unfortunately there's a McDonald's every mile. 

Back when I was still able to run, I'd take a back pack with a few snacks in it... just in case I got hunger pangs along the way.

uhm i had my educational training as sportssalesmen around 5 years ago and those pills your talking about are made to appease one´s hunger.
They swell up so you eat less.
They work but i dont recommend using them over a long period of time also in this product category you will find many scams or so called placebo´s.
like doc said you should talk to your doctor about this its the best solution cause a fitness center wont give you proper information about the effects.

Most of those trainers in these studios are untrained and have just a degree B licence.
I would recommend you to google a bit for tea...sounds strange but its the most effctive solution. Some of them have the same effect without beeing chemical nature.

Thanks everyone. I have already made some lifestyle changes so I should be good to go.

Must have looked like a "cabbage pack doll". 

Now you mention it.....

Yup, a Cabbage Patch Doll with the stuffing yanked out would be a good place to hide stuff...

... like snacks you're not supposed to be indulging in.

I'm 5'9" and 130 pounds, so I don't have to worry about losing weight.  And on days I work, I probably consume around 3500-4500 calories. (and don't gain a pound!) That's because i'm on my feet all day and constantly burn calories all the time.

But besides the point, you could try eating less, or better yet, look at nutrition labels at the grocery store to see what you're REALLY buying.  I do this, even though i'm not overweight, because I don't want to be sorry when I hit my 40's.

And as for pills.  Don't even think about it.  Pills and other "Unnatural Shortcuts" are nothing more than marketing gimmicks to see how gullable us consumers are to big business scams. 

Exercise is the best way to lose and/or prevent gaining weight.  Along with a healthy diet.  The straightforward methods are usually more effective than gimmicky shortcuts like pills.  Pills make us believe that it's OKAY to not exercise, and still manage to lose weight anyway.  That's not how it works.

Same with those home delivered calorie controlled meals, that they advertise on TV, supposedly chosen carefully to meet your specific needs by a qualified nutritionist.  What crap!  

I have a friend who works for the food production comany that supplies meals to all the hospitals in SE Queensland [Oz].  He reliably informs me that those  'so-called' diet specials roll out of the same factory and off the same conveyor belts as hospital meals.   And people are paying big bucks to eat hospital food???  Gimme a break. 

And people wonder why I'd throw a drowning corporate exec an anchor instead of a lifebelt.

Just keep in that when you get "over the hill" it's harder to get the pounds off. You just need to watch what you eat.

I watch what I eat all the time.  From the plate to my mouth.  Plate, mouth, plate mouth. 

Yeah, but sometimes I close my eyes tight then wait until that Doubly Creamy Peppermint Choc Chip Ice Cream has completely melted in my mouth... it just tastes better that way.

I stir my vanilla ice cream till it's smooth. Then it's not so cold and I can play with it.

What you really mean here is that hubby's goosebumps aren't so noticable before you get to lick it all off him.

Or is that the other way around,...

We have a mutual admiration society goin on here. And we love our ice cream, to be sure. To be sure.    

Excellent advice. That's Jafo's take on "Girth Control". 

Actually, a veterinarian has told be of a very effective weight loss pill that has very few if any side-effects.

He was telling me about these horse laxatives [huge fucken things, he said they were] that come in a cardboard tube to administer them.  He said that you lose weight rather quickly if the horse blows harder than you can... or you suck instead of blow into the applicator. 

Anyway, the pill is so big there's no room in your stomach for anything else, and it takes about 4 days to disolve so your shedding the kilos as you run frequently to the lavatory.  He also said that these $5 horse pills can save you thousands over the years on colon cleansing.

Um, Jafo doesn't need Girth Control... he so skinny he has to run around in the shower to get wet... while being very careful to avoid the plughole.

Wow, now everyones gonna want one.    What's the address so's I can tell my friends not to go there.