Guidelines for the HCG Diet Plan
No pill or drop in the world can help a dieter to lose weight if that person eats whatever s/he desires. The HCG Diet Plan is no different; usage of the HCG Drops needs to be combined with a reduce intake of calories.
For some, this will mean a complete overhaul of their diet. And, if those people are honest, they need a complete re-make of their weekly menu.
For others, the HCG Diet Plan will involve slight changes to what they eat and how they eat. Here are a few tips to make the HCG Diet Plan work for you, which will enable you to not only lose weight but to keep those pounds off forever:
1) Let’s start with water. It is an amazing liquid. It helps to power your metabolism and get rid of fat as the HCG Drops do their work. You will need to drink about 100 oz. of water per day (10-12 glasses), which is a healthy habit anyway. Drinking that much water will keep you hydrated as well, and your body might like it so much that you continue this good health habit forever. It’s also a very cheap way to hydrate during the day. Water is greatly preferable to tea and coffee, which both dehydrate and are known to produce hunger pangs. Drink up and lose the fat as you keep bottles of water handy throughout the day.
2) Moving along, let’s discuss sugar and starch, two enemies to all who want to lose weight. If your diet has been heavy on both, you will need to make a major adjustment to your menu. For the first 2-3 weeks of the HCG Diet Plan, all sugar and starch is banned from your first HCG cycle. Sugar and starch can be re-introduced in moderate amounts later in the diet, but your body will lose much of its craving for these two when they are not being consumed daily. This will help you to substitute vegetables and lean protein for the two problematic elements in your dishes, and your chances of long-term weight loss will dramatically increase.
3) After mourning the temporary loss of sugar and starch, let’s talk about all of the great foods that you will be encouraged to eat on the HCG Diet Plan. In the meat department, white chicken, fish and other seafood and pork and venison are permitted, which opens up the possibility of many delectable dishes. This wide variety of meats can keep your taste buds stimulated and happy throughout the diet.
In addition to the meats listed above, vegetables and fruits will comprise a major portion of your HCG Diet Plan, which might lead you to discover plants and fruits that you never knew about but now find scrumptious.
Leafy green vegetables come highly recommended, as do fruits high in fiber such as apples, pears, oranges and berries. If you immediately turn up your nose at such a listing, consider this: spinach, for example, can be prepared in many ways that will enable you to enjoy it far more than you ever thought possible.
In addition, the fruits listed above can be combined and prepared in many ways that will satisfy your body’s desire for something sweet, yet without the high calories that come with added sugar or other sweeteners.
The HCG Diet Plan does involve an element of “getting back to nature” as you drink more water and sample vegetables and fruits that you might not eat now. As you see the pounds go down and your body look better than ever, you’ll thank Mother Nature for all of the vegetables and fruits that she has provided for our pleasure.
The HCG Diet Plan doesn’t have to mean a culinary Siberia. It can actually taste great as the allowed foods are prepared in creative and variable manners. Do research on the many ways to present spinach and devour pork, for instance, and you’ll be well on your way to eating more healthfully and heartily.
