soon becomes a huge bite and then 2 or 3 more servings.
5.)I will save so much money because I won't be eating out hardly at all.
6.)The strict eating only lasts for a few weeks and then you go back to eating a regular healthy diet to allow your body to adjust till you go back to 500 calories a day again.
7.)Most of all it gives me so much hope that I can actually look like an average to (dare I say this!) skinny person. People will always judge but at least they won't judge me as that fat person that I don't feel like inside. Of course I still may be judged as 'the person who used to be fat' but losing that much weight generally (from what I've seen) gets people to notice for the better.
8.)I won't have to shop for clothes in the fat old lady section! Goodbye Lame Bryant! That has me more excited than ever! I'm going to save all the money that I used to use for food and purchase all new clothes when I reach my goal weight. I must remember this on the hard days when I want to cheat. I will finally once and for all be able to wear clothes that I've always wanted so I can show my personality. Don't worry nothing too extreme but definitely not ugly T-shirts and jeans anymore!
So many more to look forward to but I will blog more later about this when I'm actually experiencing it. I'm going to print out a picture of myself to remind me when I need to stay focused. It is time to take my life back!
Weight week 1: 232.6
Goal weight: 132 lbs!
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