would anyone here use £1 a day diet pills?

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Don'tMindMe

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i was reading a health magazine this morning and a new diet pill has come out that doesn't need perscription. it's called the £1 a day diet pill, pretty much as it costs you a pound a day. what the pill basically does is make it impossible for you to absorb the fats from foods. the article was about what the writer thought of the pill as she tested it, she said she droped 10lb easily but there were nasty side effects as her stomach was in great pain after only using the pill for a few days.

would any of you consider taking this even though it costs and has side effects?

in my personal opinion i see this as a cheat to losing weight and something that could mess up your body, i'd like to hear your views though, or any views on other diet pills.
 
Hell no.

But I wouldn't use diet pills even if they were free because of the side effects, whether it's the speed or fat-blocking type.
 
No I wouldn't.
You can lose weight healthily and sensibly, I don't think there are ever any need for diet pills.
And at £1 a day, I really honestly wouldn't!
 
Put £1 a day to one side, lose weight in a sensible, healthy way, then spend the money you saved on some nice clothes later on. That'll get you a lot more than stupid diet pills that don't work anyway.
 
lose weight the easy way. Just eat less, and exercise more. Make healthy changes to your diet. you might even save all the money you were spending on junk food also.
 
San said:
Put £1 a day to one side, lose weight in a sensible, healthy way, then spend the money you saved on some nice clothes later on. That'll get you a lot more than stupid diet pills that don't work anyway.
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that's a good idea i think i might just do that and see how much i have when i reach my goal, and i agree diet pills are stupid, i've never tried them so i can't say wether they work or not.
 
You'll be surprised how much money you will end up with. :)

As for the diet pills - if there was one that really worked, do you think there would still be overweight people in the world? It's all a scam, and in the best case it will only cost money - in the worst, you can seriously damage your health.

Stancel's right - eat less, exercise more, and you'll be fine. It's what I did, and so far it seems to be working okay. :)
 
loosing weight healthy is way worth it...

eat less, eat healthy, throw in some moderate body training and you'll actually change your life
 
Put that 1 pound a day towards a gym membership. It's much more productive (assuming you actually go to the gym). Those fat-blocker pills are silly; I assume you're talking about some form of orlistat (sold in the US over the counter as Alli). At the beginning of my journey I did order a starter pack of Alli and have never taken a single tablet. Waste of $60 IMHO. I feared the side effects so I didn't bother with it.
 
ok I'm going to defend ALLI pills a little bit, they were originally doctor prescription only, but have recently been allowed to be given to obese people by pharmacists. They essentially work by blocking fat from being absorbed and you then essentially lose it when you go to the toilet.

I HAVE used ALLI, as an obese person I have found it really helpful to help me get started, but then I didn't suffer any side affect, this is because I COMMITTED to healthy eating and exercise too... i used ALLI as an aid and a boost (since having my gall bladder out my weight loss per week was right down) and it has honestly perked me up, got me really going.

I think the key is, never abuse pills, if they are safe (YOU need to research that) then you can get the weight loss benefits so long as your mind is on the healthy eating and exercise route. But I do agree that nothing works better than healthy eating and exercise! And when one months worth is used up and I am flowing like I am now then I wont buy any more, but I'm certainly not going to knock the ALLI pounds lost! For every 2 you lose yourself ALLI loses 1 more.
 
How do you know that you lost more with the Alli pill? If you were commited to exercise and healthy eating I would be willing to bet quite a bit that you would have the same effect without the pills.

In addition, those fatbinders stop fat from being absorbed into the body. Or so they say. If that is true, then they will also stop the healthy fats from being absorbed, which is certainly not going to do you any good.

I just found this while searching for some info about Alli. Obviously it's meant to be funny, but there is a certain truth in it. Parts in bold are actually stuff that is taken from the leaflet that comes with Alli, and their website:

Alli Side Effects In Layman's Terms
Alli is a new over-the-counter weight-loss pill which, predictably enough, has proven to be a massive best-seller from the moment it became available. The drug, manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline, reportedly works by blocking the absorption of excess fats by the body. And folks are waddling, not walking, to their local drug stores for a chance to start on the Alli "program."

