Has anyone ever tried Alli?

Is that the diet pill that causes you to poop out any fat that you eat? I heard its horrible and if your eating make sure your near a toilet at all times!

I wouldn't waste money if I was you, you need fats in your diet.

Yup, I tried it. Didn't do a thing for me except drain my wallet - luckily, only 25 bucks.

My mom and my best friend did. . . and had to wear a pad because of the anal leakage.

A friend was losing weight for her wedding and took those. We were all set for the beach, and she grabbed a handful of peanuts and walked out the door popping the handful in her mouth. We didn't make it to the beach. She didn't make it to the bathroom. No thanks!

Doesn't it cause anal leakage?

I did for a short time. I stopped, waiting a few days, ate something fatty, and was in the Walmart bathroom for an hour. lol. Sorry TMI. It's bad and unpredictable and so not worth it!

Only experience I have with it was my doc asking if I wanted to try it, and then her giving me reasons I probably shouldn't.

Basically it stops you from absorbing excess fat in your diet and has, as some have said, rather unpleasant side effects.

Just as effective, with less expense and none of the side effects, is to work on lowering your intake of unhealthy fats.

Wow! That is all.

And yet they still market it as the solution of the century.

Listen, find exercise you like. Find healthy meals and supplements you like.

Give exercise a month and log how great you feel after each workout. Try to eat as much "real" food as possible and don't buy food marketed as "diet" food b/c that's typically loaded with more slop than food. Write down how you feel now, when you are hopeful, and what you hope to accomplish. When it gets hard, which it will, go back to how you felt when you started and don't let yourself down.

Keep it simple, eat "real" food, move, and remember, Rome wasn't built in a day!

why I dont know, but I think those rave reviews must be fake.

When it first came out. The first time I didn't really change my -- fast foods are primarily what I have for 2 meals/day habit, and had no ill effect, 'though it was kinda cool that whenever I pooped, there was orange fat floating on the top of the toilet water, LOL

I took a while off, and then started taking it again -- this time cooking at home/lower fat, and I got really gassy and kept staining my undies with fat farts

fat farts...too funny

LOL right? I was a sexy beast thanks to Alli :laugh:

Seriously though OP. It was nasty and I ruined them all. Just trod along here on MFP and do it the right way

It only works if you follow the freaking directions. People who poop themselves aren't following the directions. A coworker used it and lost her first 50 pounds. You can't eat more than 17 grams of fat per meal. Anything higher than that will cause anal leaking and nasty accidents. so no, you can't take it and still go eat McDonalds unless you plan carefully (no condiments on anything, no fries, etc)

I have other friends who took it and had success because they followed directions.

My friend used the stronger version, xenical, prescribed by her doctor. The only time she had an, um, leakage issue was when her dad had made dinner and used lots of oil and she didn't realise.

I think if you stick to low fat foods and exercise lots they will work, but then if you do that without the tablets you will lose weight too! I think they just work as an incentive to eat healthily. Not pooing yourself is definitely preferable to eating a slice of cheese :laugh:

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