If you think Hydroxycut is a supplement that can help you to lose weight, read this before you buy it.
Hydroxycut is one of those supplements that just won’t go away. Originally fueled by the now-banned and controversial ingredient ephedra, Hydroxycut’s current formula consists of a bunch of ingredients with little - if any - track record of success with regard to weight loss.…
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— go to most recent comments26 - Rodrigo
SOMEONE GIVE ME ADVICE.
people seem to know something about fitness here so i have a question.
I have been going to the gym for about 3 weeks, doing 20 Minutes of cardio and then upperbody weights. BUT IVE GAINED WEIGHT, about 5 pounds since i Began, WHY???
27 - Patricia
I have been using this product for the past month. I am 5'5" and I was 160. I am not about 153. I am not worried about my wright so much as how I look in my clothes. I am not one of those people who feels like I need to be a skinny minnie girl. My body is just not shaped that way. I started using the produce because I am a law student and I have to spend an inordinate amount of time at a desk to study. When I get a break, the last thing I want to do is exercise. So I started taking Hydroxicut. While I have not lost a crazy amount of weight, I can honestly say that it has helped me to loose a couple of pounds. I eat the same as I did before and there are noticable results. My friends and family tell me that I look great. I am a happy customer. I can understand that there is much frustration about the product and the author of the above article finds that the ingredients are not proven to make a person lose weight per se. But lets not discount Hydroxicut altogether. Lets just chalk it up to the fact that it works diffrently for different people...
28 - sal m
since there are no proven weight loss ingredients in hydroxycut and there are several factors that could have helped you to lose a few points, that's all the reason in the world to discount hydroxycut.
especially since you have to pay for it.
29 - dP
Wow. This blog entry is so biased, it's sad. Why such animosity? Anyway, you might want to conduct a little more research next time before making such an attack.
Some, of many, wrong things in your review:
1) Garcinia Cambogia is a carb-cutting agent. Essentially, it prevents carbs from being stored as fat. What you wrote on it appears to be straight from Wikipedia.
2) Alpha Lipoic Acid may be produced by the body, but in a EXTREMELY minimal amount, so much that it is insignificant. With supplementation, however, its potential can be optimized. You are right that it is an anti-oxidant, and a very powerful one at that. What it does therefore is destroy free-radicals that damage cells. This is useful because heavy exercise results in more free radicals floating through the bloodstream. ALA will counter that. ALA is also a transporter of nutrients (delivers nutrients to the cell).
3) It's funny how you seem to mumble off with your criticism on the ingredients when you get to Green Tea. It's because Green Tea is an extremely popular supplement for weight loss, and I'm sure searching on Google or Wikipedia for evidence countering that would be tediously futile.
I could go on cherry-picking all the flaws in your post but I'd rather get to the point.
Hydroxycut is a great weight-loss product and it works because of its stimulant properties. These stimulants will increase the body's metabolism, enabling it to burn more calories, resulting in weight loss. It's not that complicated. In the mean time it reduces appetite because caffeine itself is an appetite suppressant.
I have plenty of friends who combine it with a cardio routine and successfully lose lots of pounds. It's America's #1 weight loss product and has consistently stayed so obviously because people are satisfied with its results.
It's also all herbal, and the ephedra that was once used in it was banned by the FDA only because some moron took multiple times the maximally allowed dosage. Although the FDA has listed this ban and reinstated the legality of this herb, Hydroxycut still doesn't put it in its products, just to be on the safe side. All of Hydroxycut's ingredients are all natural and herbal as well.
One should not deny the efficacy of a product solely because they hate the marketing hype.
30 - sal m
this last comment is straight from supplement marketing central...
this is the typical kind of garbage that comes from anonymous internet randoms. the supplement industry depends on this kind of nonsense to counter the valid criticisms of their ineffective products.
the knowledge base of this "dP" is such that they can't argue facts, they call names, invoke the "bias card" and inpugn the data.
for instance, the first ingredient contained in this supplement is Garcinia Cambogia - aka hydroxycitric acid - and here'e what the Physician's Desk Reference has to say about it.
