Hydroxycut cycle

I think you need to post your workout regimen and diet on here as well. You are going to get a lot of new people on here thinking they can take the easy way out by just taking a little pill.

Most of these weight loss pills have been proven to AT MOST burn an extra 100-ish calories a day (depending on the person).

Hopefully people won't see this and think they can stop eating healthy/working out and just take a pill to get results.

Good point, I'll edit something in when I get to work.

So, bluexii brought up a good point. I was going to edit this into the OP, but I guess that's not possible here on MFP.

Everyone should know that Hydroxycut is NOT a wonder-pill, and hasn't been a real diet pill since Ephedrine came off the market years ago. I actually decided to try it on a whim. I went into GNC to get creatine, and when they didn't have what I wanted, I figured I'd give it a try. I think what it did for me most was act as an appetite suppressant and a sub-conscious motivation. I hate to take all the credit away from it, because I've always had some stubborn belly fat that is finally starting to go away, so who knows.

I spent January and February lifting pretty hard. I was lifting and jogging 5 or 6 days a week, and keeping my caloric intake around 2200-2500 Calories a day. I was just putting on size, not trying to lose weight. Between the bulking lifts and no major caloric deficit, I was getting back into shape, but not cut like I'd like to be for summer.

In March, I changed things up. I didn't have enough time to really keep going to the gym, so I started doing stuff at home.

I was eating about 1500 calories a day, give or take, and drinking LOTS of water to stay hydrated.

I was doing the kinds of workouts you can do at home. Pushups/Crunches/Pullups on MWF and Leg Lifts/Curls/Chin ups on T/Th. I started running about 6 miles a week, outside where you get a better workout IMO. I did some supplemental stuff in between, pullups when I walked past my pullup bar, leg lifts before getting in the shower, and the like.

Recently(minus about a 4-5 day slipup on vacation/Easter this past week) I started eating really clean too. Cereal in the morning, rice snacks or a piece of fruit for a snack, grilled chicken for lunch and dinner, etc. I've started cutting out all but the recomended amounts of sodium intake too.

I'm probably leaving something out, but hopefully t his at least clears up that I wasn't just sitting around all day waiting for a pill to make me skinny.