I know I’ve been confusing some of you with my AP alternate protocol terminology.
Basically, AP is not a specific hCG protocol, but rather a list of other ingredients that many of the various other hCG protocols out there utilize that are different from Dr. Simeons food list. When making the AP version hcgchicarecipes for P2, I basically had in mind the use of these other ingredients, within the general quantities that Dr. Simeons had notated (ie 100g of something, or a handful of this or that) – but since some people follow higher calorie protocols of 800 calories and things like that, they can also utilize the AP ingredients in a way to fit that. Lastly, some items that are very close to being calorie free or extremely low calorie we might utilize in a larger amount.
For instance, low calorie almond cashew milk – the brand I used for making some of our hot drink recipes has only 25 calories per cup- so we use 1/4 cup and 1/2 cup amounts in some of those recipes, which only has max 12.5 calories for the use of that ingredient and we feel is alright.
For a full list of the AP ingredients we utilize go here: AP list of foods
I hope this helps explain that a bit more. You can certainly just make your own protocol from the AP and SP list of foods.
EXAMPLE:
My 5th round I chose to do the 500 calories overall, but to have a larger variety of vegetables than the SP list of vegetables, and remove my fruits and replace with greek yogurt.
So my own little protocol was:
- 2 100g portions of meat protein per day, including AP sugar-free deli ham
- 2 60 calorie servings of fat free greek yogurt per day
- Miracle noodles as I desired (usually 1-2 bags per day in my soups) – P2 recipes with those here!
- Then fill in the rest of the remaining calories with P2 veggies, including alternate protocol items like: mushrooms (at lots of those my final p2), tiny amounts of raw carrot, zucchini, red bell pepper, broccoli.
- I also made a simple dressing of fat free greek yogurt, a little vinegar, and salt on my salads. It was so yummy.
I felt this approach worked well for me and I lost what I felt was a normal amount for how small I was getting (I started the round at a size 4 already).
My weight loss results from this round were:
Total net losses: 19.2 lbs
Average daily weight loss: .48 lbs/day over 40 vlcd’s (this is the normal amount and honestly on the high side for someone as small as I was).
Net losses minus loading: 17.6 lbs
Ending weight: 117.6 lbs
Starting Bodyfat Percent: 23.2%
Ending bodyfat percent: 18.8% bodyfat
Bodyfat percent loss: 4.4% – this is amazing to me, again given how thin I already was getting at this point.
