HGC Ultra

She'll gain it all back when she quits taking the shots, because it's not a lifestyle change. It's just a quick temporary fix. I have co-workers who have taken it and they've gained all of their weight back already and I'm still steady losing because I'm sticking to a diet.

Ok, so I do HCG, I've lost 25lbs (originally 35 but I gained it back due to my own faults with emotional eating) The diet is NOT for everyone, and if you are doing good with your method that is GREAT, keep at it! Many of us have started with HCG because nothing else was working, and yes the media has made it a 'quick fix' when in fact it is not. There are benefits to the HCG protocol and there are also problems that can happen if you 'cheat' on the diet. Yes 500 calories is VERY hard, and the foods are limited, and sometimes I think to myself 'wtf...I want a damned burger!' but then I realize...no self control is how I got here in the first place. I am going onto my 3rd round of HCG through a doctor. $100 for 40 days of HCG injections, and 3 weeks of maintenance before I decide if I want to do another round or do something else. There are people who have had success, just like any other regiment out there. The feedback you find on the internet is all biased against the diet, why I dont know exactly, because it works for those who are taking it as a life changing protocol. I can say that I've changed many of the foods I eat, and have completely lost my urge for some of the old foods I used to eat, now maybe that's just because 'it takes 3 weeks to break a habit' but really the diet is not all terrible. If you are looking for science behind the diet read the book Weight-loss Apocalypse by Robin Woodall, it goes through emotional eating and the science of the protocol. As for those trying to say I'm promoting the diet no...I'm informing someone with a different opinion on the diet in question. It has worked for me, and it has worked for many others, but if what you are doing is working for you stick with it and best of luck to your journey!

I lost on hCG as well. I was on the prescription hCG, not the homeopathic (like what is sold at GNC and elsewhere). I had to get a doctor's prescription and was monitored by the doctor also. I was quite successful, lost 65 lbs. and have maintained it. I went on hCG because I needed a jump start to weight loss and nothing else was working.

I am now working with a nutritionist (who recommended this site to me to track foods and exercise) but I must say it is like starting all over again

My weight loss now is excruciatingly (sp) slow...but I am learning so much...and I am very motivated and she is proud of me and my progress, especially in the exercise department. It's very slow...but steady.

You have already lost weight doing what you are doing...you do not need to switch to hCG. Just keep going, you will get there!
Good luck to both of us and everyone out there losing and moving one step at a time...yay us!