[TravelMan]

What are everyones staple meals on the 500 calorie diet. I am looking for an alternative to chicken. I was eating lean ground meat, but they recommend eating that with extreme caution. I am not a huge chicken fan, and don't feel like fish has as much "fill" power as other choices. Any suggestions would be great!

[Amoniustauns]

I eat chicken, shrimp, fish and beef. I also eat nitrate free, 97% fat free ham occasionally. I've had turkey once or twice (93% lean) but with all the recalls lately, I'm avoiding that for now.
Also a tip: the walden farms zero calories stuff like their "jelly" and salad dressings, make the foods a lot more interesting. The strawberry or apricot jelly mixed with vinegar makes a nice fruity salad dressing or dipping sauce with chicken. Their apple butter is surprisingly good and has a lot of cinnamon, makes a good fruit dip.

[crycleascentyv]

Tilapia, ground beef, chicken, occasionally round steak or shrimp.

Using various seasonings (no sugar of course) helps with variety.

[inofindy]

I eat chicken, shrimp, fish and beef. I eat beef about 1/2 the time, and it doesn't hurt my losses. I do batch food preparation. I make a huge bowl of salad, and then put it into a big freezer bag and keep in the fridge, so I can take a handful or two whenever I want salad. I do mix my salad greens (lettuce, parsley, spinach, green onion, and thin sliced red cabbage). Once a week I cook up 2 lbs of taco meat, using garlic, cumin, red pepper flakes, chili powder and a tbsp or two of Pace Picante. I also add a touch of water and let the meat and spices simmer. So taco meat salad is something I eat regularly, and I never get sick of it! Chicken I like grilled with different spices, but occasionally I'll cook it in the crockpot with green chiles & sliced onion. Usually with the shrimp, I make a spicy "creole" stir fry using sliced cabbage & onion, a splash of V8, and creole spice. Throw the shrimp in right at the end. Can you tell I like spicy stuff? I've also made a lemon garlic ginger chicken stir fry using thin sliced celery & onion, stir fry with the chicken sliced into thin strips, squeeze 1/2 lemon into it and sprinkle in some garlic and ginger. When I do stir fry's I use a little chicken broth to keep everything from sticking. I buy a carton of ready made chicken broth and keep it in the fridge.

Experiment! There's an excellent thread called "Foodie and Chef" created by a chef named Takisha, and her recipe are fantastic. Do a search for that and it will give you lots of ideas!

[KasaBalak]

What I eat is extremely boring but it works for me and its what i stick with. I eat chicken and romaine lettuce to make a small salad then I top it off with some fresh salsa. I eat this everyday unless I get to the point where I just want something different, then I make up a lean ground beef patty and top it with grilled onions. The HCG diet is a short term deal and I like the fact I don't have to think about what I am going to eat. This is also something I have found I can put together at just about any restaurant or fast food place. Its simple, easy and I lose weight everyday. The only spices I use are garlic salt and black pepper, I just can't see spending a lot of time and effort putting a small bowl of food together that gets eaten in a few bites.

[Morageort]

I am not a huge chicken fan, and don't feel like fish has as much "fill" power as other choices. Any suggestions would be great!

With fish, shrimp and even scallops, you can have a larger portion (50% or more) than chicken and still have the same protein, but less fat and calories. That should help with the "fill" factor and you can still stay at 500 daily calories.

150 gr Shrimp: 149 cal, 31 prot, 2 fat
100 gr Chicken: 165 cal, 31 prot, 4 fat

I also eat one whole egg plus 2 Eggbeaters (instead of whites) occasionally when I cannot deal with another piece of meat.

[Susanleech]

we can have scallops??

[viagradiscounttt]

I thought we were not allowed to mix our vegetables. Did I read that wrong?

[rXpX]

we can have scallops??

Not according to P&I but I doubt they were readily available then. I ate them through R1.

150 grams scallops: 165 cal, prot 35, 2 fat

[lXvtm0ox]

nice! thanks! I love scallops..

[G8whlTAe]

Chicken
Filet of Beef
Lean Ground Beef (97/3)
Crab Claw Meat
Lobster Tails
Scallops (yes I ate them as a treat meal on every other Friday)

[pymnConyelell]

My diet is pretty simple - but I need simplicity in my life right now .

One day I'll have chicken for lunch and lean ground beef for dinner. The next day I'll have fish for lunch and lean steak for dinner (thin pan-steak). Veggies include cucumbers, romaine lettuce, fresh spinach, tomato, and onion. A melba with each meal. I have an apple most days mid-morning, and 1/2 grapefruit in the afternoon. 2 huge cups of coffee w/stevia each day - breakfast and mid-afternoon.

I keep sliced cucumber in the fridge mixed w/ 2T apple cider vinegar and 10 drops stevia. I put a squirt of lemon juice on my romaine lettuce and spinach, and I usually slow-cook/carmelize my onion to eat with steak.

That's about it for this round so far. I may add some shrimp at some point. Maybe even some fat free fage if I feel desperate or very rebellious.

[WournGona]

One of my staples is ground turkey taco meat on salad with tomatoes and a little green tobasco. That, and tilapia cooked in lemon and dill or a little soy sauce, shrimp or a small lean steak. I make a lot of pico de gallo on P2, it's only onions, jalapenos, tomatoes and cilantro and little scoops at a time thru the day never hurt. I'd even chunk up green or red peppers and scoop it when I absolutely needed some crunch, later in P2.
I tend to go a little overboard on my protein at a time and skimp on the melbas and fruits, only one or two a day. I lost 30 lb my first round this way.

