Goal Planning for a Healthy 2012
HCG – Planning for a Healthy 2012
Happy 2012 Everyone!
I am so excited for all of you who have had an amazing journey through 2011 and experienced the benefits of HCG.
Those of you gearing up for 2012 to be your year of transformation I am equally excited for you because I know what the future holds your you!
I want to include this article that I read because outside of HCG as a method there is a lot to say about keeping yourself accountable and really having a clear picture of where you want to be. It’s not just about fitting in clothes you have your eye on or a number on the scale and measuring tape. Good health and being able to feel and move the way you want to is a wonderful GIFT!
Be Blessed and Prosperous with all that 2012 has to offer us!
Your Plan For A New YOU
By Kevin DiDonato MS, CSCS, CES
You know what I really love? Lists!
They keep you organized, on track, and are a GREAT way to MEASURE success.
And with this year ending and new one beginning, what can YOU do to make your HEALTH and WELLNESS a top priority?
Start a NEW list.
One which will hold you ACCOUNTABLE for all of your health, weight, and wellness goals!
So here is a good way to get started.
Better grab your pen and paper, and get ready to plan your new year and a NEW YOU.
Step #1: Where Do You See Your Weight/Health In The Coming Year?
Have you started out every year the same?
You’re gung-ho about eating right, going to the gym, and exercising for about three weeks, then you quit.
You stop seeing results and you say the heck with it!
The first step is to sit down and clarify what YOU want for next year.
Do you want to drop a dress size?
Do you want to fit into your skinny jeans again?
Whatever the goal, write it down.
Writing it down may keep you accountable
and hold you to accomplishing your goal
Step #2: Develop A Path To Your Goal.
Everyone needs a path or a plan.
A way to go from point A to point B!
What is your path?
Having small steps or goals may help you move
successfully from point A to point B
The goals are small, and you should have no trouble accomplishing them.
With each goal you accomplish, it may build your self-esteem and confidence.
Instead of your goal being a HUGE mountain to climb, you break it down into manageable steps that may make it easier to reach the TOP.
Step #3: Determine Where You Need To “Cut The Fat.”
This one can apply to almost any area in your life.
It could be financial, personal or business, and your health.
You should look at your diet and determine where you can make changes.
Do you stop for a muffin?
Is there a better option?
So here is how to cut the fat!
Keep track of everything you eat in a food journal.
Keep track of it for a few days, a week, or even a month.
Write down everything!
Anything you eat, drink, or any supplements you take should be entered into your journal.
Determine how many calories you are eating each day and then determine where you need to make changes.
Or you need to ADD food to your diet.
This may help you keep track of when and what you eat
It may even surprise you.
Step #4: Now That You Have A Food Journal, The Next Step Is To Fix Your Problem-Eating Areas.
Now you need to determine where changes are needed.
You found you are lacking calories: Find a time for a snack or add fruit and vegetables to any meal.
You found you overeat: Find ways to spread your calorie intake throughout your day.
Whatever your problem areas are, now is the RIGHT time to develop a plan to fix them.
Step #5: Determine How To Fit More Exercise Into Your Day.
Are you a person who has a hard time fitting exercise in?
Or do you dread going to the gym and sweating?
I can’t really help you with the sweating; it is just a natural process!
Increasing physical activity may be the BEST option
for losing weight and improving overall health
Exercise may alter cholesterol levels, increase good hormones flowing throughout your brain, and you may BURN extra calories.
Now is the time to figure out what might be the best exercise for you, and go for it.
Remember: You need to develop the RIGHT plan for you.
Exercise in the morning or with a friend.
When there is a will, there is a way!
Step #6:Re-evaluate
This is the time to check your progress.
And this MUST be built into your plan.
This is where you take a good look at your goals, your success so far, and then determine where you need to change.
If it’s working and you are happy, then just keep going.
If you are bored and not feeling challenged, then mix it up and make it more challenging.
By building re-evaluations into your plan, it allows you to honestly
look at your plan and change what isn’t working
Set Yourself Up For Success
Developing a successful plan for yourself may lead you down the road to better health and wellness.
Your plan should have short- and long-term goals; and with every milestone, a reward for accomplishing your goal.
You may also need to change a few things.
Adding exercise and paying really close attention may help you accomplish your weight loss goals.
Possibly in a shorter time!
Whatever your goals are, you need to RE-EVALUATE and determine if your goals are still what you want or what you desire.
How to Get REAL HCG
The Online Site I Preferred to Buy My HCG from
It was brought to my attention that the online site I had purchased my 1st batch of HCG from is no longer functioning,the site was Pharmacy Escrow. After that purchase I found out that Pharmacy escrow and All Day Chemist were one in the same. I don’t know this for fact but wonder if the company simply decided to have the whole thing be under the All Day Chemist name. The second purchase I made was with Reliablerxpharmacy.com. I liked their prices and YES they were reliable!
After that I did buy from All Day Chemist so I could advise based on experience if someone asked my opinion.That site was fine, I wasn’t thrilled by the payment method they use but I got what I ordered with out any issue.
Below is an except of an older post of which HCG I bought and the supplies I needed as well.
