Diet pills and supplements

queerpenix
queerpenix Posts: 47 Member
edited November 20 in Food and Nutrition
Do you have a supplement set up? Do you take diet pills?
Pros and cons of taking either? Or both?
Or do you just do the good ol' diet and exercise.
I want to know what y'all do.

I personally am just sticking to a diet and exercise.

Share some stories or experiences!
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  • xvolution
    xvolution Posts: 721 Member
    The only supplements I take are iron, B12 and folic acid due to being prone to anemia. Diet pills on the shelves don't really work, and the ones out there that do are illegal because they tend to be fatal in the long run (not saying what it's called, but there's one that raises your core temp so high that it eventually leads to death via heat exhaustion).
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    I had bariatric surgery which was a life changer for sure. I still have to stay in my calorie goal.

    Most diet pills have caffeine or ephedrine. I fear stimulants so I never tried.

    I also tried orlistat/alli which binds fat so it can't be digested. No permanent results on that.

    Oh yeah, PGx which is a fiber pill. The idea is that your stomach will fill before you eat. It does no harm. I don't bother with that.

    I tried a replica Soylent recently as a replacement meal. It had an interesting effect on my appetite. It nearly erased it completely. Probably because my craves are all crunchy. It also turns my pee a light green.
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  • cerise_noir
    cerise_noir Posts: 5,468 Member
    Nah, don't need that crap. All it does is make your wallet lighter.

    Been there, done that. Many times, unfortunately.

    I only take a multivitamin and mineral supplement.
  • peraltapiano
    peraltapiano Posts: 26 Member
    edited August 2017
    LifeWithChange93 wrote: »
    I tried some appetite suppressants/diet pills my sister got from a doctor. It did work for a week and I lost about 6 pounds in that time. I was never really hungry but they make you feel like you are on speed. I hated it. I couldn't sit still I had to clean everything.

    Terrifying. That's exactly how an old friend of mine behaved when she abused her dad's Adderall.

    Diet pills are pointless in the longterm I think.
  • VeronicaA76
    VeronicaA76 Posts: 1,116 Member
    My supplements:

    Protien powder
    Multivitamin
    Fish-oil

    Diet pills tend to be snake-oil at best, at worst they get removed because they kill.
  • queerpenix
    queerpenix Posts: 47 Member
    BabyBear76 wrote: »
    My supplements:

    Protien powder
    Multivitamin
    Fish-oil

    Diet pills tend to be snake-oil at best, at worst they get removed because they kill.

    I just realized protein powder would be considered a supplement. I use that as well a few times a week!
  • jordandills
    jordandills Posts: 103 Member
    BabyBear76 wrote: »
    My supplements:

    Protien powder
    Multivitamin
    Fish-oil

    Diet pills tend to be snake-oil at best, at worst they get removed because they kill.

    This, plus I take D3 (I was deficient and now remain on the low end of normal) and Biotin for my hair + nails. No other supplements needed.
  • alondrakayy
    alondrakayy Posts: 304 Member
    Pills do not work. I bought some from a stand at a fitness convention and they made them seem like they were magic pills. $60 loss and months later I realized that they weren't. Don't waste your money. This app is free and with some determination you can get to your goals without all the extra stuff people try to sell. The only supplement I take is protein shakes. I don't use them as meal replacements. They are only consumed to help me reach my daily protein goal.
  • stanmann571
    stanmann571 Posts: 5,727 Member
    alondrakayy wrote: »
    Pills do not work. I bought some from a stand at a fitness convention and they made them seem like they were magic pills. $60 loss and months later I realized that they weren't. Don't waste your money. This app is free and with some determination you can get to your goals without all the extra stuff people try to sell. The only supplement I take is protein shakes. I don't use them as meal replacements. They are only consumed to help me reach my daily protein goal.

    The magic pills are much harder to find these days... mostly because they were blowing up peoples hearts.
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  • Spliner1969
    Spliner1969 Posts: 3,233 Member
    I take ZMA (Zinc, Magnesium, and B6), also vitamin C. None of that has to do with weight loss though, it has more to do with general health and building strong bones and muscles. Diet pills only help reduce the size of your wallet, not your figure.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,992 Member
    edited August 2017
    CarlsbergLewis wrote: »
    Baffling what people think 'diet pills' are.

