It is recommended to undertake the diet for 6 weeks. In total they will allow 40 injections to be administered and/or 15kg of weight loss, the injections will be stopped after one of these has been reached.
The HCG diet is a controversial diet aimed at losing between 1-2 lbs a day. The diet involves eating a mere 500 calories per day and self administering a daily injection of human chorionic gonadotrophin, which is a hormone present in the placenta whilst pregnant and helps to release fat cells as well as controlling your metabolic system.
This diet consists of three stages. Stage one involves eating excessively until the 3rd injection. After this, the 500 calorie a day diet is now applied and there are also restrictions on personal care products such as no lotions or moisturiser and limiting the makeup you use to items such as; lipstick, face powder and other products free of fatty substances for 72 hours.
After this time, you can eat anything apart from sugar (including sweet fruits) and starch for three weeks. Finally, after another 3 weeks starch is slowly included back into the diet in small portions and weight is monitored very closely. In total the injections can be administered for a maximum of 40 days.
There are many different plans you can opt for on the HCG diet; the one outlined above is the original HCG diet.
The HCG diet is a controversial diet aimed at losing between 1-2 lbs a day. The diet involves eating a mere 500 calories per day and self administering a daily injection of human chorionic gonadotrophin, which is a hormone present in the placenta whilst pregnant and helps to release fat cells as well as controlling your metabolic system.
This diet consists of three stages. Stage one involves eating excessively until the 3rd injection. After this, the 500 calorie a day diet is now applied and there are also restrictions on personal care products such as no lotions or moisturiser and limiting the makeup you use to items such as; lipstick, face powder and other products free of fatty substances for 72 hours.
After this time, you can eat anything apart from sugar (including sweet fruits) and starch for three weeks. Finally, after another 3 weeks starch is slowly included back into the diet in small portions and weight is monitored very closely. In total the injections can be administered for a maximum of 40 days.
There are many different plans you can opt for on the HCG diet; the one outlined above is the original HCG diet.
