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vickianne17
vickianne17 Posts: 16 Member
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I was really tired of the long stall so have gone on the Releana HCG diet for the past three weeks. It is the real hormone...where I am medically supervised and all that. And.....I have lost 17 pounds so far! Hooray! And I feel great. I think I will finish this month and then do one more month. After that i will go back on the low carb, which is actually the maintenance part of the Releana program, and be content to continue to lose the rest of the weight slowly. Anyone else ever tried this?

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  • Binkie1955
    Binkie1955 Posts: 329 Member
    HCG is a pregnancy hormone. The FDA has approved hCG only as a fertility drug treatment, and it recently issued warnings to seven companies marketing over-the-counter hCG products labeled “homeopathic” for weight loss. Among possible hCG side effects? Breast enlargement (even in men) , irritability, headache, depression, water weight, hair thinning, nausea, and diarrhea.
  • graysmom2005
    graysmom2005 Posts: 1,882 Member
    Honey, we are a very supportive group of people here...so I don't want to be UNsupportive...but any "dr" who has you on the HCG diet is no doctor I would go to. It is very, very dangerous. Search for HCG on this forum and you will see that pretty much everyone that has done it gains the weight back...and more...and can't lose weight properly again...or ended up hospitalized. Please, please don't do it. Slow and steady wins the race. ((HUGS))
  • SOOZIE429
    SOOZIE429 Posts: 638 Member
    Honey, we are a very supportive group of people here...so I don't want to be UNsupportive...but any "dr" who has you on the HCG diet is no doctor I would go to. It is very, very dangerous. Search for HCG on this forum and you will see that pretty much everyone that has done it gains the weight back...and more...and can't lose weight properly again...or ended up hospitalized. Please, please don't do it. Slow and steady wins the race. ((HUGS))

    ^ THIS!!!!
  • msjames1999
    msjames1999 Posts: 528 Member
    bump!
  • Golightly17
    Golightly17 Posts: 347 Member
    My hairstylist tried HCG after she had her baby. It was really effective in dropping the lbs fast- I think she said it was like 18 lbs in a couple of weeks. However, after she went off of it, the weight came back with a vengeance and it became harder for her to lose anything. I soooo wish there was a magic pill, if there was I'd be on it!!

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