Those are the very things you need to think of when you consider…possibly…taking on a 500 calorie diet. So I hope you are now thinking about tackling the prospect seriously! And I’ll tell you what a lot of people don’t know. You can absolutely do it! Everyone is capable of completing the requirements of a 500 calorie diet; they just need to approach it with the right tools in hand so you can control how your body handles the calorie restriction.

You can’t just jump in and stop eating. You can’t even just jump in and severely limit your food intake. You’ll just torture yourself and end up binging at the end of the day  because you’re STARVING!

That is the exact reason that makes the HCG Diet Direct homeopathic HCG weight loss formula a vital addition to the 500 calorie diet. The introduction of a very low calorie, 500 calorie diet, without the help of the formula is a very, very bad move. Without the help of the formula from HCG Diet Direct you’ll feel hungry constantly and you won’t be able to fulfill your daily obligations. You also won’t lose weight like you want to; your body will treat ANY intake as if you’re starving and will likely store it as fat immediately.

All the drama and discomfort and downright hunger and no weight loss. That’s the story of people who attempt the very low calorie diet without the aid of an appropriate weight loss formula like the one offered by HCG Diet Direct. Don’t torture yourself like that. But if you approach the 500 calorie diet with the help of the homeopathic HCG weight loss formula from HCG Diet Direct you are making a very good move. You’ll find that you aren’t even hungry. Your body won’t treat your intake as if it’s the last you’ll have in a while. You’ll begin to lose weight immediately.

Isn’t it beautiful? The all natural, homeopathic weight loss formula from HCG Diet Direct interacts with the body enabling it to do a couple of really fabulous things. It stimulates the eating and drinking part of the brain (through the hypothalamus) so you don’t feel hungry. And it also interacts with the body to stimulate appropriate action when fat cells are emptied. Normally they just hang around empty until there’s available fat to refill them (making it really hard to keep weight off), but with the formula the body absorbs empty fat cells. YEAH! Right? So…get moving. You can order it delivered to your door. Don’t sit around and think about how fabulous that would be if you actually did it. Just do it!

There are a lot of personal blogs accessible by any Internet user that document results of an individual navigating an HCG based program. And they might make it sound perfect. They’ll probably even recommend HCG kits online specifically. But be careful. Don’t be confused by the many, many, many different recommendations by individuals out there. While the Internet makes finding things easy…the difficult part is making sure you found exactly what you want.

Taking one stranger’s word as a solid referral can be a big mistake. Make sure that you don’t accept a recommendation without doing some research of your own as well. As is appropriate in any industry you can always depend upon the Better Business Bureau (BBB) to keep records of negative situations. If you are an avid online social media participant…put a call out for comments and suggestions on any companies you find offering HCG kits online.

Next stop is your favorite search engine. Don’t just look at what they want you to look at. Look at what else is out there online about their company. Keep in mind that anybody can put something “out there” on the Internet, but if you run across a lot of negative mentions in different areas of the web…you’ve been warned.

And always check out the company’s website. Don’t just go there when you decide to buy. Get on their site and run through it. Visit the different areas: the frequently asked questions, the about us page, any free information on the topic at hand. It will give you a good idea of who you’re dealing with before you decide to buy from them. Nothing’s worse than finding out AFTER a purchase that you bought something from a company that you can’t even get in touch with.

Carefully consider any HCG kits online that you discover. Make sure the kit is fully outlined in detail so you know exactly what you are getting. Ask questions if you are unsure of the product/s included. If you question the validity of the product ask for a guarantee. The effects of HCG are phenomenal. Make sure you end up with one of the HCG kits online that actually provide you with the desired results (1 to 2 pounds of weight loss per day on average).

One company that will exceed all your expectations is HCG Diet Direct. There aren’t any HCG kits online that will offer better results for a better price or offer a higher quality product than theirs. They offer homeopathic HCG weight loss formula in combination with all the information and tools necessary to navigate the intense diet. Feel free to check them out. They’ll pass inspection!

Most people are still looking to lose weight because they didn’t find what they needed at a weight loss clinic. Most people have tried several. Have you? Most people find that even if they are able to lose some weight…they immediately gain it back. Is that what you’ve found to be true? All the weight loss clinics are promoting the same things in different words and it’s obviously not working. They want you to eat less and come talk to one of their counselors about it often. And this just seems silly since most people just fudge their attempts to their counselors so that they don’t get in trouble. (There’s no need to call it lying, right?)

Maybe you fudged big time about that breakdown you had involving 2 bags of Tostitos and a family size jar of queso. Or maybe you just threw little fibs in here and there like, “It was just a tiny  bite” when it was actually a full size portion. Or maybe you alter the description of the foods you eat to make them sound better. Maybe you called the blueberry scone drenched in butter a whole wheat roll. Close, but no cigar, right? I’ve heard other people say they’ve never been able to lie when it came to sit downs with their weight loss counselor, and maybe you’re one of them. But I’ve always responded with a big, “Why the heck not?”

