Bad news for bad diet pills

How do you define “effective” when it comes to dieting?

If it’s shaving off a few pounds and calling it a year, then you must be a Food and Drug Administration bureaucrat.

An FDA panel wisely rejected the diet drug Qnexa–but not because it’s ineffective. The panel was largely concerned about the drug’s potential for side effects, including the risk of birth defects, suicide, depression, memory loss, bone problems, kidney stones, and more.

But beyond that, Qnexa met and even exceeded the ludicrously low FDA targets for effectiveness–and may even be more “effective” than any of the diet drugs currently on the market.

And here’s how they define “effective” these days: The FDA says a drug needs to help a patient lose 5 percent of his or her body weight over the course of a full year.

So if you’re 250 pounds, an “effective” diet pill would help you lose about a pound a month. Qnexa did a little better than that–but only barely. Patients in the trials lost between 6 and 10 percent of their body weight, so the person in that 250-pound example could make it all the way down to between 225 and 235 pounds.

Lighter, sure–but not a whole lot healthier.

And even that little bit of weight-loss help came with a big catch: The people in the study who lost the weight also had to stick to a diet and exercise program.

They haven’t made a pill yet that can cancel out Krispy Kreme donuts.

But you don’t need to wait for that magic pill to come along–because you can easily lose that 5 percent in month or so–not a year–on your own… and that’s only the beginning.

No matter how overweight or obese you are, simple lifestyle changes like getting rid of carbs will bring your body back to order, with no need to tolerate any drug side effects.

Just look at Drew Carey. The comic and “Price Is Right” host recently lost 80 pounds–and got rid of any sign of his type 2 diabetes–with a low-carb diet. He says he doesn’t even take diabetes meds anymore.

You can find pictures of him online–he looks like a completely different person.

And if he can do it after decades of being so famously overweight, so can you.
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I did it without diet pills. I lost 49 pounds. I went from being 5’0 152lbs to 103. It has stayed that way for 31months now.

No diet pills

Felicia

Who cares who your EX is banging George. We love you right here. I’m sorry but Zen Lill is right. I love a man who doesn’t take shit off some smart mouth bitch.

You, George, are a REAL man. If the Zen Lills of the world are lucky enough to run into someone like you. They will wet their pants with glee.

Take me George

Lacy

And loving it!

This white girl wants to know if she is keeping her legs closed, though?

Juli

When someone tells a sexist joke or anything that could be taken as discriminating, I usually first say, wait – what exactly did you mean just then, if they dont get why I said that then I break out my best disappointed face and say, wow I thought you were so much more evolved than that, and then I wait for a response – If there’s no response with any real starting point for a convo (i.e. I decide Im dealing with an ass) I change subjects and/or talking partners, I don’t bother trying to educate die-hard idiots, not my deal, I leave conversion convos to the religious zealots amongst us…they dont seem to have much sucess with it either…

I have straightened out several work situations but you have to be able to give great eye contact, not flinch and state your case without apology and I do like to leave a face saving out for people, just the way I am, so if an apology is offered, I like to make sure they know what part of what they said/did was offensive and ask how they plan to be a better man tomorrow, etc…I finish by saying something to effect of – wow, glad we cleared that up so we don’t have to deal with such a low level issue again.

I once overheard a co-worker, a macho Latino male, who didnt like it when I questioned him no matetr how I worded it – never did that to any of the male salespeople and though I was the top sales dog in the office at the time, he just felt that I should ‘know my place’ hee hee hee…I was just about to walk into my boss’s office when I heard the ass saying I was a demanding bitch who should know my place : ) oh yes I am a bitch, that’s correct, I waited to hear what my male boss would say, my heart sank when he said well you know how she is…and then he said this…and the way she is is exactly why she’s the best, she asks a lot of questions bc she’s always working for her clients, so call her a bitch if you want to but if Jim (or an other male sales guy) asked you the same q’s would you be here complaining? I rounded the corner at that point and asked them to take a walk with me, I lead them both to the 100,000 sq foot warehouse behind our offices and I asked mr macho how many rows of advertising we were housing there, he said 26 rows (thats a lot of junk mail, brochures, etc, believe me), and how many are my clients, 22 rows, ahhh I said so without all that paper to move around youd be working about 10 hours a week, no? He said nothing…I looked at him and said I am a bitch, a bitch who expects her questions to be answered so starting today if you stone wall me one more time Ill ‘demand’ to work with womeone else, just to bring that point on home to my boss I said and you can say thank you for that new MBZ and your kids private school tab anytime…now this biagge is going to go to work and Ill pretend that this never took place, I smiled and turned away – I shouted over my shoulder, and stop looking at my ass and get to work : ) mr macho reluctantly shifted gears and we never had an issue again, I think he, like my father and most sexist men, secretly love it when women won’t stand for their stupid thuggish behavior and yet most women will put up with it and fight over these types of men, go figure…

My advice, let males know by how you are – that you do not suffer fools gladly and be willing to up and walk away, and do this especially if he’s a hot guy, they are so used to women putting up with bad behavior that it will be impactful, trust me on this, it’s been tried and true by yours truly.

Mischa, bawling isn’t part of my usual repetoire of dealing, it just happened that day, my kid has only seen me cry full on twice, that was one of em’ – I do usually tear up when something in a movie/tv show touches me and that blows her away, not sure why. I keep my real bawling moments private, just a privacy thing for me…cops dont make me cry but parting with a lot of money might. I was on the freeway a few weeks ago with a friend, he wasnt wearing his seatbelt and I was looking over talking and I noticed a cop in the next lane, I said try to to discreetly pull on your seatbelt I think this cop on your left is checking you out, he tried it and just as he clicked it, the cop hit his light, 1 ticket and $180 later…he called to find out how to contest it and ran into the same situation, all I can say is ‘revenue stream’

caio caio, Zen Lill