Weight Loss Supplements??

aloggains
aloggains Posts: 4 Member
edited November 13 in Health and Weight Loss
I'm curious if anyone has tried a weight loss supplement (for women) to boost results. I have an extremely difficult time losing weight, even with counting calories, cutting carbs and sugar and working our for an hour 5 times a week (cardio and weight lifting).
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  • Azexas
    Azexas Posts: 4,334 Member
    They don't really work. Most of them (I'm thinking along the lines of like hydroxycut or Cellucor HD) even say in conjunction with diet and exercise. So it makes me wonder which is really working- the diet and exercise or the pill.

    How accurately are you logging your food? Are you using measuring cups and/or a food scale? How many calories do you eat per day?
  • Boffykins
    Boffykins Posts: 24 Member
    I was on oristat and I lost weight some years ago...but soon as I started to eat normally I put the weight back on.

    Now they are telling you to eat butter, full fat milk the things I could not eat when oristat was given to me. All guidelines seems to have changed and natural food now seems to be better for you.
  • Laurend224
    Laurend224 Posts: 1,748 Member
    They'll just lighten your wallet.
  • Codilee87
    Codilee87 Posts: 509 Member
    Usually the only reason a weight loss pill is effective is because of the placebo effect - people *believe* its working so they work harder and eat healthier but the 'active' ingredients don't actually do anything except maybe make you jittery. To achieve the same effect just drink a large glass of water with a chewable vitamin C before meals :)
  • SergeantSausage
    SergeantSausage Posts: 1,673 Member
    Snake Oil waste of money.

    Look at your calories. You're eating more than you think.
  • JayRuby84
    JayRuby84 Posts: 557 Member
    Just don't. You need to focus on logging accurately and being honest with yourself. You may burn less than you think at the gym and eat more calories. Everything counts.
  • aloggains
    aloggains Posts: 4 Member
    Thanks for the feedback! I am using a food scale and measuring cups. My currently calorie goal is 1360 but I will try the suggestion of reducing it by 200 and only eating 50% of exercise cals. Thanks!
  • Laurend224
    Laurend224 Posts: 1,748 Member
    You don't need to decrease your calories to under 1200, are you using accurate data in the mfp food logs?
  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    They do absolutely nothing but lighten your wallet.
  • Anahita_Swims
    Anahita_Swims Posts: 4,127 Member
    Im going to go against the grain here and say my doc started on orlistat and my weight is finally moving again... it find the fat in your diet to make you not process it.... its linked with malnutition though so its only acceptable though doctors orders and tbh lots of people reduce your calories you are eating to much but what you may find is your hormones are pretty much screwed so you stuck at a standstill... if you are geniuinly overweight and geniunly not exercises and loggin calories with a heart rate monitor and your macros are good for you then you should get some bloodwork done :)
  • aloggains
    aloggains Posts: 4 Member
    I did change it to just 1200, I felt like less than that was probably not enough. Most of my food I make at home so I am entering that info in the recipes section or I scan barcodes with MFP. I'm trying to use the information from USDA as much as possible.
  • slittle80
    slittle80 Posts: 80 Member
    I would look at setting a normal calorie goal and NOT eating back your calories. I'd be willing to guess if you're tracking your intake accurately, you're likely overestimating your calorie burn and damaging your results.
  • aloggains
    aloggains Posts: 4 Member
    I had bloodwork done in October and everything was normal.
  • Laurend224
    Laurend224 Posts: 1,748 Member
    Anahita_Swims wrote: »
    Im going to go against the grain here and say my doc started on orlistat and my weight is finally moving again... it find the fat in your diet to make you not process it.... its linked with malnutition though so its only acceptable though doctors orders and tbh lots of people reduce your calories you are eating to much but what you may find is your hormones are pretty much screwed so you stuck at a standstill... if you are geniuinly overweight and geniunly not exercises and loggin calories with a heart rate monitor and your macros are good for you then you should get some bloodwork done :)


    Orlistat is sold over the counter as Alli. But unless you want to live on a very low fat diet, or be afraid of staining your pants every time you pass wind, I wouldn't recommend it. Neither of those are appealing to me.
  • Anahita_Swims
    Anahita_Swims Posts: 4,127 Member
    Funny i
    Laurend224 wrote: »
    Anahita_Swims wrote: »
    Im going to go against the grain here and say my doc started on orlistat and my weight is finally moving again... it find the fat in your diet to make you not process it.... its linked with malnutition though so its only acceptable though doctors orders and tbh lots of people reduce your calories you are eating to much but what you may find is your hormones are pretty much screwed so you stuck at a standstill... if you are geniuinly overweight and geniunly not exercises and loggin calories with a heart rate monitor and your macros are good for you then you should get some bloodwork done :)


    Orlistat is sold over the counter as Alli. But unless you want to live on a very low fat diet, or be afraid of staining your pants every time you pass wind, I wouldn't recommend it. Neither of those are appealing to me.

