Diet Pill?
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DO NOT TAKE DIET PILLS! They are dangerous!!
Last year I was visiting my parents and took diet pills on top on my exercise routine and normal diet. I was 26 at the time, 5'11, 180 lbs. By week three I was sick. I had diarrhea, dry heaves, dizziness, headaches, and a general feeling of being sick. I thought I had caught the flu or something. I had lost 13 lbs in 4 days. One morning I told my mom I didn't feel good. My vision kept blacking out and I felt (for lack of a better way to say it) stoned. Later that afternoon I was walking from the bathroom to my bedroom (a 5 foot walk) and I passed out. I was rushed to the hospital emergency where they did a bunch of tests on me.
My pulse was up to 120, My blood pressure was 150/40, they had to start me on an IV, the did an EKG on me, took blood and urine samples, and a whole barrage of other tests.
They finally got me stabilized and said that I was dehydrated and malnutritioned. I told him that I took diet pills. When I mentioned diet pill, the doctors face lit up and said that's why. He said they can cause a whole bunch of health problems, including death. He told me to toss the diet pills or next time I might not be so lucky.
I was kept in the hospital for almost 10 hours, given 3 or 4 IVs, potassium, juices, and monitored (by the EKG, blood pressure, and heart rate machines) every 15 minutes.
Please take my story as a warning. If you seriously want to loose weight there are better ways (I know because I've lost weight after this)
The quickest way is to cut out red meats, starches, breads, sugars, alcohol, and sodas.
Eat veggies (salads are good), soups, and drink TONS of water. If you get hungry between a meal, drink water to fill up.
In moderation eat white meats, and fruits (fruits contain natural sugars, and that can put on weight)
Practice portion control. Yes, you'll feel hungry at first, but think of your goal, and soon your stomach will start shrinking and you won't have that feeling anymore.
Eat 5 times a day. A small breakfast. A mid-morning snack, such as an apple. A small lunch. A mid-afternoon snack, such as carrots. A lite dinner. Do not eat any later than 7pm (6pm is better.)
Go exercise for at least an hour - two a day, incorporating weight training along with your cardio. Cardio helps to melt the fat, while weight training builds muscle. Muscle burns fat, even when you are resting. You get the idea. It also gives tone and definition. Also do a few yoga and pilates exercises to help tone those hard to reach and stubborn areas.
Diet pills are the lazy person's way out!
But then again if I was overweight I would probably want one too!
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personally i don't think diet pills are healthy, and u should'nt take diet pills my mom took them and she got stomach pains...you should also ask your doctor they might know better
There isn't one. Most diet pills are LOADED with caffeine, which can cause all kinds of problems (anxiety, irritability, excessive sweating and heart palpitations, just to name a few). The diet pills that contain ephedra and hoodia can be LETHAL for teenagers or people with heart conditions and/or high blood pressure. Besides, diet pills are a temporary fix at best and don't address the real issue. The root problem is you don't eat properly and you don't get enough exercise. Doesn't mean you're a bad person or that you're lazy or a glutton -- it just means you learned some bad eating and exercise habits.
This may sound harsh, but it's the absolute truth: As long as you look to some miracle cure like a diet pill or detox/cleansing or surgery to lose weight, you're destined to yo-yo from fat to thin to fatter to not quite as thin to even fatter...get the idea? If you're ready to kick this problem in the @$$ and make the commitment to yourself that you're going to lose the weight and keep it off, my advice is to invest $25.00 in a copy of The Abs Diet by David Zinczenko. It's a common-sense approach to eating and exercise that doesn't require calorie counting, cutting out entire food groups, starving yourself, making complicated meals with exotic ingredients, or depriving yourself of everything that you love. Best of all, it's 100% safe and IT WORKS! You can get the book at any major bookstore, and it's hard to miss -- the cover is bright orange.
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