Are you wondering why everyone is talking about the homeopathic HCG diet? Are you wondering what in the world could entice so many normal people to undertake such a low calorie diet? Are you incredulous that so many people swear by the diet with no doubts as to its validity or effectiveness?

But why are you wondering? It\’s absolutely obvious. The reason the homeopathic HCG diet is so popular is because it works! Successful dieters are all over the place as examples of the diet\’s possibilities.

Lisa V. lives in St. George, Utah. This HCG dieter said, \”I have 3 kids. After the birth of the first two it took my 2 years to get down to my pre-baby weight. And I was depressed the entire time. It was really hard for me. After the 3rd child…I tried homeopathic HCG. It was amazing. I was down to my pre-baby weight within 2 months.\”

Garrett S. lives in Tucson, Arizona. This HCG dieter said, \”I was a normal sized kid, but somehow when I grew up I just grew a bit too much. I\’ve had a huge gut for my entire adult life. Until I tried homeopathic HCG. I lost 46 pounds. It was amazing.\”

Ginny B. of Austin, Texas says, \”I can\’t say that I ever knew what it felt like to be thin or even to be a healthy weight. I\’ve always carried around too much weight for my body frame. But I can say that I was sick and tired of carrying it around. For my 30th birthday I treated myself to homeopathic HCG. By the time I was 30 years and 2 months old I was down to a size I hadn\’t seen since Junior High.\”

Homeopathic HCG…you\’ve heard the name. Now admit that you\’ve heard a lot of other good stuff, too. It is a homeopathic dieting method that actually works. People are able to lose 1 to 2 pounds of weight loss every day while they are on the diet. And that\’s amazing.

Amelia Handley majored in exercise science in college with a minor in Nutrition. Yet she still found herself veering from diet to diet in order to control her weight. With HCG Diet Direct she\’s found a program that allows her to combine her desire to control her own body weight with her education and not feel off balance.

Dieting is a reference to what you eat. But in the weight loss industry…it\’s more likely to refer to what you don\’t eat. Most dieters aren\’t shocked when a diet limits their food intake. They\’re expecting it. They are dieting after all. Dieters have to use their own will power. Most dieters don\’t have access to a personal dieting supervisor that ensures they don\’t break dieting protocol.

Not that we wouldn\’t all like to have someone enforcing the rules for us on a day to day basis. We\’ve all seen our favorite celebrities swing drastically from a size 18 to a size 0 in approximately 2 seconds flat. We\’ve all griped about the fact that if only we could pay someone to stick to our side and ensure that we exercise all day every day and eat nothing that is bad for us or high calorie we could do it just as quickly. But since that\’s not going to happen…we should be happy that their attempts to keep the HCG diet technique secret are no longer effectively hiding it from the general public.

So now that the drastic weight loss results of HCG are available to the general public normal people can lose weight just as quickly as the celebs. But getting the results depends upon sticking to the strict protocol. And that means that there are certain things you can eat and there are certain things you just can\’t eat. Here are a few to think about:

What to Eat while on homeopathic HCG:

-Creole seasoned grilled chicken (try Tony Chachere\’s seasoning)

-steamed asparagus

-cabbage (it can be incorporated into salad or soup or can be served steamed)

-strawberries (fresh is best and remember to stick to the serving size as specified in the protocol)

-grapefruit (1/2 a red grapefruit is one serving)

-filet mignon

-tilapia (or other white fish)

-buffalo

Things Not to Eat While on the
Homeopathic HCG Diet:

-broccoli (it doesn\’t matter how it\’s cooked…it\’s not approved)

-blackberries

-carrots

-marbled steak (obviously the \”marbled\” part means its fatty)

-a chicken leg

-sausage (this is too fatty…you know that)

-bell peppers

If you\’re a veteran dieter…you might think the list of what not to eat while on the homeopathic HCG diet is a bit out there. There are definitely some healthy options. And there are definitely some options that aren\’t exactly unhealthy. But that\’s not the point. The point is that the homeopathic HCG diet is designed to maximize weight loss while on the weight loss formula. Stick to it; don\’t question it or try to make adjustments of your own assuming you know better than the professionals.

