Most people have had problems sometime in their lives with either weighing too much or too little.
Obesity is an excess proportion of total body fat compared to muscle, bone, and body water.
A person is considered obese when his or her weight is 20% or more above normal weight.
he most common measure of obesity is the body mass index (BMI). A person is considered
overweight if his or her BMI is between 25 and 29.9; a person is considered obese if his or her BMI is over 30.
"Morbid obesity" means that a person is either 50%-100% over normal weight, more than 100 pounds
over normal weight, has a BMI of 40 or higher, or is sufficiently overweight to severely interfere with health
or normal function.
For men, obesity generally occurs when calories taken in through food are more than the calories being
burned by the body (metabolism). For women, obesity and weight gain seems to be more hormonally
related than a calorie in/calorie out issue. Excess estrogen will put weight on the hips, outer thighs, and buttocks.
Excess progesterone will put weight on in the center belly and inner thighs. High levels of Cortisol will increase your
insulin production and put a layer of fat around the belly (spare tire) and possibly the face, making it very round (moon facies).
Low thyroid will lower your metabolism and you’ll gain all over. Regulating hormones becomes essential for most weight loss.
Other causes of weight gain are: age, gender (women more than men), genetics, environmental factors, illness
(hypothyroidism, depression, and chronic viral infections like mononucleosis and Epstein Barr), medications
(like steroids and antidepressants), physical activity or a lack thereof, and psychological factors
(over-eating due to boredom, sadness, anger, etc),.
When weight gain is no longer occurring but you still have stored fat that won’t go away no matter how much exercise
you do, then you can successfully do liposuction (if there is a lot of fat) or Mesotherapy for fat loss (like LipoDissolve)
to help sculpt problem areas. These procedures are very effective in getting rid of storage fat, but if you want to go back
to eating cake and not working out, then the fat will come back.
If you still need to lose weight, one of the best ways to
lose significant amounts of abnormal fat is the hCG diet. This diet actually
resets the body’s metabolism, which is usually low due to yoyo dieting or low
thyroid function.
Since its discovery in the 1950's by Dr. ATW Simeons, small
doses of hCG have been given to overweight men and women to decrease their
appetite and help them lose weight specifically around their hips, thighs,
buttocks and stomach. hCG stands for Human Chorionic Gonadotropin, a hormone
naturally produced by the placenta in pregnant women and almost completely
controls the metabolic function through the hypothalamus throughout the
pregnancy.The hypothalamus gland
moderates the thyroid, adrenals, fat storage, and more importantly, your
metabolic rate.
Contrary to popular belief, the hCG used in the hCG diet
protocols is a variation of the hCG form used for fertility treatments, and in
a much smaller dose. All hCG used for
medical purposes is natural, but created in laboratories from sterile
cells. It is NOT extracted from women or
animal urine- a common misconception.
HCG is a natural hormone that is produced by the human
body. In fact, it is present in every
human tissue, including males and non-pregnant women as well as pregnant. Dr
Simeons has done extensive research on the safety of hCG when used for weight
loss and there is no evidence of any side effects. HCG is totally safe for men.
There is no evidence that hCG is not safe to be used in men or women as it is
already found in every living tissue in both sexes naturally.
Most hCG dieters report a loss of 1 to 2 lbs a day. At the very least, .5 pound a day, and at the
most, 3 pounds. hCG weight loss studies have shown that
weight lost following the Simeons protocol comes directly from adipose fat
tissue rather than lean muscle. In doing
so, the weight lost comes directly from unhealthy fat and does not strip the
body of much needed muscle, vitamins or minerals essential to maintain good
health, while at the same time, releasing excessive amounts of fat-stored
nutrients into the blood stream to be absorbed by the body. For this reason, hCG dieters report a feeling
and appearance of great health and marvel at the loss of negative health risks
they had as an overweight individual.
HCG diet shots cause your hypothalamus to mobilize the fat
out of the fat storage locations so that it’s available for use. While you are only consuming 500 calories,
your hypothalamus is continually releasing the fat stored in your body. Because of this, your body is actually
operating on thousands of calories a day. The result is your body using thousands of calories of fat from your
body each day, the reason hCG dieters lose 1 to 2 lbs of fat or more, per day.
It is common for mild hunger during the first few days,
however this will pass and by the 2nd week, you will find even very tiny
servings, to be completely satisfying.
This is partly due to your hypothalamus adjusting your metabolic rate,
but largely due to the amount of calories circulating in your system from the
fat being released. It is common that
hCG dieters feel as though they are stuffing themselves in order to reach that
500 calorie limit!
After the hCG diet, not only will you have lost physical
weight, former hCG Dieters also report a change for the better in appetite, and
a natural course of modified eating behavior.
They also report this as being an ideal situation for easily
transitioning into a healthy relationship with food.
With all of these changes and experiences, the hCG Diet is
the perfect opportunity to adopt that healthy lifestyle to maintain your
weight.
Will you gain the weight back after hCG? There is no reason you should, so long as you
have replaced any former negative eating and inactive lifestyle habits with
new, healthy perspectives on food and exercise.
Most post-hCG dieters find a minimum amount of daily
activity is sufficient to maintaining their hCG weight loss goal. A minimum
amount of exercise is recommended not only for weight maintenance, but also for
the added health benefits. With your hypothalamus "reset", your
metabolism will reflect these differences and you will be able to eat
moderately without feeling the need to overeat.
Because this type of dieting is not for everyone, Dr.
Elizabeth Grady also offers a variety of more conventional weight loss
treatments, such as Phentermine, B-Vitamin with Lipotropics (fat burner)
injections, and Weight Loss Patches, to name a few.
Being underweight is also a big problem for some people. This problem is generally due to malnutrition or malabsorption.
If someone is not absorbing the food they eat properly, maybe because of Celiac disease or Leaky Gut Syndrome, then
their bodies are not even recognizing the food they eat as fuel. Their bodies will slowly digest their own muscle for fuel.
In these cases, it is essential to find the cause in order to reverse the process. Any inflammation in the intestines needs
to be reduced for the absorption of nutrients and the intestinal lining needs to be repaired so it is not allowing large proteins
through, to which the body reacts as if it was a foreign invader, like a bacteria.