HCG DIET IS DANGEROUS!!!
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To me, 500 calories of good, healthy and clean food is a lot better than 1500+ of not eating so healthy.
That am going to most defenitly have to agree with!
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I was about as skeptical as someone can get when I first heard about this diet. And I have tried many over the years, and finally came to the realization about 5 years ago that the only way to lose weight is to eat less and move more. And, while I had lost weight doing this, I couldn't seem to keep it off, even with the help of MFP. So, I researched this and talked with my doctor and this program is very detailed and very watched by my doctor.
Yes, its true that if you only eat 500 calories you will lose weight for a couple days, however, no one can keep this up. Unless you are also taking HCG. The HCG makes your body burn the fat (cottage cheese fat) using 1500-2000 calories per day, which is why while on this program you are not hungry. If not for the HCG, you would be starving.
"No one can stay on the 500 calories for the rest of their life". Very true and I would hope not! There are too many good foods out there to enjoy to do that to yourself. When phase 1 is over, you start maintanence which is what I am in and all the good foods I'm allowed to eat for the 3 weeks is amazing and very yummy. The only restrictions are pastas, flours and sugar, which, if you want to be honest with yourself, those are 3 things you should avoid for the most part anyway. Have them in moderation. I started maintanence Saturday and cannot eat all the 1500 calories that my doctor wants me to eat yet. The most I've gotten in is around 1210. I eat all kinds of good foods and lots of fresh veggies and fruits. The program says that after phase 1, you HAVE to eat 1400-1500 calories per day. Your body is used to burning that much daily from the HCG and you need to eat. It doesn't want you to starve. If you follow the program step by step, and not do your own thing than it works and is safe in my opinion. I am still losing on the maintanence program. This morning I had lost 0.6 pounds, yesterday 0.2 pounds and the day before 1 pound. I am stuffed and still losing. Before I did this program, I was eating 1300-1400 and not losing anything. This really jump starts the metabolism and resets everything. I feel great! The program also doesn't allow for repeats without a certain amount of down time between sets. In my opinion, this was just what I needed to get my 43 year old sluggish body going again.0 -
Only A, D, K, and E are able to be stored.
Water soluble vitamins are NOT stored in the body and those are necessary too -
These are all water-soluble vitamins:
•vitamin B6
•vitamin B12
•vitamin C
•biotin
•folic acid
•niacin
•pantothenic acid
•riboflavin
•thiamin
Minerals are essential nutrients that your body needs in small amounts to work properly. We need them in the form they are found in food.
Minerals can be found in varying amounts in a variety of foods such as meat, cereals (including cereal products such as bread), fish, milk and dairy foods, vegetables, fruit (especially dried fruit) and nuts.
Minerals are necessary for three main reasons:
•building strong bones and teeth
•controlling body fluids inside and outside cells
•turning the food we eat into energy
These are all essential minerals:
•calcium
•iron
•magnesium
•phosphorus
•potassium
•sodium
•sulphur
Well if you look at the foods you are allowed to eat on this diet, you would see that all of them contain the vitamins and minerals that your body needs. They are fruits, veggies, some seafood, chicken and beef. So, you get as much as you need through what you eat. If you dont think you are, take a multivitamin or prenatal vitamin in addition like I do. Its just that simple. You know in one day I can have a huge lemon pepper chicken salad with cucumbers on it, steak, half of a grilled pepper, steamed green beans, peaches, apples, celery sticks and drink lots of water, and I splurge a little and drink zero calorie soda every once in a while. So, I am eating soooo much healthier than I used to, and eating enough food so that I am not hungry anymore. And yes, that is within 500 calories for all of that. When you are on this diet you realize just how many calories are in the bad things that you eat.0 -
I have lost every single pound in the ticker below by eating healthily and exercising!
I will say though, people are very quick to become extremely defensive about their diet plan! This is an almost worldwide forum and people are allowed to state their own opinions or share with people articles they may have found regarding certain diets. This happens with many different diets several times a month and it will continue!
All I ask is that people defend their opinions in a calm and friendly manner. If the "special" diet is working for you...then congrats! If healthy eating and exercising is working for you...excellent! Does it matter how people get to their goal weight? as long as they are doing it correctly and safely!
But with any diet plan, even healthy eating and exercise, there is a safe way to do it. Anything that isn't safe...like stupid quick fix soup diets should not be promoted on this site.
