Weight loss pills?

Just out of curiosity, PLEASE NO NEGATIVE COMMENTS OR SUGGESTIONS THIS IS JUST A QUESTION !!!! What has worked and what hasn't for you guys? and if you never tried it which one would you choose if you could?

I have tried medically prescribed pills. All they do is suppress your appetite and give you energy. But if you eat healthy foods, you are putting healthy things into your body and getting your energy naturally.

The pills will cause weight to come off quickly but studies show time and time again that weight lost fast is not weight kept off. I'm doing it right this time: eating right for fuel, counting calories in versus burned. Good luck!

I used to use Hydroxycut. At the time, I had a very active job where I was working outside at an amusement park, walking around, checking seatbelts, harnesses, etc, and walking up and down the ride platform. Believe it or not, I ate McDonald's almost every day, and dropped something like 20 pounds. It was ridiculous. But, I went back to school the following semester, and even though I continued to try the pills, gained all the weight back.

MFP is fabulous, and calorie counting has been working phenominally for me, and I wouldn't recommend any diet pills.

Why would you come here to ask for advice on weight loss pills? This isn't a site for gimmick diet programs or pills that are the equivalent to legal speed or caopectate.

Eat healthy, work out, drink water, lose weight. It's surprisingly affective to not destroy your body.

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I've only lost weight on pills from going to what I call the FAT DOCTOR (Adipex), however, it did not last. Once you stop going the weight comes back unless you really put in the work to eat healthier and exercise. Pills etc...may be a temporary quick fix to get you motivated but you still have to eat right and exercise to maintain.

If the past I have lost over 80 pounds and did it without any pills or gimmicks - just the old fashion way of healthy diet and exercise. I put some back on because I stopped practicing healthy eating. So here I am again doing it the old fashioned way but I'm doing it and so can you.

Be encouraged!

over the counter pills - don't work (for most people)

prescription pills - a little more effective

the problem is that if you do get results from either then its normally because they have been combined with diet and exercise (and its that that makes you lose not the pill) and the results are hard to maintain once you get there.

i've concidered it before but after reading about them i realised i would probably end up wasting my time, effort and mostly my money.

Just out of curiosity, PLEASE NO NEGATIVE COMMENTS OR SUGGESTIONS THIS IS JUST A QUESTION !!!! What has worked and what hasn't for you guys? and if you never tried it which one would you choose if you could?

People are such haters on here..don't mind them People who JUDGE others have something obviously going on in their own life, because in my opinion its never our place to Judge. They make ASSUMPTIONS that diet pills are an excuse and a way out and cheaitng ETC ETC well thats not always the case. Of course I'm sure theres a handful of people whoa re lazy and want to resort to everything but putting efffort but thats not everyone.

I was working out 6 times a week- hardcore; spin class, strength training, kickboxing, personal trainer, yoga, etc etc and eating well (not perfect) but very well esp during the week and wasnt losing anything. I knew that if anyone of my friends or co-workers or family members ate like I did (good) and worked out as hard/much as I did, they'd lose weight...but I wasnt.

So I went and saw a nutritionist/dietician at UCLA who did all these tests on me; body fat, ekg, blood, etc and he let me know I have abnormally slow metabolism so I'd have to do three times the work as the normal person sometimes just to MAINTAIN yet alone lose. So he suggested, after making sure I could handle it with the tests he took, I go on phentermine for a few months to kick start it and get my metabolism moving. Now I did LOTS of research on my own- and you'll see a lot of people when they stop gain it all back plus more. But 99% of those people never changed their lifestyle/diet/excercise regimen and then expected it to stay off while still doing bad habits.

I am still excercising the way I used to, my eating has just been better- not as much snacking which I realized I did WAY too much. I dont feel like its 'hard' or im miserable, I love eating healthy now and making good choices. I give myself a weekly cheat day/meal but sometimes I wont even do it because I dont crave that kind of stuff anymore.

Long story short I went on it 6 weeks ago yesterday and I've lost 19 lbs. Now Some people lose it much quicker, and hte pounds did come off really quickly the first 2 weeks now I am a steady 2lbs a week which is great. I've lost almost 3 inches in my waist and inches in my thighs/butt. I think measurement is more important anyway.

So for ME: I'd recommend it to anyone who really is trying and making the change to a healthy LIFE STYLE not diet/temporary thing. It has helped me greatly, I will probably stop it after next month and then just work on maintaining

good luck!

What is the opinion for the "ultimate fat burner" apparently this product has all natural health ingredients :huh:

The "ultimate fat burner" is just another caffeine pill scam as are they all.

I lost over 100 lbs with the original Metabolife 356 back in 2000. I kept the weight off too. Well, until I got pregnant in 2003. It was very subtle. But then they decided to cuts costs and sell through discount stores and people overdosed because they weren't educated on the product... they changed the formula and blech!


It was nice. I have been on phentermine, adipex and OTC meds. They don't work. I think the Metabolife only worked because I was exercising and eating healthy as well. It did turn me into a water drinker so I am very thankful for that.

There is no easy way. I see people every day that are still obese after gastric bypass because they haven't changed their eating habits. Diet and exercise is the only answer and the smartest one too. I really hope I don't die early because I tried all those scripts.

Well, I have tried Zi Xui Tang, bee pollen capsules. I tried them when I was initally trying to loose weight. They helped control my hunger. I would find that instead of eating an entire plate full of food, I would only eat a small portion and be content. I understand that pills are discouraged and frowned upon but I felt like this was what I needed to kick start my weight loss. It obviously worked. BUT they are only intended for short term use and i would only recommend this for people who have a massive amount of weight to loose. Unfortunately, people are under the misconception that if you take pills means that its an easy way out. YOU WILL NOT BE SUCCESSFUL if you do not change your lifestyle and eat healthier and EXERCISE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! if you do not incorportate an active lifetstyle in your routine, you will gain all of the weight back.

You don't need weight loss pills. Your diet and exercise will get you where you want to be. Despite the fact that we would ALL like to, we cannot buy our way out of the hard work it takes to lose weight. Forget the pills, concentrate on healthy eating and exercise.

I was on Phentermine in 2004 and lost 40 lbs. I paired it with an intense workout regimen and lost the weight quickly. Once I stopped taking it, the weight crept back, not all of it, but about half. Of course, I stopped the workout regimen and started eating more. I'm tempted to get back on it.

My Dr. gave me a RX this this and I have not fill it yet. I have severy back problmes so i need to take off weight but working out is a very painful thing. I swim as much as i can. I am kind of afraid of the pills. just sticking to 1200 a day has helped but not coming off fast

Just out of curiosity, PLEASE NO NEGATIVE COMMENTS OR SUGGESTIONS THIS IS JUST A QUESTION !!!! What has worked and what hasn't for you guys? and if you never tried it which one would you choose if you could?

Pills simply don't work. Lots of things that might help temporarily but only changing patterns works longer term. Might as well binge and purge as trying some type of diet pill.

and right out of the box you get negative comments. Never ceases to amaze me.

This might also help (another diet pill thread from yesterday)
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/484156-has-anyone-used-diet-pills-or-supplements-to-help-them-along

I went to a doctor once who prescribed appetite suppressants but they were taken off the market. Most of the over the counter or health food pills didn't help much. I read about some pill from the African Mango plant that is recommend by Dr. Oz but I have given up on supplements. I do, however, take a women's multivitamin, iron, and b-12.