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Diet pills may work, but they work best with sensible nutrition, exercise
Have you ever used diet pills, either prescription or non-prescription? I honestly don't even know whether there ARE prescription diet pills anymore, or whether diet pills and other diet supplements are all over-the-counter now.
I was reading an online Hydroxycut review as part of some writing I was researching, and that reminded me of my one, long-ago experience with diet pills. I was still in college at the time and had to get a physical exam for a required PE class. (Do colleges even still require PE? I don't know.) The doctor decided I definitely needed to lose weight, so he gave me a pretty detailed diet plan and a prescription for some diet pills.
I was two weeks into the plan, which included taking one of these tiny purple diet pills at noon each day then eating according to the diet plan. I felt great. I don't know how many pounds I had lost, but I was fitter -- and I was bursting with energy. In fact, I could hardly shut down the old brain to sleep at night. What a great diet plan!
I discovered in a conversation with a pharmacist that those tiny purple diet pills were some sort of amphetamine. Look "amphetamine" up on the Internet and you'll find it defined in various ways, generally something like: "stimulant drugs whose effects are very similar to cocaine." I was more than a bit nervous about taking amphetamines -- not many Bible college students back in the late 1960s, early 1970s were on amphetamines, and I didn't want to set a precedent!
The amazing thing was this: Without the amphetamines, I STILL LOST WEIGHT. The little purple pill may have helped me feel better, kept my energy levels up, kept the metabolism zooming, or whatever, but the "secret" to permanent dieting and weight loss was in the sensible, nutritious food plan. My advice for you would be the same: Legitimate, useful diet pills are available, but you'll only find success at "dieting" if you stick to a sensible, nutritious meal plan.
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