Hydroxycut Hardcore Elite - 100 Rapid-Release Thermo Caps - Energy & Focus - for Men & Women - 50 Servings

Simply put this item works if used properly, however to leave it at just that would serve as an injustice to both the product and the potential customer. Because of that I plan to explain my thoughts on the product brought on by using it first hand. However, before going into the detailed specifics of the product I want to emphasize the key words in the first sentence "this item works if used properly". By that I mean you have to exercise, you have to be smart with your diet, and you MUST drink plenty of water (more on the importance of this later). I will go over all three of these points but first you must realize that not everyone will have the same results. The results that one person got in no way guarantee you the same or even similar results. Each person is different and therefore will receive results that differ, sometimes only mildly so and in other cases quite drastically. In my case this product worked and in order to help you understand why, I will give you a bit of back round on my physical condition.I'm a young college aged male who has been in good - great shape throughout my life due to sports providing consistent exercise. Once high school ended I maintained by fitness by regular weight lifting and Intramural sports while at school. Although I am in good shape I do carry around some fat (10-13% body weight) due in most part to my diet which could certainly improve. While I am able to put on muscle I do have some difficultly taking off fat (who doesn't) so I decided to try Hydroxycut Elite.It is important to note that there is no true short cut to burning fat (sorry if that statement is hard to come to grips with... it was for me). Through countless years of evolution the human body has adapted to maintain fat stores extremely well, its only in the past few centuries that procuring enough food to prevent starvation has been eliminated as a problem for the majority of people in the developed world. Therefore the only tried and true way to cause your body to burn fat (that it desperately wants to save and store, similar to hoarders on TLC) is by burning more calories then you take in. Hydroxycut doesn't really target/burn fat directly but it allows your body to more easily burn off fat. Ingredients such as caffeine raise metabolism, and stimulates you to be active. This is the main reason why Hydroxycut has the potential to work. However it will only work if you carry out your side of the bargain.First off when taking this product you need to exercise. I personally would lift weights 2-3 times a week and get in cardio by playing sports at least twice a week. This might be too much or too little exercise for you depending on your physical condition but it worked for me. Personally I didn't feel any rush of energy as some people noticed, in fact the only difference in terms of energy/alertness I noticed was my inability to take my afternoon nap when I took two pills. However regardless if you feel energized or not by this product you need to exercise to allow yourself to get results. Secondly you need to be smart with your diet. If you eat pizza and ice cream all day while taking this product chances are you will get no results besides a larger pant size. Hydroxycut does curve your appetite (an effect I did notice) and there is a good chance you will find yourself wanting less and eating less food. Needless to say this greatly helps in terms of burning more calories then you consume. Its important that you eat relatively healthy as well so your body continues to function normally. Fruits and veggies are great choices and some servings of lean meat help too. Lastly and most importantly you must hydrate! I can not stress this enough, you must drink a lot of water. We have all heard that its recommended to drink 8 cups of water a day, well when taking this product I recommend you increase that to at least 10-12 cups a day. Chances are you are like most people and don't drink your 8 cups a day, well if that's the case I highly encourage you to drink more water. This product does cause you to sweat a fair amount. In fact many people including myself lost a good deal of weight in the first week of using this product (I lost around 4 pounds). Well unfortunately most if not all that initially weight lost is water weight, and you will need to quickly replenish that if you hope to start burning some fat.If your still reading this I assume you are serious about trying this item so I will reveal my personal results. I started this product about three months ago and was weighing anywhere from 170-175 depending on time of day/recent meals. After these three months I am now around 165-167 depending on the time of day and have added a good deal of muscle from lifting weights. The vast majority of the weight I lost was indeed fat and the results can be clearly seen in my stomach and legs, my abs are now more cut and the muscles in my legs are more clearly defined. I continue to exercise regularly and drink plenty of water as well as improving my diet slightly. I have been off this product for just over two weeks and have maintained these numbers. Therefore I conclude that Hydroxycut did work very well for me. If you put in the work I am confident that you could see similar results and possibly even better ones. I have had no withdrawals after using this product and would be willing to try it again if I feel the need arises. I would additionally be glad to answer any questions you have.My usual routine: Two pills in the morning with a half a bottle of water before and a full bottle after (continue to hydrate throughout day). Would cycle 3 days on and one day off. On days that I knew I wouldn't be able to exercise I would take just one pill or coincide it with my off day. I have cut out soda entirely, I drink almost exclusively water although sometimes I mix protein powder with 1% milk. Good luck with your own weight loss goals!

