HCG Drops: Water Based vs Alcohol Based

I have been purchasing drops from MyHCGsource.com (via Speedy Supplements) and noticed that they have changed from alcohol based to water based. I called them and their 1oz bottles have water and their 2oz bottles have alcohol (HCG Super Trim) in them.

HCG Drops: Water Based vs Alcohol Based

Many people have been asking us about the hcg diet drops and the different types they can buy. Well looking at hcg diet drops there really are two different types, that is hcg diet drops with a little water and drops with alcohol added in to it.
Hcg diet drops that have small amounts of alcohol added in tend to have a much longer shelf life and they do not have to be kept cold after opened to keep the potency.
For many of us this is a really big deal, we want to know we can take our drops with us and not have to worry about keeping them cold. This piece of mind does tend to cost a little more.
But it does matter a lot more than that, if for some reason you need to quit the diet your drops will still be good and last until you are able to start the diet again. If you are taking water based drops they are going to have to purchase a new set when they start again. If that same person had purchased the drops that are alcohol based they would be fine by stopping and starting later using the same bottle.
The main difference between the two however is for the quicker absorption into your system.
The alcohol will act as a preservative as recommended by the F.D.A. and the hCG once opened if kept in the dark or refrigerated can last for up to 6 months. Unopened it can last up to 5 years. The alcohol also accelerates the absorption. Therefore, requiring significantly smaller doses. To do 40 days with a water based formula one will need 4 to 8 ounces whereas with alcohol they will need 2 to 4 ounces.
When buying hcg drops that contain water you also run the risk of the drops getting contamination or an infection and this will lead to the drops being no good. This means your body will not be working as it should well on the hcg diet and you will in fact be starving yourself. Without the drops working your body will not be burning the extra far your body has to burn.
We recommend drops that are alcohol based because they absorb quicker and have a much longer shelf life giving you much more value.
If you are just looking to test the diet and want to cut cost you could go with the water based drops but please keep in mind that they will not last as long and may not work as well as the alcohol based drops.

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Save the HCG Diet!

Please send your friends to www.savethehcgdiet.com or forward them this email with the web address so that they too can go and show their support. If you would like to contact the FDA or FTC to voice your opinion, here are a few phone numbers and addresses: FDA Info Line 888-INFO-FDA (888-463-6332) www.facebook.com/fda Elizabeth Millerelizabeth.miller@fda.hhs.gov Pharmacist at the FDA Watch her video HERE 301-796-3342 Ilisa Bernsteinilisa.bernstein@fda.hhs.gov Acting Director, Office of Compliance Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 10001 New Hampshire Ave Hillandale Bldg, 4th Fl Silver Spring, MD 20993 Mary Englemengle@ftc.gov Associate Director Division of Advertising Practices Federal Trade Commission (FTC) 600 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington, DC 20580 Thank you! www.savethehcgdiet.com

HCG update from DIY

Hello again. Alright, it's official.Our HCG manufacturer (like pretty much all others) has confirmed that they are no longer producing HCG drops.I know that many customers have already started stockpiling HCG in order to make sure they have themselves set up for the future as our current stock of HCG drops expires in 2016. And, I do foresee this turning into a "hunt for real HCG drops" until they run out on the Internet or until it becomes absolutely illegal to sell them (which frankly could happen any day).Therefore, I think prices are most likely going to sky rocket in the VERY near future as everyone starts running out of the real HCG drops. Our past manufacturer (and many other production plants) are going to be producing a "hormone-free" version of the HCG drops, but I don't even really know what that means as HCG is a hormone. Unless some evidence DRAMATICALLY changes, I will not be carrying this "hormone-free" "HCG" in my business as I do not think that it is effective in weight loss like real HCG drops and I would not want to expose any of my customers to danger. (Furthermore, I would suggest that you really do your research before switching to any formula without HCG in it as you could end up on a 500 calorie diet without the help of HCG -- and that is dangerous.) So, the HCG we have now is all that we have left.We saw an increase in orders and quantity of bottles ordered last week when the news about the FDA and HCG was first announced and we are prepared for the influx of orders that this e-mail may cause, but I really wanted to make sure you knew exactly how bad it has become and how scarce real HCG drops may be in the VERY near future. To order from our remaining stock, visit our website or call us at 888-389-0626 Mon - Fri, 7 am - 5 pm CST. I am so sorry to have to bring you this news as I know how much HCG has helped so many of you.We will still be offering all of the HCG safe products (food, lotion, lip balm, hygiene kits, books, tools, etc.)...just no more HCG once it is gone. In case I don't e-mail you before then, have a very happy holiday season! Tiffany Prinster CEO