A prescription wasn’t needed. I prefer to get Hucog brand or the generic version of it. I have also used Corion and it was fine too. To save on the shipping and handling I always purchased 3 at a time. And since I preferred to do 40 day rounds I would buy 5000 iu. I have the mixing breakdown on this blog for both 5000 iu and 2000 iu. But I am most familiar with the 5000 iu. The bacteriostatic water can be bought online from medical supply and even bodybuilder websites. My very first round I bought a supply “kit” hcgbasics.com that had everything to get started except for the hcg. After that because I had examples at my fingertips of what I needed I would get everything on my own.
Link to How to Mix HCG
HCG Drops – Yes or No
HCG DROPS – There are so many different choices now
QUESTION – Hi , basically my major concern is getting the right product that works..and instead of the injections i would rather get the drops i purchased one at gnc and i did not even open the bottle because i am thinking this is not gonna work lol… anyway thanks for getting back to me ..have a great day!
My Answer – After giving platelets, injections would bother me the least 
The environment of HCG has changed SO much since I started in Jan 2010.
The only reason I thought sub-lingual would be OK is because of you tubers that proved results like mamaclok. But really from reading pounds & inches I feel that doing it the way Doctor Simeon did it made the most sense. I hear from others that even clinics that advertise drops etc.tell you once they have you in the office that injections are the most affective.
All the products that are on store shelves I am not confident in. If real HCG must me refrigerated once mixed how is all the shelf stuff keeping its true potency etc.
Bottom line – I hit beyond my goal May of 2010. I just took MORE after pictures today in size 25 jeans (the smallest size MissMe carries). Plus my hair is growing better than before I knew about HCG ( my hairstylist is AMAZED). My doctor and his nurses all say I look so fit and young. These are the same people that treated a 208 lbs Colleen. So given all that if I had to make the choice all over again on the method to use I would do it all the same.
I hope you are ok with my honesty -
Colleen =)
Please Keep me posted on how you do.
Which HCG Did I Use?
What HCG Brand did you use?
This is a good question so I decided to make it the question of the day.
Question
Thanks for all the great information. I have just learned of hcg. I just have some basic questions to help decide which way to go.
I see where you list suppliers you have purchased from, but not what brand you purchased/used. So basically I just would like to know what exactly did you use and how did you get it. Did you have to have a prescription?
Answer-
A prescription wasn’t needed. I prefer to get Hucog brand or the generic version of it. I have also used Corion and it was fine too. To save on the shipping and handling I always purchased 3 at a time. And since I preferred to do 40 day rounds I would buy 5000 iu. I have the mixing breakdown on this blog for both 5000 iu and 2000 iu. But I am most familiar with the 5000 iu. The bacteriostatic water can be bought online from medical supply and even bodybuilder websites. My very first round I bought a supply “kit” that had everything to get started except for the hcg. After that because I had examples at my fingertips of what I needed I would get everything on my own.
250 pound vs. 120 pound woman X-ray
Here is an image to help us strive to be healthier
I don’t think the x-ray is of the same person but I thought this was interesting.
How is the fat distributed in the two different body types shown in that picture? Here is the answer, in the form of images comparing a 120 pound woman with a 250 pound woman:
250 pound vs. 120 pound woman
The light yellow areas are fat. Note especially the huge deposits of fat in the abdomen around the internal organs in the 250 pound woman, as well as all the subcutaneous fat (just under the skin) . The black areas in many cases are air or gas spaces – note the lungs. Or liquid filled, as in the bladder. Note also the heart in the middle of the chest.
The white areas are bone. In descriptions people have asked why the 250 pound woman has what appear to be thinner leg bones. This apparently in an artifact of the slice chosen for the image. Imagine that she is lying down and we take a slice out of the middle of her body. That is what we are seeing. The slice went through thicker bone in the 120 pound woman.
Also notice the ankles of the 250 pound woman. Heavy people often have pronation problems because of the stress of the extra weight on the feet
Glycemic Index And Your Quick Weight Loss
I feel once you are adding food back into your plan after HCG using the Glycemic Index can help
Glycemic Index And Your Quick Weight Loss
by Kevin DiDonato MS, CSCS, CES
Diabetics learned long ago the secret to maintaining a healthy blood sugar. Monitoring the glycemic index, exercise, and medications can help to maintain a healthy blood sugar. Fitness enthusiasts are now starting to delve a little more into the wonderful world of stable blood sugar as a way to lose weight without yo-yo dieting, which can cause mood swings and other things.
People are not resorting to medications, but are using the glycemic index and glycemic load of food as a way to balance not only their diet, but also their blood sugar.
Everyday people, bodybuilders, and athletes are turning more to the glycemic index of food and the new science of nutrition timing as ways to boost weight loss results and athletic performance. The proper timeframes for the body to process nutrients and balancing the amount of carbohydrates, proteins, and fat will help with optimal results.
Even with nutrition timing, glycemic load, and glycemic index, there is still a large amount of confusion as to what each one is and how they affect the body.
