There has got to be a better way!

The FDA recently approved Alli for use, one of the first over the counter weight loss drugs to have this distinction. What they don't readily tell you is that users typically lost 1 pound per month over a control group in clinical experiments. And then there are the side effects! The side effects are glorious! This is taken directly from the Alli website:

alli™ works by preventing the absorption of some of the fat you eat. The fat passes out of your body, so you may have bowel changes, known as treatment effects. You may get:

• gas with oily spotting
• loose stools
• more frequent stools that may be hard to control

The site also states:

You may feel an urgent need to go to the bathroom. Until you have a sense of any treatment effects, it's probably a smart idea to wear dark pants, and bring a change of clothes with you to work.

and

You may not usually get gassy, but it's a possibility when you take alli. The bathroom is really the best place to go when that happens

Gas with oily spotting? That is so awesome......

Doing battle with the Mormons

If you read one of my posts a few posts back you'll realize that I have a weakness when it comes to people coming to the door to try to sell stuff. Apparently the same goes for the Mormons who go door to door to try to convert people. Yesterday morning I had a visit from 2 missionaries trying to get recruits, I don't think they will be back to take me! One of their first questions was what religion I was. I answered and then they asked about Bridget, I told them that she was spiritual...but didn't believe in any one "God" or and one religion. Their eyes grew to approximate golf ball size. One of them asked "well doesn't that cause problems in your relationship", I said "no not all..Why would it?" At this point their eyes jumped up to the size of tennis balls. They next asked if I went to church, I said that I didn't. They said that (I think he meant according to the Mormon religion) it was not enough to believe in God and live a good life, that you needed to attend church. That irked me a bit, so I think I got a little defensive. He said if we joined the Mormon religion we could spend the rest of eternity together in Heaven, I asked "why my religion wouldn't allow me to do that?" He really didn't answer that, but he went right into scripture quotes. And he explained that the bible was written by the 12 apostles and that Joseph Smith was the 13th apostle, and that he received his teachings directly from God. This raised two questions that I asked him, first I asked why God had waited nearly 1900 years to contact a 13th apostle? Since Smith founded the Mormon religion late in the 1800's. My second question was more of a statement about Smith receiving his visions by placing 3 stones into a hat and then placing his face in the had and staring until he received these teachings. I sort of smirked and they're eyes were softball sized. They again didn't have much to offer, but handed me a pamphlet about the religion.

I hope that these were two rookie missionaries. Hopefully they will return to the mother ship and send in the reinforcements. I like to talk religion with the Mormons because they are so brainwashed that it really isn't much of a debate. One other thing, I'm not trying to say being Mormon or any other religion other than me is a bad thing or that I'm right and they are wrong. I just think if you are going door to door to recruit for a religion, you are going at it the wrong way. People should want to join a religion because that religion speaks to them, it makes sense to them, and it shouldn't be contingent on a bunch of rules like you can't drink caffeine, alcohol, can't have tattoos, and many more things that the Mormons profess.