T-Bagger
Elite
I was asked by several brothers in the Underground to post about the HCG Diet.
I was at 302 pounds and about 36 body fat when I started. That was the heaviest I ever was. My wife had started about 2 weeks before me and I decided to give it a shot. This physician assisted program is NOT cheap, but apart from the Adipex, everything else can be acquired relatively cheap.
The protocol is this: 6 weeks of HCG, at 100 - 125 iu's per day in the stomach. To curb the appetite, we were prescribed Phentermine (Adipex). The diet was rough: 500 calories per day of totally clean eating. For breakfast you could have half a grapefruit, an apple or an orange and a protein shake - no sugar or garbage like aspartame or Sucralose (I believe our stuff was made with Stevia). Lunch consisted of the other half of that grapefruit and 4 ounces of chicken or lean, grass fed beef and possibly one cup of a vegetable (usually broccoli or green beans). Dinner consisted of 4 oz. grass fed beef or chicken and 1 cup of green vegetables. Sometimes we would have a salad. We went VERY sparingly on the dressing. Our treat was going to Texas Roadhouse and getting the salad, green beans and a 6 oz. steak.
They said if you stalled on the weight loss to either eat steak for breakfast, lunch and dinner for a day or eat 6 apples. For some reason, those reactivated the HCG and kicked the fat loss back in.
Weekly B12 injections were given to help with energy and seemed to help with the weight loss as well. Under Armour's "My Fitness Pal" and a digital food scale became our new toys. No heavy exercise was allowed. We walked 5000 to 7000 steps or more every day as our exercise. I started in November 2015 at 302 lbs and by March 2016 I was at 210. My body fat dropped to 21% and the muscle I lost was utterly sickening. I could barely press 20 lb dumbbells over my head. Women were lifting more than me!
The HCG portion and 500 calories per day lasted 6 weeks. By week 7 we were allowed to go up to 750 calories per day, maximum of 900.
There are numerous other things you can eat on the diet, but no sweets, no sugars, no starches, no white vegetables including corn, etc. I don't have the paperwork on the diet we could actually eat, but what I outlined is what I ate ALL the time. It's definitely not for everyone and you have to be disciplined. If anyone wants to try this, talk to your doctor about getting them to prescribe you the Phentermine. Some states like mine have stupid strict laws and only allow you to be on it for 2 months, then off 6. If you can't get a doctor to prescribe it, find one! It's the only way you'll be able to do this diet.
I'm sure I've left room for a lot of questions and I'll try to answer them as you guys ask.
I was at 302 pounds and about 36 body fat when I started. That was the heaviest I ever was. My wife had started about 2 weeks before me and I decided to give it a shot. This physician assisted program is NOT cheap, but apart from the Adipex, everything else can be acquired relatively cheap.
The protocol is this: 6 weeks of HCG, at 100 - 125 iu's per day in the stomach. To curb the appetite, we were prescribed Phentermine (Adipex). The diet was rough: 500 calories per day of totally clean eating. For breakfast you could have half a grapefruit, an apple or an orange and a protein shake - no sugar or garbage like aspartame or Sucralose (I believe our stuff was made with Stevia). Lunch consisted of the other half of that grapefruit and 4 ounces of chicken or lean, grass fed beef and possibly one cup of a vegetable (usually broccoli or green beans). Dinner consisted of 4 oz. grass fed beef or chicken and 1 cup of green vegetables. Sometimes we would have a salad. We went VERY sparingly on the dressing. Our treat was going to Texas Roadhouse and getting the salad, green beans and a 6 oz. steak.
They said if you stalled on the weight loss to either eat steak for breakfast, lunch and dinner for a day or eat 6 apples. For some reason, those reactivated the HCG and kicked the fat loss back in.
Weekly B12 injections were given to help with energy and seemed to help with the weight loss as well. Under Armour's "My Fitness Pal" and a digital food scale became our new toys. No heavy exercise was allowed. We walked 5000 to 7000 steps or more every day as our exercise. I started in November 2015 at 302 lbs and by March 2016 I was at 210. My body fat dropped to 21% and the muscle I lost was utterly sickening. I could barely press 20 lb dumbbells over my head. Women were lifting more than me!
The HCG portion and 500 calories per day lasted 6 weeks. By week 7 we were allowed to go up to 750 calories per day, maximum of 900.
There are numerous other things you can eat on the diet, but no sweets, no sugars, no starches, no white vegetables including corn, etc. I don't have the paperwork on the diet we could actually eat, but what I outlined is what I ate ALL the time. It's definitely not for everyone and you have to be disciplined. If anyone wants to try this, talk to your doctor about getting them to prescribe you the Phentermine. Some states like mine have stupid strict laws and only allow you to be on it for 2 months, then off 6. If you can't get a doctor to prescribe it, find one! It's the only way you'll be able to do this diet.
I'm sure I've left room for a lot of questions and I'll try to answer them as you guys ask.
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