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  • MariSama44
    MariSama44 Posts: 340 Member
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    What if I don't loose weight, like when I was big. I ended up eating 800 cals per day when was 277 just so that I didn't gain weight.
    I am scared, and if I have to go back to the HCG diet again to loose weight it was so hard to ween my self away fro sugar and carbs.

    800 calories a day is still not enough for your body to run on. It will start storing fat when you starve it. Starving is not the way to loose weight, as it will just come right back on once food is available. Listen to everyone here, and use the MFP diary. Eating healthy means eating enough to fuel your body. that is, 1200 calories or more, depending on your deficit. Do this the right way and you wont ever have to dread it or worry about it again. Take care of yourself, please!
  • dlaplume2
    dlaplume2 Posts: 1,658 Member
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    I do think you have a problem with dieting, but it's not that it's too much dieting. It's the being too impatient to diet and not doing it the right way.

    I am 5'4" and I am in a size 12 not too far from you, and I feel there is too much fat on my body too. I would like to get to 140 lbs too. I was there before I got married and had kids.

    What I don't understand is why you don't think you can use this as momentum to keep going and lose the rest of it naturally. If you don't start eating right now, then when you do stop and get to your goal wieght, you are going to have a crash course in eating right. You are better of to do it slow and steady, so it is ingrained into your habits. You don't need to add sugar to your diet if you feel better without it. If you add it back and get addicted to it what is to stop you from doing that at 180lb vs 140lbs? You need to do a diet that you can live on for the rest of your life.

    The deffinition of diet.
    di·et/ˈdī-it/Noun: The kinds of food that a person, animal, or community habitually eats.
    Verb: Restrict oneself to small amounts or special kinds of food in order to lose weight:

    People need to realize that to maintain a healthy lifestyle, diet needs to be a noun, not a verb. You cannot live the rest of your life on the HCG diet.

    Best wishes to you .
  • teagin2002
    teagin2002 Posts: 1,901 Member
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    800 calories a day is still not enough for your body to run on. It will start storing fat when you starve it. Starving is not the way to loose weight, as it will just come right back on once food is available. Listen to everyone here, and use the MFP diary. Eating healthy means eating enough to fuel your body. that is, 1200 calories or more, depending on your deficit. Do this the right way and you wont ever have to dread it or worry about it again. Take care of yourself, please!

    That wasn't a weight loss yo might want to ready back through the post.
  • dawnedenise
    dawnedenise Posts: 4
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    how long have you been taking hcg?Can you send me imfo on it
  • SueInAz
    SueInAz Posts: 6,592 Member
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    What if I don't loose weight, like when I was big. I ended up eating 800 cals per day when was 277 just so that I didn't gain weight.
    I am scared, and if I have to go back to the HCG diet again to loose weight it was so hard to ween my self away fro sugar and carbs.
    Here's one problem with the HCG diet... it's reinforcing your belief that you need to eat less than 1000 calories per day to lose weight. 800 calories per day is very bad for your body. I can imagine that very fact is why your hair and nails were in awful shape before you started HCG; you were starving yourself. The problem is, you messed up your metabolism eating so little and then you were afraid to eat more because you gained weight. What you didn't realize is that if you'd continued to eat more for awhile you'd eventually start losing again as your metabolism recovered. This is a known fact and I've seen people here say time and time again that they had to start eating more to lose weight.

    You mentioned that you're currently eating 2000 calories per day. Is this a maintenance plan or are you actually still losing some weight while eating that much? At your height and weight, I'm betting it's maintenance and that you could easily drop that to 1500 calories per day and start losing a pound a week.

