alli diet pills

tishglorioso

so....anyone on here use them? imma gonna start using them. do they work? i know the side effects are gross but are they that bad? please let me know.

triff14

Mayo Clinic says:
"Alli can help you lose weight, but the weight loss will likely be modest — perhaps just a few pounds more than you would lose with diet and exercise alone.

The average weight loss for prescription-strength Xenical is about 5 to 7 pounds (about 2 to 3 kilograms) greater than diet and exercise alone after one year. (2, 4) The lower dose Alli could conceivably result in a loss of 3 to 5 pounds (about 1 to 2 kilograms) a year in addition to the weight loss you could expect from diet and exercise alone."

Edit: Just to clarify, it also says "Alli is meant to be used in conjunction with a low-calorie, low-fat diet and regular exercise."

and

"According to the manufacturer, most weight loss occurs within the first six months. Many people who take medications to lose weight regain the weight they lost when they stop taking the medication. Therefore, to keep the weight off, many people continue taking medications indefinitely along with eating a low-calorie diet and exercising regularly."

aquarabbit

I remember a few friends in high school trying them. One of my closer friends she said she had orange poop and that it was all liquidy. I guess it's a common side effect that they call the alli oops. I wouldn't do it. I would just restrict my fat and calories the old fashioned way. Diet and exercise.

PepperWorm

No.

Just...no.

cwaters120

okay. Both my sister and I have used them... and stopped due to some rather.... unsavory "side effects". They were more than I could deal with. It made me VERY self-conscious due to odor that you CANNOT control no matter how you try. :noway: NOT my idea of a good time :sad:

RobynMWilson

Mayo Clinic says:
"Alli can help you lose weight, but the weight loss will likely be modest — perhaps just a few pounds more than you would lose with diet and exercise alone.

The average weight loss for prescription-strength Xenical is about 5 to 7 pounds (about 2 to 3 kilograms) greater than diet and exercise alone after one year. (2, 4) The lower dose Alli could conceivably result in a loss of 3 to 5 pounds (about 1 to 2 kilograms) a year in addition to the weight loss you could expect from diet and exercise alone."

Edit: Just to clarify, it also says "Alli is meant to be used in conjunction with a low-calorie, low-fat diet and regular exercise."

and

"According to the manufacturer, most weight loss occurs within the first six months. Many people who take medications to lose weight regain the weight they lost when they stop taking the medication. Therefore, to keep the weight off, many people continue taking medications indefinitely along with eating a low-calorie diet and exercising regularly."

^^^ if you think you can take Alli for the rest of your life then have at it! Just a warning..I've heard people report, ah, "leakage" if they don't eat low fat on this medication.

the old fashioned way def sounds like a much more pleasant alternative..

verdancyhime

Alli is the one that makes you get greasy diarrhea because it makes excess fat pass right through you, right?
Google it. The descriptions are terrifying. Some people talk about wearing adult diapers while taking it.

I'm a scorpio, so I'm 100% in favor of doing any crazy thing to achieve my goals. If I could afford to remake my entire body into my ideal via surgery tomorrow I probably would, but having chronic disgusting oily stools really doesn't line up with the lifestyle I want to lead. Like at all.

tishglorioso

welp screw that i guess lol i wanted 2 try m cus i thought that it was cool how it stopped grease from turnin into fat but hell with all u sayin no i think ill just stick 2 diet and exercise lol besides i dont eat to much fat anyways sugar is my weakness lol

TheDoctorDana

I think after about a week or so you will wish you spent that money on a new pair of shoes or a mani/pedi. For only losing an extra 5 - 7 pounds a YEAR all the while dealing with anal seepage. I would pass.

minijuggernaut

Alli is kind of a funny thing, I think the key lies in the pill essentially training you not to eat high fat foods - because you'll just wind up having one hell of a bad day leaking fat from your nether regions.

However...high fat foods aren't necessarily bad for you (anecdotally, I eat upwards of 120g of fat daily) so you might be doing yourself an even bigger disservice by trying to follow a very low fat diet.

I would say nay on the pills, what else have you tried?

tishglorioso

havent tried anything i just eat healthy my friend just wanted me 2 try them with her

NumbrsNerd

Alli is the one that makes you get greasy diarrhea because it makes excess fat pass right through you, right?
Google it. The descriptions are terrifying. Some people talk about wearing adult diapers while taking it.

I'm a scorpio, so I'm 100% in favor of doing any crazy thing to achieve my goals. If I could afford to remake my entire body into my ideal via surgery tomorrow I probably would, but having chronic disgusting oily stools really doesn't line up with the lifestyle I want to lead. Like at all.

You're second paragraph made me laugh out loud! That is all.....

Tiffa0909

Don't do it , unless you want a leaky behind.

Is like you are leaking orange grease from your butt , it makes for a lot of embarrassing moments and you will lose a lot of underwear. Don't event think about eating anything with fat in public , because you wont make it.