If you are considering taking up any type of diet, then please consult your physcian or GP first... :flowerforyou:0 -
I have lost every single pound in the ticker below by eating healthily and exercising!
I will say though, people are very quick to become extremely defensive about their diet plan! This is an almost worldwide forum and people are allowed to state their own opinions or share with people articles they may have found regarding certain diets. This happens with many different diets several times a month and it will continue!
All I ask is that people defend their opinions in a calm and friendly manner. If the "special" diet is working for you...then congrats! If healthy eating and exercising is working for you...excellent! Does it matter how people get to their goal weight? as long as they are doing it correctly and safely!
But with any diet plan, even healthy eating and exercise, there is a safe way to do it. Anything that isn't safe...like stupid quick fix soup diets should not be promoted on this site.
If you are considering taking up any type of diet, then please consult your physcian or GP first... :flowerforyou:
The original poster should have expected for people to become defensive by posting that HCG is Dangerous !!!!
If you have not read, researched or tried it yourself, the comments should be kept to yourself.
Who are you, the original poster or anyone else that feels it is dangerous without having 1 page of the Protocol to comment and say that anything is unhealthy??
Me, weighing 220 pounds on a 5' 3" frame is more unhealthy than the HCG diet. I KNOW HOW TO EAT PROPERLY. Unlike most people on this site, I don't need to learn healthy habits.
I CAN'T LOSE WEIGHT ANY OTHER WAY DUE TO MY THYROID ISSUES, PCOS, DIABETES AND A PITUITARY TUMOR. I also suffer from Adrenal Gland Fatigue..............And guess which gland is at the heart of the Pituitary, Thyroid and the Adrenal Glands??????
Guess, guess?????
It is the Hypothalamus. WOW, just WOW..............Isn't it amazing how it is inter-connected with the other glands of the Endocrine system and because it controls so much, NO wonder I can't lose weight any other way...............
My doctor told me this is the ONLY way for me to get back to the weight I USED TO BE................. So for me, there is no other way. There are others in this world that are the same.
The thing is - The Simeons Protocol is VERY CLEAN...............We are only eating protein, veggies and fruit. We just eat specified serving amounts and this causes the body to utilize its own fat for the rest of calories that it needs.
That is the whole point of trying to lose weight anyway.
So, my comment and concern is - You have NO room to say a word if you have not researched it for yourself first..............0 -
There is always going to be two sides to this whole HCG diet... in my opinion, to each his own.. the diet has worked for some and hasnt worked for others. All I can do is wish luck to anybody who is going through with this HCG diet... That is all. 0
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I have lost every single pound in the ticker below by eating healthily and exercising!
I will say though, people are very quick to become extremely defensive about their diet plan! This is an almost worldwide forum and people are allowed to state their own opinions or share with people articles they may have found regarding certain diets. This happens with many different diets several times a month and it will continue!
All I ask is that people defend their opinions in a calm and friendly manner. If the "special" diet is working for you...then congrats! If healthy eating and exercising is working for you...excellent! Does it matter how people get to their goal weight? as long as they are doing it correctly and safely!
But with any diet plan, even healthy eating and exercise, there is a safe way to do it. Anything that isn't safe...like stupid quick fix soup diets should not be promoted on this site.
If you are considering taking up any type of diet, then please consult your physcian or GP first... :flowerforyou:
The original poster should have expected for people to become defensive by posting that HCG is Dangerous !!!!
If you have not read, researched or tried it yourself, the comments should be kept to yourself.
Who are you, the original poster or anyone else that feels it is dangerous without having 1 page of the Protocol to comment and say that anything is unhealthy??
Me, weighing 220 pounds on a 5' 3" frame is more unhealthy than the HCG diet. I KNOW HOW TO EAT PROPERLY. Unlike most people on this site, I don't need to learn healthy habits.
I CAN'T LOSE WEIGHT ANY OTHER WAY DUE TO MY THYROID ISSUES, PCOS, DIABETES AND A PITUITARY TUMOR. I also suffer from Adrenal Gland Fatigue..............And guess which gland is at the heart of the Pituitary, Thyroid and the Adrenal Glands??????
Guess, guess?????
It is the Hypothalamus. WOW, just WOW..............Isn't it amazing how it is inter-connected with the other glands of the Endocrine system and because it controls so much, NO wonder I can't lose weight any other way...............
My doctor told me this is the ONLY way for me to get back to the weight I USED TO BE................. So for me, there is no other way. There are others in this world that are the same.
