Originally Posted by
vort3xr6
I believe, and the protocol believes that the hypothalamus needs to be "reset" in order to stop sending so much food to storage.
So, now you’re telling me that a few doses of this hormone changes the activity of your bodies hypothalamus, on a genetic level, causing it function differently for the rest of your life? Lol, have you read that this “reset” is proven to be possible outside of very complicated gene therapy? I don’t pretend to be a medical doctor, but as far as I know, this is unheard of.
Yeah its simple logic, but once again, you didn't read the protocol and you have no idea what you are talking about when it comes to the HCG diet. The reason I have kept off nearly all the 18lbs I lost, and Wicky continues to lose weight, is because the Hypothalamus was "reset". It no longer sends the majority of intake food into storage. That is why after this diet you can't eat as much as you used to. Your body is telling you that you are full because your body is using the majority of food you ate. It's really simple logic.
Why can’t you eat the same portions of food after loosing a bunch of weight and only eating a 500 cal/day diet? Well, is it a permanent appetite suppressant cause by a newly re-programed hypothalamus? Then I guess that’s the reason I can’t eat the same large portions as I could 30 lbs and 4 inches off of my waist, ago. I must have genetically reprogramed my hypothalamus as well, because it certainly couldn’t have been from my stomach shrinking to match the decreased intake of food volume.
Once again, your fact is null and void when you don't understand the context. Do yourself a favor and read the protocol, THEN come back with a logical response.
The reason you see "spot reduction" on HCG is because your body uses the stores of fat that have the most available since it is now using the stores as your primary source of fuel. Your entire body is not a large fat store. Hence why people have guts.
I really don’t care what the protocol says. it can say that shit tastes like cotton candy and I’m still not going to eat shit at the next fair I go to. The hypothalamus isn’t going to all of a sudden go from decreasing fat at a constant rate from the entire body to distinguishing areas with more fat cells from areas with less fat cells. And yes, you are pretty wrong on this one. Our entire body surface is basically containing fat cells even though there are more in some areas than others and that’s why you get bigger in some areas faster than others. More fat cells mean more room for each cell to grow and store fat. No matter what you think the magical, biology and physics defying protocol tells you, you WILL NOT SPOT REDUCE, I don’t care what you do to your hypothalamus. Go ahead, find some reliable medical tests that prove this can happen and I’ll totally admit being wrong.
I agree with everything you have said, BUT NOT ON THE HCG DIET. Throw every piece of weight loss knowledge you think you know out the window. This diet flips your logic on it's head and has THOUSANDS of people who prove it works.
I am interested in a few of your points and I’ll do some research on the specifics of HCG’s affects on the hypothalamus’s control on pituitary gland and endocrine system, even though there is VERY little factual medical data to yield any definitive info from. Still, I’m very confident in saying that this will not magically change the reality of the body’s biological functions. Until it’s PROVEN by medical professionals, not by a few people that have taken it and a Holy Protocol, it probably won’t be given much credit or trusted. Does that mean that it doesn’t have the affects that you and others are saying it has? Of course not! It just means that NOONE really knows what it is doing to your body and if it's safe.
The REAL benefit of the diet that it is a catalyst. Could I have exercised my ass off and really eaten only vegetables and lost weight? Yes. But it would have been hell and taken 8 months. I lost 18 lbs in 30 days and now I eat better, exercise, and feel great. I have a REASON to keep going and be healthy now.
Is this argument done?