Diet Pills.. Personal Experiences & Recommendations

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I've been taking them on and off for years. The latest is "oxy elite" and does it work? Hell yeah! Idk what these other ppl are talking about "cheating"...what are we dating? If your goal at the end of the its about losing weight then its by any means necesary.....cheating....what a joke.

I'm getting a bit sick and tired of all the "pill bashing" going on here. I take prescribed diet pills (Duromine, or Phentermine in America) as a boost in conjunction with healthy diet and exercise.

Don't do it. They don't work, they mess with your heart.

I'm sorry but the disclaimers on those things are like:

"Works best with regular exercise and a balanced diet" <

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UM THATS JUST CHEATING :laugh:

I was never under the impression that they would work without diet and exercise - anyone who would expect that is an idiot. It's too boost weigh loss, not magic it out of nowhere. As for the heart issue, that's why it's prescription only. It won't be prescribed to anyone with blood pressure or heart problems and your blood pressure is monitored throughout.

Unless I just lacked all self-control (which I do not) then I would not take them again - and don't plan too. If you have enough self-control to wake up every morning and say yes to the pill (which I really never looked forward to taking) then I think you probably have enough self control to say no to food. They truly are an enabler toward binging, bulimia, anorexia, and malnutrition.

When you take the pill you cannot take it with food or anything other then water or it doesn't work/doesn't work as well. Really you should start off the day eating something healthy. So, this is a stark contrast to what is good for you and what your body truly needs. It suppresses your appetite for the rest of the day. When really you should be eating small meals throughout the day.

I have a lot of self control, thank you. I take two weeks off in between month long courses and recently took two months off on bed rest after an operation. I've never put on so much as 100g in that time. I would hedge a guess to say that the people who stack the weight back on as soon as they come off it are lacking in self control. I don't binge eat and I don't feel like I'm heading towards an eating disorder either. You can certainly take it with food and it will have zero effect on its efficacy. I still eat small meals throughout the day and I have a very balanced, very healthy diet.

I lost 10kg before I even started on Duromine, so I do know what's involved in weight loss. Since then I've lost another 26 kilos (that's over 80 pounds). I eat no refined carbs and almost no processed foods. I run for 40 minutes and do strength/flexibility training most days of the week. I feel better than I ever have in my life and I really resent anyone telling me that I'm unhealthy or that I haven't worked hard. Just because a diet pill hasn't worked for you, or you put back on all your weight, or you had side effects, it doesn't mean you get to slag off people who do take them.

I would always say that you must talk to your doctor first, even for supermarket or chemist brands. Never buy ANY medications online. They are not a miracle cure, anything that claims to be isn't worth your money. Lastly, don't ever mix diet pills and always check with your doctor if you're on any other medications.

Congratulations on your weight loss!

Respectfully, my comments were not toward you personally. I am sorry you took them that way and were offended up them. I was writing to the original poster who asked for my opinion and experience. And that is my opinion and experience.

Everyone may not use them to aid in an eating disorder and they might not tempt everyone to abuse them, but I still view them as enablers. They can be bad for an individual who has a distorted perception of food already. Every woman that I have ever known to be on them (including myself) struggled with eating disorders and the pill enabled it. That is my experience. You are apparently an exception, and that is wonderful. But they are what they are, and in my opinion, they are still enablers.

It is wonderful they have aided in your weight loss. That is the one plus of diet pills, that they do aid. But, the big con is they are bad for your heart and health. When I was on them, I use to argue to this "So is being obese. I am going to die one way or the other." And that might be true, but the fact is the fact: they are (in my knowledge) detrimental to the health of an individual who takes them. I guess in the end it just comes down to one's priorities. More fast paced and supposed consistent weight loss and putting bad pressure on your heart or a few more months before you see your goal and the knowledge and peace of mind of knowing you have not done damage to your heart.

Isn't the goal to be HEALTHY? What's the use of losing weight using diet pills, etc. if you're not healthy in the end? Seems a waste of time to me.

I pop pills for weight loss. yep and I haven't gained it back! Fish Oil and multivitamins. I also eat as cleanly as possible. which mean I avoid processed crap as much as I can. and I excercise too. walking, jogging 4-5x a week. gym to lift weights 2-3x a week.

Hey me too! lol

I was under the care of a cardiologist who prescribed Phentermine. I lost 75 lbs in less than 9 months. I stopped taking the pills......and am now 75 lbs heavier and am on MFP. I have learned the hard way - there is NO easy way. It takes alot of hard work and time to undue the short amount of time it takes to pack on the pounds. Be patient with the correct process without any pills and you will get there!!