The thing is - The Simeons Protocol is VERY CLEAN...............We are only eating protein, veggies and fruit. We just eat specified serving amounts and this causes the body to utilize its own fat for the rest of calories that it needs.
That is the whole point of trying to lose weight anyway.
So, my comment and concern is - You have NO room to say a word if you have not researched it for yourself first..............
theres always one....as long as it's working for you...does it really matter what anyone else is saying?
and my post was directed at posts exactly like this!
freedom of speech...really is a wonderful thing when people accept that others have differing opinions0 -
This is my last post on this thread.
Please don't encourage people to embark on such a drastic diet without their physicians monitoring. NO extreme diet should be attempted without first discussing with your doctor and being carefully checked throughout.
So if it works for YOU, under your doctor's supervision, congrats! But that doesn't mean it is wise for anyone to just jump in without any medical supervision. Having specific medical issues which indicate that this sort of diet might be helpful is a big difference from promoting that it is completely safe for everyone.
Bottom line
>> Check with your doctor first!0 -
Again, I'm a newbie and on day 1 of the low cal phase of HcG drops. BUT, I can tell you that last week at my dr. appt, my dr. wants me to do medifast -- FULL fast -- NOTHING to eat - just 5 shakes a day. And he said I could do this for 4-6 months!! Total caloric intake there is about 400 cals. For me, I'd much rather get to eat 2 meals a day of a lean protein and a fruit serving and a veggie serving at each of those 2 meals versus drink down a chalky, horrible tasting shake (I can safely say this as I did MFast several years ago.) Sure I gained the weight back but only because I stopped cold turkey and then went right back into bad eating habits.
It also took many years to gain it back.
And "healthy" is all in the eyes of the beholder. I'm 5'2" almost 100 lbs overweight. My weight alone puts me at a huge risk of heart attack and stroke. Not to mention both my parents were dead at age 49 from heart attack. My grandparents suffered several strokes, diabetes, you name it. Ironically, my blood work is perfect - always has been. My cholesterol -- everything is what you'd expect an elite athletes to be. So for me, this is a choice and maybe a risk (eating extreme low calories for 30 days) but my weight now far outweighs the risk of eating 500 calories for a few weeks. I've done everything out there to lose and it just isn't happening. Like so many, I can eat 1200 calories and work out 2 hours a day and the most I will lose will be 10 pounds. That just doesn't cut it when I'm facing such an uphill battle of the bulge.
HcG is not a lifelong commitment but healthy eating is. HcG is just a tool to help get on the right road - at least that is how I see it.
Such a hot topic today!!0 -
This is my last post on this thread.
Please don't encourage people to embark on such a drastic diet without their physicians monitoring. NO extreme diet should be attempted without first discussing with your doctor and being carefully checked throughout.
So if it works for YOU, under your doctor's supervision, congrats! But that doesn't mean it is wise for anyone to just jump in without any medical supervision. Having specific medical issues which indicate that this sort of diet might be helpful is a big difference from promoting that it is completely safe for everyone.
Bottom line
>> Check with your doctor first!
I have never said to do anything without doctor approval or supervision first and foremost..............
How many people actually do this though? There are very few.............
I have always had a physical, complete with blood work before starting calorie counting, low fat, low carb and now this. I want to be able to check the stats of my blood work from the beginning, middle and end...........
So far so good for me. I have even started getting monthly cycles again and for me that is a huge feat. I hadn't had a cycle since March 2009 before then.............
Even for anyone joining this site and doing the "regular calorie counting" thing and exercising................SUPPOSED TO GET CHECKED OUT WITH YOUR DOCTOR FIRST...........
How many of you calorie counters went and got a physical and approval from your doctors before starting that Journey?
It's starting to sound a bit hypocritical to me.0 -
There is always going to be two sides to this whole HCG diet... in my opinion, to each his own.. the diet has worked for some and hasnt worked for others. All I can do is wish luck to anybody who is going through with this HCG diet... That is all.
i agree....any plan has positive and negative "press"...just because it works for one does not mean it will work for another...all "quick" fixes seem to get "heat" because we have been taught that slow and steady wins the race....that doing it the "old-fashioned" way is the the "right" way...if this HCG plan is something that interests you then research it, talk to others, talk to your dr and decide if it is right for you...
and while i agree that the extremes of any plan scare many people i also understand the need for some to go to extremes to get their lives back, whether it be with HCG or lap band or excessive exercise....
while i'd love to have this weight off quicker and "easier" for me, eating right and moving my *kitten* is the way to go....
good luck to all who try other methods, i wish you the best.....0 -
im prolly gonna get torn a new one for saying this...but how on earth is it "cleansing your body of toxins" if you are filling it with artificial hormones/chemicals to take the hunger away? Even if its a natural hormone that occurs in the body, its not one that you are producing, so therefore, it's artificial? Are they stealing homrones from these pregnant woman and cutting them with liquids to make it into these drops...how are these drops manufactured?
