HCG & VSG

That exactly what attracted me to it as well. It uses stored fat in your body to make up for the lack of calories you are taking in intead of eating away at lean muscle like a low calorie diet would normally do. The weight you are losing is actually released fat. You lose a lot of inches this way.

I can't speak for anyone else or encouraging anyone to try it. I'm just documenting my experience on it.

How much did you lose on your first cycle? I'm doing a 23 day cycle. I'm hoping to lose about 25 lbs. I've lost 11 so far.

well.. i didnt really track the weight just for the 40 days, i mean some days it would actually be the 1 pound a day that was expected and somedays no pounds.. but i guess that was a bit too much to expect to keep constantly losing a pound a day for too long.  but the thing is, i continued to lose a good amount even when i was off the cycle (again not like a pound a day) but definitely consistently lost every week during the break period. so now, i just add the drops to my already followed diet (for me, i dont eat a lot of meat, only chicken mainly) so i do have to incorporate other protein sources like dairy (greek yogurt, cheese, nuts) which are a NO-NO on the original Dr. Simeon's protocol, but there are some revised versions that allow for vegetarians, to include vitamins, supplements, prescription meds, etc (that we do need to take these days anyway) . and i CANNOT live without my Spicy foods so I put a lot of chilies and spices in all of my foods. lol so my diet is definitely not to the T.. but the take-away i learned is (and the personal benefit for me) is the ability to stick to a low calorie diet (which my VSG allows) and still lose weight without stalls and going into starvation mode (which the HCG allows).  so like i said, i just do pretty much 'supplementing' with the HCG for it's benefits.. if you catch my drift.. 

hope that helps!! 

awesome! there are so many different variations to the diet now. i also love all my food spicy and with a kick of lemon :)

First of all, your weight loss is awesome :)

But as for this diet, what sticks out at me is the 500 calorie limit (other than the silly make-up and tanning oil restriction).  No wonder people lose weight on it!  How many calories were you eating before you started the diet?

How much do the HCG drops cost?

Sunny- I was wondering the exact same thing!! I mean this is the first time I've ever hear of it but like... if youre only eating 500 cals per day you're bound to lose the weight with or without the hCG right? That's simple ... Burning more calories than you eat?

Yes, you would lose weight but it would be water weight and lean muscle & also your body will go into starvation mode. HCG helps tap into the stored fat in yourbody and releases up to 4000 cals daily so your body does not go into starvation mode. All the weight you lose is fat on HCG.