I think it's a rule of thumb that any product that uses airwave satuation combined with innuendo of falsehoods is by that very fact not going to work. 
Posted on 07/18/2004 4:07:24 PM PDT by freedumb2003
Does anybody know if CortiSlim works?
I have been on a regular excercise regime for about 3 months. I do 1/2 hour of semi-intense treadmill 4 or 5 mornings a week. I am averaging 1200 calories a day, all in proportion to the USRDA (as a measure -- I know some people disagree with the USRDA but my point is low on carbs and generally not strange in any direction).
But I have not lost any appreciable weight. If I look at the high/low chart the trend puts me down about maybe 2 pounds.
I keep seeing and hearing the Cortaslim commercials and I was thinking they miht work coupled with my regime -- at least to break the logjam.
Anyone have any info? Or ideas? I am pretty much at the max I can do for exercise, given the time constraints from my job.
Not an expert, but I think it would be helpful to someone trying to assist you to know if you are trying to lose 10 or 100 pounds.
I hadn't thought of that.
Good idea, thanks!
shooting for like 15-20 lbs (doh! I should have mentioned that)
If you want to lose weight, here is the solution. EAT LESS AND EXERCISE MORE. Second law of thermodynamics: In - Out + Generated = Stored. Same law applies to calories/weight.
There you go.... Free of charge.....
Did you read what I am doing?
1/2 hour treadmill 4-5 times a week, 1200 calories a day. My doctor says I should be losing weight.
I am not looking for something to bypass physics nor a magic bullet. Just looking to see if there is something that will help me kick the process along in addition to what I am doing.
And I don't want my post to sound terse.
I greatly appreciate any help anyone can lend.
I started out the year in size 40 jeans. By April I was in 36's. I just cut way back on the carbs. I didn't do the full atkins thing. I just started watching the carbs and kept them fewer than 30 per day. (10 or 20 if I could stand it.)
I was shocked when I started reading labels how many carbs I was taking in.
30!
wow -- well maybe I'll give that a shot. I have a nutritional calculator that's pretty good so I'll see if I can do it.
Good luck!
Didn't do a damn thing for me.
Thanks!
I was hoping someone out there would have direct experience.
I guess its hit the 'mill harder *sigh*
Has your doctor explained why you aren't losing weight?
30 carbs a day is very hard to maintain over an extended period of time.
We are doing a thyroid test.
But he is puzzled too. But at least my general health signs are good. Triglycerides good, bad cholerstorol way down (160s) good cholestorol up, etc.
Well, one would surmise from that description that the essential variable lies in WHAT you are eating, not how much. The low-carb diets have been getting panned in the media of late, but I still think they are fundamentally on target, especially in their focus on sugar. You don't necessarily have to follow the severe recommendations of the Atkins. But try cutting out bread and potatoes for awhile, and ALL things rich in sugar. I don't know all the science. But the eating of more protein is also supposed to be related to the production of a fat-buring sunstance. Anyway, it worked for me.
It sounds too good to be true. This is just the latest in a long line of such pills.
I am diabetic. I have been watching carbs since before it bwas a fad (although I certainly don't go as low as the Atkins).
I guess I'll have to see if it my thyroid.
Thanks all
30!
wow -- well maybe I'll give that a shot. I have a nutritional calculator that's pretty good so I'll see if I can do it.
Atkins works! You're only on the extreme part for two weeks. Don't listen to the propaganda being splashed all over the media...the business community is suffering because of Atkins. Notice not one segment on Low Carbs/Atkins states that you're only on the extreme section for 2 weeks!
It works. And I've never felt better in my life. The best part...I'm never hungry, so it's easy to adhere to.
No offense taken..... I did read your original post. I posted what I did as a reminder to the rest of us what it takes to lose weight.
start lifting weights the more muscle you have the more fat you burn . I lost about 40lbs . Good luck!
I tried CortiSlim, but it didn't work for me. Try adding the weightlifting like shicky in #21 suggested. Cardio alone won't do it. Try your cardio outside (I never got much out of treadmill work, but once I went outside--WOW!) and cut out all refined sugar. Good luck! It's very hard to be disciplined and wait for results, because we all want to reach our goal quickly. True fat loss takes time; don't give up because it will happen!
Also, 1/2 hour is maybe too little cardio. Bump it up to 50 minutes, if you can. Hugs!
Since muscle is mored dense, you may not notice a change in weight for awhile, even tho you are getting less fat.
I've been using CortiSlim for 3 weeks and have noticed zero difference that cannot be explained by excercise and eating less.
I don't feel better and I haven't lost the "inches". Admittedly, its only been 3 weeks but thats pretty close to the "30 day" trial period...unless the lbs are going to slough off into a pile around my feet.
I had better success with Atkins, the 1st time I tried it....pretty near zero the second time I tried it. Seems like your body remembers these things.
I don't trust the claims Atkins makes about how eating fat is just hunky dorrie. It simply cannot be true except that fat is filling so maybe you eat less overall.
The South Beach diet makes more sense to me. No carbs and no fat. Tough for the first 2 weeks but then you bring back in "healthy" carbs like fresh fruits and eventually whole grains.
But you really have to be a label reader. Not just for the South Beach, but for all of them. Have you seen how many products use HFCS[high fructose corn syrup]. That may be the culprit behind eating less and not losing weight.
Atkins is based on thirty years of REAL research and scientific experimentation. Get the book, read it all the way through.
Don't listen to naysayers who haven't done the research.