I think whoever the doc that invented this is one smart man cause he is making a lot of money off very desperate people. The way to decrease your appitite is to eat less and drink more water, eventually your stomach will shrink ...just my thoughts...0 -
Oh boy, :laugh: there's at least one of these posts a week, lol. If your doing the HCG diet and it works for you great, if not and something else does GREAT. Just like every other diet, way of eating, working out, may work for some and not others. Hope you all find a healthy way to lose the weight or reach your goals and keep it off :flowerforyou:0
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I don't disagree with you, anything that requires you to be on a 500 calorie a day diet cannot possibly be good for you. However, just to be clear, it is not illegal for a doctor to prescribe something to treat a condition other than what it is intended for, physicians are permitted to prescribe "off-label". Pharmaceutical companies cannot market their products to doctors for any other use than whatever FDA approved it for...but whatever the doc decides to prescribe the drug for once it's out there on the market is pretty much his call. For example, my son's neurologist prescribed a beta-blocker (a blood pressure medication) for him, that he takes every day, not because he had high blood pressure, but to prevent migraines.
What I'm trying to figure out is why HCG would decrease appetite. Having been pregnant (and therefore full of that hormone) twice, I can guarantee you my appetite was not suppressed, quite the opposite in fact!! I wonder if the appetite drops off because of a slowed-down metabolism caused by eating so little...?
No, the appetitie tapers off due to the fat in your body being utilized as the same as calories eaten.
I am doing my plan under doctor supervision. She prescribed the HCG for the injectiions, is meeting with me every 3 weeks and tracking my progress, including my food journal.
As long as you are adhering to the plan, your body has enough fat to burn and you will NOT go into starvation mode.
I am sorry, but from I have seen this is close to what an anorexic does. Check out pro-ana websites. The people on there try to stay under 500 a day, but sometimes even less. IMO any doctor that prescribes this is crazy. Talk to a nutritionist before you do something so drastic.0 -
:sick: Is there not a better way to get HCG than to extract it from prego womens urine?!0
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im prolly gonna get torn a new one for saying this...but how on earth is it "cleansing your body of toxins" if you are filling it with artificial hormones/chemicals to take the hunger away? Even if its a natural hormone that occurs in the body, its not one that you are producing, so therefore, it's artificial? Are they stealing homrones from these pregnant woman and cutting them with liquids to make it into these drops...how are these drops manufactured?
I think whoever the doc that invented this is one smart man cause he is making a lot of money off very desperate people. The way to decrease your appitite is to eat less and drink more water, eventually your stomach will shrink ...just my thoughts...
The doctor that researched, documented and developed this plan is no longer alive. He was researching, documenting and developing this plan all the way back in the 1940's.................WAY BEFORE WE WERE ALIVE............0 -
I don't disagree with you, anything that requires you to be on a 500 calorie a day diet cannot possibly be good for you. However, just to be clear, it is not illegal for a doctor to prescribe something to treat a condition other than what it is intended for, physicians are permitted to prescribe "off-label". Pharmaceutical companies cannot market their products to doctors for any other use than whatever FDA approved it for...but whatever the doc decides to prescribe the drug for once it's out there on the market is pretty much his call. For example, my son's neurologist prescribed a beta-blocker (a blood pressure medication) for him, that he takes every day, not because he had high blood pressure, but to prevent migraines.
What I'm trying to figure out is why HCG would decrease appetite. Having been pregnant (and therefore full of that hormone) twice, I can guarantee you my appetite was not suppressed, quite the opposite in fact!! I wonder if the appetite drops off because of a slowed-down metabolism caused by eating so little...?
No, the appetitie tapers off due to the fat in your body being utilized as the same as calories eaten.
I am doing my plan under doctor supervision. She prescribed the HCG for the injectiions, is meeting with me every 3 weeks and tracking my progress, including my food journal.
