Also started hcg drops on Monday. Weight loss great at the beginning of the week but up and down the last few days. Only want to lose about 12 lbs which sounds like a joke but I have middle age pudge I never had before and no diet has made a dent in this. I exercise every day and still no luck Frustrated beyond words till I heard about HCG. Like many of you though I am starving even though I did the loading days. My naturopath who prescribed this told me I could add a little more protein and also maybe skip the breadsticks for a day. She also suggested cocoa pure tea which is a chocolate green tea that is supposed to be great. I have ordered it and not tasted it as yet. I think you should be able to google COCOAPURE tea. Hope that helps

I started Monday and am on day 4 I have lost almost 4lbs. I am a male and started at 215lbs and I want to get down to around 195 or maybe 190. I am following the Dr. Simeons 500 calorie a day plan and am weighing food and eating when and what the plan tells me. I take the drops as instructed and follow the plan. I also got some dark chocolate covered rasberries with my kit and it says I can have 3 a day, but usually only eat 1 or 2. I was really hungry the first day and a little the second day, but now I am okay I think most of the hunger is just being used to eating anything I wanted for years lol. I do have a slight headache most of the day everyday. 2 Advil will take care of it, but it does return within 3 to 4 hours. Some of the blogs I have read say the headaches will go away and that they are carb withdrawl headaches. I did eat many, many carbs for the last few years so I am hoping what I read is true. I see people on here that have lost 10 pounds in a week and some who have lost only 5 so I guess we just chalk it up as every body is different and usually the heavier you are the more weight you will lose at least thats my belief.In closing good luck to everyone!

Actually, I have not been very hungry on the 500cal diet and doing the hcg shots. Usually I would be starving on a 1200 cal diet. Even diet pills didn't work very well for me. I wouldn't say its all in my head either since I was very skeptical from the beginning. I have lost 7lbs in the first week. Missing the shot didn't effect me and I have just altered my eating times slighty on the nights I work. The only thing that bothers me is watching my family eat the things I can't such as chocolate! I'm sure the diet doesn't work for everyone but for right now its working for me when nothing else does. And yes, I have tried altering the way I eat to just eating healthier (not really "dieting") with exercise and I have a terrible time losing weight. Maybe there isn't any studies done showing this works but I personally know a few people it has worked for and they haven't been hungry on the diet either.

For 3 weeks you should ideally follow the "maintenance phase" in order to allow your body to stabiliaze at your new weight. After your 3 days of eating 500 calories once discontinuing the HCG, you can start to eat other foods, but avoid sugars and starches whenever possible. They say it is imperative to weigh yourself every day, without fail, and if you gain more than 2 pounds, have a "steak day". This means, you go all day without eating anything, but drinking as much of the allowable liquids as you want. Then, for dinner you have a huge steak with either a raw tomato or an apple. This must be done on the day your weight goes above 2 pounds from your final weight on the HCG. I have not gotten to this phase yet but this was the information I was given with my HCG order (I am using the sublingual homeopathic HCG drops). Good luck!