Adventures with Alli Day #1

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About six months ago I began researching Alli and came to the conclusion that it's not for me. About 2 weeks ago I started thinking about it again, did even more research and decided to give it a try.

I am currently 175 pounds. I'm 31 and 5 ft. 2 in. This is not good. A couple of years ago I lost nearly 30 pounds by counting calories and exercising like mad. I felt great. I swore I'd never be one of those people who gained all their weight back. I mean, why in the world would anyone work so hard to lose weight only to gain it all back?

Well... guess who gained all her weight back.

OK. Stop guessing. It's me.

Over the last year I'd attempted many times to go back to calorie counting, but I'm so freaking tired of it. I've burnt myself out on heavy exercise (and my gym closed). Now I'm going to take a different approach. I'm actually not telling my family and friends until I lose some of this weight. I don't feel like defending myself against the arguments when I'm still this vulnerable. I did tell one friend, she'll keep it quiet ;)

A common belief about Alli is that you eat what you want, have oily leaks and hopefully lose some weight.

Wrong.

Alli has a very straight-forward eating plan that is quiet healthy on it's own. Alli claims to accelerate your weight loss efforts. That for every 10 pounds you would normally lose, Alli will help you lose 15.

Day 1 went pretty well. I took the pills and followed the food plan as much as I could. It's different from my usual weigh-loss eating plan. Every other time I've lost weight I restricted myself to 1200 calories. Alli says that according to my BMI I need to be eating 1600. This goes against everything natural for me!!!! I'm tempted to change up the plan, but I figure I need to follow their plan before I decide if it's working or not.

1600 calories and 57 fat grams per day. I'm going to give it my best shot.