do you want to know my weight loss secret?
If you've been following me on my Instagram and Facebook, you'd know that recently I lost 10kg in 20days just by following the HCG weight loss program from
skinartclinic.com under the supervision of
Dr. Rachel Chew. I was determined to make a change in my life, following my battle of the bulge with roller coaster weight loss over the past years. Stress, sedentary lifestyle and an unhealthy eating lifestyle played an important role to me ballooning to a hefty 85kg this year.
10kg lost in 20days can you believe it?
(neither can I but I made it! phew)
see I'm 82kg in this picture (May 2014) with knee injury
(could't exercise anymore & started to pile on the pounds)
Why Lose Weight?
My first attempt to change was quitting my love for Coca Cola in March. Friends and families were finally relieved I given this up, it was the alcohol of my life. I also started to take daily walks in the evening and exercise when I could. I finally lost 4kg but it was slow. Couple with my knee injury, I could no longer exercise or walk. That lead me to consult with Dr.Rachel Chew for professional advise. She introduce HCG weight loss program to me and while this isn't the first time I have done HCG, I was mentally prepared to take on this challenge again and see how much I could lose. I've tried almost all kinds of weight loss programs and products out there, name it diet pills, patches, slimming treatments, meal replacement, slimming teas but the only one program that manages to give me the result I want is the HCG weight loss program.
the clinic I went for HCG consultation
the encouragement from doctor was a fuel for my determination
It's definitely more expensive than diet pills, meal replacements and what not products but it's cheaper than liposuction and slimming treatments. It's also fast and it taught me how to count calories and eat the right food. I can't disclose the charges on my program but I can say it ranges from RM2XXX for a 23 days HCG program or RM4XXX for 40 days HCG program. Depending on your assessment with doctor. She will need to know your goals, understand your lifestyle and body (metabolism, age, fat percentage etc) before she can advise you on the right course of program.
source: IAPAM
What's The HCG Weight Loss Program?
The HCG Weight Loss program is a weight loss program that requires daily injections of human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) couple with a 500 calories a day diet. A normal female calorie intake would be 2000 calories a day. Changing that to 500 is no easy feat!. One needs to be ready and discipline to go on the HCG Diet and follow only a list of ingredients that can be eaten. The low down? No oil, no sugar, no carbs or starch for 20days.
I studied nursing in Australia for a year and even did my practical at hospitals. I knew how to administer insulin injections to patients but doing it to myself is another thing!. At first I was scared but my determination to be on this program gave me courage to inject myself everyday right into my flabby tummy. Believe me, the flabbier it is, the less painful serious. Ant bite only :D it looks scarier but the needle is fine and one poke does the trick.
Anyway your body will thank you for it as you reset your metabolism and embarked on a healthy diet. You can say eat clean? As you will only require to eat one protein, one type of veg, a breadstick (optional) a type of fruit and have coffee or tea as much as you want. Doctor will give you a guide on what you can eat and drink.
Side Effects? Hungry?
Drinking lots of water is encouraged during this time. Won't you get starved? Hungry? Gastric? Well in my journey, I found out I wasn't as hungry as after I completed the program. The daily injections helps to burns calories up to 2000 a day from your stored fats (stubborn fats) and it is here that you get the energy you need. Unlike crash diets or starvation methods which leaves you looking unhealthy, haggard, lethargic, or pretty much obvious that you lost weight (and muscle). I still look healthy as an ox after completing my program. There wasn't any side effects in my program, I felt normal. HCG changes the way your body losses weight unlike crash diets or meal replacements (serious, go google).
An Awesome App To Help You With Your Journey
My HCG program was 23days but the first 3 days are called the loading days or "honeymoon" phase. Generally it's also called Phase 1 where you can eat as much as you want, anything. The fattier the better so HCG can kickstart its engine to start burning the fats away on Day 4 onwards. Some may experience weight loss right on Day 3 itself, but this is really depending on people. To help me track my daily calorie intake, my weight and what I could eat / or not was this really cool
HCG Diary app on Itunes. It pretty much works like a daily diary where you can input your weight first thing in the morning, then select for breakfast / lunch / dinner your choice of protein, vegs, fruits to use. Each type you select reveals its calorie count and the app calculates how much you calories you've consume for the day.
No more worrying ops can I eat that? Oh no is watermelon allowed on HCG Phase 2? (Phase 2 means day 4 - 20 where you start losing weight). This app will help you you decide what goes into your tummy during your HCG program.
HCG Diary App Description
hCG Diary 1.0 is a free downloadable iPhone and iPad app that supports your hCG diet weight loss goals. Based on Dr. Simeon’s “Pounds and Inches” research, this app allows you to track your weight loss progress, monitor body measurement loss, track meal and daily calorie consumption and keeps a picture diary of your journey.
Key features:
- weight loss journal
- body measurement tracking
- calorie consumption tracking
- photo journal
- resettable start date
- intuitive interfaces
- information screens of diet protocol
easy HCG diet tracking & calories counting
How Do I Prepare HCG Meals?
