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Orlistat 5 weeks now wait has stopped

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emma99691
emma99691

please please can some one help me I have been on orlistat now for about 5 weeks Iv lost 8lb but past 2 weeks my weight will not shift not even a pound. I have been going gym 5 days a week and swimming 1 day and eating very healthy, I am going on holiday 4th June and I'm desperate to get this weight off me anyone had the same problem or any ideas 

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  • dennis50814
    dennis50814 emma99691

    Posted

    This is whats happening to me.

    I am male weighing 17 stone, I visit the gym and work out hard. I also eat ery healthy and yet I remain the same weight. My GP told me I'd lose weight on these Orlistat tablets which is why he placd me on them.

    Your like me relying on the gym to lose weight.

    • emma99691
      emma99691 dennis50814

      Posted

      I no how you feel I'm trying my dam hardest and it's just not moving, I don't understand why my weight has stopped after loosing it so quickly
  • taffytydfil
    taffytydfil emma99691

    Posted

    Same here I'm on wk 6 start weight was 18st

    14th Feb!!

    I got down to 16.9 around wk 4 but last 2 wks I'm back to 17st and I ain't changed a thing

    • emma99691
      emma99691 taffytydfil

      Posted

      well done taffytydfil on your weight loss, it's so annoying I hope it don't stay like this not loosing anymore I'm buggerd if it's the case I have pcos so it's hard to loose it 
    • taffytydfil
      taffytydfil emma99691

      Posted

      Thank u I've just invested in a cross trainer to see if that help

  • anloblue
    anloblue emma99691

    Posted

    I have been on Orlistat for 3 weeks, following a strict low fat diet, eating nowhere near 15g a meal and about 20g fat a day, maximum. Lost absolutely nothing. No side effects from tablets so know diet is ok. Frustrating to say the least.
  • kat02
    kat02 emma99691

    Posted

    Which strain are you on btw? I know there's 60mg and 120mg xx
    • emma99691
      emma99691 kat02

      Posted

      Hi kat02 I'm currently taking 120 mg three times daily.
    • kat02
      kat02 emma99691

      Posted

      Same as I am. Maybe speak to yuour doctor about it they may be able to help you xx
  • corine_81
    corine_81 emma99691

    Posted

    dont stop !!!! keep going ... iv been on it a week n not lost anything keep going .. xxx
  • corine_81
    corine_81 emma99691

    Posted

    im on 120 mg n not lost any thing im forcing my self to eat in a morning its something iv never dun .. but im not going to give up i really want to be slim again xx 
    • emma99691
      emma99691 corine_81

      Posted

      It taken 2 weeks for my tablets to get in my system then when it did I felt so good as I was loosing pounds but for some reason I am just not loosing the pounds, and same here I want to be thin again as I am only 5ft 2 I don't carry the weight and look like a bowling ball lol, but just keep doing what you are I'm sure you will start to loos something soon
    • emma99691
      emma99691 corine_81

      Posted

      You should eat a decent size breakfast on the mornings I was the same it would make me sick but if you don't your body thinks it's going to be starved and start storing fats but if you eat breakfast it starts your metabolism moving which obviousy burns calories 
  • Niclips
    Niclips emma99691

    Posted

    Ahh poor you, I know exactly how you feel as the same thing is happening to me. I have been crying all morning as I've not lost anything for the past 18 days and am sticking to 1400 calories every day, almost zero fat, recording everything, don't drink, walk the dog, go on my bike. Have holiday in July and really important wedding in August so getting desperate. Lost 8lbs first 2 weeks and nothing since and I promise I am being religiously strict. Everyone says keep going but I am seriously considering surgery now cause 1400 cals per day is unsustainable for the amount I have to lose (5 stone) but if I were losing 2lbs a week I think I would find the enthusiasm to keep going, but to not lose and be so miserable and hungry - very demoralising. I'm thinking of coming off the tablets as don't like putting chemicals in my body if they aren't doing anything. Sorry I can't be more helpful but just wanted you to know you're not on your own. 
  • anloblue
    anloblue emma99691

    Posted

    I have been on it for 3 weeks and lost nothing. No side effects of tablets, very low fat vege diet, I paid a lot if money for these things so will complete the course but thought there would be something gone by now. Others claim to lose so much, I don't get it.
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