As long as you are adhering to the plan, your body has enough fat to burn and you will NOT go into starvation mode.
I am sorry, but from I have seen this is close to what an anorexic does. Check out pro-ana websites. The people on there try to stay under 500 a day, but sometimes even less. IMO any doctor that prescribes this is crazy. Talk to a nutritionist before you do something so drastic.
This is not the same......................The HCG burns your fat therefore you can not compare ME to an anorexic.
My doctor who is a naturopathic doctor is also a nutritionist. She knows what she is doing.
I was against this diet at first, then I read and researched. I EDUCATED MYSELF.................I never made these assumptions and ludicrious comments to anyone before I read about it and researched it for myself............
I, for one do NOT comment on things I am not knowlegable of. Unlike a lot of other people.......................
She asked me to dedicate myself to 1 round and see how everything goes. Which I did and I feel a whole lot better. So I will continue to do the rounds as i did with this one until I lose all the weight I need to lose.
The HCG Protocol will not let you lose more weight than your body will allow it to, unlike anorexics..............0 -
Oooh how I wish there was a like button on some of these comments!
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So some people really dont have the will power to just eat healthy and exercise on their own? It seems to me that we as people are always looking for a miracle cure for everything and just cant deal with the "work" that has to go into anything. Its actually kinda sad that people would rather take hormones not naturally in there body then get off there rump and exercise and count calories.... Are you really in love with food that much that you need a "cure" to being fat? I'm really sorry for those people.0
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I personally wouldn't do this diet, but that's because I don't take medication in the long term and I have actual fitness goals, not just weight loss goals. I do wonder... what happens to your muscle tissue, by the end of this program?0
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The way I see it, DO NOT BE A HYPOCRITE and tell me what I am doing is unhealthy when so many people are admitting to starting a calorie counting or exercise regime without going to the doctor to be checked out prior to embarking on their journey.........
You have NO right to tell anyone else what they are doing is wrong. Especially when you didn't do what you should have done for their health in the first place.
A lot of people that posted here made my point on what I was talking about................
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/117386-how-many-of-you-went-and-got-a-physical-and-approval-from-yo?page=1#posts-16010720 -
If one wants to be educated about this protocol, it is easy to read the Pounds & Inches manuscript. Everything you need to know is there.
You don't feel hungry, because the hcg is liberating stored fat and allowing it to be used for energy.
From my experience, here's what happens when I exercise and eat right:
I loose some weight. My boobs shrink. My biceps get huge, my quads get huge. I get stronger, but I don't see the muscle because it's still covered by fat.
On this protocol, I was able to drop fat from my calves, feet, knees, butt, etc. Muscle was spared. My chest did not shrink (nice).
Why it works, I don't really know. Is it a for everyone? NO. Is it a good thing for women over 40 who cannot seem to drop any wieght? YES!0 -
I personally wouldn't do this diet, but that's because I don't take medication in the long term and I have actual fitness goals, not just weight loss goals. I do wonder... what happens to your muscle tissue, by the end of this program?
You lose little or no muscle mass with this plan.....................No more muscle loss on this plan than any other weight loss plan.0 -
Hi ya bunch of anti- HCG folx. Choose to spew off all of your conventional (and might I add boring) nutrition info and propaganda if you like, but try to research what you say before you say it.
I love how all these slim fast drinking, processed food chowing people think they know ANYTHING about nutrition. You are only buying what they are selling my dearies.
The diet I am on requires delicious, fat free organic meats and produce with no additives and I have a view of food now that is NOT GLUTTONOUS. The facts behind HCG are widely available online. READ UP.
Hcg is a miraculous drug, for me. I have been on injections of HCG for a month and have lost 18 pounds. In the meantime I am learning how to stabilize my weight so when I am through with the program I will be able to live a healthy life, choosing healthy and liberal foods.
I FEEL SEXY for the fist time since I was a teenager.
I worked out and ate 1200 calories a day for 3 months and only saw an 8 pound loss. Now my goal weight is only 12 pounds away. Ya know whats AWESOME? I will get to my goal weight by the end of September, EASILY.
When will YOU GET TO YOUR GOAL WEIGHT?
Hellllo SIZE 7 jeans! 0 -
Yes, we all have the right to chose how we approach weight loss, all diets work.........as long as you follow the plan, but you have to at some point learn how to maintain weight loss and rapid weight loss is less likely to be maintained than slow and steady weight loss.
