Hoodia???

Ok. I just bought some Hoodia from the vitamin shoppe. Not the hoodia with a thousand other herbs incorporated into the mix... just plain ol' hoodia. I can't do anything with caffeine. Ok... so has anyone tried this??? I keep looking it up and just...I'm just still confused as to what its supposed to do. Supress the appetite? FIght fat or both? Or neither? ANyone try this???

 

 

All Ive heard is its surposed to supress your appetite its some type of herb...dont know much at all about it, but surposed to be a new diet crave. 

been there done that...doesn't do a thing for me.  big waste of money....sorry to disappoint.  if you didn't open it maybe you can return it.

sorry!
Joanie

At my last support group, someone asked Dr. Blackstone if there were any diet pills that were safe for us to take.  I cringed because I though she was going to go off on them, but she didn't.  Much to my surprise, she said that the only thing surgery patients should take are Meridia or Phenteramine.  Not PhenFen, but Phenteramine.  Phenteramine  also been known to help with depression in some people.  BTW - She also said that almost all antidepressants cause weight gain. 

Honey, I'm getting off my head drugs - they have not helped me one bit. We keep looking for the magic bullet... and the only place it can be found is within, within, within - I so wi**** was easier, gosh you know I know how hard this is! Love you, Maureen

Hoodia works well for some people. It is used as a appetite suppressant. Its supposed to be good for the night time munchies, as you can take it and go to bed. I've never tried it, but I sell a lot of it. (I work for a Vitamin Shoppe). Maybe it will work for you?? Everyone's different, you might give it a try. Just hang on to your receipt and the store will exchange it for something else, if it doesn't work for you.

Thanks!  I am definitely not looking for a magic pill... just a bit of help. I looked into it more and found some interesting responses on this board. One girl uses a patch whenever she has really bad cravings and it helps her. THats kinda what I'm looking for... when I get those terrible cravings not so much an all of the time thing. I dont need it all the time... just some days when i get that insatiable hunger.

Connie... i was wondering if it was harmful to our pouch. I was a phentermine user. lol.  I went to a doctor specifically to be on the stuff. it DOES work but only for 2 weeks at first then usually only 1 week afterwards. your body DEFINITELY gets use to the drug and fast. but it does work at first. makes you a little bit jittery but it definitely helps with the appetite. its just a hard drug. i use to go get the medicine and he would give me a b12 shot in the arm. what we do for weight loss. 'sigh'. and it was expensive! I have my hoodia today i'll take one later for when those munchie**** and see if it does anything. Its not the purest form though. i heard now that if its not 100% with no added inactive ingredients that it doesnt work well... we'll see. i'll let you all know :)  THanks for the info!!!!