Diet Pills - Richmond,TX

Updated on December 04, 2011
R.F. asks from Richmond, TX
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Looking for a good diet pill! Any suggestions????

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Thank you everyone for the information, however I know diet pills are bad for you & am not looking to take them long term. I have heard of some women taking some for a month & it helping. Then get off them. My metabolism is already shot b/c of my hypothyroid do I already have a hard time loosing weight. I just needed a jump-start.

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J.S.

answers from Chicago on

There are no magic pills that will make you thin. If there were, no one would be fat!

Eat healthy, watch portions and exercise (both cardio and weight training).

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S.B.

answers from Redding on

There is no such thing as a good diet pill in my opinion.

Do you eat when you're tired? Drink some orange juice.
Drink plenty of water.
Get regular exercise.

Do you overeat when you're bored?
Chomp on carrots, celery or apples.

Healthy nutrition is far better than chemicals.

There is no magic pill.

Best wishes.

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M.R.

answers from Phoenix on

Honestly, no there are not any good diet pills.

I have a girlfriend who runs a famous liver transplant center in a major city. Guess how many of their liver transplant patients are there due to severe reactions to diet pills? Lots....

Please think about a normal, healthy lifestyle change. Make the changes in baby steps. You did not put the weight on in a few months, so.....you're not going to take it off in a few months.

You must sleep enough. You must move more and eat less. You must make exercise part of your daily life style...dance around the house, walk, take stairs, stretch, do yoga. Skip desserts and only eat them for special occasions. Eat lots of protein and fresh fruits and fresh veggies and multi grain breads. Drink lots of fresh herbal teas or water.

GL!

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J.C.

answers from Anchorage on

Per my Doctor, you should stay away from them all. Many can cause hear attacks and strokes.

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X.O.

answers from Chicago on

How much weight do you have to lose?

If a very significant amount, you might want to talk to your doctor. If s/he decides you are a good candidate for pharmaceutical-assisted weight loss they could give you Phentermine (which is a controlled substance--it is not easily prescribed) or Victoza. Both operate to shut down your hunger centers, so if you are an emotional eater, they won't work for you.

I used Phentermine for about a month & lost 10 lbs.

I did Weight Watchers for a month and lost 15 lbs.

I have been doing low-carb eating since July and have lost 18 lbs.

I am going back to Weight Watchers, as it is the most sustainable way to lose weight, and it teaches you about eating healthier and smarter, and now incorporates some of the low-carb eating ideas.

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D.B.

answers from Boston on

Don't do any of them. They wreak havoc on your liver, and cause long-lasting damage. Others are just big bundles of caffeine to rev you up and keep you moving around, but then you crash and need to replenish your energy - making you eat.

Really, if there was a magic pill that worked, don't you think we'd all be thin and the developers would have won the Nobel Prize?

You should eat 5 small meals a day (or call it 3 meals and 2 snacks) so you are never out of fuel - starving yourself causes your metabolism to slow down and burn FEWER calories. Which is why most "diets" don't work.

You need a good balance of healthy (complex) carbs (going for the darker version (brown rice vs. white, whole wheat vs. "enriched" white), sweet potatoes instead of white), proteins (lean meat, beans, fish, low fat dairy), healthy fats (nuts, seeds, olive or canola oil), and lots of fruits and veggies. This time of year, frozen veggies and fruits actually have more nutrients than most fresh stuff, since so little of it is locally grown.

And of course, you need to mix in exercise, a combination of cardio and weights. Remember that muscle weighs more than fat, so an exercise program may increase that number on the scale but your clothes will fit better. Also, muscles require more fuel to operate, so greater muscle mass will actually benefit you in the long run, using up the calories in the food you eat, preventing them from being stored as fat. Join a gym, get a couple of good exercise tapes, and some minimal equipment - 2 light and 2 medium dumbbells and/or a medicine ball, a resistance band, and maybe a mat for floor work. If you don't have a treadmill, walk outside or even at a mall that opens early for walking in bad weather (many open for walkers even though the stores aren't open yet).

