Controversial subject

There is nothing legal and usually requires a syringe to the *kitten*.

As the others have said, just tighten up your logging and stay at or ever-so-slightly below your calorie limit.

You might also considering adding more exercise.

All the commercials make statements to take a supplement along with diet and exercise. In other words, they're worthless and money makers.

I tend to eat low during the week (1200-1300 cals, not eating back exercise), then eat 2000-2500 over the weekend. It averages out to around 1500 a day, which I lose very successfully on. It means I can have all those delicious "I don't care" foods on the weekend and still see losses.

3 ideas.....
1) go for a long walk/run/ride on weekends to build up a deficit, if you start your day at -500, that's 4 light beers or 4 glasses of wine
2) if you feel like the time spent logging on weekends is taking away from your husband time, do it on Thursday. Pre-log everything and stick to it (including drinks).
3. You can track weekly versus daily and bank calories M-F to use on the weekends

Honest to god, for me, the best "kickstart" to a diet is a big meal-prep day.

If I've been on holidays and had a break from calorie counting, first thing I do is a big day of cooking. Nothing motivates me more than spending 4 hours cooking and smelling how good my meals will be. Then the next day is the start of calorie counting again and I go straight to the freezer for my tasty meals

What helped me to start is very careful logging and doing some exercise. FEELING better about what I was doing and combining a better WOE with exercise helped my commitment.

As for suppliments:

No weight loss suppliments are worth the money. They either don't work, or they don't work very well, and both of those cases are money better spent on time at the gym, or on healthy food, or both.

What works for me:

Focus on easy-to-count meals, so think "a couple full meals". SKip the snacking totally. It's way too easy for me to derail myself by trying to do many small meals.

Figure your calories like a budget. You start the day wit XYZ budget, every time you eat you're spending your budget. If you overdo it, you need to "pay it off". That means exercise. Tis actually can work in your favor if you tend to do food as a social ting, though, because if you know in advance that you're going to probably eat more on, say, saturday? You set aside some time before or after to build up your "credit".

Also, as hard as it sounds from the start? Try to build a habit. Until you've got the habits built, forget about "cheat days". Try to go a month solid without cheating, logging everything. If you can do it for a month, then you've got some momentum behind you and you can keep it up easier. For now, though, focus on te first week, then the first month, etc.