The Diet Logs

Alli is the only FDA approved diet pill available for purchase over-the-counter. It is also known as Orlistat and is the half-dose version of Xenical. When Alli was first introduced, I remember seeing a commercial for the product and I looked over at my husband and said “I want to try that!” It sounded promising and it definitely had my attention. Before I decided to buy it, I looked online to get some feedback and reviews for other consumers. There was one thing that popped out and was said over and over again by so many different users and that was “Don’t wear white pants!” Ok, now certainly this scared me and I was immediately turned away from this diet pill. Basically Alli works by limiting the amount of fat that your body absorbs. It takes away about 150-200 calories and those calories come out in the user’s stool. So obviously if you eat a higher fat diet, then you are going to be spending a lot more money on toilet paper. The best thing about Alli is that its available at your local store so you don’t have to mess with the trips to the doctor, etc. The worst thing about this pill is its awful side effects and the fact that the pills are pretty expensive at $3-4 per day. Not bad for a few months but that could quickly add up.

crystal wrote this on August 8th, 2008 and filed it under Diet Logs |