Amelia Handley studied exercise science in college with a minor in Nutrition. Yet she still found herself veering from diet to diet in order to control her weight. With HCG Diet Direct she\’s found a program that allows her to combine her desire to control her own body weight with her education and not feel off balance.

So article 8 is here! If you’ve been following the series then you’re already up to date. If not…I’ll just lay it out for you really quick. My friend, Lisa, and I are going to do the HCG diet using the homeopathic HCG weight loss formula from HCG Diet Direct. We ordered our products, and now we’re just waiting for them to arrive. I hate waiting! The order was processed for shipping the same day as I ordered so I’m assuming they’re entire shipping process will be fast. But since I only ordered it the day before yesterday it’s not surprising that it hasn’t arrived. Even if they’re amazingly fast that’s asking a little too much.

I checked with Lisa just to make sure she hadn’t received her’s yet. But she’s still waiting just like me. We’re still watching for the delivery man. I have to admit that I hope I get mine first. I’m so accustomed to the speed and convenience of online shopping that I’m thoroughly spoiled. One of my requirements for the diet was to be able to buy HCG with a Mastercard, Visa or Discover card. Another requirement was to be able to buy it online and see it arrive on my doorstep within the week. Those are my generic expectations. And I’m figuring that they’re going to be met! Any experienced online shopper would expect no less!

Thus far HCG Diet Direct is meeting my high expectations! I already got to buy it online. I was able to buy HCG with a Mastercard, Visa or Discover. Their checkout system was easy and secure. So the only thing I’m waiting on to fulfill my minimum requirements for purchases is for it to be delivered to my door. Hence my impatience directed at the UPS guy. But considering the fact that they updated my order status to “shipped” just a few hours after I made the purchase…I expect it to arrive quickly.

So far I guess I’m really happy with the way HCG Diet Direct conducts their online sales. I guess next day delivery is a bit too much to ask unless you actually designate the order as an overnight shipment. So I’ll back off for now and take a couple deep breaths. In the mean time I’ve been researching a bit while I had free time between work projects. My obsession has been HCG recipes. They’re all over the place. But some of them don’t seem very strict.

So I figure I’ll wait to actually choose any recipes to use while on the diet until I get the HCG Diet Direct paraphernalia. Then I can be sure I won’t plan on using any recipes that seem pretty good, but that aren’t actually appropriate for the HCG diet. Apparently you have to be careful when taking advice from other people online.

So far I’m totally following the rules. But so far it’s just in theory. I don’t actually have to restrict my eating habits yet. But I’m planning on being very, very good. Because honestly…I’d really hate admitting that I wasn’t good in any upcoming articles! Hopefully my package will arrive tomorrow. If so…it will be in my next article.

Amelia Handley studied exercise science at university with a minor in Nutrition. Yet she still found herself veering from diet to diet in order to control her weight. With HCG Diet Direct she’s found a program that allows her to combine her desire to control her own body weight with her education and not feel off balance.

Before we get started with the HCG business…Happy Thanksgiving! So do you agree with me now that we chose the absolute most perfect day to start the HCG diet? Thanksgiving went quite well. I followed all the HCG protocol for weight loss AND I enjoyed all the traditional Thanksgiving Day foods. It was perfect.

I woke up and weighed myself (same as yesterday). Then I took my homeopathic HCG weight loss formula drops and my B-Total Sublingual drops. After waiting the required 15 minutes, I had cinnamon rolls for breakfast. And I didn’t even limit myself to one since it IS a loading day. I’m supposed to eat a LOT of fatty foods so cinnamon rolls were the perfect place to start.

