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HCG Diet: What to Do About a Plateau

Monday, May 30th, 2011

A dieter recently posted the following comment on the HCG Diet Direct Facebook page, “I’m on the HCG Diet right now and I’ve already lost 15 pounds, but I seem to be at a standstill. What should I do?”

At HCG Diet Direct we generally refer to this type of weight loss standstill as a plateau, and plateaus are normal. HCG Dieters often find themselves frustrated by a couple days without weight loss because they are used to seeing the scale drop each morning. The most important thing to remember is that plateaus happen and dieters should not let it affect their dedication to the HCG diet.

Generally speaking, the majority of dieters who hit a plateau at some point during their diet will see it near the end of their program. When you hit a plateau there are modifications to be made that will aid the dieter in getting back to losing weight.

Cut beef out of the diet. Beef is the most fatty of the lean proteins that are on the approved foods list.
Increase your water intake. Even if you are getting the recommended amount of water, drinking more water may be what your body needs to start losing weight again.
Cutting Melba toast from your diet. This little bit of carbohydrates makes a big difference and can be the simple change that will get you back on track.

After trying these options some will find that they are still on a plateau. In this case dieters can try what is known as an apple day. An apple day will jump start the dieter so they start losing weight again. On an apple day HCG dieters simply eat 6-8 apples and drink plenty of water. Following this contingent HCG diet plan will result in weight loss the day following the apple day. HCG Diet Direct recommends that dieters do the apple day no more than 2 times per week.

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Lose Weight Fast: HCG HCG HCG Facebook Contest Winner

Monday, May 23rd, 2011

Why lose weight fast? Because swimsuit weather is upon us! There aren’t very many out there who look forward to putting on their swimsuit each summer. People often look forward to swimming. They often look forward to air conditioning. They often look forward to the “school’s out” celebrations. They often look forward to the vacationing that typically takes place over the summer months. But when it comes right down to it…most people dread trying on swimsuits or baring all to get out and swim or lay out.

This swimsuit hatred was the inspiration for the recent HCG Diet Direct Facebook Contest that we called, “HCG HCG HCG!” Dieters and potential dieters were asked to call in to the 24/7 customer service help line and say, “HCG HCG HCG!” The 26^th caller to do so was to be the lucky winner of a complete HCG Diet Direct 26 day weight loss kit. For added fun dieters and potential dieters looking to win the free kit were encouraged to say their line not only three times, but three times FAST!

The 26^th caller and winner of the free 26 day HCG Weight Loss Diet Kit was….drum roll, please…Melissa Q. out of Texas! Melissa was the 26^th caller making her the HCG HCG HCG Facebook contest winner.

Melissa and others considering starting the plan as soon as possible in order to make swimsuit season more comfortable and more fun, are looking to lose weight fast. In order to do so they must first decide upon their weight loss method. Individuals looking to lose weight fast often turn to HCG dieting because of the and almost immediate nature of the weight loss it offers. Once the HCG diet plan is decided upon dieters must decide how much weight they need to lose so that they can order the corresponding weight loss plan. The most popular diet plan is the 26 day, but some dieters find that the 15 day or the 40 day suit their needs better.

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HCG Weight Loss Program Rules: The Short List of Approved Foods

Monday, May 16th, 2011

HCG Diet Direct Facebook users frequently post on the wall questions regarding specific foods and the possibility of adding them into the diet. Some of the most frequent foods that dieters ask about when they are considering the HCG weight loss program rules include:

Mushrooms
Bell peppers
Other peppers
Carrots
Broccoli

All of the above are basically healthy eating options. And this is the argument with which dieters continually present their requests for an exception to the short list of approved foods that is included in the HCG weight loss program protocol. But when dieters approach HCG Diet Direct with the request for approval of an exception to the approved foods list the answer is always going to be no. The creation of the short list of approved foods for the weight loss program was not arbitrary. It is very thoroughly thought out. It has been proven and tested to provide the weight loss results that dieters are in need of.

So while these foods are healthy and beneficial, they are not approved for use on the HCG Diet Direct weight loss plan. The foods that are included are chosen for their low calorie, high nutrient content. They are one of the elements that make the HCG diet weight loss program so effective at providing weight loss in a short amount of time. So if you are looking to maximize your weight loss stop searching for ways to eat off plan. The plan is there because it provides results. Get yours by following the rules.

