Hi all!  I have seen so many fantastic posts here about great results!  Congrats to all of you "losers."  I have lost 33 lbs with Weight Watchers but I've stalled for a few weeks so I thought I'd give Alli a try.  My eating plan was already within the guidelines, so I bought the starter pack yesterday and started today.  So far, so good, no TEs, although from what I understand from reading here when you mess up you may not know it for a couple of days!

Anyone else doing Alli along with Weight Watchers?

 Many people combine Alli with WW very successfully.  As for the Treatment Effects, as long as you stay within your fat guidelines you won't have them.  Let us know how this works for you.

Lizzy

 I too am combining Alli with Weight Watchers.  Today makes a full week using Alli.  I had my weigh in at WW yesterday and was actually confused.   I stayed exactly the same right down to the ounce.

As you know, on WW you are already on a low fat-low cal plan.  I typically do not have any more than 11-12 grams of fat per meal and about 1500 or less calories per day.  According to the Alli plan book, I should have 1800 cals per day and 19 grams of fat per meal.

Not sure if that is why I did not lose since I am having far less fat than recommended?

Any suggestions. 

 HI,

I am also a WWer, but have been struggling for months with the same 10 lbs. I need to lose 15 to reach goal, so I decided to try Alli. I am following the Flex plan, and Wed, 7/30 was my first day. I think you only have TE's when you eat junk, and on WW, everything is lowfat so we should be ok.  there aren't too many of us doing both plans, and it can get a little complicated. I found absolutely no Alli support on the WW web site. I only eat my fats during meals, and keep my snacks fat free (fruit, popcorn, fat-free icecream). Keep in touch and let me know how you are doing.

-SkinnyinNY

 I'm really having problems getting my fat grams in.  I read the post that said it's important to make sure you get all your fat grams, but I just can't seem to do it! 

Hi Zinniegal,

It takes some time to get used to eating more fat, but it's worth it. You will need to cut back on carbohdyrates and/or protein in order to make room for the fat calories if you are already reaching your calorie goal. Most people need to cut back on carbohdyrates so take a look at that first.

Here are some healthy sources of fat that you can use to reach your goals:

Flaxseeds: 1 Tbsp has 37 calories and 3 grams of fat - you can sprinkle this on your salad, yogurt, cereal, oatmeal, and rice.

English Walnut halves: 14 halves (1 oz) has 185 calories and 18.5 grams of fat- you can have them on the side with your meal or add them to your food (salad, yogurt, cereals)

Almonds: 23 whole kernels (1 oz) have 164 calories and 14.4 grams of fat - you can have them on the side with your meal or add them to your food (salad, yogurt, cereals)

Avocado: ½ cup sliced has 117 calories and 10.7 grams of fat - you can use this in place of mayonnaise on sandwiches or add it to your salad. Here are more ideas http://www.avocado.org/.

Salmon: 3 oz has 175 calories and 10.5 grams of fat

Black Olives: 1 oz black olives has 66 calories and 5.7 grams of fat

Green Olives: 1 oz green olives has 41 calories and 4.4 grams of fat

Mackerel: 3 oz has 223 calories and 15.1 grams of fat

The nutrition information is from Calorie King.

Let me know how it goes,

Betty Kovacs, MS, RD

 Thanks for your very useful reply Betty!  I replied on my other thread also, but what I am doing is eating meals with more points, and therefore more fat grams, and low point, low fat snacks.  It's working, I lost 5.6 lbs over the last two weeks.  I was down to losing about a lb a week, so the Alli is definitely helping!

 Hi Zinniegal,

I just responded to your other post. It looks like I am following you around through the posts on here :o)

Congratulations on your weight loss!

Betty Kovacs, MS, RD