If you’re among the millions of people who have ever tried to lose weight, you are probably asking yourself the exact same question of…”why can’t I lose any more weight when I eat healthy and stay active?”

If you’ve been starving yourself, your body is most likely in a calorie preservation mode and you won’t lose any more weight unless you kicked up your activity level significantly. Most of us can’t do that easily, no time, no energy, and no will power!

You need to change your body’s hunger set point, or what I term your hungerstat. HCG, human chorionic gonadotropin) can definitely change your hungerstat by working at the level of the hypothalamus (a region of your brain that regulates hunger and temperature, etc).

What does hcg, hypothalamus, and all that mean exactly? What that means is that your body and brain (your psyche) are used to eating to the point of feeling FULL, which for your level of activity may actually be way too many calories even though you think you’re not eating hardly anything at all or eating so healthy.

Weight loss is actually extremely simple. You must intake fewer calories than you burn. The hard part is how do you do that?? The answer: HCG drops or injections.

HCG will suppress your appetite and is NOT a stimulant or speed. It is a gonadotropin that is normally produced by the placenta during pregnancy. While you will see HCG advertised and available all over the internet, you do not know where it is from and how pure it is or if it is exactly as what is advertised.

I obtain the HCG from a US Pharmaceutical Company that manufactures the HCG and I have a CERTIFICATE OF PURIFICATION with the specifications of purity that is sent with the product. You can be sure that what you are receiving for weight loss is indeed what I say it is, pure HCG.

The HCG acts at the level of your hypothalamus to suppress your appetite while simultaneously increasing your metabolism to burn the “stubborn brown fat” of the internal and external abdomen, waist, hips, and inner and outer thighs. (more…)

Nutrition 101

Weight gain is caused by consuming more calories than the body uses.

• The average person uses as many as 2,500 calories daily, or 17,500 calories per week.
• If you eat the amount your body needs, you will maintain your weight. It takes 3,500 extra calories to gain 1 pound.
• To lose weight, you must consume fewer calories than your body uses. You must eat 3,500 calories less than you need, say 500 calories per day for 1 week, to lose 1 pound.

Calories count. It’s important to understand where calories come from and how to make the smartest food selections. Here are some basics:

• Foods are composed of the following 3 substances, in varying amounts:
  • Carbohydrates (4 Calories per gram) - Examples include grains, cereal, pasta, sugar, fruits, and vegetables
  • Protein (4 Calories per gram) - Examples include legumes (beans, dried peas, lentils), seafood, low-fat dairy, lean meats, and soy products such as tofu
  • Fats (9 Calories per gram) - Examples include whole-fat dairy products, butter, oils, and nuts

Alcohol is a separate fourth group (7 Calories per gram).

A calorie is the amount of energy (heat) needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree Celsius. A kilocalorie (or Calorie with a capital C) is the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree Celsius.

• The energy contained in food is measured in kilocalories but is commonly referred to on food packages and elsewhere as calories.
• Most people underestimate the number of calories they consume by about 30%.
• Calculate the number of calories you should consume each day to keep your weight the same.
  • If you are moderately active, multiply your weight in pounds by 15.
  • If you are sedentary, multiply by 13 instead.
  • To lose weight, you need to eat less than this number.

Excess calories from any source (even fat-free foods) will turn into body fat.

• Any carbohydrate not immediately used for energy will be stored in the liver as glycogen for short-term use. The body has only a limited number of liver cells to store the glycogen. Whatever is left over will be converted to fat.
• Excess protein and fat in the diet are also stored as fat.

Fat cells are no longer thought to be responsible only for energy storage and release.

• They synthesize the hormone leptin, which travels to the hypothalamus in the brain and regulates appetite, body weight, and the storage of fat.
• Leptin was first discovered in 1994. The exact way it works is not yet fully understood.
• Disorders of leptin account for only a few cases of obesity, usually morbid (extreme) obesity.

Blog continued on HCG Diet and How to Maintain and Lose Weight