Hi everyone! I am new to this site and was wondering if someone could please help me out. I used to take the original hydroxycut and loved it. I saw incredible results. Since ephedra was banned I have not found anything that works even close to hydroxycut. I constantly workout, running, aerobic boxing, and play soccer 3 times a week. I am still not seeing the results I saw before and I'm so frustrated. I don't want to bulk up, I want to be much leaner than I am but toned. I also lift weights. I am looking to lose about 15-20 pounds.
Is there a stack I can do to copy the original hydroxy? I have read about the Lipo 6 and the vasopro. Any suggestions would be appreciated!

i would definitely go with the lipo 6 and vasopro, i am currently on it... and i too had awesome results with the original hydroxycut... but found nothing to work since the new formulas...

lipo-6 and vasopro works awesome.
also, i would add some fish oil and green tea to the mix, and youre good to go.

alot of people on this board have had awesome results with the lipo 6 and vasopro combo.

here ya go:

http://forums.bulknutrition.com/?showtopic=4515

thank you! how much green tea and fish oil should I add to it starting out? As far as the Vasapro goes - is 25mg about right for every time I take the Lipo 6? Like 2 Lipo-6 3x's a day and 25mg vasapro 3x's a day?

I would take 1 dose of lipo-6 (2 caps) and 1 vasopro 30 minutes before breakfast and take another dose of both around 3 or 4 oclock, or 20-30 minutes prior to your workout if you do it in the evening. Try that first, if you feel you can handle 3x a day go for it but it took me a few days to get to 3x a day.

This is the exact stack I'm running...and yes it is kicking ass.

Fish oils you want to be somewhere in the range of 1-4g of EPA/DHA. I use the Super EPA from Now foods. Kind of a horsepill, but the EPA/DHA content is much higher than a lot of other oils, which means a lot less caps to take per day.

Green tea can be effective in relatively small doses. I think 1 cap of the Now green tea is about 400mg. I was taking 3x a day with my stack. This week I have bumped it up to 800mg per dose. Even at 400mg x3 day it will be effective.

If you aren't used to ephedra by itself, I'd suggest either taking the Lipo by itself for a few days, or the ephedra by itself, and work the two in together. I had been on a basic EC stack for awhile. First dose I took of Lipo & Vasopro had me bouncing off the walls for most of the day (read: DAMN THIS IS STRONG!).

The dosage levels you indicated are correct. Work your way up to 3x day. Also, as a note, myself I tend to get an upset stomach if I don't eat within 30min of dosing. I think it's more the fish oils that don't make my stomach happy, but as long as I eat by the 30min mark I'm fine.

also, with fish oil in the mix...

beware the fish burps!

the first few days i was taking them, my burps kept smelling like fish and i couldnt figure out why... after a few days, for me at least, then tend to subside... so its all good.

Thank you so much for all your help guys! I really appreciate it and I'll let you know how it goes!!!

Ahhh, yes....gotta love the fish burps. I've been on them solid for over 3 weeks, and they have gotten much better. Usually eating after taking a dose helps mask it. It will still be pretty bad for the first week or so, but it will get better.

I too have been using this stack for about 3 weeks. For those who have used this, how long was it before you started to notice any loss of pounds or inches? I have a HUGE increase in energy but have not noticed much loss. I don't have a whole bunch of time to devote to the gym but try to go 4X a week. Just FYI, I'm a single Mom of 3, a full-time nursing student and work part-time, so I'm on the go all of the time. I need help too, any suggestions?

Weight loss should come from a regular workout routine. Ephedrine will supplement this through appetite suppression and increased energy, which should aid you in keeping a tightly regimented diet and vastly increase the intensity of your exercises, respectively. On its own, Ephedrine is not useful for weight loss, per say.

-Lite

i'm just started stacking lipo-6 + ephedrine hcl + L-tyrosine so far it seems to be working great.. (it kicks ass at supressing my appetite.. i no longer snack which was a huge prob of mine.. i've been taking it for 2 days so far)

oh. i forgot.. I am also taking Green Tea extract with my stack (lipo-6, ephedrine hcl, l-tyrosine)

What does L-tyrosine do for you? Oh and also as far as the "fish burps" go, do the pills make you burp more - or is like if you happen to burp it smells like fishy?

The fish oils tend to make me bloated somewhat. Myself, they don't really make me burp more often, but when I do, yeah it's fishy.

After a few weeks they pretty much go away. Even when I do burp after taking a dose it's not as strong as it used to be as in the beginning. As long as you grin and bare it for about two weeks you'll be fine.

here is a link to tell you about L-tyrosine..

http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/tyro.html