Normally I don't post reviews when I buy items but I figured I should leave one for this product since I fit into the average category of a everyday person. So I bought this around Feburary 19th so try to slim up for a PT test at the beginning of March (I know I waited awfully late to buy it) I've used the Pro Clinical version and had amazing results I'm talking about to the point of a full fledge 6 pack but that was a few months after boot camp and that was also 3 years ago. Fast forward to now where I'm a little overweight with a slight beer belly. I read the reviews for this one before I bought it because I wasn't really sure if I wanted to buy this and reviews didn't really help especially if you were trying to figure out how much exercise and what food that person at. I got the first bottle and followed what it said on the bottle which was like take 1 pill for the first 2 days and you increase the intake as the days go by. A lot of people said they seemed jittery and had sudden doses of energy don't believe all that crap. Yes the pills have a tremendous amount of caffine but it's not that Redbull or Monster can feel.I was hoping to see rapid results like other people but my scale was broken so I had to look in the mirror and notice changes. The first week was pretty smooth I didn't see a difference anywhere. The 2nd week is when I started to notice actual changes this may be hard to understand but for people who know they are getting big and can fill that first flab of fat that starts to fill out but really doesn't... Well that was gone on my second weekend and believe me I'm not super obsessed with my body weight (I'm a male btw) but I at least want to look nice. I didn't change my eating habits and I intended to work out with these pills when I first got them I have yet to still do that and here I am a month later just now starting to workout.These pills definetly work and right now I'm halfway through bottle. I went from wearing 48W and 32L down to a more manageable 44W and sometimes a 42W on a good day. I was still eating pizza, ice cream, burgers (horrible fat food lol) but still losing weight and with no exercise other than walking everywhere at work. Now I've gotten to the point where all the fat that's really visible is all centered at my belly. No more back fat (which killed my feet and made me snore quite a bit) all of that is gone.Some pointers I do want to make is I HIGHLY suggest you take these pills WITH food. The bottle says don't but BELIVE ME if you take these before you eat or you take them and go a hour or 2 without eating YOU WILL FEEL SICK! If you forgot to take them before a meal (like I do sometimes) I just pop the 2 pills right afterwards and it still works but you will feel bloated especially if you go to cici's and eat like a caveman or cave woman. These pills are THERMOS which mean you will easily sweat just power walking otherwise you will just get hot real easy. I suggest you buy a 52oz Bubba at Walmart or here and drink it throughout the day or drink at least 4 bottle waters to help process everything through your system. Anoher thing, these pills do give you energy but it's more of a rise of energy then lowering of energy not a pop 2 and start dashing everywhere but that could be just my body. I have properly ate right before with the whole 3 meals a day and snacks in between but I didn't do all of that. You know your own body so if you typically eat 6 meals and 4 of them are main dishes the pills will definetly stop that and make you feel fuller and that's when you should experiment with yourself. This is coming from a hardcore gamer like 14 hours straight of video games leading up till 3 or 4 or the morning and still eating and going to sleep on it. Don't go all out on a full blown diet plan just stick to what you normally eat while slowly switching over to healthier items and everything else will fall into place.Fyi the latest I usually eat now is about 12AM since it takes about 2 hours for food to digest. If I get hungry after that I would eat some fruit since it's more feeling and you would burn it off in under a hour since it's just carbs basically. These pills DONT make you have the runs but the fiber will have you in the restroom within 2 hours after that your good to goI hope this clears up a lot of confusion and is a more straight forward review of this product. I will try to update after I finish the bottle since I'm just starting to workout so hopefully when this bottle is done my mini beer belly should be gone too.