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Slimming tablets supliments?

summers09jo
summers09jo Posts: 83 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi :) has anyone taken or currently using any slimming aids to help their weight loss? Just looking for some recommendations, I do understand you have to eat less move more!! And I am doing both them but was wondering weather to take a slimming aid to help also ... Thanks guys :)

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  • Helloitsdan
    Helloitsdan Posts: 5,564 Member
    Dont.
    Just eat at a slight deficit daily and do resistance training a few times a week.

    No magic pills!
  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    Nope. They don't work... unless you're looking for something that will make you poo your pants... like Alli.

    Calorie deficit and move more. That's all you need.
  • minties82
    minties82 Posts: 907 Member
    After 18 years of being obese, yeah...those things are full of crap. i tried so many.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,878 Member
    The only thing they lighten is your wallet. There are no magic pills, save your money!
  • SciranBG
    SciranBG Posts: 97 Member
    Caffine. Diet pills usually have like 250mg+ a serving. You can get 200mg tablets at Walgreens/CVS for like $12. I'll stick to my coffee though.
    Yohimbine is also supposed to aid in weightloss, but I would recommend it just for its aphrodisiac effects. >:)
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,149 Member
    Hard work is free.
  • MKEgal
    MKEgal Posts: 3,250 Member
    Other than things like Alli (which was already mentioned) that block some fat absorption, and the side effects are
    really nasty, nothing exists which will help you magically lose weight.

    There are prescription appetite suppressants, but those are for people who are drastically overweight, sometimes
    with co-morbidities, and short-term use.
    They don't do anything but control your appetite so you can learn to eat less. For me, that appetite reset was
    amazing, and has continued since I stopped taking the medicine. (I'm _so_ glad!!! Being constantly ravenous is
    really difficult to deal with.)
    And with 60 lb to lose, I doubt a reputable doctor would prescribe them to you.

    Increase foods with low calories & high fiber, like most vegetables & many fruits (careful of the sugar, it can add up quickly).
    Increase your water intake, as well as non-caloric fluids like tea.
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