ive been taking orlistat for 4 days and have stuck to it but have got to today and have the dredded orange situation sorry if tmi just wondering is this because i had alot of fat in diet before taking tablets and its just body clearing? i have quite alot to lose so have been really good hopefully it was a one off, also i have noticed on some forums it says 30g fat per day but if you using the 15g or less per meal it goes over that?? any help?
Hi
I started taking orlistat on Sunday, so day three today. My diet was high in fat before (not to mention Saturday's final croissant, last pizza.......) I haven't experienced any orange problems at all - so I don't think it's necessarily what was in your system before hand (although I am a day behind you, so who knows what tomorrow will bring.
I initially thought that it was 15g of fat per day, rather than per meal, so was concerned that I'd exceeded that, but every day so far has been just under 20g, so that's good news.
Your post prompted me to check - I found this on a xenical drug info website:
"The fat content of your daily diet should not be greater than 30% of your total daily caloric intake. For example, if you eat 1200 calories per day, no more than 360 of those calories should be in the form of fat."
I'm not sure how whether the website I'm using to log what I've eaten tells me that amongst all the stats I need to go & work it out now!
hope that helps, good luck
Lia
I am on day 3, taking 1 tablet per day and I have just experienced the orange situation, I was too wondering if this is normal.
I'm comming up to the end if week 2 I've not weighed yet so not sure if there has been any loss yet have either of you had a loss yet? The orange situ subsided after the 6th day and feel like I'm doing well I just hope lbs start comming off xxx