Good Habits Before, During and After HCG
HCG Phase One “Do List”
My Experience đ
Good habits for Fat Loss
After going over the entire list I realized just how overwhelming it all is.
So I would rather comment on what I did and why.
Not that some of the other Doâs arenât good too. I simply want to help keep it manageable and within reason. Plus I can share my experience firsthand.
I also want to be clear that I did not make a point to do or consume what is on this âDo Listâ the 30 days prior to starting my HCG journey. Most of them I found out about their benefits throughout my journey.
Phase One Do List that I have experience with;
Doâs –Â Â That I Do and Have Done:
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Drink Water
Stay Hydrated and when you are burning fat you need water to help flush it out – Benefits of Water
My choice is Alkaline Water:
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Add Fiber
Keep your intestine swept out!
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Walk
Good Circulation equals all kinds of health benefits.
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Get Sleep
Lack of sleep causes stress on the body. Stress is not a good thing for weight loss and a lot of other things.
Have trouble falling asleep??
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Get Sun
Good Day Sunshine! Keep your vitamin D level UP…Can’t get outside or live in a very rainy,cloudy place?
Take a vitamin D supplement!
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Breathe Properly
Most of us are shallow breathers âOxygen is KEY!
Is is easy to get into a habit of shallow breathing. That is why we many times lack energy and get that late afternoon lethargic feeling.When you start to feel that way while let’s say when you are at work sitting at your desk.
Try this ;Â To bring large quantities of oxygen into your body – Breath in taking in as much air as you can and allow it to fill your diaphragm.Hold that breathe for a moment, tighten your abdominal muscles, and exhale through your mouth as if blowing up a balloon.
I know when I do this I feel refreshed!
Extra Virgin Coconut Oil
For cooking (I use MCT Oil too) See my other post for the tons of  MCT Benefits
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Colon Cleanse
Here is an easy affordable Cleanse –Â Cleansing
Or Go the Pre-packaged choice
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Eat Grapefruit/Apples
Low Glycemic, good fiber .Apples are a natural diuretic.
Both cleanse the liver, gallbladder and colon  glycemic-index benefits
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Use Organic Apple Cider Vinegar
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Drink Green Tea/Wu long tea
Helps regulate hunger, stimulates cleansing of the cells, helps metabolism
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Drink Organic Yerba Mate Tea
Yerba Mate Tea-One cup a day. Increase energy, reduce appetite and stimulates releasing of fat cells.
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Eat Hot Peppers
I put cayenne pepper in my Cali kicker and I like to eat pepperoncini peppers- Increase Metabolism and reduce appetite. Helps release fat ,stress and reset body set point
Use Natural Sweeteners
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Use Cinnamon
Helps regulate insulin and blood sugar, normalizes appetite and helps the body release fat.
I love baking an apple with cinnamon and stevia – YUM!
Just want Cinnamon is a capsule click image below. =)
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Limit Carbonated Drinks
You have to watch out for sodium and letâs face it very hard to find one with Stevia but there is Zevia All Natural Soda and it really taste great!
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Take Digestive Enzymes
Gotta love a well working system!
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For those of you that are still curious about the other Doâs and what are the Donâts I will be sure and post that next.
After that I want to share a couple of good questions I was asked after doing my recent vlog on You tube
HCG and DIETING – Conquer Adversity
Conquering Adversity-The Happy Ending
Called Fat and four eyes
Taking Lemons and making Lemonade….
Or should I say How I found the Positive from a Negative.
Whether it was because a day went by or a few seconds and you had a moment to look back at experiences in your life, probably both good and bad. And like me there could be a lot more examples than just a handful of negative experiences in your memory bank
(Am I right)? Especially if you grew up battling weight, or other situations that people have to overcome. Since my blog is about my weight loss journey I tend to focus on that so if you are reading this and weight wasnât the âthingâ for you thanks for visiting my blog and knowing that you can get something out of what I want to share.
And now⊠without further a-do⊠the rest of my torrid story;
Parents raising kids now run all over town taking their kids to different activities so the child can get a taste of different experiences and if the child decides that activity isnât what like to do the parent will move on to the next activity for them to try. Iâm sure there is an exception that is close to what happened to me that still happens now. Especially the parents that invest a lot of money all on the hope and dream that their child will go pro in said activity like sports lets say. I must point out; my story had nothing to do with trying to be âproâ.
