Brightside, welcome and good luck! go get your Alli and to heck with anyone watching! Talk to you again soon.

sugarandspice, the TE is just some orange oil, it's not a horrible-end-of-the-world-life-altering-experience, it's like salad dressing or that oil on the top of hot pizza, really it's not that bad.

Weird that it's coming out of your butt, but in the big scheme of things, it's not so bad!

I posted earlier after I got back from vacation about how I had a little problem too with the oil slicks that I had not had the previous 2 weeks. I was eating the right foods but it's very difficult when you eat in restaurants all week and don't know what the fat content is. You have to do the best you can. I always made it to the bathroom but had some spots on my underwear. This happened when I skipped the pills for 2 days so it's true that the TEs may not show up right away. So, believe me, the popcorn and onion rings would not be worth it for me to have to worry that a TE could happen when I'm least expecting it.

I guess I'm a 'tell it like it is person' but aren't we taking the Alli to make us accountable for what we eat and to lose the weight? If we keep eating things we know we shouldn't, aren't we just sabbotaging ourselves? Something to consider. It is very hard to resist and you might have to play little mind games with yourself in order to do just that.

The saying "if you always do what you always did, you always get what you always got" rings true here. I got fat because I ate too much of the wrong foods my entire life and in order to make this a lifestyle change, I have to stop and do this correctly. That doesn't mean that you can NEVER eat something you love, but if you are like me, I'm an all or nothing person when it comes to food and I'm better off not even getting started on those trigger foods because once I get started, there's no stopping. I don't want to have to relose the same pounds I worked so hard to lose in the first place.

I'm off my soap box now. Just some things to think about.

DNR

Our Walmart has knocked the price down a few bucks. the 49 dollar pack went down to 45.

Hi all! I just bought the starter pack, but I don't plan to actually begin until next Wednesday because my hubby and I are going away for a few days. Trying to play it safe!! Anyway, if I go to the Alli site and register, does that mean that I can start it when I want or does that mean that I need to start it right when I register?

I've read through many of the posts, and that answer may be here somewhere, but that's alot of posts!!

Very Well said DNR, I myself get frustrated when I see people pushing the limits with any diet plan and then wondering why they arent losing. Its as if some people think they can keep doing what they are doing and still lose. There is a reason we gained weight...and its not that hard to figure out why. Changing that is the key to losing. yes its hard to let go, but what is the alternative?

Good afternoon all! It's so good to hear that everyone is doing well and sticking with it - even if they slip. My official weigh in is tomorrow and I hope it's good! I just binged on watermelon this evening and now I'm stuffed. At least it won't cause a TE so if you are gonna binge, it may as well be watermelon! I just really needed something sweet and it did the trick. I'll probably skip anything else for supper.

I may have to put one of my cats on a diet along with me. The male cat is skinny, the female cat is rather rotund. She eats like a dog - if it's there it's snarfted down. The male cat is a nibbler, like cats should be. If I don't pick up his food, the female goes for it. I told her I'll have to add a ticker for her to my posts! Dumb cats, but they are my babies!

Gotta do the laundry now. Keep up the good work!

Hi ladies,

I think it helped to write about my huge fat fests while taking Alli (but still eating 1600 total calories).

I didn't take any pills yesterday because I forgot to bring them with me during the day. I had treatment effects yesterday, but today woke up in better shape and a desire to eat more appropriately.

Today I ate well for what was available to me. A low-fat bk (no pill); a lunch with 17 grams of fat (took pill), and dinner had only about 9 grams of fat so I didn't take the pill. I would have eaten more fat with dinner, but I did the best I could with what I had.

I feel great that my day went well and I didn't overdo it. Yay!

Hi

When we do have the TE's, isn't that kind of good because all that fat oily stuff is coming out and not staying in? To me it looks like that stuff they suck out of people during liposuction.

TE's are your friend not your enemy.

When you have the TE's, it should only be in very small amounts. If you are eating a low fat diet at each meal, you shouldn't really be having all that much. Having TE in your underwear, or huge oil spills in your toilet are signs that you are eating too much fat. It is good that the pill is taking out some of it, but remember that it only takes out abuot 25%. When you test the limits to see how much fat you eat, think about whatever you see in the toilet, that about 75% of it is still staying in your system.

