The Alli Diet Side Effects: I Lost 17 Pounds in 3 Months

I started the Alli Diet when it first came out over-the-counter. I was working at a pharmacy at the time and was able to get the Alli Starter Kit at the wholesale price.

I highly recommend getting the starter kit first because it has a lot of important information in it that you would not otherwise know. For instance, you should start the diet (eating less fat) at least 3 days before you start the pill. Because, when you begin the pill, it causes the fat that you eat to come straight through your body rather quickly, and comes out of your body as a greasy orange bowel movement. If you eat a lot of fat, it will come out as greasy orange diarrhea. Not to sound negative, this is a very good diet, but you must follow the directions or you will have side effects.

The Alli Starter Kit has several booklets, a journal, to keep track of weight, food, water intake, and nightly multi vitamin, and a pill carrier for your daily pills. I also highly recommend getting on line after you buy your kit and utilizing the myalli.com website. It has a weekly weigh in, a journal, weekly inspiration, and lots of great recipes. After you get going there is also an Alli book you can get that has even more information and recipes.

I lost 17 pounds in 3 months and felt really great. But I left the pharmacy and could no longer afford to buy the Alli pills. However, I learned a lot while I was on the Alli Diet about how much fat is actually in some of the things I was eating. An example would be that when I started the Alli Diet, I started eating grilled, boneless skinless chicken breast. One day my husband bought regular chicken breast with bone and skin. I decided to eat it anyway, and had the greasy orange diarrhea all day. Then one day in a weak moment, I ate a regular fast food cheeseburger, and that night I had severe cramps and the diarrhea, for 2 days.

In conclusion, this is a great diet if you are really ready for change and can stick to the rules, but make sure that you are ready before you begin or you will be wasting your money and you will have some side effects. I would gladly go on this diet again if I was willing to pay full price after getting it for wholesale.