Nearly everyone dreams of losing weight and attaining a slim physique. The HCG diet is the top-trending weight-loss program for shedding pounds quickly and efficiently, leveraging your innate fat-burning capacity to boost weight loss and fight overindulging at the dinner table. By drastically reducing caloric intake and receiving HCG injections, patients all over America are dropping the pounds swiftly and safely.
If you seek a diet that works by dropping up to two pounds daily, check out this article and review to learn: How does the HCG diet work for weight loss?
Persistence Is the Secret
HCG is not some “miracle” diet you see advertised on YouTube ads or interrupting your favorite television show. It is a medically monitored treatment plan designed to shed significant weight in a short period. You won’t lose the same amount of weight every day, but at the end of 30 days, you should find yourself 15 to 40 pounds slimmer.
Your weight loss depends on two factors: introducing the HCG hormone into your body to activate your hypothalamus gland and limiting the calories consumed daily. The hypothalamus gland moderates your adrenals, thyroid, fat storage, and, most significantly, your metabolic rate. When your body requires calories for typical function, it must get them from somewhere. With the HCG diet, your body’s energy source is bodily fat stores unlocked by the HCG hormone.
On average, women burn 1,500 to 2,500 calories every day, and men lose 2,500 to 4,000. On the HCG diet, roughly 500 calories come from food intake, with the rest coming from excess fat stored in the body. As you can guess, men tend to lose more weight with the diet plan because more calories come from their “abnormal” fat.
What to Expect With the HCG Diet
The HCG diet works in phases. The most drastic weight loss occurs during a 28- to 40-day cycle. While you’re on the diet, Dr. Sajjadian injects small amounts of the HCG hormone into your abdomen each day. These injections will tell your body to burn more of its fat stores as you follow a specific diet plan with strict portion amounts. The process preserves lean muscle, so the weight you lose is all excess fat.
HCG Diet Cycles
The HCG hormone is only effective for limited periods. When the body gets used to the injections, weight loss will slow down. It is why the diet plan takes place in stages, which are in 20- or 40-day increments.
- Fat-loading phase: For two days, you will eat a high-calorie, high-fat diet while taking HCG injections.
- Low-calorie phase: Between a three- to six-week frame determined by weight-loss goals, you will eat a limited food intake of no more than 500 calories daily.
- Maintenance phase: In the third phase of the process, you will stop receiving HCG injections while transitioning your food intake to a more typical amount. For the first few weeks, you’ll introduce more carbohydrates.
If you have more weight to lose, you can repeat these cycles until you achieve your desired weight.
Strict Dietary Restrictions
Each phase of the HCG diet involves a strict plan that Dr. Sajjadian and his support staff will review with you in great detail. You should and shouldn’t eat specific foods while you’re on your diet, and straying from these guidelines can negatively impact the plan.
The HCG weight-loss plan involves the following foods to consume during the low-calorie phase.
- Lean protein: Chicken, lean cuts of beef, white fish, shrimp, and lobster
- Fruits: Apples, oranges, strawberries, and grapefruit
- Non-starchy vegetables: Zucchini, tomatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, and spinach
These are foods to avoid during the low-calorie phase:
- High-fat foods: Fatty fish, nuts, seeds, butter, lard, vegetable oil
- Added sugar: Honey, table sugar, syrup, desserts, soda, sweet tea, sports drinks, juice, baked goods
- Starchy vegetables: Sweet potatoes, potatoes, parsnips, plantains, peas
Dramatic Weight Loss
You could see up to a 10% body fat loss over four weeks. Though you will be thrilled to show off your new and improved body, you’ll need to understand how to keep the weight off permanently. That’s why you’ll sustain your results with follow-up care at our office in Newport Beach.
Just as crucial as the strict diet instructions are for dropping the pounds, the stabilization phase after your diet will ensure they don’t return.
How to Maintain Your Results
Once you’ve achieved your optimal weight, you start the final phase of the HCG diet. During this stabilization phase, you can increase your caloric intake. However, you’ll still need to avoid processed foods and natural sources of starch and sugar.
Allowing your body this transition period will let you get used to your new weight and avoid bouncing back to your pre-diet weight. Following these three weeks, you can adjust to a regular diet that can adapt to any lifestyle.
Do Not Forget to Exercise
During your HCG weight-loss program, exercise is an essential component you shouldn’t ignore. You must remember when you lose weight, that weight could come from lean muscle as well.
If you are physically fit, we recommend weight training to maintain lean muscle while losing weight. But if weight training is too strenuous, choose another form of exercise or activity that will keep you active and your lean muscles intact.
Walk the neighborhood, do household chores, run, or jog. Take the stairs instead of the elevator. Park farther away from your destination to ensure your body stays active. Stand and walk around after sitting for a couple of hours without getting your heart rate up.
Attain Your Ideal Weight
We understand the scientific HCG weight-loss plan is a lot to absorb. If you would like more information on this diet, contact Dr. Sajjadian today by calling (949)-515-0550, or contact us today