I was under the care of a cardiologist who prescribed Phentermine. I lost 75 lbs in less than 9 months. I stopped taking the pills......and am now 75 lbs heavier and am on MFP. I have learned the hard way - there is NO easy way. It takes alot of hard work and time to undue the short amount of time it takes to pack on the pounds. Be patient with the correct process without any pills and you will get there!!

I've seen a few stories like this and I have a question for ya... this really is a sincere question, no agenda here.

If you had such short-term success with Phentermine before, and dropped 75 pounds that way, why don't you take it again to get down to your target weight, and THEN start with the proper MFP weight loss plan?

I am sure you have a good reason for it, I'm just curious what that reason it. Thanks.

Two reasons mainly - one was the cost. I was taking 4 pills a day by the end and they were $75/bottle for just one pill a day. The other was it couldnt have been good for my heart. I was up till the wee hours of the morning and became very OCD. I really didnt want to revert back to that method becuase i knew it couldnt have been healthy. I never excercised once on those pills and i hardly ate anything at all - hence why it all came back. I can only speak from personal experience and having two beautiful children now - i want them to learn how to live healthy without any substitutes.

I guess my question to the OP would be....why do you want to take them? It's an honest question and one that I think is very important.

Here is my personal experience with them:

In high school, I popped Dexatrim, 20 per day. To the person who said it is an enabler for anorexia and bulimia, I say heck yeah I agree! I figured if one pill per day (what you're supposed to take) makes me eat less, one more pill will make me eat even less, and soon I was up to 20 - yes 20- per day. My heart rate slowed to 40 bpm and my hair tingled. I couldn't stay awake - probably because I didn't eat for 5 days straight, except for a bite of cereal or a glass of diet coke. I'm amazed I didn't drop dead, but it was all in the name of weight loss! Mind you I was at a healthy weight but thought I was fat, of course. They eventually pulled Dexatrim off the shelf and took out the "active ingredient" and changed it because it was discovered that it was very dangerous.

In college I took Hydroxycut and another one, the name escapes me. I took the recommended dosages. Wow, I was WIRED!! I could do 2-3 aerobics classes back to back and then hop on the elliptical for an hour. You know what that is? Legal speed!!! But my heart was a mess and as energized as I felt, it did damage.

It's been about 10 years since I stopped those pills and I still get heart palpitations on a daily basis. I've had tons of tests done and was found to have SVT - it's when your heart randomly starts beating super fast, up to about 170 bpm, without exercise, just sitting there. It's a terrible feeling. It even happened in the middle of giving birth, and I almost passed out. I have no idea if my heart issues are from those pills, but it wouldn't surprise me.

Obviously I didn't follow the Dexatrim dosage, but my point in telling you that was that pills can be addicting (not physically, mentally), and it's easy to fall back on them, or rely on them. I know, believe me I know, that you want this weight off. I do too, I desperately want to be the thin, healthy person I feel like inside. But you can do it without pills and in the end, you'll know how to live the rest of your life without having to rely on pills. If you eat right and you exercise, you're going to get there, maybe a little slower than without the pills, but when you get there, that's it - you've already learned how to do it for the rest of your life. Was I thin in high school? Yep, in college too. But I wasn't healthy. And clearly since I'm now obese, I didn't learn a thing about how to eat right. I wish I had when I was younger and then I wouldn't be in this position.

I hope this helps. If you're really determined to use something, then please go see your doctor. He/She knows your medical history, what would be best for you, etc. If they feel like there's nothing out there for you, please listen to them. Most of these pills don't have to be regulated by the FDA because they're not technically medicine, so ingredients aren't regulated, there are no standards out there, etc. Just please be safe.

Also i don't want to try anything dangerous. I found one that looked amazing but then found out it had cocaine in it.. I don't want anything like that.

Any diet pills that actually work are either dangerous or addictive

I've lost 40 lbs just by tracking calories and weight lifting. .. Aside from buying groceries for my family and I, completely free...

I believe the two go hand-in-hand...being healthy and losing weight (for some of us). Some of us are struggling with severe issues. Type II diabetes, bad knees, bad hearts. I don't really believe that when people are looking for "quick" weight loss, they're just looking for an easy way out based on a vanity excuse. I think you can get very frightened when health problems are before you.

I wish us all good health.