I found a wonderful calender in my Vogue magazine yesterday.  Showing pictures of real sized models in bright colors, there are a few weight loss tips and a section to record your weight and goals. I then noticed it was an advertisement for Alli, an OTC weight loss pill.  Curious, I googled to find out more.  Read this article from a Mayo Clinic expert.

I did a bit of mental math and discovered the most you could expect to cut from you daily intake is about 200 calories.  That would mean you could lose a pound in about 13 days. With a cost of about $60 a month, you buy one pound of weight loss for $30. 

Then I read the side effects.  I won’t go into it, but the oily residue seeping from my backside did not appeal to me one bit.   Of course I don’t know if I would experience the side effect, but I’m not willing to find out.

I have another plan.  I think for each pound lost with the plain old eat less and exercise more technique one would earn $30.  Just think, you lose 5 pounds and you have earned $150. 15 pounds would be $450.  Now that is a nice sum to spend on new clothes, don’t you think?

Hey, Alli may be the answer you are looking for.  If it works, good for you.  But I’m going to put less in my body and spend my money on something I would like to have instead of something I want to lose.