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and even if there was hCG in the drops (there's not), it would never absorb under the tongue. The molecules are too big. Same reason diatabetics have to use injections. The whole hCG diet thing is just such a fraud and, unfortunately as I learned the hard way, a dangerous one!

Maybe we need to start an hCG Recovery group!

I think you missed most of her message. She is watching what she eats and sounds like she's got the exercise thing down pat! No, it's what has happened to so many of us. This stupid diet slows our metabolism so far down that we gain even when we are being careful. Before the hCG Diet, I would easily be losing with the…

Oh my goodness, yes! I totally relate. I have been going through such an awful time because of the Omnitrition hCG drops. I ended up having terrible side effects and had to stop. Despite watching my diet and eating an amount of calories that would have had me losing before, I gained it all back. Worse, my body changed. Now…

The scary thing about this diet is people are contacting me and telling me that this either led to bulimia / anorexia or they were just drawn to it because they've bee bulimic or anorexic. I like what one person pointed out online. 500 calories a day is a six-inch sandwich from Subway. Jared ate THREE of those a day and…

One of my side effects was a breast lump and I had found stories online from women who believed their cancer was caused by the hCG diet. That did make me a bit nervous. Fortunately, the results were benign. They believe that the very low calorie diet affected my cycle (made it heavier than it had ever been and more…

Could I quote that on my hCG story page? It is so very true. I know I'm smart enough that I was really skeptical but the friend posting success stories relentlessly finally wore me down. Do you know, I found out, the friend who got me to do this really hasn't lost weight on this program. She'll do it and lose a bit and…

TL, question for you, I gained back more as well but have managed to lose five again. How long do you think it took before your metabolism was back to normal? My normal I mean where you could eat the same amount you could before the hCG diet without gaining. It's been three months and I my metabolism is slower than…

I just have to ask and I hope this is okay to do, would people who have experienced this diet or know somebody who had side effects on it consider sharing their story? I put a page together because I was so frustrated by all the side effects posts being deleted on the Facebook hCG page to which I belonged. There were so…

Oh, she'll gain weight. This diet slowed my metabolism so much that you have to stay under 1200-1300 calories just to maintain and even then there are days you gain.

You know what I think the worst part of this diet was for me? Everybody doing it is your best friend. They love you. They are supportive. I was doing this diet with another mom I know who lives near me. Once I started having side effects, the love started to dissapate. She had just become a distributor and was pushing me…

xxDearyen, has a great point. While I was doing this diet, I watched people lose and even when they lost great amounts of weight, they did not look healthy at all. They still looked flabby. You can't exercise and my doctor said my body was getting it's nutrition from my muscles, including my heart. I think this is the…

It's a terrible, terrible diet. I developed so many problems from this diet. The thing it that it is almost like a cult. These people get inside your head and you distrust any doctor, family member or friend who tries to talk sense into you. When you stop, you gain back the weight. I have to eat far less now than before…

This is an MLM thing. Up until I tried Omnitrition, I didn't know much about MLMs but boy have I been learning. This is all about the dollars. That's why if you have any problems with the diet, they claim you already had the problems. When people gain back all the weight and in many cases get fatter they claim it is…

Yes, I noticed once I stopped the hCG drops (Omni Drops), I gained so quickly. Even eating at my basil metabolic rate had me gaining which the doctor said was happening because this is a starvation diet. My metabolism has been so messed up and it has been more than two months since I stopped the diet. So many people have…

Fortunately, many of us speak fluent Typoese and had no problem with the spelling of 'herd'. Pick and choose your battles. The bigger battle is the danger of the hCG Diet. Keep your eye on the ball here :)

I did this diet so I'd like to comment (and bash it!). This diet gave me heart problems. I have been off the diet two months now and am still seeing doctors. Avoid Omnitrition. It is a scam. They are so lovey dovey while you are buying from them. The distributors there are like your best friends. Once you start having…

Sounds a bit similar to the hCG Diet and I fell for that one. Yes, you lose weight but you also lose your health! A lot of side effects may not even show up for years but you are damaging your internal organs. Former Army gal here and this, as most of you know, is not a military diet nor would they ever recommend this to…

Oh my goodness, you don't even know how much I appreciate your reply. This is so helpful! This sounds a bit like what my doctor was saying as well. Just to know that your friend got beyond all this is hugely helpful. I hear depression can be common after this diet and I understand why. It is so difficult not having control…

I really think Omnitrition is the worst thing I have ever done to myself. I'm not even kidding. I developed heart problems after a month of the low calorie portion of the diet. I've had a number of other issues as a result. Let me just say, anybody with anemia or prone to anemia shoud absolutely avoid their products. They…

First, let me say, I am so very sorry for your loss. My heart hearts reading that :( I just want to thank you though! I've messed myself with the hCG diet. My metabolism is SO slow now and I've just really got some health problems as a result of it all. My doctor recommended the program you are doing but I hadn't looked…

So, question for you, now that I'm l'm less tired :) I have about four or five more weeks of iron infusions and should have more energy by the end of them. I know you can eat more when you exercise but do you think that exercise will really increase my metabolism? If, for some reason, I stopped exercising would my…

Thank you both! Yes, that is the same thing my doctor did but even eating a few hundred below 'sedentary' and I'm gaining! This is really crazy! He said it may just need to equalize and that everybody he's seen who did this diet gained back even more weght than when they started. I don't want that to happen!

I did the hCG diet which is also a very low calorie diet (500 calories a day). Had to stop because of all the side effects. It has taken my metabolism awhile to get back on track. Because of everything my body was going through, my doctor didn't want me cutting calories so I ate healthy and kept my calories to a normal…

Somebody was telling me about the Striiv and they loved it. Anybody know the difference and, if so, why is the fitbit better? Thanks!

Well, found out that because I had such heavy bleeding during my cycle (scary amount) resulting from the very low calorie diet of this, it depleted my ferritin. Because anemia is a struggle for me, I was just checked around the time I started this diet and my levels were good. This is a huge drop and unlike anything we've…

I would really urge anybody even considering this diet to be very cautious! Had a friend who became a distributor and started posting before and after photos of people who were doing the diet, I figured I'd try it Really, I've done diets before and lost weight, couldn't hurt right? Boy was I wrong. This diet affected my…

Cindiva, I'm all about the lifestyle change now too. I've learned my lesson. Honestly, I'd rather be overweight than go through what I went through with those drops! Taking it slow for now!

Thanks everybody! I actually started this with a friend and when I started having side effects, she told me we couldn't be friends anymore because she didn't like that I was telling people about my side effects. She got pressured into being a distributor though. They tried to push both of us into it after only a week on…

Thank you! Great replies and helpful. I really appreciate it.