I have lot 16 pounds in 20 days!
 

I am sooo overjoyed with this diet I am on!!!! My husband's sisters and their husbands did it and lost a TON of weight, so my DH and I decided to try it - he has lost 23 pounds and I am down 16.2. :) I may be able to go swimming this summer without fear of ridicule! :) LOL

Wow!!!! Congratulations to you and your hubby.
That's great. What diet are you on?
That's alot of weight to loose so fast.:thumbup:

That is a GREAT accomplishment. Which diet is it?

I know it's a lot to lose fast, but that's how it works, and it's the only diet I have EVER not cheated on.

It's HCG - I do injections of the hormone and eat 500 calories a day and am surprisingly not hungry. :)

It's the Dr. Simeon's protocol based on his book "Pounds and Inches" If you do a search online for his name, a LOT of stuff will probably come up. :)

Details please.....I need this diet:D

One of the sites I go to that has TONS of info (after you figure out how to look around the site) is Happily Thinner After - Happily Thinner After

I think I need this diet too! lol I have the last 15 lbs that are sooo hard to get rid of! What kinda foods do you eat?

The original protocol is:

Breakfast:
Tea or coffee in any quantity without sugar. Only one tablespoonful of milk allowed in 24 hours. Saccharin or Stevia may be used.
Lunch:
1. 100 grams of veal, beef, chicken breast, fresh white fish, lobster, crab, or shrimp. All visible fat must be carefully removed before cooking, and the meat must be weighed raw. It must be boiled or grilled without additional fat. Salmon, eel, tuna, herring, dried or pickled fish are not allowed. The chicken breast must be removed from the bird.
2. One type of vegetable only to be chosen from the following: spinach, chard, chicory, beet-greens, green salad, tomatoes, celery, fennel, onions, red radishes, cucumbers, asparagus, cabbage.
3. One breadstick (grissino) or one Melba toast.
4. An apple, orange, or a handful of strawberries or one-half grapefruit.
Dinner :
The same four choices as lunch (above.)


BUT, my DH and I have added a few things like zucchini and mushrooms and have learned some creative ways to make things (like soup with organic fat free chicken broth that is SUPER low in calories) and grilling a lot. :) We even made like a spinach puree soup yesterday for lunch that was excellent, and it had our chicken, too and was only 124 calories and I was FULL. :)

You can totally see the difference in my face already! :)

Before and after pics (I guess they are more "during" pics):

I was going to order that diet so that is incredibly good timing and great confirmation that it is the way to go for me!! Thanks for sharing! Btw...YOU LOOK AMAZING!!!!!!

Very scary. Be careful. You look great though! :)

I have done this diet also. I love it!!! They do have drops that do the same thing as the shots that are much cheaper. I like the shots better not much to have to keep up with. :)


Good luck:D

You look great!

I'm a vegan and also can't eat nightshade veggies because of my arthritis, so this diet wouldn't work. Also for anyone wanting to eat like that, you should first check with your doctor. Diets like this is only good if you never eat any other way, because you will just gain it all back plus more.
The best way to eat healthy and lose weight is to become a vegan or vegetarian. All healthy foods that take fat off and keep it off. ;)

Congratulations!:thumbup:

However, please be careful, as with all medications HCG has side effects which range from Arterial Thromboembolism, blood clots, and suppression of the hepatic activities of cytochromes. So please keep your primary in the loop.

:thumbup:

500 calories?

your body is in starvation mode, and although you're losing weight now? you will put it back on. Your body can not live on 500 calories a day no matter what "supplement" you are adding to it. A quick fix for those that last few pounds is a no carb diet, but even then- it should be diet/nutitrionist/trainer monitored and that's only good for about 1-2 weeks. It's not healthy to do it longer than that.

You can lose weight eating healthy and exercising the old fashioned way. A healthy weight loss is 1-2 pounds a week. Maybe 3-5 the first week if you have a bit more to lose, but it's water weight you're losing anyway and it won't be that way every week.

Your body needs fuel to survive, and that's definitely more than 500 calories a day.

this diet scares me. I do no recommend anyone to do it.

It's called "Eating Clean" and you can do it if you are a meat eater, as well.

Cut the crap, and get back to basic healthy eating.

Thanks for all the advice guys! My primary is definitely in the loop (I am a diabetes risk, so gotta drop the weight). We actually heard about it from a doctor friend of ours who did it himself and lost 75 pounds. :) We did a BUNCH of research, etc. before you say anything about it, you have to read the book: Dr. ATW Simeons "Pounds and Inches"

I know there are a lot of nay-sayers, and that's fine with me. I feel great!

And, the HCG helps your body burn it's OWN fat to give you vitamins, minerals, etc - so, I am not starving.