As is the case with most drugs, Alli comes with a risk of certain side effects. Or, as they're known on the company website, treatment effects.

A person is reportedly limited to 15 grams of fat per meal, and if they go over (or even if they don't), there's a significant chance they'll find themselves out behind a shopping center somewhere, crying and clutching a wad of horrifyingly soiled undergarments, searching for a place to ditch it.

As best as I can tell, anyway...

Since a lot of this stuff is couched in language that is technically truthful, but very carefully worded, I've taken it upon myself to go through the list of side (treatment) effects and warnings, and translate it all into layman's terms.

I'm no scientist or doctor, and don't pretend to have any special knowledge. I'm just a person who's fairly good with words and reading between the lines... The highlighted phrases below are direct quotes from the Alli website, with my translations in between.


Undigested fat cannot be absorbed and passes through the body naturally. The excess fat is not harmful. In fact, you may recognize it in the toilet as something that looks like the oil on top of a pizza.

Here the drug makers are trying to soothe the nerves of the skeptical fatty, by speaking their language. Pizza is something fatties understand, and a big part of the reason they’re interested in Alli to begin with. Pizza is good, pizza is reassuring… even when it’s flowing from your ass like molten lava.

The website mentions seeing the undigested fat in a toilet, but that’s clearly a best case scenario. You might also see it on the tops of your shoes, across the hood of a car, or way up the shower curtain, near the loops.
The fat passes out of your body, so you may have bowel changes, known as treatment effects.

Bowel changes. Notice how they phrase that? It means stuff will be happening the likes of which you could never have imagined. It’ll be like a daily Dean Koontz novel inside your underwear.

You may get:
gas with oily spotting

You’ll be farting Wesson oil straight through your Dockers…

loose stools

and having violent chipped beef explosions...

more frequent stools that may be hard to control

all the time, with a sphincter that can no longer be counted as a friend.

Eating a low-fat diet lowers the chance of these bowel changes. Limit fat intake in your meals to an average of 15 grams.

The McDonald’s Big Mac has 34 grams of fat, and the Burger King Whopper has 40. Eat either of these while taking Alli, and you’ll very likely be transformed into a diarrhea cannon.
Learning how to manage treatment effects is an important part of being successful with alli. Here's how to take control:

Start trimming fat from your diet now, even before you begin taking alli. Then pick a day to begin taking alli, such as a weekend day so you can stay close to home if you experience a treatment effect. Make the timing work for you. If you're getting ready to travel or attend a social event, hold off on starting with alli until the event is over

Blowing liquid feces down a row of bridesmaids, for instance, could be viewed negatively in certain circles. Further, an unexpected bout of the power-squirts while riding “The Bullet” at the county fair might not ingratiate you with your friends. Or anyone on the fairway. Or the folks in the parking lot walking to their cars.

While no one likes experiencing treatment effects, they might help you think twice about eating questionable fat content. If you think of it like that, alli can act like a security guard for your late-night cravings
You see, when you think about it, shitting yourself is actually a positive.

You can't "save fat grams" from lunch and "spend them" at dinner. Spread your daily fat gram allowance of 15 grams on average per meal over the whole day
Cheating can lead to embarrassment, tears, and the introduction of a frantically constructed toilet paper crack-wedge in the bathroom of an Applebee's. It’s simply not worth it.

You may feel an urgent need to go to the bathroom. Until you have a sense of any treatment effects, it's probably a smart idea to wear dark pants, and bring a change of clothes with you to work

Until you get the hang of it, you should probably take along a rolling suitcase full of brown clothes everywhere you go, while taking Alli. Luckily, however, turd-colored clothing is in this season; turd is the new vomit.

