Lose weight the easy way?

Pills? According to the Food and Drug administration, yes pills. On Tuesday the FDA approved a new weight-loss drug from Vivus Inc, that may be considered the most effective to date. Why not take a chance on pills and the great side effects, now please turn off your sarcasm detectors. Yes the same govt. agency that approved wonderful drugs like Vioxx, Avandia, and Yaz. Now they want to break in the weight loss game and replace good old exercise and a healthly diet. The FDA cleared the pill's name as Qsymia which are for adults who are obese or overweight and have at least one weight-related condition such as high blood pressure, diabetes or high cholesterol. Patients taking Qsymia for a year lost 6.7 percent of their body weight in one study and 8.9 percent in another study, the FDA said.  Hold up, did they just say 8.9 percent of their body weight? So a 300lb person will at most only lose about 27lb after taking the pill for a YEAR? So let me get this right a "pill" is going to do the same thing cutting you calorie intake in half and doing cardiovascular exercise for 30 minutes a day/ 3times a week is going to do?

If you only take the pill the only beneficial side is weight loss, the harmful side effects are unknown, but based on the FDA there will be some public ones in the short future. Let me point out the pill will not alter blood chemistry, so cholesterol will still be high, blood sugar will still be running wild, and inflammation will be rampant.  The benefits of exercise and a balance diet far outweigh the use of an FDA approved pill. The benefit of exercise and a balance diet are numerous, just to name a few, weight loss (hello), builds muscle, prevents osteoporosis, neutralizes blood sugar, levels LDL cholesterol, increases HLD cholesterol (the good kind), promotes healthly function of every organ system, increases metabolism and improves sleep cycles. One is free and proven and the other is I'm sure costly and dangerous, a long line of prescription diet pills has been associated with dangerous side effects, particularly heart problems. Please make the healthy choice if you are given an option.