Obesity Discussion Forums

[jaramida]

Hello everyone,

I have been struggling with my weight my whole life. I had lost quite a lot of weight when I began to take Metab-O-Lite diet pills. It did have ephedra in it. I have read everything there is about ephedra so I understand that if not used appropriately it can be harmful. I have never increased my dose to more than one pill a day. I refused to take more. My question is that I'm trying to find something that is similar to Metab-O-Lite, which isn't made anymore. I have tried different products with Ephedra but all the ones that I have taken tend to be too strong because I feel quite jittery. I'm already someone that tends to be a bit anxious overall. Does anyone have any suggestions. I have been exercising and watching my food intake but unfortunately I have been blessed with a very slow metabolism!!!

I would appreciate any feedback......

DJ

[Chrisydj]

you probably wont get much info on here suggesting any diet pills most of us on here wont take pills because they are an unhealthy way to lose weight. if your metabolism is slow you might try eating more frequently and if you dont sleep alot getting more sleep will help as well....i have a similar problem besides the fact that i seldom feel hungry....but i try to eat every 3-4 hours and i try to get at least 6-7 hours of sleep a night which is more than i usually get i'm an insomniac on top of everything else...not enough sleep will slow down your metabolism too

[idansh]

I was told to stay away from those pills, buy a frind of mine taking those pills with good weight loss for already two months, so you must read review about those pills before even thinking taking one.

[bigdaddy38]

Originally Posted by jaramida

Hello everyone,

I have been struggling with my weight my whole life. I had lost quite a lot of weight when I began to take Metab-O-Lite diet pills. It did have ephedra in it. I have read everything there is about ephedra so I understand that if not used appropriately it can be harmful. I have never increased my dose to more than one pill a day. I refused to take more. My question is that I'm trying to find something that is similar to Metab-O-Lite, which isn't made anymore. I have tried different products with Ephedra but all the ones that I have taken tend to be too strong because I feel quite jittery. I'm already someone that tends to be a bit anxious overall. Does anyone have any suggestions. I have been exercising and watching my food intake but unfortunately I have been blessed with a very slow metabolism!!!

I would appreciate any feedback......

DJ

[bigdaddy38]

Dang I got an error message and it deleted what I typed, so I guess I will type it again. What I said is that ephedra actually is a great drug when mixed with the right ingredients(which you can't find anymore) if your in the United States good luck finding any, however pills are just a temporary solution you need to focus more on changing your lifestyle permanently if you want to lose weight and keep it off.

[Obesity Discussion]

Originally Posted by jaramida

Hello everyone,

I have been struggling with my weight my whole life. I had lost quite a lot of weight when I began to take Metab-O-Lite diet pills. It did have ephedra in it. I have read everything there is about ephedra so I understand that if not used appropriately it can be harmful. I have never increased my dose to more than one pill a day. I refused to take more. My question is that I'm trying to find something that is similar to Metab-O-Lite, which isn't made anymore. I have tried different products with Ephedra but all the ones that I have taken tend to be too strong because I feel quite jittery. I'm already someone that tends to be a bit anxious overall. Does anyone have any suggestions. I have been exercising and watching my food intake but unfortunately I have been blessed with a very slow metabolism!!!

I would appreciate any feedback......

DJ

Ephedra has been replaced by a synthetic version known as Ephedrine, which can be found in over the counter bronchial medicines like Bronkaid. You can find them at your local drug stores, though I believe I read somewhere that those too are going to be banned shortly. Ephedrine does seem to have less of the nasty side effects Ephedra did. You may want to do some research on it. I myself have used Ephedra and caffeine together to mitigate muscle loss while trying to lose fat. Again, not for anyone with blod pressure issues.

[bigdaddy38]

Originally Posted by Obesity Discussion

Ephedra has been replaced by a synthetic version known as Ephedrine, which can be found in over the counter bronchial medicines like Bronkaid. You can find them at your local drug stores, though I believe I read somewhere that those too are going to be banned shortly. Ephedrine does seem to have less of the nasty side effects Ephedra did. You may want to do some research on it. I myself have used Ephedra and caffeine together to mitigate muscle loss while trying to lose fat. Again, not for anyone with blod pressure issues.

if you really want it to work you have to add an aspirin to the ephedra and caffeine, it thins your blood so in combination with the other two it is the most powerful thermogenic available or I guess not available anymore. body builders used to do this it's where all the first generation fat burners came from like hydroxycut,xenadrine,etc there recipe was those three in combination before ephedra became illlegal.

[MikeB]

1 word from me = DON'T
Don't take diet pills.

