Weight Gain During Loading Days

Posted on: January 11, 2018

Weight Gain During Loading Days

One of the frequently asked questions about loading days is “How much weight should I gain when loading?”

The answer is it’s highly individual. But base on observations:

For first time to load on the HCG injection

Your loading gain is minimal with the usual range of 1 pound to 4 pounds per day. Yes, 4 pounds of loading gain is just minimal when loading during the HCG diet. You will likely to lose if not all, most of the weight gain on your VLCD.

Why? New loaders are carrying excess water weight before starting with the hcg diet. So, there would be no major inflation gain from suddenly increasing your sugar and fat while loading. For first-timers, you will usually gain somewhere between 1-4 pounds on gorging for HCG. However, all the weight gain will be burned off quickly on your next round with HCG injections.

Loading during subsequent rounds on the HCG injection

For those who have been eating a health diet in their previous phases and who load WELL on FAT gain as much as six to nine pounds on the first day. This is because they are not carrying around extra water weight unlike those who load more on carbs and sugar. The next day, they likely gain less.

On each loading day, it is important to eat between 3,000-5,999 calories. You should gain between 2 to 6 pounds. You can eat whatever you want in a larger amount provided that the foods are high in fats. Dr. Simeon did make it clear that the purpose of loading is to get a high amount of fats into your body.

Foods you can load on

On typical loading day:

Breakfast

Sausages, bacon, egg, bagel with cream cheese

Snack (midmorning)

Strawberries and donuts with whip cream

Lunch

Pork or chicken with baked potato and sour cream

Afternoon snack

Milkshake, peanut butter sandwich, nuts

Dinner

Steak, pizza, Caesars salad with Avocado, cheesecake

Late night snack

Avocado or Hard-Boiled Egg on Crispbread

It’s essential that you keep track of how much weight you gain during your loading days. Keeping track of your weight gain will be your benchmark for the rest of your hcg dieting.

Posted on: January 10, 2018

Headaches on the HCG Diet

The HCG Diet can cause changes in your body’s metabolic process like any other dietary transition. As your body adjusts to the transition you might experience symptom like headaches. This typically occurs during the first few days of the P1 diet.

Just as you experience headaches from reducing sugar and caffeine intake, with HCG diet, you can experience similar symptoms. Your body expects to receive the same fuel it used to receive. In addition to that, the HCG in your body is forcing your stored fat into your bloodstream as a source of energy. So this is a different source of energy, as a result, you may experience a headache.

Fortunately, this doesn’t last very long. Most dieters experience a headache for 1-2 days of their HCG protocol. It is also common that those who experience a headache were on a high sugar diet on their gorging days. In this case, the headache is more of a metabolic detoxification from sugar rather than the HCG itself. If you are on the traditional diet, then probably you may just be protein deprived.

Understanding the changes can help you alleviate and minimize your headaches. There are few things that you can do about it.

Drink plenty of water. Sometimes, when you are on HCG Diet you may have headaches because you are dehydrated.
Are you getting enough sleep? Some have said that they sleep a lot less during HCG Diet. Well, it’s a well-known fact that when you lack sleep you can get a headache.
Gorge on fatty foods during loading phase to prevent carb withdrawal symptoms. A person who consumes a lot of carb before starting the hcg diet, the worst their headaches will be. Aside from a headache, you may experience hunger, muscle sore, food cravings and nausea when detoxing from bad carbs.
Some hcg dieters also found that eating apple helps ease their headaches. This is a natural remedy and it works. But when you do the apple trick, see to it that you remove 1 fruit from your dinner or lunch.
Aspirin can help relieve pain. Be sure that you have a couple on hand in case you suddenly feel a headache.

Posted on: January 9, 2018

HCG Diet Phase 1: Clean loading for HCG Diet

Clean loading for HCG Diet

What is the traditional way of loading for HCG Diet?

Loading the traditional way is eating whatever you like. That includes fries, burgers donuts, oh so delicious cakes and ice creams.

What is clean loading for HCG Diet?

Clean loading or low carb loading is loading WELL on FATS, proteins and low carb veggies instead of sugars and carb.

During HCG loading phase many dieters do not load properly. They find it counter-productive. Why add pounds if the goal is to lose weight?

Wrong! Way wrong. The loading phase is a crucial step. It may sound counter-productive gorging on fats but it is extremely important in the HCG Diet. Gorging on high-fat food will actually jump start your hcg diet. The fats will provide you with a reserve calorie to sustain you during your VLCD. Proper loading will also prevent your body from starvation.

Loading during HCG Diet has to be healthy. Although eating a bunch of junks won’t really hurt you but it’s not the ideal way to do it. Eating unhealthy foods during loading days can cause metabolic issues. It might also take your body longer to react to the HCG hormone. So, stick to clean sources of fats. It will make your diet with HCG easier. It will also make your transition to approved healthy HCG foods naturally.

