Hi,
I just started taking the orlistat today as i have at least 4 stones to lose. I just wondered if there was any help or hints anyone could offer me, or any advice you could give me as I really need to lose this weight.
Thanks xx
best advice I can think of is to tell you these tablets are not a miracle cure, you will need to make you are sticking to the allowed allocations.
Most people seem to get along ok with splitting the allowance over the 3 meals like this:
5g's for breakfast
10g's for lunch
15g for tea
remember these grams are TOTAL fat not saturated fat.
you probably won't hit the full split so that leaves you open for snacks.
Spend a few minutes more on your shopping to get your self familiarized with the lower fat foods. Anything that has over 5g's of total fat you should avoid buying.
Read through previous posts on here as they really are the best place to get the best advice.
Good luck and look forward to seeing how you get on
welcome to the club. My advice is keep a food diary . I also bought a A-Z index book and made my personalised calory and fat record. The first few weeks was the hardest, looking for lower fat options and recording them. Now I just have to make a record when I find something new. I got really stressed to begin with and thought I'd never find the time to do it but you do and keeping a record helps to ensure you keep within the fat limits. Good luck on your journey and log on regularly I find it helps to reads to read what others have put. I read loads of past post and got lots of useful advice and tips. 
Thanks for that, I have read about all the side effects, haven't had any yet, but sure I will do at some point. To be honest, it was really good to find somewhere to ask questions and get advice as my doctor didn't really give me much info on them, just told me to eat low fat and to see the nurse in 4 weeks time. I have joined the gym as well so hopefully will see the weight coming off x