So your desperate…

You want to shed those twenty pounds.

You have tried dieting, exercising, and even eating nothing but grapefruit for a week.

You walk down the “organic” aisle at your local grocery store and you see a bright colored bottle that says “Shed twenty pounds!” or “Get Ripped! Be Sexy!”. Heck, the pills are only thirty bucks and they are going give me a six pack, count me in!!!

Now the truth about those silly little pills.

What’s in them?

The primary ingredient in almost all of the over the counter diet pills is caffeine. Forget about all the “proprietary blend” on the ingredient label, one way or another, caffeine is the primary ingredient.

OK… caffeine is a stimulant. Stimulants accelerate the body’s metabolic processes. By speeding up the metabolic processes, the body needs to consume more energy to keep up. And yes, fat happens to be a form of energy. This is good right?

Wrong! Your body is an amazing machine, it is constantly remaining in a state of balance, called homeostasis. What happens when your body becomes over stimulated from diet pills, it has to counter act by slowing your metabolism way down… this is the caffeine “crash” everyone talks about. This crash is part of the reason why diet pills don’t work. Your body’s metabolism speeds up and then WHAM! it slows way down to recover, then a few hours later, you take more! Its like taking two steps forward and three steps back!

It costs what?

Some of these pills can cost upwards to 40 – 50 bucks a bottle and most bottles only contain around a three to four week supply! That’s about the same cost as a gym membership!!

Take it from me, save your cash… spend it on something healthy, like fruit, vegetables, or chicken breast!

How to get sexy abs

Fat loss is a systematic response to the body’s need for energy. The more energy your body requires, the more fat you body will burn!

How do you get your body to burn more energy? Sorry to state the obvious… but you need to WORKOUT!! By simply increasing your muscle mass, you can increase the amount of energy your body requires, thus you burn more fat. (Ok I realize its more complicated then what I state, but this is the simple version)

Are you done ranting yet?

So, in conclusion, save your money, save your time, diet pills are not worth the time or effort. Continue working out and focus on making progress week by week, and you too will have sexy Abs!