Shortly before moving to America, my wife was showing off her six-pack abs and told me that she lost a total of 40 pounds.
I asked her what her secret was, to which she smiled slyly and went into the kitchen, coming back with a bottle of fat burners which was no surprise, and a package of tablets called Orlistat.
She asked me if I wanted to try some Orlistat pills to see how effective they were and she laughed as she warned me that I would have to go to the bathroom though.
I looked up Orlistat and Web MD explains that it "works by blocking the enzyme that breaks down fats in your diet. This undigested fat then passes out of your body in your bowel movement." ...Sounds simple enough.
I joined a Facebook group of people who take Orlistat, many of whom got it via prescription, whereas we simply ordered it off Amazon. Long live Jeff Bezos!
The people in the Facebook group were not hiding the fact that they were going to the bathroom a lot and that there was a mysterious orange fatty substance coming out of them.
Well, armed with that information I took the pills and within a matter of days, I was eight pounds lighter. Eight whole pounds. In two days. That is a lot of time in losing a lot of weight in the bathroom.
I was ecstatic, it was as though I was Ponce De Leon and I had discovered the fountain of youth at last.
It was only a week before I moved to the States, so I quit taking the tablets three days prior to my flight so as not to have any emergencies or accidents on my flight.
When I finally arrived in America I looked up Orlistat and saw that it is in the weight loss supplement, Alli. I told my sister I was considering taking Alli to aid in my weight loss journey which I started last month on June 19th.
I did not lose 8 pounds in a couple of days on Alli, but did gain a daily routine of going to the restroom.
It has been a month since going on Alli and taking the tablets three times daily. I have lost 20 pounds.
I also started going on daily walks and try to get to the gym 4 days out of the week.
The consistent weightloss has tapered off and I have days where I gain some weight probably due to my diet and hydrating, but I will continue to take my Orlistat supplements as part of my weight loss journey.
