Raspberry Ketones, and Green Tea pills....

[Ryosanada]

So I'm trying Raspberry Ketones, and Green tea pills to try and lose weight. Problem is, I'm gaining weight, and feeling a bit more hungry, but not much. I know I need to exercise more, but after a long hard day at work, I just can't find the enegery. Do these pills really work, or did I just waste my money?

[Anonymous]

Take it from me, pills will get you nowhere.

When I had to drop 80lbs, I tried every trick in the book (besides pills, I'm not THAT stupid) and nothing gave me better results than exercise and good diet.

Micromanage your calories. Research your body type and see your minimum caloric requirements and build a diet based on that. It's really easy, just read labels. For example, a whole chicken breast has roughly 150 calories. A cup of steamed vegetables has about 50 calories. A serving of beans has 100 or so calories. With nothing else added and drinking only water, that's a 300 calorie meal.

Managing your diet and getting out there and running will work wonders. It did for me.

[ambertaylor]

The green tea pills and raspberry ketones are there to assist in weight loss, those alone won't really make that much of a difference except slightly mess around with your immune system.

There is no other way to loose weight without regular exercise and healthy diet, it's the only way and things like the pills are there just to add and possibly speed up to the amount and time of the weight loss.

[Ryosanada]

Yeah, but I usually lose like 6 or more pounds per week, gain it back on the weekend, and do it all over again.

[ambertaylor]

Then have some self discipline on the weekend, cut out fatty foods and other similar high in chemical/sugar/salt items and use them as a treat once of a month or something. I've seen your comment below about slow digestion, maybe you should get some natural remedy pills to sort your digestion speed out first before focusing on your weight loss.

[Ryosanada]

That's what the green tea is for, and I hardly eat on the weekends. lol. Doesn't matter what I do, or what I eat, it just comes back. But I'm thinking that is mostly water weight. I do drink tons of water.

[ambertaylor]

Tonnes of water is a good thing, can pretty much never have too much water so that's a good start. I think you'd need something a little stronger than the green tea for a slow digestive problem. Slow digestion could be due to a diet of eating things that are hard to digest. Hardly eating on the weekends is a bad thing to do because that's getting the body clock out of regular eating habits. Your best bet would be to visit a Doctor or Dietician to help you plan a realistic approach to weight loss

[Ryosanada]

Oh the doctors are whom have told me about my digestion. They can't give me meds, because those cause people to shake really badly, and I already do. I can eat anything at all, and it'll take 14+ hours to digest. They don't like me much for giving me answers, but they love my money.

[ambertaylor]

Hmm, seems like you are in a bit of a sticky situation my friend! I use this website for my home remedies and natural healing process, pay attention to the tea for digestive issues about a third of the scroll down! I recommend the lime tea especially. link

[visual]

Try not to drink water with your meals if you do, keep it an hr apart, like an hour before a meal. The water dilutes digestive juices.

[crookthings]

Food is a good source of energy, FYI :P

I don't trust pills at all. You can drink green tea and eat raspberries, you don't need all of the extra chemicals. The reason the diet industry rakes in 40-60 billion dollars a year is BECAUSE of its failure, so people keep buying different products after the others don't work.

[Ryosanada]

Yeah I do eat, but I just don't digest food all that fast. First 2 hours are normal, 3rd is boarder line slow, and 4th is virtually no change on food being digested.

[crookthings]

Have you tried increasing your fiber intake?

[Ryosanada]

Yup. Got the runs really badly by doing that.

[crookthings]

Haha well jeez what did you eat?

[rachiee]

Are you taking green tea diet pills or green tea supplements? Diet pills don't really work in my opinion. Also, you need to exercise! Try to find the time where you have the energy (like in the morning) or find ways to gain energy.