A Doctor’s Battle Against Chronic Obesity

Even though I am a world class Homeopathic Doctor and lecturer, I’ve tried many methods of dieting and never found a facile answer until now with my exposure to the HCG Diet of Dr. A.T.W. Simeon M.D. of Rome Italy.

I have blamed my corpulent status for years on two pieces of fact. One is that I take after my dear late Father who passed away when I was 19 years old in 1965 and he was just 4 days short of his 54th birthday. In fact I’ve credited my homeopathic remedies with keeping me around in a healthful state where I’ve outlived him now close to my 65th year.

The second fact is that at a young age became an affe­cionado of wine and ultimately became the Commander of the Arizona Chapter of the Brotherhood of the Knights of the Vine arranging gourmet wine dinners in the Phoenix Area and for a ten year period from 1980-1990 became the secret spy for the Travel-Holiday Magazines Restaurant award program for the state of Arizona. Even though that position ended in 1990 and I stepped down from the KOV position in 1992 I’ve continued my quest to find that next best gourmet meal. I’ve literally visited many of the best restaurants all over the United States and many places around the world.

I’m not sure that I would trade away the pleasurable Gourmet experiences I’ve had and may someday write about them but the price I’ve paid has to be the 75 plus pounds of extra weight that I’ve put on and until now have been unable to take off based upon my height and age.

In the last 43 days I’ve just lost 31 pounds and added to the ten pounds I’ve lost by regular dieting since January 1st, 2008. I’m now 41 pounds on the way towards losing the 75 pounds I needed to lose. I expect to reach that goal by Thanksgiving 2009 (i.e., I lost ten pounds in 566 days and will lose 65 pounds more in just 110 more days by using the HCG diet).

What is Dr. Simeon’s secret?

What one needs to do is to read Dr. Simeon’s short book of just 56 pages. Its called Pounds & Inches: A New Approach To Obesity, by A.T.W. Simeons, M.D.

In this very educational treatise, Dr. Simeon discusses a review of his research on all of the glands within the body and how different hormones control storage of excess nutrients. It comes down to the fact that there are three kinds of Fats stored in the body and the kind of fat that causes obesity is the Brown fat that is the last nutrient to be digested after the more superficially deposited fats are metabolized when the body short changes itself of caloric intake. The body does not resolve its Obesity status until the Brown Fat is metabolized and under normal circumstances the Brown Fat goes last.

Dr. Simeon figured out through his research that Brown fat can be caused to break down first when the hormone HCG in amounts of 125-150 IUs per day(Human Cho­rionic Gonadotrophin—a normal product of pregnancy) stimulates the Diencephalon (a part of the brain) in com­bination with a 500 calorie daily food intake. More or less IUs of HCG or more than 500 calories of food can have untoward results and not achieve the diets goals.

The 500 calorie diet plus HCG shots can only be given for 40 days at a time requiring a 6 week break of controlled normal dieting before the program can be resumed with another 40 days of HCG shots and strict diet.

I’m writing this article at the beginning of my first Break period after having lost 31 pounds during the first 40 days and will need to maintain that loss with no more than a 2 pound gain until the time when I restart in about 5 weeks with the hope that I can complete Round two in time to enjoy a real Thanksgiving meal with my family.

The HCG is amazing as all hunger disappears even though one is only eating 500 calories of very unenjoyable unsat­isfying but totally filling meals. A typical day starts with a Breakfast of Venti sized coffee flavored with non caloric Stevia (the pink, Blue and Yellow sweetners are forbidden). Lunch is a Grisini Bread stick plus 3.5 ounces of protein (chicken fish or lean organic meat) plus some type of lettuce greens sprinkled with lemon juice. Mid-afternoon one has an apple (Fuji’s are my favorite). Dinner is a peice of Melba Toast plus a fruit like half grapefruit and another 3.5 ounces of protein and cooked greens like spinach. Water, water, water is the rule that I couldn’t follow correctly.

I actually wrote a short diary to my family and close advisers every Saturday and really felt that I was in a self imposed food prison as repayment for years of gluttony. I did not have any of my favorite wine for the whole 43 days of Round One.

I can tell you that I had two very excellent coaches, one is available to you and the other is my wife who acted as my “food warden” preparing my lunches and dinners. The other coach is the excellent Simeon Guidebook written by Sheryl Lee which she sells for $40. You can contact her and buy her book at the following address: support@sherylsgreatday.com or www.sherylsgreatday.com.

In fact, in addition to buying Dr. Simeon’s Treatise, Sheryl’s guidebook is a necessity.

What are the drawbacks to this program?

For me it has been food boredom, constipation (no food, no BMs) and itching (detoxing fat releases toxins).

Of course, the answers have been my Homeopathic Detox Protocols, without which I can’t see how anyone could do this?

Will I do this for my patients?

Not at this time. I’ve got to make it through my pro­gram completely with weight loss permanent, food intake happily tolerable and no untoward health situations that haven’t been anticipated.

Please stay tuned for followup results.

For now I need to go to my Tailor and have all of my clothes altered. I’ve lost about 5 inches in my waist and similar amounts in other parts of my body.

My wife and I also “fit together” better like we did in earlier years.

More information is available from Bruce Shelton, MD, MD (H), FHIB | Homeopathic and Integrative Medicine Doctor, by calling 602-504-1000, or visit www.DrBruceShelton.com

Article originally published in Explore! Volume 18, Number 6, 2009.

Tagged as: chronic obesity, HCG Diet, Homeopathic Doctor, homeopathic remedies, Integrative Medicine Doctor