Uphill Battle

If you are a veteran of the diet wars, you know all too well how simply restricting caloric intake is a losing proposition.  If you cut calories, your hypothalamus gland responds by slowing your metabolism, fighting to hold on to every fat reserve it can in order to survive.

The HCG program is designed to reprogram your body to do two things:

(A) maintain normal metabolism
(B) use up fat reserves

By eating foods that are low in calories but high in nutrition in combination with regular doses of HCG, this natural state is achieved and weight loss happens naturally and effortlessly.

What’s Available?

One of the stables of the HCG diet is lean poultry, i.e., chicken. Lean beef and fish consumption is also encouraged, in addition to fresh fruits and vegetables that grow above the soil (tomatoes, asparagus, broccoli, etc.). The main feature of the diet is that you will be eating no more than 500 calories a day.

Going Hungry?

The fact is that for the first few days on the HCG program, you are likely to feel some amount of hunger and deprivation. However, once the HCG kicks in, this will pass. Because your body will be forced to start burning up your fat reserves to make up the deficit, you’ll begin to feel quite comfortable at the 500-calorie-per-day level.

Although the food choices may seem limited (particularly if you love bread and pasta), most people quickly adapt to the new eating patterns and actually continue after they’ve completed the HCG program.

More information about the HCG program is available at  http://www.hcgdietdirect.com/.

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