Everyone should visit the national weight control registry but here are some tips from people who have lost 30lbs and managed to keep it off for at least a year and none of them report using diet pills to lose or maintain their weight but an overwhelming percentage report using a diet program and eating a low fat low calorie diet and increasing physical activity. .
NWCR Facts
You may find it interesting to know about the people who have enrolled in the registry thus far.
80% of persons in the registry are women and 20% are men.
The "average" woman is 45 years of age and currently weighs 145 lbs, while the "average" man is 49 years of age and currently weighs 190 lbs.
Registry members have lost an average of 66 lbs and kept it off for 5.5 years.
These averages, however, hide a lot of diversity:
Weight losses have ranged from 30 to 300 lbs.
Duration of successful weight loss has ranged from 1 year to 66 years!
Some have lost the weight rapidly, while others have lost weight very slowly--over as many as 14 years.
We have also started to learn about how the weight loss was accomplished: 45% of registry participants lost the weight on their own and the other 55% lost weight with the help of some type of program.
98% of Registry participants report that they modified their food intake in some way to lose weight.
94% increased their physical activity, with the most frequently reported form of activity being walking.
There is variety in how NWCR members keep the weight off. Most report continuing to maintain a low calorie, low fat diet and doing high levels of activity.
78% eat breakfast every day.
75% weigh themselves at least once a week.
62% watch less than 10 hours of TV per week.
90% exercise, on average, about 1 hour per day.
Research Findings
Check out our list of NWCR published studies Here!
The National Weight Control Registry
Brown Medical School/The Miriam Hospital
Weight Control & Diabetes Research Center
196 Richmond Street, Providence, RI 02903
Phone: 1-800-606-NWCR (6927)
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Go Lori!!!
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Firstly, HCG is not artificial. It is a naturally occurring hormone produced by the human body. Secondly, the purpose of taking HCG is not appetite suppression.how on earth is it "cleansing your body of toxins" if you are filling it with artificial hormones/chemicals to take the hunger away?
Using this logic, multivitamins are artificial and absolutely no one should take them because your body is not producing the vitamins naturally. What i just said is a completely ludicrous statement. Think about it.Even if its a natural hormone that occurs in the body, its not one that you are producing, so therefore, it's artificial?
I really doubt there's a gang of 'pee stealers' that follow pregnant women into the bathroom. These hormones are collected the same way other hormones are collected - women are paid for their services.Are they stealing homrones from these pregnant woman
The manufacturer for my supplier isn't cutting the hormone with anything - the HCG I get is 100% pure prescription-grade HCG. It's the same stuff fertility clinics use for fertility treatments. The HCG protocol just uses it in a much lower dosage. I make the mixture myself, so I know exactly what is going into my sublingual doses - HCG, colloidal silver, and vitamin B12. I cannot speak for every HCG manufacturer/supplier however. There's always that element that makes it hard for everyone else, but this is the same case for any medical/health supply you buy. Would you buy multivitamins from a guy in a van in the Kroger parking lot? You buy from suppliers that people have used and recommended. Caveat emptor.and cutting them with liquids to make it into these drops...how are these drops manufactured?
He must not be that brilliant because he never sold the supplies on the internet...wait, maybe that's because he died before the internet was a thing. If you had done any research before posting about a subject you're so obviously know nothing about, you'd know that. Just because someone didn't make a fortune off their discovery doesn't detract from their ability, intelligence, or value.I think whoever the doc that invented this is one smart man cause he is making a lot of money off very desperate people.
Maybe this works for you, but it doesn't work for everyone. I lost a whopping 8 pounds before "eat less move more" quit working.The way to decrease your appitite is to eat less and drink more water
This is a widespread misnomer. The human stomach does actually physically shrink. It is the size it is. Your stomach can lose the ability to stretch to a larger size, but this is not 'shrinking'.eventually your stomach will shrink0 -
Hi ya bunch of anti- HCG folx. Choose to spew off all of your conventional (and might I add boring) nutrition info and propaganda if you like, but try to research what you say before you say it.
I love how all these slim fast drinking, processed food chowing people think they know ANYTHING about nutrition. You are only buying what they are selling my dearies.
The diet I am on requires delicious, fat free organic meats and produce with no additives and I have a view of food now that is NOT GLUTTONOUS. The facts behind HCG are widely available online. READ UP.