Pangea250

I'll admit - I used them. Yes, past tense. It was 2 years ago when I first started weight loss. I figured...why not? Yes, it turns poop orange. Didn't seem so bad. Then a few weeks into it, I was getting ready for work, getting dressed, and had taken my underwear off. As I stood there putting a bra & shirt on, I felt something weird on my leg. I reached down & touched my calf & was HORRIFIED to find liquid poop on my hand. It was coming out my butt & streaming down my leg & I didn't even know it. :huh: I threw the pills out that morning.

Fullsterkur_woman

You are required to limit your fat intake to 45 grams per day (15 per meal at 3 meals per day) and even that is no guarantee that you will avoid the oily squirts.

It prevents the absorption of approximately 25% of the fat you consume, so that would be 11.25 grams assuming perfect use/effectiveness. At 9 calories per gram of fat, that is just slightly more than 100 calories per day. That equates to 0.2 pounds per week, assuming absolutely best case scenario.

So, you are paying out the butt for the privilege of having to tell your boss that you need to go home because you just shat your pants, all for a measly 0.2 pounds per week of weight loss. That's just 5.2 pounds over 6 months.

Excuse the pun, but, um, "I'll pass." :noway:

Slow and steady wins the race. And you don't have to drop out of the race to go and change your armor.

Gigsluvscw

Short and (not so) sweet...

If you eat pizzalike foods the discharge will be orange. If you eat olive oil based foods you discharge will be green.

The discharge is pure oil... Oil and toilet water DON'T mix and oil floats. It DOES smell. The smell lingers and is hard to get rid of. It DOES stick to the sides of the toilet and is aggressively hard to get rid of.

You have NO control of when you're going to need to go. Invest in cheap underwear due to accidents (nothing worse than being stuck in traffic and feel it start to leak out with no restroom in sight). Invest in babywipes because toilet paper alone will not get rid of the oily residue in between your buttocks cheeks.

That's just what popped into my head (and it's been 15+ years since I took it (when it was still only available via perscription)).

tishglorioso

all this stuffs making me completely grossed out screw that id rather loose weight my own way

Gigsluvscw

Mayo Clinic says:
"Alli can help you lose weight, but the weight loss will likely be modest — perhaps just a few pounds more than you would lose with diet and exercise alone.

The average weight loss for prescription-strength Xenical is about 5 to 7 pounds (about 2 to 3 kilograms) greater than diet and exercise alone after one year. (2, 4) The lower dose Alli could conceivably result in a loss of 3 to 5 pounds (about 1 to 2 kilograms) a year in addition to the weight loss you could expect from diet and exercise alone."

Edit: Just to clarify, it also says "Alli is meant to be used in conjunction with a low-calorie, low-fat diet and regular exercise."

and

"According to the manufacturer, most weight loss occurs within the first six months. Many people who take medications to lose weight regain the weight they lost when they stop taking the medication. Therefore, to keep the weight off, many people continue taking medications indefinitely along with eating a low-calorie diet and exercising regularly."

^^^ if you think you can take Alli for the rest of your life then have at it! Just a warning..I've heard people report, ah, "leakage" if they don't eat low fat on this medication.

the old fashioned way def sounds like a much more pleasant alternative..

^^This. And if you're going to eat low fat to reduce the side effects then you're wasting your money because this is their sole purpose.

Gigsluvscw

all this stuffs making me completely grossed out screw that id rather loose weight my own way

Glad that I could help change your (and hopefully others) mind(s). It was worth the little bit of embarrassment.

jofjltncb6

Short and (not so) sweet...

If you eat pizzalike foods the discharge will be orange. If you eat olive oil based foods you discharge will be green.

The discharge is pure oil... Oil and toilet water DON'T mix and oil floats. It DOES smell. The smell lingers and is hard to get rid of. It DOES stick to the sides of the toilet and is aggressively hard to get rid of.

You have NO control of when you're going to need to go. Invest in cheap underwear due to accidents (nothing worse than being stuck in traffic and feel it start to leak out with no restroom in sight). Invest in babywipes because toilet paper alone will not get rid of the oily residue in between your buttocks cheeks.

That's just what popped into my head (and it's been 15+ years since I took it (when it was still only available via perscription)).

How this stuff sells enough product to keep the lights on in their manufacturing plant is baffling to me...

And an unexpected side effect of reading this thread is a headache from trying to decipher some of the posts. (Not the one I quoted though...that one is remarkably readable and crystal clear in its message. *shudder* )

operation_cute

Even IF they had no side effects, and you wouldn't have weight gained back after stopping taking them... how exactly does "fat" leaving the body help with losing weight? Fat doesn't make you fat, excess calories does.... Fat is an essential part of a healthy diet...

