HCG diet? Has anyone tried it?

Hey, now that I think about it, you OUGHT to try it.  And try a few of these, too, for whatever else is ailing you.  I mean...why burden yourself with looking for scientific evidence of safety and success...because if you believe hard enough...it HAS TO work, right?

Enjoy:

• AIDS-Related Quackery and Fraud (updated 12/5/01)
• Algae Products: False Claims and Hype (updated 1/14/07)
• Allergies: Dubious Diagnosis and Treatment (updated 1/17/08)
• "Antiaging Medicine" (posted 8/26/04)
• Aromatherapy: Making Dollars out of Scents (updated 8/22/01)
• Ayurvedic Mumbo-Jumbo (updated 12/15/04)
• "Bio-Identical" Hormones (updated 1/19/08)
• Cancer: Questionable Therapies (index to many articles, updated 9/16/07) FEATURE TOPIC
• "Calorie-Blockers" (posted 7/5/01)
• "Candidiasis Hypersensitivity/Yeast Allergy" (updated 10/8/05)
• "Cellulite" Removers (updated 8/10/00)
• Chelation Therapy (updated 7/24/07) FEATURE
• Chinese Medicine (updated 1/29/04)
• Chiropractic: FEATURE TOPIC - ALSO VISIT CHIROBASE
  • Don't Be Fooled (updated 7/31/98)
  • Chiropractic's Dirty Secret: Neck Manipulation and Strokes (updated 7/2/06)
  • Advertising Gimmicks (posted 5/20/97)
  • Steer Clear of Chiropractic Nutrition (updated 9/2/02))
  • "Chiropractic Pediatrics" (to be posted)
  • Subluxations: Chiropractic's Elusive Buzzword (updated 7/11/08)
  • Undercover Investigations (updated 12/12/03)
  • How Chiropractors Oversell Themselves (updated 11/20/98)
  • My Visit to a "Straight" Chiropractor (updated 9/11/98)
  • Inside View of a Chiropractic Office (posted 7/14/97)
  • Applied Kinesiology (updated 9/26/04)
  • Contact Reflex Analysis (updated 4/16/98)
  • What a Rational Chiropractor Can Do for You (link to Chirobase)
  • Does the Bad Outweigh the Good? (posted 3/23/01)
  • "Veterinary Chiropractic" (link to Chirobase)
  • Chiropractic Victim Support Group (posted 6/13/98)
• Colloidal Minerals (posted 12/11/98)
• Colloidal Silver (updated 10/10/02)
• Colon Therapy and Related Quackery (updated 8/4/10)
• Craniosacral Therapy (updated 9/21/04)
• Dentistry: Dubious Care
  • "Holistic Dentistry" / "Biologic Dentistry" (updated 5/26/08)
  • The "Mercury Toxicity" Scam (updated 3/2/06)
  • Neuralgia Inducing Cavitational Osteonecrosis (NICO) (updated 2/3/08)
• "Detoxification" Schemes (posted 8/15/97)
• DHEA: Ignore the Hype (updated 10/12/98)
• Dietary Supplements, Herbs, and Hormones (index to many articles) FEATURE TOPIC
• Dubious Diagnostic Tests (index to many articles) FEATURE TOPIC
• Ear Candling (updated 4/15/05/03)
• Electrodiagnostic Device Quackery (updated 9/14/08) FEATURE TOPIC
• "Ergogenic Aids" (updated 8/14/00)
• Eye-Related Quackery (updated 9/13/07)
• Fad Diagnoses (updated 12/14/08) FEATURE TOPIC
• Faith Healing (updated 12/27/09)
• Genetic Testing Scams (updated 1/22/03)
• Gerovital (posted 2/24/11)
• Glucosamine and Chondroitin for Arthritis (updated 12/14/08) MAJOR UPDATE
• Gamma-hydroxybutyric Acid: A Growing Danger (posted 7/17/98)
• Growth Hormone Schemes and Scams (updated 10/16/07)
• Hair Analysis: A Cardinal Sign of Quackery (updated 7/29/10)
• Hair Removal Methods: What Works and What Doesn't (updated 8/21/01)
• Herbal Practices and Products
  • The Herbal Minefield (updated 1/26/09)
  • Paraherbalism: Ten False Tenets (posted 8/31/99)
  • "Natural Product" of the Month: Garcinia
• Homeopathy: FEATURE TOPIC - ALSO VISIT HOMEOWATCH
  • The Ultimate Fake (updated 10/4/07) FEATURE
  • Essay by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1842) (posted 3/26/99)
• Hyperbaric Medicine: What Works and What Does Not? (partially posted 4/21/01)
• Insurance Fraud and Abuse (updated 11/17/05)
• Ionic Cleansing (link to Device Watch)
• Iridology (updated 3/28/08)
• Juice Plus+^® (link to MLM Watch)
• Juicing (updated 9/7/99)
• Low-Carbohydrate Diets (including Atkins Diet) (major update 7/13/08)
• Lyme Disease: Questionable Diagnosis and Treatment (updated 3/12/07)
• Macrobiotics (posted 9/27/01)
• Mail-Order Quackery (updated 7/11/01)
• Magnet Therapy: A Skeptical View (updated 6/29/08)
• Massage Therapy: Riddled with Quackery (updated 3/9/06)
• Mental Help, Questionable Approaches
  • Feingold Diet (updated 3/11/02)
  • Nutritional Supplements for Down Syndrome (updated 10/18/98)
  • Orthomolecular Therapy (updated 7/12/00)
  • Procedures to Avoid (updated 11/9/08)
  • Psychomotor Patterning (posted 7/6/01)
  • Psychotherapy Mismanagement (updated 9/4/01)
  • Self-Help Products (updated 8/18/04)
  • Index to Mental Help Topics (updated 2/6/04)
• Metabolic Therapy (posted 7/1/01)
• Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) (updated 3/18/11)
• Multiple Sclerosis "Cures" (updated 3/28/07)
• Multilevel Marketing: Mostly a Mirage (updated 8/17/01) ALSO VISIT MLM WATCH
• Natural Hygiene: A Critical Look (posted 12/31/07)
• Naturopathy ALSO VISIT NATUROWATCH
  • A Close Look (updated 12/23/03)
  • Opposition to Immunization (posted 12/29/01)
  • HEW Report (1968) (updated 8/30/99)
  • Medicare Testimony (1970) (posted 5/25/99)
• Nutrition Insurance: A Skeptical View (posted 12/12/01)
• Organic Foods: Certification Does Not Protect Consumers (updated 7/17/06)
• Osteopathy's Dubious Aspects (updated 6/25/03)
• Pharmacists
  • Selling Dubious Products and Services (updated 3/12/01)
  • Misuse of Compounding (updated 10/14/02)
• Pneumatic Trabeculoplasty (PNT) for Glaucoma (updated 1/15/06)
• Power Lines and Cancer: Nothing to Fear (updated 5/17/01)
• Psychic Practices (Astrology, Tarot, Palm Reading, Tarot, etc.) (posted 5/1/03)
• Qigong (updated 7/30/99)
• Reiki (posted 4/18/09)
• Reflexology: A Close Look (9/5/04)
• Therapeutic Touch (several articles, updated 2/3/08)
• Top Health Frauds (FDA list, updated 4/5/99)
• Unnecessary Surgery (posted 2/22/99)
• Vitamin C: The Dark Side of Linus Pauling's Legacy (updated 10/24/08)
• Water-Related Frauds and Quackery (index to several articles, posted 12/2/01)
• Weight Control Gimmicks and Frauds (updated 2/7/99)

