Started Alli Sunday-I have questions

[happily single]

I bit the bullet and bought Alli (actually CVS did thanks the prescription gift cards and coupons) ANyway, it's been 24 hours and I haven't had an "side effects" I also feel no differently at all.

Does anyone have any advice-and No, I don't mean "Stick close to the bathroom!"

Thanks

 

[TammyNC]

Sorry, can't help but maybe bumping it up will get you some answers.

 

[Raenstoirm]

I tried it back when it first came out. Honestly it didn't help me at all, but I wasn't on it very long. Oddly enough though, it made me constipated. Go figure. So I stopped it with a few days.

I tried again a few weeks later with the same result, then gave the bottle to a friend. She did have those lovely "treatment effects" and stopped using it just as fast.

 

[Tiger Lily 03]

I've not tried it, but did hear that you need to stick with it a couple/few? weeks before you want to form an opinion.

Let us know how it is for you.

Here is the link for the old discussion thread for My Alli.

Anyone else?

 

[happily single]

Ok, here's an update in case anyone is wondering:
Sunday: Began Alli
Wednesday: Side Effects-Not uncontrollable though
Saturday-Down 2 pounds, although I may still be bloated from my period

I'm going to continue for another week or so and see what happens

 

[bouncycat]

I just started it this morning, and haven't had any issues all day...i've been doing low fat and LOTS of water all week to help prepare, anybody have any good results, i need to lose about 40-50 lbs!

 

[tiberius]

Stick with the low-fat diet and you will likely be fine. Alli helped me lose nearly 40 pounds, along with the low fat diet and exercise.

If you eat too much fat, you will more likely see those treatment effects. I often had none of these effects, or a very limited expession of them. However, when I was not careful to keep with my diet, I did run into those treatment effects.

Good Luck!

 

[bouncycat]

Thanks Tiberius, it helps to have a good support system. My family has been great, and even with the holidays coming up, I feel pretty good about it. I don't mind the low fat diet, I think it helps to scare me into sticking to it! That is one of the big reasons I chose this pill, plus it's FDA approved, and my dr recommended it. I took the pill today for all three meals, and the only thing different, is my tummy is "gurgling" I haven't had more then 25 grams of fat all day, and even had energy to mow the grass and clean the house! usually, I don't have that kind of energy. I feel good, and that is what helps the most I think. I'll keep everyone posted on the treatment effects, if any, I want to look good for my husband when he comes home on my birthday in January. We're also heading to the MK that day, and I want to be able to go a day over there with no narcotic pain pills!! we'll see. Everyone keep up the good work, and so far this isn't so bad, but it is only day one!

 

[Tiger Lily 03]

I'm glad you are all posting your info here. I am interested in knowing how you are managing.

I WISH you all good results and know that you can continue onward and downard!

 

[bouncycat]

So, this morning was my one week weigh in for the alli website, and I'm down 2 lbs! I swear that my scale is broken, I feel like it should be more. My fingers are skinnier, my rings are very loose, and the top part of my belly seems smaller, other than that, I don't feel any change, so we'll see what happens. I didn't have any treatment effects, my bm today was normal, except for pardon the graphics, but an oily sheen on top of the water. I had a little bit of tummy cramping last night, but nothing untolerable. Week one almost gone, so I'll keep ya'll posted as best I can!

 

[Raenstoirm]

Use a tape measure. It is a much better way to see progress. Water weight and adding muscle tend to cause that "I really thought I lost more" syndrome. Inches never lie.

Congrats on the 2 lbs by the way!

 

[happily single]

All right, posting to state how disappointed I am. I intially was down 2 pounds, and like another poster, "felt skinner" however, no more weight loss, just a lot of side effects-to the point I decided not to take Alli during the work week.

 

[bouncycat]

I've had very few side effects, stopped taking it for thanksgiving, but other then that, very few, and none that were uncontrollable. For thanksgiving, I ate okay, watched portion sizes, but had to try my desserts, everyone started raving about them and was wondering why they were raving, so I tried a couple bites of each, and that was acually enough! Anyways, back to low fat today, now that i'm home!! I weighed, and i'm still at 169, which is what i was the day before thanksgiving, so I didn't gain, and didn't lose. That was what i was hoping Good luck everyone!!!

 

[Tiger Lily 03]

All right, posting to state how disappointed I am. I intially was down 2 pounds, and like another poster, "felt skinner" however, no more weight loss, just a lot of side effects-to the point I decided not to take Alli during the work week.

Sorry to hear this. WISHing that your weekend doses work for you then.

I've had very few side effects, stopped taking it for thanksgiving, but other then that, very few, and none that were uncontrollable. For thanksgiving, I ate okay, watched portion sizes, but had to try my desserts, everyone started raving about them and was wondering why they were raving, so I tried a couple bites of each, and that was acually enough! Anyways, back to low fat today, now that i'm home!! I weighed, and i'm still at 169, which is what i was the day before thanksgiving, so I didn't gain, and didn't lose. That was what i was hoping Good luck everyone!!!

Hope you can get it going now that desserts day is over!

 

[PaulaSue]

OP How is it going?

I had good result with it.

 

[bouncycat]

I've still have had good luck with it, only ONCE did I have the orange oily stools, and I had that after eating a chicken thigh, the book said how much fat it was, and that meal I had about 16 grams of fat, but I've been keeping myself down to about 10-13 grams per meal, so the 16 was a wake up call LOL I'm down a total of 5 lbs, tomorrow is the 3 week mark. My size 16 "comfy" cargo capri's are falling off me, and my size 14's are starting to feel loose in certain areas. So, I'm convinced that I'll be in my 12's by my birthday next month!! I can't eat as much as I used to, AT ALL, I tried tonight, had dinner at a bbq place with my great granparents, and I was good, had the salad bar with sliced beef, and cole slaw. I got full after the salad bar, but wanted to eat my meat, and I'm MISERABLE full still!! I'm not really convinced that the pills are adding to the weight loss as of yet, cause it's coming off ever so slowly, which is good, and it would ANYWAY like that with diet and exercise, so I'm not sure what this pill does, but I"m not having the problems on it. Good luck to everyone!!