Granted…it’s possible that they could just be more ethically strong than my poor self. But really the only person I find it absolutely impossible to lie to is myself; especially regarding what I have or have not been eating. Sadly, sometimes I’m not even sure. It’s a horrible habit that can be nearly impossible to break. But I’ve found out how.

The era of the weight loss centers is officially over. At least that’s my prediction. Who needs weight loss centers when we’ve got HCG Diet Direct’s homeopathic HCG weight loss formula conveniently available online? Who needs an 85 pound college girl telling them how to lose their extra baby weight when online forums are filled with people who can actually say, “I’ve done that” or “I’ve been there”?

It is a good idea to make sure you have no issues that could compromise your health; for example, if you are pregnant, you should definitely not be taking HCG in any form until you are done nursing. In fact, you shouldn’t even be dieting; the fetus at this stage needs all the nourishment it can get. There are also some medications that may interact with HCG; you should discuss the HCG diet with a licensed doctor beforehand if you are taking anything for a chronic condition.

This said, homeopathic HCG drops are a safe, highly effective way to take advantage of this remarkable weight loss treatment. They are also less expensive and can be purchased without a doctor’s prescription. If you have questions or concerns about HCG drops, you can speak with anyone on our diet response team, or for under $35, purchase a telephone consultation with our own staff physician, Dr. Willis.

It’s So Easy

The oral formulation of HCG is extremely easy to use – and as in the case of most forms of hormone replacement therapy (which is what the HCG program actually is), a very small amount goes an extraordinarily long way. In order to get the full benefits of HCG while on the very low calorie diet, you need to use no more than four-tenths of a milliliter (about 15 drops) before every meal.

Keep in mind that HCG drops should not be swallowed directly. There’s no harm in it, but the delicate chemical structure of homeopathic remedies is quickly destroyed in the stomach due to the action of digestive acids and enzymes; this renders the active substance useless for all intents and purposes. For this reason, all homeopathic remedies – including oral HCG – is placed under the tongue, where it is quickly absorbed into the bloodstream within a few minutes.

Quality Assurance

The HCG products sold through HCG Diet Direct are made by licensed U.S. laboratories staffed by trained, qualified professionals. The product meets or exceeds quality standards established by the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States (HPUS), and the facilities follow regulations of the Food and Drug Administration.

This is the best reason to order your HCG drops through HCG Diet Direct, in addition to our high level of customer service and support.

Any Questions?

First, read Pounds and Inches: A New Approach To Obesity by Dr. Albert Simeons, then contact our diet response team. We will be happy to recommend HCG products and tell you how you can best get started losing weight today.

• a handful of peanuts
• a cheeseburger with the works
• a slice of pizza with everything
• a large order of french fries

And of course, you won’t be eating those 500 calories at one sitting; it’s important to space them out over the course of the day, and make the correct choices as specified by Dr. Simeons’ protocols.

HCG Diet Errors

It is primarily due to incorrect eating patterns that cause people’s weight loss efforts to fail when on the HCG diet. We recommend that you go to our home page, where on the left-hand side of the screen you will find a link to Dr. Simeon’s research report, Pounds and Inches: A New Approach to Obesity. This will answer the most frequently-asked questions that people have about the HCG diet.

The most common mistake people make is failing to eat properly during the initial phase of the diet. It is understandable to be confused; stuffing one’s self with high-fat foods when trying to lose weight seems counter-intuitive at best. However, it is necessary. When you flood your system with high-fat food, it gives your metabolism a running start, so the proverbial throttle is “wide open” once the HCG starts to kick in and your calories are suddenly cut back to the bare minimum.

Variety – The Key To Success

Another mistake some people make on the HCG program is to eat the same thing at every meal. Dr. Simeons is very clear on this point: if you choose one kind of protein and a particular vegetable for lunch – let’s say, halibut and celery – then you must have something different at supper – for example, lean beef (or buffalo, which has almost no fat) and spinach. It is important not to allow your body to fall into a comfortable rut and thus adapt; this will sabotage your weight loss efforts.

Patience Has its Rewards

Once you stop taking HCG, you may or may not be in a hurry to get back to your normal patterns of eating. Most people find that the experience actually changes them; they become more satisfied with less. In any event, you need to continue the 500 calorie diet for at least three days while any residual HCG passes out of your body. By the fourth day, you should be able to go back to eating larger meals, but make sure that you continue to eliminate carbs (sugars and starches) for at least two, and preferably three weeks before you start adding them back in a little at a time.

