BREAKFAST: Any non-calorie fluids in any amount. (See fluid options below) LUNCH: A protein food and fresh vegetables. (See options below) DINNER: A protein food and fresh vegetables. (See options below) SNACKS: Two portions of fruit a day, in the morning and afternoon. (See options below)   Protein Foods: 3 ½ oz twice daily (lunch and dinner) About the size of a makeup compact Choose only lean meats, particularly: Veal or steak (free range only) Fresh white fish (halibut, cod, flounder, monkfish, perch, pike, Pollock, snapper, sole, whiting, crab meat, lobster, shrimp, scallops) Chicken ??" no skin (chicken breast only) Note: all visible fat must be removed before cooking and the portion should be weighed raw. It must be cooked without additional fat. Salmon, eel, tuna fish, herring, or any dried, pickled or smoked fish are not allowed     Fresh Vegetables: 3 ½ oz selected vegetables twice daily (lunch and dinner) Spinach, chard, chicory, beet-greens, green salad (lettuce), tomatoes, celery, fennel, onions, red radishes, cucumbers, asparagus, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini. (Do NOT mix vegetables ??" one vegetable choice per serving). NO pumpkin, beetroot, potatoes, carrots, peas or corn     Fruit: 2 portions per day, at least 6 hours apart Apple, strawberries (6 large), orange, ½ grapefruit     Fluids: A minimum of two liters of water daily 10 glasses (2 liters) MINIMUM should be consumed daily Tea/coffee (in any quantity), soda water, mineral water, diet soft drink (max: 2) FYI: To get results, drink 50% water equivalent to your body weight. Example, if you weigh 200 pounds, drink 100 ounces of water.     Little Extras One tablespoon of milk daily ONLY! Artificial sweeteners ??" absolutely NO SUGAR (Stevia is a great option) Salt, pepper, vinegar, mustard powder, garlic, sweet-basil, parsley, thyme, marjoram, and other spices are freely available as seasonings NO margarine, butter, oil, dressing Juice of 1 lemon daily

Drinks and Seasonings

The juice of one lemon daily is allowed for all purposes.

Salt, pepper, vinegar, mustard powder, garlic, sweet basil, parsley, thyme, majoram, etc., may be used for seasoning, but no oil, butter or dressing.

Tea, coffee, plain water, or mineral water (2 liters of water per day is recommended) are the only drinks allowed, but they may be taken in any quantity and at all times.

The fruit or the breadstick may be eaten between meals instead of with lunch or dinner, but not more than than four items listed for lunch and dinner may be eaten at one meal.

Prescribed medicines may be used without special permission.  

Portions and specially prepared unsweetened, low calorie foods

"In many countries specially prepared unsweetened and low Calorie foods are freely available, and some of these can be tentatively used... the total daily intake must not exceed 500 Calories if the best possible results are to be obtained, that the daily ration should contain 200 grams of fat-free protein and a very small amount of starch."  From Dr Simeon's "Pounds and Inches." 

Important Highlights:

The 500 calorie limit must always be maintained.

2 small apples are not an acceptable exchange for "1 apple."

Very occasionally we allow egg - boiled, poached or raw - to patients who develop an aversion to meat, but in this case they must add the white of three eggs to the one they eat whole.

Cottage cheese made from skimmed milk is available 100 grams may occasionally be used instead of the meat 

Sample Meal Planner

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Breakfast	Allowed Fruit & Coffee	Coffee or Tea & allowed Fruit	Allowed Fruit & Coffee	Coffee or Tea & Allowed Fruit	Allowed Fruit & Coffee	Allowed Fruit & Coffee	Coffee or tea & Allowed Fruit
Lunch	Chicken Lettuce Wraps	Salad and Baked Fish	Melba Toast w/Tomatoes and Shrimp	Chicken and Salad	Chicken and Salad	Chicken Creole Cucumber Salad	Green Onion Burger
Dinner	Fish and Veggies	Steak & Veggies	Chicken and Veggies	Lean Steak, Grilled Onions	Chicken/ Cabbage	Chicken & Veggies	Bake Fish and Veggies

The above list and samples are just examples of how this diet kind of works. You will be given a complete instruction guide with all the tips and rules you need including example shopping lists, menus and recipes. 

Personal Care and Beauty Products on the hCG Diet:

We do permit the use of lipstick, powder and such lotions as are entirely free of fatty substances. We also allow brilliantine to be used on the hair but it must not be rubbed into the scalp. Obviously sun-tan oil is prohibited.

Aspirin and birth control are allowed on the Simeons hCG Diet.

No massage of any kind.

FOOD ADDICTION

Defining:

FOOD ADDICTION

In the last decade, researchers have expended significant energy trying to untangle the mystery of food addiction. Food addiction is somewhat puzzling and complex compared to other forms of substance addiction, and thus, treatment is problematic.

All humans need and consume food. We are hard-wired to seek out calorie-dense foods like fats and carbohydrates. We require them to live. Why do some people have greater difficulty consuming food in moderate amounts? Why do some overeat compulsively and become obese?

Historically, obesity has been attributed to various social, moral, and genetic factors, including willpower, lack of exercise, learned behaviors, emotional disturbance and genetic predisposition. Within the past few years however, experts have begun exploring the ways in which compulsive overeaters resemble individuals who are addicted to alcohol and/or drugs.

In 2007, researchers from Pennsylvania's Drexel University confirmed what historians have already observed: that affluence within a society, leading to an abundance of delicious food, seems to invite a fixation on eating as a pleasurable activity. The researchers described a food environment in affluent societies which helps to create an "appetitive drive" similar to other pleasure-seeking activities, such as recreational drug use and compulsive gambling.

The Drexel researchers referred to this phenomenon as "hedonic hunger." The most important implication of this study is that psychological factors within the individual may not entirely explain the desire to overeat. Eating for pleasure, they suggest, may be part of our evolution - a trigger to eat more than we need during plentiful times to help us better survive times when food may be scarce. With the unprecedented stability of our society, however, this instinct has begun to cause problems, as evidenced by climbing rates of obesity.

Study co-author and Drexel professor of psychology said of his study's findings:

"The combination of an environment filled with highly palatable foods, and cultural norms that make these foods ?psychologically available' around the clock may paradoxically be a perfect recipe for the generation of both epidemic obesity and widespread hedonic hunger."

Food addiction can sometimes be difficult to diagnose because so many factors may contribute to disordered eating and/or obesity. However, experts agree that healthy and unhealthy behaviors with regard to food are fairly standard. A healthy relationship with food includes eating when hungry, stopping when full, eating without shame and guilt, and eating with friends and family.

An unhealthy relationship with food usually includes compulsive eating, regular overeating, secretive eating, eating when not hungry, eating to deal with emotions, as well as more extreme behaviors such as starving and binging cycles. In general, food addiction is considered to be any set of unhealthy eating behaviors (usually obsessive behaviors) that makes the eater feel out of control with regard to food and threatens the eater's physical and/or psychological health.

Experts also agree that the key to recovering from food addiction is to end the secrecy.

Disordered eating behaviors thrive on secrecy and isolation, and it's a vicious cycle. The more extreme a person's eating behaviors become, the more secretive they become out of shame and guilt. The more secretive they become, the more extreme their behaviors can become.

The first step in treating food addiction is for the addict to tell someone about his struggle.

Experts recommend the following "action steps" for

those suffering from food addiction:

The only thing you have to lose, is a pound a day.