HCG Weight Loss
Our weight loss program works!
We offer a comprehensive weight management program that involves our medical team, exercise physiologist, psychologist, classes on nutrition and healthy kitchen. We also provide 7 day/week support, menu booklets, and we supply products that are compatible with the HCG diet program (food scale, personal products, foods and food condiments).
Losing up to one pound a day for twenty or forty days makes Hcg (human chorionic gonadotropin) a successful yet controversial method for weight loss. It was first used for weight loss about fifty years ago after being discovered by Italian physician, Dr Simeon. There are numerous modifications around, and Hcg has been used in the US for about thirty years. Here is a review of how it works and our experience with an Hcg weight loss program.
Hcg is a hormone normally found in huge amounts during pregnancy. It is made by the placenta and helps maintain pregnancy. It is conventionally used by doctors to treat female patients for infertility or boys for delayed puberty. During pregnancy women may make up to one million units of Hcg daily, while the Hcg weight loss program uses less than two hundred units daily and has no effect on fertility or sexual development.
The Hcg diet program consists of a very low calorie diet (500 calories per day) and the daily administration of Hcg. The weight loss occurs due to the calorie restriction. The Hcg seems to allow the hypothalamus (control center) in the brain easier access to control the breakdown of abnormal fat reserves (like hips, buttocks, abdomen) leading to a quick reduction of fat in these areas. This easy access to fat stores that are broken down for calories and energy may be why people on the diet do not get hungry, or feel tired.
After the diet phase of the program, which is either twenty or forty days depending upon how much weight people want to lose, there is a very important three week maintenance phase in which sugars and starches must be slowly re-introduced. This phase is critical in allowing time for the hypothalamus to readjust back to a healthy long term “normal” diet. The Hcg seems to “reset” the hypothalamus so that it continues to more easily control access to fat stores.
Hcg is a great starting point to help people on their journey back to health but is only one part of successful weight loss program. We suggest a more holistic approach to weight loss in which Hcg is only a catalyst.
Our medical team provides a one hour exam, screening for underlying health conditions that may have caused weight gain, such as low thyroid or other hormone imbalances. We also address problems that will slow efforts at weight loss, such as insulin or leptin resistance. An exercise physiologist works with every patient starting with an initial assessment and ongoing private lessons designed to insure proper exercise. Nutrition experts train our patients to make sure they have the knowledge to follow a healthy long term diet plan. And a psychologist helps patients overcome behavioral hurdles that may play a role in weight gain, while creating healthy patterns that lead to weight control.
To insure success while on the program, our administrator is available seven days a week for questions and guidance. This insures patients have easy access to personal help and support. Healthy kitchen classes and a group support forum are fun and supportive areas where patients can learn together.
Hcg is not magic, but it certainly works to help lose weight. Our typical patient loses twenty to forty pounds during the program. Some patients do longer or repeat courses and have lost over one-hundred pounds. By masking cravings, opening access to stored fat thus providing energy, Hcg works to get weight off. By resetting the hypothalamus and reprogramming the body to crave healthy foods, Hcg seems to provide a long term benefit in helping patients control weight.
There are numerous online sources of Hcg, some of which have sketchy suppliers and most of which offer no support or oversight. Work with a program that is designed to help take the first step toward living a healthy lifestyle for a lifetime.
For a free consultation to see if Hcg is right for you, call (970) 245-6911 to schedule an appointment with Terri Boggs, or join us for the seminar on Hcg & Weight Loss, held monthly at the Integrative Medicine Center.
Bio
Terri Boggs is program administrator for Integrative Weight Solutions, a holistic weight loss center designed to use Hcg as only a part of successful weight loss. She has managed several successful Hcg weight loss programs in Texas, and recently moved home to Grand Junction. A graduate of Mesa State College and an EMT, she now enjoys sharing her love of exercise, health and wellness, and is an active fundraiser for cancer awareness.