Ok here it is, to this day I still remember telling my MOM I wanted to stop doing something that I am sure for my parents felt they had spent money and time so I could participate in it. My Momâs response, âYou are such a quitterâ!
To this day if I am doing anything that ultimately is a goal, opportunity to win a prize or basically prove that I could do it even though it looks like it can not me done. I will not QUIT!
Why did I share this? I want you to find the âtipping pointâ that you have the choice to either let it paralysis your effort or advance you forward to attain your GOAL!!
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I believe you can do it, do you?
HCG and DIETING – Pushing Through Adversity
Adversity, The Tipping Point
fat and four eyes
 That Can turn your life around for the Good
The picture next to this post is what human body fat wearing glasses would look like.
To make the picture the good think for me is chicken fat and human fat look pretty much the same.
Now you are wondering, âWhy did she make that weird picture?â It really is weird isnât it?
That is what you get when my creative mind gets a bit wacky.
I made this picture because in elementary school children would call me âfat and four eyes.â Actually looking back at school pictures I was not nearly as obese as you would expect someone being called that would be. As people sometimes say âkids can be cruelâ. Think about the video that recently went viral when middle school kids on a school bus were verbally abusing the 68 year old bus monitor. And some of the taunting referred to her weight. Stay with me here I promise I have a point. Those cruel, lousy experiences are awful! But it is what we do with those memories that can later be use to strengthen the very core of what defines us now.
I want to give another example not to bash my parents but to help you understand how we all can turn a negative experience into the building blocks that will be the foundation of a positive outcome. Not only were my parents on me about losing weight as I grew up they also told me I walked like a duck and I needed to train myself to stop that so I could be attractive later when it was time for me to start dating. Again no bashing just different generations have different mind sets.
Here is my last example and the one that I feel was my âtipping pointââŠ..
Right here I want to inject a âcliff hangerâ. Anyone reading the day of the post will have to come back to learn what the point I want to make with all this is.
Of course the majority can just read the next post to see the outcome. BUT before you do reflect for a moment and think back on an experience that was not great at the time but you either pushed through or learned from it.
This is the only way I could think of to basically force you to take a moment to think back (pretty sly, huh?) đ
Losing Fat on HCG
What To Expect to Lose On HCG
Be Brimming with PATIENCE
A jug fills drop by drop.
-Buddha
With HCG lets turn that around and say,
âThe jug emptyâs with each pour (wink)â
Any of you seasoned vet dieters out there remember back if you ever did the Weight Watcher program?
You would go in for your weekly weigh in and meeting and you felt you were losing at a clipping rate if you were seeing an approx 2 lbs loss each week. By all traditional standards you were losing fast!
Now fast forward to HCG Protocol. Before you started you saw or heard how people lose a pound a day plus. Of course like me you said âcount me in!â The first week it can be very feasible that you could release to the point where you have lost even more than 7 lbs the 1st week.
Enter PATIENCE:
Whether on a forum, facebook or You Tube during my journey and up to now I see HCGers who are releasing but are sad that the release wasnât more to their liking.
I am the first to admit that I can be patient with people but not with myself. Thus why I selected to do cycling/interruptions during my HCG journey.
I am writing this post because I want you to be kind to yourself and appreciate every success you have during your journey. When a comment goes in the direction of, âI only released or I only lostâ. The fact is you got rid of fat and that is why you are doing this!
The Dr Simeon’s Research:
Also Dr Simeon titled his protocol âpounds & Inchesâ not simply âpoundsâ. You will be also losing inches shrinking and as long as you are really on HCG your body wonât be going after good muscle that your body needs to keep. I bought the book that the other guy wrote about Dr Simeons research. I am not a fan of the entrepreneur that wrote the book but I donât hate him either. Anyway, one of the examples was the pregnant women in 3rd world countries that give birth to health babies even though their calorie intake is low and their activity level is basically hard labor during their trimesters. This is how Dr Simeon realized that if you have HCG in your system is like a heat seeking missile (that is my example not the Drâs) going after the stored fat so it can keep the baby (in your case your body) sustained.
If you fudge on protocol you will probably experience that you will see a gain. My example here is that HCG is also like a magnet so if you put fat into your system while on HCG the HCG figures it better store it so you will stay sustained.