    I have to agree with the person who mentioned counseling. I think rather than spending money on another round of the HCG diet, you should spend it on some professional help to get your past your eating issues (you mentioned anorexia and bulimia in your past) and learn how to accept a normal diet as normal. You CAN lose weight by simply eating less calories than you're burning while eating in excess of 1200 calories per day.
  • teagin2002
    teagin2002 Posts: 1,901 Member
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    I am eating now about 2180 cals per day that is in the 6 weeks between HCG rounds, and I have been doing this for 4 weeks so far without gaining and with regular exercise. so if you think I am not eating you are wrong, what I am afraid of is not being able to loose the 50 lbs I was to in even a year. Because of my history with weight.
  • MariSama44
    MariSama44 Posts: 340 Member
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    800 calories a day is still not enough for your body to run on. It will start storing fat when you starve it. Starving is not the way to loose weight, as it will just come right back on once food is available. Listen to everyone here, and use the MFP diary. Eating healthy means eating enough to fuel your body. that is, 1200 calories or more, depending on your deficit. Do this the right way and you wont ever have to dread it or worry about it again. Take care of yourself, please!

    That wasn't a weight loss yo might want to ready back through the post.

    "What if I don't loose weight, like when I was big. I ended up eating 800 cals per day when was 277 just so that I didn't gain weight."

    I was 277. My caloric intake was 1500 calories when I was that large. I lost 100 pounds taking it slow and easy and learning how to eat, no hormones, no pills, no impatience.... All I'm saying is looking for the next quick fix will not solve your problem, ever. You should be concerned about health, not poundage...
  • cramernh
    cramernh Posts: 3,335 Member
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    What if I don't loose weight, like when I was big. I ended up eating 800 cals per day when was 277 just so that I didn't gain weight.
    I am scared, and if I have to go back to the HCG diet again to loose weight it was so hard to ween my self away fro sugar and carbs.
    Here's one problem with the HCG diet... it's reinforcing your belief that you need to eat less than 1000 calories per day to lose weight. 800 calories per day is very bad for your body. I can imagine that very fact is why your hair and nails were in awful shape before you started HCG; you were starving yourself. The problem is, you messed up your metabolism eating so little and then you were afraid to eat more because you gained weight. What you didn't realize is that if you'd continued to eat more for awhile you'd eventually start losing again as your metabolism recovered. This is a known fact and I've seen people here say time and time again that they had to start eating more to lose weight.

    You mentioned that you're currently eating 2000 calories per day. Is this a maintenance plan or are you actually still losing some weight while eating that much? At your height and weight, I'm betting it's maintenance and that you could easily drop that to 1500 calories per day and start losing a pound a week.

    I have to agree with the person who mentioned counseling. I think rather than spending money on another round of the HCG diet, you should spend it on some professional help to get your past your eating issues (you mentioned anorexia and bulimia in your past) and learn how to accept a normal diet as normal. You CAN lose weight by simply eating less calories than you're burning while eating in excess of 1200 calories per day.


    Humble agreement
  • teagin2002
    teagin2002 Posts: 1,901 Member
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    800 cals per day is what I had to eat last year when I was 277 lbs so I didn't gain weight. now after HCG I am eating my BMR caloric intake and maintaining my weight loss great.
  • teagin2002
    teagin2002 Posts: 1,901 Member
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    Sure give me your email, the information is in an E-booklet. it explains a lot of things about the human body and what happens in it to cause the weight gain. It isn't always eating too much, like in my case.
  • beckyinma
    beckyinma Posts: 1,433 Member
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    maybe doing it a healthier way for that last 50 pounds would actually teach you how to maintain your goal once you get there? Learning healthy food choices and daily exercises and actually applying them to your daily life are vital in maintaining overall health in the long term.

    DITTO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    DOUBLE DITTO!
  • teagin2002
    teagin2002 Posts: 1,901 Member
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    Please note I am not defending my current way just clarifying information that may have been misunderstood in the conversation.
  • cramernh
    cramernh Posts: 3,335 Member
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    This is what I war referring to in my Q, it sounds like you think I am wrong or there is something maybe sychologicly wrong with me for seeing my self as still too fat as a size 10. Please confirm

    Yes... there is something psychologically out of place when a person thinks they are too fat in a size 10 and they are a previous anorexic/bulemic survivor.

