The 9th HCG Day: Still Waiting

By Amelia Handley

Lisa and I are still awaiting the delivery of our HCG and the HCG diet protocol that comes along with it from HCG Diet Direct. While we've been waiting we've been looking around for info online and we've found a few sticky topics that get talked about a lot. And they're going to be a bit rough if they're actually true. We're treating them as rumors at this point; nothing's set in stone until we get the HCG diet protocol booklet from HCG Diet Direct. Then we'll have to really deal with the trouble areas.

But for history's sake I thought I'd dedicate my daily article for today to the problems I foresee. I'm definitely going to have a big issue of diet soda isn't allowed. I figured it might be since it's zero calorie, but I've heard some say that you can't have it. I'm also going to really dislike it if I'm limited to just one kind of berry (the strawberry is great, but there are so many other yummy options out there to choose from). And I also heard that there is no approved ground meat. That seems difficult to me since there are really lean ground meat options out there. And lastly...what's this I hear about no substitutions?

I'll start by bemoaning the potential lack of Diet Soda and Crystal Light. WHAT? Really no diet soda or Crystal Light? That's what I heard, anyway. Some of the blogs I read back in the day pointed to their "twice daily diet soda" and their constant consumption of Crystal Light as their salvation while they abstained from sugar and ate very limited fruit. And I absolutely saw how that would be me. If I can't have chocolate cake dripping with delightfully light and tasty glaze....I figured I could at least keep my hands busy wrapped around a Diet Soda! I'm going to stop considering the dreadful prospect now. It hasn't yet been confirmed.

Next I need to bemoan the removal of berries from the hcg diet protocol. I thought they were included, but we've found several comments from dieters online that suggest the only berry allowed is the strawberry. Could that be correct? There are so many wonderful berries out there to choose from and we're to stick strictly to the strawberry? I'm very disappointed in this possibility. (I'm still kind of hoping that it's not quite true...just give me my pipe dreams. They'll be blown out of the water soon enough).

The no ground meat thing won't really be an option until I get to the monthly barbeque gathering my brother hosts. He's going to be pretty bugged when I just have salad. But I suppose I can just tell him I'm sick and he might just let it go. Or maybe I'm wrong and ground meat is an option; there are all those really lean varieties available now.

So...no substitutions? Yikes! I think it would make it a lot easier if I could split up my little bits of food to have a little here, a little there throughout the day, but some forums are saying you just can't do that. That seems a bit beyond strict, but maybe there's a good reason for the rules. I sure would like to option of saving a serving of fruit for a late night snack, though. So...again...keeping my fingers crossed this one is actually just a rumor.

And now we're at the end of my sad tale. I feel like I've whined at you enough for the day. I'll let you go ahead and hold your breath waiting for my next titillating installment as I document my course through the HCG diet. - 17269

About the Author:

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.