In short, you can say HCG changes the way your body lose weight. The 20 days Very Low Calorie Diet (VLCD) program helps you to lose weights rapidly when followed strictly. You can't be eating McDonalds and lose weight at the same time. No cheating either (having a sugary drink on day 7 of your program this will cause a stall on the effectiveness of HCG). There's plenty of information on HCG over the net but it would be better to call skinartclinic directly to ask and make your first consultation with the doctor.
What I will be sharing today is about how I managed to create wonderful simple HCG meals during my 20 days stint. This is also from the many request from readers which I did not expect from instagram inquiring about my meals. The recipes can be used even when you're not on HCG weight loss program (please increase portion size) but it works best if you want to see results within a short period of time with HCG. I am no great cook but I didn't want to feel depressed being on a low calorie diet eating meaningless cooked food. I found out that I could actually make it tasty (with the help of allowed seasonings and herbs for HCG) through marination.
I could only grill, baked, steam or boil my meals. Frying with oil is a big no no. You can't event use lotions and body creams during HCG (it will affect your weight loss). No oil, no sugar, no carbs, no starch. At this point, you think... dam what am I going to eat?.
my HCG grocery shopping for 2 weeks
(lots apples, strawberries, vegs, protein)
protein: beef, chicken breasts, prawns, white fish, eggs
vegs: asparagus, wild rockets, lettuce, basil leaves, onions
fruits: strawberries, apples
lemon juice: salad dressing/stir fries/grill/lemon drinking water
Grissini Breadsticks (low calorie bread stick)
seasonings, herbs & sauces that I use
(please check ingredient list before buying)
P.S: Liquid Aminos is a substitute for soy sauce
diet food yucks? not if you marinate your food right!
(I usually marinate 30mins or leave overnight in the fridge)
become your very own HCG Masterchef with these recipes
Hardboiled Egg Salad | Spicy Chicken Salad
(do not eat the egg yolk!)
Grilled Beef Salad | Baked Italian Dory Fish
Grilled Cajun Chicken Salad | Grilled Smoky Prawns
Grilled Steak | BBQ Chicken Breast
Grilled Cod Fish | Spicy Garlic Prawns
my favorite? 100g of grilled prawns yum!
HCG Recipes: Dummies Guide Version 0.1
You've been warned. I am no great cook but I can cook lar okay! My recipe may be so simple, you would go.. what? *face palm*. Serious and usually the same way of cooking is just being tweak into another different dish e.g grilled beef / chicken :)
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Hardboiled Egg Salad
Ingredients:
3 large eggs (remember don't eat the yolk)
salad (buy a salad pack or make your own using lettuces)
seasoning: salt / pepper / amino acid / paprika / cayenne pepper (whichever makes you happy)
How To Buat?
1. Boil water and drown the 3 eggs, medium heat let it boil for 3 mins
2. Take out eggs, cool down under normal / cold water
3. Peel off egg shells, place nicely on bed of salad (nest) on a plate
4. Use seasonings (yum!)
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Spicy Chicken Salad
Ingredients:
100grms chicken breast (chop into pieces / dices)
salad (buy a salad pack or make your own using wild rocket / lettuce / vegs you like)
red chillies
lemon juice for stir frying
seasonings: amino acid / paprika (add salt for taste if needed)
How To Buat?
1. Marinate chicken pieces with amino acid and cayenne pepper (overnight or 30mins at least)
2. Heat your stir fry pan, squeeze lemon juice and stir fry chicken pieces & chilli potong until well done (you can see it changes color from raw to well cooked?)
3. Place onto plate with salad ready by the side :D
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Grilled Beef Salad
Ingredients:
100grms steak
salad (buy a salad pack or make your own using wild rocket / lettuce / vegs you like)
seasonings: hot sauce, steak spices, lemon juice
How To Buat?
1. Marinate beef with steak spices for 30mins before cooking. Keep in fridge.
2. Heat griller (grilling pan with lines)
3. Brush lemon juice on each side of the beef, put to grilled 3mins each side (medium rare)
4. Put hot sauce on the beef (yum!)
5. Place on plate, slice and served with salad.
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Baked Italian Dory Fish
Ingredients:
100grms Dory Fish
cherry tomatoes
seasonings: Italian Herbs (from Cold Storage / Opika / Aeon Supermarket), salt and pepper for taste
How To Buat?
1. Marinate dory fish with Italian Herbs, salt and pepper (30mins before baking)
2. Place Dory Fish, cherry tomatoes into baking tray / pan
3. Baked for 10mins & serve on plate
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Grilled Cajun Chicken Salad
Ingredients:
100grms chicken breast
salad (buy a salad pack or make your own using wild rocket / lettuce / vegs you like)
seasonings: Cayenne Pepper, Amino Acids (salt/pepper optional for taste)
How To Buat?
1. Marinate chicken breast with amino acids overnight / 30mins before cooking
2. Heat griller (grilling pan with lines)
3. Place chicken breast on griller, cook to well done on each side (poke with satay stick or knife, if it goes through easily, it's cooked inside).
