Has anyone ever tried the HCG diet? I am starting it tomorrow. I am just wondering if it worked for anyone? I am very unhappy with my appearence right now. I have gained 30 lbs in the last year. So I am at the end of my ropes. If you have tried this diet, did it work? If it did, how many pounds did you lose? Any helpful tips?
I'm doing the diet right now. I have been on it for 2 weeks and have lost 12 pounds. Would have been more but I didn't do so well on Easter...haha!
I know a few people who have done it and had lots of success reaching their goals and keeping it off. I'm 13 pounds away from my goal and I'm sure I will get darn close...if not past it by the end of this diet. The biggest thing is the water and staying at or below 500 calories. No cheating at all or it just wont work. It's no joke that you can lose anywhere from 1-3pounds per day.
Yes, 500 calories. The HCG tricks your body into thinking you are pregnant..so with the low calories your body will have to dip into your fat reserves to burn enough calories to sustain you and your "baby" :) Thus you will lose weight daily because the fat is literally being used up! After the first 3 days or so you realize that you aren't even hungry because you have so many calories being used each day. They just come from your fat stores instead of the food you ate.
The reason it works and wouldn't work if you just ate less without HCG, is because your body would go into starvation mode without the HCG and would (at some point) hold onto the 500 calories each day to STORE fat so you don't starve...any weight loss you would have would come from muscle being used instead of fat.
This diet has been around since the 60's and has worked wonders for many many people. The homeopathic HCG is FDA approved....just not as a weight loss supplement. However we all know that certain meds etc. have more then one use/purpose. So yes, some people are very sceptical about it. And I do believe that this diet isn't for everyone. If you have special nutritional needs this wouldn't be a good diet since your calorie intake is limited so much for 30 to 40 days.
Quoting Sipesyeri:
Never heard of it! Did I read it right? Under 500 calories a day?!?!? Sounds extreme!
I too did the HCG diet and had great success. The HCG Gourmet cookbook is the best and helped the most! I still eat the meals in that book which has helped keep the weight off. I just had 10 stubborn pounds I wanted to lose and to date I have only gained 1 lb back. I really learned a better way to eat, even though I thought I was already doing that....the weight said otherwise, lol! I did the injections because that is what the original diet is and found it is also the most effective. My mom did the drops and she did have success but hers was not quite as effective as mine. I used the smallest needles and had my hubby do the shots each morn in my stomach. It was not as bad as I thought, I never ever thought I could do it. But I did! I found I would bruise if it was in a super fatty part so stayed above the belly button and that was better. It was such a thrill to wake up every morning being a lb less. I admit some nights were really hard because I was starving and not satisfied with the foods I ate that day. I would brush my teeth and drink iced tea, 2 tricks that really helped. Also, the lemon a day in my water with only purified water was amazing. I still do that and I really think it is important in maintaining.
I noticed on the diet that I felt 'thin' and never bloated or full or 'fat'. I loved that! I actually had more energy, although in small amounts, but did not feel lethargic and weighed down.
Good luck to everyone! Dr. Oz is very inspiring to watch on this subject so check him out if you are losing focus.
One of my favorite success stories is my aunt. She used to be a catalog model and was so beautiful. After she turned 30 she gained weight steadily and became someone I couldn't recognize. Right before she turned 40 she did the HCG shots and lost all the weight. Now she is back at her original modeling weight and looks amazing. She has kept the weight off for 2.5 yrs now and is so happy. I look at her and know this is real. Results like that, happiness like that...can't be denied.
I still have some supplies left over....I know how expensive it is to do this diet, I would love to sell mine and give someone a good deal if interested. I will also include my HCG Gourmet cookbook since I have it memorized : )
my email is ashley@ashlynkray.com
If anyone has any questions about this diet feel free to contact me. My family is in the medical profession so I had to learn everything about this diet first before they would let me try it and my hubby who was totally against it is a molecular/cellular biologist so he explained exactly how this works in the body and how it is successful. I always love sharing knowledge with others and making sure the truths of whatever I know are out there....
Thanks for reading my mini novel, lol!
Wow Im going to look into this.. seems like it works..
Cant wait to hear and see pics when u reach ur goal!
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- madisonsmom2005
on Apr. 27, 2011 at 8:50 PM