The FDA appealed this ruling, and on August 17, 2006 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit upheld the FDA’s ban of ephedra. As of June 2007, the sale of ephedra-containing dietary supplements remains illegal in the United States due to their health risks.

Very curious to read about your results, as I have other dangerously overweight friends (also with my condition) who are considering going this route. I’ll be checking back in to see your results.

When I played ball some of us used to try different ’supplements’ before games to get the extra boost of energy. I stopped after the second time when all of us felt like the inside of our body were crawling out of us at halftime.

I wouldn’t recommend weight loss pills or metabolism boosters because they are all BS and have not been proven to be safe or effective.

The best thing I have found to do when you feel like you are hitting that wall mentally or physically is to completely change up your workout routine. It helps shock the body and keeps you from adapting to the same workout.

For a real kick in the balls get up 6 am 4 times a week and do HIIT cardio. (HIIT = high intensity interval training… balls out for 30 seconds, walk it for 60 - 90 ) Run stairs and do plyos. Then lift in the afternoon. It is a hectic schedule but do it for a month and I guarantee that you will break through whatever wall you have hit. Then switch it up again.

4 cups water

6 cups organic millet flour, soy, spelt, or whole wheat.

1/3 cup organic flaxseed meal flour

1 cup canola oil organic

8 oz. honey

1tsp seasalt

1tsp cinnamon

1tsp ground nutmeg

2 tsp baking powder (non-aluminum)

You may also add apricots, raisins, chopped walnuts, or almonds.

Baking: Mix ingredients. Grease and lightly flour cooking pan. Pour batter into pan 1/2 inch thick over base. Bake at 300 degrees for one hour. After, let in oven until it cools.

Cut into 2in.x2in. squares.

This cake is rich in phosphorous potassium, iron, calcium, manganese, and other minerals.

There are different ways to eat weightloss cake:

Plan A.

Eat 1 piece every 5 hours of the 16 hours you’re awake. That is 3 pieces which total 300 calories. This is the fastest way to lose weight that I know of. It works faster than any high protein diet. Why? You have more energy and burn more calories. Second, the high fiber cake keeps your diegestive system regular. Third, your body stays healthy. A healthy body means a properly functioning metabolic system.

Plan B.

Really gorge yourself with the cake. Two pieces every four hours for a total of eight pieces which would be only 800 calories. You’ll feel full all day. In fact, I doubt many people could eat this much of the cake.

Plan C.

Eat a piece in the morning for breakfast and a piece 3 hours before your dinner and you will eat a great deal less.

Plan D.

Eat a piece of weightloss cake, 10 minutes before you eat your regular meal. When we do this we eat only a fraction, such as 1/4 of what we would normally eat.

1. Make sure to cycle on and off them regularly. When I use them I limit myself to taking them only 3-4 days each week and a week off at the end of the month. Why? Your body builds up a resistance to the compounds and you have to take more and more pills to get the same effect. Not cool.

2. Watch out, they can crash your immune system. All the caffeine and such in them can play havoc on your immune system and you could end up sick! This is best avoided by limiting the number of times per week you take them. Consider limiting them to 3-4 times a week and rarely taking them on consecutive days.

3. Don’t expect a lot. At most they give you a slight edge, but that is all. But I doubt I have to tell you that hard work and a strict diet are MUCH more important and effective.

Also, the kind I use is made by EAS and it is called ThermoDynamX. It is pretty good.

Anyway, I’ve been trying to return your email but it keeps bouncing. Is there a better way to email you back than hitting “reply?”

Or maybe if you email again from a different address? It seems to think I’m sending you junk mail!

I guess my message is, while supplements may help speed things along (pun intended), they can also breed dependency. You tend to give them more credit for your success than they deserve and you begin to believe you need them to succeed.

Just my .02.