500 Calorie Diet Meal Plan

Phase 2 of HCG diet limits your calorie intake to 500 calories a day. It sounds scary but it works. It can also be relatively easy as long as you follow the guidelines. You might find the menu a bit boring but with some planning and some ingenuity, you can see your pounds melt off. On your HCG Diet VLCD, you can’t just eat whatever you want to eat. It can’t just be any calories as well. So, better stick to your meal plan in order to maximize your results.

What’s for breakfast?

• Tea
• Coffee

Breakfast should strictly be liquids according to Dr. Simeons original protocol and absolutely NO sugar! Other option includes water with fresh lemon juice and one tbsp. of milk per day. Stevia and Saccharin may be used.

What’s for lunch and dinner?

Lunch and dinner menu are the same- a combination of one protein, one fruit, one vegetable, and one carb.

• Protein choices- Click here for the HCG Food List Calorie Count for your protein choices. Each protein serving is 100 grams or 3.5 oz. (only 2 servings per day).

You are NOT allowed to have the following:

• Tuna
• Herring
• Dried and pickled fish
• Salmon
• Eel
• Vegetable choices- Have a healthy vegetable in your every meal. Each serving size is 3.5 oz. or 100 grams.
• Fruit choices– Have one fruit for each meal.
• Starch choices– Have one starch for each meal.

What’s for a snack? 

• Snack choices– You can eat your Grissini stick, Melba toast or fruits in between lunch or dinner.
• Have a drink- If you weight 200, drink 100 ounces per day. See to it you drink half of your weight in ounces.

Example meal plan

Breakfast: Coffee with one tbsp. milk

Lunch: 100 grams shrimp, 100 grams asparagus, small orange, 1 Melba toast

Dinner: 100 grams beef, 3.5 oz. tomatoes, ½ grapefruit, 1 breadstick

Breaking up your meals

You can break up your meal. You can have an apple or Grissini stick for snack or breakfast as long as you deduct it from your dinner or lunch. However, you cannot have 2 fruits or 2 Grissini sticks at the same time.