If co-workers ask about it, there is no shame in telling the truth. You might be surprised how understanding folks can be if you simply say, “I dress like this to conceal the poop that's constantly soaking through the seat of my pants.”

You may not usually get gassy, but it's a possibility when you take alli. The bathroom is really the best place to go when that happens

Showboating is not recommended.

You can use a food journal to recognize what foods can lead to treatment effects. For example, writing down what you eat may help you learn that marinara sauce is a better option than Alfredo sauce

In addition to a handcart full of extra pants designed to camouflage your anal leakage, it might also be a good idea to carry a schematic and information wheel, so you don't repeat past mistakes and have a treatment effect halfway up your back.

I hope this information has proven to be valuable.
 
I totally agree, there is NO way of knowing and I wont be using them long term... but I can only speak as I find... because I am eating low fat I can honestly say I have had NO side affects, literally none, I see no change... and as for the weight loss thing.. well I think my weekly weight loss has been a little higher than other attempts (like I said, since having my gall bladder out I don't lose weight as fast as I did the first time around, I think this because I cant break down fats as easily now) but this could be more determination on my part (that switch in my head has been flicked you know?).

As for the absorbing of good fats.. a very valid point. I bought a months supply as a desperate measure when I started (I was DESPERATE for something to work) but I have faith in myself already, I wont be buying more :)
 
I think if you stop taking them, but keep your fat intake, together with the healthy eating and exercise, at the level you're doing now, you shouldn't have any problems whatsoever! :)

It's always that switch in the head that needs to be flicked, and then things just work....it's amazing, isn't it? It took me nearly 20 years for that to happen, but now that it has, it's great! ;)
 
San said:
I think if you stop taking them, but keep your fat intake, together with the healthy eating and exercise, at the level you're doing now, you shouldn't have any problems whatsoever! :)

It's always that switch in the head that needs to be flicked, and then things just work....it's amazing, isn't it? It took me nearly 20 years for that to happen, but now that it has, it's great! ;)
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I THOUGHT I'd switched before (I lost well over 100 pounds 6 years back) but in reality I didn't (I was just determined) but now yeah... its fully flicked!! I'm just excited for the process now! :) xx
 
Ahhh at only 18, I am guilty of trying a diet pill. For a week and a half I took some in secret. Luckily, I came to my senses rather quickly, I threw the pills out. I just figured that if I was so ashamed of taking diet pills that I couldn't let anyone know, then it wasn't worth it to be taking them. I look back now and think to myself "You're an idiot for wasting your money but I'm proud of you for making the right decision in the end!" Lesson learned! :)
 
ok well I went a week without the pills and maintained the same diet - lost 3 pounds! So yeah it looks like they make little difference! That'll save me bucks!
 
I am going to defend Alli also. I'm a pharmacy manager, I sell it all the time. Each sale is made after a 15 minute long (or more) consultation with the patient, with agreed dates for them to come back. It is under very strict licensing over who can take it - above 28 bmi, commitment to change lifestyle etc.

It was originally a prescription drug, so it has gone through so many quality control and efficacy trials. It works - simple as - if taken correctly. It stops about 25% of the enzymes that break down fat from being produced, so it passes out of your body. Only about 1-3% of the drug is absorbed into the blood stream through digestion, and this has shown no side effects on other conditions, or interaction with other meds (except for certain liver problems, where trials are not conclusive).

The fat passes naturally out of your system. For the first couple of days, you might feel some stomach discomfort, or excess wind, as your body gets used to a change in diet and the capsules. The Alli programme is very very strict about fat intake - only up to 19g per meal. Any more, and you run the risk of the side effects - meaning being stuck on the toilet for a while! If you do not eat more than 19g of fat per meal, it is physically impossible for Alli to cause the toilet problems unless you have an allergy or something to the drug. It work only on fat, and only on a certain quantity of fat. If you cheat, you will suffer the consequences. A lot of the time people don't realise how much fat they eat, and so suffer and blame the capsules. The caps are not to blame, its fat consumption that is to blame.