"A recent well-controlled trial of hydroxycitric acid failed to produce any significant weight loss compared with placebo. This was a 12-week double-blind study in which overweight subjects were randomized to receive 1500 milligrams of hydroxycitric acid daily or placebo.
In another recent study, also conducted double-blind, placebo-controlled and randomized, researchers sought to see whether hydroxycitric acid supplementation could increase fat oxidation in human subject. The researchers found no significant effect."
our anonymous supplement pusher isn't aware of the legit research that's been done on his supplement, and thinks that the info in my post came from Wikipedia.
remember folks, this is the kind of nonsense thay you must ignore when confronted with the meaningless pseudo-science provided by supplement marketers and salespeople.
and by the way, THIS version is supposed to be better than the LAST version of Hydroxycut. if the Hydroxycut people were such geniuses, they would have hit on this current formulation before they just loaded up their old formulation with ephedra.
31 - dP
I could care less about the "Physicians Desk of Reference." I'm not sure if you've been to college but that's not considered a valid scholarly source. Here is something more credible:
"Hydroxycitric Acid (HCA) is a popular ingredient in commercial weight-loss preparations. Research has shown that HCA is effective at triggering safe weight-loss(1,2,3) - even in untrained men and women.(4,5)"
1. Shara M, Ohia SE, Schmidt RE, Yasmin T, Zardetto-Smith A, Kincaid A, Bagchi M, Chatterjee A, Bagchi D, Stohs SJ. Physico-chemical properties of a novel (-)-hydroxycitric acid extract and its effect on body weight, selected organ weights, hepatic lipid peroxidation and DNA fragmentation, hematology and clinical chemistry, and histopathological changes over a period of 90 days. Mol Cell Biochem. 2004 May;260(1-2):171-86.
2. Westerterp-Plantenga MS, Kovacs EM. The effect of (-)-hydroxycitrate on energy intake and satiety in overweight humans. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 2002 Jun;26(6):870-2.
3. Jena BS, Jayaprakasha GK, Singh RP, Sakariah KK. Chemistry and biochemistry of (-)-hydroxycitric acid from Garcinia. J Agric Food Chem. 2002 Jan 2;50(1):10-22.
4. Tomita K, Okuhara Y, Shigematsu N, Suh H, Lim K. (-)-hydroxycitrate ingestion increases fat oxidation during moderate intensity exercise in untrained men. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2003 Sep;67(9):1999-2001.
5. Lim K, Ryu S, Nho HS, Choi SK, Kwon T, Suh H, So J, Tomita K, Okuhara Y, Shigematsu N. (-)-Hydroxycitric acid ingestion increases fat utilization during exercise in untrained women. J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo). 2003 Jun;49(3):163-7.
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Once again, you've demonstrated elementary research skills. The evidence against Garcinia Cambogia that you found was taken from the first result of a Google research for "Hydroxycitric acid."
And no, I'm not straight from "marketing central." I'm posting this because you're feeding your audience false information about a product that I have seen work, and your review is ultimately a misinforming disservice to the public.
Not only that, your response failed to answer my concern about your criticisms with green tea and weight loss. Anyone can do a Google search with a predetermined goal and copy and paste their first result. I'd recommend finding some scholarly evidence worth considering.
32 - sal m
actually, the more you post the more that you reveal yourself as a shill for the supplement industry.
you employ the typical marketing ploy of providing very little info about any studies that you site. you use hollow terms like "triggering safe weight loss."
here's a real, randomized, double-blind placebo controlled study where you can actually read about the methods used to study this ineffective compound.
although i'm sure you don't care about the obesity research center affiliated with columbia university, because you've seen hydroxycitric acid do its thing!
Heymsfield SB, Allison DB, Vasselli JR, Pietrobelli A, Greenfield D, Nunez C.
Department of Medicine, Obesity Research Center, St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10025, USA.
