HCG Diet

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  • fivefatcats
    fivefatcats Posts: 368
    I would advise anyone considering any diet to read up on it thoroughly, regardless of the plan.

    The FDA does not support the use of HCG for weight loss, but does approve its use for fertility treatment and the dose is MUCH higher, therefore the risks of thrombosis and OHSS would be higher.

    I am not attacking you, just asking if you have any information to support the statement that an individual doesn't get enough nutrition on 500 calories to support organ and brain activity? I did a round of 38 days in June/July and functioned normally throughout.

    There are plenty of physicians that support and/or prescribe the HCG diet to their patients.

    It is a fact that obesity related illness costs more in lives and healthcare costs in the US than the use of HCG.
  • sbilyeu75
    sbilyeu75 Posts: 567 Member
    A diet should be a lifestyle change. Not a short term, "I wanna loose 1-3lbs per day" change.

    HCG doesn't really practice a healthy lifestyle... Injecting needles and eating practically nothing until you've reached goal is an easy and fast way out.

    How did you suggest you exercise on a 500 calorie/day diet? I know I couldn't do it. Or is that the whole point? Loose the weight without the "inconvienence of excercising?" That's a joke!

    There is no such thing as a quick fix.

    I'm interested on how you exercise with that small amount of calories as well. I'm eating at or just above maintenance right now and if I go below that, I'm just miserable for a day or two.
  • fivefatcats
    fivefatcats Posts: 368
    During the low cal weeks I only run one day a week. Once the low cal phase is done, I am back to 3 days running and 2-3 days lifting each week.

    HCG low cal phase, like any other 'diet', is a tool to be used toward reaching the goal of being at a healthy weight and breaking the bad habits that got us fat in the first place.
  • Nich0le
    Nich0le Posts: 2,906 Member
    All I can say is my pregnancy and the hormones associated with it made me hungry.

    Besides, 500 calories a day would make anyone lose weight.

    I'm not for this diet but I am for everyone having to pick the path of this "journey" to be healthier and if you want gimmicks and expensive diet aids to be your journey than I'm not the one to stop you, it's your body do what you want.

    Me I will stick with what I have found actually works, exercise and learning to eat in the world around me in a way that is healthy and fuels my body.
  • fivefatcats
    fivefatcats Posts: 368
    Why do people who know nothing about HCG assume its expensive?

    I agree with you about one thing though, I will stick with what is working . . .

    Have you updated your ticker lately. . . it says "0" - but your pictures don't suggest you have 109lbs to lose. Unless you behind the camera taking the picture (at the beach). Lovely family by the way.
  • 4lafz
    4lafz Posts: 1,078 Member
    Just read previous posts - people on here have lost their own friends - despite the deaths described when you research - just Google it. I am not spreading anything that is not out there for all to see!
  • tiffanydanelle73
    tiffanydanelle73 Posts: 2
    I`ve never heard of this hcg thing sounds crazy!!!! I hate to say that Im on a "diet" so I just simply dont say that I am dont use them either! I do what to say however that this web-site is the best ever I LOVE IT!!!! I havent lost anything yet but I know I will it will take time . I find myself on this site more than Im on facebook lol
  • fivefatcats
    fivefatcats Posts: 368
    Just read previous posts - people on here have lost their own friends - despite the deaths described when you research - just Google it. I am not spreading anything that is not out there for all to see!
    Where can I find more information on these deaths?
  • momtomalia
    momtomalia Posts: 6
    My husband did the HcG diet and he did lose an abundant amount of weight quickly. The difficulty he had was after he completed it, he did not learn how to eat better. He ended up going back to his old lifestyle of overeating and then gained the weight back and then some. I agree though that if you have alot of weight to lose it can be a great jumpstart to your diet, however, the key is learning to control your calorie intake and make it a lifestyle change instead of a diet.
  • LuckyLeprechaun
    LuckyLeprechaun Posts: 6,296 Member

    If you don't like it, then don't do it, but at least have the decency to let others lose their weight however they see fit.

    but there are multitude of ways out there to lose weight quickly that are very dangerous. If someone was advertising all over the place about their new diet miracle drug "methamphetamine", and shouting from the rooftops about how quickly the fat was coming off, would you just shrug and say...to each his own...I couldn't.

    The posters who oppose this fad diet are defending MFP's plan because it works, it's safe, and all the gimmicks in the world haven't delivered for any of us, in the long-term. I have tried a million different quick-fixes, but only MFP has taught me how to change my relationship with food.

    It's easy to become inflamed on each side of this topic. I wish you all the best....
  • fivefatcats
    fivefatcats Posts: 368
    Well said Lucky.

    Although I appreciate the point, I, of course, would not compare HCG to methamphetamine.

    I have yet to be convinced of the dangers of HCG - but that, of course, is why I am still using it.

    Momtomalia makes a good point too: learning and living healthy eating and exercise habits are vital to the long term success of ANY program, HCG included.
  • kmmschaefer
    kmmschaefer Posts: 82 Member
    From Discovery Health.Com..."These diets gain quickly in popularity. The media faithfully reports the appearance of the new fad, the rising number of people adopting the diet and testimonials of success from satisfied, slimmed-down believers. But soon enough, there are reports of the dangers involved with unusual weight-loss schemes that often involve cutting out much-needed food groups, or eating only a certain food or food group. Then, follow-up stories trickle from unsatisfied customers, or from former believers who have since gained the weight back. More or less, by the time this cycle runs its course, it begins again with a new diet fad." http://health.howstuffworks.com/wellness/diet-fitness/weight-loss/hcg-diet.htm

    To me this sounds like a fad diet that does not help you adopt new life style choices that include counting calories and adding exercise. Fad diets usually are Yoyo diets... the weight comes back unless you find that balance in you life that equals calories in = calories burned.

    I also have issues with injecting hormones. As a healthcare worker, I have often wondered where all the breast cancer comes from in our young women today. I have heard many suggestions from healthcare professionals that include pesticides in spinach and strawberries to hormones in birth control pills. My own personal feelings are that until the HCG diet has a 5 year track record that addresses risks, it should be avoided.

    I know a lot of people swear by it. "It works" they say and a pound a day sounds wonderful but I think I'll stick to the way our bodies were designed and continue exercising and watching what I eat. As the old commercial from the 60's or 70's said, "It's not nice to fool mother nature."

    Try 50 year track record thats how long this diet has been around
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