All those commercials on tv, the internet, magazines, etc for weight loss programs. If even ONE of them worked, there would be no obesity.

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I even went to a friend's house and she started telling me about a Chinese herb that speeds up your metabolism. I was like un huh! It is called caffeine.

She said if I ever want to lose my weight to ask her and she will show me on the computer. Ha, not likely.

I agree, if it were as easy as that, there would be a lot thinner people and obesity would be a thing of the past. My thing is that people just don't understand how hard it is to lose weight. I hate hearing comments like it is just a matter of willpower, etc. If I had willpower, I wouldn't be where I am at now. Granted, I have been know to eat because I am stressed, or depressed. But my primary problem is just that I like food, especially things that are cruncy and salty. I eat just because I enjoy it. And, I need this tool that I am hoping to have soon to help me with that.

When is a diet pill worth $153 a bottle? NEVER.

Every diet I tried worked...I just didn't keep going with it. I used to love those caffeine pills back when I was younger and they worked for me. I saw this approach as being a bit healthier.

Kelli

ok. im not a tv person. i come home, turn my puter on, get my iTunes going, read and piddle. that is my nightlife. i can go for a couple of weeks with no tv. OH, YEAH... 7 DAYS BANDED. ok, so now??? sheesh. im a tv person now. sorta. i lay in bed with my best friends... Mr HeatPad, Mr Xtra Strength Tylenol... oh, yeah... Mr Propel lemon water. so now i lay in bed when i get home from work (which by the way i have not worked a full day this week) COMMERCIALS. FOOD COMMERCIALS. have you noticed how many of them there are? Xtra large pizza, supersize this, more more more. i cant believe it. as of yet, i dont really have an appetite. have lost um, maybe 12 lbs or so. but... reading post after post; problems, tight bands, sip hot tea in the morning, try to get down a 1/4 cup of soup, eat slowly. you know what i mean. all the do's and don'ts about the band. im laying in bed watching commercials about how to eat more, get more, on and on. im blathering now, but do you know what i mean? -r

I know EXACTLY what you mean. And the Chinese herb is called Ma Huang (ephedra) and is now illegal here, shame, I used it for asthma. One person died with heart problems while using it, as opposed to the hoards of dead smokers. Seen that infomercial? Yeah, me too.

It is the same with diet pill ads and get rich quick real estate programs If they worked, everyone would be thin, rich and a land owner.

I've been off work for 7 weeks with a dislocated hip. Don't ask, long story. Anyway, all I've had to keep me busy was the computer and TV. Once I started getting around again, I could do housework but basically these things were my only outlet. Since I got tired quickly of talk shows and game shows, I turned to channels like lifetime and TNT or TBS (you get the picture) I'm tellin' ya.....EVERY COMMERCIAL BREAK had a diet add or 2. I can nearly quote word for word those nutrisystem commercials. I'm so sick of hearing about the glycemic index. Then there that whole group of high-energy fat burning pills they want to schlep to the public, convincing them that they're some magic cure. Even the Weight Watcher's commercial is downright sad with that sickening Cher song that makes you feel like you're the ONLY person who's overweight and the ONLY person who's self-conscious when in public situations. Don't even get me started on Jenny Craig with her new spokesperson-Kirstie Alley, who I feel is a big fraud. Yes, I know she's lost weight but in the beginning I think she severly underestimated what she did weigh then when we noticed a significant difference in her, she said it was something like a 20lb loss? WTF? Let's see the real numbers and how she really did it. Now she's got her best friend and her sister on the commercials with her? Come on.

Has anyone even mentioned all the exercise equipment? That counts, too. All these lean, toned bodies on the commercials. The spokespersons who promise that you, in just 6 short weeks, will look just like them. The AB lounger. The Treadclimber. The Bowflex. OOh Haaa. If that were true, I'd be Mrs. Olympia.