Lap Band, Phentermine, Weight Watchers, HCG ....

Worth_the_Weight
Worth_the_Weight Posts: 6
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Eh, just a few things I've tried. Still not giving up. “I haven't failed, I've found 10,000 ways that don't work”...(for ME)

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  • Crochetluvr
    Crochetluvr Posts: 3,261 Member
    “I haven't failed, I've found 10,000 ways that don't work”...(for ME)

    Love that attitude!! Welcome to MFP! This place WILL work for you if you give it a chance. Patience and the support of friends here are all you need. Good luck!!
  • verptwerp
    verptwerp Posts: 3,659 Member
    Hi, there !

    So, out of the many things that you have tried, were there any changes that you actually liked ?

    Any exercising ?

    Giving up something ?

    Cutting back on something ?

    What do YOU think you need to do ?

    :flowerforyou:
  • simplyme99
    simplyme99 Posts: 68 Member
    Being here means you haven't given up - which is great. You will find what works for you, keep an open mind and be prepared to be inspired by the members of this board. You have got to MOVE. My mistake many, many times too. I would diet but not exercise or exercise and not diet. No good! Good luck!! You can do this!!
  • EKarma
    EKarma Posts: 594 Member
    :drinker: welcome to mfp
  • jcmartin0313
    jcmartin0313 Posts: 574 Member
    So you have had Lap Band and also tried Phentermine, WW and HCG?
  • Health_Gal
    Health_Gal Posts: 715 Member
    The HCG diet is such a dangerous scam! It is a dangerously low calorie diet scam were people are told it's safe to eat only 500 calories a day.

    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.

    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
  • Worth_the_Weight
    Worth_the_Weight Posts: 6
    Thanx for the welcome(s) :)

    @Verp.... I saw results with each thing I tried. My biggest failure was lack of consistency/loss of motivation.

    @JC.... Yes! I've tried all that PLUS alot more. In order to qualify for the lapband procedure back when I got it in 2007, I had to have tried at least FIVE different diets and that was BEFORE the Phentermine/HCG.

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