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HCG Weight Loss: Diet Sodas and Artificial Sweeteners

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

Kelly D. recently got on the HCG Diet Direct weight loss program Facebook page to check in with a couple questions, “I just got my drops in the mail! I’m very excited and a bit nervous. I’ve never reed by calories this much. Are there really no diet sodas allowed? And can I add an artificial sweetener in my morning tea as well?”

The answer is yes and yes. But since only certain sugar substitutes are allowed, you have to consider the products you add to your diet carefully. The only diet soda HCG Diet Direct recommends is Zevia soda. It is sweetened using Stevia. Other diet sodas contain ingredients that will wreak havoc with your HCG diet. Stevia (or Stevia based) sweeteners are the only sweeteners that are recommended for dieter use by HCG Diet Direct. Look for Stevia sweeteners (drop or dry packet form) to use with your herbal tea as well.

When approaching the HCG Diet Direct Ultimate Homeopathic Diet for the first time, many balk at the weight loss per day limitation. Most have never limited their caloric intake this severely, even if they have been yoyo dieting for years on end. The HCG diet technique is definitely , and for some that is a difficulty. But for many it is a surprising advantage.

Many find that the sheer simplicity of just sticking to the rules (granted the rules are ) makes success much more likely. Many people find it easier to limit themselves to a few options as presented by the HCG weight loss diet, rather than try to limit themselves to one of the vague weight loss programs with many options and even more exceptions and free days, etc. This type of halfway dieting often leads to “non-dieting” for most individuals. They make so many exceptions that they find themselves never actually following the rules of the program and therefore never losing the weight they wanted to lose in the first place.

But with the protocol included with every HCG Diet Direct weight loss program and products, dieters are able to know EXACTLY what they are expected to do, when they are expected to do it and how long they are expected to do it for. It makes following the rules that much easier for most people. Rather than having a hard time remembering all the things they are not allowed to eat, dieters on HCG weight loss programs can simply remember the few things they ARE allowed to eat. It generates a much higher success rate and leaves dieters feeling happy about their weight loss.

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Buy HCG Online Cheap…Research on Facebook

Thursday, May 5th, 2011

Individuals looking to buy HCG online cheap often begin their research on Facebook. The HCG Diet Direct Facebook page is a fabulous tool for HCG Diet Direct dieters and prospective dieters alike. But Facebook is only one of the many outlets for information available to dieters and prospective dieters.

Other methods of researching before you buy HCG online cheap through HCG Diet Direct include:

The HCG Diet Direct website: The HCG Diet Direct website is not set up solely to provide dieters the chance to buy HCG online cheap through a secure shopping cart. The site also offers a number of articles on helpful topics in the article directory. The article directory is full of advice, tips, hints, etc.
The HCG Diet Direct blog…you’re on it right now so you obviously already discovered the advantages of the information we provide here.
The HCG Diet Direct YouTube Channel. Accessing the videos provided by HCG Diet Direct is simple when you stick to the channel devoted exclusively to the company. The videos include documentary style presentations of actual dieters on the program as well as simple tips and hints to help dieters succeed on the weight loss program.

Accessing all available forms of information prior to making your final decision to buy HCG online cheap will increase your chances of getting exactly what you need…when you need it. You have to consider how much weight you need to lose, when you need to lose it by, your schedule (planning to be on the diet during major celebratory events, for instance, is a bad plan), and your budget. Take all factors into consideration and you’ll find that your chances for success are greatly improved!

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Walden Farms on the Menu for HCG Diet Weight Loss Plan?

Monday, May 2nd, 2011

Dieters are always full of questions about the HCG diet weight loss plan. And the majority of their questions are regarding the use of certain foods and beverages while they are on the program. A Facebook user recently posted a question on the wall, “So are we able to use any or all of the Walden Farms products on the program?”

Walden Farms is a manufacturer of dieting products. The majority of their products would be classified as condiments. Walden Farms products contain no carbs, no fat, no calories, no gluten and no sugar. This makes it a popular choice for many HCG Diet Direct dieters. While HCG Diet Direct does not have Walden Farms products included in their protocol and therefore cannot endorse it as an official part of the menu for HCG diet programs, many customers have reported success while using these Walden Farms products on the HCG Diet Direct weight loss plan.

As is the case with all foods on the HCG Diet Direct weight loss plan, limitation is crucial. Overdoing any food or beverage on the plan is not a good idea.

