| 2/21/2011 11:14:53 AM |
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kathysmith
Lynchburg, VA
54, joined Jun. 2010
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Just started and I am loving the results!
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| 2/28/2011 12:25:51 AM |
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godsbutterfly1
Woodlyn, PA
61, joined Dec. 2010
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What is it? I haven't heard of it.
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| 3/1/2011 1:32:39 AM |
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phersonleo
South Saint Paul, MN
51, joined Oct. 2010
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I am on it; going into my fourth week. I've hit a plateau myself but have lost 20 lbs. in the last 3 weeks. I have noticed inches lost more than weight.
The premise is that HCG causes hard to lose fat cells to break down and flush out while resetting your metabolic rate. The increase metabolism of course causing you to burn more calories. My diet started with 2 days of loading on high calories, high fat foods while taking HCG based drops. Then I eat two meals a day with a strict menu selection: 4oz of a meat, a veggie and a fruit plus a bread serving of only 30-60 calories – total 500 calories a day. I am amazed that I am generally not hungry either. When I miss a food it's more because of an emotional connection to that food or a stressful circumstance.
Still, eating only 500 calories a day even without the drops should cause you to lose weight. Maybe I am wasting my money but I don’t feel weakened by the low cal intake as I have with even 1200 calorie diets in the past.
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| 3/2/2011 8:18:18 AM |
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kathysmith
Lynchburg, VA
54, joined Jun. 2010
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I have plateaued too at 15 lbs but i have cheated on the diet,I think 500 calories helps you lose but the drops makes you feel not hunger! I been swimming for exercise so maybe my skin is absorbing the pool water who knows.. After the drops are gone i am going to try the zero patch....
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| 3/3/2011 11:15:54 AM |
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ctprincess
Danbury, CT
63, joined Feb. 2009
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I have plateaued too at 15 lbs but i have cheated on the diet,I think 500 calories helps you lose but the drops makes you feel not hunger! I been swimming for exercise so maybe my skin is absorbing the pool water who knows.. After the drops are gone i am going to try the zero patch....
I never heard of the zero patch. What is it? Where do you get it?
OP, I am currently on HCG and it does work well. However, I have gained weight back after I got off of it, but then again, I didn't get to finish the course and I am disappointed in that. Where are you getting your HCG from? I used to get it from eBay but they stopped allowing it to be sold, so when I am finished with what I have, I have no idea on where I am going to get my supplies from. Any ideas folks?  I do believe that if one completes the course that one can lose and stay with the new weight.  I restarted 2 days ago and lost 8 pounds, so it does work...and well. 
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| 3/3/2011 5:48:00 PM |
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kathysmith
Lynchburg, VA
54, joined Jun. 2010
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Well Hcg drops are sold at every drug store(walgreens,cvs) and vitamin store here. I got a mailer about the diet patch www.thesizezeropatch.com is the web site...
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| 3/4/2011 6:08:46 PM |
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godsbutterfly1
Woodlyn, PA
61, joined Dec. 2010
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I am diabetic so I would not be able to only eat 500 calories in a day without having trouble.
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| 3/8/2011 12:27:52 PM |
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mrlooking22
Rockaway Beach, MO
37, joined Nov. 2010
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im on it but man for me its hard just 500 cal. im on the injections though
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| 3/12/2011 11:54:57 AM |
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neacee
Albany, GA
38, joined Mar. 2011
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Are the injection better than the drop? And where can you get them?
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| 3/13/2011 11:01:03 PM |
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phersonleo
South Saint Paul, MN
51, joined Oct. 2010
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I am entering the maintenance phase today. The idea is to eat the amount of calories needed to maintain your new weight and metabolic rate. So I have lost 35lbs in 42 days ingesting 500 calories a day. If I understand correctly, I burned 2500 calories a day for my results so need to eat that to maintain my new weight. [(3500 per lb - 500 ingested) * 35lb] / 42 days Anybody correct me if I am wrong.
By eating that amount I should stabilize my weight and metabolic rate. I have to do that for three weeks before adding exercise, breads and sugars back to my diet. My doctor says this is the phase that throws people off. Without adhering to this phase, the rest of the work will be a waste.
I plan to do the diet one more time to reach my goal weight. So far, the drops have made it easy overall. I had a few days I struggled with a desire to eat more but those were stressful days - my worst situation for eating.
I'll post an update after the maintenance phase.
I used the drops which I got from my doctor. I have found the drops cheaper on the internet though.
