The New Alli Diet Pill--All You Need To Know
Steve Simmons
Author of The Movie Star Diet
Steve Simmons
Author of The Movie Star Diet
A woman came into my gym a couple of years ago and said something I’ll never forget. This
woman, a chunky blonde in her mid thirties, had been a regular at the gym for a couple of
months, but had chosen not to use any of our personal training programs. Perhaps as a result,
she had seen little in the way of progress, even though her attendance was impeccable and she
seemed to have the dedication necessary to lose weight and get in the shape she desired. It
was like setting out on a trip with an unlimited supply of money and time, a strong desire to get
to the other side of the country, but with no idea how to get there. Her reluctance to join any of
our free programs showed me she wanted to find her own way, which was why I was
surprised when she came to me one afternoon.
“I’ll be cancelling my gym membership,” she said, her hands placed resolutely on her hips. “I
won’t be needing it anymore.”
I was concerned as to why this was, and told her as much.
“I went to the doctor last week and he prescribed me Xenical. It’s a weight loss drug. Really, all
I want to do is lose about fifty pounds. I don’t care if it’s healthy or not.” She said this
defiantly, daring me to tell her she was making a mistake. I did, of course, do exactly that, but
this woman wasn’t having it, and she cancelled her gym membership that day.
With the advent of the new OTC weight loss drug Alli, I fear I’m about to hear someone, or a
couple of someones, say the same thing that woman did. Except now the hard part has been
removed from the equation. With Alli, there's no more doctor’s appointment necessary. Just
walk in to your local Rite-Aid or Walgreens and pick up an Alli starter kit. Simple as that. Start
taking Alli, and before you know it, the weight will be melting off. Right? It’s that easy, right?
Well, no.
First of all, it’s important to understand what Alli is. The active ingredient in Alli is a drug called
orlistat, which has been around for a while. It is, in fact, sold under another name by another
company, and available by prescription. That drug? If you guessed Xenical, you get a bell.
Orlistat, and by proxy, Alli, works by inhibiting pancreatic lipase, an enzyme that breaks down
triglycerides in the intestine. Without it, the triglycerides are not hydrolyzed into free fatty acids
and are excreted through the feces. And. . .what does this mean in English? Boiling it down, it
means that approximately thirty percent of your dietary fat will not be absorbed. Therefore, if
you consume a lot of fat in your diet, your calorie consumption will be immediately reduced.
But that sounds wonderful, Steve! I can basically eat whatever I want, never work out, and Alli
will get rid of the excess for me. Right? It’s that easy, right?
C’mon.
Not even GlaxoSmithKline, the makers of Alli, are audacious enough to try selling that course of
action. First of all, without changing your diet dramatically, you are going to run head first into
Alli’s many side effects. These effects are present even when your diet does undergo a radical
change. If it doesn’t. . .well, let’s see what the official Alli website, www.myalli.com,
recommends when it comes to the side effects of this wonder drug.
“[With Alli] You may feel an urgent need to go to the bathroom. Until you have a sense of any
treatment effects, it's probably a smart idea to wear dark pants, and bring a change of clothes
with you to work”
Uh, okay. It may just be me, but when Alli’s own website is telling me that there is a fair chance
I will need to change my pants throughout the day due to an accident, I’m going to find
another way. Seriously, however, Alli’s reported side effects include oily and loose stool and
increased flatulence. Their website also helpfully recommends taking your offensive flatulence
to the bathroom where it belongs.
There are a lot of diet pills on the market. All of them, to one degree or another, “work”.
Including Alli. But just like most of these flash diet plans, the rebound rate is enormous. The
best advice is as it has always been. Get in the gym, find a healthy diet, and work consistently
towards a realistic and concrete goal. There are many road maps out there to help you find
your way. The Movie Star Diet is one, and it is one I happen to recommend, but it’s not the only
one. Use it, use one of the others you feel comfortable with, or devise your own hybrid plan.
