My understanding is that it’s the pregnancy hormone found in women’s pee they’re injecting and not actual pregnant woman’s pee. No matter, it’s still a scary diet. A family member wants to go on this “diet.” I did a little looking into it, and it’s very scary. First off, if you google on this you get a ton of websites selling the stuff. It’s a bit difficult for people to search for some relevant data. When you do find information, it’s pretty bleak. First, you have to follow a 500 calorie a day diet. Yeah, I think I’d lose weight on 500 calories a day but what happens when you go off the diet? Chances are you’re going to balloon back up with a vengeance. This is the problem with crash diets. The other really misleading thing about this diet is that it is touted as a “medical” diet that is supposed to be administered by Drs. I think that misleads a ton of people. There are a lot of quacks out there. Sad but true. The thing is, if it seems to good to be true it most likely is. If this were such the wonder diet, why do we have such an obesity problem in this country??

Yeah, I don’t trust it. Just like I don’t trust the adkins diet (can we say gallbladder disease? and the man who created the diet died from his own diet). I really don’t trust any fad diet. It is all really simple, and doctors have said it over and over, “A healthy diet and exercise” its pretty basic and straight forward. Its not easy to stick to something like that (trust me I know, I’m a chocolate fiend), but it is basic. And I think any fad diet is something to be wary of.

I have also not regained any of the weight lost from the 1st cycle. The idea is that your metabolism is “re-set” during the fat loss cycle. And no, you don’t starve or feel hungry because the nature of the HCG hormone causes your body to mobilize stored fat and use it for energy – 2500 to 3000 calories a day in fact. Your body uses it’s own fat and I’ve got a lot to use.

Isn’t this what they found when they tested Manny Ramirez? I don’t think he was trying to lose weight.

In any case, ALittleShort is right. The best way to lose weight is to eat healthy and exercise.

I actually tried this diet after having my first child and it really did help a lot! I had gone 5 months without weight loss before I started it and within 2 months, I lost about 20lbs. Of course, I was working out daily, drinking a lot of water and following a high protein, low carb diet to jumpstart my weight loss. I took the injections, in the stomach 2-3 times a week. I really think these are what helped me lose all the pregnancy weight, because now 6 months after my 2nd child, I’m still having trouble losing more than 15lbs without it.