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Known as the only FDA approved over the counter weight loss medication, Alli provides capsules and an online support plan to help you reduce your diet essentially to a no fat diet. Even the manufacturers don’t advertise it as a diet pill, but rather a “lifestyle change.” This being said, there are too many diet pills out there making outrageous claims that they cannot actually substantiate. So this isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
Alli is a prescription fat blocker. Essentially speaking, you block about 25% of your daily fat intake from actually being absorbed into the body. It is designed to be used with a low fat diet, and it is meant to give you a certain extra kick. Your body no longer has to burn off those extra fat calories, and so it can burn stored fat and therefore help you to lose more weight.
With the diet they require, you would lose a significant amount of weight anyway. However, being that most dieters don’t actually follow Alli’s requirements, side effects are common and results are rare. Side effects include diarrhea, orange spots, gas, and many report that Alli suggests users wear darker pants and adult diapers for a reason, as more often when you think you are going to fart, you actually poo your pants.
In a 1 year trial, patients using the prescription dose of Orlistat(Alli uses half), achieved 5% or greater weight loss 35.5% to 54.8% of the time. 16.4% to 24.8% of patients lost at least 10% of their weight. So if you weigh 200Ibs, you can expect to lose 10-20Ibs. A regular diet and exercise plan should help you to achieve 8Ibs per month. And after patients stopped using Orlistat, many gained back as much as 35% of the weight lost. All in all, the only thing you will achieve with Alli is extreme embarrassment, we would not recommend it.
July 20, 2010 @ 2:07 PM — Joanne Palombo
I found Alli to work great I lost 8 lbs. in 3 months. You do have to be careful of what you eat because that is what this pill does gets rid of some of the fat
July 13, 2010 @ 5:25 PM — Julianna
I took this pill for a couple weeks. During that time, I'd say I shed a couple pounds in water weight and that was it. I encountered the extremely embarrassing side effect of the fatty stoles. They also messed around with my stomach and would cause me extreme pain. This pill is not worth your time or money. Get an all natural supplement!
July 10, 2010 @ 5:16 PM — Sean Sween
Good pills, took them for a few months, got too pricey for me.
June 9, 2010 @ 3:59 PM — Karrie
It works sometimes. It worked for a few weeks then seems to stop working. When it works it works well though, but its not reliable
May 7, 2010 @ 7:28 PM — Diana
I started using this back when it was Xenical and i lost like 10pds over 3 month period ..i regularly work out and eat right ..this Pill does not work..It did not give me any bowel movements or anything ..i was imune to it..
June 26, 2009 @ 3:35 PM — Ava
Alli is a complete waste. I lost about 3 pounds in a month, and it came back once I stopped taking it.
April 24, 2009 @ 1:51 PM — Aiden
with just diet and exercise, I was losing about 1.5-2.5 pounds per week. With Alli, I just stopped losing weight all together.
March 23, 2009 @ 5:50 AM — Hailey
My friend looked up the studies for me to prove to me that nobody had lost weight using Alli. I used it for about 2 weeks before she did that, and in that time I went through all the embarassing side effects they talk about, and I lost about 2 pounds.
March 11, 2009 @ 2:49 PM — Jennifer
Alli is such a waste of time and money. I ended up with diarrhea in my pants more than once, and it took me a full week to cycle it out of my system.
October 13, 2009 @ 4:23 PM — Emily
I used Alli for one month. I did drop about 5 lbs in that month, but I had to be extremely careful with what I ate. If I had any food with a lot of fat, I had to make sure there was a toilet nearby. Once you get used to the side effects. It is fairly easy to make sure you are eating the right foods. DON'T underestimate the horror stories that you hear! Otherwise you will soon be experiencing one yourself. I was lucky enough to be at home when I had my first "accident".
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