I was assigned to bring an apple pie to the family gathering in the afternoon so I set about making one. Since I was supposed to be loading I ate as much of the spiced apples as I wanted while I cooked. And since there was plenty of family all around also cooking and preparing their own assigned dishes for the late lunch/early dinner there were plenty of high calorie, fatty foods for me to pick at all day. In the midst of my picking and eating I did make sure to take my HCG 2 more times (morning and evening) with the required no eating/drinking for 15 minutes before and after.

I remember reading in the HCG protocol for weight loss that one common error that limits the amount of success dieters have on the HCG diet is that they don’t “load” enough during day one and two. It just confirmed my belief that I was right to choose the day before and Thanksgiving Day as our loading days on the diet. If you don’t load enough you can apparently increase your hunger, experience headaches and be cranky during the remainder of your HCG program.

Since I don’t like being hungry and being cranky makes me…cranky…I did my very best to successfully “load” during my loading days. And Thanksgiving just made it easier. I’m not saying that I won’t ever be cranky on the diet (I mean, come on we’re talking about limiting a person to 500 calories per day), but at least I’ll come by it honestly. It won’t be because I didn’t eat enough during the first two days of the diet.

So when I say that the HCG protocol for weight loss is easy so far don’t take me too seriously. Basically I just had to eat a little bit more than normal since it was already Thanksgiving. I didn’t even have to worry about making sure I had fatty, high calorie foods around. People were coming from near and far to bring them to my doorstep. It was perfect. Tomorrow there will be a lot eating and a lot more water and herbal tea. Hmm.

Amelia Handley studied exercise science in college with a minor in Nutrition. Yet she still found herself veering from diet to diet in order to control her weight. With HCG Diet Direct she’s found a program that allows her to combine her desire to control her own body weight with her education and not feel off balance.

I start the HCG diet tomorrow. I’m going to do it for 25 days; that’s the plan, anyway. I’ve done my research and I think I’m good to go. I’ve got the basics I need to complete the HCG protocol diet. I got my HCG Diet Direct homeopathic HCG weight loss formula. I ordered an additional vitamin supplement that I thought sounded especially helpful called B-Total Sublingual. I pressured a friend into doing the diet with me with a side bet as additional motivation. And I’ve already gone through the HCG protocol diet booklet that came with the product so I’ve got the rules down.

Today the plan is to read through the manual one more time (as I’ve said in previous articles…it’s short and sweet). That way I’ll be clear on the HCG protocol diet so nothing surprises me tomorrow. I also need to go to the grocery store. I’m very glad that they provided a sample shopping list because while the diet is very limited…it’s still different enough from my normal routine that I’m a bit unsure how to start. So I’ve got my shopping list and I’m off to the store.

I’m back from the store. It was horrible. I guess there is a bad thing about starting the diet the day before Thanksgiving. I just had to go to the grocery store in the middle of a mad rush of avid Thanksgiving day cooks. Some lady was practically pushing me when I was gathering apples. It was not pleasant.

But that is finished now and I’m now fully prepared to start my HCG protocol diet. Tomorrow’s the day before Thanksgiving and Lisa and I both agreed to go ahead as planned first thing in the morning. (Lisa is my buddy that is doing the diet at the same time as me. Whoever loses the most weight gets a free pair of jeans courtesy of the other; good side bet, right?) I still can’t see a downfall of the timing we chose for the diet. Thanksgiving has to be the most perfect loading day. Thanksgiving food is pretty much all fatty and yummy and good in large portions. It’s the perfect send off to the low calorie days that will follow.

I found in the online comments and suggestions that one of the things you can do to make it a lot easier on yourself is to know ahead of time what you’re going to eat and have it on hand. They say that nothing is harder than being hungry and scrambling for a quick “HCG approved” meal. That’s not really something you can easily do while on the HCG protocol diet. So that’s why it was worth it to jostle with the Thanksgiving grocery shoppers today. I now have a good selection of produce and meats that will work for the diet.

And since I’m all ready to go with nothing left to do to prepare for the diet…I’m off to enjoy today. It’s my last no diet day for the next few weeks. Happy early Thanksgiving!

