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Is the HCG Diet and Alcohol Allowed?
While on the HCG diet, alcohol is prohibited. The reason being is because it will slow your loss or actually cause you to gain weight. Alcohol can contain sugars and starches, which will have adverse reactions to your weight loss. Your HCG has had a few clients that had to entertain business clients or went on a vacation, where they followed the very low calorie diet, and mixed the HCG diet and alcohol. They noticed that their weight loss did stall for at least 3 days, and some even reported a gain in their weight.
HCG Diet and Alcohol Dangers
While there aren’t any immediate dangers combining the HCG diet and alcohol, it can set you back quite a bit when trying to reach your weight loss goal. Dr. Simeons does mention alcohol in his manuscript, Pounds and Inches, ‘If no carbohydrates whatsoever are eaten, fats can be indulged in somewhat more liberally and even small quantities of alcohol, such as a glass of wine with meals, does no harm, but as soon as fats and starch are combined things are very liable to get out of hand. This has to be observed very carefully during the first 3 weeks after the treatment is ended otherwise disappointments are almost sure to occur.’
HCG Diet and Alcohol Risks
While on the HCG diet, if you consume alcohol, expect either a stall for 3-6 days in your weight loss or even a possible gain. The best thing to do is stick with the diet to ensure your HCG weight loss continues. It’s best to wait until the second part of maintenance before re-introducing alcohol into your diet. This will help give you the best weight loss possible while on the HCG diet.
Have you mixed the two on your HCG diet? If so, what was your experience by combining the HCG diet and alcohol?
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9 Responses to “HCG Diet and Alcohol”
Hi , I have a vacation coming up next weekend and Im only on day three of the diet as of today 01/20/2011. I know that there will be drinking involved. I normally have just a few light beers. If I stick to the rest og the diet , i.e. 500 calories per day (other than a few beers) will I be ok ?
Sorry Shannon, no beers are allowed. If you do drink you will need to reset your diet when you get back from vacation.
Jesse
i will be traveling to las vegas during phase 3 of my HCG diet, will drinking a few vodka-waters ruin my progress if i stick to the diet?
Lucy,
(which is hard to do in Vegas)
Vodka / water is approved on the diet and should be used in strict moderation. You shouldn’t be set back as long as you don’t go crazy.
Jesse
DON’T DO IT!!! I cheated and had a few beers one night after being on the vlcd for a week and I, almost immediately, got the worst headache ever! Not a normal beer side effect for me, btw. All the advil, tylenol, aspirin in the world didn’t even soothe the ache and it lasted for 24 hours. SO not worth it- my weight loss stalled for 3 days, even a tad bit of gain. I say again, don’t do it. The beer will taste better when you’re skinny.
It depends on the individual i guess. I was on day 5 of the days and i had to entertain some business friends. I had 5 pints of beer, 3 scotch, 3 glasses of wine, breaded pork with mashed pototoes, french bread with pate and I still lost 2 pounds the next morning and continue to lose weight
I knew that abstaining from alcohol would be nearly impossible when I was on the diet last summer. I switched from vodka cranberry or vodka sprite to a vodka soda with lemon. It was the only alcohol that I allowed myself, and because I was still getting used to the lack of sugar I only had two or three the whole night.
Be aware however: Whether you sneak a few drinks while on the diet or abstain completely, your tolerance will be significantly lower once you add alcohol back into your diet. I got hammered my first time off the wagon because my body weight was so much lower and I hadn’t had a heavy night of drinking in 2 months.
I had a glass of red dry wine a few times during the 21 days, and it didn’t affect me much. I also bought my first HCG from CVS, and will tell you not to make that mistake, or waste your money. Then I bought the real thing, and started loosing, even though I used Dr Oz’s recommended higher calorie/protein from a recent tabboid. 500 calories a day is just too restrictive for someone who is also hypoglysemic!
I went to a corporate dinner on P2 and ended up drinking Vodkas with a tiny splash of cranberry, eating off protocol, but moderate portions. I stalled of course the next day, so I did an apple day after that, and lost 5lbs the following morning! I haven’t drank since, but I have stalled again since then for two days. I wonder if the vodka helped me? It was the biggest weight loss on the whole diet in 1 day, and I was on week 2! Hmmm..