CONTEXT: Hydroxycitric acid, the active ingredient in the herbal compound Garcinia cambogia, competitively inhibits the extramitochondrial enzyme adenosine triphosphate-citrate (pro-3S)-lyase. As a citrate cleavage enzyme that may play an essential role in de novo lipogenesis inhibition, G cambogia is claimed to lower body weight and reduce fat mass in humans. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy of G cambogia for body weight and fat mass loss in overweight human subjects. DESIGN: Twelve-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. SETTING: Outpatient weight control research unit. PARTICIPANTS: Overweight men and women subjects (mean body mass index [weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters], approximately 32 kg/m2). INTERVENTION: Subjects were randomized to receive either active herbal compound (1500 mg of hydroxycitric acid per day) or placebo, and both groups were prescribed a high-fiber, low-energy diet. The treatment period was 12 weeks. Body weight was evaluated every other week and fat mass was measured at weeks 0 and 12. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Body weight change and fat mass change. RESULTS: A total of 135 subjects were randomized to either active hydroxycitric acid (n = 66) or placebo (n = 69); 42 (64%) in the active hydroxycitric acid group and 42 (61%) in the placebo group completed 12 weeks of treatment (P = .74). Patients in both groups lost a significant amount of weight during the 12-week treatment period (P<.001); however, between-group weight loss differences were not statistically significant (mean [SD], 3.2 [3.3] kg vs 4.1 [3.9] kg; P = .14). There were no significant differences in estimated percentage of body fat mass loss between treatment groups, and the fraction of subject weight loss as fat was not influenced by treatment group. CONCLUSIONS: Garcinia cambogia failed to produce significant weight loss and fat mass loss beyond that observed with placebo.
PMID: 9820262 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
33 - Phillip Winn
The PDR isn't considered credible? Gasp, sputter! It's not? Gee, I better tell all the doctors I know to quit relying on it.
Who are you going to believe? Someone who doesn't seem to have ever heard of the PDR and doesn't know it's called the "Physician's Desk Reference?"
Not me.
34 - jclay
Okay, I have used Hydroxycut in the past and I truly feel that it helped me to lose about 15 pounds, whether that was by curbing my appetite or increasing my energy.
I want to use it again, for only a few weeks to jump-start my weight loss.
So Sal m, here is my question, and I'm really asking for your opinion. In your posts you have talked about how Hydroxycut doesn't have any ingredients that actually promote weight loss. I couldn't really see much talk about whether or not there is any harm in taking Hydroxycut.
I guess what I'm saying is that if there isn't really any harm in taking it, even though you feel that it doesn't aid in weight loss, it still won't be harmful for people to give it a shot, right?
35 - jclay
Also....
It seems like some of the ingredients are beneficial ones, even if they aren't necessarily for weight loss.
36 - sal m
jclay...good question...i don't think there's any harm - in the sense that you're hurting yourself physically - in taking stuff like hydroxycut for the rare person like yourself. however, it is a waste of money, in my opinion.
for every person like yourself who views this kind of supplement as a catalyst to lose weight, there are thousands of people who spend their money based on the off-base promises featured in the advertisements and expect that these pills somehow are actually responisible for weight loss.
these products are not advertised as catalysts or triggers to weight loss, but as a way to lose weight fast...their term, "fast."
on the hydroxycut web site all we are given are abstracts of studies that tell us that people on hydroxycut lost more weight in 8 weeks than did people taking a placebo. the problem is that these abstracts tell us nothing about the key details of the studies that could have a huge effect on the outcome.
try to find this study anywhere on the web that isn't a site that sells hydroxycut,
"Preuss, H., et al. (2004). Nutrition Research. 24:45."
these sites come up with this phony-baloney "research" to impress people who aren't' comfortable or familiar with what constitutes real research. which is why i have a problem with what these companies do, and will continue to reveal the questionable nature of their ingredient lists.
37 - rhonda
Some people here who have taken hydroxycut in the past & then stopped, say they want to take it again because they have gained a few pounds back. Sooooo....seems to me unless one is willing to take a pill (or 6) every day for the rest of their lives, not to mention spend their hard earned money on said pills, then when they stop taking them again they will just start to regain the weight. Same with liquid diet aids or any other 'aid' you have to pay for....you may lose weight while on them, but then you stop taking them, and gasp! the weight creeps back.
