HCG for Weight Loss: Maintenance Tips and Strategies for Keeping the Weight Off

When you are finished with a round of using HCG for weight loss, you will definitely notice some changes in your body. While on the HCG diet and its meager 500 calories, you probably became accustomed to eating a lot less, thus your stomach may have shrunk a bit along with your appetite.

Eat a sensible diet
While you can by no means live on a mere 500 calories a day, your new eating habits will help you to maintain a sensible diet of healthy foods. Your metabolism has also changed. It is now operating at a much more efficient level due to the replenished stores of HCG that trigger the hypothalamus to burn abnormal adipose (fat) stores for energy and spare the muscle fiber.

Here are some maintenance tips once you have finished using HCG for weight loss:

Exercise to keep your metabolism fired up to burn more fat and for your daily dose of endorphins. Drink green tea to increase your metabolism (do not add sugar) Meditate to encourage relaxation, manage stress and keep cortisol levels low. Do yoga to manage stress, strengthen the body, burn fat and keep you centered and happy. Take a multivitamin/mineral supplement. Try EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) to resolve emotional eating issues and fears around losing the weight Get at least 30 grams of fiber each day by eating beans, lentils, brown rice, apples, blueberries, banana, whole grain bread, potato with skin on, oatmeal, figs, Almonds, greens.

Be careful about sweets early in the maintenance stage
Dr. Simeon warns that in the three weeks after the last treatment patients should be very cautious about taking simple carbohydrates such as: sugar, rice, bread, potatoes and pastries. He warns, ". . . as soon as fats and starch are combined things are very likely to get out of hand." So don't blow your weeks of hard work and discipline by "treating yourself" to an indulgent, sweet dessert. Find non-food rewards to congratulate yourself for your continued hard work.

Keep your eye on the scale daily
Another maintenance tip Dr. Simeon shares in his protocol is to make sure that your weight stays to within two pounds of your weight on your last HCG dose day. He advises that patients skip a breakfast and lunch on the same day that they notice an increase of more than two pounds over their last HCG for weight loss day.

Hopefully, the weeks of following a very low calorie diet have taught you the required discipline to control your portion sizes going forward. HCG for weight loss should set you up for successfully maintaining your freshly lost pounds and inches.

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