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 Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 1:26 pm
Hey everyone.
So I know that people generally advise against diet pills but I'm still curious about them. Why is everyone so against them? Surely they can't be that bad when they're the natural types. Right? Wouldn't it be like taking vitamins but for weight loss?
Well, I did a quick online search and came across apple cider pills, chili pills, green tea pills, and they all advertise the same thing. I really don't know much about natural herbs and the benefits, so I was wondering if anyone could set me straight here. What do you recommend or have experience with?
I do exercise about 3 times a week. Usually I just do 35 minutes on the elliptical, some sit ups, and passing of a medicine ball, and I do some basic weight lifting occasionally at home. I try to eat in moderation, make sure my diet is fairly healthy (it can be tough being on campus or work all the time. I only get one day off a week, so cooking isn't something I have much time for.) and I drink a few bottles of water a day.
Thanks for any suggestions.
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Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 1:53 pm
My problem with the pills is that they're not having you change your daily eating/exercising routine, so once you're off of them, you'll usually gain the weight back. In addition, if you lose weight too fast, like some diet pills would make you, it can weaken your heart and cause serious health risks. If you want to lose weight and keep it off, you have to make a habit of watching what you eat and exercising regularly, or it won't be maintainable once it's off.
My advice is, if you're interested in diet pills, talk to a doctor first to find out what would be best for you and to make sure you know all the possible side effects.
I would only ever take diet pills if my life was in immediate danger if I didn't lose the weight, but that's just my own opinion.
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Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 1:31 am
I read once that herbals aren't regulated by the FDA so they don't have to work as promised. The doses may be off too. Not something I trust.
Not to mention some diet pills can cause problems. I remember my sister taking something that was taken off the market because it lead to heart attacks. They aren't always safe. And they're only taken off the market when enough people are killed by them.
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Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 6:41 am
my main problem with the pills of any other diet drinks and things. is that most of them have fine print that says works best with diet and exercise. so in short they don't work. only diet and exercise does.
i remember my mom once got some diet pills years back. and after a week, plus gaining weights on the pill. she called the people to ask what she was doing wrong. come to find out on the bottom of the bottle there was a little folded piece of paper that said to get results, you had to eat a 60 calorie diet. anyone would loss weight on that diet with out the pill. neutral
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Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 10:56 am
Green tea pills don't work. So if you want to spend money on nothing, go ahead. I also tried Slimquick, and it doesn't work either. Really, the only way to lose weight and keep it off is to eat well and exercise. That's what works, nothing else.
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Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 1:22 pm
I took Retiva for a few months. It was advertised as a pill for women to boost energy and calorie burning. I did little research and believed the label. It DID give me a ton of energy, but that's because it's loaded with caffeine. If I didn't eat just before or just after taking one I became horribly sick and ended up vomiting bile, so strong were the dry heaves that came with it. I couldn't sleep, I couldn't settle down during the times it was supposed to have worn off, because though my body could rest, my mind was always in gear. I'd fall into a state of partial consciousness but the slightest of sounds would rouse me. Another pill got me through the waking part of my days anyway so I wasn't particularly concerned about the lack of sleep. Instead I waited until my days off and crashed for 14 to 17 hours.
Ultimately it did not help me lose any weight. It did not burn extra calories for me, even though I was working full time and eating regular healthy meals. All it did was give me a kick in the a** and keep me up for weeks.
A great many things you'll see advertise by playing off the desperation of people who really want to lose weight or be more active. It's false, and if one does indeed experience one or more of the guaranteed acts, it's probably because the product has a ton of caffeine, or sugar, or something else that's not good for you with possibly damaging effects on the body. Barring that, it could also have no effect whatsoever because while the product might actually contain what it says, it's in so small of an amount that it might as well not have any. Like those Acai pills, for instance, that have been cropping up for the last year. Worthless.
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 5:47 pm
.WayneZinok. Well, I did a quick online search and came across apple cider pills, chili pills, green tea pills, and they all advertise the same thing. Why dont you just eat those things as part of a balanced diet? Surely its not hard to cook something with apple cider, drink green tea, and use chili sometimes as a seasoning. It'll be cheaper and you know what you are putting into your body.
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 6:28 pm
Most, if not all, diet pills are stimulants. You'd get the same effect eating a cup of coffee beans. It isn't good for your heart, at all.
Really, honestly, there's not an easy way to lose weight.
Supplements that say they're gonna do it for you, don't.
Drinking green tea helps suppress the appetite, but I don't think that the pills do the same thing. I drink matcha tea and it's like, the whole leaf ground up that is a powder you mix in. It's a little bitter so that's why it suppresses my appetite. I don't think it's anything too special though.
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I've tried RedLine, Jillian Michael's Burn, Slimfast shakes, everything. It's good food in and sweat out, I still haven't got the hang of it though. j~j
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