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Add to FavoritesToday there are so many diet pills out there. You can find them in grocery stores, convenience stores, drug and discount stores as well. Some doctors will prescribed them to you, if you need them, and some will if you just ask. Everyone today can get access to some sort of diet pill, and they will more than likely experience some type of weight loss, or appetite control.
I believe they work, and I do not believe they are miracles, but they can be effective in gearing you towards that ideal weight, you have longed for. The key I feel is that you need to implement a lifestyle change along side diet pills though. If you are relying on those pills to make exercise obsolete, you can think again. Even if you experience a rapid weight loss when just taking diet pills, you can almost bet you will regain (according to statistics), some of it back, if not all. Rapid weight loss is almost always not permanent. It is short term.
Choosing the right diet pill is the more important thought here. You need to watch for certain medical conditions you might have, because that type of obstacle will greatly diminish results, and your overall health. Especially if you are taking a diet pill with a stimulant, or metabolism booster in it. If you have a heart condition or the potential for heart related problems, then you might stay away from caffeine induced, or Ephedrine induced weight loss pills.
As with any diet regimen you undertake, you should check with your doctor before beginning. Loosing weight can be life threatening to some.
Diet pills should be used in accordance with a eating change, exercise, and safety precautions. I do believe they work, I have experienced numerous results when using a diet pill, once or twice myself. Will it last if you rely solely on the pills? No. You must have a food diary or a food intake count, for each meal. You should watch your calories and carbs. You should drink eight to ten glasses of water, daily. Getting the facts about a product and testimonies from friends and co workers might help you as well. Never take too much of something, it will have bad effects on your health, they give you instructions for a reason. Remember to exercise, this is most important. And never , never, rely solely on a "miracle pill".
You see the advertisements, you here all the "hype" about a new diet solution, and you want to go out and get it. But before you do, do some research, background checks, and check with your doctor. For all those who have went to a doctor and have received a pill that is suppose to help you in weight loss, report any changes in behaviors, eating habits, sleeplessness, and physical changes, immediately to them. Don't assume because a doctor gave it to you, that it is good for you.
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So, I'm flicking through Helium one day, & I come across this debate: Do weight loss pills work? Six people say yes, they do, and fourteen say no, they don't. Actually it's about to become fifteen, as I add my voice to the "no" side of the debate. And yet on this very page there are no fewer than five adverts for weight loss pills or patches. Hmm. Something's not right here.
Unfortunately we live in a very lazy society, where we are bombarded with get-something-for-no thing messages daily (but have you noticed how expensive the get-something-for-no thing *products* are?)
Why am I adding my negative opinion to this debate? I guess that's probably fairly obvious! Like so many thousands of others out there, I got suckered into trying a lose-weight-fast diet pill. I'm not massively overweight, just struggling to shift the last few pounds of excess baggage that I gained when "middle-aged spread" caught up with me. Through determination, good eating habits and daily walks I managed to rid myself of two-thirds of the extra poundage, but then I hit the dieter's nightmare: the "plateau". No amount, it seemed, of salads & exercise were going to force that flab to budge; everywhere I turned, I was being overwhelmed by claims that I could "lose ten pounds in a week with no effort". I succumbed.
Being a very cautious soul, and one with a limited household budget at my disposal, I proceeded carefully. I researched, reading review after review and blog after blog, before deciding on which product to purchase. This one, it seemed, was reliable and really did get results. Even then I didn't rush to purchase, but scanned the web for the best price. Finally my decision was made, my money parted with, the product ordered.
My pot of pills arrived. I read the instructions, which promised real results: in fact, they seemed to suggest I could easliy lose more wieght than I wanted to, so I decided to start slowly by taking only one pill per day (the instructions said I could take up to three). I continued with my usual sensible diet and regular exercise, the combination of which had got me to my "plateau" and kept me there for a year. After one week, I stepped expectantly on the scales (any serious dieter knows that weighing should occur no more frequently than weekly) and, voila! I had GAINED three pounds. In one week. After having lost fourteen pounds and maintained that loss for a year. Great.
I stopped taking the pills. It took me three weeks to remove those extra pounds. Then (what on earth was I thinking?) I decided to try again. Can you guess what's coming? Yup. One week later, three pounds heavier. I gave up. This time it took FOUR weeks to shift the excess. The pills went in the bin, and I've learned my lesson.
There is NO WAY to lose excess weight other than a sensible eating plan coupled with regular exercise. None. There are only two ways in which diet pills help some people: they help to establish a proper mealtime schedule, as they have to be taken 30 minutes before eating; and they increase the amount of liquids the dieter drinks, as they have to be taken with a glass of water. It is well known that drinking more helps with weight loss, partly as the water helps the body to function more efficeintly, partly as it helps to fill the stomach and thereby reduce the appetite.
Get over it, give up on the "quick fix", and get on with your life. You have two options: either accept yourself as you are, or eat less and exercise more. Stick with that plan and you will eventually reach a reasonable weight. If you can't reach your goal, it may be that your goal, like mine, was a little unrealistic and needs to be re-set. But don't be fooled. Diet pills really don't work.
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