HCG DIET RECIPES, MENUS & MEAL PLANS
You can eat fantastic food while you’re
on the HCG Diet & reach your weight loss goals.
As a personal chef, I’m accustomed to revamping recipes to
fit my clients needs. So when I started losing weight on the HCG Diet Protocol,
I got busy looking through my personal collection of over 1,200 recipes to see
which ones I could modify and came up with hundreds of HCG diet recipes. Check
out my HCG Diet Journey on YouTube, if you’re interested.
Phase 2 Recipes
Even though Phase 2 is restrictive, in calories, fat, and
carbs, there are a myriad of ways you can jazz up your HCG diet recipes and
meals. The Phase 2 (P2) HCG diet recipes have been tested in my kitchen for
myself, my clients, and my friends.
After you’ve been on Phase 2 for a while it can be a
challenge to figure out just what you can have and not have on Phase 3
(commonly known as P3). To be sure, no sugar, no starch may sound like easy
rules, but sometimes not that easy to do with a typical recipe. Many of my
Phase 3 hCG diet recipes are innovative and different, but I also have some
tried and true, good old American style dishes up my sleeve.
Phase 3 Recipes
Transitioning into Phase 3 of the Protocol can be
tricky. For 21 days following your last
VLCD (very low calorie day) you will increase your caloric intake, but you
cannot have any starches or sugars. Many
people choose to eat the same foods they ate during Phase 2, only in larger
quantities. You can’t eat unlimited
calories on Phase 3 either. Eat the
amount of calories that would be sufficient for you to maintain your current
weight. Remember, the key is not to gain or lose more than 2 lbs in a given day
on Phase 3.
Here are some of my favorite Phase 3 HCG Diet Recipes:
Breakfast: Vegetable
Fritattas, Fruit Smoothies, Phase 3 French Toast.
Lunch: Tarragon
Chicken Salad, Southwestern Turkey Burgers,
Broccoli Cheese Soup.
Dinner: Twice Baked Cauliflower, Moroccan Spiced Pork
Tenderloin, Chicken with Roasted Red Pepper Sauce, Balsamic Citrus Glazed
Salmon, Green Beans Almandine, Creamed Spinach.
Basically, I want to make it easy for you to stick to the
HCG Protocol and never be at a loss for what to eat, whether you’re Loading, on
Phase 2, Phase 3, or Phase 4. There is something for everyone here. If there’s
a recipe you’d like to see featured, please leave a comment and tell me about
it. I’m always looking for new HCG diet
recipes to feature on this site. For more inspiration, check out this video I
made that shows an easy way to prepare several of your HCG diet recipes at one
time.
Different Protocols
Since I started HCG several years ago there was only one
real guide to how to do the HCG Protocol, and that was Dr. Simeons Pounds and
Inches manuscript. Today, there are many updated protocols, (some with expanded
food lists, some that allow more than the original 500 calories) that you can
follow. My website has recipes from a lot of different protocols. I am in the
process of organizing them so that you can choose the recipes that are right
for the protocol you are on. Currently, I am on the Thin Deluxe Protocol, and I
find that is working great for me, but if you are doing a different protocol
(Dr. Simeon’s Original, 800 calorie, Dr. Lipman‘s, whatever), you’ll find some
recipes here that you can use. The differences in the protocols mainly apply to
Phase 2, the weight loss phase of the diet, so my Phase 3 recipes will not be
categorized; however, I am looking into adding some hCG diet recipes that are
good for the Paleo diet both for Phase 3 and Phase 4, as many people are
finding that Paleo is the way to go for their lifelong maintenance.
How to find the recipes you need
The recipes are categorized by Phase and by food category in
the right hand column, and you can also search for recipes by using the search
box just above the categories or by clicking on the HCG Diet Recipe Index link
in the navigation bar.
HCG Diet Menus
In addition to fabulous and easy
to follow recipes, I am sharing some sample menus and shopping lists. I think it’s important to see what a real
person eats on a day-by-day basis on this protocol. We get stuck in a rut with
our eating habits, not only while on the protocol, but in general. I find it helpful to see what others are
eating–perhaps you will too. You can find some sample (Simeon’s Protocol) HCG
Diet Menus here. And if you’re interested in the Thin Deluxe Protocol, here’s a
sample menu and shopping list.
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