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ExFit
ExFit Posts: 28
edited October 1 in Introduce Yourself
No offense for those of you doing it, but HCG Diet is the biggest joke there is. It does not work, i could probably write here a million and one questions to those of you doing it and guarantee that you won't be able to answer me, hell you don't even know if its safe.

Such a shame, stay natural!
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  • kathied41
    kathied41 Posts: 20
    I know, the ONLY safe way to lose weight is to take in less calories than you burn. There is no quick way of doing it, the slower it comes off the more likely it'll stay off.
    Kathie
  • stephers0615
    stephers0615 Posts: 3
    what exactly is the HCG diet anyway???
  • My1985Freckles
    My1985Freckles Posts: 1,039 Member
    Yes, what is HCG?
  • YukonJoy
    YukonJoy Posts: 1,279 Member
    It's pretty stupid. But not as stupid as eating "according to your blood type".

    Oh yeah that makes soooo much sense!! Freaking rocket scientists.
  • YukonJoy
    YukonJoy Posts: 1,279 Member
    what exactly is the HCG diet anyway???

    Ladies. Google is your friend.
  • millionsofpeaches
    millionsofpeaches Posts: 372
    I read that it is pregnant lady pee.... :laugh:

    Oh, yes please... Can I inject preggo pee into me... please please please! hahaha... What a freakin joke.
  • chevy88grl
    chevy88grl Posts: 3,937 Member
    Well. I don't know about you - but I'd rather not inject myself with a hormone that tells my body it is pregnant.. when it is not. No thanks.

    To each their own, I suppose. But, I didn't enjoy really being pregnant, so I'd rather not be "fake pregnant" either. ;)
  • Aegelis
    Aegelis Posts: 237 Member
    According to the website, HCG gives you make-up, better lighting and a professional photographer. People will buy anything to avoid hard work. The "lose 1 to 2 pounds a day!" pitch sounds mighty scarey.
  • LovingMyselfAgain
    LovingMyselfAgain Posts: 35
    HCG is the diet where you either inject yourself with the hormone our (us as ladies) body produces when we are pregnant. You consume between 500 to 900 calories a day... and follow a very strict diet. You are said to lose between 1 - 2 lbs a day.

    I did try this diet, for about a week, but felt like this was just cheating. It definitely did work.. but i knew that this was not the way i wanted to lose weight. I wanted to be healthy.. i have tried possibly EVERY crash diet out there, and have never succeeded (for various reasons)... and i am finally doing things the correct way... and couldn't be any happier doing it.. especially since for the first time ever, my hubby is joining me!! :)
  • rebsaganes
    rebsaganes Posts: 112 Member
    You don't need all the fads and gimmicks. Just eat less and exercise more if you really want to lose weight. PERIOD.
  • ttrttrttr
    ttrttrttr Posts: 34
    I work at a clinic with 7 Doctors and 2 of the nurses I work with went on this HCG diet. The doctors ripped them a new one. They told them it was absolutely not safe.