What you eat is way more important than the quantity.
Also, Cardio workouts only cause "weightloss" (fatburning) while you do it. As soon as you stop, that's it for the fat burning.
Powerlifting, on the other hand, will keep you burning fat for a day or two, or more afterwards.
One more thing, if you start a quality exercise program and you were a couch potato before, you may gain weight, since muscle weighs much more than fat. Weight is not the issue, it's fat. Measure your waist, around the navel every day.
If you are burning fat, it will show as decreasing girth.
Don't be discouraged. It probably took a long time to get to the point where you decided you were fat:) It will and should take a while to get in great shape again.
Sudden weight loss never stays. It's the long gradual change in your lifestyle that is important to keeping your shape once you get it where you want it.
Best of luck and don't give up.
There's a good website called
http://fitday.com
that you can simply list your foods and it will translate them into fat, protein, calories and whatever an they have calories burned through exercises, etc.
Might help.
"Cardio alone won't do it."
Sure it will... I've lost 90 lbs in this last year just cutting out regular soda, three regular meals (including carbs) a day, and 30-45 mins 5 times a week on a treadmill.
Read the Atkins book.
Also read The Zone by Dr. Barry Sears.
Atkins has a good section on diabetes.
I think it's a rule of thumb that any product that uses airwave satuation combined with innuendo of falsehoods is by that very fact not going to work.
I've been taking it for 4 weeks. Lost 10 pounds. I am calmer than usual. Able to focus stay longer on projects. I have also cut down on my caffeine. Which could be part of that. too. Still trying. Got 50 lbs more to lose.
Glad it is working for you!
Guess I'll stick to the low carb low fat low taste low satisfaction diet.
Good luck to you!
I read the Atkins book and followed it like it was my bible. And I have to say that I did lose weight. I also am now facing losing my kidneys. I have never had problems with my kidneys before, nor has anyone in my family. According to my doctors and the American Kidney Fund, I am not alone. High protein diets cause the kidneys to work harder to eliminate all of that protein but also to eliminate nitrogen. Unfortunately, most people who have this happen have no family history and no way out until it is too late. By the time those urine tests strips tell you that something is off, it is too late, the damage is already done.
I am not saying that everyone who goes on a high protein diet is going to go through what myself and many others are going through. I just want people to know that Atkins isn't a miracle diet.
PS My cholesterol went through the roof while I was on it and it was always very low before it. Fat=Fat
You're the first 'real' person I've ever chatted with that had kidney problems from Adkins. Are you absolutely sure it was Adkins or did you have other health problems?
BTW, welcome to FR. This was a good first post since it gave us important information about you.
1200 calories a day is the absolute minimum anyone should be consuming in a single day. How tall are you?
Said it consists of sixteen different herbs, minerals, and "ground up animal testicles".
Just what every guy needs!
The first was easy: vitamin C, calcium, chromium and some branded tree and fruit extracts. Fifty bucks a bottle ("for a limited time")?
The second was easy also: there are no data presented.
From what I gather from Dr. Talbott's musings, since "stress" causes some people to pour out cortisol from their adrenal glands and some of them are fat, too much cortsiol is the culprit. Then further, if you take his expensive pills, they will reduce your cortisol levels AND you will lose weight as a consequence. Hypothesis upon hypothesis with an occasional fact thrown in to give them a proof-point. Rating: marketing driven rather than science driven; save your money.
The reason that you (as well as the rest of us) are overweight (other than certain very rare conditions) is that the nutritional intake/energy expenditure environment that we are in is not the best for most of our genetic settings. And yes, there are many people who live in the same envirionment, but are not overweight. Genes and environment both count here. Remember: There is no obesity in a POW camp.
So, read about Atkins or the South Beach diets. Based on the nutritional ecology we had as evolving pre-humans, and even as hunter gatherers, we at much less in the way of carbs. Further, they were different than the ones we eat now. And, as Fat B*stard says in Austin Powers III: "Carbs are the enemy."
Good luck.
Me, too. I couldn't lose weight until my thyroid problem was diagnosed.
Also, I must mention the South Beach Diet.
This book is written by a heart specialist, Arthur Agatston, M.D., who had been searching for years for a diet to help his heart patients and he finally found this one. It's very balanced, good for your heart health, very easy to live with, and is also good for diabetics. It also works.
The doctor wrote the book because he had so many requests for his diet from non-patients who learned, through his patients, of the weight-loss side effect of this diet.
I found my copy at Wal-Mart for twenty dollars or less.
I've read lots of health-food type healthy diet books over the years and his book has the most important aspects of healthy eating which I had learned from them without being extreme.
You aren't eating enough to lose weight. Try Body for Life diet.
OOPS!!...posted to the wrong one before...
You aren't eating enough to lose weight. You need to have a look at "Body for Life"...six small meals a day, six days a week...check into it
You can't get something from nothing (i.e., you can't make fat without food)!
My dad does Jenny Craig regularly and swears by them. They are big advocates of drinking lots of water. Are you doing that?
IF you cut out three regular meals, what were you eating? Mabye I am misreading your post.
All these over he counter weight loss pills include the caveat "when combined with regular exercise and a sensible diet." I suggest if you do that part of it you don't need the pills. I always stick with one simple philosophy, if it really works why do you need to promote it so heavily on tv ads and why can't it be sold over the counter in drug stores. A painless weight loss pill would be so popular you could sell it in stores and you wouldn't need any advertising.
I miswrote... I cut out regular soda but now only eat three regular meals...
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