The
protocol correction day is called "skipping a meal". Most call it a
steak day. It involves eating a large steak and either a raw apple or tomato for dinner and nothing else but liquids for the day. You can read everything the
protocol has to say about it here:
http://hcgdietinfo.com/hCG-Diet-Manu...rotocol-77.htm
The steak day is the preferred correction day for going over your 2 pound window, and the only one that is considered on-protocol, except for the correction specified for protein deficiency, also known as a
high protein day:
http://hcgdietinfo.com/hCG-Diet-Manu...ht-Loss-81.htm.
That is two eggs for breakfast and a huge steak for lunch and dinner followed by a large helping of cheese.
Some find that steak day doesn't work well for them, or it stops working after a time. There are times when you need to do a steak day, but its inconvenient either for the timing or because you aren't prepared. The topic provides some options you can try, collected from reports made around these forums.
This is anecdotal evidence gathered through trial and error of alternate correction days that work as well or better than the steak day. The following list is of methods that have multiple reports of success. If you have discovered something different that has worked for you, please post about it in this topic.
Linda Prinster high protein day: Lots of water throughout the day, don't eat till lunch: whole can of tuna or chicken with mayo on lettuce or celery. Dinner: big portion of protein with small salad and 0-1 carb dressing such as ranch. If extremely hungry in the morning, you can have 2 eggs. This method is meant to ward off a looming steak day.
Projected loss: about a pound.
The following alternate correction day options have been regularly reported to achieve losses of 2-4 pounds. All have enough calories to use in P3. With all of them, drink water and other liquids during the day as well.
Steak Day meat variation Do the protocol steak day as otherwise written, but instead of a steak use a roast of pork, beef or lamb, short ribs, fatty ground beef, salmon, or dark meat chicken. Extra fat in the form of coconut oil, olive oil, butter and bacon can be added if you don't feel the meat is fatty enough.
Chicken Thigh day: Bake chicken with skin on and eat till satisfied whenever hungry all day.
Chicken Day: Eat a whole 3-5 pound roasted chicken throughout the day.
FFF greek yogurt day (Full Fat Fage): A quart of greek yogurt plus 8 oz berries eaten throughout the day. If you can't get full fat greek yogurt in your area, you can create it by adding 3/4 C. heavy cream to your quart of low or no-fat greek yogurt.
Egg day: Eat up to a dozen eggs throughout the day. Boiled, fried, poached, deviled. Its all good. You can add mayonnaise, butter, cheese and sugar free relish.
Fat Fast day: Eat every two hours or so at around 200 calories, and stay above 80% fat at each mini-meal. Good choices: Macadamia nuts, cream cheese bombs, lemon truffles or cocoa crack, avocado, mayo, butter, bacon, heavy cream. This is inspired by the Atkins Fat Fast which is recommended as a 3 day plan. As an HCG correction day, do not continue for longer than one day, as it is too low in protein. Some 200 calorie meal ideas can be found in the
What to Eat section of this blog page:
https://www.ruled.me/using-fat-fasting-technique/ A variation of Fat Fast day is
Nut day, which follows the same "dosing" rules, but each meal is made up of only nuts.
Apple/Cheese day: Eat 2 apples + 2 ounces of cheese at each meal for a total of 6 apples and 6 ounces cheese. Size and variety of apple does not matter. Choose any cheese you like or mix it up.
Hybrid Steak Day Same as protocol steak day, except you have either a protein shake or a cup of greek yogurt with 1/2 C berries for breakfast.
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