HCG Diet Made Simple Fifth Edition

HCG Diet Made Simple: Your Step-By-Step Guide Beyond Pounds and Inches Fifth Edition

Harmony Clearwater Grace

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HCG Diet Made Simple – Fifth Edition – Oct 2011

Dear hCG Diet Friends,

I’ve gotten lots of feedback from my readers over the almost two years that the HCG Diet Made Simple book has been in print form (having been in eBook form for two years first). One of the most common comments that I hear is that the book is too large to carry in a pocket or purse, in order to be able to quickly refer to it when shopping or away from home.

One of the most important things to me is that my information be able to be used effectively to make an HCG Dieter’s experience of weight release the best that it can possibly be. For that reason, I am publishing this new smaller footprint 2011-updated revision of the original book to provide that more portable version that so many have requested.

To read my personal story of weight loss with hCG, visit www.hcgdietmadesimple.com

Blessings with Love,

Harmony

P.S. Please email me when you have reduced below 200 pounds, if you start out above that, so that I can personally tell you, Welcome to ONE-derland! Onward and downward!! (on the scale, that is). Any other major milestone emails are also happily welcomed!

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About the Author

Harmony is a moderator of an hCG Dieters support group with over 29,000 members. Over the last few years, she has seen, researched, and answered the questions that all hCG Dieters ask about how to do the Simeons hCG protocol optimally. She herself has lost 55 pounds with hCG dieting and wishes to share what she has learned about it with you. This controversial diet is the only one to allow her to lose weight in almost ten years of obesity, after the majority of her life was spent naturally underweight. After finding this hCG miracle, she is devoted to helping all of the overweight and obese to a normal healthy weight, either for the first time, or once again. Her vision is to be a catalyst to a complete turnaround of the current obesity epidemic through her work.

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Use this book at your own risk.

In the event that you use the information in this book without your doctor’s or health practitioner’s approval, you prescribe for yourself. It is my understanding that this remains your constitutional and God-given right, but I assume no responsibility for how you make use of the data in this book. I do not diagnose or prescribe. For your own safety, tell your health professional absolutely EVERYTHING that you take, even over the counter medications, to avoid any harmful interactions. Internet advice or advice from a book is not a substitute for the advice of a medical professional. Always consult your physician before beginning an exercise or diet program.

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PLEASE NOTE: The law requires this statement be posted:

The FDA has not approved hCG for weight loss and there is no substantial evidence that hCG is effective in the treatment of obesity.

I do, of course, respectfully disagree with the FDA.

Table of Contents

HCG Checklist

Day-by-Day on HCG

Short Round (skipping one day a week not required)

Short Round if skipping one day a week

Long Round, skipping one day a week as required

HCG Diet Updates

Chapter 1

Is hCG natural or synthetic?

Are there any clinical studies on using this method of weight reduction?

Does hCG have any side effects or contraindications?

Everyone says that I am fat because I eat too much and move too little. Is that true?

Why (and how) does this diet work?

Isn’t Kevin Trudeau a convicted criminal?

Preparation for the Diet

Step 1 – Read this book in its entirety.

Step 2 – Take a before picture of yourself.

Step 3 – Take your before measurements.

Step 4 – Read Dr. Simeons’ Pounds and Inches all the way through.

Where can I find the original manuscript of Dr. Simeons’ book?

What are the Phases? I don’t see them in the Simeons manuscript.

Do I have to do all of Kevin’s MUST DO’s?

Should I have blood tests run before starting the diet?

Can I just do this plan a few days a week?

Does the weight stay off?

I am not overweight, but my body is not shaped the way I want. Will this work for me?

When does the hypothalamus reset to heal?

Step 5 – Join the HCG Diet Made Simple support group.

Step 6 – Take stock of your personal readiness state.

Step 7 – Decide if you need a new scale to weigh your body.

Step 8 – Read Pounds and Inches AGAIN!!!

Can my teenaged son or daughter do this diet?

Can I do this diet if I am vegetarian?

Step 9 – Approach your doctor about the protocol, if you choose to do so.

What if my doctor doesn’t agree?

Step 10 – Determine whether your doctor will be supportive or actually prescribe the hCG for you.

Step 11 – If your doctor won’t support you, review the Clinics section of the book.

Step 12 – Decide whether to use a clinic or go it on your own.

Is there anyone with a past heart attack using hCG successfully without problems?

Could my gall bladder problems act up while on hCG?

Can diabetics use this diet?

Health Improvements

hCG and Cancer Prevention/Treatment

Step 13 – Choose a clinic, if needed.

Clinic Comparisons

HCG Coaching

Quick Clinic Comparison Chart

Quick Program Comparison Chart

Step 14 – If doing this without a clinic or physician, choose administration method and dosage, then place orders.

What method of hCG administration should I use?

What is OraThin?

Which syringes/needles are used for hCG weight reduction shots?

Which kind of injection should I use?

Is there any way to avoid injections, but still be using real hCG?

Sublingual hCG

What dosage of hCG should I take?

Where can I find suppliers of hCG?

Ordering Information

Ordering information for hCG

Ordering information for IM injection supplies

Ordering information for SC injection supplies

Ordering information for sublingual supplies

How can you be sure that what you order online is really hCG?

Is this substance illegal like steroids?

What are the legal issues surrounding this diet?

Step 15 – Plan your program by deciding your schedule for Phases and rounds.

What do I do while I am waiting to receive my hCG?

Step 16 – If necessary, buy scales for weighing yourself and your food.

Do I have to get a postal scale as Dr. Simeons states?