Set Points:
There will still be âset pointsâ both ones you will be creating during your journey so your body wonât want to going the weight back easily. And others that you will need patience with when pushing through them. These set points are when your body gets to a weight that you had settled into in the past for a period of time. Your body gets to that weight and says to itself, âI remember thisâ and thinks it is where it should stay. You need to be the boss and say, ânope letâs keep going!â
My final 2 cents Today â I write on this blog because I want someone out there going through their journey to find a place that can help them along the way.
I am not a company or medical person. I am simply a person that knows I am blessed to have found HCG.
My goal is to share my thoughts, experiences, and whatever info I have learned.
Be Well and Be Happy!
Pro’s and Con’s with HCG
HCG Gave Me My BEST RESULTS!
Weighing out the Pro’s and Con’s
I remember my first diets began as early as elementary school. I also recall doing the whole mind game of telling myself “Monday I’m going to start my dietâ Sometimes when Monday came I was ready other times I did more mental bartering.
Fast forward to my HCG experience, When I began my journey all I knew was the 2 choices was either sub-lingual or injection but both were using RX HCG. Now there are so many products claiming to be hcg in drops or pellet form..HUM…..
I will not take on that issue in this post. What I want to focus on is how to be ready for your journey both mentally and physically so you will succeed.
My favorite “GO TO” for ordering HCG Online – ReliableRXpharmacy
Mentally you need to be raring to go. Have that “I can’t wait to start” feeling. I had watched so many you tube vlogs and read so many forums and posts along with of course “pounds & Inches” while I was waiting for my HCG to arrive I was completely ready to jump in feet first.
But with protocol timing is very important. I get asked over and over when someone is starting HCG for the first time if it is ok to go ahead and start their round if TOM had started or was about to. My answer is wait. Better to have the extra patience and be able to start your round when you know you will have a minimum of 10 days into the round before TOM could be part of the equation.
What is your social calendar looking like? Only YOU know what you can resist and though HCG puts hunger on the back burner sometimes food isn’t about hunger but emotional triggers or socializing. Personally I don’t like to try to visit with people and eat at the same time. That might sound odd to some people but for me it seems like it never fails, I put a bite of food in my mouth and someone will walk up and ask me a question.
Now so far as you are reading this and you KNOW that you are good to go on all counts that I have brought up so far GREAT.
Now be sure you have your tools in place.
What I mean by that is have a good bathroom scale. A scale that will give you more info than just a pound number. Fat percent etc REALLY helps while you are releasing on HCGÂ and take measurements everywhere on your body that you can. You will be amazed where you lose and if you don’t get all your stats from the beginning you will regret it later. I recommend the myotape. Remember there is a good reason why the doctor called it âpounds & Inchesâ
My next advice is do as I say, not what I did.
Take HCG before pictures. The only reason I have a before shot is because my brother snapped off a pic of me when we were on vacation. But what wouldn’t give now to have full on front, back, and side shots that would have been taken the day before my 1st P2 round.
JOURNAL – Do this like you never have before! I was looking at my journal today to see where I was at around this time last year. The pattern I noticed was when I would weigh and write down what I thought I was doing right or what I was doing wrong. If I had a gain you could see how it was brought right back where it should be as along as I stayed current with what I was doing. If I saw an entry and then saw I didn’t write anything for a few days when I was willing to fess-up and get on the scale there was much more of a “price to pay” if you know what I mean.
My birthday is next month and my goal is to be the same weight I was on this date last year on my birthday. Why don’t I pick the weight I was on my Birthday last year? I didn’t write in an entry in my journal. So today I completely regret that I don’t have that stat!!!
I began this post stating,”HCG Gave Me My BEST RESULTS!”
This statement is so very true. I never looked or felt gaunt or sickly. Dr Simeons explained how it targets the abnormal fat and it DID. On other diets in the past I hit the same weight numbers I did on HCG but definitely was not the size and shape HCG got me to. Before my journey other ladies would say if I had back fat it was just an age thing that couldnât be avoidedâŠwrong.
My butt and hips got smaller than they were before I had kids. This knocks down another theory that after you have kids those areas change and you canât get those areas down like you could before pregnancies.
