Diet pills
levie27
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is anyone on her using diet pills to help lose weight. If so what kind?
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No. Most are just snake oil and do absolutely nothing for weight loss. They are not needed.0
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Diet pills don't cause weight loss. They are money-makers for people who want a quick fix. Very few, if any, are safe to take and none are regulated by the FDA.0
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You're not going to find support on this site for diet aides. This is a calorie counting app so the website is our aide. It works as long as you stick to it. Give it a try.0
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No diet pills just a calorie deficit will give you success. Diet pills teach you nothing on how to eat the rest of your life.0
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If you are speaking of the ones you can purchase at the drug store, walmart etc, read the side of the box. All will say something along the lines of "use with a calorie controlled diet". Its the calorie control that contributes to weight loss, NOT the pill.0
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Diet pills can be dangerous. The over the counter ones are basically a mild form of amphetamine. They can make your heart race a mile a minute and even sometimes disrupt normal cardiac function.
See a doctor about appetite suppressent pills and whether they make sense for you until you can develop a healthy diet routine. But the best way is just to learn how to eat healthy, recognize the difference between being hungry and craving, and learn how to control cravings and mindless/emotional eating.0 -
Nope. Nope nope nope nope nope.
More detailed answers above. But nope. Never.0 -
True story....
Back in the day there was cold medicine whose side effect was lack of appetite (Contac w/ HCL). Whallah! Diet pills were born (Dexatrim, Accutrim). These now have different formulas.
The problem with these "diet pills" was, they were not tested as such (just slap a different label on them). Dieters found that the lack of appetite disappeared after several days. The brain figures out how to make this side effect go away. Dexatrim & Accutrim were rendered useless.
My point is without regulation of these "supplements"......you don't really know what you are paying for.0 -
The OTC pills that work are always pulled off the market because they're dangerous. Dangerous like land-you-in-the hospital or kill you dangerous. The ones that aren't pulled don't help. Neither one is something anyone with any sense needs to be taking.
I am able to lose without prescription drugs and am not a fan of taking anything I don't absolutely have to take, so I never tried those. If you absolutely cannot lose weight, you should see a doctor about why you cannot lose and ask about them.0 -
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nawlinsnawlins wrote: »scams that's all they are. drink lots of green tea during the day
Lmao so you say "pills are scams" and then say "drink loads of green tea during the day"
I'm not sure if you're srs
Lmao MFP y u so funny
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I would highly reccomend staying away from diet pills. When I first started losing weight about seven months ago, my cousin convinced me to give a dieting supplement that she had bought at Wal-Mart a try to jump start my journey. In the few days after I started taking them, I honestly felt like I was losing more weight. I felt like I could workout for twice as long and I didn't feel like snacking as often. But after a few weeks, I started feeling really sick. Dizzy and faint with a constant headache. I couldn't seem to drink water without throwing up but I felt super parched. I ended up needing to go to the hospital where I was informed that I was highly dehydrated and low on several essential vitamins as well as iron deficient(this last one is not really unusual for a woman my age who is a vegetarian.) But anyways, I was informed I was ingesting way too much caffeine and that I needed to eat/drink in a more healthy manner. I had to stay almost a week to get back on track. When I checked the ingredient list on the pills, I realized they were basically a HUGE dose of caffeine that wasn't really healthy to take when on a strict diet and excerising for hours a day.
TL;DR from personal experience and then more research, I learned most diet pills are just huge uppers that are needlessly hard on your body and not a healthy way to lose weight unless you like brittle hair, lose skin, being lightheaded, and constant pain. 0/10 would not reccomend.0 -
You can't be serious?IsaackGMOON wrote: »IsaackGMOON wrote: »DeguelloTex wrote: »
TrollTrollIsaackGMOON wrote: »nawlinsnawlins wrote: »scams that's all they are. drink lots of green tea during the day
Lmao so you say "pills are scams" and then say "drink loads of green tea during the day"
I'm not sure if you're srs
Lmao MFP y u so funny
guys do u wana do a master cleanse with me? xx
really jump starts weight loss!!!
No thanks I'll just stick with my clean foods.
This is the best master cleanse there is. I heavily advise that everyone on MFP tries this and buys it. It completely detoxify's your system by removing every single toxin held within your cells. THESE ARE THE TOXINS THAT THE GOVERNMENT WANT YOU TO EAT SO U KEEP GOING BACK TO THE DOCTOR!!!!
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is anyone on her using diet pills to help lose weight. If so what kind?
Phentermine, it's prescription drug appetite suppresent, it's working great for me. I still feel hungry sometimes. It mostly helps me feel full faster, stops me from over eating and keeps me in my calorie range. I have to meet with my doctor once a month while taking it. It's been around since the 30's or 40's, and it's regulated.-4 -
dolliesdaughter wrote: »
You can't be serious?IsaackGMOON wrote: »IsaackGMOON wrote: »DeguelloTex wrote: »
TrollTrollIsaackGMOON wrote: »nawlinsnawlins wrote: »scams that's all they are. drink lots of green tea during the day
Lmao so you say "pills are scams" and then say "drink loads of green tea during the day"
I'm not sure if you're srs
Lmao MFP y u so funny
guys do u wana do a master cleanse with me? xx
really jump starts weight loss!!!
No thanks I'll just stick with my clean foods.
This is the best master cleanse there is. I heavily advise that everyone on MFP tries this and buys it. It completely detoxify's your system by removing every single toxin held within your cells. THESE ARE THE TOXINS THAT THE GOVERNMENT WANT YOU TO EAT SO U KEEP GOING BACK TO THE DOCTOR!!!!
