Refresh on the Grace Period and Maintenace

If you plan on doing another cycle of HCG you will do a Grace Period.
Grace Period…
You have now finished with the HCG injections and will begin your 6 week grace period. Usually your calorie intake during this time will be 1000 calories unless specified differently. Continue the 1000 calories until you start up your next cycle of HCG. You may now eat fat moderately, choose when to eat your meals and mix your vegetables but NO SUGARS AND STARCHES. When a third, fourth, or even fifth cycle is necessary, the grace period between cycles becomes progressively longer by two weeks each time. You can continue in cycles as long as needed until your weight loss goal is achieved. For the first 3 weeks of your grace period you must without fail, weigh yourself every morning as you get out of bed making sure your weight does not increase by 2 lbs. Please weigh yourself after relieving your bladder, before you eat breakfast and with no clothes on. If your weight goes up by 2 lbs, skip breakfast and lunch but take plenty to drink. In the evening eat a large steak and 1 apple or 1 raw tomato and NOTHING ELSE. (For more information regarding this, please see Maintenance Phase and Skipping Meal Protocol towards the bottom of this post)

Starchy Foods to avoid… also remember no Sugars!
Bread
Buckwheat
Winter Squash
Faras
Peas
Cornstarch
Barley
Lentils
Peanuts
Cereals
Rice
Cassara
Pumpkin
Carrots
Pasta
Arrowroot
Wheat
Potatoes
Tapioca
Kudza
Bananas
Sweet Potatoes
Acorn
Oca
Beans
Squash
Taro
Sago
Yams
Butternut Squash
Sorghum
Arracacha
If you have a question about different food items do a search for this item on The Daily Plate link located at the top left side of our blog.

When you reach your goal weight …
After 26 days you can stop the injections whenever you have reached your goal weight. Continue the 500 calorie diet for three more days after your last injection. After the three days you can now add fat to your diet moderately, but NO SUGARS OR STARCHES for three weeks. It will take about 3 weeks before the weight reached at the end of the treatment becomes stable and does not show violent fluctuations after an occasional excess. Please see the “Maintenance Phase” and “Skipping a Meal” at bottom of page.

Maintenance Phase…
For 3 weeks after your last injection you must without fail, weigh yourself every morning as you get out of bed making sure your weight does not increase by 2 lbs. Please weigh yourself after relieving your bladder, before you eat breakfast and with no clothes on. (If you are doing a grace period this is during the first 3 weeks of the grace period as well) You must have your own portable bathroom scale always at hand, particularly while traveling. It takes about 3 weeks before the weight reached at the end of the treatment becomes stable and does not show violent fluctuations after an occasional excess. During this period you must realize that the so called carbohydrates, which are: sugar, rice, bread, potatoes, pastries, etc are by far the most dangerous. If no carbohydrates whatsoever are consumed; fats can be indulged somewhat more liberally and even small quantities of alcohol, such as a glass of wine with meals, will do no harm. This has to be observed very carefully during the first 3 weeks after the treatment is ended otherwise weight gain is very likely.

Skipping Meal Protocol… (If your weight goes up by 2 pounds)
As long as your weight stays within 2 pounds of the weight reached on the day of the last HCG injection, you should take no notice of any increase, but the moment the scale goes beyond two pounds, even if it is only a few ounces, you must on that same day entirely skip a breakfast and lunch but take plenty to drink. In the evening eat a large steak and 1 apple or 1 raw tomato – NOTHING ELSE. It is of utmost importance that this is done on the day the scale goes above 2 pounds and not postponed until the following day. If a meal is skipped on the day in which a gain is registered in the morning, this brings about an immediate drop of often over a pound. But if the skipping of the meal (and skipping means literally skipping not just having a light meal) is postponed, the phenomenon does not occur and several days of strict dieting may be necessary to correct the situation. Most patients hardly ever need to skip a meal. If they have eaten a heavy lunch they feel no desire to eat their dinner, and in this case no increase takes place. If they keep their weight at the point reached at the end of the treatment, even a heavy dinner does not bring about an increase of two pounds on the next morning, and does not therefore call for any special measures. Most patients are surprised how small their appetite has become. They no longer suffer from an abnormal appetite and feel satisfied with much less food than before. In fact, they are usually disappointed that they cannot manage their first normal meal, which they have been planning for weeks. So please be careful.