HCG diet tracking....

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I'm going to assume that this is tongue in cheek because

1) you put 50 calories a day
2) The drops are now not legal to sell
3) you are insinuating that you want encouragement from a computer program and that you can't ignore it's warnings
4) everyone knows that HCG stands for Happy Cola Gummies, which are way more than 50 calories (yep, that's a shout out)

....lost 35lbs in 43 days back in June.

Doesn't June have 30 days? See... you're failing already.

Let see. Drop the HCG, eat normally and you'll be fine..

No site is going to encourage you to eat 500 calories a day.. hate to tell you.

I am very excited to start the HCG diet. I know I only gain weight on a 1200 calorie diet. I WISH all I had to do was eat 1200 calories a day. I only lose weight when eating 500 calories or less so HCG sounds right up my alley. With so many people having success with it, I can only assume you haven't tried it. It was even featured on doctor Oz who said his conclusion was it was definitely worth a try. And with ANY diet you are going to gain back the weight you lose and then some, unless you continue to diet for the rest of your life. SO get real!

This post makes no sense. You say you only lose eating 500 calories a day...what are you going to do, stay on HCG the rest of your life? You also say that ANY diet will result in gaining back the weight lost and then some...then what is the point in dieting in the first place?

This is MFP advocates a LIFESTYLE CHANGE. If you learn to develop healthy eating habits and exercise regularly, you will lose the weight and KEEP IT OFF. Look at the numerous success stories here on MFP...people who have had triple-digit weight loss and have kept it off.

You also should be aware that HCG drops are now banned by the FDA. In the very near future, you probably won't be able to get them anymore. You'd have to spend hundreds of dollars to get injections from a doctor.

:drinker: :laugh:

I tried hcg diet. I lost some weight but did not stay on it. I did not like they way it made me feel. I have not heard anybody say anything about how it made them feel. I don't know how to explain it but it made me feel funny. There is no doubt you can lose weight. But my approach is not just to lose weight but be healthy. I know skinny people that are not healthy. And I am always weary of diets and anything that the sponsors for that product tell you you can only do it for short term. It does have bad side effects if you stay on it long term for men and women. The short term well the jury is stll out. The best way to lose weight is slow and steady. There is alot of people trying to make money off of hcg. I don't know if all hcg is created equal. Just food for thought.

I'm sorry, but they should also suspend any doctor who recommended or endorsed this (Dr. Oz too). I would rather their license be suspended indefinitely.. but everyone makes mistakes.. I guess!

I wish the FDA would start fighting against the dangerous HCG scam on ALL FRONTS -- in other words, not only by outlawing the colored water "HCG products" they are now going after, but also the doctors and weight loss clinics that make money by convincing people it is a safe way to lose weight.

Personally, I think that any doctor that puts people on HCG for weight loss should lose their license to practice medicine and be put in jail for fraud!

The FDA (or some government agency) also needs to put a stop to people in the USA ordering prescription strength HCG from foreign pharmacies without a prescription.

http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/truth-about-hcg-for-weight-loss

Without HCG (the hormone drops/injections) one cannot be on a 500 calorie diet, which is why when you're on the very lowe caloric diet you need HCG. After a minimum of 3 weeks on it, you get off of it and you continue the low caloric diet for 2 days to get the hcg out of your system. after that you eat your maintenance calories for 3 more weeks but still no sugar and starches. After that you start maintaining where you can SLOWLY start incorporating sugar and starches but of course in any diet you do not want to do that.

This for some people like me, teaches us how to eat correctly. Better portions, fats, carbs and protein per meal.

And yes, with any diet, if you go back to the way you use to eat, you will definitely gain all the weight back if not more but that's why it's suppose to be a lifestyle change. To get you in the mindset of using food for fuel. Not to lose weight fast just for an occasion and go back to the way you eat and get fat again.

I use to be in the gym 6x/wk and eating correctly. Lost a lot of weight until I had thyroid problems. The old tradition didn't work. So I resorted to HCG and its the only thing that has helped me a lot. I still go the gym and eat correctly. It's all on the person doing the diet and if they decide to make it a lifestyle change or not. Any diet can be seen as bad but that's because the people who don't do it correctly give it a bad rep.

I am very excited to start the HCG diet. I know I only gain weight on a 1200 calorie diet. I WISH all I had to do was eat 1200 calories a day. I only lose weight when eating 500 calories or less so HCG sounds right up my alley. With so many people having success with it, I can only assume you haven't tried it. It was even featured on doctor Oz who said his conclusion was it was definitely worth a try. And with ANY diet you are going to gain back the weight you lose and then some, unless you continue to diet for the rest of your life. SO get real!

This post makes no sense. You say you only lose eating 500 calories a day...what are you going to do, stay on HCG the rest of your life? You also say that ANY diet will result in gaining back the weight lost and then some...then what is the point in dieting in the first place?

This is MFP advocates a LIFESTYLE CHANGE. If you learn to develop healthy eating habits and exercise regularly, you will lose the weight and KEEP IT OFF. Look at the numerous success stories here on MFP...people who have had triple-digit weight loss and have kept it off.

You also should be aware that HCG drops are now banned by the FDA. In the very near future, you probably won't be able to get them anymore. You'd have to spend hundreds of dollars to get injections from a doctor.

Please read the articles on these websites before you try the HCG diet.

I know some people that put their faith in the HCG diet, and became very ill from malnutrition as a result. No matter what the snake oil salesmen that promote the HCG diet say, eating only 500 calories a day, HCG or not, is NOT safe!

The Government is now in the process of getting all that fraudulent stuff off the market, and it's about time!

http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm281333.htm

http://www.myhealthnewsdaily.com/hcg-diet-dangerous-1428

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/hcg-diet/AN02091

http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/truth-about-hcg-for-weight-loss

http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/weight-loss-cure-dont-want-you-to-know

http://www.dietscam.org/reports/hcg.shtml

http://www.tucsonmedical.com/pages/hcg.php