Hello Everyone! I don't post that much but I am on this site at least 3 times a day. I just wanted to tell someone that I finally gave in and bought Alli. I have been following( or trying to) a low-calorie diet for the past 6 months. i have realized that just isn't working for me. I have obvious eating issues and need more accountability than just trying to eat right on my own. So I am headed back to weight watcher meeting. I am pretty comfortable with the program b/c I did it for a few months a couple years ago. I decided to give Alli a try as well. I feel so excited about finally making some decisions that will aid in my weightloss. I really hope that the combination of WW and Alli will produce results. I am going to start taking them tomarrow so I will have to let everyone know how it is going.

BTW- Do you think it is bad to go out for dinner and eat whatever I want before I start tomarrow or is that just an excuse to eat bad. I have been eating well for a few days and am already down 2-3 lbs. I just think with the side effects of Alli I will have to not eat ANYTHING super fattening for a while why not have something good tonight. I am leaving for dinner in 30 min. hopefully I get some advice by then

if you've decided to really follow a diet and do well, why would you go out for one "last" meal and blow all that effort?

I did like you and am combining Alli and WW. It's working well for me. I would caution you about eating high fat tonight and taking Alli in the AM. Alli suggests you eat low fat 2 or 3 days prior to taking your first dosage.

You're going to love your results. Keep us posted. I know I need inspiration and others probably do as well.

So what did you decided? Did you go out for the last meal? How did it go?

Does Alli actually work? Weight loss aides are sometimes scary. Does it have a lot of caffeine or anything like that? I haven't used a lot of aides (except the gum that didn't work), but friends tried a few different things are were basically really hyper. Not fun - they said that they felt "fuzzy" when taking things. I'm curious about how this works for you.

Alli 'works' in that it will absorb a small percentage of the fat that you are eating and really will make you avoid fat.

If you follow a low fat diet/Alli supported diet, etc it will prevent a minimal amount of fat calories from being absorbed. This is approximately 100 calories per day (sometimes a bit less, sometimes more, depends on how much fat you eat).

What Alli really does though is prevents you from eating a high fat diet or else you will get very bad side effects.

Personally, I think it is too expensive and doesn't do much. I already follow a low fat diet so I don't need encouragement to do that and it would absorb too few calories for me to even consider.

alli isnt weight watchers sweetie. be prepared to carry spare clothing @ all times.

btw, thank you nellie!

also for people who do use it, you do realize you could do the same thing cheaper w no side effects ud=sing chitiosan&vitamin c right? i know bc thats what i use BUT only 1x week on cheat night.

if you are following WW like you should be then why would you want or need alli? no pill has ever worked! follow the ww plan it works...

Don't let people put you off Iowa girl if its right for you. I wouldn't have thought there's any problem using Alli with a WW diet as its low fat anyhow. If you were following Atkins that might be different.

Sure you will lose anyway with WW followed correctly but I don't see what the problem is in taking a drug that has been clinically proven to aid weightloss alongside it. My experiences of Orlistat (the active ingredient of Alli) is that I have lost more quickly and more consistently than I have ever done before. Check out my stats. I've been on Xenical for 7 months. And I've never needed to carry a change of clothing with me!

Good luck with it.

Kitty

Doesn't Alli also prevent your body from absorbing the good fats, like Omega 3?

Yes it does prevent the good oils to be absorbed also.

yes it does which in effect means if you already eat lowfat and take a fat inhibitor= fat free and that has serious health consequences.

oh well im glad some people see it the way i do!

I also just bought Alli (again) and plan to start WW tomorrow. I don't know why people feel the need to be rude to you. Whatever works, works. So I may not be getting some Omega 3's for a while, I'd rather be thin and healthy than overweight with a few extra Omega 3's. I am hoping in conjunction with each other, it will help the weight go even just a little faster which will motivate me to stay on program.

Good luck!