So two weeks ago when I decided to start fiddling with Alli, or as you may know it Orlistat I decided I wanted to try things from a few different angles.. I'm not normally one for diet medication.. I take plenty of supplements when I'm body building, so it's not an aversion to pills or powders, but rather tangible benefits.. Most diet pills are just hogwash or bs, but Alli and orlistat seemed to be the first one that actually had real medical backing and worked in a way that I could see a tangible benefit in MY life.
That word MY is a key thing though.. Alli isn't for everyone... if your a big veggi eater who rarely eats meats, beans, nuts, or other foods with fat in them your tangible benefit will be small.. But I digress, when I started taking Alli I decided I wanted to do a case study on myself.. I work 7 days a week, stand all day at both but am generally pretty inactive at the jobs. I walk around, short distances, but never break a sweat or physically exert myself. I do lift weights though, generally every single day to some extent, lifting heavily usually every other day and just doing some light stuff on the off days. I'm a runner at heart though but due to a bad knee I'm forced to use ellipticals for most of that type of exercise. Not a big deal, but lately I just haven't had time to get the gym so most of my regiment is free weight lifting at home (bench press, shoulder work, curling, lunges, etc).
Before Alli, and I'm not trying to say I'm a perfect eater cause I'm not.. I have my "bad days" uggh.. haha that damn sweet tooth. I also like to eat out on occasion, and sometimes I just like to attack a bag of corn chips and salsa.. I try to eat a good balance and especially a high protein diet. With this combination of things, my weight had pretty much leveled out at 216. ugggh.. When I was in peak form just over a year ago I weight 170... Now at the time I was working at UPS and throwing boxes and getting my ass kiceked 4 hours a day 5 nights a week.. So I put on 40+ pounds after quitting and graduating from school... Work stress, life stress, and everything.. Long story short, too much beer, too much food, and bad habits from working at UPS that let me get away with those bad habits led to the weight gain..
So I decided to not change my diet and just introduce alli. Yeah I had read the warnings about shitting my pants, staining my furniture, wearing diapers etc.. But after searching around while I found some forum postings I hadn't really found any blogs accounting for day to day like I had hoped so I figured, why not do it myself? The result? After two weeks with no dietary change and even the occasional bad day with ice cream and tortilla chips, I went from 216 down to around 212. Now keep in mind I am an otherwise active person, lifting weights and despite my weight have a pretty decent build. I'm not the hulk or he-man but it's apparent that I do indeed "work out".
So being on a higher then reccomennded fat consumption I can tell you that yes, your going to shit out liquid fat... Yes it smells fucking horrible... Normally the smell of my own poops doesn't bother me... Alli will change that for you. But did I ever reach a point of uncontrollable bowels? No... At worst, I was helping a customer and suddenly felt a need to go, and I could tell this was an urgent matter.. It certainly felt "damp" but I didn't have leakage... When I finally finished and excused myself I took a giant duke that shot out of my at lightening speed, it was over with in 10 seconds no pushing or pulling.. I'm assuming the excess fat acted as a poop lubricant basically... and that was the worst of it.. I've read horror stories about people waking up in there own shit, or with poop running down their leg.. never happened to me.... One night I ate 3 turkey burger patties together with some miracle whip on the bun.. Total fat was somewhere around 70 grams, Alli reccomends you limit to 15 or something.. I slept like a baby, woke up, had my usual morning routine and after drinking a cup of coffee took an ungodly stinky runny poop. But I didn't wake up in a river of doody at 3am or experience any pain or intestinal cramping.. There was just little bubbles of brown fat floating around in the boil just like you see when you add oil to a pot of water.
One thing thouigh, if you do feel a FART coming, never EVER assume thats all it is with Alli... I learned that very very quickly.. if you have to fart, go to the bathroom (which you should do anyways), because its more then likely going to be more then just gas.
So after two weeks with Alli, breaking EVERY reccomendation in the book I have to wonder what the big fuss was all about? Yeah my shit stinks, yours does too, just mines so bad even I think it does. My farts sometimes require clean up, I don't fart that much and realistically, you should excuse yourself and go to the b-room anyways right? I can only imagine how insane my "treatment effects" would be if I actually followed the rules....
So what did I do differently? Well one thing I learned along time ago was how important and useful fiber consumption is in the regulation of our bowels and overall intestinal health.. Sometimes I get laughed at or people make jokes but I keep fiber in my house, in my desk at work, and even in the car. I supplement more fiber in a day then most people probably consume in a week.. Most americans eat such shitty diets of fast food and processed food that they conserve a super small portion of what tehy should be.. Is fiber part of the potion that had allowed me to go without diapers on alli? I don't know.. But I'll tell you what, I pop an Alli with my meals, I pop fiber and a multivitamin every morning and then again before bed. It works for me..