You don’t need a pill.
What one man can do, another can do. You can do this.
woman, a chunky blonde in her mid thirties, had been a regular at the gym for a couple of
months, but had chosen not to use any of our personal training programs. Perhaps as a result,
she had seen little in the way of progress, even though her attendance was impeccable and she
seemed to have the dedication necessary to lose weight and get in the shape she desired. It
was like setting out on a trip with an unlimited supply of money and time, a strong desire to get
to the other side of the country, but with no idea how to get there. Her reluctance to join any of
our free programs showed me she wanted to find her own way, which was why I was
surprised when she came to me one afternoon.
“I’ll be cancelling my gym membership,” she said, her hands placed resolutely on her hips. “I
won’t be needing it anymore.”
I was concerned as to why this was, and told her as much.
“I went to the doctor last week and he prescribed me Xenical. It’s a weight loss drug. Really, all
I want to do is lose about fifty pounds. I don’t care if it’s healthy or not.” She said this
defiantly, daring me to tell her she was making a mistake. I did, of course, do exactly that, but
this woman wasn’t having it, and she cancelled her gym membership that day.
With the advent of the new OTC weight loss drug Alli, I fear I’m about to hear someone, or a
couple of someones, say the same thing that woman did. Except now the hard part has been
removed from the equation. With Alli, there's no more doctor’s appointment necessary. Just
walk in to your local Rite-Aid or Walgreens and pick up an Alli starter kit. Simple as that. Start
taking Alli, and before you know it, the weight will be melting off. Right? It’s that easy, right?
Well, no.
First of all, it’s important to understand what Alli is. The active ingredient in Alli is a drug called
orlistat, which has been around for a while. It is, in fact, sold under another name by another
company, and available by prescription. That drug? If you guessed Xenical, you get a bell.
Orlistat, and by proxy, Alli, works by inhibiting pancreatic lipase, an enzyme that breaks down
triglycerides in the intestine. Without it, the triglycerides are not hydrolyzed into free fatty acids
and are excreted through the feces. And. . .what does this mean in English? Boiling it down, it
means that approximately thirty percent of your dietary fat will not be absorbed. Therefore, if
you consume a lot of fat in your diet, your calorie consumption will be immediately reduced.
But that sounds wonderful, Steve! I can basically eat whatever I want, never work out, and Alli
will get rid of the excess for me. Right? It’s that easy, right?
C’mon.
Not even GlaxoSmithKline, the makers of Alli, are audacious enough to try selling that course of
action. First of all, without changing your diet dramatically, you are going to run head first into
Alli’s many side effects. These effects are present even when your diet does undergo a radical
change. If it doesn’t. . .well, let’s see what the official Alli website, www.myalli.com,
recommends when it comes to the side effects of this wonder drug.
“[With Alli] You may feel an urgent need to go to the bathroom. Until you have a sense of any
treatment effects, it's probably a smart idea to wear dark pants, and bring a change of clothes
with you to work”
Uh, okay. It may just be me, but when Alli’s own website is telling me that there is a fair chance
I will need to change my pants throughout the day due to an accident, I’m going to find
another way. Seriously, however, Alli’s reported side effects include oily and loose stool and
increased flatulence. Their website also helpfully recommends taking your offensive flatulence
to the bathroom where it belongs.
There are a lot of diet pills on the market. All of them, to one degree or another, “work”.
Including Alli. But just like most of these flash diet plans, the rebound rate is enormous. The
best advice is as it has always been. Get in the gym, find a healthy diet, and work consistently
towards a realistic and concrete goal. There are many road maps out there to help you find
your way. The Movie Star Diet is one, and it is one I happen to recommend, but it’s not the only
one. Use it, use one of the others you feel comfortable with, or devise your own hybrid plan.
You don’t need a pill.
What one man can do, another can do. You can do this.
Steve Simmons presents...