The Optional Phase Four

If you need to lose more weight than is possible in a single six-week session, make certain that you do not continue to take HCG past the six-week point. The problem is that your system can build up a tolerance to the hormone, and it will have less effect. Take at least three weeks off before starting a new session.

About Days One and Two

One of the most common mistakes people make while on the HCG diet is failure to load up on fats for the first two days. It may seem counter-intuitive to stuff yourself with high-fat foods for two days when you’re trying to shed pounds, but the fact is that the load days are key to your dieting success while on the HCG program.

Here’s what happens: When this fat starts flooding your system, it literally “opens the throttle,” revving up your metabolism in preparation for what is coming – while you are taking HCG drops or injections, of course.

Sample Menus for Load Days

Pretty much, anything goes during your load days, provided it’s high in fat.  For example, a good choice for breakfast might be a big, fluffy three-egg omelet with cheese, bacon and sautéed mushrooms accompanied by buttered toast and hash browns. For lunch, have a big Caesar Salad with full-fat dressing and bacon along with garlic toast and cheese.  Supper could be a broiled steak with mushroom gravy, a baked potato slathered in sour cream and buttered peas on the side, topped off with chocolate cream pie for dessert.

You get the idea.

Getting Started With The 500 Calorie Diet

Lean protein is the key here – and leafy and/or above-ground fruits and vegetables. Some people are under the impression that chicken is about the only option (and some who have been on the HCG diet never want to touch fowl again), but in fact, you can have most kinds of deep sea, cold water fish (cod and halibut are excellent choices), as well as lean beef. Just remember that you need to avoid having the same foods for two meals running; this means that if you had halibut and a tomato for lunch, you need to have beef and celery for supper.

One tip for those of you who enjoy beef: buffalo meat takes just the same, but is much leaner.

There are also numerous spices and herbs that you may use freely while on the HGC diet. Your only restriction is that whatever you eat while on Dr. Simeons’ protocols must not be cooked in fat or have any kind of added fat; this will sabotage your efforts in short order. You can, however, broil or bake anything you like.

About Organics

If you recall, it was the chemicals added to processed foods that robbed your body of its natural supply of HCG in the first place – so as much as possible, go with organic fruits and vegetables as well as chicken, turkey and beef. You’ll find organic meats at specialty grocery stores such as Wild Oats and Trader Joes.

Now what?

Don’t Stop The Diet  Right Away

Once you stop taking HCG, it’s important to continue with the 500-calorie diet for at least three days before you start returning to your regular eating patterns. This is a common mistake that people make; it’s important to get all the HCG out of your system before you start eating full meals again.

Fortunately, this should not be difficult. You will still be feeling the effects of HCG, and thus should not feel hungry all the time; in addition, your stomach has actually shrunk and become accustomed to the smaller amounts of food; this will make it easier to maintain healthy eating habits once you are back to normal.

Avoid Sugars and Starches – For Now

After the second or third week, you can gradually start adding carbs back into your diet. If you do this right away however, you’re likely to undo all that you’ve worked to accomplish. This is yet another common error on the HCG diet; follow this part of the Simeons protocols carefully.

If You Need To Lose More Weight

Dropping forty pounds is realistic during a single six-week session on the HCG diet; some people drop even more, but a pound a day is still a remarkable accomplishment.

Nonetheless, everyone has different needs, and some may need or want to drop some additional pounds. If this is the case for you, it is important that you take a break from HCG for at least three weeks before starting another session. It is not unusual for people to go through the HCG program on and off for a year or more, but it is important to take periodic breaks. Generally, the pattern is six weeks on, three weeks off; otherwise, your body will begin building up a tolerance to the medication and it will lose its effectiveness.

The reason, of course, is because these HCG injections had to be purchased from foreign countries where there are few regulations governing the manufacture and sale of pharmaceuticals. And, in many cases, these operations are outright illegal.

HCG injections in the U.S. require a doctor’s prescription. This is for your own protection, particularly if you are just starting out. This form of the HCG weight loss method is very potent, and being under a doctor’s care is highly advisable, particularly when you are starting out.

Getting Started With Injections

The first thing the doctor will want to do is run a full physical exam, including blood and urine tests, to make sure that you are in good health and there will be no issues with the injections. Next, you’ll need to learn how to inject yourself, unless you are staying at a resident weight loss treatment center – in which case, a nurse or dietitian will do this for you.

Injecting oneself is not difficult, but it requires a bit of practice and skill. Chances are the doctor will have you practice on a piece of fruit or a dummy before sending you home with your medication.

Very few people ever have issues with HCG injections, but having a physician to call on should there be side effects is a comfort to many people when they first get started with the HCG program.

HCG Drops

Now, although we offer HCG injections through out own weight loss treatment center in Arizona, we believe that homeopathic HCG drops can be just as effective for most dieters – and certainly more convenient and less expensive. In addition, there is no prescription requirement for HCG drops. You can order from our website today and have your product within a few days. Our HCG products contain full instructions as well as menus and other helpful information that will help you get the maximum benefit from the HCG program.