This medication never says it is a magic pill. It is called Alli because it is just that - an ally to help you lose weight. It stresses in all starter packs and all packaging that you must maintain a healthy lifestyle, eat healthy and exercise. It even gives tips and recipes. It tells you that you must work hard to lose weight, and that Alli will just help you along the way if used correctly. It will stop your body absorbing around 600-900 calories per week if used correctly.

It is not for everyone. Some people have no need for it. Some people don't understand how to use it and suffer side effects, or don't lose weight because they don't alter their lifestyle. Fair enough, that is their choice. But for people who want to get started, or who are struggling to start and want a bit of a helping hand, it can be just what they need. Most people don't reach the full six month course of using it, they try it for a month or two, find that their weight loss is good, and manage to maintain weight loss without, which is great.

Obesity is such a problem to health and to various health organizations that programmes like this are going to be of massive benefit.

Either way, Alli is safe, effective, and the side effects should not bother you unless you don't adhere to the programme. For those taking it, I hope it really works out for you. For those who want to take it, have a word with a GP or a pharmacist, they will be more than happy to help. For those who don't understand it, I hope my little rant (sorry about the length!) has cleared up a few points. And for those who don't agree with it, again that is your choice, and I take my hat off to you for losing weight the good old fashioned and effective way :)
 
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If you have the willpower to restrict yourself to a certain amount of fat per meal so you won't sh*t yourself while taking Alli, then you would have the willpower to do so without.

If you don't, the side effects of Alli will kick in full force. To me it's kind of like Anoerexia (sp), only from the other end. Like people who take laxatives to lose weight.

In addition, Alli doesn't know healthy fats from unhealthy ones, and will hinder the absorption of fats essential to your body. And if you are on any kind of medication (including the pill), and you go over your 'fat allowance' and end up 'glued to the loo', one of the side effects of Alli is that any medication that is digested into the bloodstream with a delay (meaning it makes it into the lower digestive tract - a lot of medicines do that), will most likely be passed through without ever having an effect on your system.

And just for the record....I know somebody who started taking diet pills when she was 19. She tried every pill in the book, most of them prescribed by doctors. She has taken Alli since it came out, also prescribed by her doctor. She is now 54, and since she was 19, she has piled a shocking 10 stone (140 pounds) on a 5"2 frame, in addition to the 11 stone (154 lbs) she was when she started. She has no willpower whatsoever, and she has ended up in hospital three times so far with dehydration and other issues. Last time she collapsed at work and was brought to the hospital and they told her that she was actually, despite the fact that she's so overweight, malnourished due to constantly taking Alli.

She has stopped taking it now, but has been told that it could be up to 12 months until her digestive system will completely recover from what she has done to it.

So....if you have the willpower to restrict what you're eating, have a healthy lifestyle and exercise, then you don't need Alli (or any other pill). If you don't have the willpower to do that, Alli (and similar stuff) is going to do you more harm than good, and it simply won't work, other than glue your butt firmly to the porcelain, mess with your insides, and probably screw your digestion up for the foreseeable future....

Hmmm...nah. I think I'll just keep sticking with healthy food and exercise and let others have embarrassing accidents in public.....*lol*

And on a side note - I think every doctor and pharmacist, and whoever else sells this stuff, should be forced to take it themselves for a week first. Just to make sure that they really know what they are talking about......:reddevil:
 
Two points:

1 - echoing San, if you have the willpower and discipline to limit your fat intake to 19g per meal, then you probably don't need the medication at all. 57grams of fat per day (assuming 3 meals/day) is not really all that much, IMO. If you can control your diet to that degree, you shouldn't need to fool around with medications.

2 - 600-900 kcal per week doesn't sound like much, especially considering the effects. That's what - 1 pound every 4-6 weeks. Is it really worth it?
 
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