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WAYT-LESS
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DIET GUIDELINES
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Nu Image Medical no longer offers the HCG Weight Loss Program. GOOD NEWS! We have developed something better and easier: WAYT-less!
Drinking a ton of water is very helpful for hunger control, and it will help make your meals more filling. Be sure that you're drinking the recommended half gallon to one gallon of water each day, and be consistent with it. The more dehydrated that you are on a low calorie diet, the more likely that you are to cheat. Dehydration has been shown to lead to increased hunger in several studies, and it's easy to fix that problem just by getting enough water in your diet. Tea can also be a substitute for water, but be sure that you don't add anything to it outside of stevia and lemon or lime juice, and natural sparkling water without additives is another option.
Another appetite suppressant that works well is coffee. The caffeine in coffee helps to control your appetite naturally, and it is quite effective. But you should be sure to drink black coffee and avoid adding any sweeteners or other ingredients that have calories. Adding stevia to your coffee or non-fat milk in small amounts should be okay, but talk to your medical provider before adding any dairy to your diet. The effect that coffee can have on you can be quite substantial in terms of its appetite suppressant effect, but if you are sensitive to it, you might need to limit your consumption to just a few cups per day.
Black tea and green tea are two good appetite suppressants, with green tea being superior because of certain compounds that can cause weight loss. In particular, green tea lowers the appetite by inhibiting an enzyme that breaks down dopamine and norepinephrine. Green tea also releases another hormone called CCK which immediately reduces the appetite. This same hormone is released after consuming a meal. In addition, green tea's polyphenols can increase thermogenesis or natural fat burning. Green tea doesn't have any negative effects on the cardiovascular system unlike unnatural compounds and additives. In general, it's a perfect drink for the HCG diet, along with black tea, and again you have to be careful to avoid adding any sugar or dairy products in your tea, but stevia, lemon juice and other approved HCG diet seasonings are allowed.
By splitting your meals up throughout the day, it can be a lot easier to control your appetite, but this varies from one person to another. Some people do better when they consume most of their calories at just one meal and then basically fast for the remaining period (while staying hydrated), while other people prefer to split the meals up into two or more. It's definitely worth a shot to experiment with different methods when it comes to this. If you find that you are extremely hungry during the day and you've been splitting your meals up, try the opposite and eat most of your calories in one sitting.
You definitely want to be sure that you're getting the recommended 3.5 ounces of protein per meal while on the HCG diet. Neglecting this will definitely make the diet a lot harder than it needs to be. The protein breaks down gradually and helps to control your blood sugar levels, which in turn will keep you feeling satiated between your meals. But if you substitute the protein for more vegetable or fruit servings, you won't be as satiated and you're be more likely to feel low in energy. If you are vegetarian, there are options available for whey protein shakes and other protein replacements, but you should never skip the protein requirement.
It might seem counterintuitive, but you should definitely limit your physical activity during phase 2 of the diet. This is because you are only limited to 500 calories per day, and if you start to exert yourself or do more physical activity than you're used to for any reason, it will end up draining you. You'll feel hungry much more often and you'll be more likely to slip up if you increase your activity level. When you start Phase 2, be sure that you aren't changing anything up in terms of your routine, for instance if you don't walk a lot regularly, don't start increasing your walking distance, otherwise you might start to experience some difficulties with the diet.
If you've tried everything else and you are still finding that you're hungry on the diet, try to increase your vegetable servings a little bit. You can consult with your medical provider and find out of it is okay to increase your vegetable servings while decreasing your fruit servings or your breadstick option. By doing this you'll be adding more fiber to your diet and you can increase the number of meals that you have each day. Also, another great option for the HCG diet is to make soups, which are more filling and in general you can eat larger quantities without having to worry about calories. Soups and salads are great meal options and be sure that you are getting the recommended serving sizes for each type of vegetable.
At Nu Image Medical we provide you with plenty of details regarding this, and if you have any difficulties with hunger or other problems on the diet you can always ask your medical provider questions. To learn more about the HCG diet or to ask questions, click here to talk to a medical provider at Nu Image Medical today.
Constance Tambakis Odom, MD graduated in 1987 with her Doctorate of Medicine from the New York Medical College, and was an Anesthesiologist Resident from 1988 to 1991 at the Brookdale Medical Center PGY II (CA-I)-PGY IV (CA-III). She is Board Certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology since 1998 and American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine since 2002. Constance Odom, MD is affiliated with the American Medical Association, American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, American Society of Anesthesiology, Georgia Society of Anesthesiology, Hellenic Medical Society of New York, North Carolina Society of Anesthesiology, and Society of Ambulatory Anesthesia.