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06-22-2007, 09:46 AM
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I'm not sold on it. It basically says it HELPS you lose 50% more weight than you would without it. So you need to be making that commitment anyway. Perhaps the pills would be a motivation to do so, I don't know.
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06-22-2007, 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Drolefille
I'm not sold on it. It basically says it HELPS you lose 50% more weight than you would without it. So you need to be making that commitment anyway. Perhaps the pills would be a motivation to do so, I don't know.
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If the pills themselves are not motivation to do so, the side effects from NOT following the instructions would be. 
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06-22-2007, 10:14 AM
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I heard on the Today show that the makers even suggest taking an extra pair of pants with you during the day in case you have an accident! 
Hell no I'd never take it!
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06-24-2007, 02:22 PM
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I heard on the Today show that the makers even suggest taking an extra pair of pants with you during the day in case you have an accident! |
I think olestra was pulled for the reason that people experienced "anal leakage". GROSS!!
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06-24-2007, 04:05 PM
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I think olestra was pulled for the reason that people experienced "anal leakage". GROSS!! |
Olestra wasn't pulled.
Or at least it's still marketed here.
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06-24-2007, 08:52 PM
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That side effect was well known when olestra hit the market. Alli sounds like something that if you dedicated enough to follow their guidelines you won't really need the pills.
I do like however that in the commercial they use legitimately larger women. I can't stand when they use a size 6 actress and claim she needs to drop weight!
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06-27-2007, 11:06 AM
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I do like however that in the commercial they use legitimately larger women. I can't stand when they use a size 6 actress and claim she needs to drop weight!
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Like that darn Special K commercial I see every morning. It's got an emaciated woman in a red top and jeans and her stomach growls as the voice over talks about how eating breakfast is the key to losing weight. Then her roommate heads for the door and she's almost as skinny. Seriously, if you are going to market to people trying to loose some weight, could you at least put someone on the screen whose wieght is in triple digits?!?!?  The commercial doesn't make me want to buy their prodcut - it pisses me off that they think people should look that skinny. It makes me NOT want to buy their product...
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06-22-2007, 10:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Drolefille
I'm not sold on it. It basically says it HELPS you lose 50% more weight than you would without it. So you need to be making that commitment anyway. Perhaps the pills would be a motivation to do so, I don't know.
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I have a friend on it now. If you eat too much fat, it gives you the shits. I think that's motivation enough!
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06-22-2007, 10:14 AM
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I have a friend on it now. If you eat too much fat, it gives you the shits. I think that's motivation enough!
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I LOLed for realz when it suggests that you wear dark pants and bring a change of clothes until you get used to it.
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06-22-2007, 10:35 AM
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I have a friend on it now. If you eat too much fat, it gives you the shits. I think that's motivation enough!
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Haha.....isn't this true though without the drugs? I mean.......you go eat a 1lb chili cheese burrito and a fat steak..........you and the porcelain gods are going to have a little come to Jesus meeting.
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06-22-2007, 10:39 AM
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Haha.....isn't this true though without the drugs? I mean.......you go eat a 1lb chili cheese burrito and a fat steak..........you and the porcelain gods are going to have a little come to Jesus meeting.
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I nomitate this for the post of the month.
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07-02-2007, 03:26 PM
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I nomitate this for the post of the month.
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Originally Posted by macallan25
Haha.....isn't this true though without the drugs? I mean.......you go eat a 1lb chili cheese burrito and a fat steak..........you and the porcelain gods are going to have a little come to Jesus meeting.
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I second that motion!
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06-26-2007, 03:14 PM
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Haha.....isn't this true though without the drugs? I mean.......you go eat a 1lb chili cheese burrito and a fat steak..........you and the porcelain gods are going to have a little come to Jesus meeting.
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ROFLMFAO!!!
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06-26-2007, 03:26 PM
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apparently this makes spray oil when you fart.
I don't even know what else to say here.
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06-26-2007, 11:54 PM
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There may be some truth to the oily gas stains... They say on the healthcare professionals site for alli that the side effects are some GI disturbances as well as those other things...
It is a GI Lipase inhibitor that does not allow the cells in the GI tract breakdown triglycerides.
I have not seen the actual clinical trial.
My guess, folks predisposed to HNPCC will be having problems... The dayum thing is a carcinogen and good one... Or cause IBS.
And GlaxoSmithKline is questionable right now...
And this issue is folks pop pills, but don't exercise or eat properly.
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