[Edited 3/13/2011 11:02:22 PM ]
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| 3/15/2011 3:28:04 PM |
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ladidada
Salt Lake City, UT
38, joined Feb. 2011
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Rebekah's Pure Living (online) sells the drops. I lost 30 lbs on HCG. Since then I've lost another 11 lbs.
I'm now working with a personal trainer and on 1200 cals a day. I have another 20 I want to lose.
The devil is in the details on this diet.
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| 3/15/2011 7:45:13 PM |
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phersonleo
South Saint Paul, MN
51, joined Oct. 2010
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Rebekah's Pure Living (online) sells the drops. I lost 30 lbs on HCG. Since then I've lost another 11 lbs.
I'm now working with a personal trainer and on 1200 cals a day. I have another 20 I want to lose.
The devil is in the details on this diet.
Fantastic, great job. I hope I continue to lose. I would like to lose 25 more pounds.
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| 3/18/2011 5:27:00 AM |
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phersonleo
South Saint Paul, MN
51, joined Oct. 2010
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I am entering the maintenance phase today. The idea is to eat the amount of calories needed to maintain your new weight and metabolic rate. So I have lost 35lbs in 42 days ingesting 500 calories a day. If I understand correctly, I burned 2500 calories a day for my results so need to eat that to maintain my new weight. [(3500 per lb - 500 ingested) * 35lb] / 42 days Anybody correct me if I am wrong.
I was wrong. I was not supposed to subtract out the 500 and it was only 40 days and 33 lbs.
So (3500 calories to lose a pound * 33 lbs lost) / 40 days = 2888 calories burned daily on average over that period. So to keep that same burn rate I can increase intact by 2388 (2888 - 500 calories I was eating). Really doesn't matter how much I was eating, I cannot eat more than 2888 at my current activity level or I will gain.
That seems high to me but I will aim for it over the next three weeks and see what my weight does.
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| 3/22/2011 8:51:14 PM |
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mrlooking22
Rockaway Beach, MO
37, joined Nov. 2010
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Are the injection better than the drop? And where can you get them?
injections are harder to get you have to order them overseas but a friend got them for me
but i dont think they are any better
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| 3/26/2011 10:37:45 PM |
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stubbylilmagpie
Yelm, WA
25, joined Mar. 2011
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All of u have determination... congrats i started hcg diet drops but by like the 4th day I mess up and feel like I have to start over its miserable. How do u keep it up? I love ice cream that's my down fall haha. Any advice?
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| 3/29/2011 6:27:53 PM |
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kathysmith
Lynchburg, VA
54, joined Jun. 2010
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Sigh I have to give up on this diet, the hcg drops are MAKING MY BLOOD PRESSURE GO SKY HIGH SO I am going to try something else. Guys seem to do better on this diet...
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| 3/29/2011 6:51:55 PM |
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lovingheart55
Nowata, OK
60, joined Aug. 2010
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I started Hcg diet at 283 on Feurary 21 now I am at 255 on March 28..feel good, no shaky feeling no hunger problems...I like it.
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| 3/29/2011 6:54:00 PM |
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lovingheart55
Nowata, OK
60, joined Aug. 2010
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I never heard of the zero patch. What is it? Where do you get it?
OP, I am currently on HCG and it does work well. However, I have gained weight back after I got off of it, but then again, I didn't get to finish the course and I am disappointed in that. Where are you getting your HCG from? I used to get it from eBay but they stopped allowing it to be sold, so when I am finished with what I have, I have no idea on where I am going to get my supplies from. Any ideas folks? I do believe that if one completes the course that one can lose and stay with the new weight. I restarted 2 days ago and lost 8 pounds, so it does work...and well.
Google "Hcg" and you can order it from there... I got mine for 3 months at a time..
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| 4/24/2011 11:11:27 PM |
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cole1203
San Marcos, TX
27, joined Apr. 2011
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HCG diet is not good for you. 500 calories is malnutrition. The doctor said it's okay. You don't have to take a nutrition class to ba a nurse or doctor.
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| 4/26/2011 11:39:37 AM |
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absentminded69
Lilburn, GA
46, joined Aug. 2010
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I know that the faster you lose the weight the more apt you are to put it back on... As the saying goes, 'slow and steady wins the race...'
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| 4/27/2011 9:52:30 AM |
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bigt83
Woodstock, GA
42, joined Dec. 2010
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The HGC diet does work Dr.'s perscribe shots if your weight is a health concern , the Tablets and pills work well also But the key is the life style change . most people turn there nose up at the 500 cal diet but until you have done it you don't Realize that your not starving your self just eating Healthy lean food's.
