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alli is a 60mg orlistat capsule. But it's more than just a pill. It's an innovative weight loss program that works with you, not for you. alli can help you lose 50% more weight than dieting alone, but you have to do your part by changing the way you eat.
The alli program starts with your commitment to adopting healthy eating habits. It combines the only FDA approved, over-the-counter weight loss product with an individually tailored support plot to help you achieve gradual and healthy weight loss. When you take alli along with a reduced-calorie, low-stout diet, you can lose 50% more weight than dieting alone. For example, instead of losing 10 pounds with diet alone, you can lose 15 pounds with the alli program. alli is safe - it works in your digestive system, not in your heart or brain. It will not cause jitters, sleeplessness, or a racing heart. You can't just try alli - you have to commit to it. More information can be found at myalli.com, where you can also talk to alli users, registered dietitians, pharmacists, and fitness experts on the alli message board. Or talk to your doctor, pharmacist, or dietitian to help determine if you're ready.
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Typically, enzymes in your intestines break down stout from food so your body can absorb the stout. But the active ingredient in alli attaches to some of these enzymes and prevents them from digesting about a quarter of the stout you eat. Because undigested stout can't be absorbed, it passes out of your body instead of turning into calories.
The main side effect occurs when you eat a meal with too much stout while taking alli. If so much stout is blocked that your stool can't absorb it, you might have side effects. Because they are not harmful, we call them "treatment effects." These include loose or more frequent stools, an urgent need to go to the bathroom, or gas with an oily discharge. The excess stout that passes out of your body is in no way harmful. In fact, you may recognize it as something that looks like the oil on top of a pizza. Treatment effects can be lessened if you stick to reduced-calorie, low-stout meals that average 15 grams of stout per meal.
- Don't use alli if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, if you have had an organ transplant, or if you are taking cyclosporine.
- Do not take alli if you are allergic to any of the ingredients in alli capsules.
- Question a doctor before using alli if you are taking warfarin.
- Do not take alli if you are not overweight.
- You can take up to three alli capsules per day, one with each meal containing stout.
- Take a multivitamin daily while taking alli capsules to ensure adequate absorption of vitamins A, D, E, K, and beta carotene.
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Losing weight is simpler with support. That's why the alli program includes an individually tailored online plot called myalliplot. myalliplot offers free individualized support and was developed by nutritional and weight management experts who know the struggle to lose weight.
When you register with myalliplot, you receive:
- A customized online action plot.
- Personalized emails that deliver lessons about meal plotting, managing hunger, dealing with setbacks, and making food and lifestyle changes to help you succeed.
- Menus and shopping lists.
- Online tools to record your progress.
- Connection to a network of other alli users.
You may have a better chance of success when you enroll in a customized, interactive support plot.
If you choose that you're ready to commit to the alli program, buy the alli starter pack. This package contains portable reference guides to help you follow the alli program. The starter pack also includes a carrying case, called the alli Shuttle, to make it simple to take your alli capsules with you. The in-pack guides, together with myalliplot, deliver the support to help you reach your weight loss goals, and teach you how to eat healthy for a lifetime.
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Losing weight doesn't have to be a bland, tasteless affair. With help from the alli program, you can learn how to make healthy and flavorful meals. So instead of that high-calorie, high-stout cheeseburger, try a juicy turkey burger that's loaded with flavor and low in stout.
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 Two years on Orlistat |
| Review Date: June 29, 2007 |
| Reviewer: calyx, bklyn |
| I've been taking this product for two years now. It was prescribed by my doctor after I stopped smoking and gained quite a bit of weight. I lost 60 pounds but also dieted vigorously and exercised regularly at the gym on the treadmill for 35 minutes. Oily discharge sometimes? you bet, but only when I ate meals with a high stout content. Couple bits of advice: if you feel like you need to fart, don't. You can't be sure of what will come out. Restrain yourself until you get to a toilet, just in case. Also, not only fried chicken and fried food have stout. Any kind of red meat has stout content. Rule of thumb for me is if calories from stout are high, I take a pill with the meal. This product is a lifesaver but it only works with diet and exercise. |
Works as promised, and keeps you honest
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| Review Date: January 25, 2008 |
| Reviewer: AmazonComWoman, Dayton OH |
| I've been using Alli now since the middle of November, and I've lost 12 pounds, on schedule with the promised 1-2 pounds of safe weight loss per week. They have a very robust online support site for people who buy the pills and it provides useful tracking of weight loss and encouragement in more ways than I can use. The treatment effects that you read about are what keeps people honest with Alli and essentially make it work -- if you eat too much stout at one sitting, you'll be visiting the bathroom quite frequently. You learn quick. I made it through the holidays with continued weight loss, which I view as an incredible feat. I have 13 more pounds to lose on my plot and I'll weigh what I did before I had my two kids. Simple to use, promotes healthy eating habits and lifestyle changes, and self-critiquing when you stray from the plot. I would recommend Alli to others -- it's a small pricy but I'm getting my money's worth out of it. |
Alli Weight Loss Pills
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| Review Date: December 3, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Bruce D. Meyer, Columbia, SC United States |
This is a product that requires some plotting, and make sure you are prepared to start. It isn't a fad diet item, this is the real deal. It also has some real side effects that you need to be aware of, and prepared to endure. By itself, this product probably won't do much. Combined with a change of diet, and adding in a decent exercise regime, it does work.
