Editor’s comments: Check out the full review of hCG here; there is no evidence that hCG outperforms a placebo when it comes to weight loss. Evidence shows identical results come from a VLCD (very low calorie diet).

In the past I have tried a 1 hour per day vigorous work out program combined with a balanced and restricted calorie intake of about 1400c. I lost about 12 pounds over 8 months that way. I felt good. It was hard work but I was at the point that I enjoyed the exercise. Then I hurt my knee and the gym membership became a financial burden and predictably, within 6 months I’d gained about 25 pounds.

I’ve done weight watchers, lost 36 pounds the first month and spent the next 18 months on the program, documenting everything I ate and did – only to gain it all back plus 2 pounds. So I stopped paying WW 15 bucks a week to weigh me.

Then I tried something odd. To avoid my body thinking it was starving I tried fasting one day, and eating whatever I liked the next. I lost 36 pounds over 6 months. Then I had a doctor (an endocrinologist) tell me I might have PCOS and I should stop the fasting “diet” that I’d made up. She gave me metformin and said it would make me lose weight. I gained all I’d lost and then some.

Which brings us up to date. Last week I got blood work from my doctor and everything is fine, except my weight has gone up, again. 280. An all time high. I expect that unless I can get control of the situation, I will be one of those people that will need to be buried in a piano.

I’m on disability for heart arrhythmia. I’m on a fixed income with a child to raise alone. My husband died and his SS would be less than mine so my daughter doesn’t get it or anything from his benefits. Or child support. This is all to say, injections seem out of reach financially.

Sorting out all the homeopathic HCG is impossible. I have no idea which if any are real hCg. Or if it matters. I’m desperate.

I finally ordered a bottle of homeopathic drops for $33.00 (which contain alcohol-and that concerns me). I began the protocol strictly adhering to Dr. Simeon’s book. Here is a summary of my results so far:

June 2010 – Weights-Ins
275 Gorge Day 1 Looking forward to all the sinful delights.

Gorge Day 2 Not as much fun as I’d thought it would be.

279 Stage 2 – 500C Hungry but I managed.

273 S2D4 Wow, No chance I will cheat with numbers like that. -Hunger still bad today. I find I am beginning to think like I might not define my life by the size of my body soon. Like this might work. And I’m afraid to be disappointed again because of that hope.

271 S2D5 What a great surprise! Fingers crossed for an easy day. Hungry and Irritable in the PM.

269 S2D6 Started to worry about hCg being real, did some research. concerned about having a homeopathic brand that uses alcohol – still having hunger. However, another two pounds down. If the numbers keep going down like this, who needs food?

So here I am, 10 or 6 pounds down in 5 days, depending which weight you chose as a start weight.

I’m hearing the drops I am using can’t be working, but I am having results that I have never experienced before, even with fasting and/or exercise.

I would like to know how to obtain injections that are affordable and also, if my regular doctor prescribes them to me, would he be doing something illegal? If so, why are weight-loss clinics able to prescribe them?

Editor’s comments: Deborah, we don’t know what’s in your homeopathic hCG drops, but we highly doubt its hCG, which needs to be prescribed and injected. The fact that your losing weight is because you are on a VLCD (very low calorie diet). The fact that your hunger is subsiding is also entirely consistent with the VLCD as well.

To our knowledge, it would not be illegal for your physician to prescribe this to you (we’re not experts in this matter, however) and most “bona fide” hCG clinics are run by physicians who can legally prescribe the drug.

Editor’s comments: Aside from the actions of the FTC, Mr. Trudeau has a well-established record of ripping off everyday people like you and I – take a look at the over 200 complaints logged at Ripoff Report.com.

Mr Trudeau relies on people’s distrust of big government and a willingness to accept wild conspiracy theories to stay in business. It’s unfortunate that he can do so – he should be stopped.

And incidentally, whatever was in those drops, it wasn’t hCG, which is available by prescription and delivered via intramuscular injection.