    You have several misconceptions that have you attached to the HCG being your only savior to losing weight..... and your husband is genuinely concerned for you and your health.

    I definitely would not go another round of HCG and I would hope people who care - like we do, and family and loved ones are people you consider genuine to what they are saying to you.

    Your husband from the sound of things, is going to love you whether you are 127lbs or 227lbs but he is right in being concerned for you and with HCG.

    Get help, Teagin.... before doing another round of HCG... get help from an Eating Disorder specialist to address your true immediate psychological needs, hun.
  • teagin2002
    teagin2002 Posts: 1,901 Member
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    it doesn't seem that people are following through the post, and that information may have been miss communicated.

    I thank you all for your help I think I have gotten what I need from this post.
  • megz4987
    megz4987 Posts: 1,008 Member
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    While your goal is a healthy one, I agree with him to try and do it on your own, without HCG.
    I don't know about you, but to me that would be the greatest reward... to know you got there on your own.
  • heathersmilez
    heathersmilez Posts: 2,579 Member
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    I don't know what HCG is, either.

    Quick summary, its 500 cal a day diet and injections that contain a chemical found in pregnant women's urine hence its often referred to as the preggo-pee diet.

    You are addicted to a very expensive and unhealthy diet NOT the act of losing weight. Be sure this is under a doctor’s care b/c if you return to normal eating and gain it all back, your body will be beyond repair traumatized and you’ll have a reduced lifespan and that is the fear your husband has that you are taking this “diet-thing” too far. Eating healthy and losing weight is NOT too far if you do it the MFP way.
  • SueInAz
    SueInAz Posts: 6,592 Member
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    800 cals per day is what I had to eat last year when I was 277 lbs so I didn't gain weight. now after HCG I am eating my BMR caloric intake and maintaining my weight loss great.
    800 calories per day is a starvation diet. The bad shape of your hair and nails while you were eating that little is proof. You didn't NEED to eat that little to maintain 277 pounds but because you were eating that little your body was afraid to drop any weight because you were starving it. Please focus on this thought for a minute and believe it for the truth that it is. Once you have that truth firmly fixed in your mind....

    If you are now eating 2000+ calories per day and maintaining your weight, your metabolism is in a "better place" and you are now ready to lose weight normally. You could now, instead of going back onto HCG, start eating 1500 calories per day and you would lose, on average, one pound per week because you'd be eating 3500 calories less per week than you are now. It's simple math and it really does work.
  • ilookthetype
    ilookthetype Posts: 3,021 Member
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    I think he's probably right to be concerned. HCG isn't really a healthy way to lose weight. I agree with eating and exercising.

    This.
  • Qarol
    Qarol Posts: 6,171 Member
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    I think he's probably right to be concerned. HCG isn't really a healthy way to lose weight. I agree with eating and exercising.
    This.
    Be grateful he's concerned. As he well should be...
  • scapez
    scapez Posts: 2,018 Member
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    What if I don't loose weight, like when I was big. I ended up eating 800 cals per day when was 277 just so that I didn't gain weight.

    If you were eating 800 calories/day, you were literally starving yourself and your body knows it - so it compensates by hanging on to fat, causing you to not lose any weight.
    I am scared, and if I have to go back to the HCG diet again to loose weight it was so hard to ween my self away fro sugar and carbs.

    It's good to limit sugars but our bodies need carbohydrates...it's what we use to burn energy, for example, while exercising.

    Remember, the end goal isn't just to be skinny, it's to shed excess fat and be healthier and stronger. You can't be strong eating 500 calories a day, you're not taking in enough nutrients to have energy!! For your own health, please consider what so many others have said here. Stop the HCG drops, adopt a healthier lifestyle, and lose weight the slow and healthy way with a calorie deficit and exercise. :smile:

    You have nothing to lose...but you.

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