..to take Alli weight loss pills when myBMI is under 28 ?

[TeaAndAChocolate]

I hate my body so much that I have actually thrown up with disgust. It is not so much that I'm overweight - I have friends who are overweight / obese, but are still very pretty or look nice / attractive. I however look horrible. I have a tiny head and legs and a massive wobbly belly. My face is also a bit strange, and on a thin body it looks 'quirky' which I can cope with, but on my current body I just look down right ugly.

I can't cope anymore. I've tried every diet but always fuck it up.

I've just ordered 'Alli' pulls off the internet (reputable site - think 'boots'). But these pills are only for people with a BMI over 28/30. So I lied (my BMI is probably about 24-26, although I don't know, maybe a bit less)

I have tried all other diet pills to no avail but heard these ones actually do work!!

Have you ever taken Alli?
Does it work?
Have you taken it when your BMI was under 28? Was it ok?

Not sure if it's dangerous and if it is, why? There is no info on web about why you shouldn't take it if BMI under 28

Thanks for any help/advice/stories about Alli

Agree with all of the above. Also I found that i'd enter a black depression every time I took them.

I’ve used these twice. Once it was xenical and then Alli. BMI first time maybe 26 and 2nd time 29. Both times stopped pretty damn quickly due to the leaking - it’s like the oil on the top of a spaghetti bolognese!! It’s just not worth it!

OP I’ve lost 4 stone in the last year after being overweight for 10 years - just logging everything I eat and exercising - I still eat out, I still drink (just slightly less). I still have a stone to go and am impatient for it to go so have considered it again at times but then remembered the first two times and just decided to carry on the old fashioned way. The quick fixes rarely work in my experience (this includes my pretty severe ED in my early twenties when i found myself overweight and thought throwing up, over exercising and starving myself would work, which it did - but at the detriment to literally everything else and I still ended up very overweight 5 years later after extensive hospital treatments...)

Maybe you just have to try it for yourself and see how you go & make your own mind up. At least you won’t wonder (and waste the money you’ve already spent! 🙈).

I honestly empathise completely; the feeling of hating what you see in the mirror and feeling deeply helpless to do anything about it. You absolutely can though - you have the power. Put one foot in front of the other and before you know it you have walked a mile 💪 💐

Embarrassing but I once pood myself whilst taking them! Was looking at fridges in comet and it just happened!

I won’t take them again lol

I took these a few years ago. At about day 2, in the morning when brushing my teeth, I had a warm sensation down the back of one of legs, I looked down to see bright orange faeces pooling around my feet.

I had absolutely no warning, sensation, wind, rumbling or anything - thank goodness I was at home. I have never, ever been incontinent and this was such a shock! I wouldn't recommend.

Sunshine - thanks for your post! You sound in some ways similar to me - but where I want to be, not where I am. I was bulimic in teens and 20s, probably for about 10 years. I got over it by myself and then got slim the healthy way and was really happy in my body for a while. 2 children and several years later I'm fatter than I've ever been and so so miserable. I vomited with disgust (involuntarily) recently, but would never go back to binging and purging as I'm too scared what it will do to my body now. However, the way I'm feeling I feel that I'm slipping back into old habits with my obsession with being fat and my eating controlling me. I don't know what to do though. I keep thinking if I just lose 3 stone, I'll be ok again, but I can't seem to do it. I'm so depressed and hate my body so so so so so so much :(

OP are you not hearing what people are telling you about these pills? They have told you some pretty horrific things that have happened - are you just brushing them off, in the hope it won't happen to you? It seems universal and very nasty.

Hi Cowes - kind of, yes. What is really really ridiculous is that right now I'd rather have the side effects than b fat.

This is NOT true. They work by blocking a small percentage of the fat you eat (which comes out in your poo). You HAVE to be dieting (low fat) when you use them or the amount of fat coming out will be high - which is what leads to the diorhea/stomach problems etc.

Sorry, I didn't explain that well. You have to eat something like 5g fat in a meal for them to do anything. That is very low fat but I found when I was doing slimming world I wasn't even eating that much in some meals. I stopped bothering to take them as they were just expensive placebos.

tea ❤️ It sounds like you are where I found myself - paralysed and suspended in mid air for the longest time, full of self loathing but too scared to do anything about it for fear of ending up “back there”. Similarly to you, my life now, my children - I can’t end up back there. What really pushed me was that I wanted to be a good example to my children - I didn’t want them to go through what I did/still do daily. Not saying you should focus on this - we all have different triggers/ motivators... But if you can’t go back there and you don’t want to stay in this limbo then the only way to move forward is by making a change. I can’t say that there haven’t been times while losing weight that the old ED hasn’t been sat on my shoulder, whispering in my ear - I think it will always be lurking somewhere - but it’s not been the loudest voice.

It’s not the weightloss on the scales that I’m proud of - it’s the fact that I’ve done it in a sensible way (taken a year, not let it rule me and still enjoyed my life). You honestly can have it too. But that’s easy for me to say. If you ever fancy a chat, please PM me whenever.

No I didn’t lose any weight, and have loads to lose.

please please get mental health help,not diet advice. Feelings like these are such a huge red flag. the very best to you.

This is probably going to sound silly but I would recommend doing one of those 30-day yoga challenges with Adriene (Yoga With Adriene on YouTube). I had an ED for 10 years but am now recovered but always kind of disliked any wobbly bits, and then I discovered her yoga channel and I do a quick 20-30 min video every other day and it’s drastically changed both my body and how I feel about my body. Adriene talks about being kind to yourself whilst making you work your ass off on the mat. It’s the perfect balance of self-acceptance and working with your body and challenging yourself. It’s also good fun! I did my first 30 days four years ago and actually started noticing a difference in my body in two weeks and I was pleasantly surprised.

You can totally get where you want to be in terms of getting fit and healthy, but I would steer clear from diet pills. It may not be what you want to hear but it may be worth chatting to a GP about your thoughts as well. It’s so easy to slip back into old ways and I wouldn’t wish an ED on my worst enemy. Sending good vibes.

Sweetheart, you need to go and see a doctor and tell them how you are feeling about your body and why you want to take these pills. You need a mental health referral, not diet pills, I promise you.

thanks everyone for your messages.

Sunshine, thank you

OP, this is a previous thread where people shared their experiences of taking it.

I sincerely recommend that you get your info straight from the horse's mouth.

community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10290083/alli-xenical-does-it-work-please-only-answer-if-you-have-actually-taken-it/p1

OP, if your BMI is around 25-26 and you think you'd be OK if you lost three stone, you're either over six feet tall or you have gone back into eating disorder mode. Please, please see a doctor as soon as possible.