And Before my HCG journey I was losing a lot of hair to the point that the girl who does my hair was gravely concerned. When I began HCG the fall out subsided and then a bit after that while still on my rounds I found a hair vitamin I like a lot and still take to this day, I also like it because it also has MSM.
It looks to me like there are a LOT of Proâs.
Here is what I think are the Conâs â
- Donât get suckered into a product that is not HCG!
- Understand that it is restrictive as far as what and how much you can eat.
- You need to access if this will work in your life based on why you eat.
- Desire & Timing is everything! It is important to check your calendar, schedule, and body clock (time of month arrival eta).
- You want to set yourself up for success and as long as you check off the right boxes and do it right you will see results beyond what you could have imagined!:)
What is a Good Fat? Macadamia Nuts
How many macadamia nuts equals one ounce?
Good Fat – The Macadamia Nut Fat Fast
I have done a couple of you tube vlogs when I have done what I call the “mac nut fast.”
I can always tell when someone else must have mentioned my vlog on maybe their own vlog because I get a flux of questions.
I decided to do this post to help clarify and answer the most frequently asked questions.
Question:
I just came across your video on YouTube. I am a vegetarian. I would like to know more about your Mac Nut Fat fast day.
From the video what I understood was –
1. Eating 5 ounces of macadamia nuts (throughout the day) only. and water.. nothing else?
2. Do this for 3 daysâŠand continue with regular vlcd?
3. Continue taking hcg drops?
I donât have a gall bladder.
Iâm a little scared about how this works? Wonât it increase fat percentage?
Thanks.
Answer:
The theory is that since you are taking in fat your body isnât afraid to release fat that is the easiest way to explain it all.
You can have water, tea, coffee if you would like, I even drink the âcali-kickersâ I like too (more about that when I do my post about lemon benefits).
I think lots of water is important to help flush out everything from the fat to the salt on the nuts. I do only mac nut because of the MCT benefits (see details below) and I donât have to take time figuring out other foods and weighing them. Even though it doesnât make any sense, this works whether you are on HCG or not. I didnât believe it would work till I tried it myself.
Macadamia Nut Fast Explained â
I weigh 5 – one ounce servings and put each ounce serving in an individual snack sized Ziplock bag. – Equals 5 small bags. I added a picture to show what the nuts look on the scale. Many people ask how many nuts is one ounce. Since the nuts vary in size that is hard to use as a barometer. Even weighing exactly one ounce is tricky so many times as long as one bag is 98.5 and the next one is a little over 100 Iâm not going to sweat it.
Personally I try to donât dive into the first serving until the afternoon. Of course the better will power you have it would be better to âgrazeâ on the nuts ever so slowly through out the day to keep your bodyâs âfurnaceâ burning.
The Fat Fast is one controlled carb program where you do have to count calories. You’ll eat 1,000 calories a day, with 75 percent to 90 percent comprised of fat. Frequent feedings prevent hunger better than three meals a day, so you consume five feedings, perhaps one every four hours, comprising 200 calories each. Because of the high fat content and frequent feedings, very few people experience much hunger. The stumbling block for some people is the absence of conventional meals. But most are willing to stick with it for a few days, even if the food selections are unfulfilling.
Why I choose the Macadamia Nut for my FAT FAST food of choice:
Benefits of MCT Oil
Medium-Chain Triglycerides (MCT) oils are a special class of fats that are digested and handled by the body in a different way than most fats. Most fats are long-chain triglycerides which are difficult to process, so the body prefers to store them in fat cells.
MCT oils are absorbed in the bloodstream, passing the digestion process that longer chain fats go through. MCT oil provides quick energy for the body and therefore is less likely to be stored as body fat. MCTs are such an easy source of fuel, they are even more likely to be burned off than low-fat fare. When MCT is metabolized in the body, it behaves like a carbohydrate not a fat.
Unlike other fats, it does not go through the lymphatic system. Instead, it is transported directly to the liver where it is metabolized and released like a carbohydrate and then is used for fuel. MCT has a thermogenic effect in the body, helping you to stay slim by keeping your body fat levels down while keeping energy levels up. MCT oil is easily absorbed by the body and is therefore ideal for individuals with digestive problems. For those with Crohn’s and irritable bowel syndrome, the healing effects of MCT oil could be beneficial. MCT promotes intestinal health by killing troublesome microorganisms that may cause chronic inflammation.