FDA has banned Homeopathic HCG

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Dear Customer, The FDA announced on Dec. 6 that homeopathic HCG will be banned and should no longer be marketed. Of course, we believe that homeopathic HCG and the Dr. Simeons’ HCG Protocol is both safe and effective, as Pounds and Inches Away has been in business since 2007 and has helped thousands of clients who had given up on other weight loss methods. Many clients have called wondering if they could still purchase the product and the answer is ‘yes’, but for how long, we do not know. I can assure you that many past participants, employees, and family members have acquired a personal stockpile based on past results and the desire to possibly lose weight again in the future. Our current stock expires in the year 2016. As you all know, our business was based on our passion to help people lose weight rather than our passion for any particular product. In our minds, we found only one method in about 35 years that we would like to be a part of, Dr. Simeons’ HCG Protocol. Consequently, we are exploring other avenues to offer this method to both past and future clients. A word of caution to those who purchase homeopathic HCG off the internet. Seven companies were issued letters by the FDA demanding that they stop marketing/selling homeopathic HCG. In order to get into compliance, some of these companies have replaced the HCG in their current HCG drops with a ‘new formula’ that has had the HCG eliminated. Following Dr. Simeons’ Protocol without HCG is so drastically different that we cannot comprehend a company simply ‘switching’ formulas. To embark upon a 500 calorie, or even up to 1000 calories, without quality HCG performing the function of releasing abnormal fat is unfathomable. This is being undertaken without years of testing (obviously) and can only be accepted as a substitute for the profit associated with HCG, not for the effect of the one and only HCG. Please consider carefully before switching to any method that does not include HCG as low calorie diets without effective HCG are more likely to enact starvation mode for weight loss, which actually is more likely to negatively effect your metabolism than possibly improve it as Dr. Simeons proposed after 20 years of working with the HCG Diet Protocol. I’m going to go one step further here and ask you to help us do something about this. Please go to www.savethehcgdiet.com where you can sign a petition that says: “We, the undersigned, call on the FDA to work with experienced, credible HCG diet experts that have had hundreds or thousands of documented HCG weight loss successes since 2007 with the HCG Diet Protocol (including experience with effective homeopathic HCG, HCG injections, and other HCG methods) to test, analyze, and closely document the success or failure of the HCG diet in a fair, unbiased clinical study under the strict guidelines of Dr. Simeons' original manuscript. If the work shows conclusive evidence of significant weight loss and overall improved health during and after the HCG diet, we request the FDA to consider classifying the HCG diet protocol as an effective weight loss method.” Signing this petition will only take a moment, but it will help so many people. Thank you in advance! Best wishes this holiday season, Pounds and Inches Away

Round 2 ~ VLCD ~ Days 26-29

Day 26 ~ 500 Calories ~ HCG
Lost 1 pound. Menstruation Started. Lunch: Apple, Red Radishes. Dinner: BBQ Tilapia. Took my vitamins. October 5, 2011

Day 27 ~ 500 Calories ~ HCG
Lost 1 pound, for a total of 27.6lbs so far. 2nd day of menstruation. Lunch: Hamburger, apple, radishes. Dinner: Steak & apple.

