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**Eeaquzyh** · 02-29-2012, 03:09 PM

I think it all depends on how you approach the diet. If you approach it as a quick way to lose 30lbs then no. You are probably going to scale watch obsessively and unhealthily, daydream about everything you are going to eat the first day off of the diet, and cheat or go back to eating however after the diet. This is an amazing tool and, used correctly, can get our bodies back on track... as well as our minds. But it's not a miracle sure for all the reasons we got here in the first place like emotional eating and boredom. We need to be able to go into this protocol knowing what we want to focus on and change and make that the focus of our experience.

Believe me... I know. I cheated every other day for my first week on this diet and almost quit. I finally read a book on emotional rehab through the hcg diet and realized everything in it sounded like me. My focus on the diet is no longer to lose lbs. Don't get me wrong... I'm crazy excited that I will lose all this weight, but I think of it as an amazing side effect now. My goal is to feel better physically and be able to have a non-destructive relationship with food that has NOTHING to do with my emotional state. I think that in doing this I won't have to "fight" with my desire to eat everything in site after the protocol is done and I'll have a much easier time keeping the weight off and ultimately leading a happier life.

I'm so tired of my life revolving around food and dieting....

02-29-2012, 03:09 PM	#5
Eeaquzyh Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 428 Senior Member	I think it all depends on how you approach the diet. If you approach it as a quick way to lose 30lbs then no. You are probably going to scale watch obsessively and unhealthily, daydream about everything you are going to eat the first day off of the diet, and cheat or go back to eating however after the diet. This is an amazing tool and, used correctly, can get our bodies back on track... as well as our minds. But it's not a miracle sure for all the reasons we got here in the first place like emotional eating and boredom. We need to be able to go into this protocol knowing what we want to focus on and change and make that the focus of our experience. Believe me... I know. I cheated every other day for my first week on this diet and almost quit. I finally read a book on emotional rehab through the hcg diet and realized everything in it sounded like me. My focus on the diet is no longer to lose lbs. Don't get me wrong... I'm crazy excited that I will lose all this weight, but I think of it as an amazing side effect now. My goal is to feel better physically and be able to have a non-destructive relationship with food that has NOTHING to do with my emotional state. I think that in doing this I won't have to "fight" with my desire to eat everything in site after the protocol is done and I'll have a much easier time keeping the weight off and ultimately leading a happier life. I'm so tired of my life revolving around food and dieting....
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