HCG drops thoughts and opinions??

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  • pittielover23
    pittielover23 Posts: 268
    Messing with the horomones in your body in an effort to lose weight scares the poo out of me. Not something I would EVER try. I know the result of messed up horomones (I have PCOS) and would not wish it on anyone.

    On top of that, 500cals a day is not a healthy way to lose weight. Period.
  • jocelynrinear
    jocelynrinear Posts: 31
    I did not want to scare anyone but I wish I read everything about the side effects before I did it. I kept the weight off but now I have to pay the price.
  • janack
    janack Posts: 33 Member
    Every single person I know of that has done the shots has lost tons of weight.
    Every single person I know of that has done the shots gained back the weight...and then some (or a lot) on top of it.
    They were no better, or worse off, in the end and were out a boat load of money.

    Good luck on your try at it, it would be nice to hear a long-term success story!
  • mericksmom
    mericksmom Posts: 222 Member
    Sister in law did it and in 6 months she loss massive amount of weight (i think 50-75 lbs) She followed the diet a T and even stopped using moisterizers and cream make up (cuz that too can make you gain weight on that diet) She is pregnant again and after this child we will see if she can continue with her results. I am not a fan because she dropped the weight so fast and with such a restricitve diet adding to it afterwards will end up making you gain the weight back due to the body being in the starvation mode for so long. I wish you the best no matter what route you go. Jusst make sure you get checked out by drs and you play it safe.
  • mzjandiace
    mzjandiace Posts: 162
    Hi everyone;
    I'm a plus size lady, and with every pregnancy I've had I lost weight; but I didn't starve myself, so I am sure that the HCG will work, and I believe it really is for people that are seriously overweight.
    My thing is, I want to do the HCG, but I want to do it with a healthy diet. I believe that if I lower my calorie intake with the combo of HCG, that the weight will come off gradually.
    When a woman is expecting, we really don't think about counting calories, and if the HCG is pretty much telling your body that it's pregnant, IMO it should have the same effect.
    Someone please let me know if I'm even close.

    Thanks
  • Jill_Clemmons
    Jill_Clemmons Posts: 32
    Hi,

    You are smart to want to eat a healthy diet with HCG. I know some people in other groups that use the homeopathic HCG with healthy, "clean eating" of 1,200 - 1,500 calories a day, and they still lose weight. There is absolutely no reason to endanger your health on 500 calories a day with this. And if you decide to use HCG, I would suggest you use the homeopathic, because the kind you inject can have some really bad side effects. See http://www.cancerdecisions.com/content/view/125/2/lang,english/
  • Rubie81
    Rubie81 Posts: 720 Member
    Screwing with your hormones, eating 500 calories a day max....there is no limit to weight loss, I guess. It's sad and weak. The end.
  • JustMichelleB
    JustMichelleB Posts: 290
    Of course the HCG diet "works". You starve yourself by eating only 500cal/day. How would one NOT lose weight by doing this?
    Then you stop the diet and you gain all the weight back, adn then some, and screw with your metabolism while you're at it.

    To the OP of the post, you've lost 40lb, that's awesome, keep up the good work!!! It's a lifestyle change, not a quick fix!!
  • 0Jaime0
    0Jaime0 Posts: 26
    I've tried the HCG drops from a page on Facebook that had alot of followers who were seeing results, so I bought a bottle. I lasted about a week on them, and during that week I lost 5 pounds. I decided to stop taking them because I would be okay during the day restricting myself to the 500 calorie diet, but by the end of the evening I would get very lightheaded and feel faint. I just decided it wasn't healthy for me, and I discontinued use. Honestly, anyone who eats chicken and greens everyday all day and drinks 1 gallon or more of water is going to lose weight, so you can't really say it's the drops that are causing the weightloss. So, here I am back to MFP to do this the RIGHT way, and change my lifestyle by chaging my portions and eating habits. Good luck to you if you try them, but get the from a doctor so you know they're real :)
  • Jill_Clemmons
    Jill_Clemmons Posts: 32
    I look forward to the day that the FDA starts cracking down on the clinics and doctors that sell the HCG diet to unsuspecting people that come to them for advice. The is absolutely no provable science behind the HCG diet theory, and the so-called doctors that push the HCG diet should be stripped of their medical licenses!

    Read this, and you will see how UNsafe HCG really is! http://www.cancerdecisions.com/content/view/125/2/lang,english/
  • JustMichelleB
    JustMichelleB Posts: 290
    I look forward to the day that the FDA starts cracking down on the clinics and doctors that sell the HCG diet to unsuspecting people that come to them for advice. The is absolutely no provable science behind the HCG diet theory, and the so-called doctors that push the HCG diet should be stripped of heir medical licenses!

    AMEN.
  • bmontgomery87
    bmontgomery87 Posts: 1,260 Member
    I hear it helps boost natural testosterone output after a clen/deca/test cycle.

    didn't know that.


    Gonna be the new nolvadex? haha
  • ambrosij
    ambrosij Posts: 317 Member
    True but HCG comes after the Steroid cucle, often used in the middle of a cycle, and then before the clen. It is also only the injectible and it is generally dosed at 5000IU taken all at once each week for 4-6 weeks, or broken into two or three injections over the week. Testosterone boosts have been recorded between 300-400% with a dose this size, but at these levels it becomes highly armotizable and can lead to gyno if the proper precations are not taken.

    I hear it helps boost natural testosterone output after a clen/deca/test cycle.
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