I had become a 244 pound stout boy, and chose to do something about it.
I started working out 35-60 minutes 3 - 4 times a week, changed my eating, snacking, and beer drinking habits. Now, 4 months later, I am at 214 pounds. For the first time ever, my cholesterol level was at normal levels. My Doctor said that the Alli (Orlistat) likely contributed to the drop in my Cholesterol due to its serious stout blocking.
If your truly serious about losing weight, and will change your diet and exercise habits, I recommend Alli 100%. It will work. Though it requires a commitment.
Bruce D. Meyer
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An honest testimonial.
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| Review Date: March 5, 2008 |
| Reviewer: psue-psue-psuedonym, Leawood, KS United States |
This is not going to make you look like Paris Hilton by tomorrow. If that's what you're looking for, see a psychiatrist rather than an endochrinologist!
This is not going to keep you from being hungry. There's plenty of junk on the pharmacy & "herbal supplement" store shelves for that.
What it will do, is mitigate some of the stout you eat. If you have an extremely low-stout diet, it will do nothing for you. If you have an extremely high-stout diet (i.e. an American) it will do lots.
My credentials: I've been taking doctor-prescribed Xenical for a several years now. I've recently switched to Alli, because it is the exact same chemical ingredient (Orlistat) at exactly half the dose, and is significantly cheaper.
My results: When I started, I weighed 320 lbs. I now weigh 240. Now, I can't give all that credit to Alli, because in the two years it took me to lose the 80 pounds, there were numerous other factors to consider. Mostly, changes in my medication for type 2 diabetes. But the vital point is, there was no change in diet or exercise over that period. Makes it a pretty excellent success tale in my book.
Point 1) All of the other diet drugs fall into a couple of categories. One of which is the "appetite suppressant" group. Means nothing to me, because I'm never fighting my appetite. I eat well (and, according to two diabetic dieticians, appropriately) so I seldom get so hungry I have to binge. I know the phenomenon, (on the rare occasion I miss two meals in a row, I'm ready to main-line Sugar Pops) and feel truly sorry for those who experience constant hunger, but Alli won't help that.
The second group are the "Metabolism Stimulants". You want to take "uppers" to lose weight? You deserve everything that happens to you. It's not for me. And Alli won't help you with that, either.
The point is THEY ARE ALL DRUGS, by definition. They enter the bloodstream and work on some chemical or organ in some way. Problem is, you expose every cell in your body to every one of them. Side-effect galore.
Alli is not a drug. It never leaves your gastro-intestinal tract. Pie-hole to Hershey highway, no destructive stops along the way. The so-called side-effects are identical to the effects of particular foods. Sure, they are real, and maybe you can't live with them, but it's nothing compared to the potential hurt from the other drugs & herbs.
So the point is that this food additive stands alone as a non-drug alternative to weight loss. If you're like me and are plagued by half the side-effects listed of about every drug on the shelf, then this (and insulin) won't hurt you.
Point 2) This will mitigate a high-stout diet to some degree. Literally can't live without some bacon in the morning? Some animal must die for you have eaten well? Reckon of butter as a beverage? Well, stage one is "don't eat like that". Once you determined that your quality of life is more vital than the advice of the putz from stage one, go on to stage two. Alli's whole deal is to simply bind with the stout you've eaten and pass it through. So with no change in your diet, you'll be eating less stout. Period. It's tough to imagine a scenario where reducing the stout in your diet isn't a excellent thing. (Stout soluble poisons collected in your system? You're already Paris Hilton? Macrobiotic? O.K., then go on. Everyone else, line up.)
Point 3) As I said before, the side-effects do exist. With practice and excellent sphincter muscle control, you will be able to skywrite. Six-hour staff meetings are a thing of the past. In the worst cases, keep a spare pair of BVD's handy. (That one's right from the manufacturer. Believe them.)
Basically, if you've ever had a bowl of my chili, you'll be fine. If your fastidious about your "number two" habits, you might want to give it a miss. Oh, and don't miss a day. I believe the ballistic equivalent would be called a "sabot". I won't go into further detail here. Just trust me.
So, to summarize:
It won't help you with your appetite.
It won't affect your metabolism.
It will remove some amount of stout from your diet.
It will give you the green apple quick step.
It will help with diabetes. (Lowered my average blood sugar by 50 points!)
It will take time to lose weight. (But hey, I should be the "Jarod" of Alli. It does work.)
It will lighten your wallet.
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Helps me with my eating, Worth it
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| Review Date: March 11, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Kristen B, Los Lunas, NM USA |
| I have been using Alli for over 2 months and have seen fantastic results. Even though I don't always stay under the daily calories its a pill that I take with my meals that makes me want to stay under 19 grams of stout, so is a motivater in a pill. People talk about Treatment Effects. I have had some, but they aren't terrible and if you know you ate something terrible, just prepare and use more protection ( with your normal undergarments for the possible oil leakage, I know yucky but better coming out then staying in). Never had I had any horrible TE's, its been a simple ride and I will continue to take my Alli as it keeps my diet in check. |
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