Can I Exercise On HCG?
Can I exercise on HCG?
Can I Exercise While I’m on HCG VLCD P2
I have been asked this question many times while helping people new to the HCG experience. My answer back is, “Is you body use to an exercise program already”?
I would guess that all of us in the past have decided to suddenly get serious about wanting a result and started a diet and exercise program that caused us to way over do it because we were sedentary before beginning. Example – we weren’t even on a walking schedule let along running, weights exercise DVD’s. You see where I am going with this. In today society office jobs, computer time at home once you are away for the office tends to put exercise at a minimum.
So if you have not exercised before starting HCG this is not the time shock your system.
The explanation Dr Simeon gave in “Pounds & Inches” was that quite simply the patients from America that flew over to Italy for his treatment were not use to walking to get around town. Their bodies were use to driving to get where they wanted to go. Now here they were in Italy and walking in town to see the sights and get where they want to go.
The patients from Italy were already use to living that way. So what happened is the numbers on the scale would show slower releases for the patients that were now active when before they were not. Technically it isn’t a bad thing. Physically it is always good to be active, you will have better circulation.
It is always good to increase muscle especially as a person gets older. BUT mentally it can be a tough pill to swallow. We have all been there, you know muscle weighs more than fat, and you know you are releasing fat. You probably even see great shrink numbers when you measure. Even with ALL that we feel crushed when we hop on the scale and the release isn’t what we had hoped. Our mind and emotions can really do a number on us.
This is what I did during my journey. Since I had not been exercising prior to starting HCG I took Dr Simeon’s recommendation. Once I was in P3 I incorporate exercise so when I went back into a round my body would already be use to the activity.
I walked the treadmill and added light weights to help tone my arms. On one of my YouTube vlogs I was talking about what I was taking to help with loose skin.
Someone commented, “That isn’t loose skin, you just have to use arm weights to build up your arm muscles”. Low and behold I added the weights and did see improvement – YAY!
I was so glad that I took the advice instead of choosing to be offended the comment.
We all have so much to learn as long as we are willing to be receptive.
*This Blog post was originally created in 2012 but updated in 2018
I know this is an older post, but I have a question. I am a competitive Strongwoman, and as such I lift heavy weights and have been doing so regularly (3-4 days a week) for the past 6 months, and less frequently for the year prior to that. I’ve been told that I am not allowed to lift weights during P2, because I won’t be eating enough protein to rebuild muscle. Is this true?
If so, can I lift, only not as heavy, so to keep the muscle I have without trying to build new muscles? (in theory maintaining muscle mass should require less protein than building new muscle mass) I’m terrified of losing a year’s worth of work, but I also desperately want to lose the excess fat that I can’t seem to budge any other way.
It doesn’t make sense to me that I would need to stop doing something I already do regularly. For instance, if I had a very physically demanding career, I wouldn’t be able to stop performing my job while I was on hcg.
Hi Monica,
I am not a doctor just someone that has had success with this method and loves to help people.
But when you read pounds and inches and understand the research it all comes together, at least it did for me.
The HCG targets the abnormal fat that is on your body to use as fuel. The example was how pregnant women in countries that require them to do physical hard work but don’t have a lot to eat still have babies. The body will make sure the baby gets what he or she needs.
So what you said is valid –
“It doesn’t make sense to me that I would need to stop doing something I already do regularly”.
As long as you are doing what your body is used to doing I personally think continuing the weights to maintain is fine. In the manuscript the Dr. explained it was the American patients that were used to driving everywhere then walked in Italy to sight-see experienced the weight loss stall.
Because you lift weights you know that those patients had a slowdown or stall on the scale not because they weren’t losing the fat but because they were gaining muscle. Unfortunately as much as we would like to say what the scale says doesn’t matter when you are on a plan to lose not seeing that number on the scale going down can mess with your head. If I were you if you decide to continue the weights I would be sure to be consistent with the protein portions.
Don’t skip those even if you don’t feel any hunger.
In case you need it there is a pdf of the manuscript on my site.
Hope this helps – keep me updated on your progress! 🙂