PenteKing’s BodyBlog

Before anyone tells me that I should post this in the forums, let me tell you that I already know that I should. But there are two types of people in this community - those who forum; and those who blog. I’m in the blogisphere. I am not now, nor will I ever be a forumite. Now that we’re straight on that, let’s move on to the topic at hand.

I’ve been trying (vainly, it appears) to lose this last ten pounds of bodyfat. All the articles I’ve read; all the people I’ve consulted; and all the experts I’ve talked to agree that the last remnants of adipose tissue are the most difficult to unload. They’re like that annoying relative who comes to visit for a week and ends up hanging around for months. You love them, but they’ve GOT to go. So it is with this last ten pounds.

In an endeavor to hurry the process along, I’ve used both Hydroxycut and Lipo 6. Lipo 6 is my current mainstay, and I find that it is both better and worse than Hydroxycut. On the plus side, it makes me less jittery and give me additional energy (with the exception of today when my body refused to go another step unless I treated it to twelve hourse of uninterrupted sleep. I accommodated it. I had to. It’s not like I had a choice in the matter. It’s like being married. Your wife makes you think you have a choice, but you really don’t. But I digress.)

In Hydroxycut’s favor, it keeps my engine humming longer during the day (and therefore, I assume it’s burning fat longer and with more consistency) than does Lipo 6. It does, however, make me feel as though I could jump out of my skin at any moment. It’s the main reason why I switched to Lipo 6 after finishing the bottle of Hydroxycut. I couldn’t stand the feeling. A swarm of insects crawling over the entire exterior of one’s body was preferable to the agitation I felt when taking Hydroxycut.

I’m nearly finished with the bottle of Lipo 6, and while my weight hasn’t decreased appreciably, I have been shedding fat (albeit rather slowly). My waist line is down another half-inch (yea!). Still, I’m not exactly happy with either product. Would I recommend either or both? Perhaps, but then again, perhaps not. I suppose my recommendation would depend upon my mood on the day I was questioned. Yesterday, I would have endorsed Lipo 6 enthusiasically. Today, I’d offer a more ambivalent recommendation. The same goes for Hydroxycut. When I first started taking it, I’d have called it (in a booming announcer-type voice), "The world’s greatest weight loss product." Today, I would say, "It’s okay. It’s not great, but it doesn’t suck either."

What are your thoughts about either product (or another product in this category). What is the community’s consensus of opinion on this? Enquiring minds are dying to know.

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