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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 hCG diet 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.
• Body Fat Tape Measure
• Grill for cooking, the George Foreman grill is very popular and easy to use.
• Fiber, specially psyllium seeds or psyllium husks from your local health food store.  Psyllium is fiber as are Miracle Noodles which are perfect for the hCG diet.  Why are Miracle Noodles a hCG diet free food?  No calories is one of the many reasons!
• 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 or eat sugar or gum
• Eat foods with known 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

1. Sugar Free jello
2. Diet soda (go easy)
3. Popsicle with 0 fat, sugar and calories
4. L-Glutamine for cravings
5. Drinking water
6. Ice chips (the best ice is SONIC ice!!)
7. Adding fiber with Miracle Noodles.

Tricks to stay on hcg diet plan

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

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Tips for a stall

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

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

• 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.

1. Splenda
2. Equal
3. Caffeine (in some not all people)
4. Sugar alcohols
5. Ascorbic acid and or Citric Acid (found in sodas)
6. Egg yolks (arachidonic acid is found in the yolks)
7. Too many sodas
8. Too little water
9. Not having variety in foods