Amelia Handley studied exercise science at university with a minor in Nutrition. Yet she still found herself veering from diet to diet in order to control her weight. With HCG Diet Direct she’s found a program that allows her to combine her desire to control her own body weight with her education and not feel off balance.

Have you been paying attention? If you have you know that this is number 6 in what is going to be a long line of articles all about me, Lisa and HCG. I decided to go ahead and get on the diet. I researched it. I chose a company to work with. I decided what I’m going to order. And I challenged Lisa to do it with me (it will be easier to stick to it if I’ve got some healthy competition). But then I didn’t hear back from her. So this morning I decided that she needed an extra push.

So, of course, I called to harass her! Come to find out her husband’s cousin’s fiance’s sister (I think I got that right) did a similar diet and did not like it. Dang it! So I picked at her until I got the name of the actual HCG formula she used. It was called Mediral HCG Detox. So I pulled info on it. It sounds similar to HCG Diet Direct’s homeopathic HCG weight loss formula so I got in touch with HCG Diet Direct to ask them about it.

HCG Diet Direct confirmed my suspicions that the Mediral HCG Detox was not the same thing that they worked with. It was made by a completely different manufacturer. They also went on to say that Mediral HCG Detox was an older product that some distributors still carried, but that the manufacturer had actually come out with recent, updated products in their line. So it seemed obvious to me that we were in the clear. You can’t use a review of one product as a positive or negative reference for a completely different one!

Perfect, if I do say so myself. I called Lisa and hubby back with my excellent info and they had to agree that I had a point. Long story short…Lisa’s husband backed off and Lisa is in!

And we’ve decided tonight is the night. Well…not THE night. We’re not starting the diet yet. But we are ordering the products. After that we need to decide when we’re starting the actual diet. We want to compare our calendars and try to make it as easy as possible (meaning that we’d like to find a time period of 25 days between big family events, without holidays or large required social gatherings). It’s probably impossible, but we’re going to give it a try anyway.

No matter which start date we choose we’ve got to have the HCG products so we’re getting it ordered and shipped out ASAP! I’m kind of excited because when I pointed out to Lisa that I was also going to order the B-Total Sublingual she declined saying that she didn’t think she needed it. I have to admit that I’m secretly excited that I’ve got an unfair advantage over her. It just ups the odds that I’ll win the new pair of jeans that is the prize for our side bet. A little competition is always healthy, right?

Amelia Handley studied exercise science in college with a minor in Nutrition. Yet she still found herself veering from diet to diet in order to control her weight. With HCG Diet Direct she’s found a program that allows her to combine her desire to control her own body weight with her education and not feel off balance.

Just to be clear this is Article 2 in the series that will document my travels through the HCG diet using HCG detox drops from HCG Diet Direct. I almost immediately knew I didn’t want to deal with HCG weight loss clinics (I hate frequent appointments. I’m far too spontaneous and I end up missing a large portion of them). Plus I don’t have any health insurance so I wanted to avoid the doctor’s office fees. Choosing to work with an online company like HCG Diet Direct meant that I would only pay for the product…not the visits to pick it up or the visit to ask for it!

I also already challenged a friend to a weight loss duel of sorts. She’s considering taking the HCG detox drops with me. If she agrees; the first one to “break” the diet will owe the other one a brand new pair of jeans (recipient’s choice, of course). I figure that’s a good move since after taking the HCG detox drops I’ll be down like a million sizes and I’ll definitely need some new clothes. (I always like thinking positively).

So while I’m waiting for her to accept my challenge I’ve been looking around the site more and I’ve decided that there’s no reason not to consider the additional supplements offered to support the basic homeopathic HCG weight loss formula through HCG Diet Direct. They have a cookbook which I have already decided to have on hand. There’s no reason to hurt myself by not having as many food options as possible while I’m on a very low calorie diet. Variety has got to make it a bit easier, right?

