How to Break Gaining & Stalls on HCG

The Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) diet has users take a hormone associated with pregnancy in order to lose weight. The HCG hormone converts fat to energy rather than storing it in the hips, stomach, thighs and face because pregnant women need more energy in the present rather than saving it for the future. According to HCG guru, Dr. A.T.W. Simeons, this makes it easier to lose weight without exercising as much and without changing your eating habits as much.



Weight gains and plateaus can happen, though. There are, however, a few ways to manage these and keep your weight loss consistent.

Instructions

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  Be patient. HCG is not particularly consistent. Rather, users will stall for a little while, then rapidly lose weight. Follow your habits for a couple of weeks before making any drastic changes.

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  Keep a food journal. This will allow you to contrast the periods you are gaining or stalling with the periods when you aren't, and isolate the exact changes.

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  Drink lots of water. Your body needs water to function, particularly on HCG. If you don't drink enough, you will retain it, and the fact that it weighs more than fat will cause a gain.

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  Ensure you are eating enough. Again, this is a matter for the food journal. If you're not consuming enough calories, your body will try to compensate by storing what it does get as fat.

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  Purge stress from your life. Stressful events make your body produce cortisol, which is associated with weight gain. So, if you are following the diet correctly you should either try to be calm and handle stress better or do your best to eliminate stressful stimuli from your life.