I think I sprained my eyeballs rolling them every time I read a blog entry by someone criticizing Alli without having tried it. Most focus on the potential for “unwanted treatment effects” — the stinky bowel problem, to put it bluntly — while wholly ignoring that such effects are the result of continuing to eat [...]

Yesterday went rather well, although I was hungry almost all the time. The downside of eating low-fat is being hungry about an hour after a meal. Since I’m not the kind of girl to consider celery sticks a legitimate snack (if I were, I wouldn’t be The Chubby Mommy!), I found myself tempted more than [...]

My Alli shipment arrived last week just before we left on a long car drive up north. Given the description of the “unwanted treatment effects” (the oily discharge, uncontrollable bowel movements, etc.) that have a lot of people frightened — including me — I decided to wait until we returned home to take my first [...]

Amazon is selling 90-capsule packs of Alli (30 days of pills) for $49.99, at a price that’s lower than most drug stores. I couldn’t resist: my order arrives tomorrow.
Naturally, I’m aware of the pros and cons of Alli from their website. Yes, there’s a risk of “oily discharge” and other unattractive side effects, all of [...]