Overeating can be a vicious cycle. We start the cycle by finding a way to JUSTIFY eating more, especially carbohydrates.
Ways we JUSTIFY Eating More-
1. To relieve stress, which can come in the form of boredom, loneliness or worry.
(Example: Talking to one of your co-workers, you learn there may be more layoffs. You go to the vending machine and get a bag of chips to ease your fear.)
2 To reward ourselves.
(Example: You’ve gone weeks on your stressful weight loss diet without cheating, so you figure you deserve a little treat.)
3 The lack of time.
(Example: You’ve had a long day at work. You still have to help the kids with their homework and do a couple loads of wash. To relieve the stress of not having enough hours in the day, you grab fast food on the way home from work.)
As soon as we JUSTIFY, we start EATING. This causes STRESS. To RELIEVE the stress, we JUSTIFY eating again. The cycle has begun.
When we catch ourselves explaining, rationalizing, defending or making excuses on why we need to eat more, we’re caught in the overeating cycle.
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The hCG diet is becoming so prevalent, medical professionals in day spas, naturopathic offices and clinics specializing in nothing but administering the diet are popping up as store fronts. Do you need a doctor’s supervision to follow the diet? It’s a personal choice. There are some disadvantages of ditching the doctor and choosing to go it alone.
Here are Some Disadvantages of Doing the hCG Diet Without a Doctor…
- The most important factor is that other physical problems may be preventing weight loss or contributing to weight gain and need to be addressed before starting the hCG diet. I had two challenges that needed to be adjusted before I started losing weight on the hCG diet.
- Although the side effects of the hCG diet are few, a doctor can suggest reliable remedies. This spares us time and trial and error from internet searches and the advice of others we know on the diet.
- Sometimes it’s hard to stay focused and to motivate ourselves, especially when we hit a plateau and have days without weight loss.
- Weight loss can be more fun and easier to maintain if others are involved in the process.
Whether you are doing the hCG Diet with or without a doctor and want a support team, I do support groups in the Phoenix, AZ metro area called Nothing is Impossible for Weight Loss, or do individual coaching on the phone. Just click here and leave a short message.
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.
We will discuss concepts that are helpful in any weight loss program. In each session we will talk about our mindsets, how we sabotage ourselves, and ways to overcome it.
The group will meet on Thursday evenings from 6:30pm to 8:00pm in Chandler, AZ near the 101 & Warner. Each session only costs $5.
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A few months ago I searched the web for any information I could find on the hCG diet before trying it. I even read a couple of books about it. What I didn’t find is much info on the mental challenges that people experience and how we cope with that.
Just like any weight loss program, I think the hCG diet has it’s own set of mental challenges. What makes this diet different is the speed the weight comes off (1 to 2 pounds a day), the lack of exercise required, and the unforgiveness of the diet, if you cheat even slightly.
Here are Some of the Mental Challenges of the hCG Weight Loss Diet…
- Immediately having to replace emotional eating with another activity. Most diets fill this void with a lot of exercise.
- Dealing with the difficulty of socializing. Almost every event revolves around unhealthy or addicting foods.
- Handling the depression that can come when we hit a plateau and have days without weight loss. Again, this can be intensified on this diet more than others because of the speed with which we have been losing weight.
- Struggling with the guilt if we cheat. On the hCG diet one little slip can not only stabilize our weight, but might even cause actual weight gain, which magnifies the guilt.
- Contending with our rapidly changing self-image. Many of us have been overweight for so long, it takes some adjustment to see ourselves as “normal” or “thin.”
If you want help with overcoming the mental challenges of the hCG weight loss diet, contact Vickie Champion at 480-838-9866 or click here and leave a short message.
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