I started taking alli about 8 months ago. At my age of 56, and taking a couple of medications that are known for causing weight gain, I had been at a weight that was undesirable by even my standards. I just could not lose no matter how hard I tried. Even doing exercises regularly did not help. I started taking alli sometime in June of 2007. The first few days I had what they called episodes but I knew it was because of all the fat already in my system. Once that was over I followed the alli plan and I have lost 24 lbs so far. That does not sound like a lot to some people but it has been like...