Weight Loss Stall on the hCG Diet - Q & A
“Hi all, This is day 11 of my VLCD and 13 days since I started this
protocol. I was doing great at first and losing on average a pound a
day. Now for the past 4-5 days I’ve only been losing 2-6 ounces a day,
or staying the same for a day. I haven’t changed anything that I’ve
been doing. I reviewed my food diary and I’ve just been eating the
same old things and haven’t added anything different. Has anyone
experienced this? Am I to expect this for the remaining part of the
diet? I’m happy because I’ve already lost 10 pounds, and I’m glad that
I’m at least still losing, but am I to expect losing at this slow rate
for the remainder of the low cal diet? I tried apple cider vinegar for
the past few days to help boost things and it hasn’t seemed to help.
Any other thoughts?”
Thanks,
Jo
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Response from Roxi:
Slowing down is very normal.
When I first came on this group I was in week 1 of P2 and I thought I
was the bee’s knees because I losing 1 1/2 pounds a day. Heck, at the
time I was still using my body wash with oils in it thinkin’ it
didn’t matter.
About 10 days in my weightloss came to a crawl and Jeni the goddess
of HCG helped me to understand that after week 1 EVERYTHNG can slow a
person down. What got me was tomatoes though.
So, I suggest you take a long hard look at what you are eating and
putting on your body. Especially if your WEEKLY average does not
come out to at least around 3/4 lb a day.
After Jeni helped me I did average 3/4 lbs a day over week long
averages. So many factors can slow a person down too. If you are
older sometimes a 1/2 lb a day will be your average. Plus, the less
you have to lose the less your daily weight loss average will be.
One more thing, sometimes when your weightloss slows or even stops
you will find that you are still losing inches so measuring is VERY
important.
Hope this helps.
Roxi
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Response from Kay:
No sugars and no starches. Otherwise, you can have anything else.
Realize that no sugar means no granulated sugar, no sugar on food, no
sugar in food and no sugary fruit such as grapes. FYI, here is a list
of high sugar fruits to avoid.
http://nutrition.about.com/od/askyournutritionist/f/hi_sugar.htm
I have eaten apples on P3, and I did not gain. I have also eaten
grapes, but I have no problem metabolizing sugar. I do have a serious
problem metabolizing carbohydrates. Simeons mentions that combining
sugar and carbs is very hard to do correctly, and many people have
problems once they begin to do this. Stay away from sugar and carbs
while on P3 so that your body can adjust to the new weight. Not staying
away from them could result in resetting your hypothalamus to a higher
last weight than you anticipated and higher than your LIW.
Carbohydrates (aka Carbs) are another story. Anything with wheat in it
would be high in starch as well as corn, peas, and beans (except green
beans are okay for most people). Also, potatoes, rice, noodles (wheat
product), and all bread should be avoided. Although milk is listed as
high in carbs on the South Beach Diet and therefore forbidden, Simeons’
protocol does allow milk. I drank 5 cups one day near the end of P3,
and I gained .8 (read point eight).
Here is a list of high carbohydrates.
http://www.southbeach-diet-plan.com/shoppinglist_p1.htm under “Food to
Avoid.” Some of these are definitely high carbohydrates, and the others
are foods that could cause you to gain weight. Eat those that are not
high carbs.
Kay
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