I add Vanilla Creme to most my teas, Valencia Orange to my lemonade, Husband adds Chocolate Raspberry to his strawberry smoothie and Rootbeer is my favorite in mineral water. Peppermint and Lemon are ordered an on their way...

You can get it at most health food stores. The flavored drops I found at whole foods, it is cheeper to buy them online from vitacost.com though.

Lots of us use our regular stuff, just do not rub it into the scalp, and rinse well. I used baking soda for my teeth, Tom's of Maine is a good alternative. Plain old baby oil, or mineral oil from the drug store for skin, apply just out of shower/bath and rub until you get dry. It is not utilized as a fat in the body. Bare Minerals for the make up if you use that type of thing. Nutrogena oil-free moisturizer for the face. Of course there are lots of specialy items you could get at the health food store, depends on the budget...try to stay away from anything that has sugars in it as well. Good luck on your journey!

blue, are you sure you should be off the RX during the diet?? I have read that some need to have their dosage changed after the weight loss, but have not heard of anyone "stopping" RX for the diet. I am not aware of stalling on Natural Calm, it was allowed by my Naturopath. Some other things that can help, while not on "protocol" of Dr. Simeon's were Emergen-C (lite only), mineral water sweetened with stevia, lots of flavors by Sweet leaf, the valencia orange makes a great orange crush! I did not do the Trudeau program, just read Pounds & inches by Dr Simeon's. You body will already be doing a detox by utilizing your stores of fat as energy. Lots of people used detox teas for help with getting things moving, but the Natural Calm will address that issue. I do use the "detox baths" 1C Epsom salt 1 C baking soda, 1 c sea salt in a tub of hot water. If all you have is the Epsom, available at any drug store cheap, use just that. (Everyone's budget is different, do the best you can with what you have!) I have had great success on my first round, going again in 2 weeks! good luck!

These were a few things that I did to help prepare for my hhcg diet. First, I took a look at what I thought would be difficult things to overcome (beside eating 500 cals per day!) that I was currently doing. For me, I am an early breakfast eater, and I knew it would be difficult for me to not eat anything until 10 or 10:30 in the morning. Also, I love cream and splenda in my morning coffee. About a week before the diet, I went through the withdrawals and starting waiting to eat breakfast until after 10, and I started drinking my coffee black with flavored stevia drops. I played with it until a found a taste I could live with! Once the diet started, I had already adjusted to these things and it made the diet so much easier to transition into.

So, I would recommend taking a look at your current eating and drinking habits and start making adjustments now. The fewer withdrawals you have to go through at once, the better!