Q: i have a question for you i need to lose 20 lbs. that i gained after my pregnancy and i need to know if taking 1 pill of farenheit pills in the morning anf 1 pill for lunch and then at night i weight train for 30 minutes after i finish i drink a muscle milk shake.

A: I recommend you skip the pills and instead focus on your weight training and overall diet. All the pills in the world won't help you if you have a poor diet and conversely if you have a good fat-burning diet along with weight training then you'll have absolutely no need for pills!

It's very good that you're doing weight training. Hopefully it involves whole-body exercises like squats, lunges, presses and rows and hopefully you're using truly heavy weights that you can only lift around 10 times in good form before exhausting your muscles -- that kind of heavy whole-body weight training is most beneficial for burning fat. Doing light dumbbell curls and shoulder presses alone will do very little for you -- you've got to exercise all your big muscles and exercise them hard!

If you're worried that you'll build too much muscle exercising this way, then relax: it won't happen AS LONG AS YOU'RE LOSING WEIGHT! So the second part of your routine will require a fat-burning diet that will make sure that you're losing weight and not gaining it. For a complete suggested program, both diet and exercise, fill out http://www.mikesfitness.com/content/fitnessguide . You'll get a very detailed diet suggestion there. You don't have to follow that diet 100%, of course, but you should keep its spirit by keeping large number of small complete meals, substituting veggies in place veggies, lean meats or fish or chick in place of the like, etc. You should also drink lots of water throughout the day.

Finally, about Muscle Milk -- it's an OK product, but there's nothing special about it that you can't get from regular foods (as you can see in the suggested diet). I would recommend getting plain pure whey protein powder that's nearly all protein (unlike Muscle Milk which is half fat and also got some carbs) and use whey as a supplement along with any meal where you're not getting enough protein. It's not a huge deal however, and if you like Muscle Milk, you can continue using it.

So cover those basics: good fat-burning diet + heavy whole-body weight training and you'll lose those 20 pounds no problems within 4 months or so. More importantly, weight training will preserve your existing muscle mass so the fat will not come back in the future. And forget about the pills and other quick fixes. Good luck!