Has anyone tried the HCG diet?

[Carolyn Bryant]

Would you recommend it? Did you really have to stick to 500 calories to lose weight?

[neofarq]

Can you give a brief rundown of what exactly the HCG diet is? Never heard oof it?!

[zubbeyboy]

BUMP
I have a friend whos raving about this. I dont care as i would never do it id just like to set her straight. What is it? Anyone?

[225orDie]

http://www.hcgdietdirect.com/samplehcgdiet.html

Sample Diet

Drink lots of water (at least 2 liters)

First 2 days on the drops eat LOTS of fattening food! This is very important to jump start the metabolism and sets the level of the HCG. Eat all day!!!!

Take HCG drops for 23 days, then no drops for the last three days, but continue to diet until all HCG is flushed from your system until you reach day 26.

Breakfast:
Tea or coffee in any quantity without sugar. Only one tablespoonful of milk is allowed in 24 hours. Saccharin or Stevia may be used.



Lunch:
1.100 grams of meat for example: BEEF, CHICKEN BREAST, TURKEY, FRESH WHITE FISH, LOBSTER, CRAB, OR SHRIMP**.

2. VEGETABLE: choose one of the following- spinach, asparagus, cabbage, green salad, tomatoes, celery, fennel, onions (all kinds), chicory, beet-greens, red radishes, cucumbers or chard.

3. One breadstick (grissino) or one Melba toast.

4. An APPLE or a handful (6-9) of STRAWBERRIES or one-half GRAPEFRUIT, ORANGE * (you may have your fruit with your breakfast or as a snack) you get 2 a day and can eat them when you want to.



Dinner :
The same choices as lunch.

Tea, Coffee, plain water or mineral water are the allowed and they may be taken in any quantity and at all times. The juice of one lemon daily is allowed for all purposes. Salt (minimal), pepper, vinegar, mustard powder, garlic, sweet basil, parsley, thyme, marjoram, etc., may be used for seasoning. But NO OIL, BUTTER or DRESSING.

[Nitro Fueled Barbie/Mel Marx]

I have a friend on it.. haven't heard anything negative yet. other than she's hungry, but we all are on all these diets. LOL

[zubbeyboy]

I told her it was a waste just figured another diet scheme. So it may actually work hu?

[neofarq]

Seems like a scheme to me......... HCG drops? How would those make you loose weight?

Really doesn't seem to say why HCG helps you loose weight.........
Not a whole lot of principal behind this diet or scientific reasoning behind this diet

Anyone?? Thoughts

[GENESIS]

i had some bitch ass guy come into my store trying to tell me how he was gonna lose weight on this diet. he was a complete tool who thought he was so cool since he was gonna be tracking his diet on a blog. i basically told him that eating a 500 calorie a day diet, will cause anyone to lose weight for the period of time that they are on that diet, and that when he gets off of it the weight would undoubtdly come back. tried to pretend like he was the specialist when i have literally guided dozens of people to good long term weight loss. DO NOT DO THIS DIET.

[BigJD69]

Kevin Trudeau wrote a book called The weight Loss Cure which outlines the diet and protocol with HCG.

[fitmomma3]

WOW looks like the typical old school house wife/trophy wife diet from back in the day that everyone did to stay skinny/fat lol I could never see doing this if your goal is a lean muscular physique.

[Carolyn Bryant]

It doesn't make sense to me either but it's worth a try. In small doses you can lose tons of weight. With large doses you can become so fertile you could become an octomom.

[DAVIDHARDY]

Fuck that shit, 500 calories a day is a recipe for disaster...especially when you're done dieting. Just imagine if the body actually did adapt to only using 500 calories a day then all of a sudden you are back to eating over 2000...another worthless fad diet!

[Carolyn Bryant]

I don't think you have to follow a 500-calorie diet to make it work. 1,000 is dayum near starving for some people. Some people would disappear on 500 cal w/o the HCG.

[Chondrobob]

The way HCG works is it mimics fertilization causing fat reserves to be metabolized at a incredible rate, thus the stored energy compensates for the 500 to 700 cal diet, B 12 is also used for energy. 6 weeks is the usual interval for therapy. I have had many people with obesity issues use this for incredible results 30 to 60 lb drops!
I would not advise this for someone who needs to drop a quick 10lbs. The transition back to normal caloric intake is touchy after you wean of the meds..

The dosage of HCG is 100 t0 150iu a day

[Carolyn Bryant]

The way HCG works is it mimics fertilization causing fat reserves to be metabolized at a incredible rate, thus the stored energy compensates for the 500 to 700 cal diet, B 12 is also used for energy. 6 weeks is the usual interval for therapy. I have had many people with obesity issues use this for incredible results 30 to 60 lb drops!
I would not advise this for someone who needs to drop a quick 10lbs. The transition back to normal caloric intake is touchy after you wean of the meds..

The dosage of HCG is 100 t0 150iu a day

Thanks so much for that explaination. But please tell me more about this. How is the rebound different from any other bbing diet?

[jlgiller]

Kevin Trudeau wrote a book called The weight Loss Cure which outlines the diet and protocol with HCG.

He stole it from a Dr. who developed it.

[jlgiller]

I have the full diet saved on my computer that explains it all if anyone wants to read it just PM me and I will send it to you.

I lost 20lbs in about 20 days. After the first 3 days your not hungry anymore you just get tired of it.