Diet Pill/Appetite suppresant advice

[Ima saver]

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My husband went on a diet last year. he cut out everything with sugar including soda. If he has a mixed drink at night, he uses diet sprite with it. No more chips, donuts, fried foods. He lost 40 pounds and has kept it off a year.

[marla]

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I find that dieting and personal finance have a lot of similarities. Take a look at what works for you with your budgeting and see if you can use it for your dieting.

[Kirbycruiser]

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Better than diet pills

Stop drinking soda, over 100 calories in each can.
Move more even a little will help.
Play with your kids or someone elses. (You'll burn a ton of calories and have fun too)

Diet pills are like wrinkle creams TONS of promises and NO results! Save your money!

[Albies5]

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thanks guys- lots of good advice- i feel like to have my muscles be tones i ned to get rid of teh flab on top of them- hence diet pills-- has anyone heard anything though about the hoodia- or relicor/cortisol thing? and ive actual cut out soda as well as drink tons of water- i find that if i was just more active id be fine- but when i get homefrom work im soo tired and just wnat to sit and relax- hence why im looking for teh easy way--so i think to compnesate for my lack of excersise i should have less food-- therefore appetiet supresant-- listen im not fat- just looking to lose some inches/pounds-- but everyone has been eally great and supportive!!s

[Kirbycruiser]

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Your right you wont see the results of muscle training as much untill you lose flab that covers the muscle in the first place. However a pound of muscle will burn fat faster even when the body is resting.
Those pills won't help to pep you up any better than a cup of coffee. The Fastest way to lose the flab is to excersize and weight train. You seem set on the diet pills. If they really worked so great do you think that there would be so many fat people out there.

Sometimes I wish I could have come up with the idea to put a label on a bottle and charge $29.99 for it. PULEASE! Then you could just send me the money and I would be rich meanwhile you will be getting ready to send me another chunk of money to try the new and improved because the last one didn't work. But wait I could then take the same product (basically) put an entirely new label with a different brand name and wait for you to buy it too, because the first two products didn't work the way you expected.

Man that sounds like one of those internet scams. It makes me wonder exactly how much money do you think Americans spend on wonder pills each year?

Sorry for the book!

[Albies5]

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ya, i understand-- i know it all makes sense- but this hoodia ive been hearing so much about - i justwant to know if anyone has tried that before

[jodi]

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No, I've never tried any diet pills or supplements and wouldn't touch then with a hundred foot pole! Remeber phen-fen? people died after taking that. Why take the chance?
I always have lost weight by cutting back (too lazy to exercise after chasing around two toddlers all day - THAT'S my exercise!). Last fall I went on South beach. I loved it - it took some getting used to, but once you have the basic concept, there's not much you can't eat. I lost about 20 lbs., as did DH, and still get compliments daily from co-workers. Just an idea - I researched the diet thoroughly before I started as I first thought it was just another fad diet, but it was written by a cardiologist and has a lot of basic, good ideas behind it (i.e. no sugar, more veggies).
It's your choice, but since you are asking for opinions...there is no quick fix. Even if you lose the weight with a pill, I would bet you are going to gain it all back - and probably more too.

[disneysteve]

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i find that if i was just more active id be fine- but when i get homefrom work im soo tired and just wnat to sit and relax- hence why im looking for teh easy way

THERE IS NO EASY WAY! There is no pill that substitutes for exercise. If you would exercise regularly, you wouldn't be so tired after work. You would have more energy and probably lose some inches in the process. You may not lose much weight since you are already at the low end of normal and have no need for further weight loss.

[Ima saver]

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low carb works well for me because I like meat and cheese and dislike fruit and vegetables. I do walk on my treadmill every day for exercise.

[debtfreeme]

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with taking the time to read the other advice (time crunch)

if you think there is chub on a 5'10" person who weighs 145 wow, what would you say about me? try working out with weights and thatw will make you more compact and tigher, fiter all arouns. you should see results fast.

[flash]

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Albie, I have a similar body, so I can relate.

Hoodia is designed to make your brain believe that it is not hungry. You can google away, loads of info all around. It is just that, though, it changes your brain chemistry. I've known some people who felt it worked well, others who had serious trouble, from dizziness to falling down. Since it also tells your body you aren't thirsty, dehydration can be a problem.

CLA is a good supplement to help keep the body from storing fat on the belly, and has shown some positive results in preventing diabetes and heart disease, but the results are still coming in. It's natural, found in cheese, and I am not aware of any side effects.

Green tea extract has shown some positive benefits for weight as well as health. Things remain ancedotal.

The best is indeed to exercise and eat properly. Vitamins, calcium, etc. are still your best miracle pills.

[Ima saver]

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I never heard of hoodia, where do you find it?? What is CLA?

[PrincessPerky]

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about the whole 'your not fat thing'
I would guess my weight at 145.....I might add 5 if I were worried about rope strength or something...I am 6 ft tall (and yeah red hair, really) I think that leaves my BMI in the upper teens..I know it leaves my midwives telling me to gain all the weight I want when pregnant (the only time I go to a Dr usually)

So why do I look in a mirror and see fat? Lots of fat? Everywhere, arms, legs, hips, belly, thighs...ankles..ok I think my wrists are fairly slim..but thats it....

I call it fat glasses (like rose colored ones, only they are fat colored)....either I am wrong or the Docs are wrong...and since DH, and less biased strangers, seem to like the profile, I figure I am wrong, I am not fat, just a little untoned......I hope..

so about that whole appetite suppressant thing
I am always hungry......always..seriously, I eat like constantly....ask if I am hungry and the answer is either "yes" or "starving!"(depending on how polite I am)...... I stop my self after 2 or 3 'servings...then I switch foods...when my kids prevent me from eating I stop...other than that..I never fill up.... I do not however eat anything and everything..I insist on lots of water, and I limit quantities of any particular food (I can have more food, but no, not more than a serving of chocolate..or two...ok three but no more!)

I doubt there is anyway to take real food and real habits and put them in pill form to make yourself 'perfect'. That and I have no desire to be on a pill for the rest of my life!

[disneysteve]

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That and I have no desire to be on a pill for the rest of my life!

This is an important statement that really hasn't been brought up yet in this thread.

There are appetite supressant pills available by prescription that do work to an extent. However, their effect is short-lived, perhaps up to 6 months or so. After that, your body has gotten used to their presence and adjusts accordingly, so the pill no longer continues to have the same effect. So what happens, you gain back all the weight you lost (and often more) unless you have used that time to - yes, that's right - get on a good exercise regimen and improve your eating habits.

You can try any pill, any herb, any supplement you want, but you can not change the bottom line. Losing weight (if you need to) requires long-term dietary changes and exercise.

If you don't need to lose weight, like the OP, you can try anything you want, including OTC or Rx diet pills, and most likely won't lose any weight because your body naturally regulates your weight to where it should be assuming everything else is ok. So at that point, you are taking all the risks that come along with the drugs with no possible benefit.

[cricket]

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Diet pills or diets do not last .
You must change your eating habits for life.
Eat lots of fruits and veggies---raw is best for you
eat several times a day--small amounts( if fools your body into burning fat)
eat things like a few almonds every day helps --give a nature energy boost-
and helps many other ways .
eat no cane sugar--& no salt - if you need sugar use xylitol (natural sweetener
or Stevia---from a health food store ) also use seasalt .(alkaline balance)
cancer can not grow in an alkaline-balance system.
drink 6 to 8 glasses of water a day.
eat very little red meat ( it is acid base) very little meat --small amounts of poutry and fish.
do some form of exercise at least 3 times a week --walk -swim--what ever works best for you