Friday, 8 August 2014 at 9:33 pm with ≡
Before you start reading this post, I just want to make it clear that I am in no way a dietician/nutritionist/naturopath/remotely qualified in this topic. Please keep in mind that these things affect people in different ways and I highly recommend doing your own research/seeking advice from a doctor before you decide to take anything.
The bottom half of my body has always been larger than my top half. The joys of being pear shaped. I'm going to be real here and say that while everyone says to embrace your body, I've always struggled with accepting myself for how I am. It's much easier said than done and at the end of the day when you're alone with nothing else but THAT voice in your head (you know which one I'm talking about), it's hard to love what you see in the mirror.
Lately, my dislike for my body type had me chatting with a coworker who had dropped 20kg with the help of something called Duromine. It is a drug that reduces your appetite and is given to overweight or obese people. Appetite suppression? Dramatic weight loss? My interest was immediately piqued.
I did some research and spoke to a few people, including my boss, who had been on Duromine. Their reactions said it all. Everyone told me not to try it because of it's side effects. My boss had increased heart rate, constant migraines, anger management issues, and felt very volatile. And even if I did want to try it, it was highly unlikely that my GP would prescribe it for me. I'd like to include at this point that my coworker had found a site from Thailand that sold Duromine but I cannot stress enough how incredibly dangerous it is to buy pills online, let alone from another country so DO NOT DO IT.
Then someone suggested Garcinia Cambogia to me. It is supposed to be a natural appetite suppression that aids weight loss. Note that I said it aids weight loss - many sites on the internet claim that it causes weight loss without diet and exercise, which is pretty unbelievable. Dr. Oz did a feature on it and used words like "miracle" and "The Holy Grail" were used but I remain dubious. That, and the fact that Dr. Oz comes up with new fat blaster diets every other week had me feeling skeptical.
Desperate times calls for desperate measures though, so I bought a tub from Chemist Warehouse for $25. There were 60 capsules in a tub, all with 60% garcinia cambogia (recommended dosage per capsule, otherwise it's useless). It was recommended to take 2 per day, an hour before meals.
Check out my next post for how it went for me on Day 1!
The bottom half of my body has always been larger than my top half. The joys of being pear shaped. I'm going to be real here and say that while everyone says to embrace your body, I've always struggled with accepting myself for how I am. It's much easier said than done and at the end of the day when you're alone with nothing else but THAT voice in your head (you know which one I'm talking about), it's hard to love what you see in the mirror.
Lately, my dislike for my body type had me chatting with a coworker who had dropped 20kg with the help of something called Duromine. It is a drug that reduces your appetite and is given to overweight or obese people. Appetite suppression? Dramatic weight loss? My interest was immediately piqued.
I did some research and spoke to a few people, including my boss, who had been on Duromine. Their reactions said it all. Everyone told me not to try it because of it's side effects. My boss had increased heart rate, constant migraines, anger management issues, and felt very volatile. And even if I did want to try it, it was highly unlikely that my GP would prescribe it for me. I'd like to include at this point that my coworker had found a site from Thailand that sold Duromine but I cannot stress enough how incredibly dangerous it is to buy pills online, let alone from another country so DO NOT DO IT.
Then someone suggested Garcinia Cambogia to me. It is supposed to be a natural appetite suppression that aids weight loss. Note that I said it aids weight loss - many sites on the internet claim that it causes weight loss without diet and exercise, which is pretty unbelievable. Dr. Oz did a feature on it and used words like "miracle" and "The Holy Grail" were used but I remain dubious. That, and the fact that Dr. Oz comes up with new fat blaster diets every other week had me feeling skeptical.
Desperate times calls for desperate measures though, so I bought a tub from Chemist Warehouse for $25. There were 60 capsules in a tub, all with 60% garcinia cambogia (recommended dosage per capsule, otherwise it's useless). It was recommended to take 2 per day, an hour before meals.
Check out my next post for how it went for me on Day 1!
Labels: body image, diet, garcinia cambogia, health, review
