Hey everyone!

Been using the Alli product now for about three weeks and WOW! Yeah, I guess the side effects can be a little unpleasant, though how unpleasant is it to look at yourself in the mirror and be disgusted?
Mine is an interesting story. I had my gallbladder taken out about 3 years ago and have slowly gained weight ever since.
For those unfamiliar, the gallbladder stores about 50 ml (1.7 US fluid ounces / 1.8 Imperial fluid ounces) of bile, which is released when food containing fat enters the digestive tract, stimulating the secretion of cholecystokinin (CCK). The bile, produced in the liver, emulsifies fats and neutralizes acids in partly digested food.

After being stored in the gallbladder the bile becomes more concentrated than when it left the liver, increasing its potency and intensifying its effect on fats.

Needless to say, not having this lil' unit means that fats in food are not properly broken down by the secretion of bile and leads to effects (for me anyway) that are far worse than that of the Alli product. There have been incidents where I have experienced lower GI pain that I can not even decribe in words, followed by sprints to the bathroom that left my heels smoki'n!

Since I have been taking Alli (about three weeks now) I have lost between 5 to 7 pounds. This may not sound like a whole lot but the fact is that I have not felt this good in a long time and I have not changed my diet at all! I still eat what I want. I am impressed and pleased!

But am I the only guy here???

Hi, I'm a guy too. I've started the diet like 3 weeks ago.