Funny, I'm from CA. Not sure why I"m using that phrase "you betcha" lately...

I'm a dork.

Hello all,

   I'm male, 26, and I have been on the pill, one per meal, since June 19th.  I have seen great results!  While I haven't lost 30 pounds a week, I have been losing weight at a rate of 4-5 pounds per week.  I am sticking to the eating plan to a T, exercising 4-5 times per week, walking, cycling & lifting moderate weights.

   As someone stated, this is not a magic pill.  There is no magic pill.  This is a kick in the a$$ to do something.  The TE's only serve as your personal training, watching what you eat and providing consequences when you faulter.  Doubling up on the pill provides a fat blockage of 8% more than the standard dose according to the postings. 

  That really isn't much if you do the math.  If Alli blocks 25% of fat intake, and Xenical blocks 33%, you have an 8% increase in blockage, and a 25% increase in effectiveness.  So if you lost 4 pounds in a week, 2.5 from diet, 1.5 from Alli.  With that extra pill you would loose another 25% of the Alli weightloss of 1.5lbs to 1.875lbs.  So a weekly weightloss more with doubling of .375lbs and if you take that to a month, you will have lost an extra 1.5lbs per month.  So an extra $60 for 1.5lbs a month.

  A few posts ago someone suggested doubling up on your workouts instead of doubling the pill.  That is an excellent suggestion, and something that is almost guaranteed to see results.  That might not be a popular option, it means getting off the sofa, but that it the most efective means.  The fat has to be burned off.  It can't be sat off, or laid off, or slept off.

  I think that if some of us take a look in the mirror, myself included, we will see that it took hard work to put all the weight on.  It took me a lot of trips to Culvers and long hard days on the sofa.  So it will take hard work getting it off.  Nothing in life is easy.  Remember, in the immortal words of Ice Cube, "Life ain't a sprint, it's a marathon"

  Congrats to all who are in the program and losing weight. Keep it up!

One thing that I would suggest is that you also have to look at how many calories you are comsuming.  You may be surprised to know that you can be very low on your fat but be getting too many calories.  Be sure to watch both.  Here is a good site that you can input your meals.

www.fitday.com - registration is free.  You might be surprised!!!b

i am so happy to read your reply drdesign, i have been doubling up on the pills for about a week and i am seeing results, but i think it might mainly be due to all the strict exercise and diet. after reading your reply it really makes no sense to double up. is it really that little of a difference??? wow.

i was just counting my pills today and thought man i only have so many days left how am i going to buy my other bottle??? i was thinking well worse case scenario i will have to go off of them for a few weeks, i figured i am doing so good that i will still keep losing, alli is that little extra push for me so i really like it. i like the fact it doesn't go into the bloodstream or make you feel wired up, love that.

thanks.

have the TE been worse since you've doubled up? how closely to you atsy to the diet plan?

yes. the urgency to use the bathroom is stronger, not so much the treatment effects although i have had those also, but like i said the urgency to use the bathroom consistently is really the only effects. there are some on here that say they have experienced nothing. i have lost almost ten pounds thus far. this will be my fourth weigh-in, so i am hoping and praying a few more pounds lost! i wouldn't double up, if you read the other post you will see there's not that much difference in percentages, 25% to 33%, is it really worth it, the most important thing to do is watch your diet and equally important exercise, preferably cardio, that's what will take the fat off.

good luck, jewels