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So reading this forum gave me the confidence I needed in alli to order it. I started running every other day and taking alli on the 1st of January. I'm down 3lbs! Its a big enough loss that I feel accomplished without feeling like its totally unhealthy. Mostly it works as aversion therapy for me. I avoid fatty foods as much as possible b/c I fear the dreaded treatment side effects. For the first time in my life, when I eat out I'm bringing half of my food home for later! I've never been able to do this before! Fat grams aren't everything to a healthy diet but it keeps me honest. Also the myalli program (which can be used through the code in the starter pack) is really excellent for meal planning. It was a unexpected and wonderful surprise! I'll write back in a month after I finsh my small starter pack with the results. I'm hopeful!

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Hey Asherah, that's cool you decided to check it out. I myself had trouble with the site, mostly with the forums....they just didn't change much...but it's been soem time since my starter pack so they hopefully fixed the bug.

I'm back on my Alli, I was off for a while because there's no point in taking it if you eat really badly...which I did and gained the entire 35lbs back I lost while on it at the beginning of last year. :o

I'll tell ya, it gives me headaches..started after the first few months I think.. and a lot of fat generally means the yucks....also some belly cramps at times...but I think it really helps. It does slow down though and a little exercise at least is key.

Let us know how it goes, love to see progress reports! :carrot:

Has anybody had any numbness of toes/fingers/whatever that you can associate with taking Alli?.. I decided to try Alli to maybe bust me out of this plateau I've been on for a few weeks... I was on it for only a day & started noticing some of my toes were tingling... by the end of the second day (yesterday), almost all my toes, on both feet, were numb & white... this morning, they were still numb, so I'm discontinuing Alli for the time being to see if the feeling comes back... I really wanted to give Alli an honest try, but that side effect, if it really is from Alli, is more than I can take...

BTW, I googled "Alli numbness" & got a few hits...

Best wishes & congrats to all who are successful with this product... wish I could join you...

hugs :hug:

Updates:

2/12/2011 - After being off Alli almost 2 days, the feeling in my toes is coming back... right foot almost all the way back, left foot much less numb than yesterday...
2/14/2011 - Right foot back to normal, left foot only a couple of toes with numbness on the tips...

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That's an interesting side effect...I don't recall anything like that, but I get numb and tingly hands and fingers anyway from what I guess is carpal tunnel... but not all the time...just when there's a lot of wrist/hand activity like typing and definitely writing. keep us posted...it's good to know what's out there.....maybe it has a link to poor circulation? Not sure.

I want to try Alli really bad but after reading this forum, I'm still debating if it's worth it. I've managed to lose 10.8lbs in a month on my own. It's just a tad bit scary having to worry about anal leakage...lol

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Hey, it's cool that you're considering it... definitely a personal thing of course. You're doing very well on your own. Remember that if you're just starting out it's going to slow down, it's supposed to. This would happen with or without Alli.... either way it can be a little expensive to keep buying, I'm still using it off and on but having trouble with keeping a good diet to make it useful.

I am a user of ALLI. What I can say is that it's a help. Do you need to be careful what you are eating? YES. Do you need to read the enclosed materials before you start taking it? YES. Do you need to follow the plan they lay out (that includes nutrition within boudaries and moderate exercise)? YES.

Alli does work.

I posted this in the calorie counters forum and thought I should post here as well:

Studies have show that when combined with diet and exercise, people seem to lose 6 pounds more annually (and that's if taking the higher dose prescription drug Xenixal) when compared with controls who diet and exercise without alli.

Does it work? Yes. It's mechanism of action is to inhibit pancreatic lipase in the gut and therefore inhibit breakdown of fatty acids so that you excrete them without digestion.

Is it worth it? Probably not. For a few extra pounds yearly, you are exposing yourself to a possible risk (there has not been enough long term studies on potential risk factors), dealing with the awful side effects (flatulence, oily stool), and paying a decent amount for the pills. Very few physicians would recommend it but few would discourage you from it if you really insist.

Personally I cannot believe that the FDA would approve a medicine for weight loss if 6 pounds a year is the benefit.
The expense to your wallet and your health just doesn't seem worth it. Let's spend $600 to be 6 pounds lighter in a year...oh, and by the way-don't forget to factor in the cost of a couple new pairs of underwear lol.

Yet another to add to my list of many reasons that I don't have trust in what they say.

I have taken some risks experimenting with diet pills over the last 15 years or more that in hindsight were pretty stupid. Something about getting older and still being fat in spite of it all that makes me be alot more wary and skeptical.

Absolutely agreed. The FDA is led by pharmaceutical companies and politicians. They really don't give a crap about what's healthy or good for consumer's wallets. I never put anything in my body that hasn't been approved by the FDA...because I believe they have really low standards for what they'd accept and if it's not a popular enough product to warrant investigation or receive approval by the FDA, I don't want that anywhere near me. Now for the things the FDA approves, I do my own research and make a decision. pubmed is an amazing resource...Everyone should just look at the clinical studies done on the products. If it hasn't been tested, it's sketchy!

No effective diet pill is healthy!!! Everything will cause long term complications and eventually cause you to gain weight! (try exercising with heart problems, which is what most of these drugs cause) They're still trying to find a pill solution to this obesity crisis (arguably one of the most researched fields in medicine today) and not a single thing out there has worked. So pills are not the answer...at least not yet.

For breakfast , i have Bran flakes with Semi skimmed milk . Obvisley there is "some" fat in the milk. Would any one bother using Alli with this?

My husband has been on Alli for 6 weeks and I'm following the exact same diet & exercise program as he is. Our weights are close and he's only a few inches taller than I. I've lost 10 lbs since he started, he's lost 5 lbs. He started a new bottle because he says the threat of crapping his pants works for him.

BTW, he's had no side effects yet.

I everyone! My dr gave me a 20 pill starter pack with a bunch of books and flip chart. I am loking everything over and going to start Friday; as it seems I need to prepare.

My question is

is it better to do 15g fat per meal w/ Alli

or have less fat per meal & ditch the Alli?

I just realized that my fat is way below what I am supposed to have for being on Alli....why increase my fat just to take Alli?

Thank you for saying this. I was going to post something similar. My sister took Alli for a little while, but the messy stools got tiring fast, so she stopped. She gained back what little weight she lost very quickly. Sixty dollars flushed down the toilet... literally.

Not to mention that Alli perpetuates the false notion that all fats are bad. What about unsaturated fats, which help regulate your cholesterol? Alli blocks those as well. Say good-bye to your Omega 3 supplement!

I don't see the harm in this if used by those seeking to lose 5-10 pounds and already exercise and have a low-fat diet. Unfortunately, most see it as a quick way to lose lots of weight fast, which is unhealthy in and of itself without the help of an expensive pill that makes you crap your pants.

Really, do you guys want to spend $50+ a month for the rest of your adult lives on this stuff?