To the best of our knowledge, medical science has not come up with a simple, workable drug that can help people lose weight.  The closest we have come to a FDA approved drug) is Meridia that helps some people lose weight but not a whole lot.  Thus, if someone is telling you that by taking certain drugs or using some patch or any other method, they are not telling the truth to you and providing you with misleading information.  Remember, there is no other FDA approved solution available today that can allow you to lose weight by taking drugs.  So when Anna Nicole Smith talks about the wonders of TrimSpa, you must look at that product with a grain of salt.  (Related:  How to get a celebrity body)

Most Japanese women told us that the secret to their slim bodies is controlling what they eat and how much they eat.  Eating right simply means that you should eat nutritious food and count your calories consumption.  Depending on your lifestyle (whether you work as a construction worker or sit on a sofa all day watching TV), you should determine your calorie requirements and then eat 10% less than that.  The body works like a simple machine – food that does not get burned to produce calories is stored by the body for future use.  If that need to burn it in the future does not arise, the body keeps storing and the result is obesity.  You can also control what you eat – by following the nutrition chart information you can find foods that are lower in calories.   

This is even more important for those individuals who have rather sedentary lifestyles.  If you walk or use a bike or climb stairs or have jobs that require manual work, you may be getting enough exercise.  On the other hand, if you work on a computer all day, while you may be tired, you have not burned enough calories and you need to engage in physical exercise to burn calories.  While exercising is important, you can also substitute exercise by simple habit changes (e.g. walk to a colleague’s desk down the corridor rather than call, take the stairs to your office rather than use an elevator, walk a block or two and then use the next bus/train station rather than use the nearest station, take dancing lessons, etc.  Depending on your individual situation you can determine what is going to work for you).