HCG Diet
realtreegirl
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So I got those HCG drops and am going to start taking them on Thursday the 25th which will be the first day of Phase one!! I have lost 30 pounds in the last 6 months but for the last month have really been struggling to lose the last 25 pounds! I have heard of this diet and did a bunch of research on it and am very excited to start it! I figured it couldnt hurt to try it and I need to get out of the habit of eating so much carbs and sugar so am sure with the strict diet you have to go on with the HCG it will help me get to the weight I want to be at!! Just wondering if anyone on here has done or is doing this diet and if you have any pointers for me!!
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The instructions on this diet are to take the drops and eat 500cals a day.. of course you will lose weight but good luck eating only 500 cals a day, that's not a diet that's starving yourself!0
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1.) Stupid waste of money fad diet.
2.) You're eating a crazy low amount of calories. OF COURSE you're going to lose weight. Drinking a pregnant lady's pee isn't going to help.
3.) There's a search function on the forum. Use it.0 -
AWWWWW YEAH! HERE WE GO AGAIN!0
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I honestly think it's a bit of a scam. If you DON'T take the drops, and you eat 500 calories a day, you will lose weight. That is how I lost my initial 80 pounds. I ate 500 calories a day. I also looked into the drops, and when I saw you could only eat 500 calories a day, that was the "well, duh!" moment. The drops are a bit expensive...so I would say use them since you bought them, but then just do 500 calories a day...you'll definitely lose weight fast.0
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HCG products are fraudulent:
http://www.usatoday.com/yourlife/fitness/weight-loss-challenge/2011-01-24-hcgdiet24_ST_N.htm
If you just want to eat clean, you should do that and don't waste your money on these scams.0 -
I won't try it...
Research that I have found said that it's the LOW restricted calories that make you lose weight not the hcg...
I don't know about it...0 -
...I figured it couldnt hurt to try it ...
Actually it can really hurt you. with a 500 cal/day diet you will most likely lose a large % of lean muscle, not just fat. This will slow your metabolism down ,so if you go back to eating "normal" you will gain weight as your BMR and maintenance calories will be lower than you think.0 -
AWWWWW YEAH! HERE WE GO AGAIN!
REDDIT IMAGE!0 -
Mmmm.... pregnant lady pee! That does sound good!0
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What would a typical meal plan be like for a 500 calorie diet? Does a person who enjoys food just go right into eating 500 calories with no cravings or similar issues? The will power for that just magically appears?0
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It will work for a while, then any muscle you've built up will be eaten away in favour of any remaining fat. Avoid ANY fad diet!0
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I did the drops a couple months ago, with great results. I lost 50 lbs last year on Weight Watchers, and then I resorted back to my "old habits" and gained 30 lbs back. The HCG drops were meant to help kick start my weight loss again, and I lost 20 lbs with it, and now an additional 10 on my own.
There are going to be haters out there with this diet.....and everyone seems to have an opinion.....which is fine, but please people....have some respect.
I found eating the 500 cals/day pretty easy....the first couple days I was hungry, but it worked. I don't suffer from head aches anymore and didn't have any other side effects.
I'm not sure if you are used to exercising regularly, but when on the reduced calorie phase, you really shouldn't be working out, since you are eating so few cals. The phase when you can eat up to 1500 cals is awesome...eating eggs and cheese again!
If you have other questions, feel free to message me.0 -
Go to DR. OZ's website, talks about the dangers.0
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i tried to do that as well because a friend had success with it, but I'm hypoglycemic so it makes me sick if i don't eat every few hours so i couldnt do it0
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...I figured it couldnt hurt to try it ...
Actually it can really hurt you. with a 500 cal/day diet you will most likely lose a large % of lean muscle, not just fat. This will slow your metabolism down ,so if you go back to eating "normal" you will gain weight as your BMR and maintenance calories will be lower than you think.
totaly agree , and when that stops working what you going to do ? stop eating , life is for living!
eat healthy move more, and keep it real..0 -
I've done it a couple of times. While your on it it goes well, but you need to do the 6weeks maintenance, that's the hard part, if you screw up one day, you gain 3pounds +.......
I had trouble with the maintenance cause your on a 500cal. diet so you are so deprived for so long, once you get off of it after 23days or 40+ days you want to eat all that is in front of you hahahahaa.....
but you need to still control without having anymore drops to stop the hunger this is were I stumbled:(
In maintenance weeks (6weeks) You are not allowed to carbs for the next 3 weeks and certain other things, anyway you have the list, and then the 4th week you can start putting in carbs and see how your body reacts... and so ... some gain 2+ pounds as soon as they put carbs in there mouth, so then you need to do a steak day... only that to lose the 2 pounds you've gain and so on.......
I rather do this, eat health, and exercise....
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I did it last year. I will NEVER do it again. I felt great while doing it and thought it was the cat's meow. I lost 23 lbs. Then a month later...I started getting sick. As in picking up every stupid virus circulating this winter and was sick for FOUR MONTHS every other week. My immune system was SHOT (think about what you are doing to your immune system). Needless to say...since I was sick for four months, I used a lot of tasty food to wash down the mucus...and well, gained back SEVENTEEN pounds. Was it worth it? HELLLL NO. Because guess what I'm dealing with NOW?!?!? A blown metabolism that I'm having to WORK MY *kitten* off to revive. I've been working out five days a week for an hour each time since mid-June and have lost a total of 7 pounds. How's that for a sluggish metabolism?!? Don't do it. It's retarded. This...coming from a "been there, done that, and look what happened to me a year later". HCG = waste of money and time and LOTS of frustration/anger!0
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Try cutting out 1/3 of what you eat first for a month. Let me know how it works for you. Friend me0
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My cousin's crazynut gf did a 500 calorie a day program. All I could think of was Y-I-K-E-S!!!!!!! She told me her routine because I was trying to lose weight and she was trying to get me on this diet.
