Hey!  Today was my first full day of taking Alli... took one for each meal. I have not had any occurences which appear to be as a result of Alli.  I have followed the diet plans... 17 grams of fat with each meal... I truly have had a great day of eating healthy!  Just thought I would notice something.  Does it take several days before it takes affect? 

Hi Churchlady1,

It takes 24 to 48 to digest the food that you consumed so you would not notice any difference just yet. If you are following your plan you shouldn't notice any drastic changes so don't be surprised if you don't. The goal of setting fat gram limits is to avoid treatment effects and it sounds like you are right on track.

Keep us posted on how it's going,

Betty Kovacs, MS, RD

 

DO YOU HAVE TO TAKE IN 15 GRAMS EACH MEAL? I HAVE BEEN AROUNG 5 TO 10 A MEAL. I JUST WANT TO DO THIS RIGHT.

 has any one had any side effects like a lot of gas, or cramping? is this normal or is there a proplem.   

 

simply

I had the same concern. There is so much commotion about these treatment effects! I haven't had any problems at all. Then again, no one should have significant problems if they are following the alli plan and appropriately reducing their fat intake. I've been reading veritable horror stories on the msg boards of people eating french fries while on the plan - no wonder they're having gross digestive issues. I had a 1/2 cup of low fat ice cream (Edy's Double Churned with some fresh strawberries is great!) last night as a treat and was fine. I'm glad to see someone else is feeling great!

I started taking alli on the 17th. It does take a couple of days to start working. I have been working out at Curves 3 days last week, and swam laps 2 days. I weighted myself on Friday and since the 16th when I last weighted, I have lost 5.5 lbs. This is a great accomplishment for me since I've been having trouble to drop even 1 lb for the last year.

 Going into my second week and feeling great!

Sally

Glad to see soneone else on here that goes to Curves.  Keep up the good work.  I finally hit the 30 pound loss after 5 years--14 in last year--finally got serious again in January as I had gained some back.  Feels good--I wore a dress Sunday that I haven't worn in 3 years---YEAH

Good for you.  I haven't had any treatment effects at all, my weigh in is tomorrow.  Hopefully I have lost something!