HCG Diet 800 Calorie Protocol Second Edition Kindle Edition

I've tried different HCG protocols and this is the BEST one, period. Easy to follow, has more protein to prevent hair loss, and I actually lose more weight than on the original. Lots of good tips and tricks to prevent and break stalls, although I've never really had to break a bad stall on this protocol, it works that well. The recipes aren't that great but I use Tammy Skye's HCG cookbooks, they are the best cookbooks out there and complement this protocol well, I just increase the protein as needed.

My experiences are with a homeopathic hcg spray. I first did the original Simeon's Pounds & Inches four years ago. I lost 22 pounds in 35 days and was ecstatic! About six months later I did a half round and lost about 10 pounds (had gained 8 of original loss back). Managing to maintain the loss for more than a year, I slowly began to gain some weight back... Life happens!!December 17th of 2013 I decided it was time to visit the protocol again. I started with the original 500 calorie, but had a few mornings of dizziness, so I investigated the 800 calorie protocol. I just completed 42 days of Phase 2, and all but a week of it was with the 800 calorie plan by Sonya. The dizzy spells went away immediately and my energy was mostly good. I didn't lose like I did on the original 500 calorie, but the trade off was worth it. I lost 17 pounds total.On Sonya's plan, you add breakfast, an extra fruit, more protein lunch & dinner, a salad, more vegetable choices, and a multi-vitamin plus calcium and essential fatty acids.Going into Phase 3 is always scary because you double calories and have more freedom. I'm anxious to see how it goes! Yes, I'd recommend this book as a viable alternative to the original protocol. I know the original works, as I've strictly followed it, but having options is nice!

I wish I could give this book 5-stars and say it is the most definitive HCG book ever. But I can't.I've done the HCG diet before and I find it a difficult and excellent way to lose fat while preserving one's muscle mass. My beef with the 500 calorie HCG diet is I think for many people too little protein is ingested to protect their lean muscle mass.The good things about this book are:1. You can eat more than 500 calories on HCG.2. A discussion on green vegetables and water vegetables and what to consume.3, Clearer guidance on the phases and what foods to eat.4. A nice list of recipes and what phases to consume these recipes on.5. Advising people to take anti-candida medicine to reduce candida while doing the HCG diet.The book "Pounds and Inches" is free allover the net and it is flawed but also adequate to help a person succeed on HCG. A better HCG diet book is needed and this book addresses some holes however it falls short. My advice for HCG dieters is as follows:*Don't eat the cracker it will slow your weight loss down.*If you go over 500 calories, eat more protein. Me, I buy egg white protein and make shakes. Hard boiled eggs are good to. Eat the whites and throw away the yolks except perhaps a 1/2 a yolk a day.*Go with apples or strawberries. Some people do oranges and grapefruit. Blueberries were a stall creator for me. Don't get fancy here with fruit.*Do the 50 day maintenance phase keeping you body weight stable or....DON'T bother doing this diet. Do this and you'll keep the weight off. Ignore or short-change this phase and you'll undo all your hard work. *Do a food/energy/emotions/poop journal. This will help you see the relationship between between how food makes you feel. Do this right and it will open your eyes. Emotions are often the root cause behind weight. Understand the emotions that cause binge eating and then find better ways to deal with those emotions. Chocolate cake will make your mouth feel good for about 5min but feeling poorly the next several hours.It is an OK book. Perhaps I'll warm up to it if I like the recipes. If so I'll update my review if this happens.

just finished reading from cover to cover, previously did the 500 HCG diet from the referred to pamphlet style guide from a health center. this has so much more details of how to follow the protocol without the guess work, about to do round two and am excited to have this version

I'm on round 5 and usually stay below 550 calories a day. However I see the benefits of her recommending a bit higher. Don't bother buying Dr. Lipmans 800 calorie hcg book. It was loaded with processed foods recommendations and artificial sweeteners. Sonia is much closer to the original protocol with the addition of breakfast and other green vegetables. I'm not taking her advice on breakfast however because I believe that a 16hr fast between dinner and my next meal works better for me. I will add a protein shake with berries at about 11am if you want to count that as breakfast. Hope this helps.

Read several other books on the HCG diet & still had questions, this bookreally filled in the blanks. Exp: Do you take the drops on the loading days inphase 1 ? How much of the veggies do you eat per meal, is it limitless ? etc.

This is surprisingly easy to stay on. I am not hungry and lost 5 pounds the first week. I feel since this is an updated protocal for HCG it is likely the healthier way to go. I am a bit disapointed though in the choice of recipes and the fact that there are no calorie counts with the recipes.

A very complete brief of the Dr. Simmeon Diet Protocol, and general information about the diet that everybody should read before start the diet. Also offers the 800 Calories protocol, a more realistic option to the original diet that many people will find easy to follow and loose fat and inches. Thanks to Sonia Russell to put all helpful info together.

This book depends on buying other products. Load of rubbish and much better books to inform yourself on this subject.

Basically a glorified cookbook for the HCG protocol. That is not necessarily a bad thing if you went shopping for recipe ideas, but if you bought the book looking for detailed diet info like how many IU's of HCG (beyond quoting study stats) or other advanced protocol directives - this book doesn't help much, if at all. This book kind of presumes you know the HCG basics.In fact beginners are better off with the original Simeons protocol which is free online and explained on various quality websites like hcgchica.com.Also, filling the book with studies, history and testimonials is just lame. I don't care. Post that point of interest stuff on your website and save the book for useful info that people are actually paying for!If you are new to the HCG Diet Protocol and want an extensive "how to" book - keep looking, this is not it. This book has value more for experienced HCG dieters looking to enhance or troubleshoot their existing plans.

Love this book! Love this diet!!!....It works! I lost 60 pounds after doing just one round and have kept it off after going back to a full American diet! Looking forward to doing a second round next month to get to my goal weight 20 pounds to go.......

very freindly user book makes life so much easier....and great ideas to go by....thank you