    yeah low fat diet is essential if you don't want nasty side effects I haven't had any the recommendation is no more than 15g of fat with any meal it's not hard to keep to that :)
  • AmyTCaldwell
    AmyTCaldwell Posts: 86 Member
    edited January 2015
    Garcinia or forskolin,I've tried both and I am currently taking garcinia,along with walking 5 miles a day 6 days a week . I just started doing T25 workout,it kicked my butt, its a great workout. Go to your local health food store,let them know what's going on with your body and they will lead you in the right direction. :D I used to weigh 286 lbs,I am now 115 lbs. I've been huge all my life. But not any more,I work hard and I am not giving up.
  • cowwybrown
    cowwybrown Posts: 2
    Garcenia cuts my appetite back but you need to take it an hour before you eat (and sometimes I forget). Doesn't make me jittery at all. My friend swore it made her hungrier
  • pander101
    pander101 Posts: 677 Member
    If they actually worked not nearly as many people would be overweight as they are.
  • shannonbun
    shannonbun Posts: 168 Member
    I tried that green coffee bean extract stuff and I had a panic attack that was directly triggered by how much caffeine I was getting from that. Just stay away from it, if there was something that actually, actually worked, we'd see it all over the news by now. :)
  • BWBTrish
    BWBTrish Posts: 2,817 Member
    No supplements here.

    Just normal food, cooking from scratch. Eat what i want. I only dont use added sugar ( so yes i eat fruit) and added salt. The cut back of added salt and sugar for health care reasons.

    I weigh every solid food and measure my liquids and lost over 60 pounds so far in 90 days.
    I dont feel hungry and have lots of energy.
    Getting fitter and fitter because i exercise 6 days a week.

    Its all about deficit people, that's all there is too it.

    (exception of course for people with a health condition)
  • Icandoityayme
    Icandoityayme Posts: 312 Member
    edited January 2015
    Haven't used them. Mostly because the only weight you lose permanently is the money you spend on them that you can't get back. As soon as you stop taking them, it seems you gain back the weight and then some. What ever weight you lose with them, isn't true weight loss. There are no easy ways out.
  • scottish_laura_13
    scottish_laura_13 Posts: 69 Member
    it might be what you are eating rather than how much you are eating?
    having more snacks that are fruit or veg instead of chocolate (that's where I went wrong lol) would be better, if you are already doing that then I would suggest doing a different exercise every week i.e. if you are cardio all the time try yoga or something?
    also don't go on weight alone - take body measurements as you might be losing fat but gaining muscle and losing inches
    I didn't think any supplements work - im tempted to try the gastric band hypnotherapy tho - have you thought about that? you can get it as an app. my theory is if it doesn't work then my body isn't full of pills and if it does then great
  • Aesthetic_B
    Aesthetic_B Posts: 7 Member
    Forget about that, crash diets, cutting carbs, etc. Eat what you love and want but within your calorie goal (in a deficit). You don't HAVE to workout to lose weight but it's icing on top of the cake that will allow you to lose even faster. Trust me, no pills, no supps, no body wraps, I'm post Partum baby#2!
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Eat at a deficit, its free!
  • vixtris
    vixtris Posts: 688 Member
    I don't know what you are doing for exercise, but if nothing is happening, I would suggest begin lifting weights.
  • giantrobot_powerlifting
    giantrobot_powerlifting Posts: 2,598 Member
    The phrase "weight loss supplement" screams oxymoron.
  • MelonFlower
    MelonFlower Posts: 37 Member
    I'd recommend seeing an endocrinologist. You may have a hormonal imbalance and standard blood work won't indicated that.
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    Anahita_Swims wrote: »
    Laurend224 wrote: »
    Orlistat is sold over the counter as Alli. But unless you want to live on a very low fat diet, or be afraid of staining your pants every time you pass wind, I wouldn't recommend it. Neither of those are appealing to me.

    yeah low fat diet is essential if you don't want nasty side effects I haven't had any the recommendation is no more than 15g of fat with any meal it's not hard to keep to that :)

    But then what do you need the pills for?
  • 999tigger
    999tigger Posts: 5,235 Member
    Consistent accurate deficits and burns is where its at. 2h cardio will depend on how hard you are working. Might be much less than 1000 calories i.e less than 1/3 of a lb without eating anything back. Eat at a level you cna sustain, make sure its accurate and then be patient. If you reduce to a level below you can manage, then thats no good if you are misreable or it makes you quit.
  • goldthistime
    goldthistime Posts: 3,213 Member
    aloggains wrote: »
    I'm curious if anyone has tried a weight loss supplement (for women) to boost results. I have an extremely difficult time losing weight, even with counting calories, cutting carbs and sugar and working our for an hour 5 times a week (cardio and weight lifting).

    Can you define "an extremely difficult time"? Does this mean you are starving all the time? Or that you aren't starving but would have expected to lose more by now? My first thought would be not to lower your calories, but my fav saying, "lower your expectations". Also if you started exercising at the same time you started dieting, that confuses the scale. How do your clothes feel?

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