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Chance, you are making wonderful progress the right way. It doesn't seem to me you need diet pills. If they made that much of a difference would there be so many fat people in the world?

You deserve to be proud of yourself! The easy way out is never Easy in the end when you gain all that weight back and then some. Keep up the good work and put your friend in her place!

AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Diet pills are definitely NOT the answer.

AMEN.

I agree with the way you feel.. IMO, I think the way you are loosing weight is not only safer but better for you as well. I think when it comes to 'dieting' you shouldn't do/take anything that you cant for the rest of your life..

I have never been in favor of diet pills, and in a way.. I think it that in the end if you can say that you reached your goal weight just by watching what you eat and exercising, then there is a much bigger reward than saying I took diet pills.

You just keep up what your doing. :)
Stick with your head, and do what you feel is best for health and long term wight loss.

I vote no to diet pills... ;)

it doesn't really matter how much her friend loses if she hasn't learned how to keep it off

yup, amen to that. Have you ever seen Peter Kay? He's a british stand up comedian and he did one joke about diet pills and fad diets, and how people lose 15 stone in a day :D Tell her where she can stick her pills, and keep going!

Chance (((((hugs))))) and a HUGE
A M E N!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You're SO right that you're doing it the right way!! The girl on diet pills is basically treating the symptoms but not the disease (not that it's a disease, but you know what I mean, right?). YOU are treating the ROOT issue!! You're learning how much to eat, making good choices and learning to have a healthy relationship with food. Those are ALL contributing factors to LASTING weight loss!!

What is this girl going to do when her instant gratification ends and she's losing less than a pound a week? Or when her perscription runs out and her Dr tell her she's on her own from now on?

Honestly, I could write a novel here but here's a summary: In a year, ask your rude, pushy "friend" how the girl with the diet pills is doing. YOU will be at your goal weight, SHE will probably be heavier than she started out or possibly in the hospital due to the damage she's done to her body.

AMEN!!

Like everyone else said, and everyone always says, you didnt get that way overnight, or not going to lose it overnight. Im sorry but taking a pill and doing really nothing more and losing 8 pounds is really unhealthy in my opinion, Im sure later on when this girl script runs out, your friend will be asking you about portions and exercising tips for her friend that gained all her weight back. You should be proud of your acomplishments and not taking the easy way out, it can be done the right way. Thats why they have shows like the Biggest looser to promote healthy diet and exercise. Good for you for turning her down and sticking to you guns. Also when she does lose all her wait and the rest of her body hasnt caught up with her what is she going to look like then?

AMEN again!

Hmph.
 

Simple answer: YOU will keep the weight off because you've spent this time developing good habits. YOU will likely not get the saggy skin, and you'll be fit as well as thin to boot. AND last but certainly not least, you're not walking around in perfumed pantyliners 24/7 because you're taking some pill that causes rectal seepage.

Look up the side effects of some of those pills. Eugh... I would rather have a flesh-eating virus. Seriously.

AMEN!!!

Diet pills are not worth it IMO....you are doing GREAT!!! :bravo:

Just stick to your guns, as my mother would say
" You don't owe her an explanation as to why you dont want to, just be flat out and say it, THIS is how I am doing it, THIS is working for me, thank you for your imput though...."

End of story, you are doing great, you dont need a pill ,we are strong women!

Good Luck!:broc:

When people work hard to get to a goal, they'll appreciate it more. Tell your friend that you're getting healthy the best way, eating healthy foods and exercising.

Think about who is better off in the long run. You are :) Just like everyone has said, YOU WIN!

AMEN Chance!! I once heard Oprah say on her show, that weight loss isn't easy and there is no miracle to drop pounds quickly otherwise she wouldn't be over weight because lord knows with all her money she would've bought it by now! And I don't think she could've put it better.

You are doing things the right way and the hard way. But you are changing your lifestyle and you are going to be so much better equipped to maintain your loss!

Amen! Everyone expressed my thoughts about it perfectly. Losing weight is not a trick - it is a thorough lifestyle change. If you do not make that change the pounds will fly back even quicker than they flew off.

I find it kind of rude that your friend keeps bugging you about this. You do not owe her an explanation but maybe you can say something to shut her up? Like "I am losing weight in a healthy way, and that is kind of slow. But diet pills are generally quite unhealthy, so I will not be taking those. I don't want to talk about it any more. My method is my own, it works for me and I will not be changing it."

I just want to say how strongly I agree with what everyone has said in this thread.

Without wanting to cause offence to those that do take a diet pill, I honestly believe that the best solution to most weight problems is through a permanent change to lifestyle. Obviously there are exceptions (e.g. where people are dangerously obese and require urgent medical help to lose weight that is posing an imminent threat to their life), but generally, a safe, healthy and permanent lifestyle change is the way to go. That way, you're sorting out the problem that got you to be overweight in the first place, instead of (like hotmamacitax2 said), treating the symptoms. You're taking personal responsibility for your weight loss and you are taking control of the situation. Unlike this other person, you're not pinning your hopes and achievements on something external, like a pill, to make you resolve your issue.

It's a shame, because your friend is probably trying to be well-meaning with her "helpful suggestion", but it's pretty obvious that in this situation, the person who has thought most about what is best for you, is you. It's upsetting that she doesn't seem to be appreciating the excellent changes you are making. You are making wonderful, noticeable progress (congratulations!), and you don't need to lose 8lbs a week - in fact, I think this sounds really unhealthy and a bit scary!

Amen sistah! :D

I won't even bother commenting on the stupidity of losing 8 lbs in one week on DIET PILLS... the rest of our ladies have done that for me. :D
But I'm really proud of you for being able to stand up and say, "What the **** are you talking about? That's a horrible solution." It's really hard not to want to fall victim to the "quick fix" and the fact that you can see... and know that what you're doing is better... well. Kudos, woman. :)

AMEN! I would be annoyed too. What you are doing is working and you are comfortable with it. Why would you switch?!

AMEN I agree with what everyone else said but I also want to add that there was a girl that goes to my college that dropped like 45 lbs over the summer. Everyone tells her she looks great to her face but behind her back her "friends" tell everyone that she took diet pills and she did. I know most of it is because they are jealous she's super skinny but still, you are leaving people with nothing to talk about! She may look good, and she really does, but no one respects the way she did it.

What I find funny is how yesterday I was home earlier than normal so saw quite a few commercials that they put on during work hours for magical weight loss remedies.
Every Single One Of Them had "With diet and exercise" in small print at some point or another in the commercial.

It is absolutely obvious that you are doing the right thing and you should definately feel proud of your accomplishments and the knowledge that you're doing this the right way. If your "friend" continues to make suggestions about pills, then she either needs to be sat down for a good talking to to straighten out her views or at least stop her from pushing them onto you.... or the worst option is if that doesn't work -- distance. It's hard enough to do what we're all doing here without the negative influences. Take some time so that she remembers what being a friend is about.