With week two done, and having conducted my own isolated test study on myself, I'm willing to say Alli works, and if it fits your lifestyle it works WELL. It's not magic in a bottle. Most people probably will have to change their diets a bit, which isn't a bad thing. Will *YOU* shit your pants? hell I don't know.. I never did, but I also eat a very basic diet.. I cook for myself, I don't ever really eat fast food (unless it's a salad), and I supplement other key nutrients most people don't, maybe you should to?
Going forward though I'm gonna start cutting some calories, through portion control. One slice of cheese not two, two patties not three etc. Now that I know Alli works without any other changes necessary I'm ready to full bore and maximize my weight loss using the medication. I snagged a smoking deal of Amazon.com, 20 bucks off the order and then I signed up and got approved for their credit card which got me another 30 off.. So 70 bucks for 240 caplets. Thtat with what I already have should take me through at least another 3 months. I'll be blogging and cataloging my days here.. When I eat out at resteraunts, I'll let you know the foods, what I ate, what happened the next day etc. Ill be keeping track of my exercise regiment and progress and weight loss.
hell, maybe I'll even shit my pants.
So today was another meh day. Currently I work at an independent cell phone dealer. The job in no way makes use of my education but it's a simple job that fills the time while I prepare for my move to the west side... I initially came on with this company because I at one point worked for Citi Financial. After 4 months with Citi and realizing that I disagreed with their business practices we parted ways by my choice. I had saved up plenty of money and intended to just work out, relax, and get my house ready for sale in the coming spring, taking some deserved time off... Well after a week I was ready to go fucking nuts... I worked two jobs and put myself through school full time, and after 2 years of never having any free time I felt smothered by my new found free time.. A friend happened to be a manager for sale cell phone dealer and thats how I came full circle to today... I needed something to fill my time with, that was stress free and fit my schedule, this job fit the bill...
Unfortunately my friend was terminated after some company reshuffling and things have changed dramatically. The new "boss" is unfortunately someone who makes me want to either hang myself, shoot myself, or otherwise maim myself in a manner that would leave him unable to punish me for merely existing... Now I am a very patient person, I don't often if ever get angry, and I'll put up with more then most.. Life's just too short to sweat the small stuff... But one thing I *CAN'T* in anyway stand is when people who don't "know" me or anything about me try to tell me about myself.. Uggh.. I also can't stand people who love the sound of their own voice so much, they don't ever bother to listen to anyone else's.. Thats how this new person is... It's not that he never has anything of value to say, but he spends so much time going on and on and on and lecturing that by the time he might let something relevent slip it's too late.. Normally he's not in my store location but he was there all day today, seriously, I kept eye balling the ladder wondering if I could keep pretending to look "uninterested at best" as he dribbled on.
On the topic of food, started the day off with grilled chicken, for lunch had tuna, and for dinner I had a salad with two boiled eggs diced into it. A very low carb day though not necessarily on purpose I just need to go grocery shopping. Today was the 12th day I have been taking Alli. It's an interesting thing. I always take fiber, have for years.. Mainly for regularity. I woke up, had to use the bathroom in a normal manner, no irregular oder or consistancy. Lunch came and went and it wasn't until about 5pm that I was reminded of what it means to be on Alli. Treatment side effects.. Yeah they are real.. But the thing is, and one of the main reasons I started this blog, is you have a ton of sensationalists who have NEVER used alli, that only read some studies and numbers and then run around screaming about shitting your pants. I eat a diet that is far heavier in fats then recommended. What it has boiled down to for me is that when I have to go, I REALLY have to go. I have yet to shit my pants, or feel like my bowels were uncontrollable. Now to be honest, sometimes my need to "go" feels much more urgent then it normally would. Theres also the "oily discharge" which is basically very gross, oily grease that is the seperated and unprocessed fat.. It does stink, it does stain, and honestly if your not prepared for the concept of it then don't take Alli....
And this is kind of a key point for me... I lift weights, I run, I generally eat pretty healthy. Yet I do occasionally like to eat foods I shouldn't and I'm also impatient... After being skinny, and now being "chubby" I'm in a rush to lose weight. I don't rely solely on alli to lose the weight, but if it gets me to where I want to be 30% faster then it's worth the expense to me.. Going forward from here I keeping track of my weight, food consumption, exercise regime, and alli consumption and shall we sale "output"... You won't know till you try it, but I can say that thus far, everythings going good
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