Quiting hCG Diet

im retarded i guess but what is the hcg diet

dont get discouraged the hcg diet really works. Drink plenty of water and get some sort of excercise in everyday. I'm doing that same diet myself except i havent dropped to the 500 calorie weeks yet. I'm trying to work myself up to that but with that being said i have done this diet two years ago and made really huge progress. i since had another baby so i was right back to square one. I'm down about 15pds so far i go for my apointment next week.

I have been on lot's of diets, for me they don't work. I lose a lot, get back to eating regular, gain everything back and then some. I am NOT on a diet! I eat healthy, move more then bevore and am shrinking slowly but surly away:bigsmile: Put all your information in MFP , track your exercise and enjoy the ride. Eat as much unprocessed food as possible, mostly complex carbs, lean meats and drink lots of water. It might take you a little longer to get to your goal, but at least you might stay at your goal and not go back and over where you are starting from. Good luck

:flowerforyou: YAY! So glad you got off that crazy diet!!! I think its rubbish...but thats beside the point. (I won't go there..haha)

Some tips and things to remember are this:

1) First, think about how long its taken you to put on the extra weight that you have. I know for me, it didn't happen in a month, nor did it happen in 6 months, therefore I shouldn't expect for it to come off as fast or easy. (It ain't gonna happen!). For me, it came on after 4 years of college and 2 years of marriage, thats 6 years! Now, I'm not saying it should take you just as long to get it off...but it helps put it into prespective. I've lost my 25 pounds in just less than a year. I've hit a couple of plateaus along (I'm talking 3-4 months with NO weight loss), but I keep pushing through. Because even if I'm not losing pounds, I'm shaping my body and doing my heart some good with exercise. So, be patient! Also, you don't have a lot to lose, so the weight will come off slower, especially when you get toward the finish line.

2) Think of this as a lifestyle change rather than a fad DIET. If this is what you want, you need to think in longer terms, as in...your LIFE!

3) Eat good foods. Avoid processed foods, MINIMIZE bad fats (processed sugar foods, chips, creamy salad dressings, etc), eat lots of veggies, eat fruits (about 2 servings per day), whole wheats, lean meats, and low fat dairy (if you are into dairy).

4) Exercise. If you are just starting out, start with things you enjoy and make exercise a habit. As you continue to exercise you will need to continue to push yourself harder to achieve more results. Strength train to build muscle. Muscle burns fat. Mix up your routines so your body doesn't get used to the same routine. They need to be pushed.

5) Be accountable. Don't lie to yourself as you track your food intake. If you aren't seeing any changes you can always go back and look at your Diary and see what things you could improve on. But, lying to yourself isn't going to help. So, if you happen to have a slice of chocolate, or some pizza for dinner, record it. You'll see what effects it had on your daily total goals. If it was worth it (which sometimes it can be), then just move on and start fresh the next day. That leads me to....

6) Don't deprive yourself. Often times people try to diet rather than change their lifestyle and then when it doesn't work they give up. Its okay to induldge every once in a while, as long as it doesn't become a habit. You'll learn how to enjoy food better and when you do have a treat, you will savor the flavors. For me, I enjoy a nice little bowl of ice cream every once in a while, so I enjoy it, record it, and remind myself that it was a "treat", something that I don't get very often, so I better enjoy the flavors. Otherwise if you completely BANISH food, you may binge later on.

7) There's no magic pill. I'm glad you realized the HCG thing didn't seem healthy. And typically if something sounds "too good to be true", it usually is. Plus, with you losing the weight on your own, you will treat your body with so much more respect and love knowing that YOU were the one who put all the hard working in meeting your goals. Just like when someone receives a car as a gift from a parent, they are less likely to take as good of care of the car. But, if they have to work hard and earn the money for the car they typically take care of it and are more aware of its needs.

And...thats all I have. but, I wish you the best of luck. You are making a great decision in deciding to do this the correct and healthy way. It won't be easy, but its definitely worth it! :flowerforyou: Good luck!

i'm sorry you had a bad experience. i don't know what your source for the hcg was, but it sounds like either the dosage was totally wrong for you or the homeopathic wasn't what it claimed to be. good luck on your new diet.

i'm sorry you had a bad experience. i don't know what your source for the hcg was, but it sounds like either the dosage was totally wrong for you or the homeopathic wasn't what it claimed to be. good luck on your new diet.

Good luck on your new diet??? How about hope you have success with your lifestyle change - if it's a "diet" it will always ultimately fail. ALWAYS!!! If you don't permanently change how you eat, you will gain back what ever you lose with what ever magic you try.

to the op - you are making a wise decision to go the "old-fashioned" way. Changing how you interact with food and how you eat on a regular basis is the only way to make a lasting change in how your body looks and functions. Getting hormones injected may help you lose for now, but what does it teach you? Way to go and I wish you much success!

wow as normal on this site people just love to bash the hcg , thats fine if you know nothing about it and dont understand how it works, but if you really did some research you would see this diet works for thousands of people does not make you week when you take the right dose and quality hcg and can reset your mind and body to , it is not a lifelong diet its a step in the right direction to correct what got you fat in the first place and help you to fix it. to each their own i guess and good luck to all on being healthy whatever way you choose to do it

Of course it works...you only get to eat 500 calories a day. It's called starvation.

