What to do, what to do after the HCG Diet?

Your round of HCG Diet is over and hopefully, you are living a happier and eating healthier now. Hopefully, you are now a much better example of vitality and health to those around you.

Some call this last phase of HCG Diet as Phase 4. No matter what the name is, what’s important is how you wrap things up when the diet is over.

Here’s what you can do once the hcg diet is over:

1. Make it sure that you continue to weigh every day to make sure that you catch any usual sneaky gains.
2. After the HCG Diet don’t fall back to your old habits like eating unhealthy foods and drinking soda.
3. Eat real good foods like fruits and vegetable. Avoid processed foods. If you can’t read the ingredient label when at the grocery then don’t buy the foods.
4. Drink plenty of water. Aim for at least 2 liters per day. Water will help you maintain your weight loss and your overall weight.
5. Gym it up to help you toned your muscles.
6. Your best friend is your scale. Your scale will help you maintain your weight loss. When your weight goes up, then it’s time for you to do the steak day.

Now if you still have more weight to lose you may do another round of the HCG Diet. However, you have to make it sure that you will observe the HCG Diet breaks in between rounds.

After all those hardships, reward yourself with these:

1. Buy a brand new outfit that would really show off your new smaller body.
2. Have a full spa day
3. Buy something new for yourself.
4. Go camping
5. Get a full body massage
6. Go out with your friends and have a healthy lunch
7. Sign up for a recreational sport
8. Plan a trip somewhere warm like beaches so you can show off your weight loss success
9. Have a weekend trip to the winery
10.  Have fun

An HCG weight loss plan combines HCG hormone and a very strict diet plan. The plan allows you to limit your intake of calorie to 500 calories a day. The food options are limited. You are allowed to have a serving of protein, fruits, veggies and a very small portion of carbohydrate on the HCG Diet. The proteins are mostly consists of leaner meat such as chicken, turkey and fish.

During your very low calorie diet, you are to cut out all forms of sugar and starches. This includes bread, cereals and pasta because of their high starch content. However, there are two carb options that you can have during your 500 calorie diet. These are the Grissini Breadstick and the Melba toast.

• Melba Toast– You can have a serving of this carb for both lunch and dinner during your VLCD. You can have it as a snack option between meals. One serving of Melba toast contains 3 pieces of toast. Each serving will give you a total of 60 calories with only 13 grams of carb. Well, that’s very low compared to other carb alternatives. There are a lot of flavors of Melba toast But be careful because some melba toast contains more sugar than other. Always remember that when you are on HCG, your body is extremely sensitive to sugar.

• Grissini Breadstick– This is another carb option that Dr. Simeons incorporated into the hcg diet to satisfy your body’s need to chew aside from the crunchy Melba toast. You can have one breadstick for your lunch and one for your dinner each day. Like the Melba toast, Grissini breadstick also comes in a variety of flavors that are quite delicious.

Melba toast or Grissini Breadstick?

It’s a matter of personal preferences. What’s important is that you’ll watch your consumption of these two carb choices. A huge number of hcg dieters who have tried both of these carb options preferred the breadstick over the toast. The protocol calls for two servings of carb per day. That’s one carb option per meal. You can have one toast for one meal and one breadstick for the other meal. If you want, you can use them to mimic croutons over your salad or top them with your chicken.

The HCG diet is not that complicated as it looks like. It’s in fact doable. But as you go along the diet, there will a come a time where you can slip up and make mistakes. And the more mistakes you make the more difficult it will be for you to lose weight.

To get the most out from this diet, you should avoid these common HCG diet mistakes.

Diet mistake #1– Not doing the HCG diet protocol properly

The HCG diet protocol is not that detailed but there are some requirements that you need to stick strictly. The requirements include a very specific list of approved HCG diet food, HCG approved beverages, HCG approved seasoning and HCG approved exercise. Take time to read the requirements to get the most out from this diet.

Diet mistake #2- Guessing your food proportions

It’s all about the portion control. To lose more weight you need to learn how to portion your food rather than just guessing.

The HCG diet portion size is very specific and you should be careful. The specific portion size will ensure that you don’t eat too many calories and your meal is not too large. You need to be accurate with your protein choices. Per serving is exactly 100 grams or 3.5 ounces. For fruits and vegetables, check the precise serving size of HCG diet vegetables and fruits here.

Diet mistake #3- Intense exercise

Doing intense exercise especially during your VLCD is potentially dangerous. It can cause fatigue, dehydration and more. Intense exercise can also force you to eat more calories causing your weight loss to stall.

Diet mistake #4- Using of canned fruits and vegetables

Canned fruits and vegetable have added ingredients that can cause a stall in your weight loss. Canned vegetables are high in sodium and other additives that can interact with how HCG hormone works. They won’t have as high nutrient as the fresh one due to the canning process. Your best bet…regularly shop for fresh fruits and veggies for the week.

Diet mistake #5- Using the wrong cut of meat

Be careful with steak and cuts of beef. Not every type is HCG approved. T-bone steaks, for example, have a higher percentage of fats compared with other beef cuts.

Diet mistake #6- Wrong beverages

Not all drinks are allowed. HCG diet offers only a specific list of approved beverages and you should check that out. Unapproved drinks like artificially sweetened ones can make your weight loss difficult.

Diet mistake #7- Using of cooking spray

Do not use cooking spray when cooking. Instead, use a non-stick pan. If you want, use broth as a substitute for oil. You can grill or steam them. It won’t require you to use any fats.