Day 28 ~ 500 Calories ~ HCG
Lost .4 of a pound. 3rd day of menstruation. I have down that I took my HCG & my vitamins, but I either didn't eat anything all day or forgot to write anything down. Regardless, I know I drank Green Tea & Peppermint tea - because I do that all day long everyday on the diet.

Day 29 ~ 500 Calories ~ HCG Skip Day
Lost .6 of a pound. No HCG today. Last day of my period. Weight 199.8lbs, 28.6lbs lost. Lunch: Steak, strawberries, 1T milk, juice of lemon, green salad & 0 calorie dressing. Dinner: Chicken, 1/2 grapefruit, cucumber. Saturday, October 8, 2011.

VCLD stands for Very Low Calorie Diet.

Round 2 ~ VLCD ~ Days 16-25 ~ 3.6Lbs lost in 1 day! I'm a Big Cheater!

Looking back over this week I realized I cheated ALOT!!

Day 16 ~ 500 Calories ~ HCG
Lost 3.6 pounds!!! 22.6lbs lost so far. Weight: 205.8lbs. Lunch: Fish-Tilapia. Dinner: Hamburger with Cheese Powder, 1 Tbl Milk. Took HCG at 10:45am & 5:04pm. Sept. 25, 2011.

Cheat: 1 Cupcake.

Day 17 ~ 500 Calories ~ HCG
Lost .2 of a pound. Lunch: Steak, 1/2 grapefruit & radishes. Dinner: Hamburger w/Cheese Powder & Celery. Took HCG at 8:16am, 1:47pm, 9pm.  September 26, 2011.

Day 18 ~ 500 Calories ~ HCG
Lost .2 of a pound. Lunch: Fish-tilapia. Dinner: Hamburger & Apple. Took HCG at 9:09am, 2pm, 9:10pm. Took Vitamins.

Cheat: 1/2 Cupcake with Cream Cheese Filling

Day 19 ~ 500 Calories ~ HCG
Lost .2 of a pound. Weight 205.2Lbs. Lunch: chicken & cucumber. Dinner: Hamburger, Strawberries, 1T milk. Took Vitamins. September 28th.

Day 20 ~ 500 Calories ~ HCG
Lost 1.8 pounds. Lunch: Hamburger w/Cheese Powder, Unsweetened Applesauce. Dinner: 2 hardboiled eggs, Cabbage. Took HCG at 8:06am, 12:50pm & 9:09pm. Took Vitamins.

Cheat: alot of homemade cream cheese filling.

Day 21 ~ 500 Calories ~ HCG
Lost .2 of a pound. Lunch: Hamburger, Radishes. Dinner: Hamburger, Unsweetened Applesauce 1c. Took HCG at 8:03am, 3:15pm & 10:05pm. Took Vitamins. September 30, 2011.

Day 22 ~ 500 Calories ~ HCG SKIP Day
Lost 1 pound. Weight 202.2Lbs. Forgot & took HCG at 3:30pm. Lunch: Hamburger, Strawberries. Dinner: Fish-Tilapia, Green Salad.

Cheat: Sample day at Costco & 1.5T of Litehouse Bleu Cheese Dressing on my salad. Oct. 1st

Day 23 ~ 500 Calories ~ HCG
Lost .2 of a pound. 26.4Lbs total lost. Took HCG at 9:02am & 3:30pm. Lunch: Shrimp, Apple, Green Salad. Dinner: Fish-tilapia. Took vitamins.

CHEATS: 2 cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting, Litehouse Bleu Cheese Dressing & wedge of Laughing Cow creamy swiss.

Day 24 ~ 500 Calories ~ HCG
Gain 1.2Lbs. Too much cheating yesterday! Took HCG at 8am & 1:30pm. Lunch: Steak, Apple, Green Salad. Dinner: Fish-Tilapia. October 3, 2011. 203.2Lbs.

