Today's conversation pushed me to write this article. Since I'm a little bit into weight loss and slimming tablets, I had a chat with few ladies in the office about weight loss products and how they work and do they really work.

They tried to find out how pills work and to be honest they thought that slimming tablets do the entire job for your self. You just lay back, take a pill and lose weight having a fried chicken with Diet Coke. That made me laugh.

Slimming tablets can be compared to nicotine patches or chewing gums for smokers. When you decide to quit smoking and you realise that your willpower is not that strong, you add additional boost to it.

As a former smoker I can assure you that quit smoking is a very hard task. Endless cravings for a cigarette and bad mood for most of the day can really make you start smoking again. I couldn't stand that and I chose to add a boost to my willpower with nicotine patches and chewing gums. I'm not smoking for 6 months now. Well done me!

What I'm trying to say is that slimming tablets will not work for you if don't really want to lose weight for 100%. If you are not ready to fight with yourself, to say "NO" to things you liked to do or which were just a habit to you then nothing on Earth will help you to get rid of those excess pounds.

Consider a slimming tablet as a boost to your willpower. These tablets suppress your appetite and you don't eat that much. They help you to fight with your food cravings. Some of them can help you to absorb an ingested fat (Proactol for example can absorb up to 28% of the fat in anything you eat).

Anyway how good, effective and recommended slimming tablets are they will need your commitment to lose weight. Still, if you are expecting good results you will need to look after what you eat. Some light additional exercising is highly recommended. If happens that you "slip-up" and had a burger, fried meat or pizza, slimming tablets can help you to "sort" this out by absorbing the part of ingested fat.

In the end, slimming tablets are a good addition to your existing slimming plan and if you are completely sure that you want to lose your weight then you will definitely succeed.