Alli, does it work?
Does anyone know if the Alli diet pill works? It says it helps you loss up to 50% more weight than just dieting alone. And if you have taken anything else, could you let me know if it works, I am doing a kind of survery thing, seeing what has worked for people and what hasn't. All experiences with diet pills are welcome.
If diet pills worked, everyone would be thin.
I have been using it, i have lost 20 lbs in the past 2 months. I think it helps but i have noticed that i have changed my eating habits and work out more often have made the results allot better. I think by just sticking to a low fat low calorie with out starving yourself you would get the same results.
Ummm a girl in my office took it and then ate a piece of pizza....we didn't see her for the rest of the day because she hid in the bathroom. I've heard scary things about Alli and I think once you stop taking it things go right back to where they were before. Be careful and above all things...read the warnings.
I have also heard bad things about Alli. One thing that I do that really works is to take a fiber supplement everyday. This does two things, one, makes you feel full and secondly, well, it makes you regular. If I were you I would have a serious conversation with your physician before taking Alli. Be informed about all of the possible side effects. Good luck!
I took alli from july 07 to oct 07 and lost 20lbs. I counted calories as well, but knowing about the side effects from the pill kept me honest with my choices and now I eat a mostly low fat diet. The website/forums/support was very helpful. As with anyotherpill, its not a miracle, but like I said I didnt want to experience any gross side effects so it helped me in that aspect. It also taught me to eat better.
good luck
What is a good fiber supplement to take?
I just read yesterday on MSN health that Alli can make your...ahem...poo very watery, oily and smelly! It causes too much moisture to be released from the bowels, so you end up with the squirts!
His doctor is comfortable prescribing Xenical (the prescription form of Alli) because it works in the intestines to simply block the processing of fat. So it doesn't screw with the metabosism or the blood pressure or anything, so it is pretty safe as a medication (other than a multivitamin needs to be taken before bed because the fat blocking can also block fat soluble vitamin uptake).
alli works because it's aversion therapy: if you eat too much fat, you get punished for it but messing your pants or spending your day on the toilet. it would be considerably cheaper to buy one of those electro-shock dog collars and zap yourself every time you go near the chips aisle.
I have been on Xenixal for two years which is the full strength version of Alli. It works *if* you work.
In the entire two years I have been on it I had only one 'moment' and that was right at the start. It is like training wheels for learning how to eat well. If you don't follow the rules and continue to eat a lot of fat you are going to be having 'moments' BUT if you follow the rules you don't. Simply put.
I am fairly sure for the last year or so that I have been more responsible for what I have lost with Xenical than Xenical has been. That is because I count calories and I keep well within the fat allowance for Xenical. So, I think there isn't that much fat for it to be pushing out with me. It was the training wheel aspect that helped me get to that stage though.
It is the only pill I have been okay being on because it doesn't mess with your brain function. If it did then I would have turned it down as I have all the others in the past.
There are no easy solutions to weight loss. The Alli program, from what I have read, works initially (as any lifestyle change does). The thing to look at is...do you want to be chained to a bathroom and have potentially embarassing accidents?
As for diet pills...my advice is to steer clear of chemicals at all costs. No easy fix for being overweight. In the long run, you want to develop good habits that will last your whole life. Diet pills put your body at risk for heart problems. Is it worth it?
You can do this the good old fashioned way. Use the tools on this site, they are fantastic.
Yes, most diet pills mess with your metabolism (brain, heart, lung, etc.) so they do tend to be dangerous. Alli doesn't though. It works in the intestines. It is probably the safest diet drug out there (as long as you take the multivitamin at least 2 hours after taking Alli (or Xenical).
While I agree you can lose weight using this site and calorie counting and exercise (I've lost 180lb+ doing so), if you're not willing to commit to that lifestyle change (like my partner), you can still lose weight with Alli. By losing that weight (@50 lb in the past 3 years) he has dropped his BP; reduced his blood sugar problems (I've probably been a help there as I pack his lunch and give him veg, fruit, sandwiches on whole grain bread, etc.; plus I cook dinners that tend to be veg heavy); and is in better shape than he was. Would he do better to exercise (there should be a separate category of sedentary to describe the man) and eat right (he has fast food breakfast every morning--2 egg & meat sandwiches)? Yep. Does he want to? Nope. So the Alli has been useful for him.
I am glad that your partner has helped his life by reducing his weight. My question, and I mean this in the nicest way...will he be able to keep the weight off if his lifestyle has not changed?
Congrats to you on losing 180+ lbs! Congrats to your new lifestyle.
Original Post by aovermy:
Yes, most diet pills mess with your metabolism (brain, heart, lung, etc.) so they do tend to be dangerous. Alli doesn't though. It works in the intestines. It is probably the safest diet drug out there (as long as you take the multivitamin at least 2 hours after taking Alli (or Xenical).
How is blocking the absorption of an essential macronutrient safe or healthy?
as a form of aversion therapy, it may well work in permanently altering eating behaviours. i mean, anyone who has consistent averse reactions to a particular type of food (or behaviour) is likely to stop eating that food (or engaging in that behaviour).
the problem, i think, is that fatty foods aren't always immediately identifiable as such, so the stimulus-response connection may be muddied. it's not as simple as--say--a drug like antabuse, which causes violent vomiting if the person taking it consumes any amount of alcohol.
I researched Alli myself, but came to the conclusion that it wasnt healthy for me to take given my current eating habits. "They" say that it is not healthy for you to eat less than 22% of fat in relationship to calories and that is what my analysis says pretty consistently. So if Alli blocks some of the fat from my diet, it would take me below the healthy 22% of fat and that could be dangerous. My advice would be, before you take it, take a look at your current analysis and see what your percentage of fat intake is and start there! I have heard that it has adverse reactions, but it really does help some people!
Good luck!
It doesn't absorb all fat, only about 50%. That's why it is so important to take the fat soluble vitamins (well a multivitamin is easier) a couple hours after taking Alli, so you can absorb those nutrients.
devilish_patsy,
yeah, I worry about that too. For now, given its safety, he can continue taking Alli/Xenical indefinitely, but it is expensive, so he'll need to learn eventually how to live without it. My hope is that as he becomes less heavy, he will find exercise to be more enjoyable. I remember when I first started walking at 400lb+, it was hard going, I got out of breath easily and tired easily. Now as I lost, and gained confidence, it got easier (of course, I would then extend the walk or up the pace).
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