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Please read this post before you reply and say "hcg diet sucks". I do not plan on doing the typical HCG diet in the sense most people think about.
So I typically write my wifes pre-comp diet, but I have noticed in the past few years, now that she is 40...her body tends to shut down on us with about 10lbs to go before she is stage ready. Her body will JUST NOT LET GO of that final 10lbs. We have tried everything, last year even hired a professional prep coach, who turned out to be less successful then I am.
So what I am thinking...when she gets near that "last 10lb mark", adding HCG into her diet. I know most NON-bodybuilding women tend to eat 500 calories on the HCG diets, but for her @ 165lbs (stage weight 153lbs) she would be at about 1200 calories by this mark. In essence I am hoping the HCG will trick her body into thinking she is prego and to let go of that final fat to feed her non-existent baby. The downside is the HCG will spike her Estrogen levels, making it harder to loose fat. Of course I could always throw Nolvadex into the mix, but that might interfere with the "pregnancy" effect of the HCG.
Any thoughts or suggestions. Last year when she hit the "10lb to go mark"...she was at over 2 hours of cardio a day (1 hour fasted, 1 hour after workout) and 1100 calories..and her body would still not let go of any more weight.
So I typically write my wifes pre-comp diet, but I have noticed in the past few years, now that she is 40...her body tends to shut down on us with about 10lbs to go before she is stage ready. Her body will JUST NOT LET GO of that final 10lbs. We have tried everything, last year even hired a professional prep coach, who turned out to be less successful then I am.
So what I am thinking...when she gets near that "last 10lb mark", adding HCG into her diet. I know most NON-bodybuilding women tend to eat 500 calories on the HCG diets, but for her @ 165lbs (stage weight 153lbs) she would be at about 1200 calories by this mark. In essence I am hoping the HCG will trick her body into thinking she is prego and to let go of that final fat to feed her non-existent baby. The downside is the HCG will spike her Estrogen levels, making it harder to loose fat. Of course I could always throw Nolvadex into the mix, but that might interfere with the "pregnancy" effect of the HCG.
Any thoughts or suggestions. Last year when she hit the "10lb to go mark"...she was at over 2 hours of cardio a day (1 hour fasted, 1 hour after workout) and 1100 calories..and her body would still not let go of any more weight.