Why not save your money, stop putting unneeded crap in your body and walk 20 minutes a day, or dance to music you love, or sit in your chair and just MOVE for 20 minutes?
i am morbidly obese, and have hemiplegic cerebral palsy, just fyi. i have lost 43 lbs in the past 11 months by walking at least 4 days a week (i try for 6 days, but don't always make it). while i also cut out a lot of sugar, i didn't drastically change what i eat. i love chocolate way too much to give it up, but that was my choice, and i do realize if i were willing to give up my sweet tooth, i could probably lose even more, quicker. i'll dance while i clean, pace while on the phone, try to see how fast i can walk from my car to the entrance of work/mall/grocery store. Sometimes i have to get up 30 minutes early, sometimes i have to go to bed 30 minutes later, but i know that moving my body is something i would rather do than spend money to take pills 'just to get me jump started'.
38 - sal m
rhonda says it all....
"Why not save your money, stop putting unneeded crap in your body and walk 20 minutes a day, or dance to music you love, or sit in your chair and just MOVE for 20 minutes?"
39 - Jon
You mean this case study here?
"Efficacy of a novel, natural extract of (")-hydroxycitric acid (HCA-SX) and a combination of HCA-SX, niacin-bound chromium and Gymnema sylvestre extract in weight management in human volunteers: a pilot study "
Nutrition Research
Volume 24, Issue 1 , January 2004, Pages 45-58
Harry G. Preuss a, Debasis Bagchi b, Manashi Bagchi b, C. V. Sanyasi Rao c, S. Satyanarayana d and Dipak K. Dey e
a Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, Georgetown University Medical Center, Med-Dent Building, Room 103 SE, 3900 Reservoir Road NW, Washington, DC 20057, USA
b Dept. of Pharmacy Sciences, Creighton University Medical Center, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE 68178, USA
c Dept of General Medicine, ASR Academy of Medical Sciences, Elluru, AP, India
d Dept of Pharmacy, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, AP, India
e Dept. of Statistics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
40 - happy
thanks for all the info. I'm satisfied with hydroxycut, it really works for me and for me its worth every penny.
The one that doesn't work for me is Liquid Hoodia Extreme, I regret ever buying that. =( I'm sorry but that product sucks! what a waste!!=(
41 - missylove
ok.... i'm taking the ortho evra birth control patch...will taking hydroxycut effect the way my patch works? will it give me any bad side effects?
42 - sal m
ask your doctor.
43 - shannon
Awesome product. Delivers as promised. I combined use of pills with my usual diet, lots of water and exercise. I'm peeing like a race horse, have way too much energy and am losing the weight I wanted quickly. I highly recommend it. And no side effects apart from a pimple on my bum.
Whoever wrote the blog seems biased, misinformed and probably needs to lose weight himself. As someone said, his research skills seem mediocre at best. Maybe he should write for about.com instead.
44 - sal m
yes shannon, written like a true expert...of course anyone who reads the research and comes to the conclusion that hydroxycut doesn't work is biased and needs to lose weight themself. that is sheer brilliance and we should all be humbled that you have chosen to participate in this discussion.
it's amazing that I didn't think that it was this melange of worthless ingredients that's responsible for your weight loss...here I am under the false impression that diet and exercise are responsible.
really though, thanks for giving us the real proof and providing real info regarding the efficacy of the ingredients in hydroxycut and for sharing with us that you have a pimple on your ass!
it's amazing the lengths that supplement shills will go to, isn't it?
45 - Belle
sal m,
Thanks for your thoughtful and reasoned responses to these comments. You understand the importance of unbaised research, using double-blind procedures and the enormous power of the placebo. You give me hope while others here are so close minded it scares me alittle. I hope you will continue to spread the word and not become discouraged and/or too frustrated. I hate to watch as people are taken advantage of; therefore, your counter information is necessary for those who are still undecided. You never know how many people your article will affect in a positive manner, so keep up the fight.
46 - sal m
thanks for the kind words, belle...i don't get frustrated, i just laugh at the nonsense and keep plugging along.
although i am amazed that people get mad at me when i try to help them save money, time and effort, especially when it comes to these phony dietary supplements.
hydroxycut with ephedra all those years ago was supposed to be the best weightloss supplement ever, now this new version is...why didn't these experts come up with this formula originally?
