I don't feel that i have lost weight, just inches, some of my clothes are feeling bigger. I will have to see when i go and see my dr in a couple of weeks. have weighed myself with my home scale but they say that i have stayed the same. As i saod we will have to see what happens.
Well I gave in yesterday and weighed myself, I really needed to know that the Xenical was doing its job. And guess what - it is. 5lb lost in 11 days Had a minor 'side-effect' the day after eating grilled salmon which is surprising considering oily fish is supposed to be beneficial. I think if I have salmon again i will serve it just with veggies ( I had it with a Quinoa tabboleh which I'd made from a Food Doctor recipe).
I'm so happy with my decision to take Xenical. I've lost 12lb in less than 4 weeks, quadrupling my weightloss the previous month. Only thing I regret is not going to the doctor's sooner.
Thought I'd update to see how others are going with Xenical: Week 6 for me and I've lost 15lb for a total of 38lb I'm sure that if I hadn't had the Xenical I'd be really struggling by now.
Wow Kitty, thats fab!!! Really need to make a doctors appointment soon.
So does xenical get rid of the fat u eat or do u just have 'bad' side effects?
Yes, Xenical stops you absorbing about a third of the fat you eat. However its not a ticket to eat a fatty diet as eat more than about 15-20 grams of fat in one meal and there'll be consequence. Fortunately I've had very few and those I've had are minor. A gram of fat has 9 calories so following a low-fat diet of 45g of fat a day means that 15 of those grams (or about 135calories) pass through my gut unabsorbed.
Like I said Xenical for me has turned a struggle for every pound in to a relatively easy weightloss task.
To have it prescribed you have to have a BMI over 30 or a 'co-morbidity' such as heart disease, high blood pressure or diabetes.
Hmmm sounds quiet good....thanx Kitty. Will definetely make an appt with my doctor. My weightloss is going somewhat ok now, but it's still a struggle, and anything helps.
Hi.
Im new to using Xenical. I started properly yesterday.
Ive been reading up on it for weeks, whilst waiting to go to the doctors and then having to wait for a blood test and results, and all i found really was bad comments about the sides effects!, this still DIDNT put me off.
Seeing this post tho, i see that theres at least one person who is finding it good to use, and hopefully ill be another.
hi all. am new here. i just been prescribed xenical 7 days ago n took it 3 times a day. not got weighed yet but can feel my clothes a bit loose. i need to loose about 50lbs as i am obese. need to drop my BMI from 37.5 to 26............... long way to go yet, hope i get a lot of support from you guys and also make some friends.
hi there. am new to this site. i hav been using xenical for 7 days now and havenot been weighed yet to know if i've lost any weight yet. but i hope i hav coz i need to lose about 50lbs as i am obese and my BMI is 37.5 and that's very very very bad. i could do with some help and support guys please. thank you all. this is a great forum. can be your friend?
I've posted a few times about my weightloss journey. After losing 40 lb (17 whilst on Xenical) I've still got much further to go than your 50 lb and that's just to be no longer 'obese'. I felt just like you the first few days, didn't really know if it was working as I had no 'issues' like others had seemed to have. However, although I was only being weighed monthly by the Dr. I cracked after about 11 days and weighed myself in a chemist to show a 5lb loss I've not looked back since and as off last Friday I'd lost 17lb in 7 weeks. I see my GP on Monday for my 3rd month's prescription and I know I have more than exceeded my 3 month goal in the first two months (6kg in 3 months)
hi kitty
even i could't resist the scales today. went to chemist and got weighed and i've lost about 5lbs so far. yay. at least my husband is happy coz i've been moaning so much at him n telling him that the tablets were not happy. now he can be at peace. he he he.
I have been on Xenical for about a year now and have gone from 309lbs to 261lbs (as of my weigh in today). I find that more than anything Xenical acts as training wheels as I am developing a healthier lifestyle. I am not overly worried about coming off of it when the time comes because the hopes is by then the lifestyle I have been living for the past year will just be how I live. I mean, I have to keep bellow 40 grams of fat a day and I also count my calories to make sure I am not over 2000. So, I find Xenical helps rather than does the work.
Also, in the entire year I have been on it I have had only one 'side effect' moment. If you follow the guidelines it isn't going to be an issue. It is when people don't stay within those guidelines that they find themselves running to the loo.
Update
Had a minor 'side-effect' the day after eating grilled salmon which is surprising considering oily fish is supposed to be beneficial. I think if I have salmon again i will serve it just with veggies ( I had it with a Quinoa tabboleh which I'd made from a Food Doctor recipe).