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| 5/2/2011 8:50:49 PM |
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zeanah
Clarion, PA
56, joined Dec. 2007
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I was very skeptical health wise about this diet program. The 500 caloric daily intake is not recommended by any physician or clinician. Even knowing this, I am on my 6th day of the HCG and have lost 9 pounds. However...I am starved! It is not really controlling my appetite and I feel awful! I googled it just tonight, but I googled more than just the "HGC" diet. If you get more detailed and google " doctors who do not recommend HCG diet" and so on, all kinds of bad reports pop up.
I don't know...it is just too good to be true and I am not sure this is healthy at all. I take daily meds for minor health issues and I have been feeling just horrible. That "no hunger feeling" and "more energy level" from the drops is not happening for me. How can anyone have energy on 500 cals a day?
Anyone else out there not like the diet?
"Z"
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| 5/8/2011 1:24:23 PM |
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susieq_tx
Harlingen, TX
64, joined Mar. 2011
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My employer has a $300 per year wellness program and got a contract with a Dr. to provide this to us. I went for the first appointment. A second appt. was scheduled to do an EKG to make sure you are healthy enough, because this is a hard diet. They said we could loose 15 pounds in 25 days or something.
I did not do it because I was already very close to my goal weight and had used my benefit for a gym membership.
If you are going to do a radical diet, at least take a multi-vitamin. 500 C. a day is doable. I did 600 for several weeks.
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| 6/20/2011 1:41:48 PM |
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dilly22
Port Saint Lucie, FL
41, joined Jun. 2011
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I am afraid to try it, I have a bit of a gut and if I lose too fast I will have excess skin and it will look gross, to those who have had the massive weight loss what happens to your skin when you lose it so fast? It isn't going to shrink. my ex went on the diet and she had huge flaps of skin, it was disgusting.
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| 6/22/2011 8:25:10 PM |
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mscinnamonkisse
Glendale, AZ
27, joined Jun. 2011
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I doing hcg follow my tumblr, if you want to see my progress http://mscinnamonkisseshcg.tumblr.com/ 
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| 6/23/2011 11:49:42 AM |
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gentlebear1949
Apple Creek, OH
66, joined Jul. 2008
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I am diabetic so I would not be able to only eat 500 calories in a day without having trouble.
Not being a Doctor,I can only relate my experience with less calories and Diabetes.
A few years ago(5),I suddenly started feeling quite sluggish. Someone suggested I check my sugar level.
Upon checking my sugar level,I found it to be at 420. That scared the heck out of me as my first thought was going blind.
Being the radical man I can be,I immediately went on a 12 day fast.
Not only did my sugar level come down but I lost 15 pounds as well.
I suffered no side affects at all.
In retrospect,I probably should have checked with a Dr first. However,I was so scared about going blind,I wanted action immediately and promptly got results.
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| 6/23/2011 12:50:58 PM |
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widow59
Twinsburg, OH
67, joined Mar. 2008
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I'm a fitness trainer and a professional dual athlete, I have no comment on this subject but to say be very careful and your homework.I wish you all the best of luck with your your weight loss.
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| 6/23/2011 3:37:02 PM |
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dilly22
Port Saint Lucie, FL
41, joined Jun. 2011
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Not being a Doctor,I can only relate my experience with less calories and Diabetes.
A few years ago(5),I suddenly started feeling quite sluggish. Someone suggested I check my sugar level.
Upon checking my sugar level,I found it to be at 420. That scared the heck out of me as my first thought was going blind.
Being the radical man I can be,I immediately went on a 12 day fast.
Not only did my sugar level come down but I lost 15 pounds as well.
I suffered no side affects at all.
In retrospect,I probably should have checked with a Dr first. However,I was so scared about going blind,I wanted action immediately and promptly got results.
Gentlebear, I am type 1, I couldn't fast for that long, I would die. You might be type 2 where diet and exercise and perhaps pills could maintain your blood sugar levels. I am on insulin shots 2-3 times a day. It is rough losing weight on insulin. I am taking some supplements right now just to speed up my metabolism and just started taking whey protein after my workouts. I am starting weight training sometime this week or early next week as well. Once I start building muscle it should help burn off more fat. I am hoping this time next year I will be about 80-90 lbs lighter and have my washboard stomach back.