Day 25 ~ 500 Calories ~ HCG
Lost .4 of a pound. 25.6Lbs total pounds lost. Took HCG at 10:32am, 3pm & 9:30pm. Lunch: 1/2 grapefruit. Dinner: Hamburger, Green Lettuce, Some Cake & Frosting. My daughter and I took a cake decorating class the last 4 weeks - had to make lots of frosting & "had" to taste it! 202.8Lbs. October 4, 2011

Round 2 ~ VLCD ~ Days 7-15 ~ Lost 2.6lbs in 1 day!

Day 7 ~ 500 Calories ~ HCG
Lost .4 of a pound for a total of 13lbs so far. Lunch: Grandma Simeons Chicken Soup {pg20: 2c Chicken Bou. Base, 3.5oz Chicken, 3 Stalks Celery}. Blended 1/2 grapefruit added stevia & cinnamon & drank it. Dinner: Beef Cabbage Soup {pg22: 2c Chicken Bou. Base, 3.5oz Beef, 2c Cabbage, 1/8t Sea Salt} & Strawberries & Creme (Strawberries, 1T Milk & stevia). Took Vitamins (Flax Seed Oil, Echinacea, Vit. D, Vit B12, Garlic). Peppermint Tea & Green Tea all day long. Took HCG at 8:45am, 11:40am & 10:10pm. 215.4Lbs on September 16, 2011.

Day 8 ~ 500 Calories ~ HCG Skip Day
Lost .8 of a pound. No HCG today (Dr. S recommends skipping HCG one day every 7 days).
Lunch: Chicken Taco Salad (made my own taco seasoning with no sugar) with sugar free 0 cal dressing, Applesauce warm (pureed apple).  Dinner: Fish (Tilapia), 1/2 grapefruit, Cucumber. unsweetened hot cocoa, Smooth Move Tea, Peppermint Tea & Green Tea all day long. Took Vitamins (Flax Seed Oil, Echinacea, Vit. D, Vit B12, Garlic).

Day 9 ~ 500 Calories ~ HCG
Lost 2 pounds. For a total of 15.8Lbs. Lunch: Chicken, Strawberries, cucumber. Dinner: Hamburger/Onion Soup. Peppermint Tea & Green Tea all day long. Took Vitamins (Flax Seed Oil, Echinacea, Vit. D, Vit B12, Garlic). Took HCG at 6:05am, 3:30pm & 12:30am. Today's Weight 212.6lbs. September 18, 2011.

Day 10 ~ 500 Calories ~ HCG
Gain .2 pounds. I noticed I gain weight if I don't get enough sleep during the night. Weighed at 8:18am 213.4lbs, weighed at 10:39am 212.8lbs. Took my HCG at 8:18am & 1:30pm. Lunch: Fish (Tilapia). Dinner: Steak with Horseradish  sauce, orange & Slaw (Cabbage recipe). Took Vitamins.

Cheated: Had a bid Brownie!

Day 11 ~ 500 Calories ~ HCG
Lost 2.6 pounds! Took HCG at 7:56am & 10ish. Weighed 211.2 at 7:55am and 210.2lbs at 10:03am. Lunch: chicken & celery. Dinner: NOTHING. Took Vitamins. Total lost so far is 18.2lbs. September 20, 2011

Day 12 ~ 500 Calories ~ HCG
Lost .2 pounds. Cheated had a bite of cake & granola. Took my HCG at 8:56am, 3pm & 8:30pm.
Lunch: Apple. Dinner: Steak.

Day 13 ~ 500 Calories ~ HCG
Lost 1.0 pound. Took HCG at 7:49am, 1:12pm & 9:46pm. Lunch: Taco Salad (Beef&Lettuce). Dinner: Shrimp, Apple/Strawberry Smoothie. Cheat: bite of cake & sips of kids smoothies. Took my vitamins. September 22nd. 209lbs.

