FORMULA ONE ™ All Natural Diet Drops with African Mango. For use with the Formula One Diet Plan, Includes Allowable Foods List, Basic Diet Instructions Guide & Our Top Rated Customer Service. - 2FL oz

I began the Formula One African Mango Drops (and Daily Eating Plan) the day after it arrived in the mail. I ate as much fattening foods as possible for the first 2 days (loading phase) which was quite challenging being a "chronic dieter" for so many years. From reading other reviews, I expected the drops to taste awful, but they were alright and they DO suppress the appetite! I took ½ dropper of the African Mango twice a day.I weighed 130 lbs going into the plan and after the `loading phase' was up to 136 lbs by the morning of Day 3 - which is considered the 1st day of the 500 Cal diet. After that, I lost about 1 lb a day until Day 8, then stalled. I decided not to continue the plan, because I noticed that what I had "lost" in weight was what I had put on in the loading phase! So here I was at basically the same weight as I was before I started this whole thing. I was not at all impressed with the Daily Eating Plan either. It's not that I was super hungry (the drops really help to curb the appetite), but the little amount of food allowed daily is ridiculous. I know you can eat a lot more of HEALTHY food each day and still lose weight! But for the week I was on it, I followed the protocol carefully; having a breadstick and an apple in the morning with my ice coffee (1 Tbsp milk), then plain boiled chicken breast (4 oz) and steamed green beans or plain romaine lettuce (1 c.) for lunch. Dinner was one melba toast, broiled white fish (4 oz), with plain veggie or romaine again and strawberries (1 c.). I drank a lot of water too, which I found easy to do for some reason. I began to look at drinking water and ice coffee as `snacks' since my food allowance was so limited. I stuck to this food diet the entire week. I did not cheat at all. Yet my weight on the morning of Day 8 and thereafter was the same as when I started (130). So I did not feel - being the extreme diet it is, with such an UNHEALTHY calorie restriction - that I accomplished much for such a big [nutritional] sacrifice. I could not imagine doing this for two more weeks. I did want to note that I did not experience any jittery feeling or weakness.About 6 years ago, I did the Tom Venuto - Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle (BFFM) nutrition and exercise program. This program has a MUCH healthier eating plan and with daily exercise in 3 months I found myself in awesome shape! I am going back to this program and follow it again. Being that I am smack in the middle of menopause, my weight is so much more difficult to lose, but I feel I can count on the BFFM program to get me there in a safe and healthy way...and LOOK great. When I came upon Formula One African Mango Drops Diet Plan, I was researching for some quick ways to lose weight for an important social event I'm attending in May. I have renewed my membership to BFFM, and am much happier eating a more fulfilling & healthy diet, alternating my daily workouts of aerobics/weightlifting with fast walking (with incline) on my treadmill, and already I can see a physical change in my body!Bottom line: the Formula One African Mango Diet was not for me.

