I have tried everything, and I mean everything to lose weight. I have been on the grapefruit diet, the low carb diet, the low fat diet and the starvation diet. While each of these allowed me to lose a few pounds within a couple of weeks, all were almost impossible for me to stay on. I have tried every weight loss pill known to man. Ephedra made my heart race while caffeine pills made me nervous all the time. When the cure is worse than the disease, something isn’t right. I had just about given up when I discovered hoodia.
Hoodia is a plant that grows in Africa, and what it does for me is something I can easily describe. It makes me feel full, period. Not only do I not feel like eating, I don’t feel like I’ve deprived myself of anything. I do eat, but since I am now no longer craving food just for the sake of filling my stomach or for comfort, I find it much easier to make healthy choices. After a few weeks on hoodia, my body was looking better than it had since high school (and that was oh so many years ago, unfortunately). I sat down and figured out my average daily caloric intake, which was about 800 calories below where I had been. Not...