Diabetics could benefit from using MCT oil as it helps to regulate blood sugar levels. Supplementation of MCT oil began as a fat source to help treat diseases such as cystic fibrosis, obesity and fat malabsorption. Bodybuilders and fitness enthusiasts have used MCT for its fat burning and energy-sustaining powers. It has been found that MCTs burn three times more calories for six hours after a meal than other fats. It is thought that MCTs stimulate production of thyroid hormone, improving thyroid function boosting metabolism.
Athletes benefit from the use of MCT oil for both weight gain and weight loss. Bodybuilders must consume incredible volumes of food to put on size. We have found that adding MCT oil to their diets is an easy way to increase the caloric intake of their food without increasing the volume that they must eat. Since MCT acts like a carbohydrate and not a fat, athletes do not increase their body fat percentages while increasing their calories with this product. Since MCTs are thermogenic, not only are athletes increasing their muscle mass, but they are decreasing their fat percentages at the same time. We have put champion bodybuilders on stage consuming as much as 2000 calories from MCT oil starting 16 weeks from show day and continuing right up to contest day. These athletes have competed at body fat percentages of less than 2% and still maintained a healthy appearance. MCTs help to add flavor to the food that bodybuilders consume. The bodybuilding diet is know to be quite bland, adding MCT to rice and tuna helps to make it quite palatable.
MCT oil is beneficial for any individual who wishes to gain or lose weight, maintain a healthy immune system or maintain constant blood sugar levels. We have used MCTs since the late 1980âs with our high performance athletes. We feel this product has given our athletes an advantage in weight loss over other competitors. It is just now becoming more popular with the general public as a very valuable product for health and weight loss. The athleteâs secret has now become public knowledge. We highly recommend the use of this product for continued good health.
**A warning about the fat fast **
I want to point out two things about this “trick”.
You must go back to strict protocol after doing this (if on P2) or eat super clean afterward (P3&4) to give your body the time to adjust to the flux that just happened to it.
Basically giving you body a chance to be o.k. with the sudden release and not try to go back to the weight it was before.
The other warning is – Don’t do this for long, I would say 3 days MAX. I no longer have a gallbladder but those of you that do, the increase of fats in your system could aggravate the gallbladder and cause problems. Quite simply, you certainly don’t want that.
Caution: The Fat Fast is actually dangerous for anyone who is not metabolically resistant. For people who lose weight fairly easily, the rate of weight loss is too rapid to be safe. But it carries very little risk for people who can barely lose on any other regimen.
Benefits of Apple Cider Vinegar
Health Benefits of Apple Cider Vinegar
Health Benefits of Apple Cider Vinegar
Apple Cider Vinegar-Give it A Shot
Also known as ACV
Apple cider vinegar has been hailed as a cure-all dietary supplement, with health benefits ranging from relief from allergy symptoms to helping the body burn fat and lose weight. There are testimonials from people who believe that drinking apple cider vinegar has helped, ME being one of them but is there any evidence to back up these claims?
While a few studies have been conducted on the possible health benefits of apple cider vinegar, the âexpertsâ say the number of people in these studies is typically small, and the evidence is not yet convincing. They say “One or two small studies is not enough to prove a benefit.”
Sorting Out Health Benefits of Apple Cider Vinegar
- Weight loss. The idea that has been floating around is that apple cider vinegar somehow speeds up fat loss. So far there is no scientific evidence based on the small group studies to suggest that apple cider vinegar can affect metabolism, which is the way an individual breaks down food and burns calories.
- Feeling full. A 2006 study found that people who took doses of vinegar while eating bread reported feeling more full than people who ate bread alone. While this study is considered proof by those who believe in the health benefits of apple cider vinegar, it is important to note that it only tested 12 individuals, and the authors concluded that much more research was needed before firm conclusions could be drawn. This study did not suggest that the way these people burned calories was affected.
