If you take diet pills, will you have to keep taking them to keep the weight off?

Question

I've been taking SlimQuick along with dieting and exercising and I've lost 4 lbs in one week. If I continue with the other 26 lbs, will it stay off? Even without the diet pills?

Answer 1

If you take diet pills on a long term basis you will damage your health. There is no magic solution to weight control. Don't look for a quick fix. Learn how to prepare vegetables properly, and eat lots of them. One meat portion should not be bigger than the size of your palm. Be aware of the salt and fat content of the food you eat. Avoid simple sugars. Become aware of which food makes you feel more hungry. (For example, do certain cookies or chips make you want to keep on eating?) Unless you're buying salad, don't eat fast food . If you do buy a hamburger, don't add cheese and don't eat the fries. (The average fast food meal has more than twice your daily caloric requirement.) It all comes down to choosing healthy foods and limiting portion sizes. Don't go below 1200 calories per day, or your body will go into starvation mode. Starvation mode is our body's way of protecting ourselves from famine, which means it'll be harder to take the weight off and as soon as you start eating more the pounds will come back. Moderate, regular exercise is the way to go. Find ways to build exercise into your lifestyle. Walking is great, and only requires the right shoes. Eating right is a lifelong adventure. Here's hoping you have a long life.

Answer 2

In my opinion, no. The Diet Pills are a quick fix and are not part of a long term solution. Most of the pills I've seen are junk and I suspect your weight loss may be more water weight and you exercising. I haven't seen the ingredient list on SlimQuick, but I suspect it contains a ton of caffeine and other stimulants -- all harsh things to be putting your body through.

I'd be curious to see what you eat and your calorie quota for the day, in addition, what you are doing for exercise. I'd be more apt to see the weight loss coming from that direction than the pills.

Ultimately, for lifetime weight loss, one must become active and embrace a lifestyle of health and fitness. It's the only way I've found and seen in people achieving permanent weight loss. Going back to being a couch potato with a handful of chips in hand will result in weight gain.

If you think the pills are helping, I guess go ahead and use them. But I'd try to avoid them.

I also recommend using a tool like http://www.fitday.com to monitor your calorie / exercise to help you keep track of calorie consumption. It is free and spam-free.

Good luck.

Answer 3

Without the diet pills you probably would have lost the 4 pounds. Diet pills are bad because they will raise your blood pressure. Exercise will keep the weight off and it is much better. In time you will look forward to the exercise because you will feel so good. Good job so far, keep going!

Answer 4

probably
Be your own trainer and nutritionist, the basic rules to losing weight are no soda, no fast food, lots of chicken, fish, fresh (not canned that’s bad) fruits and vegies, whole wheat stuff, yogurt. Not so many cakes and donuts and cookies. Basic common sense for eating, you just need to enforce it. Get all the bad stuff out of the house right away, just toss it or give it away while your still motivated. No alcohol and no smoking if that applies. Some juice but make sure its all natural, because the ones that aren't are loaded with sugar and a leading cause in diabetes in children and adults. Lots of water, 3-4 liters a day, not all at once, but spread it out. Its really easy to down a liter or two while your watching tv or on the computer. Also drink some after you eat the bigger meals of the day, it helps your body pick out the nutrients in food when your food is more spread apart. You also need to stay away from any sports drinks unless you’ve just had a long workout and then you need to limit yourself. Most atheletes mix Gatorade with water because its two complex for your body to get all the nutrients out of. It needs to be diluted. These rules may be hard to adapt to at first so start with cutting out the things you know you can live without. Then work from there. Remember these are perfect eating habits, it can take you a while to work into it. If you know you can’t live without your one treat a day, don’t fight it by trying to eat something else, just eat it and make sure that’s the only one you cheat on a day. Otherwise you’ll get depressed and quit. Another important point is getting the right amount of sleep every night. You need 8-9 hours of sleep each night for your body to function correctly. This is an important factor of losing weight. Set up a routine for yourself and go to bed at about the same time each night.
As for exercise, lots of cardio. Find something you like. If you have never exercised much before, start with walking 30 minutes a day at a brisk pace. Move on to different terrains that include hills and increase the time spent. After a week or two, try jogging the route. No matter what find an activity you enjoy. Walking to jogging is just an example, try hiking, rollerblading, biking. Once you get into a regular routine, if your not happy with the level of difficulty, try signing up with a gym. Spinning, pilates or kickboxing classes are great. It will also introduce you to working with weights. Talk to a trainer for instruction before using any weights. A cheap investment is a balance ball, it works you stomach while your just sitting on it, like at your computer and its great for posture. There are hundreds of exercises you can use it for for your entire body. I can give you some ideas if you want, just email me. Also for more info on the benefits of water go to www.watercure.com Good Luck! Honestly if you need anything else don't hesitate to IM me, krista_girl86 even if you don't pick me as best answer, i'd be happy to help. Also check out the website for the tv show The Biggest Loser on NBC. There are many, many helpful facts on there.

Answer 5

Krista is full of crap:
"Some juice but make sure its all natural, because the ones that aren't are loaded with sugar and a leading cause in diabetes in children and adults. "
BS. Natural juices have sugar also. And there's no proven link between juice and diabetes.
"Lots of water, 3-4 liters a day, not all at once, but spread it out. Its really easy to down a liter or two while your watching tv or on the computer."
More BS. No proof that drinking water is helpful. All this is good for is making you pee a lot.
"Also drink some after you eat the bigger meals of the day, it helps your body pick out the nutrients in food when your food is more spread apart."
WHAT?? This is total crap. There is NO evidence to support this BS. (where does she get this?) Your body does NOT need extra water to "pick out" nutrients. What an absurd concept.
"You also need to stay away from any sports drinks unless you’ve just had a long workout and then you need to limit yourself. Most atheletes mix Gatorade with water because its two complex for your body to get all the nutrients out of. It needs to be diluted. "
More crap and BS. The science behind Gatorade has been going on for 30 years and there's NO evidence of any "need" to dilute it. It works just fine as-is. Again, your body does NOT need extra water to "pick out" nutrients.

Don't take diet advice from uneducated 19 year olds. It's full of myth and folklore, sadly lacking in truth and science.

Answer 6

Taking diet pills are wonderful at first, they give you energy and you can lose weight fast, however, if you do not change your lifestyle you will gain the weight back plus some. So if you out for a quick and temporary fix, go for it, but not long term.

Answer 7

nope the weight will come back. you can increase your diet and excersise when you stop taking them but youll still gain some weight (1/4-1/2) when you take diet pills they raise youer blood sugar and your metabolism depends on them. once you stop them your metabolism slows way way down because it is not being fed the diet pills. youll end up gaiing weight back no matter how much you excersise. but def. excersise to keep some of it off. youre blood sugar will lower once your off of them, making you feel fatigued and making excersise hard to do... i recomend stopping bofore you lose too much weight.

for a healthy lifestly... dotn do pills. try viamins. i take b-6's, b-150s and omega 3. you need a healthy diet and excersise routine to lose the weight for good. not diet pills.

Answer 8

Not a good idea to use diet pills for too long. After you lose the amount of weight you set out to, start eating very healthy, fat free food.

Answer 9

yes it will stay off if you keep the diet and exercise. some diet pills are highly addictive, and it would be best that you avoid taking them for an extended period of time.

Answer 10

ONLY if you change your eating pattern. Junk & large portions have to be history!

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