What products are offered through Walden Farms?
-   Syrups: Blueberry, Caramel, Strawberry, Pancake, Chocolate
-   Mayo
-   Whipped Peanut Spread
-   Fruit Spreads: Strawberry, Raspberry, Blueberry, Apricot, Apple Butter, Grape, Orange
-   BBQ sauces: Original, Honey, Hickory Smoke, Thick ’N Spicy
-   Dips or Fruit: Chocolate, Caramel, Marshmallow
-   Seafood Sauce
-   Ketchup
-   Veggie and Chip Dips: Bleu Cheese, Ranch, French Onion, Bacon
-   Pasta Sauces: Alfredo, Tomato and Basil, Garlic and Herb
-   Salad Dressings: Chipotle Ranch, Sesame Ginger, Thousand Island, Buttermilk Ranch, Raspberry Vinaigrette, Bleu Cheese, Caesar, Honey Dijon, French, Creamy Bacon, Balsamic Vinaigrette, Bacon Ranch, Italian, Asian, Russian, Zesty Italian, Italian Sun Dried Tomato, Creamy Italian, Jersey Sweet Onion, Coleslaw Dressing

When thinking about incorporating foods such as Walden Farms into your HCG Diet Direct weight loss plan, you should consider them tools to be used sparingly rather than fillers to depend upon regularly. Part of the program is learning to limit your portion sizes and enjoy healthy foods. Replacing your regular “fillers” with no carb, no calorie fillers can decrease your chances for long term success.

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Gathering HCG Maintenance Diet Recipes

Friday, April 29th, 2011

We’ve already discussed the appropriate nature of gathering recipes to help you in your attempts to stick to the homeopathic HCG weight loss plan. There are recipes posted throughout cyberspace that can provide variety and interest while sticking to the calorie limitation and the very short list of approved foods.

We discussed the fact that many on the homeopathic HCG weight loss plan find that they have to relearn (or learn for the first time) how to prepare foods in a healthy manner. American kitchens depend far too heavily on butter and oil for their food preparation. It’s unnecessary. Homeopathic HCG dieters very learn to rely on healthier, low fat food preparation methods like roasting, grilling and baking.

Once the dieter has completed the low calorie diet portion of the plan they have a bit of healthy cooking experience under their belts in most cases. Then it’s time to mix it up again.

During the maintenance phase dieters’ caloric limit jumps up to 1500 per day. The dieter also has a lot of additional food items added to their “approved foods list.” As a matter of fact, it becomes so versatile that it becomes more efficient to stick to a list of foods to avoid rather than refer back to the tiny list of foods that are approved for the low calorie portion of the diet.

For those who have been enjoying their foray into healthy cooking some exciting new “additions” to the foods approved during maintenance are: milk, nuts, cheese, and additional fruits and vegetables. You can imagine that this will ally increase the number of recipes that will work for the dieter.

Individuals looking for HCG maintenance diet recipes often first look to their diet provider; many will provide HCG maintenance diet cookbooks or guides. But once the dieter is comfortable with the maintenance phase protocol they can easily obtain additional options to add to their healthy cooking repertoire online. Because the food items are no longer so limited it becomes much easier. Dieters can start gathering their recipes on mainstream sites like AllRecipes.com so long as they stay aware of the small number of limitations that are still imposed during maintenance.

Dieters who actively seek recipes and healthy food preparation methods throughout their time on both the low calorie and maintenance portions of the homeopathic HCG weight loss plan are better equipped to maintain their weight loss through a healthy lifestyle.

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Gathering Free HCG Diet Recipes

Wednesday, April 27th, 2011

When you decide to complete the homeopathic HCG weight loss plan through HCG Diet Direct the first thing most people do is order their product. Most people are fairly excited about the prospect of losing a amount of weight in a short time period so they usually start right away.

The first thing new dieters notice is that they have to learn how to prepare a healthy meal. Many people have never before prepared a healthy meal; even some of those who cook regularly. Oil and butter are mainstays in the American kitchen and when they are taken off the agenda…many find they are at a loss as to how to proceed.

The first step would be to remind yourself of the basics: grilling, roasting and baking. These are all HCG approved cooking methods. And they are all traditional forms of food preparation. But it’s amazing (and quite telling) that many Americans don’t think of them when they are standing in the kitchen with their homeopathic HCG weight loss plan protocol wondering what to do with their approved foods for dinner.

That’s why it’s a good idea to gather free HCG diet recipes. Many find themselves depending heavily on HCG diet cookbooks, but in addition to the cookbook provided by or available through your homeopathic HCG weight loss plan distributor you can find fun, new and exciting free HCG diet recipes.

