Maintenance/Stabilization Phase
The maintenance phase (or phase 3) is the period after you finish your HCG drops or injections.
Dr Simeons outlines a few rules here:
- You must weigh yourself every day
- You must remain within 2 pounds of your last injection weight (over or under)
- You cannot eat sugars and starches (which are carbohydrates minus the fibre)
It is essential to eat plenty of protein during this period; many people can eat at least 100 grams of true protein (about 400 grams of actual meat weighed raw). If you exceed 2 pounds, you must do a steak day immediately.
When you start the maintenance/stabilization process, increase your calories to at least 1500 daily.
Don’t try to continue the 800-calorie diet after the hCG is out of your system because you will become weak and tired, and your body will begin to go into ‘shutdown’ mode where it doesn’t burn calories.
This will completely ruin Phase 2, and you’ll have to start all over. Don’t worry; your weight will go up and down a bit during the first week or two; this is normal.
Use healthy fats and dairy products to up your calorie intake if necessary. Drink enough water. Get your sleep.
Helpful Lists
The exact carb count depends on serving size. Remember, when counting carbs in vegetables, the fibre is not trusted and can be subtracted from the total.
The primary veggies to be avoided when reducing carbohydrates are the starchier vegetables:
- Beets
- Carrots
- Corn
- Parsnips
- Peas
- Plantains
- Potatoes (in all forms)
- Winter Squashes (particularly butternut)
Eat Low Sugar Fruit
- Rhubarb
- Strawberries
- Cranberries
- Raspberries
- Blackberries
- Blueberries
- Grapefruit
- Melons
- Apricots
- Plums
- Peaches
- Pears
- Guava
- Cherries
- Apples
- Papaya
Be sure to read food labels and check if sugar is added to a product before buying it.
Other names for sugar – AVOID!
- Brown sugar
- Corn syrup
- Demerara Sugar
- Dextrose
- Free Flowing Brown Sugars
- Fructose
- Galactose
- Glucose
- High Fructose Corn Syrup
- Honey
- Invert Sugar
- Lactose
- Malt
- Maltodextrin
- Maltose
- Maple syrup
- Molasses
- Muscovado or Barbados Sugar
- Panocha
- Powdered or confectioner’s sugar
- Rice Syrup
- Sucrose
- Sugar (granulated)
- Treacle
- Turbinado sugar