Hcg is a miraculous drug, for me. I have been on injections of HCG for a month and have lost 18 pounds. In the meantime I am learning how to stabilize my weight so when I am through with the program I will be able to live a healthy life, choosing healthy and liberal foods.
I FEEL SEXY for the fist time since I was a teenager.
I worked out and ate 1200 calories a day for 3 months and only saw an 8 pound loss. Now my goal weight is only 12 pounds away. Ya know whats AWESOME? I will get to my goal weight by the end of September, EASILY.
When will YOU GET TO YOUR GOAL WEIGHT?
Hellllo SIZE 7 jeans!
I could really care less when I hit my goal. I'm more concerned in how I'm going to keep the weight off. Maintenance terrifies me. :laugh:0 -
Hi ya bunch of anti- HCG folx. Choose to spew off all of your conventional (and might I add boring) nutrition info and propaganda if you like, but try to research what you say before you say it.
I love how all these slim fast drinking, processed food chowing people think they know ANYTHING about nutrition. You are only buying what they are selling my dearies.
The diet I am on requires delicious, fat free organic meats and produce with no additives and I have a view of food now that is NOT GLUTTONOUS. The facts behind HCG are widely available online. READ UP.
Hcg is a miraculous drug, for me. I have been on injections of HCG for a month and have lost 18 pounds. In the meantime I am learning how to stabilize my weight so when I am through with the program I will be able to live a healthy life, choosing healthy and liberal foods.
I FEEL SEXY for the fist time since I was a teenager.
I worked out and ate 1200 calories a day for 3 months and only saw an 8 pound loss. Now my goal weight is only 12 pounds away. Ya know whats AWESOME? I will get to my goal weight by the end of September, EASILY.
When will YOU GET TO YOUR GOAL WEIGHT?
Hellllo SIZE 7 jeans!
uh whoa...never have i ever heard someone on here throw their weight loss in someones face...i'm glad your passionate, but really? You will go as to that far to put someone down jsut because you happen to lose your weight faster? Very mature....I think if you feel wonderful about yourself and your self esteem is better than ever then that is wonderful and i'm glad you feel beautiful and sexy, but why put others down for slow weight loss? Notice I never said the diet wouldnt' work, i jsut don't understand how it is supposed to cleanse you when you fill it with a chemical or hormone or whatever to "cleanse" you....yeah it works....medifast works, slimfast can work, anything can work if you are consistant with it. But please, just because you might be offended someone is against what you are doing, don't throw your success in their face, you could have jsut made them self sabotage0 -
I personally wouldn't do this diet, but that's because I don't take medication in the long term and I have actual fitness goals, not just weight loss goals. I do wonder... what happens to your muscle tissue, by the end of this program?
I was wondering this too. I have some questions, because I'm trying to understand, not be a jerk or anything here. What it sounds like to me is that this is for people who are seriously obese? Like it wouldn't be for someone like me who is at the final 5lbs (that's even debatable) and already down to 18% body fat...then it would be dangerous.
I've been working with a nutritionist recently due to the fact that I work out...a lot...run 4xs a week, karate 3xs and lift 5. 1200 calories just wasn't enough. So I'm up to 1800, all clean, but I need to consume 216g of carbs (complex carbs) a day to prevent my body from burning muscle. From my understanding the body is first burning protein (157g of that a day), then the carbs, then the fat. So I see why you are limiting your carb intake. So is the theroy behind this that there is enough fat to burn after the protein that your muscle will still be safe? Again, then this would make more sense for someone with a significant amount to lose rather than 20lbs or so...am I correct?
Also, I'm just questioning and a bit saddened by a couple of comments that people would rather be restricted to 500 clean calories than 1200 not so healthy calories. I'm not saying everyone was saying this, and don't get me wrong, I know some where but do to medical issues that prevent the body from letting go of the weight. I just question the reasoning behind the fact that those 1200 can't be clean. Why is it either or? I had the same problem with Weight Watchers. Yes I could use points on twinkies and other junk food, or processed foods that contain nothing but toxins. And unfortunately I think they market it this way. However, I was fortunate to be able to lose my 50lbs through wiping out the toxins, chemicals and crap foods. I guess if it's what helps someone see how differently the body reacts it's a good thing. But I would hope that some people would at least try to do this with the full amount to experience how differenlty the body reacts to eating the way we were created to. (Again not an attack, just something that caught my attention from a couple posts is all).0
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