Getting Started

If you are new to HCG Diet Direct, we suggest you begin by going to our home page, where you can download you own copy of Dr. Simeons’ research free of charge. The paper is entitled Pounds and Inches: a New Approach to Obesity. Although it was written almost sixty years ago, the facts that Dr. Simeons discovered are surprising even today – and are rarely taken into consideration by most doctors.

Why the Resistance?

Change is always threatening to a certain subset of the population, and scientists are no exception. Dr. Simeons’ findings have always encountered some resistance to those in the medical profession who insist that obesity is simply the result of overindulgence and weak character.

Haven’t we all known (and resented) people who can eat and eat as much as they like and never gain a pound? Conversely, isn’t there at least one person in your life who packs on pounds no matter how little they eat?

Perhaps you are one of them.

Dr. Simeons realized long ago that the causes of obesity were far from simple; there are in fact many causes, and they can be complicated. Glandular disorders (which he was a specialist in the treatment of, incidentally), genetic predispostion, culture (in some societies, fat is a sign of status and fertility), even the nature of agriculture – which changed our natural eating patterns dramatically and forced us into ways of eating and the consumption of food that is quite at odds with our evolutionary biology – have all had some effect on how much people weigh.

Restoring Balance

In essence, we become fat because something is out of balance. The purpose of the HCG diet is to restore that balance and allow our own innate fat burning mechanisms to eliminate those stored calories around the belly, hips and thighs.

Because this occurs naturally on the HCG weight loss program, people not only see amazing results (some lose up to two pounds a day, though weight is more realistic – and still very impressive!), they feel more energized, with none of the weakness, fatigue and moodiness that usually accompanies a low calorie diet.

Try It for Yourself

As long as you are not pregnant or nursing and are in good health otherwise, you should have no problem losing weight on the oral HCG treatment for obesity. We believe this to be the most effective and economical way to reduce weight and maintain good health – and you’ll find that many satisfied dieters who have shared their testimonials with us are in agreement.

Actually, the injections were the only method available to Dr. Simeons at the time. The homeopathic drops came along several years after he wrote the “Pounds and Inches” protocol. We feel that the sublingual drops are better for obesity treatment than the injections, for five reasons:

1.    The Drops Are Less Expensive

The drops average half the cost of the injections. This is without adding the cost of the physician’s visit if you are buying stateside or the cost of the duties and taxes if you are buying from an overseas pharmacy. Before you begin, ask yourself how much HCG can you afford? We feel certain you’ll agree you get more for your money with the homeopathic drops.

2.    The Drops Are More Convenient

The drops are so convenient that you can carry them with you on the go. They don’t require refrigeration and you can take a dose anywhere, at any time. They are perfect for busy dieters.

The injections will require a doctor’s visit each time, or else you will have to learn to give yourself the injections at home. They cannot be taken on the go.

3.    The Drops Can Be Purchased Without a Prescription

The homeopathic drops are available without a prescription in the United States. Yet they are manufactured under the guidelines set forth by the Homeopathic Pharmacopeia of the United States and the FDA. Therefore, you are getting a safe product without even setting foot in a doctor’s office.

The injections are available by prescription only, unless you plan to depend on an overseas pharmacy to get your order right.

4.    The Drops Are More Effective

In a well-publicized study, dieters who were on the injections switched to drops to see if their weight loss would slow down. In fact, their weight loss remained the same at about a pound per day.

However, the dieters also reported feeling more energized and not as hungry between meals as they did while using the injections. This means the drops are more effective at metabolizing the excess fat, giving your body more fuel and more energy, than the injections.

5.    The Drops Are Pain-Free

Why would you deliberately choose a more painful way to take the hormone supplements, if a pain-free alternative is available? We don’t get it either. The oral drops are simply placed under the tongue, which does not cause pain.

The injections are given in the muscle, which can make you quite sore. So don’t opt for discomfort when you can have an effortless way to enjoy taking your hormonal supplement!

Use the Liquid Drops, Not The Injections

There are many reasons why you should use HCG drops rather than the injections. One primary reason is cost. In order to have HCG injections legally, it is necessary to have a physician’s prescription, both for the HCG itself and for the needle syringes. Chances are that s/he will want to run a number of potentially costly tests before agreeing to write a prescription. In fact, outside of a few pricey weight-loss treatment clinics, few physicians are willing to prescribe HCG injections.

