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HCG Diet Phase 3 Foods List - Approved foods for P3 |HCG Diet Info

We've prepared the ultimate guide to the Hcg Diet Phase 3 Food List including the original protocol and all eating guidelines. This page is intended to make the transition from P2, easy for you. If you are unsure about how to transition from P2 to P3, it is easiest to stick to the original Hcg Food List for Phase 2, while increasing the portions and calories first. Be sure to add enough healthy fats to get your calories and metabolism up quickly. As you feel comfortable, you can introduce new foods that were not permitted on Phase 2-  Nearly all Phase 2 foods are still allowed on Phase 3, however there are some important differences.  For example, you will discontinue the melba toast portions, but may continue eating fruit for the duration of your P3. The following lists are not meant to be comprehensive, but to give you a sense of the expansiveness of allowed foods and some guidance on what to be careful with in making your food choices.

Hcg Diet Phase 3 Foods List (P3 Approved Foods)

Hcg Diet Proteins All fish are approved for Phase 3 Flounder Herring Salmon Sardines Sole Tuna Trout All fowl is allowed on Phase 3 Cornish Hen Chicken Duck Goose Pheasant Quail Turkey All shellfish are permitted Clams Crab Meat Mussels* Oysters* Shrimp Scallops Squid Phase 3 Seafood Tip: Oysters and mussels are higher in carbs so limit to about 4 ounces per day. All meats are permitted Lean Beef Lean Bison Bacon* Ham* Lamb Pork Veal Venison Phase 3 Food Tip:  *Some processed meat, bacon, and ham, and especially sandwich meats, are cured with sugar, which will add to the carb count and is not permitted during this phase.  Some of these may still be safely eaten. Check the ingredients and sugar grams per serving; look for zero grams of sugar, and of course, and don't eat the whole package at one meal!  Also, avoid cold cuts and other meats with added nitrates. Vegetables & Salad Greens are Acceptable on P3 Alfalfa Sprouts Arugula Bok Choy Celery Chicory Greens Chives Cucumber Endive Escarole Fennel Iceberg Lettuce Mushrooms Parsley Peppers Radicchio Radishes Romaine Lettuce Non Salad Vegetables that are permitted Artichokes Asparagus Artichoke Hearts Avocados Bamboo Shoots Broccoli Brussels Sprouts Cabbage Cauliflower Swiss Chard Collard Greens Eggplant Hearts of Palm Jicama Kale Leeks Okra Olives (green & black) Onion Pumpkin Rhubarb Sauerkraut Snow peas or sugar snap peas Spaghetti squash Spinach Summer Squash Tomato Turnips Water Chestnuts Zucchini Phase 3 Food Tip: These non-salad vegetables are slightly higher in carbs but provide important nutrients and add variety to your daily foods. Fats (Oils): Butter (REAL butter or GHEE not imitation or margarine) Mayonnaise – make sure it has no added sugar, or make your own with a recipe from our Hcg Diet Recipes section. The very best oil choices are: Olive Oil Avocado Oil Coconut Oil Other Oils: Canola Oil Flax Seed Oil Walnut Oil Grape Seed Oil Sesame Oil Sunflower Oil Read the full article

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HCG Diet Phase 3 Foods List - Approved foods for P3 |HCG Diet Info

We've prepared the ultimate guide to the Hcg Diet Phase 3 Food List including the original protocol and all eating guidelines. This page is intended to make the transition from P2, easy for you. If you are unsure about how to transition from P2 to P3, it is easiest to stick to the original Hcg Food List for Phase 2, while increasing the portions and calories first. Be sure to add enough healthy fats to get your calories and metabolism up quickly. As you feel comfortable, you can introduce new foods that were not permitted on Phase 2-  Nearly all Phase 2 foods are still allowed on Phase 3, however there are some important differences.  For example, you will discontinue the melba toast portions, but may continue eating fruit for the duration of your P3. The following lists are not meant to be comprehensive, but to give you a sense of the expansiveness of allowed foods and some guidance on what to be careful with in making your food choices.

