Comments on: My Alli? I Don’t Think So http://manolobig.com/2007/09/02/my-alli-i-dont-think-so/ Fashion, Lifestyle, and Humor for the Plus Sized Woman. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:10:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: chikwendu http://manolobig.com/2007/09/02/my-alli-i-dont-think-so/comment-page-1/#comment-8581 chikwendu Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:21:40 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2007/09/02/my-alli-i-dont-think-so/#comment-8581 I'm pretty sure some people will not like it I’m pretty sure some people will not like it

]]> By: Jen http://manolobig.com/2007/09/02/my-alli-i-dont-think-so/comment-page-1/#comment-840 Jen Wed, 05 Sep 2007 11:22:42 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2007/09/02/my-alli-i-dont-think-so/#comment-840 I wasn't, that's the problem. No matter how obsessive I got about keeping track of what I ate, and no matter how much I exercised, I couldn't lose. I had to work out like a fiend just to maintain my weight, let alone lose any. Alli has helped me take a little more control. Wow, I totally did not mean to sound like an infomercial there. I wasn’t, that’s the problem. No matter how obsessive I got about keeping track of what I ate, and no matter how much I exercised, I couldn’t lose. I had to work out like a fiend just to maintain my weight, let alone lose any. Alli has helped me take a little more control.

Wow, I totally did not mean to sound like an infomercial there.

]]> By: Jezebella http://manolobig.com/2007/09/02/my-alli-i-dont-think-so/comment-page-1/#comment-838 Jezebella Wed, 05 Sep 2007 05:10:06 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2007/09/02/my-alli-i-dont-think-so/#comment-838 Oops, I meant maximum level. Oops, I meant maximum level.

]]> By: Jezebella http://manolobig.com/2007/09/02/my-alli-i-dont-think-so/comment-page-1/#comment-837 Jezebella Wed, 05 Sep 2007 05:09:08 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2007/09/02/my-alli-i-dont-think-so/#comment-837 Don't you think you'd be losing the weight anyway with a diet where you keep your fat grams to that minimum level? I think you would. Don’t you think you’d be losing the weight anyway with a diet where you keep your fat grams to that minimum level? I think you would.

]]> By: Jen http://manolobig.com/2007/09/02/my-alli-i-dont-think-so/comment-page-1/#comment-830 Jen Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:17:16 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2007/09/02/my-alli-i-dont-think-so/#comment-830 Actually, it's not that bad. I've heard a lot of Alli-bashing, and I'd like to present the other side of it. I'm on Alli, basically because I've been dieting/exercising steadily for a few months and hit a plateau. I had been following the Beck Diet Solution book (which is awesome), but after a while I just hit a brick wall with my weight loss. Alli was definitely a last-ditch effort for me, but it's working out. As long as I keep my fat grams under 15 grams a meal (easier than it sounds), there are no treatment effects. Granted, I've had to make a few emergency bathroom trips, but to experience those other fun treatment effects they talk about, you basically need to eat peanut butter, chips, and pizza 24/7. Plus, the pill only affects the meal you take it with. So, if you're going out for a nice dinner or eating 2 pieces of chocolate mousse cake for your birthday last week (oops), you don't take a pill and you're fine. I've been on Alli for about 3 weeks, and I take it with nearly every meal I eat; I've lost 5 pounds and counting. I'm really satisfied with it. Actually, it’s not that bad. I’ve heard a lot of Alli-bashing, and I’d like to present the other side of it. I’m on Alli, basically because I’ve been dieting/exercising steadily for a few months and hit a plateau. I had been following the Beck Diet Solution book (which is awesome), but after a while I just hit a brick wall with my weight loss. Alli was definitely a last-ditch effort for me, but it’s working out. As long as I keep my fat grams under 15 grams a meal (easier than it sounds), there are no treatment effects. Granted, I’ve had to make a few emergency bathroom trips, but to experience those other fun treatment effects they talk about, you basically need to eat peanut butter, chips, and pizza 24/7. Plus, the pill only affects the meal you take it with. So, if you’re going out for a nice dinner or eating 2 pieces of chocolate mousse cake for your birthday last week (oops), you don’t take a pill and you’re fine. I’ve been on Alli for about 3 weeks, and I take it with nearly every meal I eat; I’ve lost 5 pounds and counting. I’m really satisfied with it.