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| 6/28/2011 1:56:35 AM |
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gentlebear1949
Apple Creek, OH
66, joined Jul. 2008
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Gentlebear, I am type 1, I couldn't fast for that long, I would die. You might be type 2 where diet and exercise and perhaps pills could maintain your blood sugar levels. I am on insulin shots 2-3 times a day. It is rough losing weight on insulin. I am taking some supplements right now just to speed up my metabolism and just started taking whey protein after my workouts. I am starting weight training sometime this week or early next week as well. Once I start building muscle it should help burn off more fat. I am hoping this time next year I will be about 80-90 lbs lighter and have my washboard stomach back.
You are correct,Type 2 I am. Thanks for setting me strait..
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| 7/5/2011 9:49:25 AM |
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sunshinesoyyo
Valencia, CA
49, joined Mar. 2011
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I have lost about 90 pounds with a all natural productsits a colon cleanse a natural appertite supressent
and a fat burner. its a wonderful and safe product the fat burner helps u also regulate gloucose level combinatin of herbs and vitaminc Bn C ...if u would like to know more info let me know I can send u more info..and u don't gain weight back I have friends that have lost weight woth HCG and gain the weight back double...
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| 7/5/2011 9:10:21 PM |
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stang_girl_25
Evergreen, AL
30, joined Jul. 2011
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HCG is horrible. The expensive hormone is doing nothing for you. You're losing weight because you're restricting yourself to a certain number of calories per day.
That's not rocket science, folks.
Diets don't work. Read about HCG before you waste your money.
I had a friend try it, lost about 40 pounds last summer, couldn't keep up the strict diet, gained it all back and then some.
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| 7/12/2011 10:34:21 PM |
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amylee22
Lake in the Hills, IL
28, joined Dec. 2010
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HCG is horrible. The expensive hormone is doing nothing for you. You're losing weight because you're restricting yourself to a certain number of calories per day.
That's not rocket science, folks.
Diets don't work. Read about HCG before you waste your money.
I had a friend try it, lost about 40 pounds last summer, couldn't keep up the strict diet, gained it all back and then some.
Really? Thats what I'm afraid of. I did the hcg diet for a week and couldn't keep it up. I felt like I wad starving myself. I did lose 5 pounds. And swear I ate a turkey sammich and gained it back the next day.
So I said screw that and for the past week I've had no carbs and lost 15 pounds 
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| 7/17/2011 8:43:49 AM |
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justvicky89
Los Angeles, CA
26, joined Jun. 2011
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I finished 1 month ago and lost 45 pounds in 45 days!!  its truly amazing and it's legit!!!
Goodluck on your weightloss journey! 
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| 7/17/2011 8:46:03 AM |
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justvicky89
Los Angeles, CA
26, joined Jun. 2011
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HCG is horrible. The expensive hormone is doing nothing for you. You're losing weight because you're restricting yourself to a certain number of calories per day.
That's not rocket science, folks.
Diets don't work. Read about HCG before you waste your money.
I had a friend try it, lost about 40 pounds last summer, couldn't keep up the strict diet, gained it all back and then some.
Well if you go back to eating like a cow again, of course you'll gain it back.. common sense. I personally just finished the diet and lost 45 POUNDS IN 45 DAYS. and I eat WHATEVER I WANT.. but i have COMMON sense. I exercise 3 times a week and eat healty.. LIKE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. I also splurge on the weekend (drink alcohol, eat veggie burgers and fries, ice cream) and I havent gained a thing back.
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| 7/17/2011 5:27:59 PM |
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wired456
Littlestown, PA
45, joined May. 2011
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I have tried almost everything from diet pills to low carb to down right starving myself. I would lose weight just to gain it back. When I set my mind to it and started eating correctly and EXERCISING I dropped just over 70 pounds....and have kept it off for a year and a half now. Now don't get me wrong I still eat right and exercise 6 to 7 days a week for an hour or so. Come on people your health has to be worth an hour of your day.
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| 7/25/2011 2:06:45 PM |
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susieq_tx
Harlingen, TX
64, joined Mar. 2011
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My employer has a wellness benefit that covers this diet. I looked at it, but since I was only about 20 pounds from my goal and doing well, I decided not to do it. I thought it sounded like a big stress on the body and that a person would gain it back.
IMHO, the only way to keep weight off is a life style change.
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| 7/26/2011 9:43:04 PM |
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countryygirl80
Killeen, TX
36, joined Jul. 2011
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I did it on and off for 3 months and lost about 60 lbs. I have gained a few afterwards but now I"m going to the gym and eating healthier. I was not happy when I was 245 lbs and after I lost weight I started getting hit on which made my confidence even better!