4. Grilled onions :D they're super yummy. Its up to you how cooked you want the onions to be, but not black.
5. Place on plate, slice and served with salad.
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Grilled Smoky Asparagus & Prawn
Ingredients:
100grms prawns (de-shell, deveined)
Asparagus (6 sticks)
Grissini Breadstick x 1
seasonings: amino acids + any spices you want that's allowed (I use steak spice)
How To Buat?
1. Marinate prawns with amino acids + spices (30mins in fridge)
2. Heat up griller
3. Throw in your prawns and cook until changes color. Grilled your asparagus at the same time until cooked.
4. Serve on a plate with strawberries and Grissini bread stick.
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Grilled Steak
Ingredients:
100grms steak
Asparagus (6 sticks)
seasonings: hot sauce, steak spices, lemon juice
How To Buat?
1. Marinate beef with steak spices for 30mins before cooking. Keep in fridge.
2. Heat griller (grilling pan with lines) and put asparagus to cook
3. Brush lemon juice on each side of the beef, put to grilled 3mins each side (medium rare)
4. Put hot sauce on the beef (yum!)
5. Place on plate and served with asparagus.
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BBQ Chicken Breast
Ingredients:
100grms chicken breast (chop into pieces / dices)
salad (buy a salad pack or make your own using wild rocket / lettuce / vegs you like)
red chillies
lemon juice for stir frying
Grissini breadsticks
seasonings: amino acid, hot sauce and bbq spices (just get a BBQ spice with ingredients allowed for HCG)
How To Buat?
1. Marinate chicken breast with amino acids, hot sauce and bbq spices (normally can also use Oregano, Cayenne Pepper, Paprika, Black Pepper) overnight or 30mins in fridge.
2. Heat griller, place chicken breast to cook on each side until well done. Grill your onions until they're brown (not black!)
3. Brush lemon juice for extra tangy taste :)
4. Served on plate with grilled onions, Grissini breadstick and strawberries (or any fruits allowed)
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Grilled Cod Fish
Ingredients:
100grms cod fish
salad (buy a salad pack or make your own using wild rocket / lettuce / vegs you like)
seasonings: salt, black pepper, hot sauce & Braggs Amino Acids
How To Buat?
1. Marinate cod fish with salt, black pepper, & amino acids.2. Heat up griller / frying pan and place cod fish to grill for 3 mins each side.
3. You can brush each side with hot sauce (if you want spicy)
4. Serve on plate with salad :)
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Spicy Garlic Prawns
Ingredients:
100grms prawns (de-shell, deveined)
cherry tomatoes
seasonings: garlic, salt, black pepper, oregano, cayenne pepper and parsley.
How To Buat?
1. Marinate prawns with the seasonings for 30mins in fridge
2. Heat up griller
3. Throw in your prawns and cook until changes color.
4. Serve like a kebab with cherry tomatoes.
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Now my recipes sounds really simple right? The key is to use the right seasonings and to marinate your chicken / beef / seafood before cooking. The use of salt and amino acid should be kept to a minimum. Use seasonings of your choice since it's going into your mouth. There are plenty in the market to choose from, either already pre-mix, packed or can be bought fresh or separately. I use a lot of cayenne and paprika because I love my food spicy. It's really easy to just grilled them, it's the washing after that's a chore!. That's why I also cook my meats up for 2 or 3 days supply, packed them into the microwavable tupperware and just heat them up for lunch and dinner. It saves you time, energy to prepare daily and you can bring to the office!.
I try to eat less beef, and more apples on alternate days. Apples helps to give fiber and great for filling up your tummy. Sometimes my weight stalls for a few days, I'll take the apple day. Google HCG Apple Day and you will understand why. Only 6 apples a day and water if you don't see your weight changed for a few days. Sometimes that happens.
For water, you can take unlimited amount of tea and coffee (without sugar but you can use Stevia). To add fun to your water, you can use lemon juice or infused your water with fruits like strawberries, mint and lemon. If you're someone who loves soft drinks like me, substitute it with carbonated mineral water and add lemon juice - it's freaking awesome.
WEIGHT STARTED HCG: 81KG
COMPLETED 23 DAYS: 71KG
WEIGHT RIGHT NOW: 68KG
*happiness*
If you're interested to know more about HCG Weight Loss Program, I advise you to contact the Skin Art Clinic by Dr. Rachel Chew for more information. Ask me any questions regarding my recipes or my weight loss journey. I am here to help you get started and I am a walking testimonial of someone who has lost 10kg in 20days on this program. I lost a further few more kg when I started Phase 3 (21days to maintain my weight after losing it). Phase 3 is crucial in stabilizing your metabolism and adjusting your body to your normal food intake without HCG. You get hungry at this stage, but the key is to still avoid sugar, starch, oil and carbs. You can have any meat and vegetables now!.
Learning from world's foremost medical institutions, Dr. Rachel Chew has received unparalleled knowledge and experience in the latest advances in aesthetic surgery of the face & body. At her state-of-the-art facility, Dr. Rachel and her team constantly strive to maintain premium customer service to you
Skin Art Clinic by Dr. Rachel Chew
Address: D3-G4-8, Solaris Dutamas,
No.1, Jalan Dutamas 1, 50480 Kuala Lumpur
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