HCG Diet anyone???
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I have a freind that's on it, and she's dropping a huge amount of weight for the amount of time she's been on it. Seems to be just another crash diet, and I really can't see how this would be healthy for a person!
If I was only eating 500 calories a day, No one would even want to be around me! My family would be losing limbs!!! LOL!
I'll stick with a steady slower pace of taking weight off. I didn't gain in overnight, and it won't come off overnight!0 -
Hcg is dangerous and 50% of your weight loss will be lean muscle mass which means a slower metabolism and it will be much easier to gain the weight back. I have helped many people repair their metabolisms after this program which takes months to do so.
Wondering how exactly did you help them to repair their metabolisms? I was on a very strict caloric intake for almost a year and now i'm having a very hard time losing any weight.
Essentially find their maintenance calories to stabalize a diet, add extremely heavy weight training and then start adding a surplus of calories to build muscle as its a direct link to your metabolism. So when someone does hcg and loses 15 lns of muscle of their 30 lb loss it will take more than 15 weeks to rebuild all that muscle at a rate of 3500 surplus of calories. Many times it takea 6 months or more to make up for the mistakes in 40 days0 -
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I did and lost 32 pounds in 4 weeks, I was under a weight loss Dr.'s care. I lost 18 pounds of fat, especially around my belly area, I am now in a size 10 comfortably. I had no side effects
Out of 32 lbs lost only 18 was muscle, that is not a good ratio of fat to LBM loss, barely more than 50% of the loss was fat. This diet tends to end with the dieter losing a lot of lean muscle, which slows the metabolism down.0 -
I did the HCG diet and I lost 20lbs, most of it was my body hair.0
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DW & I tried it a couple of times, we always lost weight on it, but 500 Calories!!?1 We could never stick to it and as soon as we ate something off plan we gained everything back and then some.
Not my idea of fun.0 -
I love how so many HCG fans always use the "I'm under a doctor's care" line to justify that it must be healthy.
There are plenty of idiot quacks out there who will do anything to make a buck. Just because someone has a degree certainly does not mean that they have your best interests in mind. Just look at all of the "pill mill" docs out there that will hand a oxy scrip to anyone who is willing to pay for it.
Exactly. I live in California and ANYONE can get a marijana prescription. There are doctors that take your $250, give you an "exam" and write you a scrip. hCG is exactly the same way.0 -
I did the HCG diet and my nipples starting getting firmer and more sensitive. It left me with this tingling sensation that I cannot describe.0
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I don't recommend it EVER. I don't recommend any diet, actually. If you want to lose weight and be healthy, change your lifestyle. Pick something you can do forever. That isn't realistic and you'll probably end up right back in the same situation you're in now. I follow the primal "diet". It's not that restrictive and its something I can do forever. Its simply eating the way we are supposed to. We eat things that do our bodies good and that our bodies are made to process. Fruits, vegetables, meats, and healthy fats. Limit dairy. No processed junk, sugar, or grains. I don't worry about tracking calories, have no need to. I don't even exercise that much. I've dropped 14lbs. in a month. I'm sure my weight loss will slow down but still. Check out marksdailyapple.com , love his blog so much! Very informative.0
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I did the HCG diet and my nipples starting getting firmer and more sensitive. It left me with this tingling sensation that I cannot describe.
Did you get morning sickness too?
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I think it's a fad diet that is unhealthy and potentially dangerous. I don't understand why people do this kind of ****.0
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I never tried it (nor will I ever), but a girl at my work did...fast forward one year later and she is double the size she was before she began!0
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No one can ever justify this terrible diet ....0
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stop it, crazies.0
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Yeah, I agree with cute little Lara89.0
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I am ANTI-HCG.. I don't think it's healthy or teaches people how to eat long term. You can of course lose weight on it but you are also losing muscle. The people I know who have done it look like deflated balloons! If you lose slowly while strengthening your muscles you can counteract that empty sack look.
There are so many 'trendy' diets out there... you have to work for it to get the long term results you want.0 -
I did it!! I love the new me. You can check out my before and after photos. Anyways it's a natural hormone it's not some crazy drug created by man.0
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Stupid fad. Nothing beats losing weight the healthy way.0
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No thanks, I actually enjoy food. And my sanity.
Seriously. Make a lifestyle change.0 -
No thank you. I much prefer my 1800+ calories all while losing weight.... I enjoy food too much to do those uber restrictive diets. I've learned that the hard way. I'd rather eat and lose than lose while killing myself (or wishing I were dead....)0
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Noooo.. No No No.. This coming from a nurse.. There are MUCH better/safer routes to losing weight/maintenance of loss!0
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Did it. Hated it. Lost 5 lbs - gained it back immediately.0
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I'm doing it and I really like it.
There's a group on here that's private, if anyone wants to join, send me a message and let me know.
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I am going to give this one a go...Thanks0
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I have a friend that when she told me she was going on it, I told her "well, u ain't bringing it anywhere near my house." I also told her that it was dangerous and that it was going to affect her. While she decided not to do the drops (she found out what they came from which turns out it is made up of hormones found in pregnant women's urine, and immediately it was a no go, thank God, because that is gross!) she did the diet part. she lost almost 10 lbs but then gained it all back when she finally realized it was a big mistake.
If you want to lose weight, eat better, exercise...all that jazz. I am anti any fad diet cuz it doesn't work and will bite u in the butt later on.0
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