47 - Belle
Good for you. Sometimes the voice of reason gets lost and all anyone hears or pays attention to is the ill-informed. I worry. Good to know you take it all in stride. People say they are open-minded until someone goes after their sacred cow, then the gloves come off!!
To me it seems as though these companies need to keep making "the new and improved" version to keep people coming back. It's all about sales. They actually DON'T want people to have success. How would they make any money?
Have you ever written an article regarding the myths and realities of hypnosis? I would enjoy reading what you have to say on the supject.
48 - DANNYG
GOD, SAL M- YOU NEED TO GET A JOB.
49 - wondering
i bought the "energy" Hydroycut pills, and still havent used them. i kno for everyone its different, but know if i should try. i jus want something that will curb my appetite, give me energy, and help me lose weight. any REAL advice?
50 - Val
I find all this discussion very helpful. It’s very hard to find information on whether it works or it doesn't, but I enjoy reading what people that have TAKEN the supplement think about it. I also think that if someone hasn't actually taken the product, they really have no basis to comment on whether it works or not.
I have personally bought the product because I have heard from people that it worked. If anything it is a motivator, I'll pay for a motivator! On the other hand I am also torn because I am still weary about whether or not it will have negative effects on your health. I think everyone on this forum should agree to disagree.
Those who believe it works… well then it works for them! Who am I to tell them it doesn't work. For those who say it’s a waste of money, well that was their experience with it. When it comes to products like this it is extremely understandable that it affects people differently. Do whatever you feel is right for you, I wouldn’t listen to anything that doesn’t have to do specifically with known bad side effects. That is what I think really matters.
51 - Val
Things that I have personally noticed while taking the supplement was that it makes me extremely jittery. I also notice increased heart beat. I would have to say that if anything, its doing something! This is just to provide real information, not that it is good or not. Just something to think about before you decide to take this supplement.
52 - sal m
this is clearly one of the most ridiculous comments ever.
"I also think that if someone hasn't actually taken the product, they really have no basis to comment on whether it works or not."
i'm not too lazy to check the ingredients list and find out that none of these ingredients are responsible for weight loss. if people would rather waste their money and introduce stuff into their system without first checking what's it is, that's their problem.
followed up by this one.
"I have personally noticed while taking the supplement was that it makes me extremely jittery. I also notice increased heart beat. I would have to say that if anything, its doing something!"
anecdotal evidence doesn't hold any validity in the face of scientific evidence that's to the contrary. so actually, the opinions of those who say hydroxycut works are baseless given the fact that the ingredients list is made up of a bunch of products that have no demonstrable weight loss properties.
this supplement is just a stimulant, so of course it will make people extremely jittery. but what the heck, if a person is jittery they MUST be losing weight!
53 - Sebasitan
Sam. L is doing a great job is spreading the facts and to comment on before if he went to college, it would be obvious that he has.
What i find interesting to note is that if hydroxycut is simply a motivator is that they could probably sell a sugar pill and say "This will make you lose weigh fast." and from what they're past marketing ploys have shown is that it would probably fool people into buying it, which is shameful.
The only resaon it can be remotely credible is that they give you a cocktail or herbal supplements and give you supposed scientific basis to believe it works. This is classic advertisement.
Also, I was just watching an ad for it on tv and laughed because they got some paid doctor to say, "yeah, it works."
what people fail to notice about doctors promoting
supplements and weight-loss pills, is that they really aren't the best person to consult.
Sure, they have some knowledge and the only reason you should consult them is to check if any regiments or supplements you take would conflict with what they know about your medical history and such.
However, if hydroxycut ever wanted to truly be credible they should have registered dietitian or nutritionist expert stating it works.
anyway, that's my two-cents on the subject, but bottom-line is to always consider both sides and do some research and consult experts on your own.
54 - codingguy
any comments on Bayer's One-a-day weight loss? Also, I exercise almost every single day (elliptical 45 minutes, and/or swim 45 laps and/or cycle) but I gain weight because the exercise seems to increase my appetite. Any tips, Sal?
thank you
55 - sal m
i didn't buy the one a day weight loss from day one, and being that bayer had to pay a fine levied by the FTC with regard to unsubstantiated advertising claims for the vitamin, my suspicions seem to be warranted.
interesting observation about the swimming...i too find that if i'm not careful in monitoring my portions, swimming drives my appetite through the roof and i can gain 5 pounds. what i've done to keep this in check is to make sure i drink 20 oz of gatorade or take a carb gel shot right before and right after i swim. i find this keeps my hunger in check.
i also have found that even though i am really hungry at times i overeat because i think i need to eat that much to quench my hunger...i've found that this isn't the case and i can be satiated by a normal portion if i take my time eating.
