I just finished checking out the Alli website and find it interesting. I actually have some mixed feelings about this one, which is very rare for me.
First of all, we all know that all the diet pills have that nice little sentence hidden on them somewhere mentioning that their pill produces nice results "when combined with a healthy eating and exercise plan" - which tells us it may well have been the plan more than the pill that helped. Some even have a little pamphlet with healthy eating info and whatnot.
Alli, has an entire, detailed bunch of information for meal planning, shopping guides, food journal, even an online support program. All of those are known to be good ways of helping adhere to a program.
Obviously, if you follow their nice little program, you will lose weight, therefore reducing the need for the product in the first place - except that you are evidently able to lose more than you would've with the program alone. Ok, that makes a bit of sense.
The "treatment effects" (code word for very bad poopoo experiences) sound pretty scary. I understand Alli helps reduce the absorption of some of the fat you consume. Therefore, you will experience these "treatment effects" when you consume too much fat. I'm thinking the fear of the bad poopoo experience would definitely inhibit me from chowing down on pizza. :11doh:
Now, here is where I'm torn.
(hypothetically)
Option A.) diet and exercise - lose some wt (but struggle with the urge to eat what I shouldn't and often cheat)
Option B.) diet and exercise, and take Alli - lose a bit more wt. Plus, must weigh the cost/benefit of eating pizza against the "treatment effects" - and probably not cheat as often - so, although, the "treatment effects" would no longer be an issue once I wasn't taking it anymore, the habit of not eating those things would be set.
So, in the end, do y'all think it might actually be a way to train oneself to not eat those foods - since we all very well know that will power alone, and desire to lose weight are most often not quite enough to break the pattern. (basically, the fear of bad poopoo experience would be a bigger deterrent than desire and will power alone)?
any thoughts?
First of all, we all know that all the diet pills have that nice little sentence hidden on them somewhere mentioning that their pill produces nice results "when combined with a healthy eating and exercise plan" - which tells us it may well have been the plan more than the pill that helped. Some even have a little pamphlet with healthy eating info and whatnot.
Alli, has an entire, detailed bunch of information for meal planning, shopping guides, food journal, even an online support program. All of those are known to be good ways of helping adhere to a program.
Obviously, if you follow their nice little program, you will lose weight, therefore reducing the need for the product in the first place - except that you are evidently able to lose more than you would've with the program alone. Ok, that makes a bit of sense.
The "treatment effects" (code word for very bad poopoo experiences) sound pretty scary. I understand Alli helps reduce the absorption of some of the fat you consume. Therefore, you will experience these "treatment effects" when you consume too much fat. I'm thinking the fear of the bad poopoo experience would definitely inhibit me from chowing down on pizza. :11doh:
Now, here is where I'm torn.
(hypothetically)
Option A.) diet and exercise - lose some wt (but struggle with the urge to eat what I shouldn't and often cheat)
Option B.) diet and exercise, and take Alli - lose a bit more wt. Plus, must weigh the cost/benefit of eating pizza against the "treatment effects" - and probably not cheat as often - so, although, the "treatment effects" would no longer be an issue once I wasn't taking it anymore, the habit of not eating those things would be set.
So, in the end, do y'all think it might actually be a way to train oneself to not eat those foods - since we all very well know that will power alone, and desire to lose weight are most often not quite enough to break the pattern. (basically, the fear of bad poopoo experience would be a bigger deterrent than desire and will power alone)?
any thoughts?
