has anyone herd of omni drops?

FredDoyle

I THINK UNTIL SOMEONE TRIES SOMETHING, YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO BASH IT!!
I did Omni Drops a year ago MOTHER'S DAY and have kept ALL THE WEIGHT OFF - PLUS. My original goal was only 21lbs of which I lost doing drops and then with some of their other products went on to lose 10 more lbs. I've basically kept off 25lbs because the 30 was honestly too much loss for me... I am a comfortable 120lbs.
Besides the drops (the drops pull stored fat to give you the equivelent of a couple thousand calories of food ea day, THEREFORE YOU ARE NOT IN STARVATION MODE) you are also following a diet plan not comprised of a certain amount of calories but rather just a certain amount of food. THE MAIN PART of the diet plan, LIKE SO MANY OTHERS, is to discontinue SUGARS, STARCHES & BAD FAT. Therefore TEACHING YOU HOW TO EAT RIGHT. Teaching you how to eat right so that you have success in keeping the weight off. LIKE I HAVE SUCESSFULLY DONE!!
Dr. Simeon's protocol has been around for over 50yrs and has great results. IF YOU ARE THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT IS GOING TO GO BACK TO EATING ALL THE CRAP THAT MADE YOU FAT IN THE FIRST PLACE - YOU WILL GAIN YOUR WEIGHT BACK ON THIS PROGRAM AS WELL AS ANY ANY ANY PROGRAM YOU TRY.
Eat right, excercise and drink more water... YES this works as well, but why not drop those unwanted lbs QUICKER and then concentrate on being healthy from that point on!?

What a load of horse hockey.
You lost weight (if you did) because you were in a calorie deficit.
You would do well to learn what a post hoc logical fallacy is.

Flora_k

I did this diet so I'd like to comment (and bash it!). This diet gave me heart problems. I have been off the diet two months now and am still seeing doctors. Avoid Omnitrition. It is a scam. They are so lovey dovey while you are buying from them. The distributors there are like your best friends. Once you start having problems and stop relying on their medical advice, you lose those best friends quickly. They refuse to believe that your side effects have anything to do with that oh-so-safe diet. Honestly, I felt like they elevated this diet to Messiah status. It is the 'perfect' diet and if you are having problems with it then clearly there is something wrong with you but never 'the diet'! Although I do hear that this attitude is likely due to the fact that this is a MLM scheme and less due to the diet. They are making money off you and they need you to sell so they can do better themselves. The whole thing is desperate and crazy.

And the weight that you lose eating only 500 calories a day? It comes back and it comes back quickly. That's what happens when you starve your body.

And Dr. Simeons protocol really hasn't been around 50 years. It is around, gets debunked and disappears until somebody new can resurrect it and make money off it. It has been debunked so many times. The Omnitrition version of this is pretty bogus too since they are not allowed to use real hCG in their drops. The measurements that you see on the bottle mean that there is maybe one drop of synthetic hCG for every ten buckets of water. Since you are getting a teeny, tiny uber-expensive bottle, that means you really are getting nothing more than purified water.

Love when you see new users with only one post hawking this program. They are just hoping you'll contact them so they can make money off you too! Bet you anything the poster defending this also sells it.

christina0089

your not allowed to eat certain things like bread and junk food and soda and you cant exercise.

The weight loos your family saw is likely from the fact that they cut out junk food and soda. That with the loss of muscle from so little calories and no exercise.. If your overall goal is just to look thinner by all means do what you feel is best for you BUT if you are looking for overall health I would fallow a diet that is providing you the proper nutrients for your body and lifestyle, one that includes some exercise. You don't have to make huge changes or drastic ones to see results.. all it takes is a little knowledge and know how and you can meet your goals in a healthy way. One that can become a lifestyle that is manageable and healthy. Best wishes :flowerforyou:

stephaniehenningsen

Does anyone on here know how to spell? It's HEARD people - not HERD!

jofjltncb6

Does anyone on here know how to spell? It's HEARD people - not HERD!

Strong first post after being on MFP almost a year. Strong.

And not to be pedantic (because nobody likes a pedant), but it's a homonym issue more than spelling...

:flowerforyou:

AmyRhubarb

Wow, nearly a year old and this thread has been resurrected twice! :huh:

And Omni-drops are still a bad idea.

Flora_k

Fortunately, many of us speak fluent Typoese and had no problem with the spelling of 'herd'. Pick and choose your battles.

The bigger battle is the danger of the hCG Diet. Keep your eye on the ball here

Amyirene74

Sounds like the HCG drops. I lost 26 lbs on them but then gained back almost 50. Don't try it. Once you start eating more than 500 calories, you gain very quickly.

jofjltncb6

Sounds like the HCG drops. I lost 26 lbs on them but then gained back almost 50. Don't try it. Once you start eating more than 500 calories, you gain very quickly.

I don't think it really matters what is in the drops...when you eat 500 calories for a long enough time, you're very likely to have a difficult transition back to eating a sustainable amount of calories.

Flora_k

Yes, I noticed once I stopped the hCG drops (Omni Drops), I gained so quickly. Even eating at my basil metabolic rate had me gaining which the doctor said was happening because this is a starvation diet. My metabolism has been so messed up and it has been more than two months since I stopped the diet.

So many people have shared with me how much fatter they got after the hCG diet. Only one person that I know of kept the weight off and she had to start training for half marathons to do so. She should have just started training and skipped this dangerous diet.

The drops themselves are bogus. There's no real hCG in them. It would be illegal for them to sell drops with hCG so that is why they give those strange measurements on the bottle. In pharmoceutical speak, it means 'no hCG'.

gibbymac

It is a scam. They want you to buy tons of other products and supplements and you are on a very restrictive 500 calorie diet with no exercise allowed, at least for a while. I asked a question on their site about what was in the drops, and they practically had a fit and fell in it. The hcg is from a pregnant woman's urine that is sterilized but they won't tell you how or where they do this process. Is this a secret? Although people lose lots of weight, does it stay off? It is a multi level marketing thing. I really wanted to try it until I read about the urine and it feels sort of cultish.

Flora_k

This is an MLM thing. Up until I tried Omnitrition, I didn't know much about MLMs but boy have I been learning. This is all about the dollars. That's why if you have any problems with the diet, they claim you already had the problems. When people gain back all the weight and in many cases get fatter they claim it is because you "did not follow protocol." The only way to keep that weight off though is to make serious long-term changes. I know one girl who started training for half-marathons. Everybody else I know got fat again. There comes a point when you realize you can't have steak or egg or apple days every few days for the rest of your life. It is not realistic and it is harmful. It's also been pointed out to me and I think they are right that people often look very unhealthy who have done this long term.

This diet will produce temporary results but the bad of it all far outweighs the good.

jofjltncb6

I really wish people would get their heads out of their >>>> and read on this topic.......I have been on this now for two rounds........I never once gained weight back.......if you use your smarts, you will continue to eat the way this has taught you and NOT eat junk.........everyone says it's a scam.....they are the ones that can't or won't work the program........until you have achieved success, NOTHING will work for you........enough said......lost 24.4 lbs and 21 inches in 55 days and HAVE KEPT IT OFF.......

I agree with the bolded part above...

...but disagree with your conclusions. The drops have *zero* to do with it (IMHO).

Congrats on your success though. How long have you kept it off? And how much more do you have to go to get to your goal?

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