Glycemic Index
When we eat carbohydrates, there is a rise in blood sugar. This rise is also associated with the pancreas reacting, causing a release of insulin in the blood stream to shuttle that sugar into the working muscles. This response of the body is automated depending on how much sugar is in the blood. This is where the glycemic index comes in. Carbohydrates are categorized according to how fast or slow the blood sugar rises in the body.
Foods rich in carbohydrates usually have an associated tag with them, which is the glycemic index. There are three indexes that are classified in the index: High, Medium, and Low. High indexed foods will digest quickly and have a fast absorption rate, leading to a sharp rise in blood sugar and resulting in a dual response of the pancreas, releasing a large amount of insulin.
On the opposite spectrum, a food classified as a low-glycemic indexed food will digest and absorb slower, resulting in a much slower rise in blood sugar, resulting in a slower release of insulin in the body. This concept was originally developed as a way to help diabetic patients monitor the types of foods that they were eating, and maintaining a more stable blood sugar response.
Glycemic Load
You may hear the terms glycemic load and glycemic index used in the same sentence. The glycemic load of food utilizes the glycemic index and the portion of carbohydrates to determine how the body will react.
For example, you take in a food that is high in the glycemic index, but a small portion of that. There would be a subsequent release in the blood of sugar and insulin.
With the glycemic load, you might have the same response to a much bigger portion of a lower glycemic indexed food as you did with the small, high glycemic indexed food.
Low Glycemic Foods and Weight Loss
Maintaining a diet of food with a low glycemic index has been shown beneficial in a number of different areas. In the study by Thomas et al, they determined that a diet rich in foods that have a low glycemic index resulted in higher weight loss, lower BMI, lower total fat mass, and a change in reduction in total and LDL cholesterol.
In a similar study, but one involving overweight children, Spieth et al, concluded that a low glycemic diet helped reduce body weight and body mass index in overweight children. The study involved 107 obese children.
They used a low glycemic indexed diet and a low-fat diet. The results showed that children utilizing a low glycemic indexed diet lost an average of 3kg/m, giving stronger evidence that a low glycemic index diet might be beneficial to weight loss.
Research performed by Radulian et al, showed that low glycemic index diets also helped in rapid weight loss, decreasing in fasting glucose and insulin levels, reduction in triglyceride levels, and improvements in blood pressure.
These studies show some promising results, and more research should be done to continue to validate these alternatives.
References:
Spieth, LE. Harnish, JD. Lenders, CM. Raezer , LB. Pereira, MA. Hangen, SJ. Ludwig, DS. A low-glycemic index diet in the treatment of pediatric obesity. Pediatr Adolesc Med. 20100 Sep: 154(9)947-951.
Thomas D, Elliott EJ, Baur L. Low glycaemic index or low glycaemic load diets for overweight and obesity. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2007, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD005105. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005105.pub2.
Campbell, B. Glycemic Load Vs. Glycemic Index. Paper. NSCA
Foster-Powell K, Holt S, and Brand-Miller J. International table of glycemic index and glycemic load values: 2002. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 76:5 – 56, 2002.
Radulian G, Rusu E, Dragomir A, Posea M. Metabolic effects of low glycaemic index diets. Nutrition Journal, 29;8:5, 2009.
Protein’s Slimming Benefits
Slim You Thighs With Whey
I thought this was interesting – This Article actually explains research about reducing your thighs (for the ladies).
The benefit of this article is learning about how protein can help us in our fat loss quest
http://loseit4ever.getprograde.com/protein-and-smaller-thighs.html
HCG Question of the Day-Broccoli and Coconut oil???
Can You Eat Broccoli and Coconut oil on P2???
QUESTION:
My wife is doing this diet and she is on day 24 and has lost 16lbs. She had read on some other site that your not supposed to eat Broccoli during phase 2. Is that true? And also when can you use coconut oil? We are seeing mixed things on coconut oil that it can make you stall.
ANSWER:
Hi,
1st off I would like to commend you on being a good support for your wife,and congrats on her success so far!
Now here is the confusion with the protocol. The original manuscript did not include broccoli or coconut oil. During the time I did my rounds I did not eat broccoli even though I do like it. I didn’t do the coconut oil either. I did take MCT oil which has the benefits like coconut oil. I have seen coconut oil effect some HCGers very well yet others it will cause a stall or gain. So all I can say is if she REALLY wants it she should try it with caution.Journal when she has it and log the results. That way she can see how it will work or not for her. Now back to the broccoli. I have heard some HCGers say they do a plan that also has an increased calorie count per day of 800 and it includes broccoli. So again if your wife really wants it, do same with journaling.That is the best way to identify a common thread with what works and what should be avoided.
My Very 1st Round on HCG
My 1st HCG 40 Day Round Spreadsheet
I was afraid it was gone forever (like my fat – lol)
I had looked high and low, finally I found it – guess where – As a bookmark in my Atkins Book.
My daughter was sweet enough to type out my chicken scratch so I could post the progress of my 1st round (in 2010) and share with you all. I chose to do a 40 day round. Because I was in denial of the size I was I thought I could knock out one HCG round and be done. That wasn’t the case BUT progressing on was the best thing I EVER did. Next thing I knew I was getting into sizes and scale numbers I thought could only be a DREAM! Thank you God & hcg.
Here is Where it All Started
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