- If you are seriously considering doing this diet, I’ve found a helpful link for things to do 30-60 days before starting the diet in order to really prime your body for optimizing fat loss. They call it Phase 1 on this website1 but admit that it’s not completely necessary to do this phase and you can skip it altogether; it’ll just make your body more in shape to do well on the diet – not a bad idea.
- Try to eat as much fast food/chain restaurant food on your loading days as possible. Most, if not all, major restaurants have their nutritional charts online so it's easy to find the most high-fat, high calorie foods on the menu. This definitely costs more money than making your own fatty meals at home, but you'll ingest more fat and calories in a smaller amount of food than you could at home.
- Buy all your meat beforehand and then weigh it all out on your food scale before freezing each 100 gram portion in small snack bags. In the morning, one can simply choose one's two proteins to eat that day and let them defrost. This has saved me much hassle as well as from opportunities to fail in not having the food ready to cook when I need it.
- Find a big enough container to keep track of how much water you're drinking. I began by using my klean kanteen which holds 1/4 of a gallon so if I can drink close to 4 bottles worth, I know I've reached the target goal of one gallon (which, btw, I can't do - at the most, I've been able to drink almost 3/4 gallon).
- Instead of feeling like you can never have anything yummy to eat, take those foods you've denied yourself during the diet and freeze an individual portion for yourself to enjoy later. For instance, after making my daughter's birthday ice cream cake, I froze a slice for myself to enjoy once I'm off the diet. I've also done this with certain chocolates and other yummy foods. This way I feel like I have something to look forward to and don't feel like I'm missing out on everything.
- Make sure you get a good night's sleep! I can't reiterate how important this is as it can affect your appetite during the day. Not only will it prevent increased hunger pains, but by going to bed early, you'll save yourself some late-night cravings. Many of my friends can attest to this and notice the day after a bad night of sleep that they have not lost as much weight as expected even when not cheating on the diet.
- If you have a business/pleasure trip planned, prepare ahead of time. Plan what you'll bring with you, and if it's a short trip, you can even cook the food ahead of time and pack it like a picnic lunch for those times you won't have access to a kitchen.
- When special events are planned or you know you'll be faced with a food challenge/temptation, make sure you eat your meal ahead of time...then stay as far away from the food as you can!
- You can go it alone and purchase your HCG drops anywhere online for cheap and try to do the diet, but I found since this was my first time, it was so much more helpful to do it through a program. This was definitely more money invested in the beginning, but it helped start me off with the correct drops (by scanning to see what my sensitivities were), gave me an invaluable guide with all the info I needed, helps answer all my questions and continues to monitor and encourage me on my journey. It doesn't matter where you live either - the program can help you whether you're local to them or live far away.2
1.This is confusing since everywhere else Phase 1 in the HCG Diet is usually referred to as the loading days when you’re trying to eat as much high-fat, high-calorie food. So I guess you could consider this phase Phase 0.
2. If you are interested in the program I'm going through, contact Stacy, an affiliate with Pure, Simple Health.
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