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emilioa4

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hey all. so i got a question for you all, i have been working out lots lately, and my budding who exercises with me suggested that i try some diet pills on top of my regimen. more specifically he mentioned Phenphendrine. has anyone used these before or have any intel if this is a good thing to try or should i stay away? i would be willing to give it a shot, but am looking around for info first. any intel would be appreciated, thanks.
 

bcneil

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I tired those sort of pills way back, maybe 12 years ago. To be honest they do seem to work, they help take off weight faster. But they do make you feel dizzy or lightheaded. I wouldn't recommend them.

What I have been doing for the last while, and it continues to work.
Is setting a meal plan up in advance for the entire week.
You can control your calories, as well as protein, fat and carb intake quite easily. I use a facebook app called my diet.
 

emilioa4

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hey all. thanks for the advice. i have already started a good change in my diet, just was curious if adding these pills would have made it worthwhile. probably wont go on with them.
 

Very Veronica

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Why not just snort coke?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYSiXAYiM1k

Stop eating crap - the typical (gov't endorsed) North American diet - and adopt a more plant based diet where the bottom of the food pyramid becomes a plate loaded with dark leafy greens & vegetables, topped with small amounts of healthy fats, legumes, nuts, seeds, whole grains, fruit & if you wish, animal protein. It's a radical shift in thinking and won't make the big food companies happy but your body will thank you for it.
 

emilioa4

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ok so from some of these comments, aside from the fact that alot of us are against using them, do they actually work? do people actually lose weight from taking these things?
 

Arrrg

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Sure but the drug is not good for you. All it's doing is putting more stress on your body and you burn more energy. How your body handles it is different for everyone. Maybe some people's hearts blow up.

Anyways, I've taken it lots long ago, but I'd never recommend anyone to do it now. Especially if you think you can just pop these pills and just sit around all day and eat like crap and still lose weight.
 

CaraClementine

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The active ingredients in most of these diet pills are ephedrine and large amounts of caffeine. Ephedrine is now illegal in Canada. A few years ago (before it was made illegal), I got stuck in the cycle of taking diet pills.

What CadMan said is bang on. There are far too many negative side effects, and dangers associated with taking diet pills.

My own experiences with them were not good. Yes - at that time period, I was the slimmest I have ever been... but at a cost. I was irratable much of the time (after the intial euphoria), my heart would race, I would get cold sweats, headaches, and insomnia. lol I should mention that I was fired from a supervisory position at that time in my life for an outburst with a co worker I was supervising!

I was taking 1-2 a day before my workouts... and that's how it started. Then I started taking one before work. I was working 12 hrs a day everyday (2 jobs), and felt like I could not go a day without that extra energy.

They are addictive, and there are actually physical withdrawal symptoms when you stop taking them. I took them for a year and a half.

In addition to all the negative effects that other posters and I have mentioned, there are also 3 more to consider:

They wear out your adrenal glands.. and can seriously fuck with your metabolism long term (it will take a while to get back to normal when you discontinue taking them).

Diet pills can actually inhibit muscle growth.


Diet pills can cause permanent Tinnitus.

Long term effects for me?? - I have permanant Tinnitus, and an ear condition.

I have not taken any diet pills in years, and never would again.
 

emilioa4

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hey all. wow there have been alot of replies to this one. so going off of clara's response, obviously you/she used these pills for about 1 1/2 yrs, so what if someone were to only use them for a couple of months? would the negative effects still occur you think?
 

CaraClementine

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hey all. wow there have been alot of replies to this one. so going off of clara's response, obviously you/she used these pills for about 1 1/2 yrs, so what if someone were to only use them for a couple of months? would the negative effects still occur you think?
Even taking them for 2 months.. you will notice these bad effects... not necessarily the long term effects... but shorter term ones, such as racing heart, irratability etc.
 
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