DIET PILLS...YES OR NO?

appetite suppressants might be helpful if a person eats because they are actually hungry. i eat out of boredom, stress, emotion...so these wouldn't help me. other kinds of diet pills, I'm not sure of...some of the side effects on some diet pills are kinda scary...not worth the risk.

Diet pills are good, I take them. Unfortunately they do cause heart problems in the long run. That doesn't stop me from trying from trying most of them

OH yeah they're great - they just kill you in the end - seriously ?????

A huge no from me. While I think Dr prescribed ones might occasionally be good for extremely overweight people who need a kick-start - they should be short term under medical supervision. For 99% of people no and totally no is anything bought over the counter - or even worse off the internet. Those thing have killed people. :explode:

Oh, I have taken some in the past. Some have worked great!!! BUT...try to get back into the real world. Get off of them, and all that weight comes back. So a huge fat NOOOOOOO from me.

Agred.

You should buy like 5 different kinds and stack them..............

^ I laughed so hard I sprayed water on my IPad !

Not for me.

If I only ate because I was hungry, I suppose diet pills would help. But I can eat quite happily and quite often w/o ever feeling a hunger pang.

No. Unless you like wasting money, then yes.

A clear NO to Pills! To each pill is at least one side effect and/or ristrictions. So why spending time and money on something that can be done naturally. It takes longer, but the result is more then just losing the weight, it is healthier eating, enjoying activities in the long run ... :flowerforyou:

Here's my experience:

Back when I was 235, I had a HUGE appetite for sweets (and for most unhealthy fast food). When I first began walking (to get down to 205) I needed help controlling my appetite. I decided to give a bottle's worth a try.

Here are my thoughts:

1. If you already consume a lot of caffeine, the "Revving of your metabolism" claim will have no effect as the main ingredient of it (of the one I took) is usually caffeine.

2. It did curb my appetite and it assisted me in eating less. If you are needing help curbing your appetite, then I think they can be useful (I had a 30 day supply and I told myself that after I get my eating under control, I was not going to keep taking them). I took them for 2 weeks. I cannot say if I would of been able to lower my portion size or the daily quantity of food without them (This website didn't exist 8 years ago). Again, COULD I of reduced my food intake without the pills? Probably. However, I cannot say for certain. After the two weeks of taking them passed, I was able to keep my food intake down without the use of the appetite suppressant pills.

3. The increased heart rate that can be caused by these pills can be very scary and could be harmful. For the first few days, I was very worried that while I was resting, my heart was racing at over 100 beats/min. (Estimate, I don't remember exactly what it was. It may of been over 120 BPM).

4. Many (if not most) of these unregulated pills' claims are unfounded. Again, I cannot prove a negative. However, seeing as they come out with a "new and improved" version of their diet pills every few months, I doubt that any research is done.

5. Since this industry is unregulated, there could be many long term (or short term) effects that are harmful due to taking these pills.

When I began my lifestyle change in June, I didn't use any weight loss pills.

Note: I've been told that many of these pills do not work as advertised (go figure). I guess I got lucky and I was able to experience what the manufacturer claimed would happen. Then again, I did lower my food intake (because I wasn't hungry) and was walking every day. I'm guessing I would of lost some weight due to walking, but the pills did help me control my food intake. After the two weeks, I was able to keep the food portion size and total intake down (to maintain a 205 weight).

Uhm. NO. They cause more harm than they do good, and it's not worth it. Besides, they aren't teaching you anything. All they teach you is that there's another pill to help cure something, when in reality, it all comes down to diet and exercise, and the pills don't even 'cure' it. It's a quick fix with side effects that can kill you and cause even more problems later down the road. I'd rather do it the right way, have it take longer, and even get frustrated when I hit those plateaus than risk major health problems down the road that I might face.

They simply aren't worth it IMO.