Do diet pills work?

[yasmin0147]

I’ve been trying to loose weight since having my last baby, he’s 1 now and no success.I was wondering about using diet pills or shakes and just wondered if they work or if it’s just a gimmick?

diet pills usually work by stopping you absorbing fat.
you need to eat a very low fat diet or the not-absorbed fat will give you cramps and very soft poo.
shakes are just very low calorie plans. good to 'get into that dress next saturday' but not sustainable long term.

Gimmick.

Eat less, move more.

The diet industry rakes in billions of pounds every year peddling nonsense diets and quick fixes.

The only pill I’ve ever seen work was an appetite suppressant, but even that only worked for as long as to was taken. The minute my friend got to target weight and was taken off the medication she ballooned straight back to her original weight.

I've used Alli in the past which, as brownelephant says above, works by stopping your body absorbing some of the fat you eat. I've found it really useful in aiding weight loss but you have to follow a low fat diet otherwise the toilet consequences are nothing short of diabolical. I think therefore, things like this help to keep you on the straight and narrow and can help to boost your weight loss compared to eating a low fat diet alone but taking them on their own without changing your diet and exercise routine won't do any good.

If the pills work then obesity wouldn’t exist! I took some pills from a quack years ago - as someone who isn’t into drugs, I was ashamed to find out they they were nothing more than speed!

Shakes or vlc diets do work, but they come at a price and they aren’t easy (or cheap if you do a ‘proper’ one). As a previous poster has said, its not a sustainable diet. I did one for 100 days and lost a lot of weight but it was very very hard work and it’s a bit odd not chewing for that period of time.

There is no magic cure - I’ve had a gastric bypass and still struggle.

They will make you lose lots of pounds.
Eat less, move more, get used to feeling real hunger.
Eat lots of veg and eat fewer carbs.
Cut out takeaways, biscuits, snacks and cakes.