I've never been so ready to write a review before. Before finding this product, I had been trying to lose weight for years. I had come to learn from previous efforts that I needed to do four things simultaneously to be successful in losing weight and keeping it off: strength-training, cardio exercise, eating "clean" (as a personal trainer once told me) with lean meats, veggies and fruits, and drinking lots of water. I had been able to get any two of these done at a time with no problem, but whenever I tried to get on track with all four, my hunger would increase drastically and eventually I would be overcome with cravings for fatty foods, sweets, chips, and sodas. It was like my body was fighting me to remain at the weight it was. I would even start to crave things I rarely eat or drink. I never wanted to use weight loss products, but after the last round of battling cravings, I decided to look for something that would help control them so I could continue my efforts. That's when I got online and found these drops. After seeing the ratings and reviews, I decided to give it a try. I ordered them and received them two days later. I didn't know anything about HCG before finding this product, so I don't care that it is an alternative versus the real thing.I started out taking the suggested dosage, but noticed a few days into it that I was getting a slight headache. I decided to reduce the dosage to less than 1/4 of a dropper instead of the suggested almost 1/2. I'm not getting headaches anymore, am not hungry, and my bottle will last longer now. I was not looking for a 500 calorie diet, and as some reviewers on this site and elsewhere have pointed out, yes,anyone doing a 500 calorie diet will lose weight..."DUH," as some of them have said. That is true, but, for me, my goal was mainly to control cravings while I build my body up. I suspect that the people criticizing those doing this diet have never really had real weight problems or overwhelming cravings while they are trying to exercise and eat properly. I still decided to do the 500 calorie plan after reading the explanation for it, but I wasn't going to be hard on myself if I ate more since I'm keeping up my weight-training and cardio workouts. With these drops, on some days I have not even been hungry enough to eat all of the recommended food, but I do anyway. The fact that I am having no cravings is blowing my mind! Here are the details on what I've lost so far:After the first 2 days of "loading," I started the 3rd day weighing 182.8 lbs with 43.7% body fat, and a BMI of 29.5 (I use the Omron body composition scale which I bought here on Amazon... Omron HBF-400 Body Fat Monitor and Scale ). Because I didn't want to set my expectations too high, I set a 1-week goal for myself to lose 5 lbs., which would get me to 177.8 lbs. Instead, I lost 11 lbs, and ended the week at 171.8 lbs, 42.5% body fat, and a BMI of 27.7! This is astounding to me. And this was with two birthday celebrations I attended during the week where I had small portions of the dessert and some of the food that was served at these gatherings. Yes, I could have just said "no, thank you" to these things, but I want to incorporate a little bit of normalcy at some points along this process. It is encouraging that I was able to do this and still lose 11 lbs. If this rate of weight loss continues, I'll reach my goal weight of 135 lbs. in another three and a half weeks!The eating plan is the kind I really appreciate as well... 1 cup of a veggie, 1 cup of a fruit, 100 grams of meat or fish, etc.... very easy and no recipes that leave me feeling like I have to go grocery shopping for a bunch of different things and start spending too much time in the kitchen preparing my meals. I steam fish and veggies often and was already eating very close to what this plan calls for anyway, so I've had to make very little adjustments to do this. Plus, the reduced portions are helping save on my grocery bill. I even ordered a bottle as a birthday gift for a girlfriend yesterday after telling her about my experience. She wants to try it too.The only reason I didn't give this product 5 stars is because of the headache issue. In four weeks I will come back and update this post.Four week follow-up:Well, after my initial review, my loss really slowed and I think my lowering the dosage had a lot to do with it. The momentum of loss just seemed to have stopped since I did that. I tried raising it back after a few days when I noticed I wasn't losing much anymore, but that didn't really help. Today, I am at 171.2 lbs, 41.7 body fat, and 27.6 BMI. Just a little better than where I was when I made my first review. I still think this product is effective. I'll have to read the instructions so I can take the necessary break time before starting all over again.Update 10/25/2012: I switched to another brand of African Mango in a capsule form and that was a big mistake. I just didn't work as well in helping to control cravings. I have returned to this product and can immediately tell the difference. When I'm using this product, I can think about sweets and things that I normally crave and I simply will not want them. It's amazing! Usually my willpower falls apart after trying to resist for so long. I've heard that l-glutamine - which is an ingredient in this product - is very effective at cutting sugar cravings. I am a witness to its effectiveness. I also think the liquid form under the tongue is more potent than capsules.

I rec my formula one in the mail today! Im excited to get my transition started! Im 5'4 155 pounds...I dont look it but I know what the scale says! I work out a lot and have hit a plateau and kind of want something to get me back going! Hopefully this does trick! My goal is lose about 20 pounds! I have a birthday next month and I'm turning 25!!! So i really want to be down to my desired weight by then! I will update on my progress in the next week!So Im doing an update...I didnt start my formula one till Monday 08/13. And since then Im almost down 8 lbs. I dont know if its the drops or the 500 calorie diet which is absolutely NO JOKE!!! Its hard but my body is getting used to it! I think the drops are helping...not quite sure but im loving too see that scale number go down!!! Will keep you guys posted!!!