Friendly Foods List - Phase 2

Here is a breakdown of the approximate calories of each food allowed during the HCG diet. As a refresher, HCG, short for Human Chorionic Gonadotrophin is a hormone found in pregnant women that when taken allows a person to survive on a low calorie diet (500 calories a day) and in which case they are able to lose on average about a pound or two a day, all while maintaining a healthy physique and not experiencing the usual hunger pains that accompany many diets. Read “How I Lost 40 Pounds in 40 Days” for more information on this astounding diet

The actual food consumption consists of lunch and dinner (no breakfast) and the following items per meal:
3.5 ounces of selected lean meats (see below)
3.5 ounces of selected vegetables (see below)
1 Grissini Breadstick or Melba Toast
Selected fruit (see below)

You are encouraged to drink lots of water (I averaged over 100 ounces a day) and you can drink all the coffee and tea you want as well as moderate levels of 0 calorie diet sodas.

And now for the calorie count of allowable foods.

Fish (avg 98 calories)
Cod (3.5 oz) – 83 calories
Crab Meat (3.5 oz) – 100 calories
Flounder (3.5 oz) – 90 calories
Haddock (3.5 oz) – 88 calories
Halibut (3.5 oz) – 110 calories
Lobster (3.5 oz) – 98 calories
Red Snapper (3.5 oz) – 110 calories
Shrimp (3.5 oz) – 110 calories
Tilapia (3.5 oz) – 94 calories

Additional white fish are listed at the bottom of the page.

Very Lean Beef (avg 152 calories)
93/7 Lean Ground Beef (3.5 oz) – 150 calories
Cube Steak (3.5 oz) – 160 calories
Sirloin Tip Side Steaks (3.5 oz) – 130 calories
Top Round Steak (3.5 oz) – 166 calories
Tri-Tip Steak (3.5 oz) – 154 calories

Chicken
Chicken Breast (3.5 oz) – 87 calories

Veal (avg 114 calories)
Veal, sirloin (3.5 oz) – 110 calories
Veal, loin chop (3.5 oz) – 117 calories

Vegetables (avg 18.8 cal)
Asparagus (3.5 oz) – 20 calories
Asparagus (2″ tip) – 1 calories
Asparagus (small spear) – 2 calories
Asparagus (medium spear) – 3 calories
Asparagus (large spear) – 4 calories
Broccoli (3.5 oz) – 34 calories
Broccoli (1 cup – 88g) – 30 calories
Broccoli (5″ spear – 31 g) – 11 calories
Celery (3.5 oz) – 15 cal
Celery (medium stalk) – 6 calories
Cabbage (3.5 oz) – 24 calories
Cabbage (1 cup shredded) – 17 calories
Cauliflower (3.5 oz) – 22 calories
Cauliflower (1 cup) – 28 calories
Cauliflower (3 flowerets) – 12 calories
Cucumber (3.5 oz) – 12 calories
Cucumber (small) – 19 calories
Cucumber (medium) – 24 calories
Cucumber (large) – 34 calories
Cucumber (English long) – 60 calories
Lettuce, all varieties (3.5 oz) – 20 calories
Lettuce, all varieties (1 cup) – 8 calories
Lettuce, all varieties (small head) – 32 calories
Red Radishes (3.5 oz) – 12 calories
Red Radishes (one medium) – 1 calories
Spinach, raw (3.5 oz) – 20 calories
Spinach, raw (1 cup) – 7 calories
Spinach, frozen (3.5 oz) – 23 calories
Spinach, frozen (1 cup) – 41 calories
Spinach, cooked (3.5 oz) – 31 calories
Spinach, cooked (1 cup) – 48 calories
Tomato (3.5 oz) – 20 calories
Tomato (cherry) – 3 calories
Tomato (plumb) – 11 calories
Tomato (small) – 16 calories
Tomato (medium) – 22 calories
Tomato (large) – 33 calories

Fruit
Apple (small) – 55 calories
Apple (medium) – 72 calories
Apple (large) – 110 calories
Orange (navel) – 69 calories
Orange (Florida) – 65 calories
Orange (California) – 59 calories
Strawberries, 12 large – 72 calories
Strawberries, 20 medium – 80 calories
Pink Grapefruit (California) – 92 calories
Pink Grapefruit (Florida) – 74 calories

Bread
Grissini Breadstick (3 g) – 12 calories
Melba Toast (3 gram) – 12 calories
Melba Toast (5 gram) – 20 calories

White Fish List
Ayr
Cat Fish
Cod
Coley
Dover Sole
Flounder
Flying Fish
Haddock
Hake
Halibut
Hoki
John Dory
Kalabasu
Lemon Sole
Ling
Monk Fish
Parrot Fish
Plaice
Pollack
Pomfret
Red & Grey Mullet
Red Fish
Red Snapper
Rock Salmon/Dogfish
Rohu
Sea Bass
Sea Bream
Shark
Skate
Tilapia Turbot
Whiting

Keep in mind that all the above calorie counts on meats and vegetables do not include any sauces, salad dressing or butter. You are in fact encouraged not to us sauces such as barbecue sauce on meats nor any salad dressings on salads or butter on vegetables.