So, I have been SERIOUSLY dieting for a while now and I have come to discover that I am a recovering food addict…
What do I mean? My food habits have been horrible. I equate it to an addict of any type that says, “I am not an addict, I can stop whenever I want.” They can justify their situation by saying, I just don’t want to stop right now.
I have taken an I CAN’T eat that approach to dieting, as opposed to a “I won’t eat this now so I can have that later approach.” What is my current diet plan? A restrictive calorie diet eating only lean meats, fruits and vegetables, while taking HCG drops (I will address Why HCG, momentarily). Anyway, the diet is tough because you CAN’T eat certain things while doing HCG or it renders the HCG ineffective and basically you are just starving yourself.
What I have found is that when you are evaluating everything you take in, you realize how much crap you have been eating. Now, I am not referring to the obvious junk food, but things that you would consider good for you that you don’t eat in balance. For example, finding out what four ounces of meat is and how many calories it contains. An I am referring to lean meat, not a Mickey D’s Quarter Pounder. Let me show you…
Chicken Breast 4oz = 120 calories (5.6g Fat/26g Protein) (Link)
Quarter Pounder PATTY = 220 calories (17g Fat/19g Protein) (Link)
It’s like that all over the place. I also found that I was really only considering what calories were in the main item being eaten and not what was in the dressings, spreads, extras that I added to what I was eating. Or the drinks I was drinking with it. So, for example…something I liked to eat NOT on a regular basis but OCASSIONALLY…my favorite In and Out:
Double-Double Cheese: 670
French-Fry: 395
Chocolate Shake: 590 (Yes, 590 in the shake alone…)
TOTALING: 1655 Calories (LINK)
Anyone else out there realize that? Now granted, that wasn’t a regular occurring meal for me, but I am almost embarrassed to say I have eaten it.
That kind of eating, and add into it snacking, two other meals and any other drinks through out the day and it is no wonder the US has staggering obesity rates.
So, why HCG for me?
I consider myself fairly healthy. I have a body screening and it came back at 26 percent. Which was a little high, but in reality that meant I have 60 pounds to lose. I have been making excuses that for my build, activity, etc, there is no way I could lose 60 pounds. I couldn’t SEE it on my body.
After some research, I discovered that even looking fit an HEALTHY, your body actually stores fat in you muscle tissue and for all intents and purposes, you can’t see it. What you see hanging from you cheeks and mid-section is the fat your body can no longer work into you muscles. In fact, the more muscle you have the more fat your body can store in it…
Think about buying meat from the butcher….its marbling…a lean cut of meat has less fat in the meat itself…a marbled fattier piece of meat has fat within the tissue. Great for grilling…but shouldn’t be your body make up.
So, after reading a few things, I decided to try HCG to see if it could release some of the fat I have been storing…what I have found though, is that in trying to do the diet, I discovered that it wasn’t my body that needs help as much as my eating habits.
I discovered, that most diets are critiqued because after stopping the diet you gain all the weight back. It isn’t the diet that causes that. It is returning to poor eating habits after you are done.
Would I recommend HCG to someone, absolutely! But, only if you consider all aspects of what you are going to be doing and make a change in your eating lifestyle. HCG is really just a jump start to changing your life style. I have found that to be true in both losing the weight AND thinking about what I eat. I hope I will remember that, the next time I pass by an In and Out…I may need a sponsor though.
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