Two-part response, as Reddit no longer allows long posts in comments. Orlistat...?! ***URGH***! I didn't realise that shite was still being prescribed. My advice to you would be to bin it. Seriously. You **DO** ***NOT*** need pills or jabs to lose weight What the NHS knows about healthy eating and weight loss could be written on the back of the world's smallest postage stamp - with acres to spare. You need to understand that calories didn't make you fat. A calorie is simply a unit of energy.