HCG Diet

KathyInBC

To the person worried about man boobs. I was just trying to show how my body has lost fat in the right places and not just the curvy bits that should be curvy. I am not lactating and my breasts aren't swollen. My arms and thighs have lost fat like crazy but my breasts have reduced proportionately to my waist.

rob1976

I lost 35 lbs over 2 rounds of HCG and have kept it off. I'm continuing my weight loss following my wife's pregnancy using straight clean eating and portion control tactics I learned through the HCG diet.

For those of you that say that HCG does not make you lose weight, you are correct. It is the 500-calorie diet that makes you lose weight. What the HCG does is prevent your body from using muscle tissue as sustenance replacement. Your body feeds the remaining calories needed from fat alone.

FiveFatCats and I were on the protocol at the same time and used each other for support and have had good results.

However, like every weight-loss regimen, it is NOT for everyone. Some people cannot stick to protocol and don't lose weight. Others don't learn anything from the protocol and go back to eating fast food after their weight loss. Those people are NOT indicative of a fault in the weight-loss method.

erickirb

I lost 35 lbs over 2 rounds of HCG and have kept it off. I'm continuing my weight loss following my wife's pregnancy using straight clean eating and portion control tactics I learned through the HCG diet.

For those of you that say that HCG does not make you lose weight, you are correct. It is the 500-calorie diet that makes you lose weight. What the HCG does is prevent your body from using muscle tissue as sustenance replacement. Your body feeds the remaining calories needed from fat alone.

But everyone I saw on this diet lost almost or more lean mass than fat, so obviously the HCG portion of the program is faulty if you still lose muscle while it is supposed to stop that. Plus it is a pregnancy hormone, no idea why a man would ever want to take it.

psuLemon

I lost 35 lbs over 2 rounds of HCG and have kept it off. I'm continuing my weight loss following my wife's pregnancy using straight clean eating and portion control tactics I learned through the HCG diet.

For those of you that say that HCG does not make you lose weight, you are correct. It is the 500-calorie diet that makes you lose weight. What the HCG does is prevent your body from using muscle tissue as sustenance replacement. Your body feeds the remaining calories needed from fat alone.

FiveFatCats and I were on the protocol at the same time and used each other for support and have had good results.

However, like every weight-loss regimen, it is NOT for everyone. Some people cannot stick to protocol and don't lose weight. Others don't learn anything from the protocol and go back to eating fast food after their weight loss. Those people are NOT indicative of a fault in the weight-loss method.

FiveFatCats lost 15.4 lbs of lean muscle mass of that 28 lbs of weight loss. So over 50% of her weight loss was Lean Body Mass loss. So how does HCG prevent muscle loss?

rob1976

If she wasn't lifting weights during her protocol, of course she'd lose lean muscle mass. This isn't an indication that her body was using it for sustenance.

erickirb

If she wasn't lifting weights during her protocol, of course she'd lose lean muscle mass. This isn't an indication that her body was using it for sustenance.

While on HCG they tell you not to exercise due to the low caloric intake.

rob1976

Actually, the protocol says that, if non-rigorous exercise (such as walking or light jogging) is part of your normal daily routine, you may continue it as long as you up your caloric intake to replace the calories burned during the workout.

I feel this heating, so I will bow out. I've said my peace. Take from it what you will.

FunandFitMom

Bad news. My husband was hoping to kick-start his weight loss with the HCG plan...500 calories a day plus the shots. Of course, you'll lose weight at 500 calories a day....He stayed on it for the first phase (28 days, I think), and when he went in for his annual physical for work, was told that he now has metabolic syndrome - something he did not have during last year's physical.

d2footballJRC

I love love love love the HGC!!!!

DieVixen

wtf is up with old threads being brought back to life lately?

d2footballJRC

wtf is up with old threads being brought back to life lately?

Most likely trolls... We should have a name for those that bring old threads back to life. Brolls... Bumping Trolls.. Bumpkins.... hmmm... I must think on this!

mcrowe1016

wtf is up with old threads being brought back to life lately?

Most likely trolls... We should have a name for those that bring old threads back to life. Brolls... Bumping Trolls.. Bumpkins.... hmmm... I must think on this!

I am not complaining....I LOVE these threads. Let me just grab some popcorn, sit back and watch the fireworks

psuLemon

wtf is up with old threads being brought back to life lately?

I believe it was my fault. I provided this to another HCG thread to demonstrate that HCG is bad as it kills muscle mass and someone probably saw the other thread and bumped this. It won't matter as it will be locked soon.

psuLemon

Actually, the protocol says that, if non-rigorous exercise (such as walking or light jogging) is part of your normal daily routine, you may continue it as long as you up your caloric intake to replace the calories burned during the workout.

I feel this heating, so I will bow out. I've said my peace. Take from it what you will.

Instead of bowing out, if you can provide your weight and body fat measurements during your progress, you can demonstrate that you didn't lose lean body mass.

mcrowe1016

Actually, the protocol says that, if non-rigorous exercise (such as walking or light jogging) is part of your normal daily routine, you may continue it as long as you up your caloric intake to replace the calories burned during the workout.