It's good that it is coming out...but the pill isn't a green light to eat high fat/high calorie foods, simply because you don't absorb it all. You still need to commit to a low calorie diet, and reasonable fat percentages, and exercise, to lose weight.

If you are eating a 500 calorie meal that contains 10 grams of fat, and ALLI takes away 25% of the fat you eat...here is the math:

1 fat gram=9 calories.
10 fat grams in the meal=90 calories from fat.
25% of the calories (in fat) that ALLI will take away in TE's= 22 1/2

That is 22 1/2 calories in a meal with 10 grams of fat.

If you are eating in moderation and following the low calorie diet, then it is giving you a bit of an edge. You might not ingest an average of 75-100 calories a day in your diet-adding up to an extra pound or two a month than someone who is dieting and exercising without ALLI.

However, it isn't a large enough deficit to allow you to eat high fat, high calorie foods-assuming that a lot of it goes out in TE's. It doesn't. If you continue to do it that way, you won't lose weight.

I do have an occasional TE but not much. I have been doing very well eating low fat. In fact I am having trouble eating enough fat grams especially at breakfast and lunch.

I struggle getting in the fat too emmak, never with breakfast but with lunch and dinner I range from 10-15 g. Honestly I think thats doing pretty darn good. No matter how you look at it the name of the game is calorie in vs. calorie out. Alli is keeping us looking at what we eat and watching those calories going in. To me the whole point is to avoid the TE, so far so good and I think I'm really doing great with my eating.

Little slow on the water today surprisingly considering how darn hot it is outside.

I just had a great meal, I had lasagna and garlic toast and stayed right at about 15g of fat. Very tasty dinner, I dont feel deprived at all!

~melissa

Hi ALLI-CATS (awww--that's cute!)

NOT a good day. Didn't stay within any limits--calories or fat (sigh). Looking forward to starting fresh tomorrow. I bought this new tea. It is diet white tea with clementine orange flavoring. My sister-in-law (who should be a model ) clued me in. It is really good for you and tastes great.

Good luck tomorrow Thingirl. Glad the te's have come and gone. I have my water bottles all lined up. Great idea--thanks! I'll let you know how I do with the drinking thing.

Hi Umagirl--YOU CAN DO THIS!!!! Please don't give up. You deserve to be healthy. You deserve to have the confidence and gorgeous wardrobe that come with shedding this fat cocoon we are all wearing. You deserve to feel proud of yourself when you accomplish this task. It is huge--losing weight is hard, esp. when you are dealing with depression or other issues that throw you into a tailspin. Enlist whatever help you need to make this happen for you. Make a list of ways you can deal with the lows when they hit instead of eating. Clean out the cupboards and take away your permission to travel when you know it will turn into a junk food run. Add things that you love to your diet so you don't have a chance to crave things. Don't allow yourself to get hungry. I know it is hard--I deal with the same issues too. But it is worth whatever effort or time you have to throw at it to make it happen. My mom says that when you make this change, you should give yourself the best of everything. Buy the best, crispiest apples, those expensive baked chips, 100 calorie packs (ok--I will stop beating that horse!), really good sliced turkey for beautiful sandwiches. Instead of thinking of how you are depriving yourself, start thinking of this as giving yourself anly the best fuel to run on everyday--good, clean, high-quality, delicious, fresh food. And hey, if you plan for it, cheesecake can be on the menu. So can chocolate, esp. dark--it's like taking medicine these days! Most of all, quit beating yourself up. Would you treat someone else so shabbily if they were having a bad day, calling them names, making them feel worse? No--you'd give them a hug and point out all the wonderful things there are about them. So here's a hug. You've lost a lot of weight already and it is just the beginning. You have friends here that will be with you every step of the way. Start fresh tomorrow and stop by to say hi. YOU CAN DO THIS!!!!!

Off the soap box. I feel like yelling TOWANDA today, like in Fried Green Tomatoes. We are losing this weight, darn it!!!!! Who's with me?!?

(Gee, I wonder if the tea is decaffeinated?)
Good luck,

Towandaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!! LOL!!!

~melissa

P.S. - Think you got the caffeinated tea... have a great day. My pills are now a book end and I havent taken them yet...never seems to be the right day.... TOM now, when that is done I think I will start... great day to all. May all your TE be little ones!!! - Suzyq