is it like orlistat or xenical?
No. You might go to the toilet a bit more when you start taking them and pass stools more frequently, but it is not like orlistat or xenical. It works as an aid, because after all, there is no such thing as a miracle pill. If all you do it eat foods high in fat and then take them, nothing will happen because your calorie intake will remain the same. If you eat a lower calorie, lower carb diet to what you are now and incorporate a little more exercise, the pill will speed things up a bit. The weight loss is down to the lower-calorie higher-exercise methods you should be doing, and not the pill itself. I’ve been on my diet for a month now, and lost 9lbs. I think about 2lbs of that is helped with the pill.