You CAN find 1 or 2 really good supplements that give you healthy, low calorie protein with (important) no drugs and no stimulants - these will keep you from being hungry and give you important protein and calcium (critical for building bone strength). You want to replace no more than one meal a day, and it should not have caffeine or artificial sweeteners in it (no aspartame, sucralose, etc. - these just stimulate the pancreas the same as sugar). Don't go to the grocery store or health food store - you won't find it there.

Good luck!

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G.G.

answers from Austin on

I know how you must feel right now but a free diet pill is drinking loads of water. I wouldn't take a pill, they are not good for your body at all. I have a background in dieting and proper nutrition and the best thing you can do for yourself is this....

1. First thing in the morning, force down 8 oz of water or more.
2. Before every single meal, drink 8 oz + of water.
3. Be sure you are drinking at least 64 oz of water today (but be sure you drink the 8 oz before every meal or snack).
4. Eliminate any drink with calories and do not drink anything with artificial sweeteners (you might think they are calorie free, so how could they hurt). It is believed that they alter hormones in your body and can directly effect metabolism.
5. Try to make little changes in your diet. For example, use mustard and no mayo on your sandwich, cut out a little bit of cheese from your diet but not all. Switch from flour tortillas to corn, choose reduced fat sour cream instead of real. You get the point.

Drinking tons of water is where you will see your biggest change. Most of the time we think we are hungry, we are really just dehydrated. I do this to myself all of the time and I know better!! By the way, a friend once asked me what he could do to lose weight. He would drink Sprite all day long and I told him to cut that out and drink only water. I left the company and saw him 8 months later. He had lost 40 lbs and told me he took my advice and that was all he had done. It works! Good luck, you can do this! Carry a large water bottle with you everywhere you go! That is one, simple commitment you have to make to yourself.

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M..

answers from Detroit on

Im not telling!

Weight Watchers is a wonderful healthy diet. :)

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K.C.

answers from Austin on

If losing weight was that easy! I highly suggest you stay away from diet pills (think about what they really do to your body and mind) and follow the ol' fashion route of modifying your daily food/drink intake and incorporating exercise so that you will make a long lasting lifestyle management change verus trying to do a quick fix. Trust me, it works. :)

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answers from Dallas on

There's no such thing. They are all awful for you. You gain it back, anyway.

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L.G.

answers from Austin on

I agree with the other responses. Besides, losing weight the healthy way makes you feel so much better about yourself. Just be patient and watch the pounds come off. Can you find a partner to start a healthy plan together? You can hold each other accountable.

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C.S.

answers from Odessa on

I agree that they are bad for you, just like everything else we seem to consume, including all the medications they prescribe to treat symptoms these days with so many side effects.

Now to answer your question, I've taken a pill called Dream body and it works. Its claimed to be natural but who really knows. Good luck!

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J.T.

answers from Victoria on

If you arent loosing weight with diet and exercise alone may I suggest Dr. Mabray here in Victoria? Even if you cannot make the drive down here he might have a suggestion on someone closer. If I remember richmond is near houston . ###-###-####

Diet pills are basically speed. They pump your heart faster (like speed). Thats not good for your health. Perhaps I can be so bold to say get healthy instead of "loose weight".

Be careful with the doctor I suggested as he does promote diet pills along with the diet,exercise and any other meds you might need that the main stream doctors wont recognize.

My experience with him was loosing 80 lbs. I gained them back wth my two pregencays but am waiting to hear back from him. My life time of doctor visits and telling them my symptoms would lead them to believe that i was diabetic. But tests showed i was not. Finally I went to him by suggestion of my folks seeing i was trying really hard and eating super healthy but still not loosing weight. He was able to find quickly that I had insulin resistance. Its like a mild form of diabeties. After some very low dose of medication all my symptoms vanished and i was HEALTHY. No dryed cracked feet, no dranduf, no yeast infections, no acne, no random skin growths, no migranes, just healthy. It was great.

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