Hi all, i started orlistat on tuesday, I have been eating a low calorie diet 1460c a day. Is that what I am meant to be doing? I have had the 'side effects' although following low calorie diet. Any help would be appreciated.... many thanks
It's not so much the calories you should be checking but the fat content of the food that you eat. Low fat will help reduce the side effects, try not to have more than 5-7g of fat per meal.
Adam, my Doctor has told me, you can have up to 15 gms of fat per meal ie breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Hannah
I was told by my GP to stick to around 15-20g per day. Who knows but it seems to be working for me, I'd rather be cautious than run the risk of the dreaded side effects lol
On my 3rd day, have been very careful with fat intake, and so far no side effects. So lots of water, no coffee, we'll one maybe. Fruit ok, veg ok, meat ok, not fatty though. I'm about to have full English breakfast, no butter or fatty bacon, but everything else so well see. Defoe fat avoidance rather than calorie counting. If my month on this is as good as these 3 days and I do lose weight I will be so happy. Water seems key. Hope things calm down for you.
It' not about low calorie it's about low fat i hve never counted the calories i jut mainly count the fat and i have lost stones. If you post what you have been eating that might help. I have poted lots of helpful posts on these tablets on the boards. Also you CAN drink coffee. Good Luck x
hi thank you for reply, have been eating for breakfast, wholemeal bread with smoked salmon slice, or marmite. or fruit and fibre with low fat yoghurt. lunch is usually rivta or crackerbread with wafer thin ham or turkey or low fat philidelphia,cucumber.dinners have been mainly chicken or turkey based, all with cooked with low cal spray, stir fry/ turkey meatballs etc. i have changed from green milk to red, and sugar to sweetner.
Hi the smoked salmon wouldn't fit into the 5g rule apart from that your meals are fine. The tablets don't understand the salmon a a good fat so hence the reason why you would be having the side effects also with the light phildelphia is that under 5g per 100g? my guess would be the salmon would the cause of any side effects. I have heard that wild salmon is ok though! have you got much to lose? Good Luck with the rest of your journey and let us know how you get on x
salmon is 2.9 fat per slice i have one slice over two bread, phily is 3.5 fat per 30g. i am 14.1 and have 3 stone to lose. will be wieghing in on tuesday as will have been on tablets 1 week.
also i snack on fruit x
Hi Britney, my Dr told me you can have no more than 15 gms of fat in each of your three meals a day. This makes it 45 gms of fat a day, some people on this site are saying it is less than this. I know at breakfast I don't use many gms as I usually have Sultana bran. Is 15 gms per mail correct?
thanks Hannah
Hi Hannah no it's 45g a day it even states that on the leaflet inside the box maybe if some patients are heavier they are told to eat less? i don't eat the full 45g a day but definitely that i what i was told and what is written on the box.
I have shreddies or more recently porridge i find both tend to fill me up along with water in the morning. Oh yes sorry 15g per meal so to confirm that is 45g a day
x
Hi Orlistatnew Sainsburys do a cheese like that which is 4g per 100g. The xenical may not like the oil in it have you tried cutting the salmon/cheese out for 72 hours to see if that makes a difference. I snack on fruit too, I always get weighed monthly. I believe the food has to be per the 100g is the salmon less than 5g per 100g of product? because if it's not and your still only having one slice it could still give you the side effects same with the cheese as it's weighed at per 30g not 100g. 3 stone will be gone before you know it - let us know how you get on at your weigh in x
Hi Britney, thanks for your reply. I try and keep the gms of fat as low as I can, but I needed to confirm the 15 gms per meal was correct.
Thanks again Hannah
Hi Hannah no problem 
Hi Britney, I got the Quorn sausages today,the ones in the box (well sort of a box). I had one tonight for my dinner, they are nice and one is so filling. I am going to have one on toast tomorrow for lunch.
Hannah
Hi, i have been given these again by my nurse i have been struggling with my weight for a few years now and having every diet i gave in to these. i have been on these before and lost 3 stone so i am just trying to do what i did before. i usually have a boiled egg for breakfast or a yogurt with fruit (i am not a breakfast fan) but if i dont eat it i end up snacking on all the wrong things, i have salad for lunch with a variety of things, Salmon, Tuna, ham etc and then tea i always cook from scratch i try to avoid bread and potoaes during the week and have these on a weekend as a treat. I do like the slimming world recipes but you have to be careful with the fat content espically with cheese (side effects are not good with cheese). I drink loads of water i find if you dont it makes you bloated and sometimes consitpated. I staretd on the tablets on 26th April and i have to go back to be weighed on the 20th May so hopefully i will of lost. a good point is to measure your self too not just weigh your self, HIps, Bust, arms, legs wasit etc.
good luck on these tablets, thanksto britney i havent had any more side effects...
starting weight was 14.1 and today i am 13.6.
i have been on them since 29th april
@ orlistatnew : ) how are you getting on?
@hannah glad you liked them i have two at a time how are you getting on?
Hi Britney, I was surprised at how nice the sausages tasted. I am having a disaster at the moment with the diet. I have put on 5 lbs and I have been doing everything right. I went on meds called Lithium a few weeks ago and it puts weight on. I am not happy on this med as I have some side effects from it, so I am coming off it!!!!. Hopefully I will start to loose weight again once it is out of my system.
Hannah