HCG Diet - Support

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goddess_cici
goddess_cici Posts: 7
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Hi everyone!

I started the HCG diet with injections on Tuesday. I'm wondering if there is anyone out there who is currently doing the HCG diet or has done it in the past who would like to start a support group for it. I think it would be awesome to have some support on this for any questions we have.

Please don't post a reply to this if you have negative things to say abotu the HCG diet. :) Thanks!

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  • tseabee
    tseabee Posts: 22
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    I did the homeopathic drops, not the injections...basically you get the same results. I lost 38 lbs in 3 months after I had my daughter in 2010, currently I am nursing my new baby so after I stop nursing I will be back on the diet hardcore!
  • goddess_cici
    goddess_cici Posts: 7
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    that's awesome! So I'm on day 3...I had Tuesday and Wednesday as "load" days where I ate a TON of food while doing the injection. Today I started the caloric reduction to like 500- 800 calories with the injections as well. Should I weigh myself tomorrow morning or tonight?
  • tseabee
    tseabee Posts: 22
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    love the load days lol! try to weigh in at the same time always in the morning after u go to the bthrm & naked! here is the website i use for products & guidance on the diet. there is also a printable tracker u can use to log in ur loss! http://www.powermaxnutrition.com/pages/what-is-hcg
  • Health_Gal
    Health_Gal Posts: 718 Member
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    Good luck with your weight loss, but the HCG diet has done nothing but HARM to people I know that used it.

    The only reason people lose weight on that plan is you are only allowed to eat 500 calories a day. HCG has been scientifically proven to do NOTHING to help with weight loss or to make it safe to eat only 500 calories a day. It will not protect muscle, reset your metabolism or do anything else the snake oil salesmen that sell it claim. Dr. Simeons was a quack doctor. His "HCG protocol" has absolutely NO scientific backing and is not worth risking your health on.

    Any doctor that pushes the HCG diet plan should be stripped of their license to practice medicine because they are being totally unethical and giving advice that goes against the conclusions of all reliable scientific research on the subject.

    The HCG diet has been studied by many scientific organizations, and they all concluded that HCG, even the "real" injectable version, is no more effective than a placebo, and eating only 500 calories a day for weeks, as recommended by that plan, can cause more health problems than it solves.

    I know some people that put their faith in the HCG diet, and became very ill from malnutrition as a result. Then they regained more weight than they lost. Now they wish they never heard of HCG.

    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
  • shalomabeth
    shalomabeth Posts: 63 Member
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    It has not done that for me i just take african mango suppliments and eat between 800-1200 a day just never hungry is why everyone is complaining im starving myself but how do u make urself eat if ur not hungry
  • Nopedotjpeg
    Nopedotjpeg Posts: 1,806 Member
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    Have fun with your placebo effect.
  • shalomabeth
    shalomabeth Posts: 63 Member
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    shouldnt u be eating more then 800 as i do between 800-1000
  • jessgarr27
    jessgarr27 Posts: 78
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    The lady who watches my 3 year old twin boys did the hgc diet she went from 240 wich is what I am to 160 since last July her daughter went from 210 to 140 ...they did the drops ... she said she feels great she looks amazing and never got sick... people do and will go to exremw measurs to lose weight .. esp when working out and rating right takes forever ... just remember it takes years to put on the weight and it will take awhile to take it off... I was going to do hcg but decided against it because I don't feel it is right for me... but to each their own... good luck :)
  • Steven
    Steven Posts: 593 MFP Moderator
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    Dear Posters,

    MyFitnessPal strongly recommends that our users follow the calorie guidelines automatically assigned by our site, unless they are under the direct supervision of a doctor. We are currently reviewing the medical literature on the HCG/500 calorie diet and reserve the right to moderate against discussions of this diet at any time in the future.

    For the time being, HCG discussions remain an option for members in private Groups. Please remember that even in Groups, all site wide rules must be correctly moderated, or the Group runs the risk of deletion. Specifically, endorsement of purchasing prescription supplements or medications without a prescription is in violation of the MyFitnessPal posting guidelines, which can be reviewed here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/welcome/guidelines

    Thank you all for your concern. We're definitely looking closely at this issue.

    Regards,
    Steven
    MyFitnessPal Staff
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