Right before I got pregnant I tried the hCG diet! I ended up getting pregnant while on the diet, so I had to stop early-on. but I was on track for losing weight with the advertised results! They said I would lose nearly a lb a day, and I lost 7 lbs for the 7 days I was on it.
I might actually try it again after I am done breastfeeding if I haven't lost the weight yet.
http://applevalleywellness.com/custom_content/c_174823_hcg_faq.html
Have you done any crazy diets?
coconut / 8681 posts
No crazy diets but I like to experiment with styles of eating. I’ve been just dairy free, vegan, pescatarian and gluten free! I like eating “differently.” 
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
@Running Elley: I am gluten free by choice (not a celiacs)!! I love it!! It's sooo much better for me!
cantaloupe / 6923 posts
Every day of my life it seems. I once did the Master cleanse diet for 40 days and lost 45 pounds. It was so hard!
coconut / 8681 posts
@Coco Bee: I’m GF by choice too (just got back to it after first trimester carb cravings derailed me) I just feel SO much better overall when I'm eating this way. I’ve recently converted DH to GF too!
GOLD / pomelo / 5167 posts
I've never heard of that diet. I've actually done the soup diet. 7 days of eating soup. I lost 7 lbs in 1 week.
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
@anonysquire: I've heard of that! It sounds sooooo hard.
I really want to try a juice cleanse too.
@Running Elley: ME TOO!! I think part of it is even mental. I know how much better it is for me, so that makes me feel better. I've nearly converted my hubby too. He eats whatever I make him. Almond flour has become my best friend!
bananas / 9628 posts
Not any official ones. Just the kinds that have your PC dr send you to a shrink, and the shrink sends you to a dietician and then she send you to another dr... Haha, I guess I've been a bit of an 'extreme dieter' in the past. I'm an all or nothin kinda gal! I need to find some happy medium.
coconut / 8681 posts
@Coco Bee: I agree Where do you get your almond flour? I want to be able to buy it in bulk!! Also, do you have a good sandwich bread recipe that you like?? DH is DYING for a PB and honey sandwich.
cantaloupe / 6923 posts
@Coco Bee: It was hard lol. But I felt amazing on it. I could conquer the world. I would also like to juice too, but I don't want to spend a small fortune on that much produce.
coconut / 8681 posts
@anonysquire: Oh I want to juice too but haven’t for the same reason/don’t want to spend money on the expensive juicer that I want lol.
coconut / 8681 posts
@Coco Bee: Btw, my older sister did the HCG diet and she lost A LOT of weight and loved it! She ended up gaining it back though =/
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
@Running Elley: My mom is part of a co-op called Azure Standard , it is about $5/lb which is half the price of what it sells for in natural food stores!
http://www.azurestandard.com/getting-started
I did make this bread: http://www.elanaspantry.com/gluten-free-bread-20/ and it was very good. But it was a small loaf. I don't know how to make it large like a big loaf of bread. I am trying another recipe next week when I get my shipment of almond flour that also uses almond butter. I'll let you know how it turns out. I use the Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookbook by Elana Amsterdam. I LOVE it. The only issue with it is that she uses agave in all her recipes, and agave is SO highly processed that it's equal to high-fructose corn syrup. I just substitute raw honey
@anonysquire: yeah that's the one bummer... though it could be equal to your current grocery bill if all you're buying is product, nothing else.
That's good to know - I may look into that in the future!! I would love to do a cleanse.
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
@Running Elley: oh that is a bummer 
I've known some people that kept it off, and some that gained it back... hmm... I'm going to try to lose weight the good ol' fashioned way: eating right and exercise
coconut / 8681 posts
@Coco Bee: Oh I'm going to look into that cookbook!!! I feel the same way about agave so I always use honey too! I wish we could get together and hav a baking party LOL.
Eating right and exercise is THE way to go. That's the only way I've ever had sustainable weight loss
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
@Running Elley: oh my lanta. A woman after my own heart *sighs* I am so in love with you right now.
Do you follow the Weston Price diet?? http://www.westonaprice.org/
coconut / 8681 posts
@Coco Bee: Oh my gosh! I'd never heard of it before but I basically do! I LOVE what I'm reading on that website.
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
@Running Elley: well everything you've said so far made me think that you do My mom told me about it and it totally makes since. She follows the Nourishing Traditions "cookbook" which is the most educational cookbook I've ever read. It's great and I think you would totally love it.
admin / watermelon / 14210 posts
i did diet tea, diet pills, shakes, juice cleanses, atkins, and plain old anorexia.
persimmon / 1453 posts
Nope, just a small dose of fasting. I've done 30 Hour Famine for nine years running, and DH and I tried a modified juice fast (I stopped when I found out I was pregnant...whoops!).
grapefruit / 4800 posts
I ran cross country and track in college so I had times where I was super regimented about what I ate and the timing. And I still was more relaxed than a lot of girls on my team about it. I think in some ways it helped me become more healthy eater but overall it was too much thinking about food.
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
@Minnie_Girl: the 30 hour famine isn't a diet haha!! I did that twice in high school.
@Mrs. Bee: was there a specific thing you liked best?
admin / watermelon / 14210 posts
@Coco Bee: they all sucked, but the diet tea was the worst!
the best thing that worked for me was changing my diet to eat lots of chicken and fish and vegetables. even working out for a year didn't make a dent until i changed my diet. i ate 1200 calories a day and lost weight.
pomegranate / 3503 posts
Not sure if this is considered extreme but the only diet that i was able to keep up was the zone diet.
pomelo / 5321 posts
I did a 21-day cleanse and lost about 25lbs. It was awesome and I felt great! I wish I had kept up with the habits.
My dad and grandparents did the HCG diet. My dad lost somewhere around 35lbs. He looks fantastic!
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