HCG diet...

500 calories.....that will make anyone sick! :sick: I have heard of ppl getting very ill from it and have heard ppl that didnt! If you have ANY type of medical conditions, I wouldnt do it!

Whether or not you FEEL sick, you will be making your body sick by not giving it enough energy and nutrients. HCG is a starvation diet and it's not a healthy way to lose weight. I've lost 62 pounds eating more than twice what that diet requires and I didn't have to pay for any expensive supplements made from urine.

I'm sorry, but this is an appalling diet choice. I wish you well, but this diet will make you sick, and the 'HCG' element has, for forty years, been proven over and over in medical research to be a total scam.

i must agree with that! everyone i know that has done it has gained back the weight plus some! very unhealthy diet!

500 calories a day on this 'diet'... if I remember correctly, Auschwitz prisoners were fed 600 calories/day.

Stay away, its incredibly dangerous.

My sister-in-law, her parents, my mom, my sister have all done this diet. I've also seen numerous other people do this diet. It's true, sometimes, people after the diet don't keep the weight off. Most of the time its because they don't do anything AFTER and just expect the weight to stay off. My sister-in-law, her parents, and sister have all had great success. But, they are also very conscious about what they put in their bodies now and are very strict about their diet. My sister exercises 5+ times a week on top of that. And so far, hasn't had any problem with it.

But of course, everyone is different. If you personally start to experience any problems with it, call your doctor right away.

I have to disagree with it working regardless of the chemical being there or not though. Putting your body in starvation mode doesn't automatically cause you to lose a substantial amount of weight. In fact, your body sometimes holds onto it more so than previously. (I haven't done HCG, but I have tried eating very little as possible when I was younger and it certainly did me little benefit).

I'd also like to mention that part of this diet is not being able to exercise. If you aren't exercising and starving your body, what are you losing? Yup, muscle, not fat.

If it can't sustain you for life why do it at all?

This is genius...all summed up neatly in one little sentence.

Mission hcg needs to be aborted stat!

I'd also like to mention that part of this diet is not being able to exercise. If you aren't exercising and starving your body, what are you losing? Yup, muscle, not fat.

The whole point of the reason that people do this is because you -don't- lose the muscle. It puts your body in a type of "pregnancy mode" and activates your body so that it starts burning the fat -instead- of the muscle.

There's never been a scientific study that's been able to replicate this result. No study has ever found it more effective than just starving yourself on 500 calories a day either.

the hcg drops i bought says that light to moderate exercise is fine but not vigorous exercise. So i will continue to work out.

Please, please for the love of god... eat a healthy intake. Exercise moderately. It sounds like you've bought the homeopathic version. Which realistically is kind of a double dose of utter nonsense. Please don't do this to yourself. Do you like your hair? Do you like having nice, fully functioning organs? Do you like being healthy? Then don't buy into this incredibly unhealthy pseudo-scientific nonsense?

It's true, sometimes, people after the diet don't keep the weight off. Most of the time its because they don't do anything AFTER and just expect the weight to stay off.

The thing is that's exactly what the diet sells itself as. So it's not surprising really.

I have to disagree with it working regardless of the chemical being there or not though. Putting your body in starvation mode doesn't automatically cause you to lose a substantial amount of weight. In fact, your body sometimes holds onto it more so than previously. (I haven't done HCG, but I have tried eating very little as possible when I was younger and it certainly did me little benefit).

Starvation mode happens when your metabolism slows down to equal the number of calories you are eating. Until that happens, you will lose weight. So, if you limit yourself to 500 calories a day, you will continue to lose weight until your metabolism slows to the point of only burning 500 calories a day. Unfortunately in order for that to happen, you have to lose a LOT of muscle mass, and a few non-essential or less-essential organ systems will have to shut down. All the HCG hormone does is suppress your hunger, so you can eat only 500 calories and not necessarily feel starving. So yes, eating 500 calories a day without the chemical will work just fine for probably several months, but the overall damage to your metabolism and system will be catastrophic.

I'd also like to mention that part of this diet is not being able to exercise. If you aren't exercising and starving your body, what are you losing? Yup, muscle, not fat.

The whole point of the reason that people do this is because you -don't- lose the muscle. It puts your body in a type of "pregnancy mode" and activates your body so that it starts burning the fat -instead- of the muscle.

No, it really really doesn't. 4 DECADES of scientific research demonstrates that HCG has NO impact.

I can't believe people are still suckered by this bull.

Because they want to be. Or they are just stupid.

Exactly. Too many people just want this:

Has anyone tried the HCG diet? I started it yesterday and tomorrow is the beginning of the low calorie part. I wanted to know if anyone has gotten seriously sick while doing this diet. Thanks.


EDIT!!!! Please no bashing or being insulting. That is not why I posted this. I'm only asking the people who HAVE tried it to comment. Thank you.

Lovely, I'm not bashing you. I have a family member who did it and who is INCREDIBLY sick as a consequence. I in contrast have lost my weight the healthy way. I have another friend who has nasty, dodgy skin and hair coming off in clumps, sticking to this diet 'cause it works!'. It doesn't. It's a training in eating disorders.

Undoubtedly someone will be along shortly to reassure you that it's fantastic and healthy. Ask them how long they've been on it. How much they've lost. How well they've maintained.

I've lost 24lb in 8 weeks, with a healthy diet and exercise. That seems a pretty good outcome to me. Why would you (or anyone else) want to starve yourself, ingest a placebo, and risk serious illness, for a similar, or frankly poorer, outcome?

Exactly. We post because we care. We don't want you to get sick when you could be much healthier and achieve greater results.