Chubby Mommy

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 high fat foods.

“Oh, I’m suspicious,” half the folks — who haven’t taken it — say, completely oblivious to the fact that Alli is just a lower-dose form of Xenical, which has had FDA approval for years and a proven track-record of success.

“But what about vitamins and minerals?” others ask. I always chuckle at that one: unless the person is a nutritionist, chances are they aren’t getting their necessary nutrients anyway. Solution: take a multi-vitamin. Duh.

See, it’s this kind of “I don’t think it will work but I won’t try it, either” approach that annoys me. All too often these are the same folks who claim to have tried everything but never made more than a half-assed effort. No wonder nothing changes for them, eh?

Scale Whore has an excellent objective consideration whether to take Alli or not. That’s got to be the first I’ve seen, and it was a refreshing change.

Fact is, as with any medication, you’ve got to follow the label. Restrict your fat intake and you don’t need to fear those nasty side effects. Take a multi-vitamin at bedtime to replenish the fat-soluble vitamins and minerals lost during the day. Eat right. Exercise. Enjoy having your body absorb half the fat of the low-fat diet your following, which translates into weight loss twice as fast as you’d experience on your own.