HCG Diet Phase 4

What is HCG Diet Phase 4?

Phase 4 is also known as your “lifetime phase”. This is when you are free to eat real food. However, you still have to avoid processed foods. This is not about food portioning or calorie cutting. It is about maintaining your weight loss for the rest of your life. It has no calorie restrictions but it still demands eating discipline. You have to see if your food is working for you or not. Observe if the food that you have been eating if it fits for maintaining weight or not. 

Gradually Increase Calorie Intake

The HCG diet involves a low-calorie phase, during which you will lose the most weight. That’s why you want to slowly and gradually increase your calorie intake. Start by increasing your daily calories by 200 calories the first week, and then gradually increase them until you reach 1500 calories.

Foods help supply energy to your body. It is important especially if you are maintaining your weight loss. Choose the foods that are filling and help you eat less and maintain fullness. Eating the allowed foods in weight loss maintenance can help you shed pounds. It is important to know that P4 is not about losing more pounds anymore. This is about maintaining your weight loss goal as you start to load on real foods.

Gradually Increase Starches and Sugars

In addition to slowly increasing your calorie intake, you also need to pay close attention to what you’re eating.  The weight loss protocol during phase 2 forbids sugars and starchy foods while also being a low-fat regimen. To begin with, you can consider this phase as a low-carb one and slowly reintroduce healthy fats into your diet. 

Focus on eating whole foods, which provide you with essential nutrients, and no empty calories. You should also be moderate about starchy vegetables, such as beans, potatoes, and carbs, such as rice, pasta, and bread. Once again, your body and metabolism will need some time to adjust to these minor changes.

The P4 Food List on the HCG Diet

• Chickpeas, kidney beans, navy beans, and almonds
• Pecans, cashew, pistachios, walnuts, yams
• Acorn squash, macadamias, legumes and carrots
• All kinds of cheese, heavy cream, and parmesan
• Mango, banana, apple, plum, and grapes
• Kiwi, peach, watermelon, chestnuts
• Pork and beef meat, turkey and chicken
• Yoghurt, milk, mustard, and peanut
• Whole wheat pasta, rice, and oatmeal

Tips on How to Go Back to Normal Routine 

1. Eat organic food. These are more nutritious than common products. Organic foods are guilt-free too. It has more health benefits such as keeping your blood pressure and sugar levels. 
2. Avoid eating fast foods. The foods in the restaurant and fast foods are loaded with unhealthy ingredients. Cook at home and prepare your own meal. 
3. Cleanse through hydration. Water is important even after your HCG diet. This will wash out toxins, excess calories and burned fats from your body. Water is also helpful in cleaning your kidney. 
4. Do not skip your meals. Meals are important, especially breakfast. Skipping meals can cause extreme hunger. This will cause you to overeat in your next meal. Foods are important for the supply of energy in your body. 
5. Read food labels. Reading food labels will help you avoid unhealthy food chemicals. This will prevent you from loading too many calories, sugar or carbs.

Can You Exercise on Phase 4 of the HCG Diet

Phase 4 is also the time that you can increase your exercise routine. This is allowed because you will not be doing VLCD. A light exercise routine can help you stave off calories in your body. This is also helpful in maintaining healthy muscles, bones, and heart.

Manage your intake of foods especially if you are on the first week of the P4. Help your body to adjust more food choices and make sure that you will not end up gaining weight. The key to successfully maintaining your weight loss goal is healthy loading and following the HCG protocol.