Supplements/Weight loss Pills, YES or NO?

AshleyLeelette

Ok, well of course I know there are quite a bit of supplements that are just fine to use. For those I am wondering what favorites are, or which brands are best.
I am looking for, or I guess thinking about, diet pills though. Something to accelerate metabolism and whatnot.
Are there any out there that aren't absolutely terrible? Something someone recommends?

WBB55

Save the money from the pills, buy a digital food scale instead with the money. Then eat at a deficit. You'll lose weight and then keep it off.

AshleyLeelette

Save the money from the pills, buy a digital food scale instead with the money. Then eat at a deficit. You'll lose weight and then keep it off.

I know I should, but I still am curious/interested, and I don't want to rule it out quite yet.

Meerataila

Save the money from the pills, buy a digital food scale instead with the money. Then eat at a deficit. You'll lose weight and then keep it off.

Best advice you can get. But if you buy the scale and then still want to spend money and if like me you're a novice when it comes to cooking from scratch, try a healthy cooking class or hit the bookstore up for some healthy food cookbooks and spend your money on that. Because pills will either not work or only work until you build up a tolerance (it doesn't take long). Cooking skills on the other hand lasts a lifetime.

shadowofender

Save the money from the pills, buy a digital food scale instead with the money. Then eat at a deficit. You'll lose weight and then keep it off.

I know I should, but I still am curious/interested, and I don't want to rule it out quite yet.

If you know you should, you gotta get over that debate. The curiosity is coming from somewhere, I know when my mind starts wandering that direction it's because I feel like I should be moving "faster" or lose faster or whatever. The answer is...you don't need to accelerate your metabolism and even if you could, it's not good for you. Please just don't.

Jonalee1977

Supplements, yes. Diet pills, no.

I take a food-based multivitamin, magnesium supplement, Vitamin D, fish oil, and COQ10. There is no quick way to lose weight and keep it off. It's all about hard work, determination, and persistence.

michikade

If you want a dietary supplement, go for a multivitamin.

Leah_62803

Yeah... I work in a bank and diet pills are like candy here. When a new "amazing" one comes out, everyone here is buying and selling them. It's been this way since I started here 8 years ago and guess what...all of the pill poppers are STILL trying to lose the weight.
They always have an initial big loss at the beginning and then it tapers off...and then comes right back. So it's on to the next one.

BombshellPhoenix

Voting for "No".

I second investing in a digital food scale and losing fat, not just weight. Eat at a moderate deficit, pick up a resistance training program and win. Even IF diet pills make you lose faster (pixie dust and rainbow farts)....what good is it to be skinny fat?

itsbasschick

we'd all like there to be an easier way to lose weight. wouldn't it be great? sadly the things that make you lose weight fastest all come with a price - reduced muscle, which in turn means you burn less calories and so put on more weight, and sometimes damage to health. juice fasts, diet pills, over-exercising, cutting calories dangerously low will all give accelerated weight loss, but the price is too high.

diet pills that work don't accelerate metabolism that much - the prescription ones that work are usually speed, and the main effect is that people who take them won't want to eat. and while people who take them lose weight, they lose a lot of muscle, which is what burns calories, so after they quit the pills (which are, btw, addictive), their bodies burn less calories than they did before the pills. i've never known a person who took them who didn't gain all the weight back plus some more and some ended up on a cycle of gaining weight, taking the pills, losing weight, gaining weight, taking the pills and so on. prescription diet pills also raise your blood pressure and can also damage various organs.

for supplements, i use a low potency multi vitamin (whole foods adult multi plus iron) plus an unsweetened protein powder that i sweeten with stevia.

SLLRunner

Diet pills are a quick fix and a waste of money. Learning new habits via video restriction and moderation rocks.

lukewind

Just a note

There is very little regulation on supplements because our lovely congress loves taking money from the industry, and a lot of these companies are run by some pretty shady people. So stay far away from thermogenic supplements. There is some research showing that they work, but they pose a great risk to your health because no one knows what happens when you take them for a long time.

The biggest reason to not take supplements is that you are cheating your progress. To get thin and healthy is better to push yourself because you will be stronger in the end and able to hold the weight off. If you get there by chemical means then you didn't get the advantage of working for it and all that it does to your body.

A multivitamin is a good option, although if you eat well a MV is not really needed, but sometimes women have a hard time getting all there nutrients on a calorie deficit.

shadowofender

Supplements, yes. Diet pills, no.

I take a food-based multivitamin, magnesium supplement, Vitamin D, fish oil, and COQ10. There is no quick way to lose weight and keep it off. It's all about hard work, determination, and persistence.

