? to those of you using Alli

Have any of you had any side effects?? Not just the real unpleasant ones, this drug is known for, but any minor side effects???

I know you can keep the side effects at bay by sticking with a low fat diet, but what happens if one day you fall off the wagon and you over endulge, on low fat foods? Like a huge bowl of pasta with fat free sauce or something?

Re: ? to those of you using Alli

I've been using it for almost 5 weeks and have not had any major treatment effects. A time or two I've seen some oil pools after using the bathroom but it's nothing like the urgent explosions or leaks they talk about - they were controllable.

If you overindulge in a low fat meal you won't get treatment effects - but those calories would count towards your daily allowance and would ultimately effect your loss/gain.

The diet is alot about the lifestyle change, like WW is - so they would not advocate an overindulgence even though it might not be bad for you in the 'fat explosion' sense. The diet actually goes farther than I go with it - they specify the number of calories you should have per meal and what percentage of fat you should have daily. (ie. only 30% of your calories should come from fat, like what the national heart association recommends). As I get closer to goal this type of counting may get important to me - but now just the fact that I am eating reduced calorie, fat and the pills are doing fine by me.

Re: ? to those of you using Alli

Not to sound gross.. but are you having more bowel movements a day?

Re: ? to those of you using Alli