Any reason you won't be doing some low volume heavy lifting a couple of times a week? I think that would help with the muscle loss. I know your calories are really low and you wouldn't want to do anything, but still, I think it would be a good idea.
I'm still not quite sure what exactly hCG does. Other than suppressing appetite? People report great success with losing lots of weight using the "hCG diet" but given the diet includes eating 500 calories per day, I'm not surprised. In my quick look I also saw a number of reports of people complaining about muscle loss. Although on BB.com I did see a guy who said he gained strength on the diet.
The thing is, most of the people who do this diet and have "success" don't seem to be lifters, but average joes, who don't care about/don't realise muscle loss. But some of those that measured their BF percentage seemed to see it increase even as their weight went down. However, their methods of measurement probably weren't very good - using those scales that give you BF and shit like that. Although there might be more lifters that had success with it, I only had a quick look.
I'm sure you've done your research, much more than I did with that quick look. However, I think that even if you want to lose weight quickly, there are better ways to do it, such as RFL/PSMF. But you've probably made your mind up.
Good luck anyway.
I'm still not quite sure what exactly hCG does. Other than suppressing appetite? People report great success with losing lots of weight using the "hCG diet" but given the diet includes eating 500 calories per day, I'm not surprised. In my quick look I also saw a number of reports of people complaining about muscle loss. Although on BB.com I did see a guy who said he gained strength on the diet.
The thing is, most of the people who do this diet and have "success" don't seem to be lifters, but average joes, who don't care about/don't realise muscle loss. But some of those that measured their BF percentage seemed to see it increase even as their weight went down. However, their methods of measurement probably weren't very good - using those scales that give you BF and shit like that. Although there might be more lifters that had success with it, I only had a quick look.
I'm sure you've done your research, much more than I did with that quick look. However, I think that even if you want to lose weight quickly, there are better ways to do it, such as RFL/PSMF. But you've probably made your mind up.
Good luck anyway.