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| 8/30/2011 10:19:33 PM |
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oneonone55
Port Saint Lucie, FL
70, joined Aug. 2010
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If you are on the HCG diet be careful. Allot of the HCG prodauts sold in health stores and on the internet have chemical and alcohol in them and charge a fortune. I found the omni drops only have B12 and HCG in it no chemicals. It is working for me. I take the drops three time a day and lost 22 pound in 22days. Of course you will gain back the weight if you eat the way you ate before you started the drops, once you stop the diet. I don't care what diet you go on or how much exercise you do once you stop and go back to the way you ate before you will gain the weight back. The idea of a diet is to get you to the weight you want to be. Then to eat a healthy and balance diet so you don't gain the weight back. You can't eat fatten food and not expect to gain the weight back. After all that is why you gained the weight in the first place.
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| 9/21/2011 6:59:47 AM |
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curvycharms
Starkville, MS
39, joined May. 2011
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The HCG diet is intense. The food is blah....and yes if you don't follow the diet strictly...you'll gain tons of weight back. Even after you're done with the first round your foods are restricted the first 6 weeks. The Hormone is extremely expensive. And I don't mean the fake HCG drops people are hustling. The actual hormone itself that you have to mix. Goodluck to everyone on their weightloss journey.
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| 10/8/2011 7:11:28 PM |
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harmonychic
Houston, TX
30, joined Sep. 2011
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I've been to gnc and theres more than one type what kind should I get. Hope I won't be hungry
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| 10/8/2011 7:28:01 PM |
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harmonychic
Houston, TX
30, joined Sep. 2011
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Not being a Doctor,I can only relate my experience with less calories and Diabetes.
A few years ago(5),I suddenly started feeling quite sluggish. Someone suggested I check my sugar level.
Upon checking my sugar level,I found it to be at 420. That scared the heck out of me as my first thought was going blind.
Being the radical man I can be,I immediately went on a 12 day fast.
Not only did my sugar level come down but I lost 15 pounds as well.
I suffered no side affects at all. I'm the opposite I'm hypo glycemic idk how it will effect me. I've gotta lose some weight.
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| 10/11/2011 1:35:04 PM |
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vbd2h45a
Hazlet, NJ
48, joined Oct. 2011
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| 11/4/2011 9:11:39 PM |
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crzyfiesty1
Tyler, TX
54, joined May. 2011
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ive gained 50 lbs since my mother passed in Jan, am thinking of the hcg platnuim? hope it works im misrable, being heavy
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| 11/20/2011 4:51:29 PM |
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djnyx
Spring, TX
21, joined Oct. 2011
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I'm on the hcg diet and lost 10lbs so far. eating so little doesn't bother me just have to get used to it by wanting it bad enough. I have Pcos and I couldn't lose weight at all. I would rather do this than surgery anyday.
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| 11/20/2011 8:44:20 PM |
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nenitacaliente
Philadelphia, PA
33, joined Mar. 2011
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Are the injection better than the drop? And where can you get them?
I use to take the injection and they work really good the only thing that ever work on me BUT u loose allot of hair..  so I had to stop.
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| 12/16/2011 3:16:33 AM |
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emmalou84
Lewiston, UT
38, joined Nov. 2011
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I have...kind of. I say the word diet and my brain freaks and thinks I need to eat everything in sight! Soooo...I have changed almost nothing and added the drops. I take the drops for 2 months then stop for a month or so. Just so my body doesn't get used to them. When I restart the drops I do eat a bunch like it recommends, otherwise I have done nothing as far as the 500 cal diet goes or any consistent weighing. I started the drops in october 2010
anyone care to guess my results?
a friend of mine followed the diet for the most part and did the injections...she lost 100-ish lbs
in the 14 months I have been doing it I have lost around 75 lbs and gone down 3-4 jean sizes depending on the brand! Idk what anyone else thinks but that is success in my opinion
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| 12/28/2011 8:40:51 PM |
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respecturself1
Plano, TX
35, joined Nov. 2011
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God bless you guys on this diet it is one of the most dangerous things out there and please by all means do your home work the drug is not even for weight loss. The restrictive diet is bad for your metabolism. I know weight loss is hard but that is certainly not they way. I hope the doctors who are giving this out are fine and jailed it's a shame to the medical industry.
Good luck dieters and keep your health first.
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| 1/29/2012 8:34:49 PM |
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the_fig
El Paso, TX
46, joined Oct. 2008
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I just started this diet on Jan. 26th and it's working!
(This is a controversial diet, however.)
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