Most of the HCG injection kits are from overseas, where the homeopathic remedy industry is not especially well regulated and the products are of dubious quality. Additionally, the HCG you get is in a pre-mixed form. It is necessary to mix up the solution in a properly sterilized container, then measure it into the syringe.

Finally, needle injections are painful and unpleasant – and you will need to administer them to yourself every day.

Why Oral HCG is Better

Liquid HCG drops are readily available without a prescription, and are manufactured in U.S. labs that are subject to FDA regulations. The products that are made must also meet minimum quality standards established under the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States (HPUS). This is your assurance of product quality and safety.

What Else Is Required

In addition to regular doses of HCG (approximately .4 ml, or 14-16 drops under the tongue three times a day), there are certain things you must do and things that you must avoid.

It is important that you do not simply swallow HCG. Homeopathic remedies are easily destroyed by stomach acid. Therefore, they are taken under the tongue. Simply place the required amount of drops under the tongue and hold for a few minutes while the medication is absorbed into the bloodstream.

When you start Dr. Simeons’ protocols, you will need to spend two days gorging on as much high-fat food as possible. After this however, it is necessary to avoid fatty foods and even soaps and skin creams that contain vegetable or animal fat. You then cut your food intake ally and avoid strenuous exercise (mild exercise is okay). You are likely to feel some sensation of hunger and deprivation for the first day or two.  This will pass however. Once the HCG takes control of your hypothalamus and your body starts feeding on its own excess fat deposits, the hunger pains will stop.

More Information

You’ll find much more information on using HCG for obesity treatment elsewhere on this site, including the scientific basis of Dr. Simeons’ protocols and sample low calorie recipes.

Here are some tips for staying on track in phase 2:

1.    Use a calorie tracker

You can find a calorie tracker online through several reputable websites. It’s crucial to track your portion size as well as the food you consume. It’s not at all unusual to suffer from “portion distortion” when you first start a diet. But if you are careful to measure and record everything, you get really good at estimating portion size and calorie counts.

2.    Use a diet cookbook

Our clients tell us that the HCGDietDirect com Recipe Guide was the one tool that really kept them on track. Use this cookbook to find delicious recipes that are within the diet’s guidelines. It will be a lot easier to stick to the plan if you vary your foods and try new things to keep mealtime interesting, and this guide can help you get there!

3.    Plan your meals ahead of time

Another powerful strategy is planning your meals in advance. You already have a calorie “budget” each day, so plan how you will spend your calories the night before. Lay out your breakfast, have the ingredients for lunch and dinner on hand. Pack a snack with you if you run errands. This will keep you from feeling tempted to buy fast food or eat way beyond your caloric requirements.

4.    Join a support group

There are many diet forums out there dedicated to this program. Join one and get to know other people who are being successful on the plan. You’ll build a support group in no time. You can go to the boards if you need a reality check, to trade recipes, or gloat about your awesome weight loss!

By using all of these strategies, you can stay on track in Phase 2 and achieve your weight loss goals. A little planning and foresight will go a long way in helping you stay on the right path.

Watch Out for Hunger
Dr. Simeons stressed with his patients that it was important to not become over-enthusiastic as they wound up the diet. They should pay attention to a marked increase in hunger, which could mean that they had effectively burned all of their excess, unneeded fat and were now on the borders of starvation mode.  The thing about HCG is that it won’t permit you to actually starve yourself. It will cause your body to put that essential fat right back where it needs to be.

Thus, if you lose two pounds more than what you needed to lose, you’ll gain it back when you eat enough again, and that’s okay. You need to gain it back, and you actually don’t want to lose it in the first place. Because your body could start overcompensating, making you gain back more than what you need.  It could affect your ability to maintain your weight loss.

Watch Out for Protein Deficiency
Once you stop taking the drops and can eat more than weight loss a day, you still need to eat within reason, but you also don’t want to skip important nutritional components of your meals, such as proteins.  Protein deficiency causes water retention and thus perceived weight gain.  During the diet, your body hovers just on the edge of protein deficiency, but since the HCG is breaking down fatty tissue, the protein is being fed back into your body.

