Also, if you have any dieting tips, please free to share!

Protein…

Most supplements come from two basic standpoints: they either speed up your metabolism (which coffee does just as well) or they are diuretics (which softens the stool, and make you poo more… which means less time to absorb calories and nutrients from food – you could buy exlax and it would do the same thing).

I have used and enjoy a high protein and low carb and low fat diet. I still get to eat the meats that I enjoy (most of them are very lean meats). Carbs are something that humans only relatively recently added to our diets, and now Americans tend to overdose on them.

Eating a high protein diet will provide you with energy, and the basic building blocks with which to continue building muscle in the gym… however, you will lose weight because it takes work for you body to convert protein into an energy source.

I eat six times a day (about every 2 hours). I learned this from an Olympic coach I worked with at Penn State. Those are not full meals mind you, but about fist size servings of protein and fruits and veggies – enough to provide a continual source of protein and energy (so you don’t experience the doldrums that low blood sugar causes that is another factor in overeating).

I would highly recommend you speak to someone unbiased and knowledgeable before you consider buying any OTC supplements.