I always see informercials saying they can help you lose wait in just a matter of weeks and all you got to do is take this pill. They never tell you the side effects and may say clinic tested and many other things to get you to waste your money for something that dont work and may cause harm to your body. I truly believe these are just get rich quick schemes and your probably taking a sugar pill or something that doesnt work, phen phen might of worked but look what it did to all the people who bought and took it. They ended up with heart problems and heart pains and even if you got some money its not enough to get rid of the problems it caused. I believe eating healthy and excercising is the only way to lose weight or even just cutting back on food should help.You are suppose to eat each portion the size of your fist and deserts even smaller than your fist.Of course I blame the fast food industry making people fat and they feel bad about themselves and try some super pill that only did harm to them and they live the rest of their lives in pain and worrying what will happen. Fast food restaurants put chemicals in their food to make us addicted and to keep coming back for more and claim to have healthy alternatives that are not that healthy at all. I was chubby during childhood and rarely ate out so its not just fast food its portion control and eating 5 fruits and vegetables a day to keep us at a healthy weight and even if you dont eat healthy just keep the serving size to the size of your hand and if still hungry pig out on vegetables and fruit or make a healthy smoothie and buy or make sorbet with no sugar added. Always read the labels so you know you are getting something good. For excercise you can take a dog for a walk or ride a bike or do yoga or pilates at home with no embarrassment being a beginner in public. They have alot of excercise videos you can do at home and most do work and all would probably help at least a little. For informercial excercise machines you can go online(not on their site) and search for reviews to see if they actually work and you wont waste any money. Another thing is you start out good then quit I do that all the time with yoga but still find time to do it sometimes. I find it easier to do in the morning rather than waiting til the end of the day and dread it and quit. But whatever you do at least your trying and ech time you try it makes you stronger to quit at a later time. I wish you all good luck into getting to be healthy and an improved person you deserve.