It sounds like the manufacturers are playing on the old myth of fat making you fat... which is really sad

DarcieC2389

Please save your money. The results from them were minimal and if you eat more fat than you should you will have a gross oily orange leakage. Unless you are very careful in what you eat or plan on wearing a maxi pad....enough said.

lpina2mi

welp screw that i guess lol i wanted 2 try m cus i thought that it was cool how it stopped grease from turnin into fat but hell with all u sayin no i think ill just stick 2 diet and exercise lol besides i dont eat to much fat anyways sugar is my weakness lol

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/mar/20/sugar-deadly-obesity-epidemic

http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/14045678.php

:sad:

http://inthezonefitness.com/Bodyfat.htm

NonnyMary

Imagine, being out at the nightclub, and dancing, and then woops.... and you really cant bust into the bathroom too quickly, you have to stand in line, and then meanwhile poop is running down your leg..

i hear people have to take a change of clothes with them in case they have accidents during the day.

Kanakake

I have used them in the past before and had good results. Yes I did have gross side affects but as long as you watch your fat intake then it wont be a problem. If you eat fat, greasy food all day then yes it will get nasty.

It didn't make me lose a ton of weight but what it did do was make me lose enough weight to lower my BMI from the borderline overweight/obese range to the "normal" range, once i hit that mark then it stopped working and i stopped taking them, but with my continued diet and exercise I lost more weight.

Did I gain the weight back? Yes but that was because i went back to my old eating habits and stopped the healthy habits I had formed while on Alli. If I had the money I would buy a bottle and try again since I gave gotten way up there on my weight.

maca416

I didn't eat that much fat when I used them but had many disgusting accidents when out, I would avoid them like the plague & just focus on changing your diet for good to slowly lose the weight.

Believe me if you get the side effects out of the rear like I did you would never use them again.

cherryd69

I was put on the stronger form of these by my doctor in 2011 (orlistat 120's) 3x per day.

I was allowed max of 30g of fat per day, after one mishap i avoided cheese/bacon/steak/sausage/cream/milk/some types of butter.

I managed a month on them, went from 15 stone down to 13.7. Then the supply ran out.

I didnt feel good, i didnt look good, i had cravings for food that i couldnt have.


Orilistat/ali can not tell the difference between good fat/bad fat, to the tablet its ALL fat that needs to be out of the system. So high fat healthy foods like nuts/avocado and the likes should be avoided.

Although its good to start off with, its not something that you can maintain, also like all medications it can stay in your system for around 2 weeks after your last tablet, i found this out too the hard way.


Some people think they are wonderful, i personally dont. They dont teach you to eat properly so like most 'diet aids' no soon as you come off them, you will slowly gain back all the weight you have lost (in my case plus an extra stone). Its not healthy to be on 30g of fat a day (think the minimum UK recommendation is around 40g?) I didnt do much in the form of exercise whilst on them either.

Yes the weight comes off quickly, but thats only because your restricting yourself so that you dont have the runs... Orange oily leakage is NOT nice, it stains underwear and dependent on amount of leakage can stain clothes. It also leaves a nice orange oil after every bowel movement that even extra thick bleach cannot remove from your once pristine white toilet.

xjoseyx

My doctor gave me these. They sucked. The leakage is gross. It looks like the red oil you get on top of a pepperoni pizza.

jhandur

My mom used those and they did help her a little but not enough to motivate her to keep using them for long. It mostly works because you pretty much have to stick to the diet or suffer the leakage. As an example: my mom got a hamburger patty which she says was okay with the Alli supplement. Then one day she decided to get an order of fries with her burger and she made a mess all over her bathroom not too long after. If your body doesn't absorb the fat, it has to go somewhere...

verdancyhime

Even IF they had no side effects, and you wouldn't have weight gained back after stopping taking them... how exactly does "fat" leaving the body help with losing weight? Fat doesn't make you fat, excess calories does.... Fat is an essential part of a healthy diet...

It sounds like the manufacturers are playing on the old myth of fat making you fat... which is really sad

At least one article I read had a physician suggest that the real power of Alli is keeping people from eating too much junk food by conditioning them to associate the high fat foods with the gross side effects.

I read somewhere that the average american eats too much cheese, and could lose weight just from giving it up. And if you give up your weekly large pizza or your three Burger King a week habit, you'll lose weight I guess.

NonnyMary

Even IF they had no side effects, and you wouldn't have weight gained back after stopping taking them... how exactly does "fat" leaving the body help with losing weight? Fat doesn't make you fat, excess calories does.... Fat is an essential part of a healthy diet...

It sounds like the manufacturers are playing on the old myth of fat making you fat... which is really sad

At least one article I read had a physician suggest that the real power of Alli is keeping people from eating too much junk food by conditioning them to associate the high fat foods with the gross side effects.

I read somewhere that the average american eats too much cheese, and could lose weight just from giving it up. And if you give up your weekly large pizza or your three Burger King a week habit, you'll lose weight I guess.

so the meds real intent is to discourage you from eating fat by making you so sick and disgusting that that would be the incentive?

well, i could slap myself with a stick while holding up a piece of pie and get the same effect without the runny diarrhea

or i could just not eat those things at all and then thereby save the trouble of getting hit with a stick, having exploding diarrhea and having to bring 2 sets of clothes with me every day to work.