hCG Diet...

You don't need any drops to lose weight. People who do HCG eat 500 calories. This is a starvation diet that results in weight loss because... well, because they starve themselves, not because of any miracle drops. And eventually your body will fight back and do anything it can to keep your fat to survive. It is a horrible idea. Don't permanently damage your body, just treat it well and it will do great things for you. Eat a healthy diet and exercise and you will see 10x better results. You can learn healthy habits by making small changes and not putting your body through hell.

Don't try it. I received info from Tom Venuto and Dr. Oz and both speak highly against it. It used to be a big craze in the 60's and it's out there again. The US FDA or whatever has removed it from the market because it hasn't been proven to work. I know many people who have used it and yes, they lost weight, but it will rebound in a very big way. It is setting a person up for starvation and it reduces the metabolism so low that it would be impossible not to gain it back. To successfully lose weight, a person should find out their maintenance level of calories and go 20% lower to slowly shave it off without going into starvation mode. Then, exercise will burn even more off. That's the only successful way.

Deb

This thread will be locked soon. Don't waste your time arguing here.

I did it in the 80's. Waste of money. They put me on a 600 calorie per day diet with daily HCG shots. Yes, I got to 110 lbs, but would have gotten there with the diet anyway.

Okay, don't chew my head off! I don't get on the message boards as much as I'd like so I'm sure this has been up here before... Has anyone done or know someone who has done the hCG diet? How did you/they do?

I know there are a lot of opinions out there about this diet. I used to have mine and thought that of course, anyone eating 500 calories/day is going to lose weight... duh! But I researched more about it and how it actually works and it doesn't seem like a bad idea.

I've read that it also teaches your body to maintain on smaller portions and less calories. So you develop healthy eating habits along the way.

It's pure self sabotage all the way.
Everybody is looking for the easy, fast way, and all hCG will do is enrich the scammers who sell and market this trash diet.

You've been warned.

It's also against mfp community guidelines to discuss:

No Promotion of Unsafe Weight-Loss Techniques or Eating Disorders

1. a) Posts intended to promote potentially unsafe or controversial weight loss products or procedures, including non-medically prescribed supplements or MLM products will be removed without warning.


15. Divisive Topics Are Better Suited For Groups, Not the Main Forums
Divisive topics, particularly those that seek input from or are relevant only to a select group of users, are better placed within an appropriate Group rather than the Main Forums

I did it and lost about 112 lbs, I have gained back about 6 lbs in the past 2 months but that is due to muscle gain, I am lifting weights. I also lost inches and have a much tighter body.

I have said this before on other HCG threads, I used it as an alternative to weight loss surgery. I treated it that way too, so I followed it exactly without any cheats at all. It is very difficult and if you don't follow it properly you are setting yourself up for failier and a high possibility of gaining it all back.

I do believe it works, but I would never want to do it again. It was just way too hard and I think that is why I work so hard now not to gain it all back :flowerforyou:

before HCG I ate about 800 calls/day trying to lose weight and just couldn't.
I started in 11/2010


I stopped about 6 months ago and I now I eat an average of 2400 cals/day and burn an average of 300 cals/day. I work out 6 days/week and lift 3 days.
Most recent photo was taken yesterday at the gym:


my diary is open if you would like to check it out. I am eating at a very high protein intake as I am lifting at this time, so I change my ratios protein/carb/fat from time to time to achieve my goals.

Again I would not recommend it unless you don't have any other options, as it is very difficult and if you can't follow it exactly you are setting yourself up for failure. The cheats work for dropping the pounds, but hinder in the maintenance phase.

Good luck sweetie :flowerforyou:

I have done the HCG diet and it is NOT worth it in the long run!! I started it about 2 years ago and only need to lose about 25 lbs. Well I lost the weight and then went off of it and did all the recommended steps to go back to "normal" eating and gained all the weight back plus about 65 lbs!! Which is why I'm on here now trying to lose the weight the healthy way!! The HCG diet is a rip! It will give you quick results but being able to keep it off is a whole other story! Message me if you have any questions.

The military has banned it...It's not good for you.

I've read that it also teaches your body to maintain on smaller portions and less calories. So you develop healthy eating habits along the way.

You do NOT develop healthy eating habits when a program advices 500 calories per day.

I willingly echo another poster.. this is not an MFP-recognized ideal....

Please talk with your doctor about your individual situation if you are going to consider weight loss and to learn what would be right for you.

I did it and lost about 112 lbs, I have gained back about 6 lbs in the past 2 months but that is due to muscle gain, I am lifting weights. I also lost inches and have a much tighter body.

I have said this before on other HCG threads, I used it as an alternative to weight loss surgery. I treated it that way too, so I followed it exactly without any cheats at all. It is very difficult and if you don't follow it properly you are setting yourself up for failier and a high possibility of gaining it all back.

I do believe it works, but I would never want to do it again. It was just way too hard and I think that is why I work so hard now not to gain it all back :flowerforyou:

before HCG I ate about 800 calls/day trying to lose weight and just couldn't.
I started in 11/2010


I stopped about 6 months ago and I now I eat an average of 2400 cals/day and burn an average of 300 cals/day. I work out 6 days/week and lift 3 days.
Most recent photo was taken yesterday at the gym:


my diary is open if you would like to check it out. I am eating at a very high protein intake as I am lifting at this time, so I change my ratios protein/carb/fat from time to time to achieve my goals.

Again I would not recommend it unless you don't have any other options, as it is very difficult and if you can't follow it exactly you are setting yourself up for failure. The cheats work for dropping the pounds, but hinder in the maintenance phase.

Good luck sweetie :flowerforyou:

Thank you, this is exactly what I want to use it for... I'm not looking for a quick fix, I need a jump start and I'm willing to follow a strict diet for 6 weeks and train myself to eat better. I've looked into the lapband and I don't qualify for it.

If you don't qualify for surgery you don't qualify for a VLCD like HCG. Also, since it ****s up your metabolism, it's not gonna "jump start" anything - you'll get fast results at first but struggle to keep it off later, no matter how healthy you eat. You'll lose muscle and probably suffer more serious health problems that will stop you working out etc later on

If you're wanting to train yourself to eat better, why not just do it the old fashioned way? Total waste of money, and there is a reason why they say not to exercise on it. None of these fad diets will work for long time success, and yes, I have known a girl who tried it. She wound up in the hospital and then gained back the weight she had lost plus more.

OK I admit I did it. I wanted to lose those 30 pounds that always seem to stick around. I will say it is very difficult. I figured hey I have never done a fad diet why not try it just once. I did initial phase about 3 weeks and lost 17 lbs. However I do not feel that is accurate as I gained 6 eating at the phase in. I was not used to eating that way and the scale jumped, so in reality I lost 11. I did not cheat and was very rigid about it. I am sorry I can lose 11 lbs on my own without killing myself. The most upsetting part came about 4 later when 40% of my hair came out!!! Yes it was that awful. Months of crying and worrying that it was never going to stop. So needless to say IMHO not worth it, but understand completely the desire to do it.