Are Diet Pills
Really A Magic Bullet To Losing Weight Or Are They Dangerous For Your
Health?
By Rebecca Chan
For so many of us struggling to lose excess weight,
diet pills seem like the magic solution. Are they really? What are the dangers
of diet pills? How will you feel while taking the diet pills?
Let me tell you a story about myself, I wanted
to lose an extra 20 pounds and I was desperate as I had a family function
to go to in a month and didn’t want relatives I haven’t seen in
ages to see that I had gained about 20 pounds. One night when I couldn’t
sleep I saw an infomercial for this awesome diet pill. I jumped up from my
chair and ran to the phone to order these miracle pills.
Over the next few days I paced the house waiting
for my diet pills to be delivered. I was convinced this would give me a boost
to lose the weight. I had been watching my calories and exercising. I will
be honest I wasn’t exercising as much as I could but why bother I had
a miracle diet pill coming so I didn’t need to add additional exercise
to my already overloaded to do list.
Finally the UPS man came. I watched as he walked
slowly up my driveway carrying my package. I threw open the door and quickly
signed the board and shut the door and like a kid at Christmas time ran into
the kitchen to rip open the box. I was excited! I read the booklet that came
with it, by passed the warnings and immediately opened the pill bottle to
take my first set of 6 pills a day. I was sure that I would look like Anna
Nicole Smith in just a few days.
Let me tell you what happened after just one
dose of this “magic pill”. I became jittery, more so then when
I drink 3 pots of coffee in one day. The pills made me have to urinate and
have bowel movements every 5 minutes, not an exaggeration! I passed it off
as “well it must be cleaning out my system”. I felt good because
I was taking the “magic pill”.
After two weeks of this I was going crazy! I
couldn’t keep this up, imagine a grown woman panicking at the store
because she needs to find a restroom! So I quit taking the pills. Know what
happened then? What little weight I did lose I gained it all back! My eating
habits hadn’t changed. I was still exercising.
I talked to a doctor about the diet pills and
he told me that most diet pills have diuretics and laxatives in the pill
which lets you momentarily lose the weight giving you a false sense of
accomplishment. I quickly realized that I needed to get back on a “old
fashioned” diet.
So I went home and did some research on the internet.
I found that if I just increase my exercise routines to two more days a week
with 2 days off and ate 6 small meals a day with raw foods (vegetables, fruits
etc) I could lose the weight. So that is exactly what I did. It took a little
longer but I wasn’t running to the bathroom every few minutes, I
wasn’t cramping or jittery anymore either. I felt more alive then I
had in years! I lost about 10 pounds by the time my family reunion came around
and I felt good. I still watch what I eat, exercise daily and eat 6 small
meals a day.
So what if it takes me twice as long to lose
the weight, at least you won’t see me running frantically through your
local grocery store yelling “Where is your bathroom!”.
About the Author:
Rebecca Chan is a freelance writer. She
is particularly interested in diets and weight loss plans. See
http://www.weightlossquest.info.
An example of her work is located at
http://www.weightlossquest.info/diets/diet-pills.shtml
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