Basically she had a coffee for breakfast with no creamer or sugar. Some chicken breast with like two vegetables for lunch and like 1 serving of fruit in the WHOLE day. FFS. Oh, and she said she had to keep her activity at a minimum due to low cals...... :sick:0 -
1.) Stupid waste of money fad diet.
2.) You're eating a crazy low amount of calories. OF COURSE you're going to lose weight. Drinking a pregnant lady's pee isn't going to help.
3.) There's a search function on the forum. Use it.
AGREE. seriously, how are you going to sustain the weight loss after only 500 cals a day...once your body starts getting a more normal amount of food, it will want to hold on to it. 500 cals is a ration amount.
good luck with all this...0 -
I know some people who did this diet and it worked well for them. Nutritionists and health-nuts generally frown upon it because it's not exactly "natural" and departs from their standard knowledge base and everything they pride themselves to know. However, when I look at people who have done it, the results are impressive.
The diet should come with a pretty detailed plan that has everything you need to know. There should be lots of info within the plan on what kind of food to eat once the diet is over, so to not gain the weight right back. What you do immeidately following the diet is arguably the most important part, since at this time you are at a very susceptible point to easily gain the weight right back. Follow the plan, the entire plan, to the dot. Good luck.0 -
My cousin's crazynut gf did a 500 calorie a day program. All I could think of was Y-I-K-E-S!!!!!!! She told me her routine because I was trying to lose weight and she was trying to get me on this diet.
Basically she had a coffee for breakfast with no creamer or sugar. Some chicken breast with like two vegetables for lunch and like 1 serving of fruit in the WHOLE day. FFS. Oh, and she said she had to keep her activity at a minimum due to low cals...... :sick:
I'd like to know if there are any people who actually LIVE LIFE doing this. I guess if you're a couch potato, and extremely sedentary, than it won't impede on your life. But, how does a mother, nurse, teacher, or firefighter survive for so long like this?0 -
By the way, the constipation was REALLLLLY fun....NOT. Going poo once or maybe twice (if you're lucky) a week...think about what that does for ya internally. And I really wish I had done a body composition test before doing it...because while I'm 180 lbs right now, my scale says I'm 35% body fat. I'd love to know how much lean muscle was eaten away during that diet.
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This is essentially borderline anorexia with the addition of preggo pee. It's not a good idea.
I will add my best friend did this and lost a ton of weight! And gained ever pound of it back when she started eating more than 500 cals a day, because that's what happens when you stop restricting calories.0 -
My cousin's crazynut gf did a 500 calorie a day program. All I could think of was Y-I-K-E-S!!!!!!! She told me her routine because I was trying to lose weight and she was trying to get me on this diet.
Basically she had a coffee for breakfast with no creamer or sugar. Some chicken breast with like two vegetables for lunch and like 1 serving of fruit in the WHOLE day. FFS. Oh, and she said she had to keep her activity at a minimum due to low cals...... :sick:
Forgot to mention, she dropped weight but she looked... HORRIBLE! she looked so sickly and her skin was so broken out due to the stress she put her body in. And yep, she regained the weight she shed with in a few months after introducing food back into her diet.0 -
A friend of mine did it and lost about 20 lbs the first month.. But, I have to agree with the others.. its the 500 cals a day that is causing the weight loss. If HCG really caused weight loss.. Then I think pregnant women would be in alot of trouble. Since their levels of HCG double daily lol.. Its really not good to starve yourself. Im sure you have heard this before. There are other ways to tackle plateaus..0
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Only 500 Cals a day, not a great idea!!!0
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A friend of mine did it and lost about 20 lbs the first month.. But, I have to agree with the others.. its the 500 cals a day that is causing the weight loss. If HCG really caused weight loss.. Then I think pregnant women would be in alot of trouble. Since their levels of HCG double daily lol.. Its really not good to starve yourself. Im sure you have heard this before. There are other ways to tackle plateaus..
Oh, I forgot to add.. my friend also gained all the weight back as soon as she started eating normal again.
But, I lost 30 lbs doing it the "right" way.. and becuase of some personal things and medical conditions I gained it ALL back and then some. I was so devastated! All that hard work just to gain it back! So, everyone has to do what they want and learn on their own. I mean who knows.. it might work great for you and you might actually keep the weight off! There are better diets out there in my opinion but you never know!0 -
I am glad to read that so many of you gave great advice and were against this. Again, of course anyone that restricts there diet down to 500 calories a day will lose weight but you are all right, it is unhealthy and not maintainable and very few can be so disciplined. With that said if you want to cut back your cravings and your sweet tooth or carbs there are healthy ways to do that that are all natural w/o such drastic measures! I am lucky to have stumbled on my secret weapon that has helped with all of that and then some
and it has been life changing. Your going to try it out because you've invested but I'd encourage you to talk to me for healthy alternatives.
Feel free everyone to friend me as I leave calorie free tips and food for thought on my page. Hugs and Health, Colleen (Seattle):flowerforyou:0 -
Does a person who enjoys food just go right into eating 500 calories with no cravings or similar issues? The will power for that just magically appears?
Yes! The magical pregnant lady pee extract does all the hard work for you. All you have to do it open your wallet and you'll be skinny like a runway model!0
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