Hcg Diet Phase 3 Foods List (P3 Approved Foods)

Hcg Diet Proteins All fish are approved for Phase 3 Flounder Herring Salmon Sardines Sole Tuna Trout All fowl is allowed on Phase 3 Cornish Hen Chicken Duck Goose Pheasant Quail Turkey All shellfish are permitted Clams Crab Meat Mussels* Oysters* Shrimp Scallops Squid Phase 3 Seafood Tip: Oysters and mussels are higher in carbs so limit to about 4 ounces per day. All meats are permitted Lean Beef Lean Bison Bacon* Ham* Lamb Pork Veal Venison Phase 3 Food Tip:  *Some processed meat, bacon, and ham, and especially sandwich meats, are cured with sugar, which will add to the carb count and is not permitted during this phase.  Some of these may still be safely eaten. Check the ingredients and sugar grams per serving; look for zero grams of sugar, and of course, and don't eat the whole package at one meal!  Also, avoid cold cuts and other meats with added nitrates. Vegetables & Salad Greens are Acceptable on P3 Alfalfa Sprouts Arugula Bok Choy Celery Chicory Greens Chives Cucumber Endive Escarole Fennel Iceberg Lettuce Mushrooms Parsley Peppers Radicchio Radishes Romaine Lettuce Non Salad Vegetables that are permitted Artichokes Asparagus Artichoke Hearts Avocados Bamboo Shoots Broccoli Brussels Sprouts Cabbage Cauliflower Swiss Chard Collard Greens Eggplant Hearts of Palm Jicama Kale Leeks Okra Olives (green & black) Onion Pumpkin Rhubarb Sauerkraut Snow peas or sugar snap peas Spaghetti squash Spinach Summer Squash Tomato Turnips Water Chestnuts Zucchini Phase 3 Food Tip: These non-salad vegetables are slightly higher in carbs but provide important nutrients and add variety to your daily foods. Fats (Oils): Butter (REAL butter or GHEE not imitation or margarine) Mayonnaise – make sure it has no added sugar, or make your own with a recipe from our Hcg Diet Recipes section. The very best oil choices are: Olive Oil Avocado Oil Coconut Oil Other Oils: Canola Oil Flax Seed Oil Walnut Oil Grape Seed Oil Sesame Oil Sunflower Oil Read the full article

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Intermittent Fasting and the Hcg Diet

Intermittent fasting is becoming quite popular as a weight control tactic. It involves narrowing your eating "window" to 8 or fewer hours a day. Many have reported success at weight control with this tactic. Interesting enough, intermittent fasting is built into Phase 2 of the Hcg diet, if you follow the menu pattern of 2 meals a day, lunch and dinner. It may not be a significant factor, as one can split up the two meals throughout the day without slowing the weight loss, but it is worth noting that it is built into the instructions of the weight loss phase, even if coincidentally. When it comes to Phase 3 of the protocol, for stabilization and preparing for maintenance, it could greatly hinder results. HCG is a hormonal protocol, and intermittent fasting can have some negative hormonal effects. For those considering combining IF with your stabilization 21 days of P3, here is why I think it would be better to wait until P4 to give this a try. The goal of P3 is to stabilize at your ending weight on P2 of the HCG diet. In order to do that, you have to eat the right kinds of foods (good oils, all proteins, non-starchy veggies and some fruit) and you have to eat enough of them. After P2, most people's capacity is small, and many struggle to get enough food in, especially the first few days. Intermittent fasting rules make that even harder. The idea behind intermittent fasting is that having less time to eat will restrict your food intake. That is where the problem likes. You do not want to be cutting back on food intake in P3. In fact, you want to do just the opposite.

Why Intermittent Fasting Won't Work with P3:

At the end of P2, your metabolism is running at a higher more efficient level than previous to the diet. Your furnace is demanding fuel. You want to answer those demands so that the furnace keeps burning at a high rate. If that can be accomplished, you will go on being able to eat more calories than you did before without gaining weight. Your metabolism has been reset, but you can slow it down again by under-eating in P3, or ignoring hunger and waiting too long to eat. You need to get in touch with your hunger and satisfaction signals so that you eat enough and often enough to keep that revved up metabolism burning. You are learning how to fuel your body during P3. Paradoxically, the biggest issue with weight gain in P3 is failing to eat enough. This is because the fear of regain is often very strong. But that fear must be overcome. You can trust the process. People are often amazed at how much they can eat during P3 and still stay in their 2 pound window. Dr. Simeons said that in P3, eat whatever you like as long as you avoid starch and sugar. You have been given a great gift through the elimination diet aspect of P2---cravings will be gone. This gives you a rare opportunity to learn your hunger and satisfaction signals without cravings confusing the landscape. You need to learn how to eat enough, and to eat when hungry, not famished, as waiting too long almost ensures you will overeat. P3 is a golden opportunity to shift your food relationship to a healthy fuel-based focus where you recognize and address your hunger in time, and appropriately. For more information on how to recognize your hunger/satisfaction signals, please see this article: How to Know When You Are Hungry. Delaying eating until later in the day interferes with your hunger signals. Every hour after waking that you delay eating, slows down your metabolism. This is counter productive to your P3 goals. To keep your metabolism humming in P3, try to get some calories in you within an hour of awakening. It doesn't have to be a lot, but it needs to be nourishing. Something with some protein and a little fat. It could be something like coffee with collagen and MCT oil. (Froth it with a little sunflower lecithin---it gets very creamy), a small protein shake, or if you can handle solids-- some full fat cottage cheese or greek yogurt and berries, or a couple strips of bacon and some avocado. This little calorie boost early in the day wakes up your digestive system and you are off and running. There will be plenty of time to experiment with intermittent fasting once you have completed your 21 days of P3. So relax and enjoy all the freedom of variety and bounty encouraged in P3 knowing that it works, and will set you up for success in P4 (maintenance). Read the full article