56 - Christopher Rose
It's certainly true that eating slowly and chewing food more thoroughly absolutely helps to control consumption and, therefore, weight. Not easy mind you!
57 - sal m
it sounds ridiculously obvious, but if you prepare less you'll eat less.
we do a lot of our food shopping at one of those bulk places and it forces us to store stuff in the freezer. so what happens is that rather than make the whole package of chicken breasts that comes from the supermarket, we make only the two chicken breasts that we have packaged and placed in the freezer. the same with steaks and pork.
nine times out of ten if we get the standard package from the supermarket which is about 1.5-2 pounds we cook and eat it, whether or not we need it. 1 pound is plenty when you have it with veggies, salad and/or some rice or pasta.
58 - Matt
I highly suggest that you allow people to make their own choices. God gave us that right, and all I have read in this review is biased AGAINST Hydroxycut and other supplements. MAYBE some people out there feel the need to take a supplement to make themselves feel better about their weight. Not all of us are personal trainers.Sal, I understand what you are trying to say, but never once in the rants and raves in this review blog did I hear you tell people to form their own opinion. If people want to spend their money, let them. But people, if you spend your money,educate YOURSELF on what you spend your money on.A million people could stand behind this product, another million might not.As for your reference's to PDR, last I checked you need to be a physician to recieve the PDR and/or access the web PDR.I should know, my father recieves the PDR on a regular basis. But that is besides the point. People, educate yourself on the HARMFUL ingredients in your supplements before you bash a person/company for their marketing ploys. We live in a world based on sales/marketing. I should know, I'm a salesman, but I don't sell supplements.To make a long reply short, Sal, allow people to make their own choices with their own money and time.If they want to waste both, let them.Educate people, you can't strongarm anyone into your way of thinking.But you CAN help them to form their own educated opinions based on medical FACTS.And until you hold a PHD in medicine, your opinions,so-called facts,medical based info and your observations are BS based on your own beliefs. You aren't helping people, you're pissing them off.
59 - sal m
matt:
perhaps you need to familiarize yourself with the concept of medicine and medical science before you open your mouth and make ridiculous comments.
hydroxycut isn't medicine it is an unregulated, over-the-counter supplement that is advertised as a weight loss product. i've pointed out that not one of the ingredients contained in this sham product has reported weightloss properties.
60 - joe t
Simple question, simples answer:
If I were to take hydroxycut (or another thermogenic) for a set period of time, would this stimulant raise my metabolic rate to help me burn more fat than I would have by exercise and diet alone? If I want to lose 50 pounds, will it help me to do it more quickly?
61 - sal m
the overstatment of the effects of the theromogenic effect is one of the great marketing accomplishments of the supplement industry.
i don't think these products make an appreciable difference and don't think that they are worth the money. their placebo effect is greater than any metabolic effect.
62 - Phillip Winn
Sal, we should take advantage of the placebo effect and start marketing the weight-loss benefits of Tic-tacs.
Joe T, take two Tic-tacs per day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, and -- when combined with a sensible diet and exercise plan -- your body will burn off that fat in no time at all*!
* Actually, it takes time. Only surgery or an accident that causes you to lose a limb would take "no" time.
63 - sal m
tic tacs are good, but altoids are much better....those suckers burn!
i can see the campaign..."altoids are ephedra-free and when combined with a calorie restricted diet and regular cardiovascular and resistance exercise can help you to lose weight and inches."
64 - j
I tried these and I had a really bad reaction. I was so jittery I was shaking uncontrollably and actually ended up spending the entire night being violently ill. I suppose it could all be coincidence and I had a bit of stomach flu, but it still scares me nonetheless and I will not be taking any more of these pills.
