Diet Aids??

[yourtravelpro]

Just wondering what kind of diet aids people have tried and if they were successful or not? (ex..Metabolife, Xenadrine)

 

[BriarfoxinWA]

I've been using Thermocarb off and on. It does help curb cravings - I'm especially bad in the evenings. I have to be a little careful though - for whatever reason it can cause me to have heartburn. I was using it pretty religiously for a few weeks this winter. My heartburn got so bad I went in to the Doc for it. They thought it was my gallbladder at first. Ended up putting me on a prescription acid blocker. So that combined with quiting the Thermocarb cured it.

I've been using it again off and on the past week or so. Lost 4 pounds. My DH has been on it for a month and lost 22 pounds so far.

 

[yourtravelpro]

BriarfoxinWA

Wow, 22 lbs in 1 month that is great. Did you also change eating habits and are you exercising?

Also, where in WA are you? I am in Renton.

 

[Beauty]

Well sort-of. I joined Diet Center 6 weeks ago and was dieting on my own for about a month and a half before that and I'm down 40 pounds. With Diet Center you do take supplements that help with your blood sugar levels. Its really an excellent diet. You can eat so much, its just food that is good for you instead of junk. I drink tons of water and do excersise a bit, not a lot though.

 

[yourtravelpro]

Do you think drinking lots of water makes a difference? It's just so hard for me to drink that much water.

 

[BriarfoxinWA]

My DH lost the 22 pounds in the past month. It's a combination of changing his really bad eating habits & the Thermocarb is supposed to help you burn fat quicker. The main thing was his eating habits - he'd drink a 2 liter bottle of pepsi every day! Usually NOT diet either. That alone caused a lot of his weight problems.

I've been going to a personal trainer for a little over 2 years now. Lost about 30 pounds from where I started. It was a gradual thing though. I HATE to diet! So that part of it was tough. The diet pills help keep me on track if I get to cheating too much. I lost a total of 22 inches since I started and went from a size 14 (almost could have been a 16) to a size 8. My 20 year class reunion is this summer so I've been really trying to lose that last 10 "vanity" pounds!

I'm in Ephrata about 20 miles north of I-90 from Moses Lake.

 

[yourtravelpro]

Thanks for the reply BriarfoxinWA.

I hate dieting also. It's a constant struggle, isn't it? I joined Curves and did the low carb diet, lost about 10 lbs and seemed like I hit a plateau. I wish there was some kind of miracle pill or something, I'm still waiting.

 

[mmausse]

Well in answer to your prayers - there is alittle pill after all.

BUT FIRST - warning to anyone using Xenadrine or any diet pills that contains "bitter orange extract." This "orange" is almost as deadly sa ephedra but not as openly. Allow me to explain - bitter orange extract causes your metabolism to go faster and indoing so raises your BP to deadly numbers. A friend of mine took Xenadrine for 2 weeks - her normal BP was very low - 90 over 60. Within 3 days of taking Xenadrine her BP was 135 over 90 and no one could figure out why. She read an article in Consumer Reports about it and took it to her doctor. At first he pooh-poohed the idea but by the 2nd week her BP was 180 over 130 and she ended up in the hospital with a mild heart attack at age 29. She stopped taking the Xenadrine and it took over a year for her BP to get back to her normal.

OK, there is a pill that was discovered by the Dutch, I think, it has no side effects. It's been available for there for the past 5 years. It also stops smoking. It is curently being testing in this country - at West Virginia University Hospital, Johns Hopkins, and I think the Mayo Clinic. They (the FDA) say it should be available (if all goes well) by 2005. Hope this helps.

 

[yourtravelpro]

Wow, thanks mmause. I can't wait to hear more about that miracle pill. I will keep my eyes and ears open!