Diet pills or supplements?
Question:
I just need help!
thanks
Answer:
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.
Supplements..Diet Pills will really mess with you, and it's easy to gain back the weight after words.
There is one supplement called CLA. If you google it you will find lots of refrences with it and people claiming it will reduce body fat and encourage lean muscle.
If you do buy it, make sure you have at least4g a day (with 1000mg soft gells maybe 2 in morening one in afternoon, and one before bed time. Some people have said that even without exercise they still say reduction in body fat. But make sure that the CLA you buy comes in the two isomer form..I believe it's like 9-11; 10-12 or something like that.
Now if you eat 500 less calories a day from what you would normally need (calories) to sustain your current weight, you will loose a pound or two of weight every week-safely.
I also reccomend you consider green tea extract supplements, and look into an herb called gymenna sylvestre, and gymeena has been said to keep healthy blood sugar levels which is a + in weight loss.
If you want a snack or meal replacement check out making a protein shake with Rice Oblidextrin as that has a low glycemic index and won't spike your insulin dramatically.
So once again check out CLA. Because you will have to maybe take 4-5 a day (4 is minimum for guys, I think it's 3 for women) but that will be a lot over time and it will be expensive buying separate little 90 count bottles of it.
BulkNutrition.com has 1000, 1000mg, cla softgells and that will last you maybe 150-200 days so a major +! I also reccomend you take fish oils with it.
Good luck! oh and consider a multi-vitamin. (Now Foods eve is a great one for women)
I'm a 39 year old women and a mother of 4 children.I would never recommend diet pills and here is why a church teacher at only 28 years of age collapsed suddenly and died on the spot it was blamed on the diet pills.i don't trust or believe in them!
Please lose the weight the natural way just like i did.I started a healthy low fat diet i stay away from fried foods burgers fries pizza cookies chips ice ream.i walk daily 2-4 miles, 13-15 minutes a mile) I choose to do INTERVAL training which works the best on your metabolism this is how it goes...I will walk very briskly for 5 minutes and then I will jog for 2 minutes I repeat these steps 5-7 times each time I'm out.When you do interval training you burn more calories it jump starts your metabolism because each time your body(heart rate has to adjust from one level to the next that is when you will burn more.I lost a total of 43 pounds within 5 months and let me tell you I feel better now and age 39 then I have as a young 20 year old.Also include a lot of muscle training.The more muscle you build in your body(especially in your legs) the more calories you burn even while you are sleeping.Email me if you have any questions.Get up and keep moving you can do it!
Good Luck and God Bless.
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I used the shapeworks ones and they were excellent. if losing some pounds of any description and inches is what you want then I would suggest you use a diet that is all natural and is rich in protein and vitamins, which is what the FDA recommends. I used a protein based diet after a friend who had lost a lot of weight with this recommended it to me. All the way through you feel great and energized, you also get great coaching and support along the way. The people are very friendly and gave me lots of great advice. I needed to lose 40 pounds and I did so with no problems. The products really work and you feel great whilst losing weight. I lost all my weight in less than four months and they have helped me to keep it off. I would definitely recommend using them. My sister did this also and lost 76 pounds in five months (She works out, I don’t). There is no pressure and they will even send you a load of free samples so you can try before you buy. The samples were the thing that initially convinced me that this was the right diet for me. You also a get a free complete health consultation with the samples, I just paid the postage and handling, but for what I got it was well worth it. You just go to www.myhealthabc.com to register your details to get the free samples and the free advice etc and then they just call you up and ask you a few questions. It was so easy. Their main site is www.myhealthabcmall.com and you can see all the products and packages and order from their. Its nice to have contact with real people who care about you losing weight and improving your health. I am in better health now than I have ever been thanks to these products and I know that I will continue to keep the weight off with the help I have received. I hope this helps.
Have you tried Accomplia, aka Rimonabant. Its available at a resonable price at http://www.4-rx.net
It may be for you, i just ordered mine this week.
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