i started dieting a few months ago and was useing xenadrine efx , which is ephedra free. but just cause it says that obviouslly doesnt mean it cant hurt you. i took it for about 45-50 days and lost about 25 pounds but also ended up in the hospital after blacking out. Wasnt working out or anything to speed up my heart rate. getting ready to go to bed and blacked out. this isnt an arguement about wieght loss supplements but theres no doubt they work. but is also the most unhealthy way i have experienced to lose wieght. i ate healthy and everything had great results but not even close to worth it. i have found that daily rideing and healty diets are what works best. your body needs energy, buy not eating as much cause you say your on a diet is not the way to do it. eat many meals yet very small. you keep feeding your body energy and thats how you can rapidly burn more fat. add it up and it makes more sense. dont eat very much and theres less energy which is going to result in your body burning fat much slower. loseing wieght is one of the biggest things people struggle over in our society, i think that being compfortable with who you are and your shape is very important. get use to that and like what you see while you train and get more fit to what you want. but you cant go through life being uncompfortable with who you are.