anyone take diet pills good or waste of money?

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waste of money

the side effects of having rapid heart palpitations were quite scary and I actually gained weight.

WASTE! Spend your money and good vitamins and you'll be better off and be doing your body a favor!

Waste of money - use that money to buy more healthy foods, and things like weights for strength training. I've tried them, weight watchers and a few other programs. Nothing works as well as MFP, tracking calories and good old portion control and exercise. I've been going for almost 7 months, by far the longest I've committed to anything.

I took my first diet pill a little while ago and I plan on using it again. It was called D4 Thermal Shock. You take 1 pill, twice a day. You can take 2 pills, twice a day, but no more than 4 in 24 hours. I lost 11 lbs in the month that I used it. I was eating an average of about 1650 calories and I ran elliptical for 20-30 minutes, 5 days a week.

Side effects weren't bad. I didn't feel well the first week and I had some very minor jitters and a slight loss of appetite from time to time. I felt completely normal after about a week and a half. Try it for 2 weeks, if you don't like it just stop. Just make sure you drink alot of water and research the item thoroughly.

And honestly don't listen to these people that are saying you will gain the weight back when you stop taking it. I have lost 15 lbs since I stoped taking mine almost 2 months ago. Yes, you can certainly do this without pills, but you can also try them. Just don't be stupid about them. As I said already, research the product thoroughly and read the instructions and the supplement values on the can. Do what the can says. Don't up the serving because you think you need more; you don't. And if you have medical problems don't use anything. My brother is 22 and he's tried several different products over the past few years, including hydroxicut before they recalled it, and he's in perfect health.

I personally think they are a waste of money. Yes, you will lose weight while taking them - but as soon as you stop taking them.. the weight (and usually even more!) comes right back. I'm all about losing it the good old fashioned way - eating less, working out.

I took phenedrine (sp?) in my 20s (it is half of the infamous phen-fen combo), and I'm fairly sure it is still available by prescription. It killed my appetite, and I lost about 40lbs. I didn't do anything to change my eating habits... well, no, that's not true. I changed them, since I had no appetite. I was a senior in college, and I would eat a snickers and drink a 20oz Pepsi every day. And that was it. I'm so lucky I didn't get really really sick. Once I stopped taking the pills my appetite came back, my eating habits spiraled out of control, and I gained back double.

So, it was a waste of money for me. The only side effects I had were insomnia. Oh, and an 80lb weight gain. That one sorta sucked. But hey, some people say they can handle it. That was my experience. I currently spend $40 a month on a gym membership, when I prefer to get my exercise from walking, so I'm not always the most logical. 80lbs. Logical or not, that just seems like it wasn't, nor will it ever be, worth going back on diet pills.