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By Jennifer R. Scott, About.com Guide to Weight Loss since 2000

What does Acomplia Use Accomplish?

Thursday November 2, 2006
The latest news about Rimonbant (a.k.a. Acomplia) -- once considered a promising potential weight loss drug -- isn't exactly staggering. Research shows after using it a year (and cutting calories), study subjects lost about five percent of their weight. For someone weighing 180 pounds ... that's just nine pounds after one year.

Do you actually need to take any kind of pill to lose nine pounds over the course of an entire year? Absolutely not.

In fact, you could permanently and safely lose nine pounds in as many weeks by creating a calorie deficit of 500 calories each day (3,500 a week). It's definitely doable and of course, there are no potential side effects.

If you ask me, something that doesn't offer results better than this shouldn't even be considered a weight loss aid. So, forget the "magic pill" and learn...

How to Lose Weight the Old Fashioned Way

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