HCG Diet Information Lose Weight Now

No matter if you are doing the HCG diet protocol, south beach, Atkins, Weight Watchers, whatever — one thing will be consistent…

DON’T DRINK YOUR CALORIES!!!

As a person who rarely drinks water and usually prefers a lovely Mt. Dew, I can tell you this for sure.  Drinking your calories is a complete waste.  That average soda of yours is essentially a meal.  That diet soda?  Sure no calories, but not really great for you.  Trust me on this one as someone who has had 4 instances of kidney stones and one surgery — soda is NOT good for you.

Whatever your weight loss plan is, I can tell you that drinking AT LEAST a half a gallon of water will make a HUGE difference.  In the days that I forget to drink water, I remain stagnant in weight loss regardless of how little I ate and saved in my plan.  When I drink a half to a full gallon of water throughout the day, I am much more effective at seeing immediate and gradual weight loss when used in conjunction with my plan.

So my tip?  I like to *see* what I consume.  So I use bottles of water from Costco.  I make sure I try to drink 3 in the morning, 3 at lunch and 3 in the evening.  This would be a gallon of water.

Hope this helps!  Drink that water!

Well, this morning’s weigh in was disappointing, up 1 pound from yesterday.  Admittedly though, I diverted a bit yesterday.  I hadn’t been on a date with just my wife in a while, so we went out.  We went to Texas Roadhouse.  I ordered the roasted chicken, side salad, and side baked beans.  The salad was fine as was the chicken (I removed the skin) even though it was on-bone.  I’m sure it was the BBQ baked beans that set me over.  It is odd though, as it was such a small amount.  And I drank over a gallon of water yesterday too.

Oh well, I’m doing my best.  I’m feeling like I could probably get another 5 pounds out of the HCG diet and really want to, but this travel will be hard.  I’m on a plane all day today and am going to try to just eat the 6 apples today to see if that helps reset anything.

As I’m going into the final week, I’m starting to think about the maintenance phase for the HCG diet.  This is probably the most important.  I’ve had friends lose a lot and then on the 27th day gorge themselves as a ‘reward’ — and then they eventually gain it back.  To me, the HCG diet is a detox.  I wanted something to reset my thoughts on food and give me a bit of a jumpstart toward better eating lifestyle while still enjoying what I want.  I have some thoughts on how I’m going to accomplish this that I’ll share later.

Now, it’s off to travel!  Wish me luck!

Day 17: 204.5 pounds (up one :-(  )