    Having said that however the reason you will lose weight on this diet is because you're only allowed to eat 500 cals a day on it. Your body needs a 1,000 cals daily to perform your basic functions. DO NOT do this Joke of a diet
  • faith12207
    faith12207 Posts: 31
    HCG diet is not safe caused a friend of mine to get blood clots in her lungs good thing they caught it when they did.
  • Leslie2273
    Leslie2273 Posts: 152 Member
    I tried the Depo shot for birth control which makes your body think its pregnant so you don't get your period and while not getting your period was great the other side effects were terrible. The biggest one was weight gain and mood swings. Not for me but to each his own.
  • Rebecca2u
    Rebecca2u Posts: 19 Member
    I considered the HCG diet very seriously, even as far as making a Dr's appt. Thankfully the doctor that prescribes the program asked that I read a couple of books on the subject, especially HCG Weight Loss Cure Guide: a Supplemental Guide to Dr. Simeon's HCG Protocol. After reading the book, I was completely amazed and dumbfounded how anyone could do this diet. Introducing a hormone into your body that isn't naturally there unless you are pregnant, this on top of limiting your caloric intake to 500 calories a day. I found the food choices to be very very limited and also the diet recommends strongly that while using the HCG diet plan that you do not use any type of moisturizer, lotions, makeup, anything that would have a topical oil that could be absorbed into the body.I could go on and on! I encourage anyone who is considering this diet to do your research and make sure it is a diet you can follow and stick with! It isn't a cheap product and as most insurances aren't going to cover weight loss, it will be on your dime. I've only known two other people to "try" the HCG diet, both complained of constant headaches, fatigue, upset stomach, and neither of them made it past the 3rd week. Please consider all your options and all the information that is out there before you make a money and health investment such as this.
  • starracer23
    starracer23 Posts: 1,011 Member
    The issue is that people don't really want to put WORK into losing the weight. They didn't gain it overnight, but they surely want to lose it overnight....HCG let's them do that. It restricts their caloric intake to 500 per day....HA!!

    The ones that starve themselves will more than likely gain the weight back once they are no longer ingesting their magic p*ss...they aren't making a lifestyle change. They are allowing some "hormone" to do the work for them....Go ahead and hate...BUT IT'S THE TRUTH.
  • dbower18
    dbower18 Posts: 40 Member
    Just apply the first law of thermodynamics.

    http://muller.lbl.gov/TRessays/22-ThePhysicsDiet.htm

    Everything else is so much stuff and nonsense.

    Exercise is important too though.
  • 3ricaAnn
    3ricaAnn Posts: 288
    The issue is that people don't really want to put WORK into losing the weight. They didn't gain it overnight, but they surely want to lose it overnight....HCG let's them do that. It restricts their caloric intake to 500 per day....HA!!


    Not related at all but I LOVE your ticker!
  • Rebecca2u
    Rebecca2u Posts: 19 Member
    The issue is that people don't really want to put WORK into losing the weight. They didn't gain it overnight, but they surely want to lose it overnight....HCG let's them do that. It restricts their caloric intake to 500 per day....HA!!

    The ones that starve themselves will more than likely gain the weight back once they are no longer ingesting their magic p*ss...they aren't making a lifestyle change. They are allowing some "hormone" to do the work for them....Go ahead and hate...BUT IT'S THE TRUTH.


    Sometimes the truth hurts!
  • 3ricaAnn
    3ricaAnn Posts: 288
    Well. I don't know about you - but I'd rather not inject myself with a hormone that tells my body it is pregnant.. when it is not. No thanks.

    To each their own, I suppose. But, I didn't enjoy really being pregnant, so I'd rather not be "fake pregnant" either. ;)

    As bad as I want to get pregnant tricking my body into thinking I'm pregnant would be a horrible tease!
  • birdlover97111
    birdlover97111 Posts: 346 Member
    The issue is that people don't really want to put WORK into losing the weight. They didn't gain it overnight, but they surely want to lose it overnight....HCG let's them do that. It restricts their caloric intake to 500 per day....HA!!

    The ones that starve themselves will more than likely gain the weight back once they are no longer ingesting their magic p*ss...they aren't making a lifestyle change. They are allowing some "hormone" to do the work for them....Go ahead and hate...BUT IT'S THE TRUTH.

    Amen to the above..!!....The same goes for those 'Master Cleanse' farces, which I must admit, I fell for several months ago..:huh: ..Sure, I lost 10 lbs in the 10 days that I was on it, but 2 days later after finishing, all 10 lbs were back on me..:noway: .If you want the weight loss bad enough and for it to STAY off, then do it the right way to begin with..!!... :flowerforyou:
  • ExFit
    ExFit Posts: 28
    HCG: Human Chorionic Gonadotropin... In other words, a hormone that is produced by the developing placenta when a woman becomes pregnant. Levels increase over the first trimester and then begin to decline. Average levels over the course of the pregnancy have been calculated and are used in triple marker screening, which involves analysis of a blood sample from a pregnant woman or pee test.