BUT let me say from personal experience…Â I drink just one tablespoon of apple cider vinegar when I feel hungry which is usually when dinner time hunger pains/pangs(however you like to call them)) start to kick in. That uncomfortable sensation goes away almost immediately! Plus I donât really care about eating like I did before I had the âshot.â
My Challenge to you â Try it yourself for one week on whatever diet plan you are currently doing and just see what happens đ
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- Cholesterol. A successful study that was done on rats but has yet to be replicated in humans. The study found that rats on a diet with an acetic acid supplement had lower cholesterol levels than rats without the acetic acid supplement. Acetic acid is one of the ingredients in apple cider vinegar and many other kinds of vinegar. For those who believe in the health benefits of apple cider vinegar, this study is promising. But there are other things to consider before assuming that the findings will be true in humans â primarily that there are key differences between the metabolism of rats and humans. The study authors recommend that the next trial be on hamsters, which break down fat in a way that is more similar to humans.
- Diabetes. A few studies have found that apple cider vinegar helped in the management of diabetes; however, these studies are also limited by their small size. One study, which found that taking vinegar at bedtime reduces blood sugar levels the next morning in people with type 2 diabetes, examined only 11 people. Another study found that taking cider vinegar might have some effect on insulin sensitivity in some diabetes patients, but that research, too, was limited by the small number of people being studied.
Although there is not currently good scientific evidence for a health benefit of apple cider vinegar, this may change in the future. Researchers are still involved in some exciting research about apple cider vinegar, and the future is likely to bring better information.
Here is my last two cents worth â With both apple cider vinegar and lemon juice (I will do a post about what I think about lemons on another post) letâs simplify this thing down. A natural CLEANING solution that works very well is vinegar. Yucky build up on windows, household items and even your hair has been cleaned away by something as simple as vinegar. Who is to say that canât hold true for helping clean out the âYUCKâ in your body. Usually cholesterol, some allergies and excess fat or waste are attributed to an accumulation of sludge that you should want to strip out of your system.
Iâm going to throw in one more âcentâ.
It is my opinion that the real deal meaning the actually liquid and not pills or capsules saying it has apple cider in them is the most effective.
Ok- I have ran out of pennies for todayâŠBe Well and Be Happy! Â
How To Maintain Your Weight After Dieting
If you weigh you will STAY!
I’ve Lost the Weight – How Do I Keep it Off?
Question – I’m in P4, but find I’m gain back slowly. I’m up 10 lbs in about 4 weeks. What should I do?
Answer –
OK – As I write bear in mind I am talking to myself as well.
Here are a few thinks you want to ask yourself. Did you tend to shy away from the scale for too many days? Did you keep a journal so if there was a food that didn’t work out for you it would be easier to pinpoint what you would need to be more careful with?
Have there been stressful situations in your life that made it more difficult to make good food choices? Is 4 weeks been how long you have been on P4 or were you doing pretty good then this began to happen?
Re-reading your question it sounds like you were doing good and it has been the last 4 weeks that has caused issues. Try to think back on what could have changed from when you were holding steady with your new weight. Personally for me all was great then in Feb 2012 I was slammed with one situation after another that mentally triggered me to throw my hands up in the air so to speak. We all have “things” and set backs. It is how we dust ourselves off to move forward that defines us. You and I both can turn a situation around. Basically long story short depending on your answers to the questions I put out there. If you sum up that it is due to a few too many choices or habits slipping through the cracks as long as you identify them and adjust you will be back on track. If you feel getting stricter with yourself for a few days to regain mental strength and confidence in the power you have in your heart and soul you could choose to do the Mac nut fast or fruit flush or simply eat really clean – lean protein and low glycemic fruit and veggies.
You my dear worked too hard to get your heath, body and mind where you want it to be to let anything defeat you now!
Is Sugar Toxic to Your Body?
HCG Craving Buster of the Day
This blog post isn’t about a supplement though one L-Glutamine capsule poured under the tongue can help with sugar craving
The video link below provides information that helps you and me both to think before we act on a craving. Thus one day closer to the goal we have set for ourselves because we decide to make the right food choices that keep our body and mind healthy!
Video shows how sugar not only causes heart disease and diabetes, but also feeds tumors and is as addictive as Cocaine to your brain
 Mike’s comments:
I think everybody needs to watch this video from a recent 60 Minutes episode to see just how harmful to your health sugar really is. I don’t think most people understand the seriousness of this. People seem to blindly eat and drink loads of sugar each day (Americans consume a whopping 1/3 lb of sugar per DAY on average) without thinking about how this internally affects your body and your biochemistry.
As you can see in the video, it should be no surprise to anybody that studies clearly relate excess sugar consumption to obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and cancer.
