Hello from St Louis

[Primal-Lioness]

Hi. I am 37 years old and work full time. I am mom to 3 fur babies that keep my husband and I really busy. We are gearing up to start the home study process to become Foster / Adoptive parents and I need to get my weight down again so when I go get my physical that I am not hindering us. We live in the St Louis, MO Metro area on the Illinois side. I work in St Louis.

I had been adhering to a low carb plan to not only lose weight, but also to keep my diabetes in check and regulate my hormones. With in the last 2 years, something happened where I could only maintain my weight with a low carb plan and then I started gaining weight for no reason.

Fast forward 2 years later and 6 doctors later, I have Hypothyroidism. My doctor who is also a dietican, went over my food diary with me and could not find anything wrong with my diary…………..

She suggested the HCG diet and at first I was skeptical. I started researching it and then went back to my doctor and asked her to write the prescription for the HCG. She formally counselled me and I began my first round my birthday weekend. I was able to lose 16 pounds in about 25 days and then was able to maintain from there. This past weekend, I geared up to start Round 2 again. As of this morning I am down 3.2 pounds again and feel good so far.

Are there any other HCG'ers here?

[Guinea Piggy]

thank you for sharing your story. it's good to remind all of us that if you feel something is not right with your health, keep at it. doctors don't know everything and they often overlook things. it's good they finally figured out you had hypothyroidism so that you can start treatment and also so you have some peace of mind.

i am not familiar with the hcg diet so i just looked it up. is it true that you only eat 500 calories a day? what has your experience with this diet been so far?