anyone here use hydroxicut ?

[buffchic69]

Hi.

I may be spelling hydroxicut wrong but was wondering if anyone has used it, & what it's like.

I don't want to stay on it forever, I don't want it to shrink my muscle, and most of all, when you stop taking it will you regain the weight ?

I'm kinda confused, I thought weight training was suppossed to bring the weight on the scale down, but my scale weight goes up ?

My muscle gains are coming along nicely, maybe that's the reason for the increase on the scale ?

What do you all think ?

Thanks

 

[*MissFit*]

It did nothing for me to be honest - maybe with ephedrine

 

[ashley2212]

It's a Waste-O-Money... even with ephedrine... couldn't sleep when I took it even though I can with various other ephedrine products... without ephedrine it's not even worth using... just a caffeine pill...

 

[*MissFit*]

do a ECA stack.. its more worth the money

 

[MsBeverlyHills]

i agree w/the other posters- the old formula worked pretty well, but the new formula sucks

 

[Miss24k]

Just alittle advice, I don't think you need to be looking into taking fat burners just yet. First you should try and burn as much fat as possible with diet and cardio, once you plateau with that then maybe introduce fat burners to your program.

If you really want to loss fat, make sure your diet is tight, and cut out those 3 sessions of 10 minute cardio workouts (that I read you were doing in a previous thread). Try adding 3 to 4 intense cardio sessions for 30 to 45 minutes every week.

 

[Sassy69]

If you are looking for a good fatburner I think you'll get lots of votes for Thermorexin at AF store. No jitters, but works nicely.

 

[Sassy69]

I don't want to stay on it forever, I don't want it to shrink my muscle, and most of all, when you stop taking it will you regain the weight ?

Hydroxycut and other OTC thermogenics are basically just things that speed up your 'metabolism' a little bit. Usually there's some sort of caffeine source that gets you buzzing a little. It won't shrink your muscle or any of that business. You DO want to cycle off of it say ever 4-6 weeks because your receptors get tolerant to it and you start to feel nothing (i.e. the buzz). You DON"T want to feel like you are dependent on a pill for anything.Thermos have nothing to do with building muscle. Sometimes the best thing you can do is get off of them and let your body work with just natural stuff like ... food, a clean system and hard training. Stimulants and other stuff like that should be cycled out occassionally, with enough time for your body to clear it all out and figure out how to operate without it.

I'm kinda confused, I thought weight training was suppossed to bring the weight on the scale down, but my scale weight goes up ?

Your weight can go up and down on a daily basis based on what you've eaten that day, that time of month, many different things. If it has consistently gone up (i.e. you weigh yourself at the same time each day and hold everything else constant, diet, etc.) the you can probably say you got some muscle mass added. Remember that muscle weighs more than fat. Or you have lost some bodyfat, or both.

My muscle gains are coming along nicely, maybe that's the reason for the increase on the scale ?

Don't just look at the scale --- do your clothes fit looser or tighter? Do your muscles look tighter or leaner in those areas where you are leaner, e.g. your arms or upper body where a drop in bodyfat will show more readily.

What do you all think ?

 

[suk1978]

i used hydroxycut YEARS ago, it sucked. gave me really bad stomach aches and diarreohea - thats how i lost weight. ECA stacks work the best.

 

[The Shadow]

i used hydroxycut YEARS ago, it sucked. gave me really bad stomach aches and diarreohea - thats how i lost weight. ECA stacks work the best.

umm........that's what Hydro was...it WAS an ECA stack....

 

[The_Monster]

Since the crackdown on ephedrine I tried every crappy liitle product out there, from Diet Fuel to Xenedrine and they all sucked. Most of them have nothing other than a few vitamins and/or minerals in them with maybe caffiene. But like Sassy said, Thermorexin! It is WAY different, and I would say at least equal to, if not better than the old fat burner/energy products from before the restrictions.
Even non dieting I use it for energy and pre training boost, but when dieting it has a great appetite suppresing effect.
Look at the AF store, I think there is a copy of the ingredients there, youll be shocked by everything thats in it... Tell em Monster sent ya lol

 

[BUBBLES]

i agree w/the other posters- the old formula worked pretty well, but the new formula sucks

yes the old formula worked really well for me it gave me so much energy that I used to run upto 1.5 hrs on a treadmill high intensity without a problem at 5 am, worked fulltime and was attending uni classes 4 times at night .... this is before Ma Huang got banned from suplements in Australia...

the new formula sucks and I am not using any suplements now.. I am keeping my weight under control naturally...

 

[Dakotah]

i take hydroxycut and i have insomnia bad but im definetly switching to ECA thank goodness for a health nut boyfriend
I used to take xenadrine before they took the ephedrine out and i loved the stuff it worked great. too bad they dont sell that kind anymore.

 

[Sassy69]

All those OTC thermos were generally some combination of ECA. Everyone was also affected differently by them as far as whether it "worked" or just caused headaches or whatever. I personally really liked Adipokinetix, but they all had to change their formulas when ephedrine was taken off the market.

 

[The Shadow]

All those OTC thermos were generally some combination of ECA. Everyone was also affected differently by them as far as whether it "worked" or just caused headaches or whatever. I personally really liked Adipokinetix, but they all had to change their formulas when ephedrine was taken off the market.

YEP>......adipo was the BEST hands-down.....


good ole Cornelius and Syntrax

 

[annielovesBB]

The original hydroxycut worked really well, i got lean quick but i got such horrible headaches that i couldn't stay on it. It was too bad, but you had to take all those pills, like 9 per day.

 

[gingernuts]

Dakotah.funny you say that.my boyfriend is a health nut but is completely against any form of ECA.he drinks tea like no tomorrow but says ephedrine or even bitter orange extract (synephrine) is dangerous and treats it like an illegal drug.he associates anything to do with bodybuilding as 'bad' for you.trouble is he drinks like a fish but says it's a natural substance that man has used for 1000s of years. IMO hydroxycut is great for cutting and you can still get it with the ephidrine in it in the uk.

 

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[suk1978]

umm........that's what Hydro was...it WAS an ECA stack....

maybe in US but not UK. they use synephrine /derivatives of ephidrene over here. i was also a lot younger and didnt really analyse the packets just the hype. used PYROCLEM by SAN NUTRITION, that kicked ass, also great for going out partying! again, thats been banned over here now for over a year.

 

[suk1978]

[. IMO hydroxycut is great for cutting and you can still get it with the ephidrine in it in the uk.[/QUOTE]

really? where do u get yours from? can you get other products with ephidrene in?

 

[The Shadow]

[. IMO hydroxycut is great for cutting and you can still get it with the ephidrine in it in the uk.

really? where do u get yours from? can you get other products with ephidrene in?[/QUOTE]


Im prettysure that the Ephedra version was avaiable in the uk a while back