"i was not the really type of girl who&#039;d sacrifice food to lose weight so i tried to taking xenical because i&#039;ve heard that it really is effective. i used to be 176 pounds, but after 2 weeks of taking xenical, i am now weighing 158 pounds. so 18 pounds with no effort of giving up my cravings. the side effects doesn&#039;t bother me much because it always doesn&#039;t come at  the wrong time. "