Phase 1

Step 17 – Become educated about Cleanses for Phase 1.

Candida

Heavy Metal

Step 18 – Purchase and use cleanses and other Phase I options, if you choose to do so.

Step 19 – Become educated about organic food.

Eating Organic

What’s the difference between all natural and organic?

What’s the difference between the different types of meat?

Nutritive Oils to Avoid in Lotions and Cosmetics

Step 20 – Determine sources for organic food, if you choose to do so.

How do I find organic foods?

Step 21 – Begin purchasing and eating organic, if you choose to do so.

Step 22 – Visit www.hcgdieterstore.com to see some products that can be used on the protocol.

Step 23 – Change to protocol-compliant personal care products, if you choose to do so.

Dr. Simeons states not to use oils except mineral oil. If I am a massage therapist, nail technician, or cosmetologist and have to apply creams and oils to my clients all day, what can I do?

What can I do for my dry skin?

Skin Care for Phase 2

Oil-free Sunblocks

Moisturizers

It’s Not Easy to be Clean…

Step 24 – Mentally prepare for Phase 2.

Chapter 2

Phase 2

Step 25 – Review the section in the book on the Recipes for the diet plan and food preparation.

Occasional Alternative Sources of Protein

Is there a cookbook to help with recipes for Phase 2 (hCG injection phase)?

HCG Phase 2 Recipes

Make your own flavored waters

For the Recipes

Step 26 – Plan your Phase 2 meals

Sample Menus

Phase 2 Sample Menu 1

Phase 2 Sample Menu 2

Phase 2 Sample Menu 3

Phase 2 Sample Menu 4

How many ounces is 100 grams for the protein serving?

Are foods weighed raw or cooked when measuring the portions?

Why can’t we eat turkey on Phase 2?

What are considered to be the white fish that ARE allowed in Phase 2?

What are considered to be fatty fish that ARE NOT allowed in Phase 2?

Some other books allow you to eat tuna canned in water because it used to be canned in oil. Why can’t I?

Can I eat shellfish in Phase 2 or will it stall my weight reduction?

Should I eat the grissini or Melba toast that Dr. Simeons allows, but Trudeau does not?

How many ounces of vegetables can I have per day?

Pounds and Inches states NOT to mix vegetables, but Weight Loss Cure states DO?

Can I eat cherry tomatoes and grape tomatoes instead of regular tomatoes?

Do I have to eat different foods at each meal?

Can I try eating x while on Phase 2? It has the same calories as y.

Tips

Step 27 – Set interim goals for yourself for motivation.

Help! I need motivation to keep from cheating.

Step 28 – If doing this on your own, on the first day of Phase 2, mix the hCG and store it properly.

Mixing hCG

Preparing hCG injections for weight reduction

Mixing for Injections

Pounds and Inches Mixing Calculator

Mixing for Sublingual

Homeopathic Dosing and Rules

Storing hCG

How long is mixed hCG potent?

Can hCG be frozen to prolong its potency?

Safety Tips for discarding syringes and needles

Step 29 – Begin your hCG administration method of choice.

Injecting hCG

Injecting Procedure

Rotating Injection Sites

Subcutaneous Injections

Intramuscular Injections

Step 30 – Decide how to handle other people while you are on the diet.

I want to do this, but my significant other disagrees. What can I do?

What should I tell people who ask me what I am doing?

Step 31 – Weigh yourself each day and record the weight in the Pounds and Inches Tracking Spreadsheet.

How do I calculate the average daily weight reduction?

Step 32 – Load TO CAPACITY with lots of fats for the first two days of hCG.

Do I have to load/gorge the first two days of hCG administration?

Step 33 – Begin the 500 calorie diet (VLCD) on day three.

What does VLCD mean?

Isn’t 500 calories a day unhealthy?

Can’t I eat more than 500 calories and still lose?

Won’t anyone lose weight on 500 calories a day, without hCG?

Do I have to eat all 500 calories each day?

I got sick while on the diet and wasn’t able to eat, so I didn’t lose. What do I do now?

I just found out that I have to have surgery soon. Do I have to stop the diet?

How much water is optimal for this weight reduction protocol?

Sweeteners

So what SHOULD we use for a sweetener?

Safety of Stevia

Can I keep taking my vitamins or supplements during the diet?

Can I continue to take my medications?

Can I take birth control pills while taking the hCG?

Should I be concerned about drug testing for a job interview, or standard bloodwork at my checkup, if I am taking hCG at the time?

Don’t I need to exercise to lose weight?

Can I use exercise to burn off some calories that I shouldn’t have eaten?

Women only: How will my period affect this diet?

Do I have to stop the hCG injections while I am menstruating?

My formerly tight fat is getting soft and flabby. ???

What if I have to stop the protocol unexpectedly?

What if I need to travel during the diet?

Why do I feel so much better while on hCG?

Step 34 – Record your food each day.

Help! What do I do about hunger during the first few days on hCG?

Where can I find more information on the Callahan technique / EFT to help me with cravings or needle phobia?

Help! I released 10 pounds the first week, but now I’m not reducing by 1 pound every day anymore. What am I doing wrong?

What can I take for constipation?

What if I think that I am retaining water, with swollen ankles and fingers?

My hair has started to fall out. ???

I’m having very strange feelings…

Should I be concerned about lightheadedness, weakness, tiredness?

I’m having leg cramps. What can I do?

Why don’t my muscles feel as strong as they did before I started?

Why am I having headaches, itchy skin or a rash?

Is it normal to