I feel this heating, so I will bow out. I've said my peace. Take from it what you will.

Instead of bowing out, if you can provide your weight and body fat measurements during your progress, you can demonstrate that you didn't lose lean body mass.

This ^^^

3laine75

haven't done any scientific research but i have seen many, many, many fat pregnant women.

HorrorChix89

This is one of the hated topics on these forums so most people are bias about it. Honestly I'm willing to give it a shot once I'm able to afford it. It's not different then the other diets out there...and no healthy diet and exercise doesn't work for everyone.

psuLemon

...and no healthy diet and exercise doesn't work for everyone.

The only time I would agree with this is if a hormonal issues is involved because I have designed over 200+ plans for people and only 1 person didn't lose weight or cut body fat. And the one person was post menopausal and rocking PCOS and weigh in a healthy weight.

d2footballJRC

This is one of the hated topics on these forums so most people are bias about it. Honestly I'm willing to give it a shot once I'm able to afford it. It's not different then the other diets out there...and no healthy diet and exercise doesn't work for everyone.

If healthy diet and exercise doesn't work for you then HCG won't work for you either. In the end it's still about the same principal of X amount of calories in vs X amount of calories burnt. HCG is just a lower sudden shock version but in the end it's working via the same principals. So if reg. diet and exercise doesn't work for you then HCG won't.

graysmom2005

This made me LOL.

Health_Gal

Good luck with your weight loss, but the HCG diet has done nothing but HARM to people I know that used it.

The only reason people lose weight on that plan is you are only allowed to eat 500 calories a day. HCG has been scientifically proven to do NOTHING to help with weight loss or to make it safe to eat only 500 calories a day. It will not protect muscle, reset your metabolism or do anything else the snake oil salesmen that sell it claim. Dr. Simeons was a quack doctor. His "HCG protocol" has absolutely NO scientific backing and is not worth risking your health on.

Any doctor that pushes the HCG diet plan should be stripped of their license to practice medicine because they are being totally unethical and giving advice that goes against the conclusions of all reliable scientific research on the subject.

The HCG diet has been studied by many scientific organizations, and they all concluded that HCG, even the "real" injectable version, is no more effective than a placebo, and eating only 500 calories a day for weeks, as recommended by that plan, can cause more health problems than it solves.

Please read the articles on these websites before you try HCG. I know some people that put their faith in the HCG diet, and became very ill from malnutrition as a result. Then they regained more weight than they lost. Now they wish they never heard of HCG.

The Government is now in the process of getting all that fraudulent stuff off the market, and it's about time!

http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm281333.htm

http://www.myhealthnewsdaily.com/hcg-diet-dangerous-1428

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/hcg-diet/AN02091

http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/truth-about-hcg-for-weight-loss

http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/weight-loss-cure-dont-want-you-to-know

http://www.dietscam.org/reports/hcg.shtml

Josh

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sherrylhoward

My parents and my sister did this diet. They ALL lost weight, but once they stopped all the weight they lost PLUS more came back, FAST.

alaskagrly

I did HCG for about 6 months. I lost 85 pounds. In the 9 months following i gained it all back plus about 25 more. You will lose weight. It does happen quick. you DONT have to excercise. BUT, everyone i know that used it has either gained all the weight back plus, or are having to stay very very very low calorie to maintain. I wouldn't do it again but i know how it feels to be so desperate to lose weight you do anything. I think everyone has to make their own choices but research the long term effects and make a well considered decision.

Health_Gal

I wish the FDA would follow up on their efforts to get all the over-the-counter HCG diet stuff off the market.

They made it illegal to sell in December, but unfortunately, HCG diet junk is still available all over the place.

paulasue145

well, I've had 2 friends that did it. they both lost a lot of weight really fast.....ate Really fatty foods and tons of it on certain days...seems like they rotated eating only apples on other days..... yeah, they both lost....but gained it all back and then some with a vengeance. I wouldn't do it. but, that's just me.
I better say...they used the drops...Not the shots.

nutandbutter

Actually, the protocol says that, if non-rigorous exercise (such as walking or light jogging) is part of your normal daily routine, you may continue it as long as you up your caloric intake to replace the calories burned during the workout.

I feel this heating, so I will bow out. I've said my peace. Take from it what you will.

How is cardio going to help you maintain muscle mass?

Also:

d2footballJRC

I wish the FDA would follow up on their efforts to get all the over-the-counter HCG diet stuff off the market.

They made it illegal to sell in December, but unfortunately, HCG diet junk is still available all over the place.

FDA is too busy with 1,3D to deal with HCG right now.

Jorra

So, Fish, MFP has been "actively reviewing" their stance on HCG for a long while now. When does the jury get out?

jackiecroberts

Yuck!! I would rather be slow and steady eating real food and doing it the old fashioned way instead of starving myself. Learn good eating and exercise habits and the rest will fall into place!!