Sometimes even though high sodium is allowed on this diet if you consume too much it causes water retention as well. If she hit any plateaus she should have done an apple day. Also tons of water and diet green tea would have been helpful. Exercise isn't required but it can definitely help. Another thing is making sure she ate the right foods. Some of these diet sites give out the wrong serving sizes or say you can eat things that aren't even allowed on the diet or give the wrong portion sizes. She could also have a thyroid issue or if she is taking any other medications this could have slowed down the process as well. There are some products on the market that are good for helping further boost the metabolism while on the HCG she could also try some B12 supplements they do one at my health food store with liquid stevia in it and it works really well with the diet. Hope this helps and good luck to your friend! =]

you might have her skip her melbas for a couple days and see if it increases. melbas make me have smaller losses. If it's not those then maybe try eating the same fruit for a couple days and see how that goes, or omitting the fruit altogether for a couple days. Is she "regular"?