65 - Tom
Whether this works or not. I have been using HC(Hydroxycut) for less then a week and hae lost 6 pounds. I am up to par using the recommended dosage. Sometimes I miss a dose. Even though it says not to combine with any other caffiene products, I drink about 1-2 cups of coffee in the morning and sometimes a cup or two during the afternoon for work. I havn't felt the need to eat anything since I've been using HC. I work as a cook, so yes, I do nibble at work to make sure the food taste good. I'm talking about like a strand of spagetti, or one small roasted potatao.
My biggest problem with food is WHEN I eat. Before HC I would get home from work and eat @ around 11:00 at night!! I know it's only been a week, but so far if there's any reason why I'm happy I bought HC, it's due to the appetite reducing it helps me with.
66 - truth
bottem line.... it takes hard work to get results.
it's a pretty simple equation,
calorie intake - calorie output =
weight change (+/-)
Some supliments work great and are well worth the money, but in order for you to get results you have to put the work in regardless.
burning 200 calories while taking hydroxycut is Still only burning 200 calories... it doesn't change this..
Can supliments help?? YES!!!
you may find it easier to get quality workouts in by taking supliments to give yourself that "boost"
Now instead of burning 200 calories during your workout, you may deside to push yourself harder to burn 350...
Placebo effect? Mabye, more than likely it's the cafenee giving you that rush and motivation.
67 - Michelle
I have been reading these comments, and I am so confused! I just purchased Hydroxycut Caffeine Free, has anyone used that?
68 - lisa
Look yall, I just want you to know that I'm sick and tired of people saying that all you have to do is eat less and move more to lose weight. I am 5'7" and 167. I'm overweight. I have worked out 5 days a week hard for over a year and have not lost one pound. I have also stuck to a pretty low cal diet. What's your response to that???
69 - sal m
my first, and basic answer is that who says that 5' 7" 167 is overweight?
70 - richard
i have been taking hc for one week and today my stomach was killing me and i even threw up a few times before, during, and after my workout. has anyone experienced this? did you stop taking hc because of it? what do you think the reason is? should i take less than the recomended dosage? i have lost 9 pounds. is this just water weight. before i started taking hc i worked out every day and couldn't loose a pound
71 - confused
well, i used to work out all the time for about one year and a half and was in tip top shape, no supplements but some vitamins. i stopped for about i year now and gained 10pounds. recently decided to take some hc just to start the weight loss process until i started working out again in a couple a weeks. Based on the information on TV hc is supposed to be a weight loss product by itself that is further enhanced with diet and excercise. which means if i haven't altered my lifestyle other than starting hc, i am supposed to lose weight, with diet and exercise i am supposed to lose more right. so i was expecting a little weight drop before i start the gym.
Of all the ingredients mentioned, only two seemed to be weight loss products, it's been only a week, (which is not enough time to judge) but so far all i've felt is bloating, nausea and i don't feel like eating any less.
Since this product only works with diet and exercise, i'll save the rest of the pills for next week when i actually start working out. then when they are done, i'll find a cheaper alternative for energy. and try to keep the work out going since i definitely know that works.
72 - amy b
I have tried hydroxycut. I have also tried a proper diet and exercise. Guessed which worked faster - the proper diet and exercise. I lost 28 pounds in about 4 months by walking every morning (weather permitting) for about a mile with weights in my hands and by eating an 1800-2000 calorie a day diet that was heavy in fresh veggies and fruits. It worked well with no unpleasant side effects.
If someone wants to try hydroxycut, I guess that is there business, but if they do, I would recommend that they buy the smallest bottle they can get their hands on so that the investment is small.
73 - anon
to be honest...it probably responds to certain people's bodies.
it works for some people, & for some it doesn't.
can't really determine if it is or it's not for EVERYONE.
74 - britney
hi...i read most of the comments and i have also read other reviews on this product. I hear things like "its great ive lost weight" and "its a rip-off and doesnt work" or that people have even gained weight. do the different results have to do with different body types, how people respond differently? or is it how much people workout with it? i am fit and workout everyday but have a few pounds i want to lose fast that i gained in college. i cannot decide whether it is worth it or not because i do not know how people get results while others dont?! any response??
75 - anus
....im horny