Eating While HCG Dieting
When you're dealing with a very low calorie diet (VLCD) like the HCG program, you don't really get to eat very much. But the eating that you do get to do is very regimented and limited to very specific food groups. So it's really, really important that you have a few good recipes to keep things at least a little bit interesting.
Start with your beverages. You're supposed to drink strictly tea, coffee and water. But if you follow the recommendations of most of the HCG diet programs you'll have a variety of Stevia drops at your disposal. Try dropping a flavor in your next glass of water to make yourself some zero calorie, sweetened, and flavored water. It's a nice change and it helps you get all the water in that you're supposed to incorporate throughout the day.
The HCG diet stipulates two servings of fruit per day. Depending upon the dieter the fruit can either be incorporated at lunch/dinner or as a mid-afternoon snack and after dinner snack. A popular choice is apples. Try this yummy variation to provide yourself a bit of a different, fun option next time you're feeling fed up with your choices.
Take your fresh apple and cut it in half. Sprinkle cinnamon across the tops of both halves. We like it absolutely covered. There are no carbs in cinnamon, after all! Put the cinnamon covered apples on a plate and place it in the microwave. Cook them for 2 to 3 minutes and then pull them out and enjoy. Remind you of apple pie? It just might!
For the main meal try Meat in Tomato Sauce. Slice up 1 or 2 tomatoes and saute them on medium for about 5 minutes. While they are cooking, intermittently smush them a bit with a spoon back. Take your 100 grams of lean meat (whatever type you choose: chicken, beef, etc.) and grill it up on a George Foreman grill or have it grilled beforehand. After the 5 minutes of cooking and occasionally smushing...the tomatoes should be similar to a thick spaghetti sauce. Mix the meat of your choice in with your sauce and add some spices. We suggest: 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt, 1/4 teaspoon onion salt, 1/4 teaspoon Italian seasoning (check to make sure there aren't any carbs thrown in here).
Mixing it up with a few good recipes can really make a difference. So look around, find some online forums where you can share and exchange recipes. Access the tools presented by your diet program. Do anything you can to make it easier because the easier it is the more likely you are to benefit from the process.
Start with your beverages. You're supposed to drink strictly tea, coffee and water. But if you follow the recommendations of most of the HCG diet programs you'll have a variety of Stevia drops at your disposal. Try dropping a flavor in your next glass of water to make yourself some zero calorie, sweetened, and flavored water. It's a nice change and it helps you get all the water in that you're supposed to incorporate throughout the day.
The HCG diet stipulates two servings of fruit per day. Depending upon the dieter the fruit can either be incorporated at lunch/dinner or as a mid-afternoon snack and after dinner snack. A popular choice is apples. Try this yummy variation to provide yourself a bit of a different, fun option next time you're feeling fed up with your choices.
Take your fresh apple and cut it in half. Sprinkle cinnamon across the tops of both halves. We like it absolutely covered. There are no carbs in cinnamon, after all! Put the cinnamon covered apples on a plate and place it in the microwave. Cook them for 2 to 3 minutes and then pull them out and enjoy. Remind you of apple pie? It just might!
For the main meal try Meat in Tomato Sauce. Slice up 1 or 2 tomatoes and saute them on medium for about 5 minutes. While they are cooking, intermittently smush them a bit with a spoon back. Take your 100 grams of lean meat (whatever type you choose: chicken, beef, etc.) and grill it up on a George Foreman grill or have it grilled beforehand. After the 5 minutes of cooking and occasionally smushing...the tomatoes should be similar to a thick spaghetti sauce. Mix the meat of your choice in with your sauce and add some spices. We suggest: 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt, 1/4 teaspoon onion salt, 1/4 teaspoon Italian seasoning (check to make sure there aren't any carbs thrown in here).
Mixing it up with a few good recipes can really make a difference. So look around, find some online forums where you can share and exchange recipes. Access the tools presented by your diet program. Do anything you can to make it easier because the easier it is the more likely you are to benefit from the process.
About the Author:
Amelia Handley majored in exercise science in college with a minor in Nutrition. Yet she still found herself jumping from diet to diet trying to control her size. With HCG Diet Direct she's found a program that allows her to combine her desire to control her own body weight with her education and not feel off balance.
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