Hi Iharvey,
Thank you for sharing! In my opinion, alli works best by helping people learn to be more aware of what they are eating and get used to avoiding temptations. When you are in the moment, it's so easy to splurge and consider worrying about your diet tomorrow. Once you have taken the pill that splurge isn't quite at tempting. The calories that are excreted are an added bonus to the behavior changes that you make.
Congratulations on your success,
Betty Kovacs, MS, RD