The HCG Diet is NOT a diet!

Many wonder, "what is the HCG diet?"  Well, first off, it is NOT a diet.  It is more appropriately called a weight loss cure.  This cure was discovered over fifty years ago by Dr. A.T.W. Simeons. Dr. Simeons learned that the hypothalamus portions of our brains control, among other things, our hunger, thirst and metabolism.  He observed that obese people permanently had incredibly slow metabolisms that would not speed up.  He determined that obese/overweight people did not simply lack the will power to eat less nor were they too lazy to exercise.  They have a legitimate hunger that drives them to eat (and even eating the same as their slimmer counterparts can cause them to gain weight, since their metabolism is abnormally slow), and even if they allow themselves to be hungry to lose weight, they seldom do it successfully. 

 The HCG protocol is designed to RESET the hypothalamus, restore the metabolism to a normal rate, and end our struggles with obesity. After doing the protocol, we should be able to return to a normal, sensible way of eating and burning calories. I'll probably sprinkle more information about this cure here and there, but my purposes here are to chronicle my daily experiences on the protocol as well as my weight loss results.  For more in-depth information, you can read The Weight Loss Cure "They" Don't Want You to Know About by Kevin Trudeau (purchase a cheap copy or check it out from the library). Also, you will want to read Dr. Simeons original manuscript, POUNDS AND INCHES - A New Approach to Obesity.