Day 1 & 2 (First and Second days of Injection) You must eat to capacity of the most fattening food you can get down until you have had the third injection. You should eat more than usual, this is to ensure all normal and structural fat is full

Day 3 is when you begin this 500 Cal diet (VLCD). Every item in the list is gone over carefully, continually stressing the point that no variations other than those listed may be introduced. All things not listed are forbidden, and the patient is assured that nothing permissible has been left out. The 100 grams of meat must be scrupulously weighed raw after all visible fat has been removed. To do this accurately the patient must have a letter-scale, as kitchen scales are not sufficiently accurate and the butcher should certainly not be relied upon. Those patients who feel that even so little food is too much for them, can omit anything they wish.

Liquids

Any amount of liquid can be drunk as long as you drink at least 2 liters.

Water

Coffee

Tea

1 TBSP (tablespoon) of milk a day (optional)

Meat

You can have 2 servings of meat a day. Do not combine the servings. Each serving is 100 grams (3.5 oz). All meat is to be weighed raw (before cooking). Remove all visible fat before weighing. Occasionally when the thought of meat is disgusting you can have a total of 2 eggs in this combination one whole and 3 whites ether boiled, poached or raw. Or 100 grams of skimmed milk cottage cheese. No other cheeses. If you are a vegetarian you can substitute the meat for 500 cc of skimmed milk. You can turn the milk into curds.

Allowed meat is:

· Veal

· Beef

· Kidneys

· Chicken Breast (this means only the breast from chicken only no other bird. Take the meat from the bone before cooking.)

· Fresh white fish (no salmon, eel, herring, mackerel, dried, or pickled fish)

· Lobster

· Crabs

· Shrimp

· Prawns

Vegetables

Do not mix the vegetables; you can have 2 servings a day

Spinach Fennel

Chard Onions

Beet Greens Red Radishes

Green Salad Cucumbers

Tomatoes Asparagus

Celery Cabbage

Fruit

2 fruits a day do not eat a the same time

1 Apple

1 Orange (not tangerines)

1 handful of strawberries

½ grapefruit

Breads

2 breads a day not to be eaten at the same time

1 Melba toast

1 Grissini

The juice of one lemon can be used daily. Any spices are OK. Vinegar is good to have. Sweeteners can be used I. No fat, oil, butter, or dressing. You do not have to eat all the food allotted for one day. If you do not eat from a food group it can not be added to the next days amount. Specially prepared unsweetened low calorie foods can be eaten Just be care full and do hog wild.

The diet is 500 calories a day. The daily food intake should include 200 grams of meat or protein. If you are a vegetarian you can substitute the meat for 500 cc of skimmed milk. You can turn the milk into curds.

There is no objection to breaking up the two meals. For instance having a breadstick and an apple for breakfast or before going to bed, provided they are deducted from the regular meals. The whole daily ration of two breadsticks or two fruits may not be eaten at the same time, nor can any item saved from the previous day be added on the following day. In the beginning patients are advised to check every meal against their diet sheet before starting to eat and not to rely on their memory. It is also worth pointing out that any attempt to observe this diet without HCG will lead to trouble in two to three days.

It should also be mentioned that two small apples weighing as much as one large one never the less have a higher caloric value and are therefore not allowed though there is no restriction on the size of one apple. Some people do not realize that chicken breast does not mean the breast of any other fowl, nor does it mean a wing or drumstick.