Weight loss pills????

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  • runningk919
    runningk919 Posts: 13 Member
    If the doctor advised you to use them, then they must be right for you. The important thing is to get into an aerobic excersise NOW. I think it takes discipline to lose weight. A change of eating habits. Pills may help with weight loss, but to keep it off, it takes changing your eating habits and excersize!!

    Doctors do NOT necessarily recomment prescriptions solely on your needs. Doctors get kick backs for recommending products and prescribing them to clients; it's sad and scary to think about but you absolutely have to find a doctor that is truly concerned with what you need as a patient and not what he needs as a professional/business man. Every time you fill a prescription that doctor gets a set $ amount back from the drug company as an advertising kick back basically.

    I went to a small weight loss clinic and used Phentermine to jump start my weight loss. I lost 23% body fat in about 5 months and am still losing. I no longer take any medications and work out daily along with a healthy diet. Sometimes they are motivation to get you started and help you through the hard beginnings when you want is junk food! good luck :)
  • Rilke
    Rilke Posts: 1,201 Member
    One Dieter's Story

    Lisa Sutter, who lives in suburban Washington D.C., credits Belviq with helping her lose 40 pounds.

    Sutter took the drug for a year during the clinical trial, and she says it changed her relationship with food.

    At the FDA hearing in May, Sutter told the panel that she gained weight after her children were born and found it impossible to lose it before enrolling in the trial.
    One Dieter's Story continued...

    "When I was on the drug I was able to stick to a 1,500- or 1,600-calorie-a-day diet without feeling hungry," she told WebMD. "And when I ate more than I planned to, I felt uncomfortably full, which is not something that I was used to."

    Sutter was switched to the placebo arm of the study in her second year of enrollment and the weight started to creep back on.

    She now weighs 30 pounds more than she did before enrolling in the trial and she says she plans to go back on the drug as soon as she can.

    "I'm not saying this drug is the answer for everyone, but it worked well for me," she says.


    Sounds great, where do I sign up? I'd like to lose 40 pounds just to gain 70! She weighs 30 pounds more than she did before ever taking that drug, and she's the success story they picked? No thanks!

    WOW, just wow. Every day I think nothing about the media will surprise me any more, then something does. How is this a success story? How did it work well for her? Why don't schools teach basic critical thinking skills?
  • BOLO4Hagtha
    BOLO4Hagtha Posts: 396 Member
    Orlistat is Alli. I have used Alli on and off for about 8 months and have been quite satisfied with it. I didn't have any of the nasty side effects that it warns you because I followed my plan to the T. I guess maybe I needed that fear to follow thru with my lower fat intake. There have been days where I have been over on my fat intake but luckily no anal leakage. I also found that on the months that I did take Alli, on average I lost an extra 4lbs than on those months when I was off.

    GL with your journey.
  • chrishgt4
    chrishgt4 Posts: 1,222 Member
    One Dieter's Story

    Lisa Sutter, who lives in suburban Washington D.C., credits Belviq with helping her lose 40 pounds.

    Sutter took the drug for a year during the clinical trial, and she says it changed her relationship with food.

    At the FDA hearing in May, Sutter told the panel that she gained weight after her children were born and found it impossible to lose it before enrolling in the trial.
    One Dieter's Story continued...

    "When I was on the drug I was able to stick to a 1,500- or 1,600-calorie-a-day diet without feeling hungry," she told WebMD. "And when I ate more than I planned to, I felt uncomfortably full, which is not something that I was used to."

    Sutter was switched to the placebo arm of the study in her second year of enrollment and the weight started to creep back on.

    She now weighs 30 pounds more than she did before enrolling in the trial and she says she plans to go back on the drug as soon as she can.

    "I'm not saying this drug is the answer for everyone, but it worked well for me," she says.


    Sounds great, where do I sign up? I'd like to lose 40 pounds just to gain 70! She weighs 30 pounds more than she did before ever taking that drug, and she's the success story they picked? No thanks!

    WOW, just wow. Every day I think nothing about the media will surprise me any more, then something does. How is this a success story? How did it work well for her? Why don't schools teach basic critical thinking skills?

    The point is that it worked when she was on the drug, then she came off it and put it back on.

    On the drug - weight loss

    off the drug - weight gain

    They want you to stay on the drug...
  • katoabes
    katoabes Posts: 15 Member
    But you're only 75kg??
  • Rilke
    Rilke Posts: 1,201 Member
    The point is that it worked when she was on the drug, then she came off it and put it back on.

    On the drug - weight loss

    off the drug - weight gain

    They want you to stay on the drug...

    No kidding. You stay on the drug, they get your moneys. But this is quite clearly not a success story for the dieter. It is a splendid success story for the company marketing this crap.
  • supplemama
    supplemama Posts: 1,956 Member
    The advice on exercise your doctor gave you was sound...my doctor recommended at least and hour's worth of exercise daily too. The advice he gave you on the pills is not. You simply do not need orlistat to lose weight. You don't. If I were you I would seek a second opinion. Doctors are not infallible, and many DO get paid for prescribing certain drugs. If I were you I would ask him flat out: Do you get a paid/get a kickback for prescribing orlistat? I would also ask him why he thinks you need to lose 25% body fat. Really?? That is extremely high.

    At any rate this drug seems to block only 1/4 of the fat you consume. You could simply change your diet to consume 1/4 less fat in the first place. Right? Then you won't have to worry about all the nasty side effects of that drug.
  • Buddhasmiracle
    Buddhasmiracle Posts: 925 Member
    my god...

    i am so confused.... he is my family doctor why would he do anything like endorsing a medicine.
    i think i can look for another opinion before starting anything..

    weight gain????? does weight really creep back.. i have never taken any shortcuts in life. and with dese pills i feel as if um taking a shortcut to weight loss.
    if weight has to creep back i rather loose it slow..but will make sure i didnt do it the wrong way..

    anal leakage???? my god i dont want a problem like tat.. .

    Doctors get all sorts of stuff for pushing particular medicines - I know one personally who is always getting weekends away in high-class hotels and stuff paid for by the drugs industry to encourage him to push their stuff and reward him for recomending particular brands.

    This. And Doctors, even the best of them, are not well versed in nuitrition and diet.
  • KerriMx5
    KerriMx5 Posts: 458 Member
    Not sure but I am surprised. I am over weight and have some other issues. My doc told me slow and steady. Get off my tail and get moving. Eat better. I would get a second opinion.
  • dorothyhiggin
    dorothyhiggin Posts: 2
    It took me about a year of indecision and research before I decided to buy generic alli pills- my main worries included whether this drug will work for me or not? how will be side effects etc. Alli made look skinnier than ever. I also controlled my calorie intake while i was taking them. I went from 140 to 125.
  • mattmoo33
    mattmoo33 Posts: 36
    get a second opinion.

    Orlistat worked for me because I was too scared to eat anything after I had to replace my mattress. (and I am very grateful I didnt have to replace my husband too!)

    BUT - I put it all back on and more because it wasnt a lifestyle change. MFP is working so much better for me because it is teaching me about portion control and balancing exercise and food.
  • lkcuts
    lkcuts Posts: 224
    I lost and gained back twice on pills. I think Its because you eat nothing on them and after you lose it you go back to eating again and gain it back. i recently watched a nutrition documentary on this new drug and it is meant to help you jump start your diet, but it was recommended to start a healthy eating plan and excersise. in fact it said if you don't excersise, it doesn't work. then you are supposed to "wean" yourself off of them and continue to eat with your new plan and excersise as a life long commitment. they are not supposed to be used long term. Good luck!

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