In addition, you have our website as a resource; you will find all the answers you need about this weight loss method right here at HCG Diet Direct. As an added service for our patrons, we also offer the services of a staff physician for a small fee. Dr. Willis, a licensed chiropractor with an extensive background in nutrition and herbal therapy, offers remote consultation via telephone through our website at your convenience.

Finally, before you get started you will want to download and study Dr. Albert Simeons’ research (available on our home page), first published in the early 1950s. Pounds and Inches: A New Approach to Obesity will surprise you as you learn about the many complex issues behind obesity and how HCG shots or homeopathic drops can help restore balance to your endocrine system, helping you to eliminate unwanted pounds once and for all.

At HCG Diet Direct, we pride ourselves not only on providing a valuable product and service at a reasonable price, but also on transparency and honesty. We want you to be completely comfortable with your decision to lose weight with the HCG program and toward that end, are committed to ensuring that you have all the information you need going forward.

How Should I Eat Under Dr. Simeons’ Protocols?

The most common reason the HCG diet doesn’t work is because people fail to follow Dr. Simeons’ protocols to the letter. Remember that HCG by itself doesn’t do a thing to burn fat: it simply triggers your own body’s fat-burning mechanism when you follow the specified diet. This means two days of loading up on high-fat foods, followed by three to six weeks of the 500-calorie diet.

Also remember that even once you start taking your break from HCG (which you should, or otherwise you will build up a tolerance for it) that you must continue the 500 calorie diet for the next three days. You must then refrain from carbohydrates for at least three weeks,  gradually adding these back into your diet beginning on the fourth week.

Are Drops Better Than Injections?

We offer both forms, though in order to have HCG injections you will need to come to our Arizona clinic or get a prescription from your own family doctor. Some people prefer one over the other; since every individual is different, it is possible that injections may work better for some people. However, our observations have shown that in the majority of cases, homeopathic drops work just as well as injections.

Furthermore, liquid HCG is available without a prescription, is easy to take and much easier to store. Until you open the bottle, it will keep indefinitely; once opened, it has a shelf life of up to six months. We ship our HCG products via priority mail within 24 hours, so you should have your supply within 72 hours of the time you order.

How Much HCG Do I Need?

The great thing about hormones is that a little goes a long way. You only need to take 1.2 milliliters a day (in three evenly-spaced doses of about 15 drops at a time), meaning that a two ounce bottle is sufficient for the duration of the 40-day program.

Dr. Simeons Goes to India

Dr. Albert T.W. Simeons was born in London, England in 1900. There is little available material regarding his early life, but after the First World War, he was able to attend the University of Heidelberg Medical School in Germany, which remains one of Europe’s preeminent medical schools. He graduated summa cum laude and went on to complete residency programs in Switzerland and Austria, ultimately specializing in endocrinology.

Eventually, Dr. Simeons developed an interest in tropical diseases; among medical historians, he is best known for developing a diagnostic procedure for malaria in addition to inventing the first modern early pregnancy test – which is designed to detect HCG.  Though it should be noted that presence of HCG in the body will not necessarily result in a positive reading on a pregnancy test.  Nor does placing HCG drops directly on a test necessarily result in a positive reading.

It is in his work in the latter area where the real story of the HCG weight loss method begins.

The “Fat Boys”

Dr. Simeons’ interest in tropical diseases eventually led him to India in 1930, at that time part of the British Empire. Taking up a post in Mumbai (Bombay), Dr. Simeons began treating young men who, because of a disorder of the pituitary gland, had experienced delayed puberty – and at the same time had become morbidly obese.

Doctors at that time had just begun using Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (a hormone produced by women during the early weeks of pregnancy) as a treatment for these kinds of pituitary problems. Dr. Simeons was administering this treatment to the patients he identified as “the Fat Boys” and noticed something interesting: as it stimulated the development of secondary sexual characteristics in these patients (lowering of the voice, facial hair, etc.), it also appeared to trigger weight loss.

Dr. Simeons spent most of the next two decades studying this phenomenon. His conclusions on obesity led him to develop what we now know as “Dr. Simeon’s Protocols” – the specific menus of a very low calorie diet combined with small doses of the HCG hormone.

Read More About It

Eventually, Dr. Simeons published his findings in a number of research papers in the 1950s, many of which were published in prestigious medical journals. One of these, entitled Pounds & Inches: A New Approach to Obesity, is freely available here at HCG Diet Direct through a download on our home page. This paper explains Dr. Simeons’ conclusions in greater depth, and is required reading for anyone who wants to understand the true causes of obesity and how the HCG weight loss method addresses these issues and restores physiological balance.