I am researching and will be picking up an information package from the clinic tomorrow. So much positive and yet negative information out there. Some doctors are in support while other doctors want it banned. So many people have had positive results while others, even those who haven't been on it, find it to be fraud. 

All in all, I will let negative remarks in one ear and out the other to let me decide what is best for myself on whether this will be a positive or negative. Bashing and name calling is not warrented as I seen on this site.

Any additional information or those who have gone through it, I would love to hear from you on your experiences.

You have a BMI of 29.2---not even obese, much less morbidly obese. That puts you in a VERY different category than 99% of the people *****gularly post here.

You might find that you 'fit' better on the non-surgery board here---I think you can find it under 'Weight-loss Related'  on the forum menu.

Also---it's really bad form to make your very first post one telling the regulars how they should or shouldn't interact with one another. (" Bashing and name calling is not warrented as I seen on this site.")

Thank you.. I was and still am in the boarderline obese catagory. I will also make my way to the other forum as well.

It doesn't bother me that my first post added my dislike for childish behavior. We are all on boats in the water. No one is greater or lesser. It is rude and distasteful. I will tell it on how I see it whether I am a newbie or been here for years. I didn't tell someone how to act. That is their personal choice. I can tell them what they are doing is hurting other's feelings and it isn't warrented. It is their choice to have compassion or not.

Oh, make sure you read "pounds and inches" by Dr Simmons  http://www.hcgdietinfo.com/Dr-ATW-Simeons-Pounds-and-Inches. htm  It is a bit of a long read but will explain everything.

The website www.hcginfo.com  is a wealth of information on the diet.  There are thousands of people posting on the board and they answer questions and provide support.

Well, I can't say I have "gone through it" but I am on day 15 of the diet and I am down 12 pounds (I"ve actually stalled the last few days, so a big loss should be coming soon!).  My goal was to fit into everything in my closet and I have already achieved that.

I have never lost weight like this in my life.  Never.  Even after gastric bypass I didn't lose as quickly.  And, I really am not hungry -- except in my head.

I think that if you are able to lose through diet and exercise alone that is easier (although slower).  This diet is really hard and extremely strict, but may be a good choice if nothing else seems to work.

Good luck!

In other words, you've had the glycogen effect and have dumped off the water used to hold glycogen in your liver.