]]> By: Angel http://manolobig.com/2007/09/02/my-alli-i-dont-think-so/comment-page-1/#comment-799 Angel Mon, 03 Sep 2007 13:23:54 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2007/09/02/my-alli-i-dont-think-so/#comment-799 I enjoyed reading this. It's very real. I agree that Alli is not the answer. Why would you want to put something into your body that can give you those side effects? Disgusting. I enjoyed reading this. It’s very real. I agree that Alli is not the answer. Why would you want to put something into your body that can give you those side effects? Disgusting.

]]> By: chachaheels http://manolobig.com/2007/09/02/my-alli-i-dont-think-so/comment-page-1/#comment-798 chachaheels Mon, 03 Sep 2007 12:55:52 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2007/09/02/my-alli-i-dont-think-so/#comment-798 Thanks for exposing this "drug", which sounds to me like a recycling of the unmarketable Olestra, in a pill form. Comedians did that "food additive" in by joking that olestra potato chips should always be sold with a coupon for a package of Depends--so when the fatty, leaky diarrhea strikes, you're prepared. The truth of the matter is, fats are really important foods, and yes, even the saturated fats are absolutely vital. The kind of pseudo-foods we're being bombarded with, which are laden with rancid fats, fats made from crazy genetically modified foods which were never intended for human consumption, hydrogenated fats, and msg (to substitute for real foods, such as the meats and vegetables we'd actually use instead) are the foods behind the obesity "problem". There's something so cynical about telling people who are termed overweight that they should load up on Jenny Craig meals (an example of truly bad, truly nourishment-free foods) and body-depleting medicines in order to be seen as acceptably healthy. So cynical it sounds like another long term profit plan for Big Pharma as well as Big Diet. How insulting. It's no accident that low fat regimes, combined with scientifically ungrounded campaigns to get us to avoid eating real foods like butter and dairy, meats, properly grown fresh fruits and vegetables we can prepare ourselves, and whole grains (which are pretty much no longer available in commercial foods) for the past 30 years have coincided with soaring rates of chronic heart disease, cancer, and diabetes. It's disturbing to think people who want to drop weight are now being sold health-destroying drugs which won't do much good for their efforts to lose weight, either. Being healthy will never equal being thin at any cost. Thanks for exposing this “drug”, which sounds to me like a recycling of the unmarketable Olestra, in a pill form. Comedians did that “food additive” in by joking that olestra potato chips should always be sold with a coupon for a package of Depends–so when the fatty, leaky diarrhea strikes, you’re prepared.

The truth of the matter is, fats are really important foods, and yes, even the saturated fats are absolutely vital. The kind of pseudo-foods we’re being bombarded with, which are laden with rancid fats, fats made from crazy genetically modified foods which were never intended for human consumption, hydrogenated fats, and msg (to substitute for real foods, such as the meats and vegetables we’d actually use instead) are the foods behind the obesity “problem”. There’s something so cynical about telling people who are termed overweight that they should load up on Jenny Craig meals (an example of truly bad, truly nourishment-free foods) and body-depleting medicines in order to be seen as acceptably healthy. So cynical it sounds like another long term profit plan for Big Pharma as well as Big Diet. How insulting.

It’s no accident that low fat regimes, combined with scientifically ungrounded campaigns to get us to avoid eating real foods like butter and dairy, meats, properly grown fresh fruits and vegetables we can prepare ourselves, and whole grains (which are pretty much no longer available in commercial foods) for the past 30 years have coincided with soaring rates of chronic heart disease, cancer, and diabetes. It’s disturbing to think people who want to drop weight are now being sold health-destroying drugs which won’t do much good for their efforts to lose weight, either. Being healthy will never equal being thin at any cost.

]]> By: Wendy http://manolobig.com/2007/09/02/my-alli-i-dont-think-so/comment-page-1/#comment-794 Wendy Sun, 02 Sep 2007 20:02:35 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2007/09/02/my-alli-i-dont-think-so/#comment-794 Eat as much fat as you like and lose weight, but be prepared for smelly, greasy, unpredictable and uncontrollable farting? How credulous do they think we are? How credulous are we? Eat as much fat as you like and lose weight, but be prepared for smelly, greasy, unpredictable and uncontrollable farting?

How credulous do they think we are? How credulous are we?

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