wow as normal on this site people just love to bash the hcg , thats fine if you know nothing about it and dont understand how it works, but if you really did some research you would see this diet works for thousands of people does not make you week when you take the right dose and quality hcg and can reset your mind and body to , it is not a lifelong diet its a step in the right direction to correct what got you fat in the first place and help you to fix it. to each their own i guess and good luck to all on being healthy whatever way you choose to do it

Of course it works...you only get to eat 500 calories a day. It's called starvation.

and just how long do you think you could go on 500 cals , 23 days 43 days? no without the hcg your body would shut down you would starve

I have, I had anorexia for 3 years...don't start talking about something unless you know who you are talking to. And hcg is just a simple hormone that is released when a woman is pregnant for her body to release the stored fat if she is not injesting as much as her fetus needs. Therefor the only reason that hcg is prescribed to patients is to help release the fat (because they are not consuming it, based on 500 cals a day). Also, by only consuming 500 cals a day you are starving no matter how short a time...you are depriving your body of key nutrients that it needs to function. Yeah, you may not see the weight loss at first but your brain loses mass, your organs start to shrink and shut down....you just haven't seen the weight loss yet.
While this is not a study per se...you might want to check it out:
http://health.msn.com/weight-loss/slideshow.aspx?cp-documentid=100257784

Well after only one week on the hCG diet I am quiting. The food restrictions were manageable but it was making me feel absolutely horrible! Weak and shaky all day with zero energy!! I lost 7 pounds in the first three days of the 500 cal diet but then the 4th & 5th day only lost barely half a pound. So I don't know if the homeopathic hCG just wasn't working and my body was going into starvation mode or what. Either way I think it will just be healthier for my body to do it the old fashioned way counting calories and exercising. If anyone has some good tips to share on loosing as fast as possible that would be great. I get discouraged so easily when I don't see the weight coming off fast. Which is the whole reason why I tried the hCG diet to begin with!

I am always so wary of anything that professes immediate, supersonic, ballistically fast weight loss - only for the reason that once you have lost your weight and want to eat more to maintain your weight, you can end up putting some of the weight back.

Start as you mean to go on, eat foods you will always eat in the future, just cut back and exercise. Then once you are at your desired weight, you can maintain that by eating more - It just has to be easier.

Wishing you all the very best with your weight loss :flowerforyou:

I would never 'push' any eating plan on anyone, but I am currently doing well on the HCG protocol.

One of the most helpful (and seemingly neutral) articles I have recently run across is:

http://health.howstuffworks.com/wellness/diet-fitness/weight-loss/hcg-diet.htm

Excerpt from page 3:

Regardless, once a person stops the hCG diet, he or she will have to adopt a normal and healthy lifestyle, or the weight's just coming back. Proponents of the hCG diet maintain that the purpose of the diet is to break food addictions and abnormal eating behaviors, and that the month or so of treatment allows a person to do so. In this sense, the diet hopes to achieve short-term weight loss with long-term behavioral modification.

This low calorie eating phase is a temporary step in my permanent 'lifestyle change'.

I am sorry that it didn't work for you, but there are many people that have been successful on this plan.

Just another point of view.

Well after only one week on the hCG diet I am quiting. The food restrictions were manageable but it was making me feel absolutely horrible! Weak and shaky all day with zero energy!! I lost 7 pounds in the first three days of the 500 cal diet but then the 4th & 5th day only lost barely half a pound. So I don't know if the homeopathic hCG just wasn't working and my body was going into starvation mode or what. Either way I think it will just be healthier for my body to do it the old fashioned way counting calories and exercising. If anyone has some good tips to share on loosing as fast as possible that would be great. I get discouraged so easily when I don't see the weight coming off fast. Which is the whole reason why I tried the hCG diet to begin with!

I would love to see you stick with changing your eating and exercise habits so your little one will learn them as they grow. My kids grew up fat because I did not teach them to eat correctly or show them that I exercised! They were all in karate, baseball, football, cheerleading, on and on for THEIR health.......as I sat in the stands scarfing down 2 hot dogs and cokes........holding their happy meals for them.

It is great to lose a few pounds fast............makes us feel like something is happening........but I can tell you from experience, I GOT it! I have been changing my stuff for 2 years and am far from perfect but I GOT it!

My top priority was to get healthy........36 pounds just followed that thought process!

Good luck to you!! :flowerforyou: Jeannie

My top priority was to get healthy........36 pounds just followed that thought process!

Good luck to you!! :flowerforyou: Jeannie

Amen Jeannie.

Why oh why won't these stupid hCG threads ever end. They are like a migraine....annoying and painful. Unless there is well documented research done to prove that this hormone (I'll assume it's a synthetic product) is safe for non-pregnant people then maybe it will be accepted by the medical communtiy. Furthermore, since it is a pregnancy hormone, why is it that women are always trying to lose the baby weight? If it was that wonderful, no woman who gives birth would be over weight.

Why oh why won't these stupid hCG threads ever end. They are like a migraine....annoying and painful. Unless there is well documented research done to prove that this hormone (I'll assume it's a synthetic product) is safe for non-pregnant people then maybe it will be accepted by the medical communtiy. Furthermore, since it is a pregnancy hormone, why is it that women are always trying to lose the baby weight? If it was that wonderful, no woman who gives birth would be over weight.

HCG threads never end because the results people are seeing never end. The entire HCG program was developed by an M.D., so I'm not sure what you are talking about.

Being an MD makes them infallible? Anyway, come back in a year and then tell us how well this 'diet' has helped.