The use of HCG in the HCG diet has become such a chaotic subject filled with heaps of controversial arguments and confusing statements that people just do not know how to begin and where things are headed with regards to the diet.
Moreover, the decades-old Dr Simeons’ protocol comes across as staid and archaic to a number of people as they are constantly confused with the concept stated by Dr Simeons that they need to weigh themselves daily. When weight remains on a constant on a daily basis, the person undergoing the HCG diet assumes that the diet is not working and joins in the bandwagon claiming that the HCG diet is a fraud diet.
It is important to note that the weighing scale weighs not just the fat or only the muscle component in your body but is weighing everything that your body comprises, including water, food, all the organs, bones, skeletal structure, hair, skin etc. and more. During the HCG diet most people experience that the weighing scale does not reveal weight loss, but that has nothing to do with the actual weight loss you are really experiencing. Dr Emma states the reason why the weighing scale does not show weight loss is because the individual is retaining water in the body, which is a common factor, seen during rapid weight loss. Water retention sometimes goes on for a number of days, because the body is still learning to adjust and balance the amount of water going in and out of the body.
The weight of water must not be underestimated, as Dr Emma states that water can be very heavy and if there is water retention in the body it has nothing to do with fat loss. Interestingly, fat does not weigh as much as muscle or water and hence it is important to note that the goal of the individual must be to become muscular and lean with the completion of the HCG diet, rather than endure rapid weight loss.
Hence, HCG diet experts suggest that in order to track progress, the measurement of the waist must be taken once a week while keeping a watch on the fit of the clothing. For those who do not want to invest in a high-tech body composition weighing scale, the best way to know if you have dropped a size is to use different sizes of clothing as a guide. The most important point to remember when following the HCG diet is that if you are consuming less number of calories than your body requires on any given day, you are absolutely guaranteed to burn fat every single day of the HCG diet. In the HCG diet fat gets burnt as the amount of calories consumed through food is not enough for the body and hence fat deposits start getting utilised instead of muscle.
Fat loss is best measured with callipers, bio impedance scales, or DEXA scanning. But a simple tape measure can also be enough, although it may not tell you whether you are losing muscle or fat; however it is still your best bet that changes are taking place in your body-shape even if the weighing scale may not say so. The tape measure can be your sure sign of guarantee that fat loss is taking place, despite the non-movement of the weighing scale. This means that you are definitely shrinking – without losing heavy muscle, but rather losing unhealthy fats deposits all over.
Although this concept might be a little radical, since diets across the ages have stated that “weight loss” is a benchmark of success; but now that we are aware, we need to concentrate on fat loss rather than overall weight loss. With this thought in mind, you can breathe much easy now and remember to take the right dosage of HCG every day. Do not get swayed by fraudulent claims that the HCG diet will make you lose one pound of fat every day, as not only is this highly unlikely but also extremely dangerous. One pound of fat comprises approximately 3500 calories and it is extremely rare that any individual would burn 3500 calories in one day. If in the rare case it is so, it is possible that the person is also losing muscle in addition to fat, which is something that is not advisable.
