Preparing for the HCG Diet and Introduction

I first heard about the HCG Diet a few months ago. My sister in law did the diet and she lost a lot of weight. But I was very sceptical about whether the diet was safe nutrition wise for a person. So, I blew it off as a crazy and unsafe idea. Then my weight that I had lost after giving birth started to creep back into my life. NOT OKAY. Especially when I live a healthy lifestyle and the fat just seemed to appear over night and come right back to it's original home around my hips, stomach, and rear end. Something needed to be done.

Then I fell upon the HCG Diet again through my studies as a Holistic Health Practitioner. I finally read Dr. Simeon's "Pounds and Inches" manuscript. I read it word for word from a Health Practitioners stand point. It made perfect sense to me. My main concern was where people would get their nutrients. Then I read and remembered that there are some nutrients (not to mention calories) in fat. Once that fat is moved around the nutrients are released into the body.

After reading the manuscript I decided to take on the diet as a science project. I want to evaluate how I feel physically, emotionally, and hormonally. My theory is that the HCG protocol will help balance all of the hormones in the body. We'll see how it effects me. Honestly, this truly will be a journey for me. Many things in the diet go against some of the theories that I am studying as a Holistic Health Practitioner. That is why I am keeping this blog. To help me sort things out through my personal experiences.

My husband and I are both doing the HCG Diet. Neither of us are horribly overweight. But we are over weight and show the classic symptoms that Dr. Simeon describes. I carry most of my weight around my stomach, hips, bust, and butt. My husband Carry's it all up front (classic basket ball stomach.) So, we're looking forward to the balance of the fat, both the loss of fat as well as the proper distribution of the fat.

We have a local doctor who will be our supporting physician through the next 40 days. We are grateful to live in a small town where we get the small town service. Our local pharmacist ordered the HCG and needles for us. We paid a total of $80.00 for everything.

So, I've done my homework, drawn up a plan, and we're ready to go!