Foods to eat when loading clean:

Meats like chicken thigh and skin on, lamb chops, pork chops, bacon
Olive oil, coconut oil, mayonnaise, butter, cheese
Low carb veggies like cauliflower, broccoli, avocado, snow peas, sour cream

Foods to avoid when loading clean:

Sweets like cakes, ice cream, chocolates, energy bars
Muffins, biscuits, pie, pizza
Potatoes- French fries, bread, rice, oats, yams,
Carb-rich fruits like apples, grapefruits, mango, banana, peaches
Carb-rich veggies

Why choose clean loading?

It will prevent you from slipping up to your cravings during and after the hcg diet. HCG diet is not all about losing weight. You are also trying to change your appetites for food and your metabolism. It’s important that you develop the right eating habit. Most hcg dieters who choose to load clean don’t crave for junks after finishing with round one of HCG.
You can get into Ketosis mode (fat burning mode) sooner. This is where your stored fat is utilized as a main source of fuel through the hormone. By loading clean, your body can go into ketosis sooner which will give your hcg diet a head start.

Posted on: January 9, 2018

HCG Diet Questions: Can I load for 3 days instead of 2?

Can I load for 3 days instead of 2?

Debating whether to load for 2 day or 3 day? Ask yourself these questions?

Do you really need it or you just want to make an excuse so you can still eat those yummy cakes.

A 2 day loading period is proven to be successful. However, there are some who choose to load for 3 days. WHY? It’s not because their body needs it to lose fats much better for the coming round. The true reason is they just wanted to have an extra-legal day to eat more sugary foods.

Well, this isn’t considered normal. The hcg protocol calls for a higher fat intake and not on sugary foods. You need to change your mindset as early as the loading days. Doing this will help your hcg diet plan not to become a crutch for your next round just so you can load without feeling guilty. Change how you think about food and eating. Don’t allow yourself to trick you. Start off on the right foot. Let the change affect every part of your decisions.

When you wake up in the morning after the 2nd day load, how do you feel?

When you wake up on that 3^rd morning and you feel that you are still hungry. A 3^rd load will be a reasonable thing to do. Your 2 loading days weren’t successful. This might be the case if you didn’t load well on fats. Use the 3^rd day to eat stuff loaded with fats. As suggested in the Original HCG Diet manuscript, Dr. Simeons actually had a 7 day loading period, though he does not go into specifics.

When you wake up on that 3^rd morning and you feel that you are just stuffed as you when to bed, it’s good. Start with your very low calorie diet. This will most likely to happen when you load well on fats.

Fat is the point of loading. When you end up eating sugar and carb you might find yourself very hungry at the start of your hcg diet. So, you don’t have to debate whether to load for 2 day or 3 day. If you feel quite full when you wake up that 3^rd day you are ready to start with your VLCD.

Posted on: January 8, 2018

HCG Phase 1: The What and How’s of Loading

Before going to the losing-weight part which is the phase 2 you need to go through HCG Phase 1 first. This phase is the loading phase. You actually eat more than the usual. And yes, you will gain weight. However, it will come off quickly.

How to load?

Loading is typically done for 2 days. But some people can load for 3 days. How you load while on HCG Diet as is important as loading itself.

First, select a day to begin. Choose a day that is NOT close to your period if you’re women.

Second, take HCG on day 1 of Phase 1 loading. Some HCG dieters make mistakes by taking their HCG on their 3^rd day after loading. Remember, loading day starts when you start taking your HCG injections or your HCG drops.

What to eat?

You can eat whatever you want, however you want but it is still best for you to choose the foods correctly. Make sure the foods you will eat:

Will satisfy your cravings
Will satisfy your cheat factor
Are fat calorie dense
Supply your body with calories needed while you adjust to P2

For those who do not have any idea on where to begin, here are some good choices.

Fried chicken
Pizza
Macaroni and cheese
Hamburgers
Pork
chocolates

You can choose to load on low carbs too. But this is just an optional. You can load in the traditional way. Click here to know why– clean loading.

How much should I eat?

Everyone is different. There is no set amount of how much should you eat. It is suggested that you eat until you are satisfied and not stuffed. So go ahead and eat like there is no tomorrow.

If you are concern that you won’t be able to eat much during loading, shakes and smoothies are great options. Some dieters eat every two hours during their loading days. This seems to work well. The emphasis on is fats. But foods with lots of sugar and carbs are welcomed as well.

Lastly, weight yourself daily.

Benefit	Description
Weight Loss	Lose up to 25–35 lbs in a 40-day cycle
Calorie Control	Follow a 500-calorie daily diet with HCG injections
Fat Targeting	Burn abnormal fat, not muscle
Sustainable Results	Long-term weight stability through phased dieting