It is certainly a lifestyle change, but without the HCG I never would have done it, that's for sure. :)

I understand what you are saying, I think it's great you lost the weight and I know it feels great.
But you need to understand this is only temporary, you can't live on 500 calories a day, it's not healthy .
You will gain it back, the only sure way is a change of eating habits and exercise . I don't mean to sound like your accomplishment isn't a big deal it is, but the reality of it is, it isn't safe and eventually you will come to see this.

Good Luck :)

Like I said, read the book. There is a whole maintenance plan. My sister in law has kept it off for 6 months eating a normal 2000 calorie diet. :)

Yeah, you can only do the hcg for 23 - 40 days, no less, no more, but somewhere in there. Then, you have to go on a maintenance phase and can't go on the hcg again for at least 6 weeks. I have heard of some people who do multiple rounds - 4 or even 6 times to lose their weight. I only have 25 - 30 pounds to lose, and I have lost 16, so I am almost to my goal! I don't think I'll have to do it again. My doctor friend did it 3 times I think to get down to his goal weight.

Crap??? Well I am 68 years old, I've never been sick in my entire life, never the flu, or colds, never taken any kind of medications and never had any health problems at all! Hopefully you can say the same thing at my age.

2000 is more realistic than 500. So anyway, I wish you much luck :D

I meant crap as in CRAP FOOD, and I didn't mean it towards you. I meant in general.

You most certainly DON'T need to be a vegan or vegetarian to be healthy.

I'm by no means at the weight I want to be at (I probably need to lose about 20lbs) but I don't believe being vegan makes ANY one healthier, in fact, I think quite the opposite. I believe we need meat. But that's a whole 'nother discussion. :)

PS - Walnut Hill-- congrats!!! :)

I'm sorry for this dude is promoting EATING DISORDERS.

I don't care how much weight you lost (congrats btw, but you could have done it other ways) this is NOt healthy habits/behaviour/way of life to lose weight.

The doctor is helping you lose weight by inducing FEAR into you.

It's very restrictive, let alone the 500 calorie diet.

what the.... In this webpage claim that any contact to creams (including face creams, moisturizers for the skin etc) can affect your weight in a negative way simply because you TOUCHED it and ABSORBED it in your skin??

Way to make you fear getting "fat" because it is absorbed my merely touching something?

People want variety in their foods. This guy is feeding you a monotonous, anorexic diet. If he says you can eat 500 calories? then you should be able to eat 500 calories, not the anorexic-approved diet.

You can get sugar free medication, and if you're sick? You can't just sit there and starve yourself & not help yourself get well. Even if you're hollistic, you can take vitamins- and he won't even allow THAT!


Because it's NOT healthy!



Great so you risk having low blood sugar when you're not even diabetic? Awesome.

Eating Disorder central. creating obsession about a number on a scale!

[quote]The moment the scale goes beyond two pounds, even if this is only a few ounces, they must on that same day entirely skip breakfast and lunch but take plenty to drink. In the evening they must eat a huge steak with only an apple or a raw tomato[/quote]


RED ALERT! RED ALERT!


You should never skip meals over 2 pounds.

I'm sorry for this dude is promoting EATING DISORDERS.

I don't care how much weight you lost (congrats btw, but you could have done it other ways) this is NOt healthy habits/behaviour/way of life to lose weight.

The doctor is helping you lose weight by inducing FEAR into you.

It's very restrictive, let alone the 500 calorie diet.

what the.... In this webpage claim that any contact to creams (including face creams, moisturizers for the skin etc) can affect your weight in a negative way simply because you TOUCHED it and ABSORBED it in your skin??

Way to make you fear getting "fat" because it is absorbed my merely touching something?

People want variety in their foods. This guy is feeding you a monotonous, anorexic diet. If he says you can eat 500 calories? then you should be able to eat 500 calories, not the anorexic-approved diet.

You can get sugar free medication, and if you're sick? You can't just sit there and starve yourself & not help yourself get well. Even if you're hollistic, you can take vitamins- and he won't even allow THAT!


Because it's NOT healthy!



Great so you risk having low blood sugar when you're not even diabetic? Awesome.

Eating Disorder central. creating obsession about a number on a scale!

[quote]The moment the scale goes beyond two pounds, even if this is only a few ounces, they must on that same day entirely skip breakfast and lunch but take plenty to drink. In the evening they must eat a huge steak with only an apple or a raw tomato[/quote]


RED ALERT! RED ALERT!


You should never skip meals over 2 pounds.

Sorry about the double post, it wouldn't let me edit it.

I hate this guy, and I feel very sorry for those of you that feel that eating disorders are the way to lose weight.

Eating disorders are a VERY SERIOUS issue, and those that deal with it- would not like to see it promoted as a fad diet. It's an illness and it can kill you.

I would not be surprised if more people with eating disorders come out of this kind of "diet" plan.

You couldn't pay me a million dollars to do this diet.