Hahaha! You're right. We're not all crazy, but hopefully I won't live here for much longer.

Could be worse, lol. You could be living in Louisiana now. :cool:
Breeding ground for serial killers, serial snipers, anthrax producers and who could forget west nile virus, not to mention our terrorist link.

And that I why I spend as little time as possible in BR - that place is the center of all evil.

I've cycled with this stuff when I needed to lose weight rapidly. I use Ripped Fuel stacks before. I don't think they make the version I used anymore because of the higher ephedrine content.

Anyway, now I use something called Hot-Rox from Biotest. I haven't seen the results yet but it's supposed to be a more advanced product.

-Rudey
--I probably just blew my money away on powdered goat nads or something.

One of my bro's worked at GNC and got me a bottle of Xenadrine. I was on it for 1 week, and it was awful.

I would sit in class and not be able to pay attention, or I would sit still and my hands would shake.

I would be jittery for most of the day, but by late afternoon I would "crash," and be so exhausted that I didn't want to move.

The final straw was when I started to break out from the excess amount of ephedrine...

The stuff is bad news

I think it all depends on the person. I took Xen and Metabolife. . .alternating between the two. The key to these pills are to drink LOTS OF WATER. Usually when you're on caffeine pills and you start to shake, that means you arent drinking enough water to counteract the drug. And you're not supposed to exercise heavily with these pills. That's how come so many people end up dying. There's ephedrine to speed up the metabolism for you. So, take a quick but not fast-paced hour walk and eat right.
I lost 15 pds last summer. So, it really was a great booster for me. Of course, I couldn't afford the pills so I'm back to exercising and eatting one time a day.

I took Xenadrine and lost weight... but I also shook all the time and would black out. Kind of scary. I guess I probably shouldn't have been taking it when I only weighed 120 pounds to start and didn't eat. I do know a lot of guys who have had great results in toning and building muscle when they take it before working out.

I tried Ephedra-Free Xenadrine and it didn't really seem to work at all. :(

I just read this today:

"An analysis of reports to poison-control centers revealed that products containing ephedra accounted for 64 percent of adverse effects reported, although they represent just 1 percent of total herbal-product sales." - Shape magazine

Now I'm not saying that Shape magazine is the most reliable source of journalism, but that fact alone would be enough to scare me away from the stuff.

That doesn't sound logical to me. I mean, no offense, but if you take these pills to speed up your metabolism isn't it also to help you get energy to work out? I mean that's why most people initially start pills: to HAVE the energy to work out. Pills alone won't do much other than curb your appetite, but in the long run you won't lose weight because if you're not exercizing and not eatting your body will STORE fat cuz it thinks it's not being nurished. That's basically what my ex (a personal trainer) told me.

Exactly! And if you have asthma or take antidepressants, they are even worse for you.

Stay the hell away from them

Read:
You're not supposed to exercise HEAVILY

That's what the doctor said when I called
She said that a brisk 30 minute walk every day
Is okay but nothing over exerting
If your friend's a personal trainer, he knows that
The key to losing weight is to burn more calories out
Than what you put in
That's where the pills come in
To suppress so that you don't comsume more calories
And also, lots of water. . .over the recommended amount

No sense in dying from weight loss


I have tons of friends who lost weight by taking the pills
And they didn't have any problems except the shakes
But once they drank tons of water
They were fine
:cool: