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Most Common Errors Made On The 500
Calorie HCG Diet
1. Not enough fat during load days
(first two days of HCG). This might explain hunger and associated crankiness
during the first week of HCG low calorie phase. A good load day sample follows:
Sample Load Day
Breakfast: Cream cheese bagel with bacon and sausage, and a ham/cheese omelet.
Mid-morning snack: Donut with whipped cream with strawberries.
Lunch: Pork chop, potato with sour cream, and a roll with butter and a buttered
veggie.
Mid-afternoon snack: Ice cream with Oreos.
Dinner: Fettuccini, cheese garlic bread, and salad with full-fat dressing, of
course, cheesecake for dessert. Late-night snack: Ice cream or frozen
cappuccino.
2. Mixing vegetables at a meal. Dr. Simeons clearly states one vegetable. While
many people lose quite satisfactorily when mixing vegetables, it is a place to
review if losing slows.
3. No gum, mints, etc. allowed during the VLCD (Very Low Calorie Diet phase).
Again, some lose quite satisfactorily when violating this directive, but it is a
place to review if losing slows.
4. No diet drinks including Crystal Light, diet soda or other diet drinks — only
water, teas, coffees, and mineral water. Remember, you get one lemon to use each
day.
5. American beef is noted as significantly more fatty than the beef Dr. Simeons
refers to. Veal is suggested replacement, but veal is only carried locally at
Dierburgs (St. Louis, MO area) to our knowledge at this time. Buffalo is less
fatty than American beef and is available at Trader Joe's at this time. Many
participants can quicken weight loss by eating less beef and more chicken or
allowable fish/seafood, in particular.
6. Weight of protein is to be based on PRECOOKED weight, not post cooking — this
can make quite a difference in the prescribed serving with certain proteins.
7. Eating the same protein for both lunch and dinner. Food selections are to be
varied.
8. Not drinking enough water — you should be drinking at least 2 quarts of
allowable liquids per day.
9. Try to weigh in the same clothes or something very similar in weight and
around the same time each morning (before eating or drinking) in order to avoid
confusion or false appearance of weight gain/loss.
10. Avoid eating at restaurants because to a large degree the meats have been
'juiced' or manipulated to be more flavorful, tender or juicy with a multitude
of processes that could easily slow your weight loss, particularly chicken.
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