ALLI pills diet

I started using Alli this week, in combination with a better diet and joining the gym recently.

So far haven't experienced much discomfort or any unpleasant side effects EXCEPT when cheating. I went and had a fried breakfast in a cafe without even thinking about it, and despite only eating half a portion, I suffered :P

These pills seem to be a good deterent for snacking / eating fatty crap.

Also an eye opener because the first time I noticed *any* effects was after eating a home made curry which I thought was pretty healthy. Turns out it's pretty fatty!

Going to stick with them and see if it helps. Its not a miracle cure, but I'll take any help I can get; my gym trainer has informed me that I need to lose 10% of my body fat, which is going to take a lot of healthy eating and exercise, and I'm hoping Alli will help me do it a little faster.

Well I'm losing weight already :P

Remember that Alli doesnt get rid of EXISTING fat, it just helps block additional fat from being absorbed. That means that your actual fat loss it more a result of exercise and healthy eating.

Also, with that much exercise, you could well be building muscle, and muscle weighs more than fat. Unfortunately weight alone isn't a good indication of your health; looking at clothing size / thigh/waist/hip measurements are a good way.

My jeans are getting looser \o/

Hi,
having just had my second baby i am keen to lose the baby weight i had put on. I had done some research regarding Alli and i said i would give them a go.

The first week i lost 4lbs and i am now on my second week. The side effects keep my on the straight and narrow, they scare me so much that i stick to the healthy diet.

I tried weight watchers but i didnt like standing up in front of everyone to get weighed

i am not sure if you have done your article on Alli but with the new release of the tablets i was wondering if you would like follow my progress. you can email me on michelle24@vodafone.ie

Okay, muscle does not weigh more than fat - 1 kg. of muscle is the same weight as 1 kg. of fat. BUT as you gain muscle, you lose fat, so for every kg. of muscle you are gaining, you are, hopefully, losing some fat. Cycling is great for building muscle. Don't go by scales. Check your leg measurements or your waist measurements. As for the WII, get the new training one or the personal trainer challenge - they are much harder work-outs. The original wii fit game is not that great compared to these. The personal trainer challenge is great and she makes it harder if you think it's too easy! Alternatively join a gym and get motivated by the energy of other people. Or do both!

Okay to settle this once and for all. A pound of fat is the same weight as a pound of muscle - like the question you got asked in school - which weighs more - a tonne of feathers or a tonne of lead? A tonne/pound/kilo or whatever else is the same no matter what you are weighing. What changes is the size of what you are weighing. In other words you may need a small amount of lead to make a tonne, but you need a lot of feathers to make the same weight. In other words, a cube of muscle, weighing one pound, if you could cut it like that, would be smaller than a cube of fat weighing one pound.

ladylouise wrote: »

i am on alli and i found no improvement actual i feel heaver and i got results.i spend 3 years trying to lose weight as over the 3 years i have even got heaver i am 3 stone over my normal weight

i went from 28" and 10 stone to 36" and 13 1/2 stone.its really depressing being so heavy

Have you had a GP run thyroid function tests?

For what its worth I started taking the tablets about 6 weeks ago. I lost 7 pounds in the first week and on average 1 to 2 pounds a week since then. Thing is at the start of week 5 I experienced SEVERE abdominal pain. And I mean bad. I stopped taking them. Pain gone. End of.