I think this is a good distinction and I wanna make sure it gets seen. If you have trouble getting all your vitamins with your diet (which can be difficult if you're not used to it) then a supplement can be very beneficial. I drink protein shakes, same concept.

TeaBea

Voting for "No".

I second investing in a digital food scale and losing fat, not just weight. Eat at a moderate deficit, pick up a resistance training program and win. Even IF diet pills make you lose faster (pixie dust and rainbow farts)....what good is it to be skinny fat?

This!^

No diet pill is going to help you keep the weight from coming back. You have to change habits....change your lifestyle to keep any weight lost from coming back.

Losing & re-gaining stinks. You lose fat+muscle (without steps to maintain muscle)......gain the weight back and you just gain fat. You end up with a higher body fat % than when you started.

trogalicious

no.

AshleyLeelette

Thank you everyone! Of course, you're all RIGHT! I know in my head I was wishing this was going faster, and realistically that just means I need to work more (the right way)

I'll stop thinking so lazy about it, I know there's no magic pill, I would have found it already!!

I do need a multivitamin though, and will be getting that!

nicsflyingcircus

I take 1 multivitamin, 2 probiotic capsules, 2 fish oil capsules and 1 150mg Zantac daily.

Diet pills not so much!

FatFreeFrolicking

Diet pills don't work.

Hard work, discipline, and a caloric deficit do though.

Rev your metabolism by EXERCISING.

AshleyLeelette

Voting for "No".

I second investing in a digital food scale and losing fat, not just weight. Eat at a moderate deficit, pick up a resistance training program and win. Even IF diet pills make you lose faster (pixie dust and rainbow farts)....what good is it to be skinny fat?

This!^

No diet pill is going to help you keep the weight from coming back. You have to change habits....change your lifestyle to keep any weight lost from coming back.

Losing & re-gaining stinks. You lose fat+muscle (without steps to maintain muscle)......gain the weight back and you just gain fat. You end up with a higher body fat % than when you started.

I never thought of this! Makes sense, and yeah, I want to end the yo-yo-ing

burtnyks

Forget the pills. Lift weights and add some muscle mass. Never in a million years did I think I could eat 2600 calories a day and have that be my maintenance. Adding muscle will boost your metabolism better than any diet pill will.

MeRoHa

Supplements are a Yes- taking those recommended by my doctor. So called quick fix diet pills - NO! Also watch my daily protein intake and try to meet the recommendations for my calorie intake.

stephe1987

IMO diet pills are a bad idea. Just eat at a deficit, and do 80% healthy/20% indulgent so you can still eat the foods you like.

IronSmasher

Exercise boosts metabolism

RHachicho

Supplements can be useful in moderation.

Weight loss pills do jack squat OR very little and wreck your health.

MattLewis521

There's only really two supplement pills I'd ever recommend that actually work, with scientific results.

CLA pills and L-Carnitine.

The CLA is taken before your breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Don't take during snacks or between meals.
You take the L-Carnitine before workout and in the morning and night.

Recomended dosage for desired weight loss effects is around 3.5-4mg daily for both supplements.

Veil5577

I know pills are tempting when the weight isn't coming off as fast as you would like.

But in reality they will only cause more of a delay, because when you stop them, you'll gain back the weight and have to start all over again.

Keep track of your calories, exercise, and most of all be patient. Patience is the key.

oksanatkachuk

My artificial adds are protein and caffeine . Caffeine helps me when I m too lazy to start workouts

Jim_Barteck

Supplements, yes. Diet pills, no.

I take a food-based multivitamin, magnesium supplement, Vitamin D, fish oil, and COQ10. There is no quick way to lose weight and keep it off. It's all about hard work, determination, and persistence.

^^THIS

bajoyba

If you want success that lasts for the rest of your life, you have to put time and energy into making sustainable changes to your lifestyle and find a way of eating and exercising that you're happy to maintain forever. It can be a slow process, but it is worth it.

chadya07

my body is made to gain and lose fat depending on what i eat and how i burn it off. . trying to speed up what comes natural or find an easier way than just doing what needs to be done sounds like a cop out, and its not very respectful to my body, which worked hard to make itself and its whole complicated machinery. respect the process. eat less. move more.

there are some illnesses that hinder its progress. but rarely will a good doctor prescribe a diet pill for them, instead they try to right the imbalance. same can be said for your diet and lifestyle. right the imbalance. the rest will follow.

diet pills... no.

Remo_Williams

I wouldn't worry about #5 until you dial in #'s 1 - 4: