HCG Diet?!

**Admiral Johnson** · 08-25-2010, 11:03 AM

I dont get this. do they use real HCG for this I see it in health magazines and flyers i get in the mail. The Gold's Gym in my town advertises the HCG diet too. I didnt think you could get HCG over the counter... is this a gimmick supplement or are these people really on real HCG?

**Lordston** · 08-25-2010, 11:07 AM

If you are getting it from a doctor as a prescription...it is the real deal...and costs $700.00 on up for the diet dosages. Most are on the homeopathic drops that have relatively no HCG in it and costs around $60-70. Both are accompanied with a diet that drops you to around 500 cals a day and ketogenic to boot. Can you figure out why people are losing weight on this ???....LOL.

**Triple-H_2005** · 08-25-2010, 12:40 PM

LOL @ paying $700 for $50 worth of HCG!

**sassy69** · 08-25-2010, 12:54 PM

Wow (not at the HCG diet - I already know its a gimmick), @ the fact that Gold's Gym is promoting it. I'd be be asking them about how safe they think a 500 cal /day diet is and if they have any sort of protocol in case one of their members uses it and then passes out while working out.

**Ryan Bracewell** · 08-25-2010, 12:59 PM

I get questions and calls to my nutrition store all the time about this shit. Its the new diet fad that is taking over the previous bullshit diet that used Acai berry. The longer I am in this business, the more I am amazed at peoples stupidity.....which is odd, because you would think I would expect it by now.

**BigEJ** · 08-25-2010, 01:54 PM

There's a 'diet clinic' in town right next to my gym advertising the HCG diet. Consult is $200 and HCG is only $30. I see various women running in and out of the place all day.

**s2h** · 08-25-2010, 08:15 PM

Originally Posted by Ryan Bracewell

I get questions and calls to my nutrition store all the time about this shit. Its the new diet fad that is taking over the previous bullshit diet that used Acai berry. The longer I am in this business, the more I am amazed at peoples stupidity.....which is odd, because you would think I would expect it by now.

right on ryan..were in the same area and this BS hcg diet is catching on around here..it's such a crock and at $700 dollars i cant believe people buy into this..i know a PT that is pushing it....it's just another cash cow...

**HammerStrength12** · 08-25-2010, 09:12 PM

Haven't read about this yet - obv its not real hcg - is it some sort of testosterone optimizing diet?

**s2h** · 08-25-2010, 09:17 PM

Originally Posted by HammerStrength12

Haven't read about this yet - obv its not real hcg - is it some sort of testosterone optimizing diet?

it's real hcg...

**HammerStrength12** · 08-25-2010, 09:23 PM

wtf lol

**Barrett** · 08-26-2010, 12:06 AM

where there are stupid people, a smart one will always find ways to get their money... the creator of this fad bullshit diet is probably laughing his ass off.

**s2h** · 08-26-2010, 06:12 AM

Originally Posted by Barrett

where there are stupid people, a smart one will always find ways to get their money... the creator of this fad bullshit diet is probably laughing his ass off.

i know 3 women that are on it..and think its great...atleast until i informed them that it is used to enhance ovulation and is a pregnant womens urine..2 of them have since stopped..the other is to stupid and has to much money to stop...

**ob205** · 08-26-2010, 11:45 AM

Sad that my parents have been on this the last month regardless of my protests. 500 cals a day for 4 weeks, then a maintenance lifestyle of 1500 cals. The HCG is not the injection but a Homeopathic (BS) bottle of nothing, supposedly to help them retain ALL their muscle mass during diet (ha) Looks like about 50g of PRO a day and 50g CHO in form of low GI fruit & veggies, and maybe 10g fat. INSANITY. Now both my parents lost about 10-15lbs, I just think their rebound is going to crazy, and the regain of weight will be in like an 80/20 FAT to Muscle ratio.

They also tell them not to exercise during the first 4 weeks, since they probably won't have enough energy and they don't need to and will still lose a great deal of fat.

The funniest thing I saw with the diet is that a 230lb obese man and a 125lb overweight women both USE the same baseline 500 cal diet for the first 4 weeks.

It is terrible and a scam, sadly my parents are part of that mindless mass that P.T. Barnum mentions when stating, "You can never go broke underestimating the intelligence of the public"