Without HCG supplements in your body, you cannot comfortably or healthily live on weight loss a day, and you don’t need to.  You’ve lost that excess weight.  Sure, you want to keep it off—but you will, by eating nutritional, balanced meals and exercising and just generally engaging in a healthier lifestyle.

This gladness is due to the fact that HCG weight loss programs lead to people becoming informed about health and therefore changing their habits to accommodate healthier lifestyles.  When parents change habits and lifestyles, it follows that these changes will rub off on their children.

Does Healthier Equal Happier
Why do I think this will have such a positive impact on the future?  Well, it’s actually very simple:  healthier people are happier people.  They have to be. You can’t be healthy without experiencing some degree of mental and emotional contentment, and you can’t be entirely happy if you aren’t experiencing a sense of physical well-being.

So, we’ve got healthier, happier people, children who have learned from their parents about healthy lifestyles and grown up to promote those lifestyles and pass them along to their own children.

Healthier Lives Means a Better Future
These types of people, I think, tend to be more compassionate toward others, because they have more positive energy to share.  They make decisions that take into account not only their own personal well-being but the well-being of those around them, of the world. Because they understand that it’s hard to be healthy and happy yourself if the world around you is not.

Like many who have come before me, I cherish a dream of a better future.  I dream  of a future in which our children do not suffer from obesity.  A future in which they can go outside and play without choking on pollution, in which the majority of the foods they buy in their neighborhood grocery stores are naturally healthy and free of toxic chemicals, rather than the opposite.

I believe that this dream can be achieved, but it starts with individuals and then families and grows outward to engulf the world.  I believe that something as simple as the HCG diet can hold the answer.

When you are obese, losing weight has so much more to do than just being able to fit into a size 6. When you are medically obese you need to worry about your health and the possible medical complications that come along with being obese. Things like type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, asthma, and sleep apnea can all be caused by being obese. These medical complications are serious and can be life-threatening.

Fortunately there is a way to get healthy and lose the weight. Oral HCG for obesity treatment has been proven to be an effective and safe way to lose weight even if you are over 100 pounds overweight. The great thing about the HCG diet is that anybody can do it. It doesn’t take rigorous exercise six times a week to lose the weight. What it does consist of is taking small doses of the all natural HCG hormone and reing your calories according the guidelines in the diet.

The thing about the diet is that it is not just about losing weight. It also has to do with cleansing your body from the toxins that make you fat in the first place. Not many people realize that the food that you eat at your local restaurant or the so-called healthy food at your grocery store may actually be causing you to be overweight. Chemicals in food actually make you have food cravings and make your body completely off balance so that it simply stores this food as fat since it doesn’t know what to do with it.

Oral HCG for obesity treatment can work for anybody. If more people would follow the HCG diet, we could see the obesity rates dramatically decrease.

Being obese can weigh heavily on one’s heart… literally. It not only feels emotionally bad to be carrying around extra weight, it is detrimental to your health. As your body layers on fat, it gets harder and harder for your organs to do their jobs.

Your blood pressure goes up, and your heart has to work harder. Just reducing your body weight by 20% can lower your risk of cardiovascular disease by 40%. Think of the savings to your pocket book as well; less trips to the doctor, less time off work, etc. The heavier a person is, the greater their risk for diabetes and osteoarthritis.

Do you ever feel like it just hurts to move? Is the pain stemming from your joints? You could be suffering from osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis is a form of arthritis that most commonly affects the weight-bearing joints: your hips and knees, for example. Excessive weight is the number two cause of osteoarthritis (aging is #1). The increased stress on the cartilage causes the cartilage to deteriorate and you to feel pain as your body attempts to deal with the loss of cushion.

Carrying extra weight on your body can be related to keeping mounds of paperwork on your desk. In an unorganized workplace, it is more difficult to find the right tools for the job and further difficult to get things done accurately and efficiently. The same is true with the human body. As we pack on extra fat, our bodies work harder and less efficiently and produce sub-par results. Live the clutter free life you deserve to live today by trying oral HCG for obesity treatment.