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What are Brazilian diet pills?

Years ago all my friends were getting very skinny and I found out they were taking Brazilian pills. They are pills made in brazil with tons of components most of them FDA not approved. I could take them and clean my whole house in 15 minutes or less lol. I didn't feel hungry at all but still my energy level was soooo high. Was hard to sleep at night and I was thirsty all the time. It did work but literally at the minute I stopped taking them I start to gain weight like a crazy. I remember the day I didn't take it for the first time after 3 months taking religiously I slept the whole day and night. I felt miserable. People who were bringing these pills from brazil ended up in jail.

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What about when they would sell you a tape worm in a capsule? I remember that as a kid. I guess you could get this miracle cure, not change your diet and still lose weight! Yes but the tapeworm lived in your intestines and ate some of your food. I think I remember hearing about another pill you would have to take when you were through losing your weight! One to kill the tapeworms! No I never tried that one. Lol.

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Not to mention the $$ spent for

a treadmill machine

an exercise bike (for in the house use)

a beach bike (for outside use)

like using those lasted very long..........and gym memberships, diet pills.

I probably could have saved money just doing the surgery years ago!

I am scheduled for surgery on June 16th - so excited to get to a healthy weight, finally!

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Jenny Craig

Adkins

South beach

HCG

Fasting

Juicing

Exchange diet ( eat and be slim)

Know more diet (jazzercise)

Cabbage Soup diet

Rotation diet

Low fat diet

Slim fast

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Just think about all the industry that has grown up around weight loss. No wonder they want to keep everyone overweight. How many people would be unemployed, and how many corporations would go bankrupt if everyone stopped dieting?

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I think everyone on this forum can tell the same story...tried every diet and gimmick under the sun....including hypnotism and acupuncture...

I was was part of a very disciplined medically controlled weight loss program...weekly visits, very monitored with blood work, etc...a very well structured program...everyone in our group lost ....I lost about 80 lbs.....only to gain it all back, and then some....

But then that is why I had surgery...to do what I could not do.....I wish I did not have to do this, but I do not regret my decision one bit.....and also wish I did it a lot sooner....

I have been set free from all that marketing nonsense....never having to diet again....right now people are talking about getting in shape for summer, wanting to look good in that bathing suit....etc...

The TV is full of advertisements for this and that new miracle weight loss product....that "magic" remedy....

I once had a Dr. tell me the "secret" to loosing weight...."Don't Eat so Much"!

I just have to smile to myself.....I will NEVER fall into that mindset ever again....diet is a four letter word I do not wish to use! It is now a new - normal lifestyle.....for me....

Edited by B-52

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ALWAYS on Weight Watchers, South Beach diet, yeast-free diet, returning again and again to Weight Watchers, constant check-ins with my dietician. Yadda yadda yadda.

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I don't think I read it here but Calban 2000 diet pills my mom bought me when I was about 14....you had to order from tv

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I haven't tried that many... South beach, Richard Simmons including those pills that made me jittery, Weight watchers, Year long expensive program with group whining I mean therapy, Personal trainer, and a nutritionist who told me to eat low fat processed foods like lean cuisine ... Yeah that's what she gets paid to tell people?? Protein shakes,

Year of showing my food diary to my doctor and saying "yeah I know I shouldn't eat that stuff"

Sooo ready for a change.

Edited by PRINCESSM

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I had great success with Nutrisystem, moderate success with Atkins, and limited success with Weight Watchers. No success with a plethora of diet pills and cleanses and other behavior modification programs. I don't have an issue taking the weight off - my issue is keeping it off. With menopause and a very underactive thyroid, I have to eat less than 1100 calories a day to maintain weight loss. I simply cannot do that on my own - I need the sleeve to help me with Portion Control. It's not what I eat that gets me, it's how much I eat. I can't think of any other tool to help me except WLS. No more excuses! Surgery is Monday in TJ with Dr. Lopez. I can't wait!

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