Topic: The hCG Protocol

Support: The Importance of Fruits and Veggies on The hCG Protocol

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Support: The Importance of Fruits and Veggies on The hCG Protocol

It’s bizarre that the produce manager is more important to my children’s health than the pediatrician.   ~ Meryl Streep

Ain’t it the truth?

I am reminded of the quote from Hippocrates:

“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.”

That is true on our weight control journey and in our day-to-day lifetime maintenance, but no less the truth for how we should eat while on The hCG Protocol.

There is a sentence in Pounds and Inches that sometimes people feel gives them carte blanche in regards to what you MUST eat (or rather NOT eat) while on P2 (found More

Support: Going Rogue with The hCG Protocol

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Support: Going Rogue with The hCG Protocol

Effective leaders help others to understand the necessity of change and to accept a common vision of the desired outcome. ~ John Kotter

When I was first introduced to this miracle that is The hCG Protocol and I started my first round, I was a purist.  I wanted to follow Dr. Simeons’ instructions to a “T”, not deviating from it in the least.

Well … I have to add a caveat … I did my first round under a clinics care so I did do some things a little differently.  HOWEVER, the food was as written in Pounds and Inches.

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Support: What is a Course of Treatment on The hCG Protocol?

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Support: What is a Course of Treatment on The hCG Protocol?

Everyone has a ‘risk muscle.’ You keep it in shape by trying new things. If you don’t, it atrophies. Make a point of using it at least once a day. ~ Roger Von Oech

Way back when in early 2007 there was a man that decided to try something new.  In essence, it wasn’t really “new”, but it was a new way of looking at an old thing.  He took a risk.  This man was Kevin Trudeau.  Now before you all go way off on a tangent about this guy, let me explain why I am mentioning him.

Kevin Trudeau took a […]

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Support: Starches on P2 of The hCG Protocol

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Support: Starches on P2 of The hCG Protocol

When I learn something new – and it happens every day – I feel a little more at home in this universe, a little more comfortable in the nest. ~ Bill Moyers

Wanna learn something new?  I always do!

The subject of starches on Phase 2 of The hCG Protocol came up in some journals this week over at Happily Thinner After*, and that is what sparked this article.

First, let’s unpack a bit what Dr. Simeons says about starches on The hCG Protocol:

Support: How to Load, or How Not to Load – That is the Question

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Support: How to Load, or How Not to Load – That is the Question

Change is the only constant. ~ Proverb

I hope your sitting down, this is going to be long.

::giggle::

I am going to ask only that you consider a change in view.  Let me explain.

But first, let me offer a caveat to explain my position.  I believe with all my inner being that if you follow The hCG Protocol exactly as written in Pounds and Inches by Dr. Simeons, you are guaranteed success.  I also believe that there have been a few acceptable changes that have proven successful in the six-plus decades since he wrote his manuscript … so consider […]

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Support: Is Your Way the Only Way?

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Support: Is Your Way the Only Way?

We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It’s one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it’s another to think that yours is the only path. ~ Paulo Coelho

Most of us know the feeling of experiencing something so fantastic that we want to share it with everyone so they can experience it, too.

Just think of The hCG Protocol, for example.

You have lost tremendous amounts of weight, very quickly, very safely and now you are trying to grab anyone who will listen to tell them that […]

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Support: Clean Fats on Phase 2

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Support: Clean Fats on Phase 2

I speak a lot about clean fats in my coaching.  Whenever I mention it, the next question is usually, “What do you consider to be a clean fat?”

That depends.

The eBook I wrote recently (Good Food Hunting) goes into detail about the whole high-fat program that I encourage for maintenance.

But did you know “clean” fats have a place in P2 as well?  Yes, fats on P2!

Now, before you go and shake your head in disbelief, I have found in over 5 years of being associated with The hCG Protocol […]

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Support: Limbo

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Support: Limbo

Limbo is defined as: an intermediate, transitional, or midway state or place.

That really fits for that time period in between your finishing of a Phase 2 portion of The hCG Protocol and the beginning of the Phase 3 portion.  Your not really encouraged to lose weight during this time frame, it’s just a period of transition until you start eating semi-regular again.

Let’s establish exactly what we are talking about by going to the source, Pounds and Inches by Dr. A.T.W. Simeons, under Plan of a Normal Course:

After 3rd injection, 500 calorie diet […]

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