Okay so i did hcg a couple months back. Here is what I can tell you:
- the diet DOES work. the morning after my very first VLCD day, I was down almost 6 lbs. Within 2 wks, I was down almost 20 lbs. I took my hcg sublingual (under the tongue) and I mixed it myself with B12 and colloidal silver
- you need to have extreme will power and determination. This has nothing to do with the 500 calorie a day diet. to be honest, if you're taking the hcg correctly, you will really not feel hunger at all and some days it might actually be hard to even get a full 500 cal's in. so its not the small amount of calories you should be worried about. the biggest obstacle is the limited and strict type/amount of food you can eat. as it was mentioned by one of the posters, HCG protocol has very strict rules about what you can eat, when you can eat, and how much you can eat. I mean there are rules going as far as wearing only oil free make up and not even touching oily substances. I think that when people say you should read "pounds and inches" its not something they have just been trained to say or feel like they should tell you - I had a much more clear understanding of what I needed to do and how this worked after reading that. You can find it online.
- you have to be mentally prepared for certain situations because you have PCOS. For example, one of my most frustrating PCOS symptoms is hair loss. I was extremely frightened that once I started HCG, my hair loss would get worse. However, it was amazing how great my hair got when i was on HCG. The shedding came to a stall and I actually had new growth. I was actually thinking this is some kind of miracle...I was more excited about my hair loss problems going away than I was about actually losing the weight - HOWEVER...a couple of weeks after stopping the HCG, my hair loss was not just back...it was HORRIFIC. I was shedding like crazy...not only did all that new growth fall out, but it was like my body was making up for all that time it hadn't shed. I was sooo freaked and depressed. When I started my 2nd round (which I'm on now) of HCG, the shedding stopped again. I am now taking vitamins with this round as well as trying this $200 shampoo in hopes that once I stop this round the hair loss won't come back the way it had. I have fingers crossed.
- You also have to keep in mind to get in TONS of water...I realized that on days I drank more water, I lost more.
- Most important, DO YOUR RESEARCH. I literally did research for 3 months before I actually took any initiative with this diet. I can honestly say, that because I was so well informed, when speed bumps did come along the way, I was able to deal with them and change gears. So know your stuff.
If you need guidance, advice, have questions or comments...PM me and I can be more specific. Good luck! |