Day 14 ~ 500 Calories ~ HCG
Lost 1.0 pound. 208lbs, 20.4lbs lost total. It has taken 14 days to lose the weight I gained in August during a stressful 3 weeks (& lots of skittles!). Took my HCG at 8:05am, 2:07pm & 9:03pm. Lunch: Steak, cabbage, melba toast. Dinner: Hamburger/tomato soup, 1/2 grapefruit, melba toast. Took Vitamins.

Day 15 ~ 500 Calories ~ HCG SKIP day
GAIN 1.4lbs ~ and I am blaming the Melba Toast! I haven't eaten any during my diet before this... Lunch: Hamburger with Cheese Powder. Dinner: Fish (Tilapia). Bite of Brownies. Took Vitamins. September 24, 2011.

37.2 pounds & 23.25 Inches lost in 2nd Round!

I started the 1st Round of HCG April 15, 2011, and finished May 28th. I Lost 28.4 lbs & 39inches. 2nd Round of HCG started Sept 10, 2011 & finished Oct 31st. 37.2 lbs lost & 23.25 inches.


That's 64.6 lbs & 62.25 total inches lost since April 2011!


My pictures are below until I have time to do a fancy one like the blog picture. I also didn't post very often, but I have everything written down & will post when I have more time.

Round 2 - VLCD - Days 1-6

Today is day 7 for me and I have lost a total of 13 pounds so far. This round is so much easier because I have everything I need. I have all my spices (sugar free), flavored liquid stevia's, stevia packets, pre-measured, packaged & frozen chicken & beef and don't forget "101 Worry - Free HCG Diet Recipe" book! (I am using drops from Pounds and Inches Away)

Some suggestions I have:
     Vary the food you eat daily, try not to eat the same things in one day. Don't eat too many oranges or Tomato's (if you stall, eliminate them for a few days).
     This round I am not eating Melba Toast or Grissini Sticks - I am eliminating them from my diet (per Kevin Trudeau's book suggestion) to see if I can get greater weightloss.
     If I have a sweet craving - I satisfy it by making a cup of unsweetened hot cocoa, I add some flavored stevia drops & milk or I make something from the cookbook (orange julius, flavored carbonated water, strawberries & creme or a pureed apple with stevia, cinnamon & warmed up) or have some hot peppermint tea.
    I make 2 gallons of green tea ahead of time. One I put lemon juice in it and the other peppermint and I put them in the refrigerator, since I get bored with water.

Vitamins I am taking while on the VCLD: Garlic, Echinacea, Flax seed, Vitamin D, Cholaplex & Neurotrophin (per my doctor).

Day 1 - Gorging! Pumpkin Donuts, Trix Cereal, Honeynut cheerios, Eggo cereal, Smorz cereal, cream soda, reeses pieces, Black Angus:Steak, potato, onion ringsx3, Salad, Chocolate cake 5 bites. 8 rolls & butter from Texas Roadhouse, whatchamacallit, mint icecream sandwich, toffee icecream bar. Vitamins.

Day 2 - Gain 1.6lbs. Gorging day 2! Black Angus leftovers & 1/2 the choco cake. Snickers bar, 12 rolls, M&M's, Soda, candy bar, ice cream bar, raspberry sherbert, Pear, raspberries, blueberries, spaghetti, salsa & chips, salad, apple juice, nachos, cream soda float. Vitamins. 800mg Ibuprofen.

Day 3 - Gain 4lbs. 500 calorie day. Took my AM vitamins. Made warm peppermint tea & green tea. Lunch: BBQ Chicken (bbq spice from pounds and inches away), Cucumber in vinegar & stevia, orange. Dinner: Taco salad (hamburger, lettuce, homemade taco seasoning & HCG Perfect portions "sweet mustard" dressing), Apple slices. PM vitamins.

Day 4 - Loss of 5.8lbs. Warm Peppermint tea. Green Tea, AM vitamins. Woke up with a killer headache verging on a migraine. Meds taken during the day: Aspirin two 81mg tablets at 7am & 10:30am; Ibuprofen 800mg at 11:26am & 12:00am. Saw my chiropractor at 3:20pm. Lunch: Shake & Bake Chicken (p.39), apple, cucumber salad (p.23). Dinner: Grandma Simeons' Chicken Soup (p.20) [2c chkn bouillion base homemade, celery, chkn]. Hot cocoa, 1T milk.

