HCG - Successful Cases

I heard about the HCG diet years ago. After reaching just over 235 lbs, a friend (who happens to have a statuesque figure like Deborah Messing) told me she'd gone from 195 lbs to her slim 120 within a few months using the HCG Diet. It had been over six years and she had never gained it back... that's what caught my interest. A diet where you lose a lb a day and don't gain it back??? I was still skeptical but desperate. I was on the diet for less than 2 months, and lost nearly 40 lbs!

I was tempted to continue until I reached my goal size, but I was worried about regaining the weight I'd lost. I mean, going from the Simeons 500 calorie diet (VLCD - very low cal diet) back to eating "normally" would certainly have repercussions, right? I decided to use the transition to my benefit.

I started reading.  Not so much about HCG, but about how the body works and its relationship with food.  I should mention, shortly before going on the HCG Diet, I attended an Anthony Robbins seminar and learned a great deal about behavior modification which blended well with what I was learning about health and food relationships.  I realized the HCG Diet had in fact implemented the "shock and awe" factor needed to change my behavior toward food.  I mean, injections (ouch) to lose weight and a body-jolting diet that results in massive and fast weight loss of 1 to 2 lbs a day- now that's drastic change that leads to behavior modification.

Specifically, my appetite was different.  I was no longer having extreme cravings.  More importantly, I was no longer eating until I was "full" - I was satisfied quickly and never felt deprived.  That enabled me to accomplish one vital weight loss goal- to be able to walk away from food without eating.  For 20 years of my life, I had been eating until I was full or even stuffed.  I constantly had something in my stomach.  Now, I could stand in front of the fridge, think, "eh, I'll come back when I know what I want for dinner" and walk away.  Better yet, I could have dinner, eat a few bites and realize I didn't want more.

Keeping on this route, I lost a total of 80 lbs.  This was in 2002, and I have not gained the weight back.  I have adopted a healthy lifestyle that includes eating right and exercising- and enjoying it.