HCG Diet, fact or fad???

alekia

OK PEOPLE~ GET REAL!!!!!!! I personally know 5 people that are on the HCG diet now. One woman is on it for the THIRD time. HELLLLLLLLLO, there is the answer. It is a QUICK fix, NOT a reset, and only lasts temporarily. Why not get a gastric bypass?? That is a quick fix also. BUT, it is only fixing the weight problem, not the EMOTIONAL problems. I also know of people who have had the gastric bypass, and are HUGE again. They did not change there lifestyle. I think anyone who does these quick fix fads need to go to a psych Dr. for some serious help. I agree with EAT LESS, MOVE MORE.

Steph_135

I just read the book by Kevin Trudeau, and most of it sounds plausible. The whole, only eat organic foods, and most of the recommendations like apple cidar vinegar, are things I currently do, and have read about in MULTIPLE other books. The only think that makes me hesitant about the whole theory is the injections. I'm avoiding them, for more reasons besides just the price.

I watched some YouTube videos about people following the hCG, and some had success with supplements instead of injections. There was one video that stuck out to me, though, where the woman was very dissatisfied with the promises made by Trudeau, which was enough to keep me away from it. Back to good, old-fashioned diet and exercise. Besides, they promise to "re-shape" the body, and I, quite frankly, love being a "pear"! :laugh:

mablesyrup

Oooooooo, on youtube huh? If it's on there it must be healthy & true, right? Are people that naive?

Yes, I have read ALOT about it lately after it was posted on here, and yes, it's still a crock of *kitten* IMO. It's just another fad/quick fix feeding on people emotions & desparation to lose weight. 99% of people (if they don't screw up their organs/body from lack of calories) will gain it all back within a year of getting off the "junk".

I'm very excited to finally have found a cure for my weight problem.

CURE???? You're like every other fat person on earth. You ate too much and didn't move & got fat. I have a cure also: Eat less, move more! You can search that on Youtube also and there's a nice inspirational video on that cure also.

Sorry for sounding like an a**hole, but damn people, this is just plain ridiculous & dangerous, and any LEGIT doc that recommends this should have their license revoked.

Next they will be quoting wikipedia. I couldn't agree with you more on everything you've said!!

Eating less, and healthy! If someone believes there is stuff in all our food then eat clean! I know I lose more when I'm not eating as much processed foods, but that's my choice!!! I believe in eating fruits, veggies, lean meat and everything else in moderation. I don't have to read anything or watch anything to know that injecting yourself with something or taking a pill or drinking a shake or whatever is going to fix the problem or "cure you". Part of the process of losing weight, especially large amounts is finding out why and how you got to where you are and accepting responsibility for it. It's not just changing your eating or exercise plans, its about changing YOU!

Actually, Wikipedia has been found to be as accurate as Encyclopedia Britannica. I believe that's around a 97 or 98% accuracy rating for content.

http://news.cnet.com/Study-Wikipedia-as-accurate-as-Britannica/2100-1038_3-5997332.html

elizabennett

Before people respond to this person's HCG question, they might want to educate themselves about the diet itself. First of all, read Dr. Simeon's "Pounds and Inches" (free online, just Google it). Then go talk with some of the actual physicians (not just chiros offer this plan). This is not a fad diet or quick fix – at least it's not intended to be. It resets your hypothalamus to lower your "set point" of weight and helps you lose the desire for sugar and processed foods if you follow the plan.

The HCG and 500 calorie diet (or VLCD, for very low calorie diet) are only one phase of this program, and that phase only lasts from 21 to 40 days max, or your body can build an immunity to the HCG. The reason for the HCG and not just eating the 500 calories is that the HCG coaxes the body to use stored fat, not normal fat or structural fat (which helps hold organs in place). That's why people on HCG don't get sunken jaws and hollow eyes, or lose their chests. The purpose of the limitations is to do a type of chemical cleanse – as one person stated, our bodies are full of chemicals from the food and products we eat and use every day. I'm not a fanatic – I use my share of everyday products but am getting so much better about it now that I've educated myself. Just look at how many things have high fructose corn syrup in them, for example. That stuff is horrible for you and it's in almost everything in one shape or another.

I agree with the guy below – check out Clockster's videos on YouTube. And yes, she does sell the sublingual kits on eBay, but didn't do that until she saw how great this program worked. She lost 71 pounds. And you don't have to do shots (yes, you CAN do them yourself if you can handle doing that. My son's diabetic so I'd have no prob doing my own, but it didn't seem as handy as the other methods). Instead, you can get inhaled HCG or sublingual, which is drops you hold under your tongue for 10 minutes twice a day. And yes, you CAN use the homeopathic drops, which a few people I know have done, and they worked for them as well. I got the real thing and mixed it myself – it's easy to do and again, the gal on Youtube even has vids on how to mix it. I bought my HCG from pharmacyescrow.com and they emailed me a 120-page booklet with "Pounds and Inches," the program and a bunch of recipes.

My first day of the very low calorie diet was today, and I wasn't terribly hungry, It takes time for the HCG to build up, but that's what keeps the hunger away, so once it's in my system more, I expect the hunger pains will go away. (I also mowed, edged and raked my yard for about four hours, so that made me feel hungry.)

it's not for everyone, that's for sure. But I've counted calories, done Jenny Craig, TOPS, Weight Watchers, etc...and lost less than 8 pounds each time over many months. I even joined a gym and had a personal trainer, etc. and while I was very toned, I still weighed 20 pounds more than I should have so I hope to just do one round of the HCG and then maintain. (You have to have a six-week time period between phases of HCG to prevent immunity.) Once you lose the weight you want to lose, this plan reintroduces foods back into the diet. (I'm looking at a recipe for alfredo sauce, which looks pretty good!) Portion control and exercise, once you get the weight off, are key, as is eating foods that are REAL foods, not processed. I suggest people look into Clean Eating with Tosca Reno of Oxygen magazine as another option after doing HCG.

I think we all know that no matter how you lose it, without changing your habits, it WILL come back, so it's not so much how you lose it but how well you maintain afterward. Gaining it back is not the diet's fault...it's the willpower of the person in my opinion. I feel that losing it quickly will keep me motivated and I'm confident in my ability to maintain, since I've maintained being 20 pounds overweight for 16 years, since the birth of my second son.

I should also mention that I met with my doctor about it before I started it. I talked to my GYN at my annual physical about it, and she said several nurses she knew were on it and had lost a lot of weight. She said the hard part is keeping it off, but she felt it was fine to try and told me that if I followed it, she had no doubt I would lose the weight. That was a great green light for me, and I'm hoping to be able to share my results with her in a month's time.

Good luck if you decide to try it!

I have a good friend that is doing this right now. Yes, she has lost a lot of weight. But she looks eaten away, her skin just sitting there and flabby. She has the sunken jaw, eyes and lost her chest. It makes me mad to see how skinny she is and I am jealous of the weight loss she has had. But I think I look way better, even with my flab I need to lose, because I am strong, and I am healthy, even if I'm not skinny. She said she wasn't allowed to work out while doing part of it because of the calorie limit. If something starves you and makes you not work out, it's definitely NOT for me.

firegirlred

Well, hubby lost 70 pounds. But he's having trouble maintaining. This diet isn't good for the body or the soul.