Hoodia, Diet Pills, and Celebrity Diets

Link to my Journal about the same topic, you can read that & if you would like to you can comment there too =D. Link:
http://caloriecount.about.com/users/ashley171 /332778.html

Hey CC! It's MEEE!!!

I was watching a TV show last night and the journalist who tries every diet and talks about it and gets doctors advice tried a diet pill called Hoodia, I really liked her result so I decided to try diet pills for the FIRST time ever.

Today I went out and bought Hoodia. I didn't get to try it untill lunch time but working at a fast food place it REALLY helped me. Normally I would eat a donut or two at closing time but today all I had was 1/3rd of a bloom donut ONLY 79 calories compared to 300 - 600 calories that I normally had =D YEY go Hoodia.

ANYWAYS! To the point, Have any of you CCers ever tryed Hoodia? Slimquick? Other diet pills? ... Anyone wont try diet pills? What are your opinions? Let me know. Give me some reviews on Diets and Diet pills. What diets have you CC's tryed and how did it work out?

THANKS FOR THE OPINIONS!!!!!!!

Lottsa Love <3
Ashley <3

P.S Check out my Journal entry for more details and a link to the TV show!!!

Jesus.

No offense, but you should watch less TV. Nothing of that stuff is good for your body, nor does it work. And if it works, it's an incredibly dangerous, body-damaging short-time fix.

And speaking about Hoodia:

"Richard M. Goldfarb, MD, a doctor and medical director of Bucks County Clinical Research in Morrisville, Pennsylvania, claims to have conducted a preliminary efficacy study of Hoodia gordonii on seven people and reports to have found it effective. None of the findings were ever published in any peer-reviewed journal. Such information cannot be considered as evidence that hoodia is effective as a weight loss product."

http://www.webmd.com/diet/guide/hoodia-lots-o f-hoopla-little-science?page=1

And here is something nice about Diet Pills:

http://www.consumersearch.com/diet-pills/are- diet-pills-safe-

Sometimes I wish some "great" Celeb would die of their retarded "diet", which is often just plain starvation, overexercising, and/or substance abuse. Maybe people would wake up then and stop following these dangerous health scams.

The only thing that ever works and is good for your body is having a balanced, healthy diet and some moderate physical activity.

Original Post by ashley171:

ANYWAYS! To the point, Have any of you CCers ever tryed Hoodia? Slimquick? Other diet pills? ... Anyone wont try diet pills? What are your opinions? What diets have you CC's tryed and how did it work out?

no. no. no. i would never ever buy diet pills, i consider them to be an unhealthy quick-fix scam and a complete waste of $$. i have never been on a diet.

if you have that much trouble not eating the food where you work, maybe you should look for a different job that wont sabotage your goals. that sounds like a healthier fix to me.

I won't lie, I have tried both Hoodia and Slim fast and neither one made a bit of difference for me.

I do hear that the Hoodia can have quality variations depending on where you buy it so I may have gotten a brand that was not so good. But really, I did not notice a thing. What brand are you trying and do you really think it helps with the cravings?

Now I am off of all the pills and aids and such and doing it the hard way which, I am striving to make more of a lifestyle than a diet plan. I am afraid if I get dependant on something like that I will just gain it all back in the end.

Three or four years ago, I tried Hoodia.  It did absolutely NOTHING for me.  Last month, after seeing an ad for Rachel Ray's diet plan, I decided to try Acai.  It has done nothing for me, no affect on my appetite at all.  The one thing that HAS worked for me is CC.  Logging in everything that goes in my mouth assisted me in losing 85 pounds back in 2004.  I stopped logging and gained back half of that.  I started logging again on May 23rd and have lost 27 pounds.  Counting calories is the only thing that has ever worked for me. 

Original Post by robin9395:

Three or four years ago, I tried Hoodia.  It did absolutely NOTHING for me.  Last month, after seeing an ad for Rachel Ray's diet plan, I decided to try Acai.  It has done nothing for me, no affect on my appetite at all.  The one thing that HAS worked for me is CC.  Logging in everything that goes in my mouth assisted me in losing 85 pounds back in 2004.  I stopped logging and gained back half of that.  I started logging again on May 23rd and have lost 27 pounds.  Counting calories is the only thing that has ever worked for me. 

 Same here. That is what works. Sticking with a healthy plan and treating my cal intake like a budget. Staying within the budget.

Hey, Maryann, that's a GREAT analogy.  "Budget" is a great word to describe exactly what I do.  I know how many calories I'm allowing myself each day, and I do "budget" them so I leave enough for a decent dinner and an evening snack.  I have also found eating my "main" meals later works better for me, too.  Late breakfast, late lunch, later dinner means I won't want to snack so much in the evening, which has always been my personal downfall.

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Original Post by darcyskywolfe:

I've never tried hoodia and never will, one reason being the horror stories i've read on here about the damage its done to people.  I'd suggesting searching hoodia and reading up on some members experiances yourself.  Now i wont go on the usual rant about how diet pills dont work, because from what i've read and heard hoodia does in fact suppress appetite and whatnot.  I will say i don't think its in any way worth the other health risks.  Plus why take a pill to supplement will power, something EVERY PERSON should build up on their own?

The reason I am skeptical is this: Hoodia is a appetite suppressant. It makes you less hungry.

I don't eat a donut/cookie/whatever because I'm hungry.  I eat it because I want it.  Being less hungry has nothing to do with it.  If I'm hungry, I will snack on low-cal foods, like popcorn or carrots, or eat a piece of fruit to tide me over.  I'm I'm super hungry,  I will have a sandwich.  I don't go rummaging around for a donut unless I have a craving. 

I am not over-hungry, and neither will you be if you feed your body enough protein, fiber, and calories.  If you still need a sweet snack, that is not your apetite, that is your sweet tooth.  If you have upped your food stats to a reasonable amount, it's time to go see a dr/nutritionist to see how they can help you, not turn to a diet pill that may or may not work. 

Original Post by foodietootie:

The reason I am skeptical is this: Hoodia is a appetite suppressant. It makes you less hungry.

I don't eat a donut/cookie/whatever because I'm hungry.  I eat it because I want it.  Being less hungry has nothing to do with it.  If I'm hungry, I will snack on low-cal foods, like popcorn or carrots, or eat a piece of fruit to tide me over.  I'm I'm super hungry,  I will have a sandwich.  I don't go rummaging around for a donut unless I have a craving. 

I am not over-hungry, and neither will you be if you feed your body enough protein, fiber, and calories.  If you still need a sweet snack, that is not your apetite, that is your sweet tooth.  If you have upped your food stats to a reasonable amount, it's time to go see a dr/nutritionist to see how they can help you, not turn to a diet pill that may or may not work. 

True that, I wouldn't eat a chocolate bar becuase I'm hungry, I'd eat it becuase it's what I'm craving.

As for *craving* killers, coffee works for me, but I wouldn't encourage anyone to have more than 2 servings of it per day.