There are several more options that all sounded great, but being on a limited budget I decided that it would be best if I limited myself right at the get go. I was only going to allow myself to choose two additional items on top of the HCG detox drops. And I’d already decided the cookbook was a must have. So that left one more item to pick.

They all seemed like a good idea. There’s the Metabolizer and Energy Supplement and the B-Total Sublingual Drops. There’s the Thyroid Function and Hormone Balance supplements. And then there’s the Colon and Liver Function product. I quickly narrowed it down to the B-Total Sublingual and the cleanser.

I was thinking about the Colon Cleanser and Liver Function product because I’ve been hearing about cleanses for years and always thought they seemed like a good idea. I was thinking about the B-Total Sublingual because I read a testimonial that said it was the reincarnation of Vitamin B shots in oral drop form. And that seemed like a fabulous idea since the Vitamin B shots are an effective weight loss treatment on their own and could only increase my weight loss results.

I won’t bore you with the details of my waffling between the two products. I’ll just cut straight to the chase and tell you that I decided that I would add the B-Total Sublingual to my order for HCG detox drops from HCG Diet Direct. They seemed like a weight loss bonus that I couldn’t ignore. If I’m going to be adhering to a very strict diet I want to get the very best results possible. And I think that will do it!

Amelia Handley studied exercise science in college with a minor in Nutrition. Yet she still found herself veering from diet to diet in order to control her weight. With HCG Diet Direct she’s found a program that allows her to combine her desire to control her own body weight with her education and not feel off balance.

No! They aren’t. For a lot of people they aren’t even the right answer. Dieting is difficult so anything that makes it easier or more comfortable is a good thing. And anything that does the opposite is a bad thing. Many see HCG clinics as…well, clinical. They can come off feeling cold and uncomfortable. For these people online options like those offered by HCG Diet Direct are a must.

The homeopathic HCG weight loss formula offered by HCG Diet Direct offers the benefit of zero office visits. It’s available online. Most of us really don’t want to add to our hectic schedule. And dealing with the discomfort of a clinical setting during a weight loss program is not ideal. And we’re not talking about a single appointment, either. HCG clinics require numerous visits. The HCG injections is applied daily, after all.

The online homeopathic HCG weight loss formula also offers the advantages of being all natural. It doesn’t require injections. It’s administered through oral drops. HCG Clinics typically offer daily injections which many see as a negative that takes away from the all natural aspect of the human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG).

Another fantastic benefit of HCG Diet Direct’s formula is its affordability. In comparison to HCG clinics…the difference is usually spectacular. Sometimes the difference is solely the difference in operating costs between an online outlet and a HCG clinic. But other times you’ll find that the HCG clinics are overcharging in response to the unusual and overnight demand for the product.

The fourth advantage is that homeopathic HCG weight loss formula is available online. It can be purchased today and shipped immediately. You don’t need to make an appointment. You don’t need to sit in the waiting room for your turn to talk about what you called to tell them you wanted to talk about a month ago.

HCG injections were introduced as a weight loss cure long ago. Since then the procedure has been improved and today dieters can take advantage of the all natural homeopathic HCG weight loss formula that offers the same weight loss results. HCG Diet Direct urges dieters to take advantage of the all natural method. It has no side effects and offers fantastic benefits to dieters.

Amelia Handley majored in exercise science in college with a minor in Nutrition. Yet she still found herself veering from diet to diet in order to control her weight. With HCG Diet Direct she’s found a program that allows her to combine her desire to control her own body weight with her education and not feel off balance.

How many of you reading this has visited a weight loss clinic? How many of you reading this have visited multiple weight loss clinics? How many of you reading this have accidentally made dieting your single most self defining characteristic? And how many of you want to get it done once and for all?

The answer is not at one of the many, many, MANY weight loss clinics. They’re all saying the same thing. They re-word it and have different packaging, but they want to limit the food you eat and talk to you about it regularly. Am I right? Now be honest with me here. No one’s even listening so you don’t have to be embarrassed. How many of you have lied to one of your weight loss counselors?