    It seems that some so-called Doctors out there are selling this stuff promising rapid weight loss, at a very high price ($$$$). this hormone that your body is suppose to naturally produce is injected into you, to make your body believe that it needs to burn cals quicker than it suppose to (In order to feed the "Baby" that is in your placenta, that is not really there). So the Doctor tells you that you have to consume an exaggerated amount of cals the first 2-3 days and then cut it to 400-500 cals while it buns triple that amount, Lol sure it does, with that calorie intake anyone would lose weight. (Oh yea, to this "Doctors" add appetite suppressants) why don't you just killed me?! as i'm sure the maggots eating my body will make me look thinner.

    Though hCG dieters have some leeway in how they spend their 500 daily calories, they're urged to choose organic meats, vegetables, and fish. Dairy, carbs, alcohol, and sugar are all off limits. A day's meals might consist of coffee and an orange for breakfast; a little tilapia and raw asparagus for lunch; a piece of fruit in the afternoon; and crab, spinach, Melba toast, and tea for dinner. If dieters slip up, they're encouraged to compensate by drinking only water and eating nothing but six apples for 24 hours. That's thought to help squeeze out water weight, a psychological boost to help them get back on track.

    The brain needs about 800 calories to work properly! REALLY PEOPLE?!!. The health risk are unknown, even thought there has been some child birth defects off women that have been doing this. Detractors say the hormone isn't some miracle ingredient to weight loss—the restrictive diet is and that is obvious, to most of us at least.

    If you are on it, i would read and research more of it if i were you. Knowledge is power. And this is a Scam.

    P.S: Look up this. Mr. Kevin Trudeau vs. FTC (Federal Trade Commission) <--This is the guy that made it famous just in case you didnt know. here is a link: http://www.casewatch.org/ftc/enforcements/trudeau/book/appeal_ruling.pdf
  • starracer23
    starracer23 Posts: 1,011 Member
    The issue is that people don't really want to put WORK into losing the weight. They didn't gain it overnight, but they surely want to lose it overnight....HCG let's them do that. It restricts their caloric intake to 500 per day....HA!!

    The ones that starve themselves will more than likely gain the weight back once they are no longer ingesting their magic p*ss...they aren't making a lifestyle change. They are allowing some "hormone" to do the work for them....Go ahead and hate...BUT IT'S THE TRUTH.


    Sometimes the truth hurts!

    And I guess that all those that fall for it and spend so much money on it and continue to believe that it is their magic cure won't realize it until they are exactly back where they started or fatter....it's sad.

    People want a quick fix now for everything...they are too lazy to actually put forth an effort. Why should they...there is magic p*ss that makes it easy.
  • kathied41
    kathied41 Posts: 20
    If you only consume between 500 to 900 calories a day and add exercise w/o the hormones you will lose. Its not a healthy safe way to do it, just another fad diet.
    Kathie
  • ExFit
    ExFit Posts: 28
    It's Dangerous.
  • hazelnutflav
    hazelnutflav Posts: 391 Member
    if you want to be success at weight loss follow this weight loss tip.

    ******PROPER NUTRITION +DAILY EXCERCISE=SUCCESS******

    YOU HAVE GOT TO EARN IT PEOPLE ITS THAT SIMPLE :/
  • ExFit
    ExFit Posts: 28
    if you want to be success at weight loss follow this weight loss tip.

    ******PROPER NUTRITION +DAILY EXCERCISE=SUCCESS******

    YOU HAVE GOT TO EARN IT PEOPLE ITS THAT SIMPLE :/


    True Statement
  • stephers0615
    stephers0615 Posts: 3
    rude
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    rude

    ummm... welcome back, I guess?
  • trinatrina1984
    trinatrina1984 Posts: 1,018 Member
    rude

    huh?
  • Veil5577
    Veil5577 Posts: 868 Member
    That is the most ridiculous diet I have ever heard of.
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