[Aafimoq]

I eat everything allowed, and eat every portion allowed every day. I don't give up my fruit or melbas.
ground beef
lean steak
venison
veal
chicken
ground chicken
shrimp
fish
crab meat
On a rare occasion I will have eggs or cottage cheese
cabbage
radishes
lettuces
asparagus
onions
tomatoes
apples
oranges
grapefruit
melba rounds


I use lots of herbs and spices and I'm never bored. There are tons of easy tasty recipes here and all over the internet.
Make big batches and freeze, then it's quick and easy to have a good meal.

[inve.tment]

I eat Fillet Minion (If I am going to be limited I am getting the good stuff LOL) 99% Ground beef or I get buffalo meat. Chicken breast or Ground Chicken. Ground Turkey but only the organic white meat only brand from our local farmer. Tilapia and scallops. Dr S said white fish and scallops are a white meat fish so I dont count that off protocol. Turkey has half the fat of chicken but it also has half the protein so I up that to 4 oz or I stall from protein edema.


Veggies >>> celery, cucumber tomatoes, lettuce, spinach, asparagus. I did try broccoli and as long as I cook it its fine. If I eat it raw I get bloated the next day but still see loses. I tried zucchini as well with no problem. I cant eat cabbage even though I am polish and grew up on it and love it. I bloat up and stall. No one really knows why Dr S didnt add certain veggies. Most likely in Italy where the study took place certain veggies were not plentiful for the area. There is no scientific reasoning behind it in my opinion.
The mixing of veggies is most likely more of a psychological issue. He used a few psychological tricks in the protocol such as apple day. Not mixing keeps your menu varied every day and easier not to cheat and not eat the same foods over and over.

Fruit I use the juice of one lemon daily either to cook or in my water. Grapefruit, strawberries and apples. I alternate them but I could eat grapefruit every day and never get bored with it. I dont eat oranges. He never mentioned them as on plan and they are to sweet and make me lose less. However if I am getting the urge to cheat I have them in the frig. I figure this is better then actually eating something way off.

Sometimes I save my strawberries for a night time snack and make a strawberry slushie in my magic bullet.

I experimented with the coco crack. Some days I lost and some days I stayed the same. I save it for times of desperation. I only use coconut oil to cook the scallops in again with large loses the next day.

I am not encouraging anyone to step off protocol but we are all different with different sensitivities to food and different biology's. A lot has been learned since Dr S's study and in his book he himself hoped that science would carry on his research and make new discoveries. If adding a little more variety keeps you losing even at a slower pace its better then being so stringent you end up doing a major cheat. All of us will have to adapt new eating strategies after this anyways.

Oh and by the way I am doing homeopathic drops, Day 38 and down 34 pounds. No hunger, no muscle fatigue. I feel great. I have to laugh when people say its not healthy to eat such a low amount of calories because you lose muscle. Low calories in itself doesn't cause muscle loss. You can lose muscle just as fast eating 4000 calories of crap a day. Its the lack of nutrients and protein that causes muscle loss not the lack of calories. I am getting more nutritious food now then I ever did with my old eating habits.

Liz

[G8whlTAe]

I've only been on P2 for a week but my favorite thing is to take a pie tin, put shredded cabbage in it, put my chicken breast on top of it, and pour a little organic broth in the pan. I put fresh rosemary and thyme and garlic and bake it and I want to lick the pan! I found out quick fresh herbs really make the meals taste so good. I also do just shrimp with some red pepper flakes and a shake of garlic herb Mrs. Dash. Yum!

[houkbsdov]

Hbomb, I'll have to try that recipe!

Liz, oranges are on the P&I diet. Allowed fruits are: "An apple, orange, or a handful of strawberries or one-half grapefruit."

[slowlexrese]

Hbomb, I'll have to try that recipe!

Liz, oranges are on the P&I diet. Allowed fruits are: "An apple, orange, or a handful of strawberries or one-half grapefruit."

I thought so to at first and was using them but there is a lot of different approaches all over the net some not even truly written by Dr S

Even the link here to the manuscript brings you to two copies one with oranges and one without.


http://hcgdietinfo.com/HCG_Diet_Simeons_Manuscript.htm

http://hcgdietinfo.com/Dr-ATW-Simeon...and-Inches.htm


If you check the first link oranges are not there. They are on the second link that brings you to the new version. There are other subtle changes as well between copies you find on the net so you have to wonder, am I reading the actual unedited protocol that DR S wrote or not. Come to find out, its hard to find the real original copy because it was never published for the public. It only had a private release.

Either way oranges slow my losses and are on the high side with sugar having about 19 grams compared to the 1 gram of sugar in one medium strawberry. Grapefruits and apples are under 10 grams as well. If they work for you thats great though. I am all for using what works.


Liz

[stoneeZef]

Simmer chicken and salsa for 15 minutes and service over romaine lettuce.
Simmer shrimp with parsley, lemon, garlic and tomatoes.
Chicken and cabbage and chicken and celery soup. I make it up beforehand and freeze and bring to work.
Just had Cabbage Rolls with ground chicken breast and salsa inside. YUM!!!

[ElectraDupu]

Can we eat EggBeaters since they are basically egg whites? I haven't started my drops yet, because i got my TOM the day I bought the drops, so I have to wait, but i want to be prepared with a plan of my menu.