Alish

I did two rounds of the HCG diet before I even considered my sleeve. I'm losing just as fast and most days faster than the HCG diet with just my sleeve. I don't recommend the HCG diet while just having a sleeve done. Your body is trying to regulate your hormones that are changing as it is. I really think it would be slight sabotage on your sleeve; let you body get used to your sleeve without throwing anything else in the mix.
HCG really isn't all that of a miracle; it's really just the starving on the 500 calories a day that contributes to the weight loss on the HCG diet. Like the PP said it's a total fad. I've injected WAY more (10,000iU at one time) HCG then the HCG diet calls for during infertility treatments and never had loss of appetite or fat loss from it. I've also been pregnant twice and gained weight both times; mind you I pretty much starved for the first 12 weeks of my pregnancy because I was so sick and I only lost 5lbs.
Dr. Simmons protocol is complete crap if you ask me. I lost 22lbs with the HCG diet (followed to a T) and ballooned up 16lbs heavier than I was prior to ever doing it. I lost 22 to gain 38 back. It wreaks havoc on you metabolism. Just work your sleeve, it's all you need

Thanks so much for all of your replies.
Actually, what has the most influence on determining the gender of a baby at conception is the Ph and the ion status of the mother's body. The Ph and Ions are most influenced by the diet of the mother; I've been studying gender and conception for three years; I have a background on molecular science.
The male carries the x or y sperm but he isn't the determining factor, our environment is.
The only reason that the day of month has anything to do male of female is that your environment changes down there the closer you get to ovulation. Egg white cervical mucus favors the y (male) sperm because of it's higher Ph. If your Ph is already low in your body as a whole, it will make no difference what day you have sex, the sperm probably won't be influenced by anything but the low Ph and negative ions, usually resulting in a x sperm winning. I said usually, but there is obviously a 50/50 chance of either. The only thing that is 100% is PGD.
I did some research on babies conceived within a fifteen month window after weight loss surgery (the 15 months being from the date of the surgery); 17 babies resulted in 12 girls and 5 boys.
It's interesting to say the least, for me anyway. I don't think I'll be having anymore babies, but still interesting.

This is about the crap that gets ADDED TO OUR food to make it taste better and make us crave more and eat more and choose one product over another. It is a conspiracy and it's not a theory. Junk manufactures want us addicted and they will do whatever it takes to make us buy and eat their products. It's all about money and it is up to us to educate ourselves and make informed decisions (or not).
Maybe you should consider the long term effects of eating small amounts.
This is my last reply on this post. I'm not into all this drama.