Is ALLI really your ally?
Comments(10)O.K., so I know there’s no miracle drug out there, right? But when I visited my best friend in NYC in August, she was about 40lbs lighter than last I saw her in March. I was afraid she got eating disorder on me, so I cautiously asked what happened to the rest of her? Then she told me she dieted, exercised and got the drug formally known as Xenical: a toned-down version called alli. I had seen the commercials on t.v., but I never try out any drug without first waiting at least a year for the class action lawsuits to show up, LOL! Well anyway, when I got back to Georgia, I couldn’t run to Wal-Mart fast enough-apparently, neither could anyone else, cuz they were almost sold out-I plopped $40 plus tax on the counter and high-tailed it outta there.
Results: I lost 15lbs in less than 2 weeks. I was very happy because I hadn’t been 210lbs in a while.
Downside: I was so totally grossed out, I had to stop taking alli.
The cool part is, we know it works. The uncool part: we know it works.
The way alli works is it only allows a minute amount of fat to be absorbed out of any of the food you eat, so your body hasn’t any choice but to burn off the fat you already have stored in your body to survive. Because you lose some of your nutrients while taking alli, you have to take a multi-vitamin every night to compensate. Where does the fat you don’t absorb go, you ask?
IN THE TOILET!!!
OMG! That is the grossest, most disgusting thing I had to put up with while taking alli. Seeing the orange, oily stuff called fat come out in my poop(kinda looks like spaghetti grease) was too much for me to bear. They say if you stay under 15mg of fat per meal, you won’t see any “side effects”. That’s a lie! Especially for those of us who don’t have any gall bladders. I don’t know what it is, but I know that even if I had a damn-near fat free meal, I’d still see the orange oily crap. Fortunately, I didn’t have what they call any alli-oops, because I stayed under the fat per meal guidelines.
alli-oops: (verb) The act of oil leaking out of your butthole at the most inopportune times, such as at work, during sex, and at your kids’ freaking P.T.A. meeting. For this reason, the makers of alli warn that you need to wear dark pants/bottoms and bring an extra pair of pants/bottoms with you for the first week while your body adjusts to alli.
Let’s talk about the positives here: alli works. There’s no doubt about it. It makes you lose about 1/2-2x’s more weight than you would with diet and exercise alone. Also, the fear of having an alli-oops pretty much keep you from going over your fat guidelines. Most importantly, the orange oily stuff is pretty much the only side-effect. alli also comes with a great support group and customer service for any and all of your questions. They even have a free blog/forum comparable to this site’s where you can compare alli notes. And I’m warning you, some of the success stories will BLOW YOUR MIND! Another cool thing is alli does not promise to be a miracle drug-they warn you every step of the way that you have to diet and exercise for alli to work. And lastly, its available OTC-no Rx needed.
Negatives? Well the biggest one is the nausea you may feel after seeing that orange oil in your poop and the urge to avoid orange-colored food for a while. Also, you have to use a degreaser kind of cleaner for your toilet bowl, because you will have a ring. It’s also freaking expensive-$40 is only a 30 day supply(can cost more depending on where you are regionally-in NYC, I think it’s about $60 for a starter kit). And the last negative: you have to work for it. This isn’t Trimspa, Baby! Where they make weird promises about dropping crazy amounts of weight while doing nothing but sitting on your arse all day…LOL!
Me? I’m definitely gonna use alli again and just close my eyes whenever I poop…LOL! What about you? Think you wanna try it? Did you already try it? What were your results? Do you think its worth it?
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