Sometimes the fudging (or lying) is little and sometimes it’s big. Maybe your lie involved an entire birthday cake. Or maybe it was just the slight lie of presenting an appropriate portion of birthday cake as whole wheat bread. Regardless of what it was…it negated the entire purpose of the counselor, did it not? There are always those who say that they could just never, ever tell a fib to their counselor. And in response I have to immediately ask why not. Maybe you’re one of those saintly individuals who could never let an untruth (no matter how inconsequential) pass your lips.

Not being able to lie to a weight loss counselor could indicate that you’re a better person. That’s something that will require further consideration. But one thing I can say for sure and that’s that I definitely can’t lie to myself. I might not keep track of everything I’ve eaten, but there’s no way that I’m going to be able to trick myself into believing that the peach cobbler I just ate was actually one fresh peach with a glass of fat free milk on the side.

HCG clinics aren’t the only answer out there. With HCG Diet Direct…dieters are encouraged to keep track of what they eat; in writing. This avoids the entire lying issue. The only person reading it is you (unless you are one of the online dieters that like to keep track of your progress and obstacles by blog or facebook, etc.) With HCG Diet Direct’s homeopathic HCG weight loss formula you can get it online, have it shipped to your door and get the best weight loss results on the market (1 to 2 pounds per day).

I for one am done visiting countless weight loss clinics. They never worked for me. I was continually looking for something that would until I heard of HCG Diet Direct. Their affordable, easily accessible (online), and convenient (oral drops taken at home) homeopathic HCG weight loss formula was all I needed. And needless to say, I won’t be looking for any weight loss methods in the future. I don’t need one anymore.

Amelia Handley studied exercise science at university with a minor in Nutrition. Yet she still found herself veering from diet to diet in order to control her weight. With HCG Diet Direct she’s found a program that allows her to combine her desire to control her own body weight with her education and not feel off balance.

When it comes to reviews there’s no other place like the Internet. People can say anything they want as many times as they want and they absolutely DO! But there’s also the question of validity. Where do you find the best diet reviews?

It’s hard to point someone in the right direction when there are just so many endless options for accessing reviews online. Dropping by the websites of the diets you are considering is always a good idea, but it’s not necessarily the best place to access the “best diet reviews.” They will, of course, represent their company and their program in the best light possible. That’s the nature of business and sales. So for the best diet reviews you’ll have to move on.

Go to you favorite search engine. Type in the diet you are looking for and the word review like so, “hcg diet, review.” Then hit search and see what comes up. You should find a wide range of results. Really go through them and see what you find.

You’ll want to give extra credence from reputable sources outside of the company at hand that offer information about the product or program. Read press releases. Read articles about or related to the company you are considering working with. And, of course, consider all the reviews (good and bad).

If you are considering a popular diet like any HCG based program you can find a lot of helpful information through social media. Run through some blogs set up as journals of dieters’ progress on their HCG based program. HCG dieters are often encouraged to keep track of their daily weight loss/gain, their meals, their obstacles, etc. and many are turning to blogs as an easy way to keep the information available, documented and to generate support from others with similar goals.

Blogs are a great way to learn about the diet, but not the only way. You’ll also find plenty of personal recommendations and information on Twitter, Facebook and other social media sites. Dieters in general are sincere in their representations of their success and obstacles while on a diet and when you’re looking for the best diet reviews…the most important aspect is honesty. If the reviews aren’t honest there’s no point in reading them because they aren’t giving you a valid representation of the product you are considering. So read a wide range of info and reviews to make sure you have a full scope of the diet before you make any final decisions. The final decision is up to you!

Amelia Handley studied exercise science at university with a minor in Nutrition. Yet she still found herself veering from diet to diet in order to control her weight. With HCG Diet Direct she’s found a program that allows her to combine her desire to control her own body weight with her education and not feel off balance.