Anyone try HCG?

[BgB9 9]

I've been stalled for 6 months. I know a couple of folks who tried HCG and it has really worked. Any bandsters out there tried it? Looks like it should fit with band rules pretty well.

[azbtrfly 2]

Yes and it works but it's hard to stick to the low cal, low fat diet with the band, I always have a problem with chicken getting stuck, We as a family decided to do Paleo instead.

[cantdecide 1]

I did it before lapband and lost a lot of weight (40 lbs in 2 40 day rounds of hcg with a break in between). But. . .it came right back when I started eating more than 500 calories a day again. I think it is just like any other no/low carb diet--you lose a ton of Water weight and then it all comes right back, plus some. There were 6 other people I work with who did HcG, all lost a lot of weight (40-90 lbs) and all have gained it all back plus an extra 20-50.

[azbtrfly 2]

I had a hard time sticking to phase 3 and once i started having the sugar and carbs again I put it back on before the lapband, with the lapband i can't and don't eat what I used to.

[WEESIE 5]

I did the HCG injections before the band. I gained it all back when I went off of it. I am sorry that you are stalled. Maybe you can talk with your doctor/aftercare team about this. They might suggest tweaking your fill or adding some exercise or intensity to the exercise. You wll get beyone this and when you follow the lap band rules the weight will stay off.

[xavier 153]

Just my opinion and many will disagree but...

STOP dieting and get a fill!

[BgB9 9]

Tried that Xavier. Dr says no. Said I could only lose 60% of my excess weight with the band and I'm at 70%. Did the xray and said nomorerestriction

[Acadia 20]

Talk to another doctor.

[xavier 153]

Agree with Acadia. I loved my doc who did basically 1cc fills at a time and that was ok. But I ended up going to a doc closer (4hours) to home and her approach to fills is one I have never heard of...I call her the fill whisperer!

She has you lie down and puts the needle in your port. Then she cranks up the table so you are in the sitting position with the needle still in your port and hands you a glass of Water and tells you to chug. She starts injecting the saline very slowly as you drink and when you choke and nearly spew it in her face, she stops and in a lovely French accent says, "perfect!".

The first time I went to her I had 5cc in a 10cc band and she said that is like not having a band...the choke and spew point came with her giving me 2.7 for a total of 7.7 cc I think. I lost about a pound a week with little or no effort after that for a few months.

Then I plateaued out at about 157 or 158 for a few months and I just figured it was becuae I was so close to goal and everyone says it really slows down (goal of fist normal BMI is 145). But after consultation with a few wise friends I decided to go see her - exact same procedure but only 0.3cc added! It has been exactly 12 days since that fill and I have already lost 3 pounds...I am now 7 pounds from normal which for me is 90% of excess weight loss...

Go elsewhere if you can...YOU are the consumer!

[jennifer1 180]

man xaiver i wish my doc did fills like that!!!!

[sophinator 2]

man xaiver i wish my doc did fills like that!!!!

Me too...my Dr only gives 1cc at a time the first two times and after that the next is .5 then down again. I have 3.5cc's now...had some at banding...and get half a cc in two weeks. Not a lot of restriction going on here!