Anyone else bothered by the rediculous prices of fatburners? ...I ask this after a recent visit from GNC and Vitamin Shoppe....really an eye opener. The cheapest was 29.99 and the expensive was >60....
I'm thinking the main use is for energy, not weight loss....
Any comments?
Without getting into the technical effects of weight loss products, these are some of the more common effects I used weight loss products for. One of the hardest things about weight loss is establishing a discipline of diet & cardio. The appetite suppressants in WL products really help to transition me from larger to smaller portions when I eat and it curbs my pallate of certain food choices. Also, the added energy as you pointed out, especially toward the beginning when the stimulant is at full throttle, helps to establish a regiment of cardio while energy is in an extreme surplus and cardio becomes an easy outlet to satisfy some of that restlessness, therefore, once the stims begin to wean, you'll have had the opportunity to have established a discipline of cardio.
Granted, not everyone needs these extrinsic motivations, but it is helpful. Furthermore, relative to the fat loss product, you recieve greater caloric expenditure for your cardio efforts and depending on your bodytype, certain fat loss products will assist in breaking up fat more effectively then your body normaly would for energy expenditure; even while sedantary.
Lastly, the mental motivator deals with the previous paragraph, its easier for me at least, to diet and do my cardio, when I know I'm getting a bigger bang from my efforts via the weight loss product. I burn additional calories for my dietary sacrifices and I expend more calories while I'm lifting and utilize fat more effectivey while performing my cardio.
Nothing I've mentioned makes weight loss products a "need" for success, but they do help a whole lot. I'm a endo-meso, which means I tend to be on the heavier side naturally and I really benefit from weight loss products whenever I decide to cut or even recomp.
