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how much are they?
Wow. I think I'll stick to my boring healthy diet and exercise plan then.
Yeh you do! I watched a programme where a woman was talking about these diet pills. She had the same ones but when they were only prescribed by your Dr. She said that when she went to the loo she just constantly passed this yellowy, oily water as she was just shitting out fat. Also if she farted she said that she would basically shit herself. Supposedly they are that bad the side effects that it's rare people complete the course of tablets let alone get halfway through a box.
Good god, that's disgusting :sour:
And people choose this over a healthy-eating/exercise regime why?!?!
It's a quick fix isn't it...people just see it as an easy way and can't be arsed with the hassel of actually getting off their arse and doing some exercise and eating a few more vegetables :rolleyes:
Thats why your supposed to go a very low fat diet if you take the pills. Its only for those with a BMI over 28 but its one of those products I think will be misused unless its taken under medical supervision. I need to lose weight but I'll do the old better diet, more exercise route rather then take a pill with those sorts of side effects.
It's not going to speed up your metabolism, it's going to mess up and confuse your system.
I'm pretty sure slowly reducing your calorie intake is the best way to do it, I wouldn't recommend going under 800-1000 calories.
So cutting down on calories is a load of balls, to be fair though I was exercising a lot!
Uh, well, of course you can eat whatever you want when you exercise, but if you're not exercising, you have to cut down on calories to lose weight.
Or alli like axis and allies I guess might be a easier way.
or at least thats how they pronounce it here. And from what I've heard, delicious oily discharge is not an uncommon side effect thats few and far between. Unless you are very strict with the fat intake in your diet you'll poop your pants
And if you have a very low fat diet anyway, the pill really isn't going to help much.
your body is like a stove. It needs stuff to burn. If you eat so little (200 kcal is about one snickers bar a day), you do not provide your body enough nutrients to live. He starts to metabolise your muscle mass etc. At such a low calory intake you will be tired all the time and probably dizzy and it's likely you get sick off it. Basically it's like torture. -> the fire in the stove gets very small, and heats very little. (if you can follow the analogy)
As soon as you start to eat properly again and you throw wood in the stove then the purgatory will be a gentle breeze compared to the fire in the stove (your metabolism). You will eat lots and your body will start to store nutrients again. Since it's easier to store fat than build muscles (out of protein), you will become fatter (especially women).
So you suffered and did unhealthy things to your body and the balance is negative: you've become fatter.
I'm just an amateur with this stuff, but I think that's about right.
If you are not having surgery, a balanced nutrition (the right ratio of carbs, protein, fats and of course vitamins and trace elements) and exercise (to let the body have a higher demand of energy, i.e. it burns fat) is the only sensible way for long time effect weightloss.
It's like with making money: there is not really a not dodgy shortcut. Just hard work and determination.