HCG Diet - Follow Up

So I am supposed to be losing all this weight on the HCG diet from Creative BioScience.  To be honest I lost about 9 lbs and 2 inches in the first week.  However, during the start of my second week, I ended up with a few issues.

Diet Doc Review

I was super excited when I was chosen to review Diet Doc Pre-Packaged Weight Loss Food.  I was able to choose three of their products to try.  I choose to try the 

Diet Doc Thai Chicken –Add chicken and vegetables

Diet Doc Steak Soup – 20 calories per serving – just add meat and vegetables

Diet Doc Hot & Sour Soup – 20 calories per serving – just add tofu or chicken

The other options were

Diet Doc Chili – 20 calories per serving – just add chicken and any vegetables
Diet Doc Chicken Gumbo – Add chicken and vegetables

When they arrived I noticed one key thing about all of the Diet Doc products that I had chosen contained something that I did not expect, Wheat and/or Gluten.  So that means I was not able to personally try any of the above products.  However, that did not mean that I didn't have them tested.  Yes, I went to my family who are still able to eat gluten and I had them try the products.  They loved the Hot & Sour soup the most so that is what the pictures are of.   According to my husband, the Diet Doc has really good flavor it even made the Tofu edible.  He loved how it tasted and it was filling.  He says it would be great for anyone on the HCG diet.  "It is true to the flavor it tasted exactly what it said it is."  This coming from a man who refuses to eat diet food is really good.  

The Diet Doc Steak soup was pretty good the biggest complaint that my family had was that it was slightly too salty.  Not enough to be a detractor, just enough to be noticed.  However, if you are not a fan of salty things than this should be noted, also if you are avoiding salt then this product is not for you.

The Diet Doc Thai Chicken was ok; there was nothing spectacular about it.  From what I was told it tasted fine and had a good consistency there was just not much of a WOW factor.   They said it would have tasted better with the noodles that are suggested as a variation. 

 

Up Sides to this product all flavors.

It had great flavor for being diet food.

It had a good and filling consistency.

There are only 20 Calories per serving which is really good if you are on the HCG diet.

The way these were spiced turned out really well. 

Down Sides to this product

There was gluten in every single one of their foods.  That means those with Celiac or any form of gluten sensitivity cannot have them. In fact for those with any form of gluten sensitivity I strongly recommend against this product. 

They tend to be on the salty side when following the direction exactly.

The biggest down side other than the gluten is that neither the packages nor the instructions told me how much one serving size is.  Is it the whole pot, is it half the pot.  Since I don't know I couldn't tell how many calories my family was consuming for me.  

However, if you are on the HCG diet and are not gluten free this would be a good idea for you.  

My family thought that they could live on it, though they are not all that picky of eaters.  

If you would like more information please feel free to visit Diet Doc at their web site HCG Diet Plan.

Also for those that have no idea what an HCG diet is please visit What is HCG? 

 

I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

Over Eating before the Diet

I am one of those people that will overeat before starting a diet.  Just knowing that I am going to start a diet will cause me to overeat.  Inside my head I am thinking "it's ok, I will make up for this later!" the answer to that is no, I won't, also that is not a healthy way for me to handle things.  I will be starting my HCG diet on Friday of next week and I have already noticed that I have upped my carbs as well as my sugars.  Although to be fair part of that might be PMS for me.  I want to eat what I will be missing for a time.  However, this is not a healthy way to handle it.  So if you are like me you will start to get craving for something in particular do what you would normally do and eat it in moderation.  I have put together a few tips for myself on how to help do that so that I don’t gain weight before I plan to lose it.

Chew more: Simple enough, I plan on chewing and enjoying the food I am craving more. 

Don't emotionally eat: this can be harder for me.  While I do consume far less calories than the average since I only eat about 1200 anyway.  I can eat emotionally, not when I am sad or depressed or angry, then I don't eat at all but when I am being social and/or happy I will start to eat around 1500 to 2000 a day and with my issues I can't do that. This goes for movies as well I almost need to eat something at a movie theater, I shouldn't do that.

Get on a schedule:  For me this is very important.  I tend to not get hungry in a normal time frame.  This can put my body into starvation mode so when I do eat I store every calorie.  Yuck, what I need to do is eat around five very small meals a day.

Set the amount: eat only that amount and allow yourself something like celery or raw vegetables if you are still hungry. 

Watch portion sizes: In some cases the portion sizes can be an issue.  Especially if the suggested portion size is less than a teaspoon and you used a heaping helping.  Those calories can add up fast.

I think if I can keep to these few small rules I will be fine until I start my diet.  Here is hoping.  

90 Day Weight Loss Challenge by Creative Bioscience

I was recently given the amazing opportunity to take the weight loss 90 day challenge.  After looking over the products I decided to try the hGC 1234 drops.  I have a large issue losing weight due to my PCOS and I am hoping that using the drops I will be able to start losing weight again.  I would like to be a little skinnier for the holidays as well as for the military Christmas party that I am going to.  I hope to lose 15 to 20 lbs on this diet.  I am currently barely within my weight range but I would like to be closer to the middle of what I should weight.  

The hCG drops are offered by Creative Bioscience.  I will be using these drops as well as the diet for 90 days, while trying to reach my goal weight. Creative Bioscience also offers unlimited diet support.  I have never done a diet like this before so I know that the support will be an invaluable asset to me should I start to fail.  

I am very excited to be doing this challenge.  I hope to be successful.  I will be posting before and after pictures and weight as well as sharing the challenges and failings of myself and the diet as often as I can.  I know things are going to get hectic during the holiday season. 
I hope that a mixture of the Drops diet and exercise will be the kick my system needs to finally continue to drop the excess weight. 

A huge thank you to Creative Bioscience for this great opportunity, I am looking forward to seeing what I can do.
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