    There is nothing wrong with a great deal of good fat burners on the market.
    They don't burn fat, they give you the tools to burn fat.

    Increased metabolism
    Increased energy (to burn more calories)
    Suppress appetite (helping calorie deficite)

    Which all result in losing weight.
    However, the issue is with CONTINUAL usage of them. If people can't lose weight or maintain without them due to habitually not be able to do it without them, then they become the crutch they need.
    And since the majority of them are just caffeine laden and the body can build a tolerance to them, they dosage needs to either be upped or a stronger stimulant needs to be used.

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  • extra_medium
    extra_medium Posts: 1,525 Member
    edited August 2017
    CarlsbergLewis wrote: »
    Baffling what people think 'diet pills' are.

    There is nothing wrong with a great deal of good fat burners on the market.
    They don't burn fat, they give you the tools to burn fat.

    Increased metabolism
    Increased energy (to burn more calories)
    Suppress appetite (helping calorie deficite)

    Which all result in losing weight.

    Unless they teach you how to eat the right amount of food and get the right amount of burn for the weight you want to maintain for the rest of your life, they don't work.

    They promote the line of thought that being overweight is like a disease that you can cure by losing weight, and once you're cured, you don't have to worry about it anymore.
  • queerpenix
    queerpenix Posts: 47 Member
    So is it basically caffeine pills are equivalent to things like hydroxycut?
  • lorbor93
    lorbor93 Posts: 39 Member
    edited August 2017
    Diet and exercise. and vitamins. creatine if you want but it's not necessary.
  • lalepepper
    lalepepper Posts: 447 Member
    My only supplements are my prenatal vitamins and the occasional protein shake or fiber supplement.
  • queerpenix
    queerpenix Posts: 47 Member
    AnvilHead wrote: »
    queerpenix wrote: »
    So is it basically caffeine pills are equivalent to things like hydroxycut?

    Pretty much. The rest of the ingredients in Hydroxycut are basically Dr. Oz miracle garbage. Caffeine pills are probably more effective than Hydroxycut itself. At least caffeine does what it says it does.

    You can look at the ingredient list on their website, then search the individual ingredients on examine.com, which is the most reliable and unbiased supplement research site on the internet.

    Regardless, the effects of any "fat burner" pill, if any, are miniscule almost to the point of irrelevance. The placebo effect does more than the pill itself.

    The general rule concerning diet supplements/"fat burners" is: If it works, it isn't legal; if it's legal, it doesn't work.
    Wow thanks for the input!
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    Their website has the typical disclaimer statements to keep them out of legal trouble. Here's one of them on the product page for their "Pro Clinical Hydroxycut":
    Subjects using the key ingredient in Hydroxycut® (C. canephora robusta) for 60 days lost an average of 10.95 lbs. with a low-calorie diet, and 3.7 lbs. in a separate 8-week study with a calorie-reduced diet and moderate exercise...

    A couple thoughts:

    1) Note the sections I bolded. In both cases, the subjects were in a calorie deficit and in the latter they included a moderate exercise program. That's what created the weight loss.

    2) In the first group cited, the subjects lost an average of about 1.4 pounds/week. In the second, the subjects lost an average of about 0.46 pounds per week. Neither of those results are spectacular or even out of the ordinary, and are easily accomplished via simple calorie deficit.
  • Nazzle1993
    Nazzle1993 Posts: 6 Member
    Diet pills you buy in stores dont do anything, and those you buy online can kill you.
    I baught some diet pills online, after taking one, my body felt like it was vibrating, i obtained an uncomfortable amount of energy, but moving at all made me want to pass out. My HR was rediculously high, palpitatiins that hurt, and my temperture climbed. I went to work the next morning and was fired because my boss thought i was on amphetamins. I could not control the intense urge to move. It was so uncomfortable for 48 hours.

    Never agiain. They should not be so easily accessable.
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