NO JUDGEMENT, IF SO DON'T READ!

Im just curious why this is in Success Stories.

Okay, I won't bash you or your post, but can I bash HCG?

I lost 52 pounds las summer on it. Loved it. It is tough and you have to pay attention to everything you put in your mouth. i wore my normal make-up, perfume, body products, ect. I would do it again if I could still buy it from over seas. i had 6 months worth for $200 and the prices the local clinics charge is like $400+ a month. That's why I'm doing MFP this go around.

No personal experience with it, but studies which involve more than anecdotal evidence show that it is not more effective than just a very low calorie diet for weight loss. Also, you would lose muscle mass as well as fat.

Saw this on Dr. Oz and he said that the HCG pills do not work. You need to get injections from the doctor for it to actually work. So it all comes down to her and her doctor.

Someone I know used the injections and the weight fell off like crazy. Once he was off, within 2 weeks he had gained it all back plus some. Sad that people do these get small quick tricks and the joke is really on them:ohwell:

You have serious problems is you're afraid of people bashing you or the post, like that's gonna happen in life anyway.

Facts: You're on a 500calorie diet, obviously not forever, but for enough time to lose enough water and muscle weight, which you are more than likely to gain all back. It's no good, it's rapid weight loss, and not sustainable.

You have to learn to change the habits that makes you fat in the first place, and crash diets like that DO-NOT correct the issues = overeating and inactivity. One you address those problems, health and fitness become a lifelong process, and weight loss comes with that new knowledge.

Show your friend this website, count calories, exercise (do anything), and lose the weight, not rocket science.

I think that you, as a friend, should talk her into doing something healthy and sustainable instead. :P

I agree!

HCG diet is incredibly unhealthy. It's a starvation diet with a placebo. Losing weight has absolutely nothing to do with the HCG (EVERY controlled study has proven that time and again,) and everything to do with the fact that the dieter is restricted to 500 calories a day, and limited food choices, plus no exercise at all (not that anybody would have the energy to exercise at only 500 calories a day.)

In short, it's a diet that forces someone to eat less than an anorexic usually does. It's a horrible idea all the way around.

Completely wrong and just more fear mongering without facts to back you up. Calling a diet unhealthy without saying why it's unhealthy just shows how uneducated you are on the subject. HCG injection is not a placebo and it works as confirmed by Dr. Oz and any other medical clinic you go to. It works by suppressing your appetite to make it possible for you to eat only 500 calories a day. You can't get the injections without consulting your doctor and that doctor can monitor your body for any abnormalities.

Waste of money. I know plenty of people who have lost weight-the problem is keeping the weight off! It doesn't teach you how to change your habits, and any diet that discourages exercise is shady.

HCG diet is incredibly unhealthy. It's a starvation diet with a placebo. Losing weight has absolutely nothing to do with the HCG (EVERY controlled study has proven that time and again,) and everything to do with the fact that the dieter is restricted to 500 calories a day, and limited food choices, plus no exercise at all (not that anybody would have the energy to exercise at only 500 calories a day.)

In short, it's a diet that forces someone to eat less than an anorexic usually does. It's a horrible idea all the way around.

Completely wrong and just more fear mongering without facts to back you up. Calling a diet unhealthy without saying why it's unhealthy just shows how uneducated you are on the subject. HCG injection is not a placebo and it works as confirmed by Dr. Oz and any other medical clinic you go to. It works by suppressing your appetite to make it possible for you to eat only 500 calories a day. You can't get the injections without consulting your doctor and that doctor can monitor your body for any abnormalities.

You would get the exact same results just eating 500 calories a day. The shots have nothing to do with it. There is not a single real, reputable medical organization that endorses it, and quite honestly, it is ILLEGAL in the United States to sell it and market it as a weight loss product.

Eating 500 calories a day is unhealthy, period. The ONLY caveat to that is under strict medical supervision, heavy vitamin supplementation, and sever morbid obesity. A 500 pound person can get away with eating at that low levels, because being that obese is much more dangerous than the severe calorie restriction. A person just trying to lose 40 or 50 pounds? That's unhealthy in all aspects, and any "doctor" that would allow that is just in it for money.

Hi. I used the HCG homeopathic drops. What I can tell you is that I DID lose weight, but not in a good way. 500 calories a day is not enough food. I was STARVING the whole time. And, I did not lose as much weight as I did using the Atkins plan. There are many testimonies out there about those who have used the "real" HCG injections, but I have to say that I DO think it is the 500 calorie per day diet that makes it work, rather than the HCG itself. There is a lot to learn, too, about how to do this the right way. There IS a group on Yahoo Groups that would help her if this is what she chooses to do... but, then there is the "what to do after". She will ahve to make some real lifestyle changes to maintain... but that is what we all must do!! You may suggest to her that doing a weight loss plan this way might not be the best long term way to go. Instead, show her different options for weight loss, and let her choose the one that would fit her lifestyle the best. I tried many different ways to lose weight and none of them worked until Atkins for me. We all must look at what the r-e-a-l issues are about why we have gained weight, and then work from there to make the changes we need to be successful.... and healthy. I hope your friend finds a plan that she can be successful with.... whatever it may be.

HCG diet is incredibly unhealthy. It's a starvation diet with a placebo. Losing weight has absolutely nothing to do with the HCG (EVERY controlled study has proven that time and again,) and everything to do with the fact that the dieter is restricted to 500 calories a day, and limited food choices, plus no exercise at all (not that anybody would have the energy to exercise at only 500 calories a day.)

In short, it's a diet that forces someone to eat less than an anorexic usually does. It's a horrible idea all the way around.

Completely wrong and just more fear mongering without facts to back you up. Calling a diet unhealthy without saying why it's unhealthy just shows how uneducated you are on the subject. HCG injection is not a placebo and it works as confirmed by Dr. Oz and any other medical clinic you go to. It works by suppressing your appetite to make it possible for you to eat only 500 calories a day. You can't get the injections without consulting your doctor and that doctor can monitor your body for any abnormalities.

Oh faceless person, please go hide under a rock. There are also these "medical professionals" who support/conduct the feeding tube diet, look it up. A degree doesn't mean that what you do/support has to be ethical, it just means it can make a profit for people too LAZY to put the necessary work in to change their lifestyle. You will lose weight on this diet and with only 500calories of nutrients to pull from, you will be losing a lot more than that.

When I first joined MFP, I admitted I had been on just about EVERY diet there ever was. HGC is no exception. Yes it does work. But I think that even without taking HGC, if I ate that little, I would probably loose the same amount of weight. In my opinion its just a placebo, totally a case of "mind over matter". There's a funny side to taking it too. When you put the drops under your tongue, you're supposed to keep it there for a minute or two. Usually two seconds after doing this, either the phone would ring or someone would ask me a question. Lol

Some people are so desperate to lose weight that they will buy into anything.

except hard work and common sense.....

You guys are supposed to be supportive. None of you have any idea what some people go through to lose weight.

Supportive doesn't necessarily imply agreeing with a product that has been banned by the FDA (for weight loss) and entails an unsustainable VLCD. You have no idea what we have gone through to lose weight, I think if you polled MFP members you'd find that most of us have bought the stupid products, used the stupid diets that don't work and are sharing the benefit of our experience in the faint hope that, rather than whining, you might actually learn from our mistakes.