I’m not looking for a debate about the HCG diet. I just took my last dose at about 1am this morning but I REALLY want to eat something more and different than that on protocol. I’ve never been entirely full this whole round of VLCD and I want to start maintenance NOW so I can finally be satisfied. Can I start maintenance tomorrow if I’m still hungry??
Chosen Answer:
Hi! Even you are on the diet and following the protocol, you mus not starve yourself like eat some just don not make your self eat as much as you want, just simply eat an amount that you’ll cravings will be satisfied, just don’t starve yourself, and besides you have your maintenance.
by: Drew Kidman
on: 15th March 11
I found the same problem with the HCG diet. I did a couple of things that helped. A local health food store was selling a bottled version of HCG, where you dropped drops into your mouth six times a day, instead of taking one dose of HCG in the morning. I found that really helped with the cravings in the afternoon and evening. The other thing I did was divide up the items I was allowed to eat. Instead of having the apple, meat, and salad all at the same time, I would have the apple, then in an hour or two, the meat, then wait another hour or two for the salad. You aren’t really supposed to start maintenance until you’ve been on the diet for six weeks, or are at your goal weight, so I don’t think I would try that, even if you are hungry.
I know you didn’t ask whether you should jump off the bridge or not but here is my standard HCG answer.
All over the counter HCG products were announced as illegal and fraudulent by the FDA on January 24, 2011.
Testing concluded that all over the counter oral and injection products on the market have little to no real HCG in them but most a similar synthetic hormone.
Anyone that lost weight especially with the drops did it because they ate fewer calories than they burned. The HCG acted as the placebo to help them lose the weight.
The only approved use for HCG is to increase fertility in both men and women.
Next year will mark 60 years since this fraudulent science was started.
I was at the pharmacy yesterday. I looked at the HCG drops and it says right on the box, “Does not contain any hormone but contains an amino acid similar to HCG”
I can’t believe that under current law they can still call it HCG Drops. Amazing!
Buy a pregnancy test and see if you got any HCG at all.
The positive reviews you read are written by profiteers and converts.
Staunch supporters of the diet treat it almost like a religion. “If you will just believe…”
The mental process occurring here is called “cognitive relativism” where HCG users assert their paradigm beliefs to the point where they deny facts, lack of evidence, legality, and true expert opinion.
The doctors exploiting this benign hormone can’t even agree on how it works. Some say it releases stored fat calories into the system. Others say it acts as an appetite suppressant.
Neither explanation justifies the weight loss in the individuals taking the oral drops with NO HCG in them that still lost weight.
By the way, insurance does not cover this since it is not FDA approved. What doctor wouldn’t want to get an “all cash” practice going?
Check out these clips before going further. Just aired a few weeks ago.
http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/weight-loss-controversy-hcg-diet-pt-1
Please watch the clips before you decide.
Hi! Even you are on the diet and following the protocol, you mus not starve yourself like eat some just don not make your self eat as much as you want, just simply eat an amount that you’ll cravings will be satisfied, just don’t starve yourself, and besides you have your maintenance.