You might argue that some natural sugars have always been in the human diet, so why is this an issue. Well, yes humans have always eaten small amounts of natural sugars from fruit as part of the ancestral diet, but we’ve never historically been exposed to the massive amounts of added sugars that we see in today’s world of sweetened drinks, candies, cakes, cookies, as well as added sugars in everything from condiments to dressings to tomato sauces.
As you can see in the video, the average American eats a sickening 130 lbs of sugar per person per year, or 1/3 lb per day! That’s just nasty if you ask me, and shows how little most people respect their body, or even think about what they’re putting in their body on a daily basis.
The video also mentions that in one controlled study, they replaced 25% of the daily calories of the subjects with sugary drinks, and took continual blood tests. The tests showed that by replacing 25% of their daily calories with sugary drinks, the subjects increased their dangerous small dense LDL particles in their blood which causes arterial plaque and heart disease. Yes, in fact, sugar and carbs in general contribute more to heart disease than fats do.
We also need to realize that high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is a relatively new invention in the human diet and is something that your body does not know how to properly handle. HFCS didn’t really become part of the human food supply until the 1970’s and now it’s found it fairly large quantities in almost every processed food on the grocery shelves. As the video points out, HFCS consumption is clearly linked to increased heart disease and stroke risk.
One statement I don’t agree with in the video above is that sugar and HFCS are “the same”. While I agree that they are both terrible for your health and both toxic, there are certainly big differences in how the body processes HFCS vs table sugar or other forms of sugar. I cover this in full in this article about HFCS here (opens a new window).
Also take note that the video mentions how sugar feeds tumors and can make cancer worse.
In addition, sugar activates reward centers in your brain, similar to drugs like cocaine, thereby making sugar addictive. The part of the video where they do brain scans on him while he sips a sugary soda is interesting indeed.
One other thing to mention about this video… I don’t fully agree with how they lump honey and real maple syrup in with table sugar or HFCS. Although honey and real maple syrup are mostly sugar, and should be minimized overall, both of them at least have additional micronutrients and antioxidants that sugar or HFCS simply don’t have.
In addition, another aspect that the video fails to mention is that it’s not just added sugar that causes all of these negative effects in your body, but also fast-digesting carb sources like breads, pastas, bagels, muffins, rice, and other grain-based foods that spike your blood sugar just as quickly as regular table sugar. For example, each piece of bread you eat is basically equivalent to eating about 20 grams of sugar since the response to your blood sugar and triglyceride levels is essentially the same.
The bottom line is that food manufacturers want you to be addicted to sugar and continue to buy all of their junk foods and sugary drinks which destroy your health. But it’s time to take control of your health for yourself and not support these giant businesses who only care about their corporate profit and not about how they are destroying your health.
HCG-Getting Back to Basics
Starting HCG
Like many great people out there I have been experiencing quite the crazy year. Situations, changes and losses that can weigh emotionally heavy on a person’s heart and mind.
So after a lot of thought and soul searching I have decided for many reasons to do a round.
I have not gained horribly and actually my clothes fit but not as comfortable as I like them to. I made one cardinal sin with maintenance…avoided the scale for too long. During the turbulent time of this years beginning I simply didn’t want to “deal”.
Then the over thinking of ” if I go back on HCG will I be letting those I have been helping down”?
With that mind conversation I finally remembered that other HCGers that I know and respect at different times have decided to do another round and I didn’t have negative judgement on them.If anything I welcomed them back with open arms encouragement!
So now with all the song lyrics that are going through my mind that motivate me to start fresh I am excited about this!
Foo fighter’s “Walk” or Aerosmith’s “Back in the Saddle” and all that đ
So my plan on my blog is to share different info that I come across that I know helps me stay on track.
I will also do a you tube vlog very soon…FUN Times!!
Even with this decision I know that I have maintained better than at any other time in my “dieting career”. I call it that because I started dieting when I was in elementary school. Not one single other method has kept the weight off like this. I began my HCG journey in January 201o. It is now 2012 and would I admit it is debatable whether I really would need to do a round based on how much I want to lose.
But I have decided I want Pounds & Inches manuscript to be sure I was weighing the right amount.
I already saw a video and read research that will help motivate me to stay on track and I will share that with you too.
My goal with this website was to help people by sharing my experiences and what I learn.
So my plan is to help me and in turn I hope to help you!
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