I have been on Alli for a week now and I really don't see a difference at all. I have been trying to stay with the diet and have been running in the gym. Yet not a single change. How much exercise is needed with Alli for it to show some change...??? I really want to loose at least 20 pounds............. desperate for advice......??

Did you expect to shed 10 pounds in a week? At least finish the bottle before you start thinking about giving up.

Then how is that i am reading blogs of people loosing 3 or 4 lbs in the first week. how is that possible..i know i don't want to loose weight over night....i am just wondering if i am doing anything wrong....i want fix it before i make a habbit of it....

also how do people manage to eat 15g of fat per meal....i can barely get to 10g...for breakfast i have tea and english muffin...for lunch.....i eat a lean cuisne for lunch and a fruit or yogart...my biggest struggle is dinner and weekends.....but still is that enough to take Alli or no?

Hi Bhuri,

The key to making this work is to reach your fat recommendations for each meal. I have a post on the beginning of this board about reaching your fat recommendations that will give you the details about how this works. Make sure that you read through the entire post so that you will see the tips on how to add more healthy fat to your meals.

Let me know if you have any other questions,

Betty Kovacs, MS, RD

I too am trying to lose another 20 lbs.  This is my second time on Alli.  The first time I used it for about twelve weeks and lost 15 lbs.  It will work as long as you stay within your recommended calorie and fat guidelines.  As soon as I started slacking off on writing down my food intake, and eating more than I should, I stopped losing weight.  The first time I used it, I didn't really exercise all that much.  This time I am exercising for 30 minutes, five days a week.  We can do this as long as we don't give up. 

Best Wishes!

cyclechik711:

We can do this as long as we don't give up. 

You're absolutely right.  Don't give up.  It's hard. It's a struggle, but it works.  Plus, you have to BELIEVE it is possible, that it will happen.  And so it does...