HCG Diet..Any thoughts?

I haven't tried it but if it has the word DIET in it, I try to steer clear. Portion control and exercise seem to be the most effective. Slow and steady wins the race. Everyone I've ever know that's done any fast results diets usually did see results, they just ended up with the weight plus more back on later down the road. I hope that helps to keep you encouraged to stay the course.

I'm sure you will loose weight.... I'm also sure you put way too much stress on your body. In my opinion, not work it. Weight loss is not supposed to be a quick fix.

NOT GOOD! You starve yourself and inject extra hormones into your body. I am a RN and ask the MD's about this stuff and they just laugh. You will lose the weight but probably will not keep it off. Keeping it of will require lifestyle changes, ie...change your diet and exercise. I have lost 62 lbs in the last year doing just that and will keep it off because of the change. Dieting alone your weight will yo-yo up and down.

I'm not a medical professional. I'm on MFP to lose weight, so I'm not the best person to give advice. I will say this. ANYONE who cuts their diet down to 500 calories is going to lose weight... and Fast! But I'm pretty sure you're losing other vital nutrients from your system as well as muscle mass. If you're going to cut your diet down to 500 calories (or whatever other ridiculously low number), you should probably prepare to live within that calorie range for the rest of your life or you won't keep it off.

That's my rant... I'd lost 21 pounds (prior to joining MFP for the emotional support) since the beginning of February. I'm doing with exercise, food moderation and calorie counting (within a reasonable limit).

Good luck to you, whatever you choose. If you're still unsure, ask your doctor.

i am on the hcg diet right now my doctor has me on 700-800 cal a day not 500 like alot of doctors do he also has me intaking a TON of protien im talking abouit body builder amounts of protien so that when i do lose it is not taking my muscle just fat. it is basically starving the body so that all the body has left to take is fat. the amount of protien you are taking in is what your body and muscles are running off of. lots of people say its not good for your body but im taking tons of vitamins that im not getting from food and im hardly ever hungry and have through the roof amounts of energy my muscles are getting what the need and im loosing fat since im not feeding it fat. i love it its great if you dont have time to excersise bc they dont want you to excerises you cant beat loosing a pound a day to! i would definetly talk to a doctor about it because its great! but if you need carbs dont do it bc you are taking in very little carbs, sugar, fat.

The HCG diet is very dangerous. I know people that did it, and they were suffering the whole time they were on 500 calories. They were so tired that they could barely get through the day, and were hungry most of the time. Anc once they finished the diet, the weight they went to all that trouble to lose came right back. In over 50 years, no scientific proof has been found to support the theory behind the HCG diet.

If you already invested your money in the homeopathic drops, they probably wouldn't do any harm if you use them with a safe eating plan of at least 1,200 calories. But eating 500 calories a day and putting your trust in the HCG weight loss theory is just NOT worth the risk.

When people do manage to lose weight on this diet and keep it off, it's probably just because they eliminated a food from their diet they had a sensitivity to that was making them fat, and did not reintroduce it once they were finished. But you could do that on an elimination diet or a clean eating diet without have to torture yourself with a 500 calorie diet or risk your health on unproven, unscientific theories

.The website below has some good links to why the HCG diet is a very bad idea and dangerous to your health.
http://www.tucsonmedical.com/pages/hcg.php

I've tried it before and lost weight but if you stop taking the shots then you WILL gain the weight back!! It really gets expensive after a while too. I say stick to exercise and eating better!

It's easier and safer to cut your leg off. Less risk health wise, and you won't gain it back I have a page on my blog with at least 8 credible medical studies that indicate it doesn't work. It's been around since the 70's, think about it- if it worked, why are 60% overweight? Everything in moderation, if a diet says you have to take supplements of any kind (especially fake homeopathic drugs) and you have to absolutely destroy your metabolism, and rotate phases everytime your weight fluctuates forever, it doesn't sound like a smart decision for your long term weight loss goals.

Hello Jill. I wish you would stop sending me messages. I do not know what your problem is....but keep away from me.

Thank you

HCG = Human Chorionic Gonadotropin, a/k/a "the pregnancy hormone." HCG is what pregnancy tests test for. It is present in men and women all the time but in much higher levels in pregnant women.

IMHO, I wouldn't mess with injecting/ingesting hormones unless I had a medically diagnosed imbalance and what I was taking in was (1) prescribed by a doctor, (2) provided by a doctor/pharmacist, and (3) carefully monitored.

To me the ends don't justify the means, since you're doing something unhealthy (we all know 500 calories/day is not healthy) to get to a healthy weight, but unless you revamp your eating habits, you will end up, in all likelihood, gaining the weight back and then some. All in all, you're doing something unhealthy to end up ultimately unhealthier than when you started.

I don't judge you for trying it, but since you asked, that's my two cents...