Hi everyone.  I am Eileen, a 38 year old housewife whom has battled obesity for most of my grown up life.  I currently weigh in at 199 lbs (started Alli last week).  For the first time in a year I dropped below the 200 mark.  I am 5ft2in and was near 205 (at one time over 210).  I do get frustrated easily but so far this is working.  I have been doing walking and Yoga/Pilates mix too. I look forward to having a support system here.  xo

Hi I just stared wednesday I am new to tis too. =]

Add me if you want =]

 hi im new to i just had twins 4months ago and im weighing in at 210ish, what is your goal weight?

 I just as well. Started the pills on Saturday. You can add me as well if you'd like. My goal weight is around 145lbs. I am currently 210ish also.

 Hi Akangel22, I added you as one of my friends as well. I am new to Alli also, just started Saturday.

 Hello I am a newbie also.  I started alli on friday of last week.  I am currently 320 lbs and have lost 20 lbs already this year by myself so I am hoping to add the alli to help increase my weight lose.  I have 4 children ages 9, 4,3, and 2 and have been married for 11 years this month.  I am worried about taking the medicine and all the treatment effects and have been looking at it for probably a year and finally have bought it.  I can use a few people for advice and motivation.  Jenny

 I am new too!! I started late last week....... I am at 203 and need to get down to 154 to have the correct BMI. Gosh it feels so far away at the moment!! In my head I have broken it down to 5 lots of 10lbs!! So I am setting my goal at 10lbs a time......

I need motivation too - and I am happy to help others......

The treatment effects aren't as bad as I first thought. To be honest, the first few days I followed a low fat diet, and didn't see any effects. However I have tested it a couple of times since, the pizza yesterday is working its way through me! But my new motto is - 'it's better out than on my hips' !! and that is now how I see it - it is not the greatest thing to see orange oil come out of your body, but its well better than adding to my hips!

I have done my low fat diet today - so hopefully tomorrow will be effect free.

Freel free to add me - it will be good if we all stay in touch and see each other through it, becasue we started at the same time!

Bethan x

 i just started this week .  have you lost any weight yet?

 me to. feel free to add me as well. Good luck!!!
bree

That is awsome.

I added you to. I also added a few others in this thread =]

I started Alli at 299. Right now I am 289. But I look like I lost more. =] 

 Hi,

I just started Alli last Saturday too..... I would like to get down to 130 lbs (I am at 160 now and a horrible BMI for my small 5'1" frame).  I really would like some support! :) I loved your post - I too would rather see it out than on my hips! Gosh, how long does it take for that orange oil to work its way all the way out?  I started on Saturday, it is now Friday and I thought I was eating much healthier, but I must be going wrong somewhere..... :(  I work all day and have a young child, any ideas for low fat, quick meals?  I didnt find much use out of the recipes on Alli.com yet....lol havent had much time to look!

I dont know how to add people to my friends on here, but if you can ,add me! :)

Vanessa

 Hi I just started the pill part today and we are very  close in weight my goal would be to be 160 but I know that I need to take little steps lol. how much have you lost so far?

 H Cindy,

My name is Vanessa.  I started the alli pill on 5-2-09 and have lost 5 lbs so far (down to 156 this morning).  I dont think that is too bad :) I seem to have already hit what they call a "plateau".  It seems the less you weigh to begin with, the more this would probably happen, so I will have to reassess my goals...lol  I am pretty happy with alli so far - I have tried numerous diets to try to lose weight to no avail, so to see ANY results is quite nice :)  It definitely makes you think about the food that you are putting in your body.  We just stocked up on fruits and veggies.  I had no idea how hard it would be to reach a 1400 calorie diet and 14 grams of fat per meal - I usually would skip breakfast completely, sometimes even lunch.  Just sit and snack.  So now I feel like I am practically forcefeeding myself :)  Keep me posted on your progress! It is nice to hear about others progress and feelings too!

Thanks for chatting......

Vanessa

 Hi!

How is the progress now?  You said you started alli at 299 and have already lost 10 lbs.  that is awesome! I have been on alli since 5/2 and have lost 5 lbs.  do you think that is good?  i feel like i should have lost more considering i have changed my entire diet! lol

Vanessa