Slimquick pills?
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Those diet pills are essentially telling you to do everything you need plus spend money on pills. What they say is regular weight exercise + regular cardio exercise + good diet + our pills = your goals. The reality is regular weight exercise + regular cardio exercise + healthy diet + positive mindset + research/reading/asking questions/consulting your doctor = your goals. Notice the pills aren't in the real-life formula. The pills are just trying to hide in the formula. You don't need them.
As for the reason you're not losing weight, like people have said, try reducing your calorie intake a bit more. You'll feel hungrier, but that's how it's done. Just make sure you're not being dangerous about it, i.e. "I want to lose 2 pounds a week but only have 2000 calories as a maintenance level."
A few months ago, I was sitting at probably around 23-25% body fat. Then I started calorie counting, losing 1 lb a week (500 calories a day), adjusted my numbers from the formula I was given (cuz everyone's different) and now I'm at, I estimate, 12.7% body fat (as measured with a caliper). And I started on Myfitnesspal.com maybe around...August...and got the hang of my numbers probably early September. Aside from a plateau that I recently broke out of, I've been hitting goals nonstop. I'm now 4 pounds away from my goal weight, and I expect to hit that by New Year's, if not Christmas.
If calorie counting isn't working, try reducing it again by a bit. If it was working but stopped, try finding ways to break your plateau. What I did was jacked my calories to maintenance level for a week, then dropped it back down again. Just make sure your calories are going toward good foods (i.e. foods with the least number of ingredients). You can still lose weight eating cake all day, but I wouldn't suggest it since your body needs your macronutrients to line up.
A good, properly sized diet and regular weight/cardio exercise is all you need. But don't forget research and reading.0 -
Diet pills don't work. If they worked, the obesity percentage in the U.S. wouldn't be 35%. A caloric deficit is the only thing that works for weight loss.
If you don't weigh your food using a food scale, go purchase one. If you do not weigh all food you consume, you do not know how many calories you are eating and are likely overeating which is why you haven't been successful.0 -
Really listen to what's being said here. You don't need to pay for pills when calorie counting works, so long as you're doing it right. Make sure everything you log is absolutely accurate, or you'll be logging (unintentionally) less food than you're actually consuming. Makes sense?0
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kellypetrulakis wrote: »I have had major success with Phentermine. They have helped curb my appetite and snacking so much that all I eat is healthy fruits and veggies, whole grains and lean meats and I am satisfied. Trying to do all that without feeling like I was starving or depriving myself was so much harder before, these have helped me immensely. So far, I have lost 12 lbs and it has been less than a month and I do track all my food on here.
Do you know what happens when you stop taking Phentermine? You gain all the weight back plus some.
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and now, because I feel like it... Time to play the other side.
In places where it is legal, and under proper supervision (medical) clenbuterol and ECA stacks have shown to have efficacy. ECA is legal as a DIY supplementation in the US, Clen is not legal in the US, but is in other countries, and is primarily a bronchiodialator.0 -
And, honestly, even if these fat pills DID work, I think I'd prefer to exercise my fat out. The fat pills would shed the fat, but they wouldn't teach a person how to lead a healthy lifestyle. That comes only from learning and experience, not from some mythical medication.0
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The pills do not work. I have tried every pill under the sun.
Eating healthier, watching calories, and working out is the only thing that is working. I just recently bought a $13 food scale off Amazon to measure food. I was definitely overeating at home.
If you are doing everything as far as counting calories (deficit), eating healthy, and working out for more than a few weeks and you still aren't losing weight then go to the doctor.
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macedinthedick wrote: »It told me that I had to take them with breakfast and lunch, count my calories, and follow the exercise routine. I'm not looking for a quick, no effort fix. Counting calories hasn't been working for me and I was hoping this would give me the extra boost I need to shed the extra poundage.
Read bolded....
Exactly what I was going to do! Says it all right there in bold print!
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macedinthedick wrote: »pscarolina wrote: »macedinthedick wrote: »Counting calories hasn't been working for me and I was hoping this would give me the extra boost I need to shed the extra poundage.
What do you mean counting calories hasn't been working? Have you been counting & why do you think it's not working?
You'll still have to count your calories with pills or injections or tea or sauerkraut juice or whatever the trick of the day happens to be.
I've been following the myfitnesspal suggestion for how many calories I could limit myself to. I have been counting on my own, writing things down since I'm not always able to access the internet. I haven't lost any weight and it almost looks like I've bee gaining.
I have no intention to stop counting calories or exercising. Like I said, was only looking for a boost or something to help lose the weight.
The "boost" you need is to stop eating so much food.
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kellypetrulakis wrote: »I have had major success with Phentermine. They have helped curb my appetite and snacking so much that all I eat is healthy fruits and veggies, whole grains and lean meats and I am satisfied. Trying to do all that without feeling like I was starving or depriving myself was so much harder before, these have helped me immensely. So far, I have lost 12 lbs and it has been less than a month and I do track all my food on here.
Wonder what you would have lost by tracking all your food here and NOT taking phentermine.
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Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »kellypetrulakis wrote: »I have had major success with Phentermine. They have helped curb my appetite and snacking so much that all I eat is healthy fruits and veggies, whole grains and lean meats and I am satisfied. Trying to do all that without feeling like I was starving or depriving myself was so much harder before, these have helped me immensely. So far, I have lost 12 lbs and it has been less than a month and I do track all my food on here.
Wonder what you would have lost by tracking all your food here and NOT taking phentermine.
Based on what I've read, 9 or 10 pounds would have been expected. lol.0 -
Ah, you people.
Did she say specifically this was not an attempt at a quick fix and she knows calorie reduction is the only way to lose weight? Yes.
And what do people comment on? How it's not a quick fix and calorie counting is all you need to lose weight. How insightful and helpful!
Anyway OP, some of these can work to help reduce appetite/cravings/make them easier to resist for some people. Likewise, so can drinking water, exercising, and eating more veggies.
Some OTC pills(which are essentially just caffeine) have helped me curb my appetite in the past, but now I will occasionally just drink some strong coffee, which is essentially the same thing. Try it, see if it helps you stay on track, but expect no crazy results that can't be achieved through calorie restriction. All the weight you lose will be from cutting calories, not the actual result of the caffeine pills.
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what do you mean you people?0
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whatsallthisthen wrote: »Ah, you people.
Did she say specifically this was not an attempt at a quick fix and she knows calorie reduction is the only way to lose weight? Yes.
And what do people comment on? How it's not a quick fix and calorie counting is all you need to lose weight. How insightful and helpful!
Anyway OP, some of these can work to help reduce appetite/cravings/make them easier to resist for some people. Likewise, so can drinking water, exercising, and eating more veggies.
Some OTC pills(which are essentially just caffeine) have helped me curb my appetite in the past, but now I will occasionally just drink some strong coffee, which is essentially the same thing. Try it, see if it helps you stay on track, but expect no crazy results that can't be achieved through calorie restriction. All the weight you lose will be from cutting calories, not the actual result of the caffeine pills.
well they are called SLIM QUICK.0 -
The pills are a gimmick. Count your calories ACCURATELY. Your body does not defy the laws of thermodynamics, weigh your solids and measure out your liquids. You could have been eating at maintenance. If you're eating back exercise calories that MFP gives you, only eat about 50%-75% back, the site overestimates by a lot. Weight loss is nothing but a calorie deficit.0
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