Cheating on the HCG diet can affect your weight loss process. It does not just cause weight gain but it can also stop the HCG in burning your fats. Cheating is one of the common problems that you may face during the HCG diet. This can usually happen especially if you are a first-time dieter. However, do not have to stay in your situation and continue to gain weight.
Forgive yourself and do something right away to stop the effect of cheating. There are many ways you can do to deal with excess calories on your body. You can incorporate a few healthy habits to help in getting back on your weight loss track. HCG diet is a safe and fast weight loss process if you carefully follow the protocol.
Dealing with extra calories after cheating on the HCG diet
- Avoid drinking liquid calories
Liquid calories are the calories you constantly get from unhealthy beverages. Liquid calories do not possess health benefits. These are loaded with unhealthy ingredients such as sugar, preservatives, food flavorings and other chemicals. These are not just a cause of weight gain but also a health risk.
The allowed drink on the HCG diet is unsweetened coffee, tea, and water. Coffee and tea can help in boosting your digestion. These can also help the HCG in fat metabolism. Water as well will help your body in taking off the toxins and liquid calories.
- Increase your light-exercise
You can do your light exercise for 15 minutes. Make sure that you still have the energy to do an exercise. Light exercise can help in burning excess calories from unhealthy foods. You do not have to go to the gym or involve in intensity workout to lose weight. You just have to simply take a walk, jogging, yoga, or swimming. Light exercises are also helpful in maintaining cardiovascular health. It can also renew your focus and brain health.
- Load more on fiber to detoxify your body
Give your body a break from constantly receiving unhealthy food chemicals. Detoxify your body by loading more on fiber-rich food such as fruits and vegetable. The purpose of detoxification during your HCG diet is to clear your body from unhealthy calories. You can add lemon on your water. This is a simple step in detoxifying from unhealthy food ingredients.
- Create a new meal plan
Refer to the HCG food list in creating a new meal plan. Your HCG food list will help you in getting through the effect of cheating. Be careful in choosing food choices and ingredients. Make sure that it will fit into the caloric requirements of the HCG diet.
