Vickie's Viewpoint

Everywhere I go I encounter women doing the hCG weight loss diet. It seems to be the latest diet craze, especially here in the Phoenix, Arizona metro area.

In one of my business group coaching sessions last week, four women admitted they were on the hCG diet but not using medical supervision. That got me thinking…why would they decide not to use a doctor?

Here are Some Advantages of Doing the hCG Diet Without a Doctor…

• The obvious and probably most important factor is cost. Some of my coaching clients have paid as much as $2,000 through a naturopathic doctor. I was lucky. I paid a small fraction of that with SanTanNaturalMedicine.com

• Another reason might be to use the diet as a way to build self-esteem. Like many women, we might have an I’ll-do-it-myself-attitude, thinking if we gained the weight ourselves, we can lose it ourselves too.

• Not using a doctor can eliminate our guilty feelings. It makes it easier to deal with not achieving our weight goal.

• We want to keep our freedom. We don’t want somebody watching over our shoulder, making sure we stick with the diet. No one’s holding us accountable. What a relief!

• Maybe we’ve learned from the past. We could have put our trust in doctors before and found they’ve failed us. Maybe they’ve failed to really listen to us, keep proper track of our test results or monitor our progress or setbacks.

Have I missed other advantages for not using a doctor with your hCG weight loss diet? Share your thoughts, experiences or things I overlooked.

If you would like to learn the Disadvantages of Doing the hCG Weight Loss Diet without a Doctor, see Vickie Champion’s next blog.