HCG Diets for HCG Weight loss Phases

Millions of people are laboring under weight problems all over the world. It is not surprising that the health and fitness industry has become a billon dollar concern and promises to become bigger still. The funny thing is that with the all the diet programs being advertised as the ultimate in weight reduction, more and more people are added to the ranks of the overweight and obese. There can only be one explanation for this, most diet programs have not been delivering on its promises or they do not fit people’s specific requirements. Understandably most people would want a program that is convenient and fast.

There is one program people will probably consider suitable to their requirements - the HCG weight loss program. This program discourages dieters from engaging in grueling exercises, at least while they are undergoing the diet. With this program, they are not expected to spend more than a few minutes completing daily weight loss rituals and most important they are projected to lose all their accumulated fats in just a few weeks which busy dieters naturally will appreciate.

The core of the program is the HCG hormone produced by pregnant women. HCG adjusts the metabolic rate of the women’s body to allow them to eat all the foods they need to maintain and sustain their good health and their babies’ as well. In the body of the dieter, it works similarly except that it has to be activated by a very low calorie diet.

The hcg program has two major diet phases, the diet proper phase which features the calorie starved diet and the maintenance phase. Both these HCG diets are mainly composed of proteins, fibers and fluids. The maintenance diet, needless to say, has better calorie consumption but not approaching the dieter’s level of consumption prior to the diet program.

The diet menu of the calorie starved diet is not very encouraging, to say the least. The maximum amount of calorie consumption of strictly limited to 500 a day and on top of that the amount of foods allowed is well below what the dieter is used to. There are no solid foods for breakfast, though sugarless coffee or tea can be consumed in any quantity. Milk is allowed, what is one to do with one tablespoon a day? Lunch or dinner is no better; one stick of bread to go along with 100 grams of fatless meat, one kind of vegetable, one kind of fruit and one kind of seafood, preferably shrimp or lobster. As for the kind of fruits or vegetable, the dieter is given a list of choices. The complete menu is available in HCG websites.

The diet proper menu is good for 23 days after which the maintenance diet follows. This diet allows all kinds of foods except for junk and fast foods and foods that are heavily processed. Organic foods are highly recommended for long term protection of gains and better health.