The HCG diet is a very successful method of weight loss that has made an incredible resurgence in the US. It was invented by a British endocrinologist back in the 1950's, Dr. Simeons. Most patients see a nice steady weight loss of approximately one pound a day.
Unfortunately, some dieters will hit the wall with their fat loss and not achieve the pound a day. This is often seen in patients who are on their second round of HCG dieting, but not always. What should dieters do to work through the plateau?
There are multiple methods of getting the pounds to start shedding again. Here's 10 methods to break out of a plateau and get back on track losing the weight:
1. Increase your water intake by two to three quarts per day. It may get the body to start releasing the fat again.
2. Eliminate the daily apple for a while.
3. Make sure all condiments and seasoning do no have sugar, as it can stagnate the weight loss that was happening.
4. Make sure to achieve enough sleep. Getting adequate sleep is vital to weight loss, in addition to keeping you even keeled and less likely to cheat on the diet.
5. In addition to eliminating the daily apple, add two tablespoons of apple vinegar to your diet.
6. If you started taking any new medications check with your doctor to see if one or multiple could be interfering with the diet. Maybe one is causing water retention or inhibiting the HCG's action on the release of body fat stores.
7. Ensure that the meat and chicken being eaten is organic to avoid any additives and cut out American beef.
8. Skip the bread sticks on the diet.
9. Consider adding in moderate exercise such as a brisk walk or yoga. The diet itself recommends avoiding heavy exercise since it can make patients have hunger pangs and fatigue. But the moderate exercise may in fact give one's metabolism that bump to start losing weight again.
10. Avoid mixing vegetables.
Patients should wait 6 weeks between rounds of HCG to give the body a recovery period. If patients are going along fine on the diet and then over 5 days occurs with a plateau, they should check with the supervising doctor.
There is usually a reason, and even if one is not directly ascertained it may be possible to break the plateau with one of the above 10 methods.
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