Day 5 - Loss of 1.8lbs. Every morning: Vitamins, Peppermint tea, cold green tea. 9:46am 1/2 Grapefruit with stevia & cinnamon on it.  11:30am Lunch: Top Sirloin with BBQ seasoning & horseradish to dip into it! YUMMY! Fried onion with sea salt. 5:15pm Dinner: Shake & bake Chicken (p.39), Slaw (p.26 cabbage), Orange Julius (p.8 - 3/4c crushed ice, 1 orange, 5 drops valencia orange stevia, 5 drops vanilla creme stevia).  Ibuprofen 800mg taken at 7:35am, 3:30pm, 5:00pm. Wore lipstick, face powder & hair spray. Listened to hypnotist relaxation cd before going to bed. (Went to Weird Al Yankovic concert!)

Day 6 - Loss of 5lbs. Had the best night sleep & longest in 4 months!!!! I didn't wake up until 11am (kids woke me up when getting ready for school, but I fell BACK to sleep) I was starving. Went out to my strawberry bed and ate strawberries until I was satisfied! 12:30pm Lunch: White fish with lemon & peppercorn cooked in the George Forman Grill - YUMMY! 1:00pm Strawberries & creme (p.13). 4:15pm ate the rest of my cabbage slaw from yesterday. Dinner at 6:45pm: Tangy Tomato Soup with beef (p.21). 10:10pm blended an apple up in my magic bullet, added stevia packet & cinnamon & a little water & popped in microwave for 30 seconds - YUMMY! Took my vitamins today, 800mg Ibuprofen at 11:40am, saw my chiropractor at 3:30pm.

Almost FORGOT! I WON A PHOTO CONTEST FROM POUNDS AND INCHES AWAY AND THEY SENT ME A 1 OZ BOTTLE OF HCG, BBQ SPICE, SALAD DRESSING & A BUNCH OF OTHER GOODIES!!!

Round 1 - Wrap up

I didn't post too much about my maintence days. Life got too busy! However, at the beginning/end of each phase my body would go up & down the first week, but would level out the next week. During my last 3 weeks where I was supposed to slowly add sugar & starch, we ended up eating out alot at restaurants & buffets. I had 2 steak days, but pretty much my weight stayed within 2lbs of my ending weight.

We went on vacation in July and I did not want to bring a scale nor did I want to weigh myself everyday, I did want to eat whatever I wanted when I wanted. I told myself it would be okay if I ended up gaining ten pounds during our vacation. Our vacation included a stop at the "Sweet Shop" in Anaconda, MT, it was so yummy! Anyway, I weighed myself when we got  home - I gained 3 pounds. But by the end of the week (without dieting) I lost those 3 pounds (got back on schedule).

August was a terrible month for my body. We had lots of family visiting, more buffets & restaurants. I was stressed out (house refi & other "stuff") and not getting good sleep (we returned our sleep # bed and I have been sleeping on the couch or trying kids beds or blow up beds. Hopefully, our new mattress will be delivered this saturday!) I learned last time on the HCG diet that my body won't lose weight if I am stressed and when not on HCG it will gain. So, during one stressful week I gained 9lbs (I wasn't weighing daily), since then 5 more pounds.

So, I decided I needed to start my 2nd round of HCG asap! So, in 6 days I have lost 13 pounds. My biggest drop was 5lbs overnight and that happened to be the same night I listened to this hypnosis relaxation cd and slept the most consecutive hours and got the best sleep I have gotten in 4 months!!!

So, I am looking forward to my new mattress and hope that I will enjoy a good night's sleep from now on. I am also trying to listen to relaxation cd's before I go to bed and pre-cook some meals ahead of time so I won't stress when life gets crazy.