They aren't serious. Diet pills rank right up there with "cleanses."0 -
dolliesdaughter wrote: »
You can't be serious?IsaackGMOON wrote: »IsaackGMOON wrote: »DeguelloTex wrote: »
TrollTrollIsaackGMOON wrote: »nawlinsnawlins wrote: »scams that's all they are. drink lots of green tea during the day
Lmao so you say "pills are scams" and then say "drink loads of green tea during the day"
I'm not sure if you're srs
Lmao MFP y u so funny
guys do u wana do a master cleanse with me? xx
really jump starts weight loss!!!
No thanks I'll just stick with my clean foods.
This is the best master cleanse there is. I heavily advise that everyone on MFP tries this and buys it. It completely detoxify's your system by removing every single toxin held within your cells. THESE ARE THE TOXINS THAT THE GOVERNMENT WANT YOU TO EAT SO U KEEP GOING BACK TO THE DOCTOR!!!!
Of course not lol.
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I tried diet pills once last year, Alli... did they work? Sure, I was too scared too break wind and kept running to the bathroom every 5 minutes to make sure I had not had an accident (the side effects were interesting). Between not eating much and the extra exercise, it worked wonders. Any food with fat in it, made me panic, never eaten so much salad in my life.
Moral of the story: If diet pills really worked like in the ads, we would not be here to lose weight, but only getting exercise advice to buff up our perfect bodies..0 -
The OTC pills that work are always pulled off the market because they're dangerous. Dangerous like land-you-in-the hospital or kill you dangerous. The ones that aren't pulled don't help. Neither one is something anyone with any sense needs to be taking.
I am able to lose without prescription drugs and am not a fan of taking anything I don't absolutely have to take, so I never tried those. If you absolutely cannot lose weight, you should see a doctor about why you cannot lose and ask about them.
It's rare that I agree with something you say but you hit the nail on the head here.
It's common sense, a pill that makes you lose weight would have to severely alter your metabolism either on the side of calories in or calories out, both pretty dangerous.0 -
OTC pills are generally just caffeine pills. Prescription pills are not needed and do nothing to teach you how to eat properly.
Just stay away from them. If they work, the results will likely be short-lived. Eat at a calorie deficit, and you will lose weight.0 -
Nope. If you need an extra boost just have an extra cup of coffee - diet pills are mostly caffeine anyway.0
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I have tried nearly every diet pill there is to try up to and including abusing laxatives in high school. Other than the occasional diet pill that helped me with energy, I've never found one that actually helped me lose weight. This is including the expensive ones from Complete Nutrition. Although there was one pill that I got from Complete Nutrition that gave me such a tremendous amount of energy that I cleaned the entire house. Literally. The walls and everything. But when I took the same pill on other occasions I never had the same effect (this is why people become crackheads).
Unfortunately it is mostly just a waste of money. If you look at the ingredients they are primarily caffeine, green tea, raspberry ketones (whatever the hell that is), and other things that look foreign. It makes more sense to get a boost of energy from coffee or green tea than to use supplements.
I understand you wanting to find something that will just help a little. But there is no magic pill.
Whenever someone has lost a lot weight they never say, "Oh I did it with these pills," do they? No, they always say "I exercised and ate less." And we act shocked as hell.0 -
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Hey
So i'm not going to jump on the bandwagon and make out like you're stupid because you're not - so please don't think you asked a stupid question up there. This is what this forum is for - advice and support and educating. I haven't tried every diet pill ever invented but I have tried a lot of them. After spending at least two months on each and every 'diet pill' or 'quick fix', I have seen absolutely zero results. I'm not a scientist but in my honest opinion, I used them correctly and for the right amount of time and they didn't do what they promised. It's very easy to just say "They are a scam" but take it from someone who has tried MANY, spent hundreds of pounds and wasted her time - they don't work. They really don't work.
By all means give them a go if you really want to do the tried and tested approach (like me!) but I don't have a very fond view on these products or quick fixes! Good luck regardless 0 -
If you're wondering about diet pills, go watch the movie Requiem For A Dream.0
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PinkPixiexox wrote: »Hey
So i'm not going to jump on the bandwagon and make out like you're stupid because you're not - so please don't think you asked a stupid question up there. This is what this forum is for - advice and support and educating. I haven't tried every diet pill ever invented but I have tried a lot of them. After spending at least two months on each and every 'diet pill' or 'quick fix', I have seen absolutely zero results. I'm not a scientist but in my honest opinion, I used them correctly and for the right amount of time and they didn't do what they promised. It's very easy to just say "They are a scam" but take it from someone who has tried MANY, spent hundreds of pounds and wasted her time - they don't work. They really don't work.
By all means give them a go if you really want to do the tried and tested approach (like me!) but I don't have a very fond view on these products or quick fixes! Good luck regardless
No one said or even insinuated that the OP or question was stupid.0 -
Not here and not directly but I've come across many posts hinting at such in regards to juice cleanses or "fads". I wanted to assure OP that I'm not part of that shunning club0
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I have used diet pills in the past. The last time was a couple years ago. I used ACE then. I only used it for a month or two. Really I just used it to get my appetite under control which it did help. Once I had that under control eating right was not a problem and I stopped using them and just ate right and did my daily workouts. If you think about trying any I really would suggest using it just to help get started with appetite control if it is a problem then stop them and just eat right and workout.0
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