I’ve been afraid lately when I go to my parents’ house and see how poorly they’re taking care of themselves. My dad’s dad had to have quintuple bypass heart surgery in his sixties. My dad, overweight at fifty with high blood pressure, is, I fear, well on his way. It’s because of him and people like him that I really believe the HCG diet programs could save lives.
He and my mom—who was skinny without trying until she hit forty—have tried various diets, including Atkins and South Beach, through the years, with varying degrees of success, but they were never able to keep the weight off. My mom has given up, and in my dad’s case, he might be able to do better if he could only run like he used to, but the slipped disk in his back—a resurfaced problem from an injury sustained nearly twenty years ago—causes him way too much pain.
The thing is, I know my parents’ stories are not uncommon. So what do you do if you don’t have the time or ability to exercise, but your weight is an imminent threat to your life? Change needs to happen, and fast, but what are your options? This is where HCG comes in. HCG can help you get the weight off, fast—as much as 26 pounds with the 26-day plan and you can go up to 40 days before you need to take a break.
One of the best things about HCG for people like my dad is that exercise is actually discouraged, because you take the HCG drops in conjunction with a low-calorie diet—too low for your body to lose calories exercising, unless it’s very light exercise.
But don’t worry, you’re not starving yourself. The way HCG works is that it signals your cells to use up stored fat, so you don’t feel like you’re being deprived of nourishment. In fact, you and your body are probably learning a lot more about nourishment than you ever knew before—and possibly saving your life in the process!