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Weight loss pills& potions - HELP

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  • mellymeep
    mellymeep Posts: 617 Forumite
    edited 1 April 2010 at 6:29PM
    This just makes me sad, why put yourself through hell just to loose weight? There isn't any quick fix solutions and loading yourself up with dangerous weight loss pills that are essentially legal speed is heading for a very slippery slope to addiction, eating disorders, body dis-morphia and a plethora of other health issues.

    If you can't motivate yourself to stop eating junk food, then no amount of drugs under the sun are going to help you loose weight.
    trying to become a moneysaving student
  • frannyann
    frannyann Posts: 10,970 Forumite
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    Hello,

    getting married on 5th June 2010 (65 days!)

    i have most things sorted, i have the dress. but i have also put on 2 stone since getting the dress.

    i have a lot going on at the moment and just seem to be eating junk and cant motivate myself to stop. i have done every yo yo diet under the sun including more sensible ones such as Slimming World.

    i NEED a quick fix, i know its not the long term answer, but i need it for now. so i need you help.

    do you know any slimming pills etc that actually work and if so the best possible price/place to obtain them.

    for your info:
    im 5 foot 7inch
    29 years old
    13 stone :eek:

    Thank you for any help you can offer:T

    Okay to start with you are not much over the upper 'normal' weight. 1 and half stone loss would bring you into 'healthy' weight band. Pills are not the best way to go due to the effects on the body. Aiming for 2 pounds per week is perfectly possible and the most healthy way to go. Eat three meals a day, and purge the house of snacks and temptations. Eat breakfast, this is really important, it will kick start your metabolism each morning meaning you are more likely to burn fat during the day. There is not such thing as a 'bad' food, just a 'bad' amount of food! Good luck!
    :rotfl:Ahahah got my signature removed for claiming MSE thought it was too boring :rotfl:
  • nickyhutch
    nickyhutch Posts: 7,596 Forumite
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  • elfen
    elfen Posts: 10,213 Forumite
    THis is what I was told, and it's working...I've lost a stone using it...

    6 small meals a day - every two to three hours.
    No carbs in the evening, so the last two meals are carb-free
    Do some form of exercise - walking, jogging, aerobics - it doesn't matter, as long as you're raising that heart rate and sweating.

    It's worked for me.
    ** Total debt: £6950.82 ± May NSDs 1/10 **
    ** Fat Bum Shrinking: -7/56lbs **
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    I do it all because I'm scared.
  • I had a body wrap the day before my wedding and lost 9 inches. A bit pricey at £30 for half body but definitely a quick fix!
    Cos I don't shine if you don't shine.
  • hethmar
    hethmar Posts: 10,678 Forumite
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    edited 1 April 2010 at 7:04PM
    Ive just started on the Weight to Go program. If you google you will find a £20 off promo code - I did.

    Since yesterday Im surprised Im already down a pound. Ill see what it is tomorrow and report back if it continues. The shakes arent very nice but the soups and meals are lovely.
    http://www.weighttogo.com/

    £20 discount code:
    http://www.healthierweight.co.uk/weight-loss-products/
  • bigmomma051204
    bigmomma051204 Posts: 1,776 Forumite
    Can i just say to the people who are preaching on and on at the OP about how she should be happy with her size blah blah..... it isn't that she wants to lose weight generally or that she is really unhappy with her size etc etc - its simply cos she has got a wedding dress that is TOO small and she needs to lose the weight ASAP so she doesn't have to buy a bloomin' new dress!!!!!!!!! For goodness sakes.. i am sure she is an adult and therefore able to decide if she wants to shovel some weight loss pills in for a few weeks without the "anti weight loss by any chemical means" brigade popping up everywhere! :(

    Rant over! :A
    Baldrick, does it have to be this way? Our valued friendship ending with me cutting you up into strips and telling the prince that you walked over a very sharp cattle grid in an extremely heavy hat?
  • chelbel1981
    chelbel1981 Posts: 1,029 Forumite
    Try the cabbage soup diet :D I lost 11lb in the first week
    I stayed off it for a week then did it again and lost a further 6lbs

    http://www.cabbage-soup-diet.com/

    I have just purchased some green tea capsules, they are supposed to aid metabolism ??? We'll see
    :heart2: 'Tied the Knot' Saturday 9th October 2010 :heart2:
    :blushing: Member of Diet Club October 2010 Brides and Grooms :blushing:
    Starting Weight: 14 stone 10.8lbs
    Current Weight: 13 stone 2lbs
    Total loss: 21.8lbs :j
  • frannyann
    frannyann Posts: 10,970 Forumite
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    Bigmomma, you are perfectly entitled to your rant!! Just to justify my comment re the 'pills', my concerns on using them is due to the fact that internet sourced ones can actually be dangerous for people, often they contain chemicals designed to raise the heart rate, which can be very dangerous if not closely monitored by a health care professional or work by 'bonding' fat which can cause 'anal leakage' neither would be great for a nervous bride to be!!! The weight loss MB wants to achieve is totally possible in 8 weeks just with diet and exercise and was in no way meant to preach.
    :rotfl:Ahahah got my signature removed for claiming MSE thought it was too boring :rotfl:
  • frannyann
    frannyann Posts: 10,970 Forumite
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    PS, the nurse in me felt compelled to point that out!! :D
    :rotfl:Ahahah got my signature removed for claiming MSE thought it was too boring :rotfl:
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