Anyone Use the Alli weight loss plan?

I've heard good things, BUT the biggest negative I have been told about is the sudden urges to have a bowel movement... and that the BM is never pleasent.

short answer...NO...save your money...

educate yourself....get information from websites that are NOT also selling this product.

good food and exercise is the way to go

I used the product a few years ago. I did not find it to help with my weight loss. Yes, it did flush out my system when I ate something that had alot of greasy fat.....pizza, hamburger. I was watching what I ate and exercising, but weight loss didn't improve with it. It is very expensive and I agree with Dave, save your money.

Nope, I have to agree, save your money. I had horrible abdominal pain while using Alli and my friend experienced the "leakage", basically she had ZERO time to get to the bathroom and the bowel movements were liquid (and not just for the first few days)...she tried to stick it out. We both ended up giving it up after 3 weeks. I lost maybe 3lbs in three weeks, and I was eating better so how much effect did the Alli really have? Probably none. It's not worth the pain and certainly not worth the leakage...eww.

It is a lower strength of a prescription weight loss aid medication. That's why it is the only FDA approved one.

It teaches you to cut of certain foods, otherwise you will have "fatty diarrhea", anal leakage and sudden urge to poo. Which can really ruin your day!

I would say save your money.

The bowel problems aren't likely to go away after a few days because it doesn't "flush out your system." It stops your body from absorbing some of the fat you eat, which then has to go somewhere, so out it goes. While it is probably true that you won't have these problems if you stay on a strictly low fat diet - preventing fat absorption is how the pills work. So on a low fat diet they won't do anything at all (and you might as well not bother), and if you have more fat in your diet you're going to experience the unpleasant side effects.

I'm on the NHS Equivalent of the Alli plan. It's also worked out to be a shed-load cheaper (£7.50 prescription charge for a month, rather than £50+ Alli for a month)

Basically the same chemical only Alli is half the dosage. The Drug (Xenical) has been very effective for me, it's helped me shift a lot of weight and would recommend it to most people if they have a bit of a struggle to lose some weight. The only negative aspect is the side-effect which is most popular......the 'flushing out'

I'm not ashamed to admit that my flatmate tricked me into eating a "low fat lasagne" (he said he used quorn mince rather than full-fat beef mince) and was flat-bound the next day (the git) and whenever I went to the bathroom, it was foul. I'm a biology student and it was foul by my standards :-p

But it is really effective at getting you into a low-fat diet. So, again, I would recommend going to the doctor and asking about Xenical, rather than going to Alli.

I'm on the NHS Equivalent of the Alli plan. It's also worked out to be a shed-load cheaper (£7.50 prescription charge for a month, rather than £50+ Alli for a month)

Basically the same chemical only Alli is half the dosage. The Drug (Xenical) has been very effective for me, it's helped me shift a lot of weight and would recommend it to most people if they have a bit of a struggle to lose some weight. The only negative aspect is the side-effect which is most popular......the 'flushing out'

I'm not ashamed to admit that my flatmate tricked me into eating a "low fat lasagne" (he said he used quorn mince rather than full-fat beef mince) and was flat-bound the next day (the git) and whenever I went to the bathroom, it was foul. I'm a biology student and it was foul by my standards :-p

But it is really effective at getting you into a low-fat diet. So, again, I would recommend going to the doctor and asking about Xenical, rather than going to Alli.

Seriously, thousands of people on here have lost weight without Alli, so look to them for motivation. Save the cash and your *kitten*.

short answer...NO...save your money...

educate yourself....get information from websites that are NOT also selling this product.

good food and exercise is the way to go

Dunno where the OP is from but in the UK the NHS can perscribe alli for free..

oh? well then...since its free go ahead and chemically alter the way your body reacts so that you can avoid eating sensibly and exercising

I used Alli for a couple weeks when I was having the hardest time "keeping my hand out of the cookie jar," so to speak. I was going through a hard time emotionally and eating everything in sight! Taking it made me terrified to eat anything junk-food-y, which was my intent. So it was effective in that sense. But did I lose any more weight than I would have eating the same number of calories but not taking the Alli? Nope. Like another poster said, there are so many people here who've lost weight the old-fashioned way, and a lot of it. Save your green.

It gave me horrible nausea, so I lost weight but only because I couldn't eat anything and I was miserable the whole time.

short answer...NO...save your money...

educate yourself....get information from websites that are NOT also selling this product.

good food and exercise is the way to go

Dunno where the OP is from but in the UK the NHS can perscribe alli for free..

oh? well then...since its free go ahead and chemically alter the way your body reacts so that you can avoid eating sensibly and exercising

Did I say that? No. I was just pointing out that it may not cost anything. So people are allowed to point out that it's a waste of money, but I'm not allowed to reply that it might be free? Right. If course, what I actually said there was, "I AM 100% BEHIND THE ALLI WEIGHT LOSS PLAN AND I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD DO IT IF THEY CAN GET IT FOR FREE!!!" T_T

http://www.myalli.com/?google=p_&rotation=886&banner=3965&kw=1853

Thats the website if u have never heard of it. i know this is supposed to help when u are already eating healthier and regularly working out, and a friend of mine who is a doctor told me she has seen people come in with great results after using this product. I guess my question is who all has tried this? whats the pros and cons? im really interested in it but would love some real feedback from people like me who are really trying to drop the pounds.

From experience, PERSONAL experience it was well worth the money. I lost 50lbs in about 4 months (October 2007 I was 346.2 when I started taking it) and it also taught me to look at food differently. My lowest weight was 262 in February 2011 and I have been able to maintain my loss (with the exception of 14lb lazy pounds I gained back last year) without Alli. You will only have the treatment side affects if you chose to eat things that are outside of your maximum allotment of fat grams for the day. Honestly, the pill could be placebo but it keeps you honest with yourself. If someone suffers from motivational will power, that little blue pill will give it to you. I experienced the treatment side effect one time probably 3 months into taking Alli because I decided I wanted to eat a whole lot of delicious tri tip. Well needless to say I never over indulged in red meat again. Its not a colon cleanser and you aren't running around shattin on yourself unless you want to. You control your success or failure just like any other plan you try but with this one you will see immediate consequences for you actions. PROS: it works, FDA approved it, no caffeine, Doctors like it CONS: Can be come expensive, people talk crap about you taking it.
I refuse to ever resort to surgical intervention and its amazing how a life altering decision is more readily received than a medication.