Are There Any Certain Food Items That You Miss Since Starting The HCG Diet? As soon as the HCG 500 Calorie Diet begins there are only a few select things that you can eat. Eating these foods day after day can get quite bland and boring. It of coarse helps to use different recipes daily, but that can only do so much. And although the HCG Hormone helps to curb your hunger, you sometimes find yourself craving certain foods . These cravings may be brought on by the smell of food, or just because it is something you have enjoyed eating for a long time. But either way it is totally normal to experience these cravings. In fact, there were 3 things that I greatly missed during the HCG Diet... They were Subway Sandwiches, Mountain Dew, and Bug Hunk candy bars. I didn't eat them all at the same time, but for some reason these are the foods that I missed while on the diet. So what should you do when you start missing your favorite foods? Well, I don't recommend going out and ...