The only qualifier is to make sure that you are comfortable enough with the homeopathic HCG dieting protocol to know which free HCG diet recipes are appropriate and which are not. Don’t trust just any random cyber stranger to offer only recipes that are approved for the program. They might be sticking to a program that has slight alterations in comparison to the one you are on or they could just not be very smart. They’re strangers; you just can’t be sure. So depend on your own judgment.

Not sure where to start gathering free HCG diet recipes? Start in Google or any other major search engine. Type in “free HCG diet recipes” and see what comes up! You’ll find that people post them all over the place: blogs, Facebook, MySpace, websites, etc.

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Weight Loss: Newsletter Madness

Thursday, April 21st, 2011

I get a lot of newsletters. Most computer users now access email regularly. And most people with frequently accessed emails find that they get more newsletters than they ever imagined they signed up for (purposefully or accidentally).

Newsletters can be about anything: sales items, parenting, education, health and wellness, travel, etc. I act annoyed fairly often at the amount of newsletters that find themselves into my inbox. But if I’m honest I admit that I typically save the majority of them until I have a chance to really look at them. Because in many cases…the individuals in charge of designating the target market for advertising and marketing campaigns like e-blasts have done their job well and I feel that the newsletter waiting there in my inbox just might be useful to me in some way.

Every now and then I get a newsletter regarding a topic that I am actively seeking at the moment. This happened recently with the weight loss topic. And to prove that unsolicited email newsletters can be useful here are some of the tips that I garnered from the email:

1. Weight loss programs should be designed by a doctor.

2. Weight loss programs are designed to provide weight loss.

3. Dieters who wish to live a healthier lifestyle need to incorporate healthier eating habits after they complete the diet and lose weight.

4. Weight loss diet are: motivational techniques and energy supplementation.

Sticking to a low calorie diet of any type is difficult, but it is much more likely that dieters will both stick to the program and see the desired results from the program when they are accessing a low calorie diet program based on homeopathic HCG weight loss remedy. It is designed to decrease hunger pains and cravings while increasing fat burning and dieter control of appetite and food choices.

So don’t ignore unsolicited information when it is appropriate in helping you towards your goals. Unsolicited information can be just as useful as information that has been sought after diligently. Just because you stumbled upon the information you need without a lot of trouble or hassle doesn’t make it any less appropriate for your situation.

Making the most of your low calorie dieting homeopathic HCG weight loss program means knowing the rules and following them. The protocol of the low calorie diet not only limits dieters to as to how much food they eat, but it also limits the types of foods that can be eaten throughout the course of the weight loss plan. The low calorie diet program is followed by the Maintenance program during which the number of foods AND the number of calories allowed increases ally.

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HCG Diet In The Seattle, WA Region

Sunday, April 17th, 2011

Dieting is an ugly word to some people. It can be an ugly word because someone has been dieting so long without substantial results. It can be an ugly word because someone grew up watching someone they loved suffering from weight obsessions or dieting obsessions. It can be an ugly word simply because someone who has been advised they need to lose weight for their health doesn’t want to have to care about something they previously viewed as a trivial matter.

But weight is not a trivial matter. It is becoming more and more important as more and more Americans reach obese levels and accept being overweight as a “normal” status. But being overweight or obese increases the risks for many common illnesses and diseases so losing weight is not a cosmetic issue that can be labeled “ugly” and put aside.

While weight loss is a topic that is frequently discussed in almost every area in the US…there are certain weight loss related topics that are more popular in certain areas. For instance consider the HCG diet in the Seattle, WA region or the Phoenix, AZ region or the Austin, TX region.

The HCG diet is a phenomenal dieting technique based on the combination of effective homeopathic HCG remedies and low calorie dieting protocol to provide the opportunity for , weight loss. The popularity of this diet is widespread, but there are certain areas in which it seems it is even more popular such as the HCG diet in the Seattle, WA region (and Phoenix and Austin).

But just because it is more popular in certain areas does not mean that it is more accessible or more successful in those areas. The homeopathic HCG weight loss plan is consistent. The basis for today’s HCG based dieting plans evolved from the protocol introduced by Dr. Simeons in the 1960s. He paired a low calorie diet (a very specific low calorie diet) with HCG as a dieting supplement and it resulted in and weight loss.

The HCG dieting phenomenon is only gaining momentum as more individuals successfully reach their weight loss goals. Individuals who have spent years reaching for weight loss goals that were out of reach no matter how often they exercised or how little they ate are suddenly able to stick to a and result oriented dieting plan that brings them to a healthy weight that they have successfully learned how to maintain once the program has reached completion.

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