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Intermittent Fasting and the Hcg Diet

Intermittent fasting is becoming quite popular as a weight control tactic. It involves narrowing your eating "window" to 8 or fewer hours a day. Many have reported success at weight control with this tactic. Interesting enough, intermittent fasting is built into Phase 2 of the Hcg diet, if you follow the menu pattern of 2 meals a day, lunch and dinner. It may not be a significant factor, as one can split up the two meals throughout the day without slowing the weight loss, but it is worth noting that it is built into the instructions of the weight loss phase, even if coincidentally. When it comes to Phase 3 of the protocol, for stabilization and preparing for maintenance, it could greatly hinder results. HCG is a hormonal protocol, and intermittent fasting can have some negative hormonal effects. For those considering combining IF with your stabilization 21 days of P3, here is why I think it would be better to wait until P4 to give this a try. The goal of P3 is to stabilize at your ending weight on P2 of the HCG diet. In order to do that, you have to eat the right kinds of foods (good oils, all proteins, non-starchy veggies and some fruit) and you have to eat enough of them. After P2, most people's capacity is small, and many struggle to get enough food in, especially the first few days. Intermittent fasting rules make that even harder. The idea behind intermittent fasting is that having less time to eat will restrict your food intake. That is where the problem likes. You do not want to be cutting back on food intake in P3. In fact, you want to do just the opposite.

Why Intermittent Fasting Won't Work with P3:

At the end of P2, your metabolism is running at a higher more efficient level than previous to the diet. Your furnace is demanding fuel. You want to answer those demands so that the furnace keeps burning at a high rate. If that can be accomplished, you will go on being able to eat more calories than you did before without gaining weight. Your metabolism has been reset, but you can slow it down again by under-eating in P3, or ignoring hunger and waiting too long to eat. You need to get in touch with your hunger and satisfaction signals so that you eat enough and often enough to keep that revved up metabolism burning. You are learning how to fuel your body during P3. Paradoxically, the biggest issue with weight gain in P3 is failing to eat enough. This is because the fear of regain is often very strong. But that fear must be overcome. You can trust the process. People are often amazed at how much they can eat during P3 and still stay in their 2 pound window. Dr. Simeons said that in P3, eat whatever you like as long as you avoid starch and sugar. You have been given a great gift through the elimination diet aspect of P2---cravings will be gone. This gives you a rare opportunity to learn your hunger and satisfaction signals without cravings confusing the landscape. You need to learn how to eat enough, and to eat when hungry, not famished, as waiting too long almost ensures you will overeat. P3 is a golden opportunity to shift your food relationship to a healthy fuel-based focus where you recognize and address your hunger in time, and appropriately. For more information on how to recognize your hunger/satisfaction signals, please see this article: How to Know When You Are Hungry. Delaying eating until later in the day interferes with your hunger signals. Every hour after waking that you delay eating, slows down your metabolism. This is counter productive to your P3 goals. To keep your metabolism humming in P3, try to get some calories in you within an hour of awakening. It doesn't have to be a lot, but it needs to be nourishing. Something with some protein and a little fat. It could be something like coffee with collagen and MCT oil. (Froth it with a little sunflower lecithin---it gets very creamy), a small protein shake, or if you can handle solids-- some full fat cottage cheese or greek yogurt and berries, or a couple strips of bacon and some avocado. This little calorie boost early in the day wakes up your digestive system and you are off and running. There will be plenty of time to experiment with intermittent fasting once you have completed your 21 days of P3. So relax and enjoy all the freedom of variety and bounty encouraged in P3 knowing that it works, and will set you up for success in P4 (maintenance). Read the full article