[jimmy]

Hi
I'm a newbie here also and I have the utmost respect for the members. I've seen people who've lost in excess of 100lbs, in some cases 40% of their body mass. I've been down to 189lbs for 4 months but the lack of outdoor activity during the winter caused me to gain. I think my problem is an addiction to food so it a mental and physical issue in my case. Pills then are not an option for me and everything is relative to the individual. Pills would not appear to be the solution or the crisis would have been resolved a long time ago. You may want to consider protein supplements in the same vane as sausages, sugar substitutes, white flour and corn derivatives. The devil is somewhere in the details, call me a conspiracy theorist but why not just add a glass of milk and some raisins. Drip drip drip first sugar substitutes then processed meats now the body can not process all the corn derivatives. What's being done about this if true nothing but a new pill sanctioned the FDA
Jimmy

[Chrisydj]

what?

[jimmy]

What ?

[jimmy]

Sorry about the one word reply. What is it you have a problem with? You don't understand really OK? Pills are trading one addiction for another all these miracle pills and sublimates have never been vetted properly? I just don't understand why we meaning most of us not necessarily you believe the food industry has a vested interest in finding a solution to our problem. BTW I do believe its a conspiracy, as a weight trainer in the 90's protein sublimates and boosters were a stable Find a weight trainer who has not used sublimates and I'll show you a big pretty pink elephant not to mention a liar of great voracity. A ravenous one with less than a close relationship with the truth. The protein was the first step, then boosting finally steroids, been there done that

[Obesity Discussion]

Originally Posted by bigdaddy38

if you really want it to work you have to add an aspirin to the ephedra and caffeine, it thins your blood so in combination with the other two it is the most powerful thermogenic available or I guess not available anymore. body builders used to do this it's where all the first generation fat burners came from like hydroxycut,xenadrine,etc there recipe was those three in combination before ephedra became illlegal.

Not necessarily.... most people I know who use this stack skip the aspirin because it prevents them from maintaining the muscle mass they have as well as they can without the aspirin.

[Obesity Discussion]

Originally Posted by jimmy

Sorry about the one word reply. What is it you have a problem with? You don't understand really OK? Pills are trading one addiction for another all these miracle pills and sublimates have never been vetted properly? I just don't understand why we meaning most of us not necessarily you believe the food industry has a vested interest in finding a solution to our problem. BTW I do believe its a conspiracy, as a weight trainer in the 90's protein sublimates and boosters were a stable Find a weight trainer who has not used sublimates and I'll show you a big pretty pink elephant not to mention a liar of great voracity. A ravenous one with less than a close relationship with the truth. The protein was the first step, then boosting finally steroids, been there done that

I don't necessarily see pills as trading one addiction for another, but more like a shortcut that almost always ends up in being taken in vein. The problem with pills is that they're not needed, and frequently are used in lieu of healthy eating and exercise, when they're ALL meant to be used in conjunction with them. But I hear what you're saying.

[bigdaddy38]

Originally Posted by Obesity Discussion

Not necessarily.... most people I know who use this stack skip the aspirin because it prevents them from maintaining the muscle mass they have as well as they can without the aspirin.

at my weight pills would probably just kill me anyway

[jimmy]

Bigdaddy

I was into the weight lifting scene for about ten years. I still miss the companionship, the skill sessions where a group of us worked out together improving our form with presses. Being allowed into the group was a badge of honor and respect. I managed to squat 300lbs and considered getting serious but at 5'9" I was too short. The most exciting day of my life was witnessing a guy named Steve squat 700lbs. The saddest day was learning what some of the guys had to do to maintain the muscle mass and what it did to their lives.

What's right for everyone, I don't know if there is an answer for that question but quality of life should be our goal. We have to reach some common ground, a set of given absolutes we can all agree on. We need to admit where we are then find a way forward. I've looked around the board and I have not seen a doctrine or a serious discussion on the status of our condition. Is it [ obesity ] an addiction, illness or disease. IMHO the addition label applies to people like me. Pills and supplements are not a solution for an addiction. I don't know everything but I know I have to admit I have a problem. I realize I just do not know the answer to the big question. Why is obesity reaching epidemic proportions and why is it disproportionally affecting certain portions of the society?

Jimmy

[bigdaddy38]

I totally agree, I have been posting some articles on the web and doing a lot of blogging and the one thing I always come back to is that you have to change your lifestyle, diets,pills, and even sometimes surgery just don't work, I'm a firm believer that there is a root cause to everybodys overeating for me it was depression caused by sleep apnea, and the fact that when I worked for 24 hour fitness they transferred me all the time so I was lonely all the time. I think until somebody gets to the root cause of why they over eat or eat bad food the will never be successfull at making a permanent change.