Just curious is anyone has done this diet post-surgery with the band. If so, did you do it to help get you over a plateau? Was it successful? Did the weight stay off with exercise? Let us know how HCG worked for you with the band.

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Edited February 22, 201016 yr by Humming Bird

I'm would not consider exogenous HCG unless my levels had been measured by an endocrinologist and determined to require supplementation with exogenous hormone. I ESPECIALLY would not consider purchasing "HCG" from a diet promoter---it's very likely NOT human chorionic gonadotropin, or at least not good-quality hormone in amounts that effect a real change.

As an obese woman, my endocrine system is already confused. It's more so as I lose weight; body fat is mildly estrogenic, and as it's lost, blood levels rise (temporarily). There's no way on God's green earth I'd add another hormone to the mix without the guidance of a very, very skilled endocrinologist (NOT one vested in promoting a diet and selling the "hormone" to the desperate).

It's not something required for loss. You already have THAT wrapped around your body.

How are you eating now? How are you exercising? How could you change? (Sometimes, getting past a plateau is a matter of simply tweaking what you're doing; others, it's simply a matter of waiting it out---as hard as that is.)

Thank you for your honesty Betsy. I'm trying to get over this hump and have changed up my workout to see if that will help. Crossing my fingers it does :biggrin:

I wonder if it works too! My PCP doctor has recommended that I try it because he says it resets your setpoint weight and it will help me get over the plateau.

I am really skeptical. The diet is really restrictive, so i figure I could just try to do the diet, without the HCG hormone and see what happens.

Hello;

I did the HCG diet 6 month before my band.. And yes it worked for me.. i lost 14 ponds in 40 days and a lot of inches..... But unfortunately i got the back ( and couple more) with in a month! Maybe the band can help not getting them back