What are your thoughts on fat burners?
KrissyJ0104
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What are your thoughts on fat burners? I've never taken them but have always been interested to see if they work. Anyone taken any and what to share your feedback. Just trying to research before jumping into something.
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^Yep. This.3
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That if they work, they aren't legal, and if they're legal, they don't work.
Just another way for the pill salespeople to fatten up their wallet, and burn the fat from yours.13 -
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Thanks for the info everyone. Just wasn't sure. I appreciate the responses.0
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Just a hyped up word for pre workout.lol0
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The ones that work are illegal or dangerous or restricted by prescription or more than one of the previous.
The ones that aren't illegal/dangerous/prescription only don't do anything.
If you're not sure which category/categories a particular supplement fits into. ask here or check examine.com1 -
Wooooooo.2
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stanmann571 wrote: »The ones that work are illegal or dangerous or restricted by prescription or more than one of the previous.
The ones that aren't illegal/dangerous/prescription only don't do anything.
If you're not sure which category/categories a particular supplement fits into. ask here or check examine.com
Well that's not necessarily true. If you can get your doctor to prescribe you the kind of "diet pill" that is basically amphetamine, you will lose weight, and fast. You will be nutritionally deficient, experience a variety of unpleasant physical effects, sleep very little, lose muscle as well as fat, and have no way to maintain your new weight when you stop, but to say the prescription stuff "doesn't do anything" is a falsehood. On the up side your house will be really, really clean and organized.9 -
No such thing as a "fat burning" pill. That's just a marketing ploy to get people to buy supplements.
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MelanieCN77 wrote: »stanmann571 wrote: »The ones that work are illegal or dangerous or restricted by prescription or more than one of the previous.
The ones that aren't illegal/dangerous/prescription only don't do anything.
If you're not sure which category/categories a particular supplement fits into. ask here or check examine.com
Well that's not necessarily true. If you can get your doctor to prescribe you the kind of "diet pill" that is basically amphetamine, you will lose weight, and fast. You will be nutritionally deficient, experience a variety of unpleasant physical effects, sleep very little, lose muscle as well as fat, and have no way to maintain your new weight when you stop, but to say the prescription stuff "doesn't do anything" is a falsehood. On the up side your house will be really, really clean and organized.
Note that the part you bolded calls out prescriptions.3 -
MelanieCN77 wrote: »stanmann571 wrote: »The ones that work are illegal or dangerous or restricted by prescription or more than one of the previous.
The ones that aren't illegal/dangerous/prescription only don't do anything.
If you're not sure which category/categories a particular supplement fits into. ask here or check examine.com
Well that's not necessarily true. If you can get your doctor to prescribe you the kind of "diet pill" that is basically amphetamine, you will lose weight, and fast. You will be nutritionally deficient, experience a variety of unpleasant physical effects, sleep very little, lose muscle as well as fat, and have no way to maintain your new weight when you stop, but to say the prescription stuff "doesn't do anything" is a falsehood. On the up side your house will be really, really clean and organized.
Also, Phentermine and other amphetamines (since we're talking prescriptions) still fit into the dangerous category due to side effects and addiction potential.
Note that the part you bolded calls out prescriptions.
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The comment about prescriptions said they "don't do anything" and that's what I was responding to, hence why I bolded it and spoke about prescription diet pills. I don't dispute that they can be dangerous, I never said they were safe, but they are a reality and people use them and achieve short term weight loss at a certain cost.3
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MelanieCN77 wrote: »The comment about prescriptions said they "don't do anything" and that's what I was responding to, hence why I bolded it and spoke about prescription diet pills. I don't dispute that they can be dangerous, I never said they were safe, but they are a reality and people use them and achieve short term weight loss at a certain cost.
NO, the comment saidstanmann571 wrote: »The ones that aren't illegal/dangerous/prescription only don't do anything.
Bolded to help you out.0 -
Aye carumba. Apologies.5
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MelanieCN77 wrote: »Aye carumba. Apologies.
NO worries, it happens1 -
Eh we'll let it stand as a reading and comprehension advisory.4
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stanmann571 wrote: »MelanieCN77 wrote: »Aye carumba. Apologies.
NO worries, it happens
Nah. Good to see - maybe be an inspiration to others - that it's OK to admit a mistake. Sure beats the typical MFP doubling down we see. And it's Friday, to boot!
eta: But, yeah - no worries. Heck, I misread something on FB this morning. Luckily, my comment was no big deal - just an "oops."1 -
Best "fat burner" is keto / paleo where you eat high protein, healthy fat and eat very little carbs / sugar. If you take it slowly, for example, switch to a keto breakfast during week 1; add a keto lunch to the keto breakfast during week 2 and add a keto dinner to your keto lunch to the keto breakfast during week 3... you avoid the keto flu and losing inches while not being hungry is pretty sweet. I was on it as well as 1400 calories for 6 months and lost 40 lbs (which is what I wanted)... I developed gastritis from a stomach virus so I have added carbs back in to help balance gut flora -- but I am looking forward to going back on it in the future.24
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Sleeping is an excellent fat burner.6
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Friends don't let friends take fat burners...11
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Real ephedrine was incredible. I've tried some since then and nothing worked nearly as well.0
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Best "fat burner" is keto / paleo where you eat high protein, healthy fat and eat very little carbs / sugar. If you take it slowly, for example, switch to a keto breakfast during week 1; add a keto lunch to the keto breakfast during week 2 and add a keto dinner to your keto lunch to the keto breakfast during week 3... you avoid the keto flu and losing inches while not being hungry is pretty sweet. I was on it as well as 1400 calories for 6 months and lost 40 lbs (which is what I wanted)... I developed gastritis from a stomach virus so I have added carbs back in to help balance gut flora -- but I am looking forward to going back on it in the future.
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Nothing you can buy legally works and if you do manage to buy a fat burner illegally you could cook yourself from the inside out and die with 1 bad dose. maybe just eat less? I know it's not sexy, and it's not always easy but it does work 100% of the time.3
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My primary reason for eating healthy, staying at a healthy weight, and staying active is to hopefully not have to take pills every day like so many people my age or older do. So, no diet pills for me.3
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Forget raspberry ketones, tried them and only reduced the weight of my wallet.0
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