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Which hCG Diet is Best?

There are several ways to do the hcg diet protocol. You can follow Dr. Simeons Pounds and Inches, you can follow Kevin Trudeau’s The Weight Loss Cure or you can go to a local clinic in your area. Search hCG diet clinics to find a clinic close to you.

Dr. Simeons and Kevin Trudeau is a DIY while the clinical route is a supervised plan. Either way you will lose weight.

You have to be comfortable as to which is the best hCG diet protocol for you. IF you are a DIY, please consult your doctor regarding your health and well being before starting this or any diet. Know where to get your hCG diet supplies from and follow the diet as laid out for optimal weight loss.

hCG Diet Preparation

There are a few products that are good for use with the hCG diet protocol regardless if you follow Pounds and Inches, The Weight Loss Cure or go the clinical route.

Food scale that measures in grams.
Grill for cooking, the George Foreman grill is very popular and can be found at any Wal-Mart if you don’t own one already.
Fiber, specially psyllium seeds or psyllium husks from your local health food store. Psyllium is fiber.
Smooth Move Tea or Dieters Tea to help with any constipation you may have while on the diet.

hCG Diet Do’s & Don’ts

Do

Follow the plan you choose, Dr. Semeon’s Pounds and Inches, Kevin Trudeau’s The Weight Loss Cure or Your Clinics
Drink water 8 – 8 oz glass a day is the minimum. An additional 8 oz per 25 pounds of excess weight should be added for optimal results
Light exercise
Use mineral oil, baby oil, oil free lotions as needed or Ancient Minerals Ultra Pure Magnesium Oil
Use food seasonings to flavor food but read labels to avoid sugar, starches or sugar alcohols
Use sugar substitutes

Don’t

Use products containing oil, lotions, cream on skin or hair
Drink diet drinks, sodas or sugar free drinks
Use make up that contains oils Bare Escentuals Make up is and excellent choice
Use fats, oil, margarine in cooking or ingest
Use eat sugar or gum
Eat foods with know starches or sugar free foods

hCG Diet Tips & Tricks

Having a binge eating feast or cheating on your hCG diet protocol is like restarting, but sometimes we just want something to satisfy a craving or something different. To avoid breaking your hCG diet plan and abate those cravings or to just break up the strictness of the diet, occasionally you can have the following;

Tips to avoid a cheat

Sugar Free jello
Diet soda
Popsicle with 0 fat, sugar and calories
L-Glutamine for cravings
Drinking water
Ice chips (the best ice is SONIC ice!!)

Tricks to stay on hcg diet plan

Keep your hcg diet food on hand at all times
Make food a few days out to avoid waiting till you are at hunger to decide to cook
Eat your food slow
Use a small salad plate vs. a huge dinner plate. This creates a visual and psychological effect

Tips for a stall

If you find your stalled (a stall is not losing for several days (4 or more) in a row) and need to get moving to stay motivated try the following;

Switch up what you are eating, if you find your only eating steak try chicken, if you eating chicken try fish.
Add additional water to your current intake
Try Corn Silk tea, Parsley tea, or Alpha tea. These are natural diuretics which may help you release additional water.
Cut the breadsticks or melba toast
No eating out for awhile
Cut diet drinks
Check your hCG diet protocol rules and make sure you are eating as prescribed (mixing veggies, 100 grams of food, etc.)
Mix your fruit up and don’t have the same 2 fruits on the same day
Avoid beef for a few days
Cut out diet cheats or treats
As a last resort if all else fails, eat 6 apples for 1 day enough water to satisfy thirst
Try on of these hCG diet stall breakers meals, Apple Day or Steak Day

Tips for eating out while in hCG diet protocol

If you have to eat out, grilled chicken salad works best . Needless to say without the dressing or cheese or croutons. You may probably be served more than 100 grams as you won’t be able to weight it, but it’s the best choice. Some fast food places offer fruit or other healthier choices. As long as the fruit doesn’t have preservatives or additives they would be fine to eat.

hCG Food Shopping List

Depending on which hCG diet protocol you follow your list may vary, this is a general hcg diet food list. Check your hCG diet food list to ensure what you can or can’t have.

Eating organic is the best way to do the hCG diet protocol, however it maybe cost prohibitive. When Dr. Simeons developed the hCG diet and wrote Pounds and Inches during a time when hormones and pesticides were not widely used. And he was in another country which has vastly different guidelines on foods. However, you can still loss weight without being organic.

Lean Meats:

steak, ground beef, chicken breast, veal

Seafood:

crab, lobster, shrimp, prawns, whiting fish, tilapia, flounder, haddock other lean white fish

Seasoning:

sea salt, thyme, basil, garlic, onion powder and others that you like

Veggies:

fresh or fresh frozen spinach, various lettuces, asparagus, broccoli, cucumbers, oions, tomatoes, chard, beet greens, cabbage

Fruit:

apples, organs, strawberries, lemons, ½ red grapefruit

Misc:

Melba toast, salsa (no sugar added), organic apple cider, sugar substitute, teas

hCG Diet Stallers and Craving Causers

There are some foods or additives that may cause people to stall on the diet. This is a YMMV because we are all individuals with different food sensitivities. You have to judge for yourself and observe how your body chemistry responds.